[WARNING loser making the rounds in sl giving ppl viruses or something else?]

Yeah, its the ole gift card/gift item/redelivery of an item you never bought scam. Just do not attach the item at all to begin with and if you did by accident or curiosity, click deny then detach it. then ar the account that gave it to you.

lots of people that prey on the noobs in sl at this time hoping they will just accept then attach then not read and click ok. happens every year around the holidays.

it can't give you a virus because nothing in sl can directly access your computer outside of the client itself without some other object/application already on your computer acting as a go-between

[Careful replying to offline IMs if you don't want people to know your email]

well yeah, since you are replying from the email. so it will send that information back to them. so yes if you don't want them to know your email always wait until you log back in then reply to someone.

[Just Ignore and let this one die]

5 hours ago, Clover Jinx said:

Person with issue - I've been SL for 11 years don't you think I know all the tricks by now

 

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If they knew all the tricks why were they asking for help... I don't think anyone here really knows all the tricks in sl yet.

[Does anyone remember?]

I remember places like those, and you can even still find places like those. but the prices might be different now from what they were then. No names off the top of my head at the moment, but they still exist.

[Replying to IMs through local chat - is this bad form?]

On 12/4/2018 at 8:18 AM, Gopi Passiflora said:

Okay, you could say I'm just a little frustrated. Almost every time I go as a female avatar to a public place such as London City, Ahern, or a club, I get hit with a random IM from some stranger I don't know, just to open with a "hi". I know it seems harmless but it's still frustrating for some reason. Anyway, I've decided to begin replying to these random IMs through local. Do you think this would be a good idea or not?

No, don't see anything wrong doing that at all. If anyone asks about it just simply tell them what you are doing. Though I use firestorms non-friends auto response to tell them I am not in the mood to speak to non-friends at the moment or to ask me in local, then I just never reply back to them after that and close the im.

If they get upset about it or cause drama just mute them at that point. Some people here... both male and female can be rude when told 'no, don't want to talk to you'. But most seem to take it in stride and leave you alone at that point.

[Translator for IMs]

On 12/13/2018 at 10:33 PM, autonug said:

 

Hello everyone, 

I have a friend speaking different language than me. We use translator when we are near by in near-by chats but its a great pain when we have a long conversation in IMs without in-world translator. Any suggestion for translator I can use for IMs too? What I do for now is copy her text, paste it in google translator and copy-paste back in my IMs.

Thank you

Nothing can see in IM or group chats, it is not within lsl to allow that to happen, its sort of a privacy reason why it was never done. to prevent people from logging im's through objects and huds making it easier to doxx people or share private conversations easier without the consent of all parties involved. Like all the chat spy/log items do now for local. which is why a lot of people go to im's now in some sims to prevent being chat spied on without consent. Lots of sims now have or use a chat spy or chat log device either for 'security' use or other reasons in the main hangout areas of the sim and don't tell users that its there. Just search the mp and you can see all the types that exist not including the user made ones of their own.

if huds or objects could listen in to im's people would make them so they could spy on what other people were saying when near them and then maybe try and use that to blackmail them or harass them.

So it would have had to be a viewer thing, but as stated by a few others that support was never added because of the reasons stated.

So because of those reasons you are sort of limited to either learning their language or using copy+paste and whatever online translator you chose to use or staying to local where a translator can be used in-world, which leaves you open to being spied on by anyone near, or even anyone not near.

[Is height Synonymous with age?]

18 hours ago, Abdashey said:

I know this is old and iu am bumping a necro, but I get the same with a 5ft 8in tall avie with a Mid B cup but she is lithe. Someone said she looked like a preteen. So apparently this is a preteen? Just cause she is lithe and has smaller than a D cup and maybe a young looking face?

 

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A lot of people here think anything under the new norm of 7'+ tall amazonian with large breasts and arse is a teen/child. They either forget or never knew the real size of what avatars were back in the prim and sculpty days before mesh.

In fact, there are some sims that prefer users to use the shorter realistic heights for avatars in them because the sim and buildings were built around those sizes.

But you will still find those that will try and call it a child avatar, as long as in your profile or a pick you basically state they are not and the age they are meant to be that's all that you really ever have to worry about.

Though some dance clubs might still kick you from them thinking short is young. I had a friend that had the same problem when she went to clubs. The club owners always claimed she was a child avatar and was not allowed even when she told them she wasn't. Short and 'cute' or anime = child in their eyes.

