malcolmmerlyn1

I have a question, last night I was in a sandbox trying to adjust a patch I had applied to my jacket. When I zoomed back out, I got quite a surprise. Someone had stretched both of my arms out really long, and one leg. then they made my avatar start flopping around on the ground like a fish. I did not know it was possible to take control of someone elses avatar let alone do this kind of crap to it. What were they using on me and how to stop it from happening again in the future? Any help would be appreciated. Luckily for me, when I teleported home, my avatar was fine. I went back to see if I could figure out who had done it, and the sandbox was empty.

they can't be half as bad as the ones in Louisiana going to New Orleans lol

All very good answers, Thank you all for your thoughts and replies. I stated earlier that I really have not gotten out of first gear, was just trying to learn it, but it definitely sounds like a LL sim crossing problem rather than necessarily mine. So, I will look into staying on one sim made for riding. Thank you for your replies, much appreciated!

Thank you for that, I ended up using the firestorm ao for dance animations, but have not messed with it further. will check into it though. I usually keep my vista ao off except when walking or standing still. I have been on here for 2 years but am still learning as I go.

Okay, first I want to thank you all for your replies. I am having a very difficult time finding my attached scripts to see if there is a problem there. I am using the firestorm viewer, and tried the ll viewer as well. I used the instructions in this link, ( ) but could not come up with a list. Can someone point me to a current instruction for finding the scripts? I have tried under Avatar Health and this is the only list I could find which doesnt seem like much.

I will check scripts, but I do ride slow. Have not gotten out of first gear lol

Hey everyone, I did a search and couldn't find the answers I was looking for so started a new post. I bought a motorcycle, and have been trying it out. Tried route 10, 9, and 7. On all 3, I keep getting thrown into the air, or going down into the ground. I do end up back on the road and can continue (unless I fly over someones house and they eject me forcing me to rez my bike back in) but this is extremely annoying. I have been invited to join some friends to ride, but can't figure out what I am doing wrong, or what may be the hangup. I would love to go riding with them but need some experience riding on SL first, but can't seem to do so if I keep having these issues. Can someone tell me whats happening? also, do you have any ideas of places to ride where I can rez my bike in and ride for longer distances to get used to it without these issues? Any help is appreciated.

I understand

thank you. Much appreciated. It would help if the MP had a date listed for when items were added for sale, may give some small idea as to the age of things like these animations. Again, Thank you for the help.

sounds fun.......... maybe not lol. I had read about many dance animations being pretty old, and understand what you mean. you have given me a starting point if nothing else plus some needed knowledge. Thank you.

I understand. I hadn't realized the huds were also known as a chimera. I will continue my search on the MP then. Thank you again.

thank you for the reply, I don't know the phrase chimera but will research into it. do you have any suggestion as to a good dance animation maker or brand to check out?

I realize this may be the wrong forum, but thought I would ask in here because this sounds like the place for animation knowledge. Can anyone recommend a good male ao for general and dances? Single and or couple? I currently have vista gerard and it has 5 built in singles dances. Honestly I don't like them at all. My wife has a vista erika and her anims are fantastic, but I really feel like I got shafted. I am using firestorm viewer and am purchasing anims and loading them through the viewer ao because my gerard ao absolutely refuses to take any new ones. (I contacted the creator and he seemed stumped as to why it would not accept new anims) All around I am generally unhappy with my ao. Also If I need to stay with my firestorm ao for dances any suggestions on animation makers that sell all around good ones? (I'm not looking for ballroom dances but good male club dances because I don't like most club single dance balls) I guess one reason I am kind of unhappy with my ao is that many of the stands while made well, simply look like my avvie is riddled with nervous ticks. Instead of looking calm or at ease he acts fidgety. Its NOT a case of the animations timing is too close and they change too often, its just my opinion on my ao, but if I saw someone acting in RL how my avvie does in SL I would tend to shy away from that person. For example Brushing your shoe off all the time does not come off to me as a "cool" or "smooth" action. It screams "I have a nervous condition!" Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Note: I have tried the gerard ao on both of my bodies Adam and Gianni. The animations still act the same between them no matter what viewer I use. For anyone that may ask why I didn't demo it and try it out first, I did in store. I was happy with the walks, and stands for the most part, and the arm positions, but was not interested in the dance anims until more recently.

No need for replies, finally got it sorted. Something happened and removed my head shape. I found it, clicked wear, and the alpha fixed the rest. Thanks for reading anyway.

