MsAfrodite
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Hello,
I use the FireStorm Viewer and I it's been at least 3 yrs since I've been gone from SL. Can anyone tell me how I would clear my cache? I am noticing a LOT of lag time when I am changing up my Avatar (Skin, shape, clothes, etc.) I am not using many if any appliers since I've gone BOM. Even within my Maitreya HUD nothing responds or when it does it takes a while for the change to occur. I just emptied my trash but again, I can't remember how to clear the cache.
Any help and/or advice is appreciated.
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I just updated and I have no idea where my nams and prams (as I call them) environment light settings are. There used to be a long list of light settings you could chose that would be your setting no matter what parcel you were on. Now I can't find that option anywhere. 😭
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What store carries the Freya body?
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2 hours ago, Maitimo said:
You can't wear more than one body at the same time. And if you mean "Will it work with Maitreya clothing?" the answer is definitely not. You will only be able to use clothes made specifically for the Kupra body. A marketplace search brings up about 5,000 items, which is not much at all.
Looking at the shape of Kupra, she looks a lot like Slink Hourglass, which is much better supported for clothing; a marketplace search for this one brings up more than 400,000 items. As previously mentioned, you can also get a similar shape with Belleza Freya (slightly under 400,000 items).
Honestly, if this is the look you're after and you want to be able to wear a variety of clothing, I would get one of those two bodies, and not the Kupra.
I've been doing some more looking around since posting this and yes, I will hold off on the Kupra and try the Freya. As you stated there aren't a lot of clothes, etc made for the proportions of Kupra. However, I also wonder how difficult it might be even for the Freya if the shape is made larger ( hips, thighs, etc?) The exaggerated look of Kupra just reminds me of the female rappers/performers like Doja Cat and the Kardashians with the butt and boobs implants and tiny waist. That seems to be where it may have come from.
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Hello,
I am looking to create a new Avi that's a big girl/bbw. Kupra is new to me and I was wondering if anyone has used it to make a curvy, hourglass BBW?
Will it work with the Maitreya body?
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I don't know how to use the SL camera to take pics so I just do screen shots. 🤷♀️
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12 hours ago, Katherine Heartsong said:
Love me my COCO and Blueberry stuff.
Your Avi looks awesome!!!! I just discovered COCO and I love her work! I love how she puts looks together for ideas and even has items that can make up 2-3 different looks which means the pieces will fit together and not clash. I love that! I also like a lot of pieces from Rowne https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/54448.
I have the Dangerous Girl AO from Vista. I made the mistake of deleting the ones I selected from the SL AO hud I use. I prefer it instead of having the Vista hud open, also I find even if I like the majority of the animations I don't like all of them, so this way I can pick the ones I want.
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3 hours ago, Katherine Heartsong said:
Yes ... but the red means you have an alpha turned on.
I have been practicing for the past few days and I think I've got figured out! I decided to also upgrade my look and get a new skin that's BoM. Tonight I played around with the new Maitreya add-ons to try layering with tattoo, underwear and clothing & used the tinting option for an applier I added. I've also updated my hairbase to BoM I'm slowly getting the hang of things. It's a challenge but a good one. 🙂
Thank you for all of your help.
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On 11/27/2020 at 3:23 PM, Yuumo Ichibara said:
My favorite jazz bar and lounge:
Thank you! I will add it to my list. 🙂
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BoM is on for the head, right??? Am I heading in the right direction?
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Well, I got some sleep. I have searched for YT videos on CATWA BoM tutorials and they are (the people doing them) are just as confusing. I wish there was a point by point what to do video. 1. Do this. 2. Next do this, etc. IF and that's a strong IF I ever figure this stuff out I will try do to one...minus rambling, opps and my bads that I'm seeing so far. #justsayn. 🤷♀️ 😋
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1 hour ago, FairreLilette said:
Soon, but I only have MP and two tiny booths I rent in a mall inworld. However, right now I only have limited fantasy skins but soon I will have some for humans. It takes a very long time to make things plus I got the flu shot and after the flu shot it made me tired and I had complete inertia from the flu shot for a month. I am working a little bit now.