[Just Ignore and let this one die]

Oh wow, just seen this thread here. I have seen them before on other places and always thought they were fun ways to see into the minds of the people that posted in them by what they posted. You can actually learn a lot about someone by the manner and the content they post in these seemingly random and innocuous threads. As much as some try to roleplay being someone else here at times the true nature of a person will slip out at times. Just because of the nature of the conversation and how it works.

[Did they leave a mark?]

I have had several that have come into my life and then later left it for one reason or another(their choice or sometimes mine). Sometimes the people we meet are not meant to be in our life but for that short time, they are there. Each taught a lesson that was needed to be learned about myself and other people both here and real life. Some of the leavings were very painful, some still hurt even now. But I continue on because that is what we have to do in life; keep moving forward.

yes each of them left a mark in some way and changed me or led to changes in me. but that is what life is about, learning and growing and changing even if is sometimes painful or unwanted.

[How do I stop this?]

On 12/11/2018 at 4:53 AM, BethTech said:

What viewer are you using? There should be an option somewhere to stop all animations and revoke permissions.

there is a glitch/issue in sl where if the object in question is detached from the user you cannot always revoke the permissions at that point until they put it on again allowing the other uses to have a sort of permanent control.

[How do i use Auto response tool]

On 8/5/2017 at 12:27 PM, Bobsie said:

Just checking: So I will get peoples messages if I turn "autoresponse" on? 

yes and no. some auto responses do not cause a message to show up in your im box i think. only the other user gets the message and you see nothing. oh and for those that have never used it there is an option on the second auto response page that lets you send an item to the person getting the response. you can add a notecard with a more detailed response if you wanted or maybe a picture.

so go through each of the auto responses by turning them on and then read what they say just so you know which do and do not actually show you something. for I think if you set unavailable you won't see anything and if you refuse group invites or tp requests or friend requests you won't see those either.

LOL.. I didn't even realize the original post was from last year. just seen the date on the most recent reply.

[rlv]

did you mean reinstall rlv itself as in the viewer? or just the folder in your inventory? if its the viewer you would need to download and install an rlv enabled viewer. if its the folder do as either Nalates or Klytyna said.

[Clicked on the sky and hidden object appeared for anyone to control my avi]

Sadly it sounds like you got pranked by the owner of the sim or someone with rez rights on that sim. Do you have rlv on? if so log out of rlv then detach the item. If not you should be able to just open your inventory and click current outfit and find the item and detach it from yourself. Or if you can actually see the item, right click it and choose to detach from the menu that comes up it should remove it. If it asked for animation permission you can revoke the animation permission in different ways depending upon which viewer you are using. if it was an experience you can go into the experience menu and revoke permission of the experience which should detach the or allow detaching of the item. nothing in sl can be perm attached to you where you cannot get it off, not even using rlv, since rlv can be turned off.

[A way to sit on attached prim?]

On 10/14/2011 at 7:59 AM, Ceera Murakami said:

A worn item can, however, be scripted to produce a vehicle that you can easily sit on to effect this change. So you could have a chat command or a HUD that could spawn the vehicle for you as needed.

One of my wolf avatars has a choice of two 'saddles'. One has the wolf in control of movement, and with the other, the wolf's rider can control where the wolf and rider go.

 

I have a dragon avatar with similar options, it allows me to carry them by my claws while I fly or they can ride on my back and fly me. So something similar to that is probably what the poster needs to find and use if they wanted to go that far allowing someone else to control them. else just a simple vehicle script and animation would work allowing others to just ride on them.

[RLV Hardcore]

On 12/12/2018 at 9:16 AM, bigmoe Whitfield said:

did you even read soft's reply?  they wont do the whole email fix again.

did you not read what I wrote, that was directly from a linden lab csr when I asked them about it. So yes they can do it and will if it is needed. And you misread what Soft said

 

On 8/23/2018 at 12:34 PM, Soft Linden said:

 There is a good chance that user will lose the account if the user doesn't have other identifying information on file. The account will be held, and the recovery process would be the same one used for other forms of account compromise. The previous mass rollback of email addresses for these users was a one-time courtesy that consumed a lot of internal resources. As we communicated to these users, it will not be repeated.

