melanatedaquarian

My Alt is unable to open doors in my Linden Home even though they are set to owner of the group and can rez objects. How do I fix this?

been mia waiting for my new computer to arrive, here's a long overdue pic with a new skin and head.

Thank you! I feel so honored

Thank you so much for your compliment! Of course I don't mind Happy pride!!

The theme for SL Pride this year is "together"...together in unity, life, health, harmony spirit, love, power, strength, mind, body, and peace. In light of all the recent tragedies, we should take a moment to reflect on bringing the human race together - all sexual orientations, genders, and races. Happy pride month everyone!

thank you @steeljane42! When you say keep them on a different level do you mean putting them at different elevations? Thanks so much for your detailed response @Chic Aeon! You're suggestion to place a club in the corner might be a good idea. I'd like to have a venue that can host maybe 20-25 avatars at a time - nothing crazy. So placing it in a corner on one side with perhaps a park and some light retail could help if I have residential parcels on the opposite side of the sim? I have much to learn though ultimately I would like to bring in a landscaper and sim planner to help with the process since this will be my first go and I really want to provide a rock solid experience for guests. @Secondary Lionheart thank you for clarifying that bit! Since this will be my first sim I'd rather keep business on the smaller side (small-medium businesses and a small club that can host 25 avatars max) would that still bring a high latency for residents on the opposite side of the sim if there are small business and an open park (or some other large, relatively lightly used public space) between the two. To clarify I've been considering full regions since they can handle more people and have better performance since the sim will be a city/urban community sim with apartments and high-rises.

Today I decided to spend a little time in my LH to sit amongst the sweet flowers, but stole a (long overdue) moment to snap some shots before heading out 🙂

Hi all, I'm in the very early stages of planning my own community and had a few questions. I'd like to create a mixed use rp city sim with residential (apartments and houses) public spaces (restaurants, parks, public services), and small-mid sized businesses. Though, I'd like the option to expand those in the future if business goes well and perhaps include a nightclub(s). However, lag is real! Is it possible to expand to regions and/or divide one up so that businesses or clubs don't negatively impact those living on the sim?

Not sure, I found it on MP i'll see what it says next time

while unpacking , I noticed the gorgeous lighting. Here’s the result.

As the title suggests, my clothes are not attaching correctly. Today I switched from appliers to using BoM skin (body only). However, when I went to put on an outfit the clothes were attached at weird places (picture below). It seems to only happen to clothes I used in previously saved outfits. How I arrived at this problem: In making the switch over to BoM I ended up clearing the cache (and inventory cache) to try to get BoM to work with the Catwa head, but the face applier I have isn't BoM compatible. After applying the BoM Stray Dog skin to the body I tried to put on previously saved outfits, but the outfits pane was stuck on a spinning wheel. Relogged then tried put on clothes again, same attachment issue. So I deleted all my outfits (that was painful) and tried again. Same issues.

It was fun hanging out with you Cristiano! I'm still cracking up over a few thing Moo said lol 😂

Thank you so much for the advice @Nalates Urriah! YT has been pretty useful so far, but I'm not very good at taking pics (when I had an IG irl my pics were usually just ok); so was looking for photographers for hire. Also wanted to include some post-production processing as well and I'm not that advanced yet, so hiring someone else is the least stressful way to get the results I want until able to do it myself. Your recommendation to check out other's photos is a great starting point, that'll be a great way to determine what aesthetic I'm aiming for. You take pretty cool photos yourself! 🙂

hey everyone, new here and figured I'd give this a shot. Here are a quick snapshots of my avi today. If anyone is a photographer and willing to work with a newbie, I'd like to get some better shots.

Hi @Corneliussss, I'm also gay and black (and 32 if the age difference matters). If you're interested in being strictly friends I'll send you a message in world. Again strictly friends, no R. Kelly over here lol

Hi @ghoullia95, if you're still looking for friends I'll send you a message inworld. Let's hang sometime 🙂

Hey there, As the title indicated I'm a gay POC (person of color) looking to make friends. It's been about 3 weeks since I joined (talk about a learning cuuuuurve). I heard clubs were the best place to meet people, though it hasn't been very fruitful (hardly any public chatter, anywhere from 10-60 minutes for IM replies, or just being outright ignored). Following some advice I received from a very helpful (het female) friend I'm trying here. I'm 32, live in New York, former veteran that transitioned back into fashion. I really love music, enjoy shopping, reading, cooking, traveling, having a good conversation with friends, and recently started learning to play the keyboard. Small talk isn't really my forte (there's so much more meaningful things to talk about than the weather), so if you're interested in having good conversations hit me up. So far I've mostly shopped, gone clubbing, and explored a little...oh and museums!! Art, particularly art history, is pretty big for me (almost did a minor in art history). If any of that sounds interesting to you or you know of any hang out spots for other gay or lgbt persons of color (or MIXED crowd), send me message: melanatedaquarian p.s. I've seen a similar thread from a year or two ago in which it turned into a race debate...please refrain from that. I can literally count on one hand the number of gay POCs I've seen at clubs and as a gay black male I can tell you it's nice to be around those that look like you, share similar experiences, are actually interested in being friends, etc. I personally have zero race hangups, but imagine if you will a kid in a candy store...only you're the candy, but not just any candy...you're licorice...that's basically what it feels like.

Hi Cristiano, I"m also based on the east coast. If you're looking for friends that are on and want to hang feel free to shoot me a message inworld. I tend to log on quite frequently.

hi everyone! I'm still pretty new to SL, about 3 weeks now. I"m 32, a veteran, and formerly studied and worked in fashion. I'm also gay and black irl. So far it's been fun exploring bits of SL - especially museums! People compliments my avi fairly frequently, so maybe I'll start up a fashion blog once I get a better handle on things and build a portfolio of brands I like to wear. IRL I enjoy reading, cooking, hanging out with my friends (back when that was a thing). I love LOVE music and recently started learning to play the keyboard. I also speak French fairly decently, so always up to chat in French. Spanish and Italian speakers will have to be a bit more patient as it's. been years since I've used either regularly. I'm in New York if anyone is from the area and wants to commiserate our current condition. I'm one of the coronavirus joiners lol, though SL came onto my radar last year sometime. Mostly my time is spent shopping, but it's getting a bit lonely and trying to meet people in gay clubs has been fruitless. It seems a lot of people are on the forums, so figured I'd try here. Drop me a line inworld if you're so inclined at melanatedaquarian

Just sending a follow up thank you to everyone that helped me get a handle on setting up my avatar. In the end I went with a legacy body, Catwa Victor head, Blake stray dog skin with matching body applier (though a Birth face and skin were very strong contenders). I'm pretty proud of the end result considering the hours (yes hours) spent to figure it all out. Now comes the fun part: shopping! Also, if anyone knows of good photographers that could take some nice photos for Flickr I'd be very grateful for the help. 🙂