I have made 1000's of items at least that I've never brought to market due to the workload to make things in SL. One would never realize how much work it is to make things here unless they did it. For instance, you have to be designer, animator, scripter, photography, marketer, texture artist, I mean the work is so much that I make most of my items for myself and bring only a few to market. I love being able to sell things inworld where the item itself is the vendor and people just click on that item to buy a copy - it saves tons of work for me that way as all I have to do is rez the item and set it to buy a copy or contents. I will have a limited supply of human skins and make-ups because the workload is too much for me, but one of the skins is the prettiest skin I've ever seen in SL. It's just gorgeous. Others may have a different view of it as beauty is seen in the eye of the beholder. But, for the first time since I've been a mesh avatar, I finally said "she's pretty" and been excited about it because mostly I've said I'm just not happy with my avatar. Well, BOM changed it for me in that I could make my own skins and for the first time say "I'm pretty". I could cry...it's made a world of difference for me.
Awww I get what you mean! I have a friend who actually created two of my Avatars, this one I'm working on is one of them. She's a creator at heart. She also changes her Avi a LOT and I do as well but not as often since I've been back to SL this year. When you can finally look at your Avi and say you're happy or wow this is beautiful feels good. Who cares what others may think or say, it's what makes you happy and that's all that matters. ♥️
Take care of yourself and get your rest. I got my flu shot not too long ago and it is weird how it can make you tired, etc. I sleep came home after I got mine and sleep the entire day lol.
Anywhoo I am going to get some sleep, I've been up all night working on my Avi and I'm exhausted and my brain is turning to mush! I'll work on her hair, etc after I sleep for a few hrs.
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1 hour ago, RowanMinx said:
The body seems fine. It's still the head you can't get to work?
I think I've got the head done correctly. I still have to put my hair base & hair back on but I'm sleepy lol. I'll figure out how all that works with BoM when I wake up. ☺️
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Ok so before I head off to bed (it's just after 11am here) I played around a little more with the BoM, etc and this is what I've got so far. The hair and hair base session will have to wait until I get some sleep. 🤔😴
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Thank you all for commenting and trying to help. I tell ya, I've been up all night playing around with this thing. I want to use the updated Maitreya (v5.3) but I'm ready to say fudge it! 😠
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1 hour ago, RowanMinx said:
Click the bakes on mesh button
2 hours ago, FairreLilette said:You can use the skins that look like a body. Those are BOM skins too - just like in the old days. I don't make tattoo BOM skins like a tattoo...I make full BOM skins with head and body attached in one piece just like in the old days...and the symbol looks like a person in yellow. If you have old system skins, you can try those on and see how you like them.
Do you have a store for your BoM skins?
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When I click on the BoM button it just changed the color of her body but it didn't fix the face/head.
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I was in another topic on BoM but I decided to create my own thread as I didn't want to hijack the conversation that was going on there.
I am slowing trying to change my Avi using the newer Maitreya 5.3 and using skin instead of skin appliers. I'm almost there, I think. This is where I'm at so far. I have to figure out how to fix the face. I have the CATWA Catya Bento Head.
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2 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:
Those're tattoos.
Skin icon looks like a person, arms/legs in an X formation.
Ahhhh ok, I think I'm getting it...I think! LOL Thank you☺️
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I feel like I may have injected myself here and I'm sorry. If I need further help, I will start a topic.
Happy Turkey Day everyone and please be safe!!🦃 ♥️
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49 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:
I see two problems here immediately.
1) First, and most important, take off the Maitreya Mesh Body - Alpha. You don't need a full-body alpha when using BOM, and it will in fact mess up the look, because what it ends up hiding is not your system body, but the mesh one.
2) You've got the Maitreya Mesh Body - BoM Add-on Parts HUD on, but you haven't worn the actual BoM Add-on Parts attachment itself. You don't strictly speaking need this -- it's for smoothing out cleavage and nipples, and crotch and bum (also toes) when wearing system layers over these. But add it. Use the Add-On HUD to smooth those parts only if you need to (eg. you're wearing an applier or system tee shirt, or jeans); if you have the Add-On parts enabled through the Add-On Parts HUD when you're wearing mesh over these, it will sometimes stick out through the mesh.