 

 

he simply stated they would not be doing a mass rollback of email addresses of users affected by scams like extremerlv, not that they could not or would not change them if the account was reported as compromised. just that the user would need other identifying information on file to prove they owned the account.

even then a user could just create a new account and would be free of rlv at that point. that cannot be prevented from being done ever. they could simply recreated their entire account with exactly the same details/avatar/pics/groups/friends and even reget the same inventory over time and then just never log back into the other account. all that would be lost at that time is the age of the account. nothing to really get upset about. the age of the account doesn't make you special by any means. it just shows when you first started in sl with that account. not if you should be trusted or respected or feared or awed over because of some false belief that an older account means you are wiser or better in some way.

and after reported as compromised the account is put in hold preventing the other person who had access to the account from being able to log in to that account either. so at that point, no one can use it, it is a dead account. and they can just start over fresh and not care or worry about it.

[RLV Hardcore]

On 8/16/2018 at 7:18 AM, ThorinII said:

I heard of something else: Some sub did let her Dom/me change the button for the SL Viewer so that it links to Marine's Hardcore RLV instead. Which means, whenever she tries to use the official viewer, she'll log in with RLV.

 

 

even if the shortcut is changed on the start screen, live tile, starmenu, taskbar..  you can always go directly to the folder and launch the executable directly, bypassing and changes made to the shortcuts. so even that can be easily defeated by anyone that wanted.

you cant change the acual executeable to make it point to the other. so if they have more than one viewer installed and have their login information they can always log in to any other viewer.

[Drop box animations don't work in Firestorm]

make sure the script is actually set to running. if its a script you created or copy pasted into the contents tab. make sure the little box at the bottom is green and not red/yellow.

and do you mean a script in an object or in the firestorm ao? or another ao that you are using? you might ahve to turn on the ao, for its not on by default when you switch viewers. you have to enable it for the veiwer its being used in.

[RLV Hardcore]

What to do if your account has been compromised;

 

If you're having any difficulty at all recovering your account, creating a ticket as a guest from an email that you control is the best option. Tell us the name of your avatar and report it as an 'Account Compromise' and our team will investigate as the article suggests -- you can create a guest ticket and call the Fraud line just the same. Please let me know if you have other questions and have a good day!

 

Best wishes,

 

Maggie Linden

Second Life Customer Support

 

just as a bit of further information, about how to get your account back incase someone ever tricked you to giving up access to it, through anything like extremerlv or teamviewer or what ever other means they might try.

 

add if anyone wants to ever experience what I meant about the immersivity hud and how it can trap you and make it impossible to escape if you cannot use OOC to safeword, find me in world sometime when im online. I will be glad to make you my panties or whatever else I choose and keep you as them for as long as 'I' choose because I can since you used a veiwer without OOC support in it. Meaning either you log out of rlv, or log into one with rlv with OCC support and safeword. Or you are my personal trapped victim until I decide otherwise. all it requires is you to have rlv on, and wear an active rlv relay, either a hud or collar and then you belong to me from then until I release you. you will be my clothing or a part of my body until I say otherwise. because you will not be able to safeword any other way, not by chat, not by touch, not by anything but through the use of ((OOC)) but if you used the hardcore veiwer of marine's your sol.

 

still not hardcore, just mildly annoying. harcore is just an oppinion a personal veiw. anything claimed hardcore by someone may not be hardcore by someone else, especially within sl.

 

Im a hardcore sl skydiver. I climbed to over 100,000m into the air, to the point the avatar started to have visual defects and then plumeted back down without a parachute. yeah, im hardcore!

[RLV Hardcore]

As a few have said no matter what viewer you use there is always a way out of rlv. Just use another viewer with rlv disabled or use the standard ll viewer itself which does not support rlv. even if someone tricks you to using team viewer there are ways out of that too. even that is not inescapable. just time consuming to do so. with a little work and a little know how you could run a vm and then team view the vm, it wouldn't be able to see the host system. at any point you wanted control back, you load in a vm snapshot before team viewer was added to the vm or before the changes were made to the account on the vm or delete the vm and start fresh. there would be no way for them to ever know it was running via a vm, and of course you would use an alt on an entirely different account, not even on the same email as your main, and not your main account ever; and never add any personal information or payment information on the vm that was using team viewer whatever your avi needed you would simply send them money from your main or the dom/me would have to buy the items they wanted you to have and use.

the only one real issue with marines hardcore version is the fact it blocks ooc.. which was done to try and stop those that use ooc to get around local chat block or get around gags that might block or mumble what you would say, not really hardcore just a minor annoyance. the real issue with removing ooc is if anyone uses an object that chat redirects you won't be able to use ooc to use the collar safeword as you would be able to in other viewers with ooc enabled.