Hey all, I am a mesh moron. Just getting that out of the way first. Please make any explanations or help very easy to understand lol. Ok, So, I was creating a new avatar, had my av in edit shape mode. My internet dropped me. When I logged back in, absolutely EVERYTHING has gone wonky. My body shows a lot of gray and acts like the worn alpha masks are only half working. This goes away after a minute or so, but one thing has not gone away. As shown in the picture, I seem to have a white and gray hair that has shown up out of nowhere. I have gone into my catwa hud, cleared both upper and lower layers. I even tried the blend slider there in upper and lower but it has no effect. I removed the head, everything I can think of, and the weird hair mess is still there. I have removed and reapplied the alphas too but it's still there. I go into my worn items list, remove the brown hair, and the white one is still there, but it is NOT listed in the worn items list at all. It looks to me like half hidden system hair that has sprouted for some reason. I have taken a look at my scripts list, nothing there about hair. I am at a loss and extremely frustrated. Can someone please help me? Any help is greatly appreciated.

will do, thank you for your input. Got it. Slight stretch, little tweaking and its all good. A lot more work than last time I did it lol.

lol, the first set of swim trunks had no demo to try, I found it by a search under mesh swim wear. After that didnt work, I searched the marketplace online, and got the demo for the second swim trunks. That worked well. However, I clicked to buy them and nothing happened even though a message came up saying paid 199l. I waited and waited, nothing happened. So, I looked around for a redeliver unit. None around, or at least if there was, I could not find one. So I said oh well and tried to buy another. Same thing. Nothing happened. I got mad and went to the online marketplace. There it went through fine. Interestingly enough, I never got a transaction notification, it only said I paid the merchant 199l but my account info definitely shows 400l left my account. Oh well. The julius skin was an expensive fiasco. I went to buy it but received the wrong color skin. I tried contacting the seller. no response. I tried several more times, I even sent that seller multiple notecards with my info asking for a reply. I got none. My connection is occasionally laggy but for the most part no. Those have been the only problems I have ever had purchasing items.

oh trust me, I just learned. I think they were for standard, however I just got taken for 600l on a pair of swim trunks. I Demo'd them in store, and went to buy them, it said they were to be delivered. nothing showed up, so I thought there may be a problem. Repaid, still no delivery. paid from marketplace and they finally showed up. 600l for a pair of 200l shorts. Ive had problems like this from some sellers and never got money back. once was from julius skin. I am glad I dont buy much on here.

interestingly enough, I wen to the swim trunks folder, clicked to add them, and they're still invisible even though the worn items shows them as worn......... I probably should ask the maker of them for help.

hey, yes, I have the adam mesh body with the julius tanned skin. I was clicking on the shorts inside the folder in my inventory and clicking to wear them, not add. the rest I got, I did edit my above post and added a picture of the baldness under the hair issue. Not sure if you saw it, but was just asking. once I got it to where I needed, I did make a save of the naked body with hair as I wanted it. Thank you for your help, if you get a chance to see the picture and give me a tip there I would be grateful. Thanks again.

hi skell! I have read many of your blog posts and love the avatar work you've done they look amazing! Ok, with that said, let me start at the beginning. I had my avatar where I was happy. I bought a pair of mesh swim trunks. I removed my clothes and clicked to wear the shorts. They remained invisible. I clicked to remove them and it confirmed they weren't being worn. However when I went to re wear them, something happened. My skin did go wonky. Like I had skin bleed through like an alpha problem. So I went in and tried to reapply the alpha mask and it went downhill from there. I tried to revert back to my last appearance save, and I hadn't saved my happy point. So I reverted back to an earlier version and wasn't happy, so I started from scratch. I have been at it for hours last night into this morning and finally got it sorted to a point I am happy enough with again. I am using the standard sl viewer with newest update. I do have one quick question, the hair is more like a wig. I can see a lot of bald under it from the front. What can I do to help with that?

hey, I got it finally. I clicked the hair, I went to touch, and it finally came up with a box allowing me to stretch x y and z dimensions. I didnt do that before, but it worked. Thank you for your help. The only thing in the hud was color changes.

Thank you for replying, the head is catwa bento mesh, the hair is fabia peter mesh. I tried resizing the hair, but it simply wont. It is transfer only, not modify. I will look into the head layers. I dont remember having this issue before, it was a simple wear and go thing. that was the only hair in the folder. This frustrating, but thank you for that bit of help. I will check on the head layer issue now and see if I can find anything in the head hud that may help.

Im sorry, I added it but it didnt show up. hope that helps

Hi, I am having a really hard time with mesh bodies. I had my avatar to a point that I was happy with everything. Well, I bought a pair of swim trunks, and removed my clothes and tried to wear the shorts. Firstly, they don't show up at all, but more frustratingly when I removed them trying to fix the invisible issue, something went haywire with my alpha mask. my whole alpha system went wonky. So, I went to reset my avatar by going into my outfits, and realized I hadn't saved my last happy spot. so, I have had to start over. something with the hair layering, or head tattoo system is off. I got my avatar back close enough to where I was originally, and saved it there. now, when I go to wear my original hair I had, chunks of it are missing. I know, alphas are likely to blame, or head size or shape. I have literally tried everything I can think of. The hair (fabia peter) is unfortunately not modify, but it was good before. Every time I touch alphas from my inventory, my avatar skin goes wonky. If I try to use the fabia mesh hair alpha, my skin glitches out. If I use the catwa head and body alpha all is good, except the hair is missing chunks that are obviously in my head. If I make the head smaller, the hair is there but I end up with a peanut head. If I adjust the head shape, it comes close but no cigar. this is so frustrating! I have been at this for hours and am getting extremely brainfried here. I will include a cropped down screenshot to help describe. I have been on second life since last fall and have gotten my mesh body a couple months ago but have really not done much with it to learn. I tried moving the hair up and down, side to side, but nothing has helped fix it. Can someone please help?