Make sure you've enable BoM on both the Maitreya body and whatever head you're using -- there should be a button to do so on the HUDs for each of these. You have to have BoM enabled on both, or it won't work properly.
Then wear your choice of system skin, just as you used to in pre-mesh days. If that skin includes the face, you should be done; if it does not (and most do not), your head will still probably appear the colour red. You'll need to add a system tattoo layer with your chosen / preferred face skin. You can't use applier skins for either body or head anymore -- you need the system skin and possibly face skin tattoo layer.
Maitreya still has alpha cuts on its HUD, so you can use those to blank out whatever parts of the body are cutting through clothes, but you can now also use alpha layers to do this. Maitreya also has the option of adding tattoo, underwear, and clothing layers to your body; you can see those in your inventory above. If you add them, you can control them through the main Maitreya HUD. I recommend not wearing them if you don't need them (and mostly now you shouldn't): I wear the tattoo layer because it allows me to wear an asymmetrical tattoo on one arm but not the other, but I've never needed to wear the underwear or clothing layers, and you probably won't either.
Here's a quick start guide for Maitreya BoM that might help. There is likely one out there for whatever head you're using too.
ETA: The viewer you're using shouldn't make a difference: all of the major viewers, including Firestorm, updated for BoM a long time ago.
Thank you for explaining things for me! Just a few more questions for clarity.
1. When you say "system skin(s)" do you mean the squiggly looking icons like in the pic below?
2. Will using BoM help with clothes clashing? You know, you put a shirt over some pants and the pants will bleed through the shirt layer, etc.
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I seriously need a short school bus explanation of BoM! I am just coming back to SL after being gone for 2-3 yrs and we have this thing now, BoM?? I don't know how to update my Avi and this is me before & after adding the Maitreya V5. Also, I am using the FireStorm Viewer. Does that make a difference in using BoM? I would love to be able to layer closes so they don't clash, etc.
Please can someone give me an idea of what I may be doing wrong? Is there a how to video on setting up your avi using the new Maitreya with the BoM?
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3 hours ago, Katherine Heartsong said:
And just for MsAfrodite ... part of the reason people rent parcels on private islands (vs mainland) is that it seems to work out to be cheaper than paying for a year's premium membership.
The cost of that premium membership is US$99 which is roughly equal to 24,000L. Which means you are appearing to paying "rent" to LL for your free 1024 allocation of land at a rate of roughly 460L/week, plus whatever you paid to buy that parcel of land (if you are not living in a Linden home). That could be 1,000L or 5,000L depending on location, views, etc. And rents for the same amount of space on some private island might only be 150-250L/week, so renting seems the better deal.
Thank you @Katherine Heartsongfor the breakdown!! That was very helpful! I was a premium member when I first came back to SL. I did so for all the things you mentioned, the stipend, etc. But what I found was it wasn't conducive to my preference to privacy. I found that no matter which house/location I selected there were a lot of other parcels surrounding me. Also it was hard to find a beach parcel. For me, I crave having privacy and I also wanted a beach with waves, etc. So I gave up the premium membership and decided "buying" as Estates call it was a better option. It may cost a little more at the end but I guess it's the price of having exactly what I want, etc. 🤷♀️
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15 hours ago, Rachel1206 said:
Have you checked out Jazz & Blues at Second Life destinations? 3 pages listing jazz and blues places.
As always kind of jazz, blues will depend on DJ performing.
Fogbound Blues always good, can be laggy as in real lag, because it is so popular.
Formal place Franks Elite Jazz Club
Mature and relaxed: The New Kari's Kantina del Mar
Ballroom, elegant: FOXXIES Romantic Jazz Club Dancing
Thank you for the suggestions! I'll save the TP locations and check them out. 😊
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Hi there,
I am just in the demo stage of the Legacy body as I've always used Maitreya. I want to switch because I want a full figured avi without going Kupra. Do you know if there is information on Deformers? I've no idea what they are or how to use them. Also which stores do you shop for clothing that are Legacy friendly?