so anyone that used something like the immersivity hud could trap you and you would not be able to get out until they let you out or you logged out and into a non rlv viewer. which could be a real pain and a nuisance. meaning you would have to keep your collar/relay on ask/trusted and not on auto most of the time unless you just didn't mind being trapped until the other user decided to free you, which could be never if they wanted to be a real jerk about it. meaning you would need to relog into a non rlv viewer or a viewer with ooc support and then safeword.

all in all marine hardcore is not really hardcore it just requires a person to simply log out and use the ll viewer to get out of rlv traps or collars. simple and easy to do if really wanted or needed. disabling the blacklist doesn't really make it hardcore, making it always log in with rlv on doesn't really make it hardcore. you just keep two sl clients installed. one for rlv and one when you need or want out of rlv.

plus you can always just log in and then tp to a region with scripts disabled, log out then log back in, rlv cant work in such regions since scripts cant start. meaning nothing rlv can hold you then. so any and all rlv restrictions and locks would not work. yes, logging into such an area will cause your collar/item to cry out you logged in with rlv off though. unless you lag your connection and then detach the item before it times out on the rlv handshake which then causes it to send the message. so even on marines hardcore viewer, there are still ways to get out of rlv restrictions if you are smart and quick. so its only as hardcore as you let or want it to be. 

really the whole idea about it being harder, inescapable or hardcore is just a mindset a fantasy and never will be a reality. there will always be a way out for those who want too. sorry to burst the bubble of everyone hoping or wanting rlv to be unstoppable or inescapable it simply never will be.

there is an entirely new game besides the team viewer game where a sub uses a password generator and then uses that password and changes their password on their account, then adds it to marines viewer and has the viewer set to auto log in. the password is usually given to their dom/me, owner, master/mistress so only they can give it back to let them free if ever asked to be, or maybe a friend, thus only those people can free you and let you log into a rlv viewer with rlv off. after its added to the auto login its cleared from the browser cookies/cache/password storage so it's not remembered on your system and only the person that it was given to has it. usually passed to them via im or by a nc that the sub then deletes from their end.

the only problem with this is believing and trusting the sub actually did delete it and didn't just write it down on a piece of paper or email it to themselves or keep it stored in nc, or text file, on their phone, in a photo, in an sms..in a pastebin like location, stored somewhere on their social media account you don't have access too. so even then they could get free if they wanted too or needed too.

so really even then it is about trust and communication and if you really think they are loyal or not or you have them brainwashed enough to not runaway from you one way or another. if they really want out they will find a way out. its the dom/me, master/mistress, owner's job to make sure they don't want or need or feel like they should. its not just the sub/slaves responsibility to be biding and loyal no matter what is done or said to them no matter if the would-be dom/me, master/mistress, owner says otherwise.

even the heartcore collar by virtual disgrace can be easily escaped from if a person really wants too. even if its been welded. for all that does is disable being able to unlock the collar and runaway, which again means nothing if you log in to any non rlv viewer or any rlv viewer with rlv off. or using fs or any other viewer that supports choosing where you log in to, and logging into a script disabled location. thus stopping the collar scripts from ever starting, thus no locks or restrictions can be imposed, thus any item can be removed. just discard the collar and start over with another unwelded copy of the heartcore collar... always keep copies around of anything that can be copied.. no need to even buy the lockpicks unless you just want to for the rp aspect of using them to get free.

no collar or rlv item can hold you if you don't want to allow it, its a choice that is made, a choice that can be changed even if you are a sub/slave even if your dom/me, master/mistress, owner doesn't like it or gets mad. the worst they can do to you is set you free at which point you find someone else that works and fits better for you and move on and forget about them and their insecurities or narcissistic behaviors. just block/mute/derender if they get hateful about it, no longer a problem in your life at that moment or ever again.

if any dom/me, master/mistress, owner tries to claim you no longer have any choice or rights just because you put on a collar and turned on rlv and added them as owner they are just bs'ing you trying to gaslight you and wanting you to believe in a lie that is not really how bdsm works, they want you to believe their lies and deceptions and misinformation or attempted brainwashing. it is always about consent and choice and finding and being with the right person that fits what you want out of it. its never just about the dom/me, master/mistress, owner no matter if they try and say it is. you the sub and your wants and needs matter and are just as important too.  don't believe the bs being bruited about in many of the groups that try and claim how it is or has to be or should be, when in doubt research and learn for yourself and decide for yourself and not just accept or believe what someone else claims or says ever.                                        

remember every slave is a sub, but not every sub is a slave or has to be. and not every slave has to be a tpe slave because some wannabe dom/me, master/mistress, owner every claims otherwise.

