Anna Nova

We went to the 'new' Blakes Sea (not Beta, the main grid) now that it has the latest updates. Even two-up in a huge ship with complex scripts, we could not make it die at region crossings. Okay, I got dumped out of SL once, but that happens quite regularly without crossing a region boundary. We tried a number of different ships and boats, all the region crossings manifested as just a little stutter-step. I would say that things are looking up for sailing and flying, and the AWS move will be a positive for my experience. (and I am grateful to @animats for the pressure he puts on LL about this)

Before I get written off as an old fart masquerading as a pre-teen, I would like to mention that I am 25, but can still pass as 17. I still do the teenage tantrums very effectively though, and can monopolize a bathroom for hours and hours just like I could when I was 15. Just because I am active in SL doesn't automatically make me over 50.

I'm here to annoy everyone else.

Good luck getting Linden Lab to change their policy that gets them a Premium Payment per alt. Now if there was an multi-buy alt discount, say, 5 for the price 4, I could get behind ya.

I am exactly the same height in SL as I am in RL, 167 cm (5'5"). My alts are all the same height in SL as they are in RL, too!

I found the free AO by Pussycat Catnap very good, the script is mod, so you can read it, and there is excellent documentation. It's on MP.

Never use Gacha. Never ever. Never buy no-copy. Never ever. I don't care who goes out of business, but you will never sell that junk to me. I'm very sorry for Elinah's woes, but the solution is in your hands folks. Save SL, stamp out Gacha Culture.

Long ago, before I settled down with my beloved, I had a alt who's mission in life was to eliminate the male sex by hanging them after a 'good time'. I'd never do that in RL, except to politicians - and for them no 'good time' either.

There is a product called CTS Archive that I use. It is basically a way of boxing things up and keeping them in-world. I am not advocating it for clever people like Chic and Prof, but it can help others I think. It is fairly expensive though, and only gets you to the 'boxed and rezzed in-world' stage. I am not connected, other than as a customer, to the creator.

Velma from Scooby Doo...

I can't follow all the deep technical discussion on AO and stuff, it's way over my head - but thank you all for exposing the issues. But lack of Linux support is a basic killer as far as I'm concerned. I build my own machines, and they don't run any of that anti-trust crap from Redmond. I also need RLVa for my automated wardrobe. So right now I appear to be stuck with Firestorm, or Singularity. I am currently trialling Pussycat's AO script vs Firestorm AO, and from a practical point of view, I can't honestly tell the difference, yet.

It seems to me to be a day by day crossing by crossing phenomena. Yesterday I tried a slow sail (Bandit 1F) with passenger in the empty sims to the west of the houseboats to the south of Belli, no issues at all, and then turning south-east got dumped at every crossing - the passenger wasn't. I am giving up sailing now, as I gave up flying. SL is just not able to sustain it any more for me. I suspect it is because of my long latency, but fast, connection. Maybe it'll improve when the move Amazon's servers happens. Probably not.

An AO is basically a set of animations and poses that are set off by a script when your avatar changes state: Standing, Walking, Running, Turning, Sitting, and many others. SL provides a default set, but most people think they are 'wooden', so there is an aftermarket. Firestorm viewer provides a built-in script, but you need to supply the animations. @Pussycat Catnapoffers a free, full perm AO script. All you need are some animations and a bit of editing. But guessing from your question, these are not your skills right now.

I can't tell you how impressed I am with this response from Linden Lab. It raises my confidence in my investments here several notches. I don't use a credit card through Paypal (I maintain a UKP & USD balance), so I was not affected, but I have been watching with interest.

Is there PO Box I can send my gold doubloons to? I'm fed up of all this electronic money rubbish.

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42. There, satisfied?

Well then, spend some of those ill-gotten gains! I've changed my name and all my alts (one a month). Did the last one this week. Very happy with the result.

I always agree with LZ, but... I'd like to point out that we already have Blockheads, Blockchains can't be that much of an upgrade.

My Avi is 5'4", and I have the same problem with my two Teagle horses - oddly the Clydesdale is the better fit than the Paint. My legs and heels are inside the saddle on the Paint. It's our fault for wanting to be normal sized and not SecondLife Giants, or Tiny and can sit on top. It's for this reason that I will not be buying any more horses. The technology just isn't there yet for a proper fit, so I doubt anyone else's horses will be any better than @Teager's.

They put the script in to get the script count up. Everyone wants more scripts, don't they? Who wants to move anyway?

I have a theory that becoming an US legislator causes irreparable brain damage. The DMCA is about as brain-damaged a piece of legislation as it is possible to write. I have another theory, but I'm far less sure of this one: 'Zhaoying' is 'Stiring it' in some language. As in: Love Stiring it. Me too!

Oh God! A CHANGE! Let's panic! Change is fun. I'm already enjoying this...

Where can you get the free Genus head? I looked at the mainstore, they are all 3300.

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