SabaothMastema

That's kinda sorta what we have now. To me it sounds like you have been adding everything when using wear/replace would help with wearing multiple avatars. The remainder would be easiest to figure out face to face. Best resources are new resident help areas.

Yoy could post an event and draw in all sorts of people n.n

Way that helped me is just exploring and getting to know people I met along the way.

Find me inworld. I have a few people to include myself that would be ecstatic to help. Sabaothmastema resident

I have only ever accessed SL via a laptop on wifi. It's not a TERRIBLE experience. You just tend to become more resource wary.

Personally I always stuck with my actual. Helps me get into character if my characters looks right. Typically I play a scifi aide worker, soldier, medic, knight hybrid. So I have seen the gamut of avatar heights and proportions. When around realistically sized avatars I am tall but normal tall at only 6'0". Other times I run into giants and feel like I should consider moving to Raglan Shire. All in all though its about what you find attractive. Especially when you are looking at your avatar for hours on end.

Could always do a hybrid. Mesh head/body with a system head/body. Goid way of getting the best of both worlds if done properly. I even know some people that mix and match body parts to get the best look

Well illegal and against TOS are two very different things. The use of CC items wouldnt get me sued but it would get derendered in world. I am not taking a hardline stance for IP infringement. Nothing ruffles my feathers more than someone selling a ripped game asset they didnt even alter. If anything I am completely against the commercial use of copyrighted material. Non commercial private use however shouldn't be so stringently persecuted. If someone is making an homage to a favorite character or whatever theybshould be allowed to so long as no laws are broken.

If its being unique/safe that concerns you then a rename would be okay. No cost to it. To prevent the issue from happening again do a shop search on the marketplace using the name you have in mind. That would clear up future issues.

Well really I am just getting a public consensus on the matter. Personally I see nothing inherently wrong with the practice. So long as there is no money changing hands. Limitations of creative commons however does present a rather large problem for quite a few merchants. Particularly the ones who sell weapons designed after their real world equivalent. That in quite a few instances is just as much IP infringement as someone selling a beanie baby mesh on the marketplace.

Just gotta say. If you disapprove of the freebies that are out there then there is a very consttuctive way to change that......make better ones and give them out yourself. Otherwis if its free then why complain if it's subpar? Only reason to make a bad review on a freebie is to offer constructive criticism. Even then you could just IM the merchant and say it.

Second Life is everything and anything you could want it to be all at once. With that in mind it's entirely up to you to decide what exactly it is for you. After you figure what you want to do then just do it. Your only limitation in second life is what you put up.

In my specific case I only use Creative Commons stuff. I am really using this query as a way to get a baseline opinion

Personally I exclusively use system shapes and skin. Read that as non mesh. This is because of how easy it is to use. You don't have to worry 90% of the time about compatibility issues. Liberal use of alpha layers properly applied gives you more to work with than a mesh body does.

How do feel about the practice of using unoriginal mesh or other items for personal? Example: you upload a car from Saints Row exclusively for your own uses. You never sell it only keep it in your inventory.

Yes pegged to the USD yet still it still acts as an independent currency. No further argument however. I do agree despite being mouthy lol

28 rl, usually on between 2pm SLT to 7pm or 8pm SLT. You can find me inworld as sabaothmastema resident

Going down is just a harmful to the SL economy as going up is. If starts going down then L$ will eventually begin to lose buying power. If anyone can easily get L$1000 then prices start to climb because the customer can afford to pay higher prices. Eventually what was once a cheap L$100 impulse buy becomes a cheap L$1000 buy. While at first that sounds it isn't. Eventually the L$ will swing the other while prices will not. This is due to merchants setting the prices at what they had been getting before. If the L$ stays in current fluctuation zone then everyone is better off.

Wow between the two posts this is the most enlightening thread I have made. Thanks for all of the information.

Depending on the style you are after you can tastefully decorate your home with stuff from Aleymart and have plenty of left prim. Yes its old sculpty stuff but I like its SL rustic feel.

To add to this, the L$ is actually more stable than some RL currencies. The fact that it sees this much fluctuation is a sign of how healthy it is as a currency.

The L$ fluctuates within a L$3 range daily. Unless it goes below L$200/$1 you have nothing to worry about. The L$ like any currency should be expect to fluctuate and you should be glad it does. Stagnation can harm an economy more than a bouncy number.

I will use the term game just as a very simplified description of SL. SL is a one hundred percent free to play game. No where do you NEED to pay any amount of real money to "advance". I have met some people who spent zero money and have some of the best stuff you can find. Or most importantly they are influential. Just as real life there are many routes to success and happiness. Money and influence are two such routes. Once you include the social aspect you get to other routes of happiness. Friends, family and popularity. Second Lufe is exactly what the name implies. A SECOND life. How you lead that lufe and your success in it are entirely in your hands.

Past TOS majority of the rules are unwritten and courtesy based. Dont create excessive lag, no orbs etc. Good luck with mainland ownership!

Basically I want to make a turret that uses WASD or directional buttons to rotate and elevate/depress the barrels. "Ingredients" I think I will need are a force camera script, and rotation for the turret body. The turret will be part of a linkset in a style similar to a triple mount WW2 ship gun. What would be an efficient method of doing this? Where would I start? Are there any premade?