communication.. it takes two for it to happen, its not just a one-way street.

trust.. it takes two make it work, it's not just given freely to any wannabe because they think they can demand/command/request it. it should be earned and if they break it, they don't deserve you as a friend or partner or sub/slave or whatever else you may call yourself.

understanding.. everyone has bad days and good days, if your dom/me, master/mistress or owner can accept that fact then maybe they are not the one for you. remember they have them too. so communication...communication..communication.

be safe.. know who you are playing with, more than just a superficial level. not everyone is safe to be around even online. yes, you can be hurt online, words can hurt. yes, you can be abused through rlv, yes you can be abused in sl. not physically but emotionally or mentally it can and does happen.

be smart.. learn all you can about rlv and what it can and cannot do, once you do you don't have to fear it ever again. then if you ever need free of something you know how to get free or what to do about it the next time it happens or someone makes a claim about it or what they can or will do to you with it.

be sane, don't just accept any bs that some wannabe says about what you have to do or be or allow because they claim it to be how it has to be. just because you turned on rlv does not give them the rights to be an ***** even if they try and claim it does.ever. not even as a tpe slave.

choice.. you always have the right to change your choice no matter what anyone else says ever. even if you are a sub or slave or a doll a pet or a statue, a piece of furniture or clothing. you do not just have to allow. or go with it, or flow with it; because they want you too or say you need to or have too. no one has that right ever, not in any relationship ever even in bdsm.  you have the right to have your limits or fears or concerns respected at all times. no matter if someone says otherwise in all relationships. if they refuse, and won't communicate with you about it, then remove them, block them, mute them, derender them and move on from them.

should you ever have to leave or runaway or remove yourself from a dom/me, master/mistress, owner, trainer, sculptor, programmer, doll maker.. or whatever other silly title or rank or name they have given themselves and expect you to call them by..never feel bad or ashamed or damaged because you did. never let anyone say you are garbage or broken or damaged or useless or worthless or trash as a sub or slave because you did. they were not the right person for you, you learned and grew and are moving on. if they refuse to communicate with you about your concerns it is their fault, they are the one who loses out, they are the one that is useless and worthless to you at that point. do not feel bad for doing it. do not let them gaslight you, or lovebomb you into coming back, or try and brainwash you into thinking it was your fault when it was not.

no matter what any relationship type you are in, you always have the right to be respected and your fears or concerns addressed if they refuse perhaps they are not the one for you and its time to move on. you never have to put with anything from anyone here if you really do not want too or feel like having to do so anymore. and no they do not have the right to force it upon you either. not even in any type of bdsm relationship ever.

it is not the right or privilege or entitlement of any dom/me, master/mistress..etc.. to break your limits or ignore them. or push them if you are not ready for that to happen. no matter if you are a sub or slave or whatever you call yourself. no matter if they claim so or say so or demand so or command so. it always requires your consent, and just because it was given once does not mean it was given for all things all the time, no matter if they try and say otherwise. given once does not mean given always for everything unless you negotiated that beforehand and even then you still always retain the right to renegotiate or revoke if you ever feel unsafe for any reason, even if they try and claim differently. the worst that will happen is they will leave you/set you free and no longer play/scene/rp...they deserve no trust, no loyalty, nor belief in them from you. dont fall for their bs, their mind games, their brainwashing, their gaslighting, their lovebombing, their attempts at isolationism to make you change to something you do not really want to be. this is your sl, not theirs. they have only the rights to your sl that you chose to give them,. not what they want or demand or command ever even in all bdsm relationships, even if they try and claim otherwise. for all you have to do is log in with rlv off, remove that collar, delete it, remove them from friends, block them/mute them/derender them and they are gone from your life now and always until you ever chose to let them back in if ever. just be aware they might try and use an alt to get back at you..but alts are easy to discover since everyone has telltale signs in how they speak that give them away over time.

remember sl is meant to be fun for everyone including the sub/slave etc.. and not just the dom/me..etc. and no you do not ever have to answer the old age/sex/location questions..or skype someone or vid chat someone or voice chat someone because they might want to try and have you do so to prove you are what you claim to be. you do not have to let them have any rl information about you other than you what you feel you can trust them with. even then I still woudlnt.. you can't really trust anyone on sl that far.. someone will always be out there waiting to take advantage of that trust and belief and faith. so be careful and have fun.