[How Does Your SL Look Today?]

I'm so in love with my current pixel home

 

[Would you share all the details of you avatar?]

On 10/9/2023 at 8:51 AM, Orwar said:

   If anyone inquires about something that could easily be found via a scanner or inspecting, I wouldn't be opposed to answering.

   Skin and shape are a little different - can't refer them to the creator of the shape as that would be myself (and I'm not selling it, it's mine!), and skin just feels a little too personal. Same with BOM clothes, if someone asks where my alt's knickers or bra are from it would be kind of creepy as that's an inferred confession of peeking up her skirt or down her blouse. 

I agree about the skin and shape. This is the only thing I feel personal and private with my avatar. I make my own shape and it is a work in progress since I started Second life. Finding the skin I really like is also not easy as getting a new hair or a pair of shoes. Most of the time I only say the brand 'cos I also have to accept the fact that what I am wearing is a ready-to-wear skin that also worn by a number avatars around the grid.

[What if houses were... free?]

11 hours ago, bateliii said:

I hope this is the right place to open this topic.
I don't know how SL is different from other virtual worlds out there. But there are games like VRchat that gives the player an option of a house to return to.
In SL everything costs money (a lot of money) and in-game currency is not really a thing, unless you have a job or successful business.
Since my first day in SL I don't understand why we didn't get a private place that we could call home. A place to rezz things in instead of looking for a sandbox. Change clothes, work on our shape freely instead of looking for an empty place to do so. And so on. The minimum is to get a completely empty place, not necessarily a furnished house. Just a place that will only be yours.
Why do you think free houses don't exist in SL?

Just put it this way. Having your own place in Secondlife is like maintaining your own website where you can put anything you want for other people to see and experience. Running and maintaining a server cost real life money

[Close up portraits]

[It's the Spooky Season! Second Life Epitaphs, "Cause of Avatar Death"]

died from a plane crash.

virtual forensic report: a woman on 2 piece bikini with 8 fluffy tails edited a flying sculpty single engine plane over Barbarossa causing the crash. Pilot instantly died on sitting position while hovering in circle. Ruthed remains found in Azimuth Region.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

[Ideas for a "More Realistic Experience" in Second Life]

On 9/26/2023 at 12:58 AM, Sid Nagy said:

More realism, really?

-Trash cans, that need to be put out every week on a given day.

There's actually one made by Lusch Motors, the Hermes modular truck. It comes with trash bins that you need to empty once a week. We have it in a residential sim were I live.

 

 

[How does your avatar look today ?]

6 hours ago, SabrinaCooke said:

Lovely avi! 😍

Thank you, Sabrina ❤️

[How does your avatar look today ?]

[Doubt about Maitreya Lara]

On 3/11/2019 at 10:01 AM, Janet Voxel said:

The main reason I don’t wear a Maitreya are the brolic looking shoulders.

So it’s not just you OP.

I call it elbow macaroni 😁

[How would you feel if Second Life had a like/dislike rating for residents?]

like rating system where your privileges will depend on your current rating? Something like in the Netflix' series Black Mirror "Nosedive" episode? That is going to be a riot 😆

[latest LL official viewer (PBR) won't let me click objects I don't own]

11 hours ago, Hitomi Magne said:

I had the same situation, but once I completely uninstalled and reinstalled the viewer, I was able to touch objects owned by others.

 

Mine solved with just toggling off the build>Select Only My Object. Seems like when it is toggled on, it will disable any interaction with non owned object.

[latest LL official viewer (PBR) won't let me click objects I don't own]

3 hours ago, Gavin Hird said:

The PBR viewer is NOT the official viewer – it is a beta viewer and all kinds of issues can emerge on it. Meaning YMMV

The latests official viewer is the 6.6.14 version.

This is the one I'm currently using:

7.0.0.581684 - GLTF Material Import

Release Notes

PBR GLTF Materials Project

Second Life is excited to take the next step and ship the GLTF PBR Materials viewer as a Release Candidate, offered to a small group of Residents, but as an RC anyone may install it. At this time the Second Life main grid does not support GLTF PBR Materials... yet. Watch this space for updates.

UPDATE: PBR Materials now has limited availability on our Main grid (Agni) as a Beta Project and may be previewed on specific regions:

• Rumpus Room (and Rumpus Room 2, 3, 4 and 5)
• Preflight0 through 8 (Limited access)

Previously it was, and still is, available as an early Alpha Project on our Beta grid (Aditi) and also only on specific regions:

• Materials1
• Materials Adult
• Rumpus Room (and Rumpus Room 2, 3, and 4)

Refer to the “Known Issues” section for more information.

[latest LL official viewer (PBR) won't let me click objects I don't own]

Hi Qie, you are correct. For some reason you need to toggle the select only my object. Before the update, select only my object is always checked on my viewer and it doesn't limit me from interacting with non owned objects.

[latest LL official viewer (PBR) won't let me click objects I don't own]

So my official viewer got auto update today and I am really impressed with the graphics. Everything looks so HD maybe because every textures loads crazy fast. But there is a weird thing going on. I can't right click and left click on any object that I don't own. Now I cant open the door of the house I am renting! 😭

[Looking at new head. Help me decide.]

cute head but I find the eyebrows too mature and well kept.

[New oddity in the official viewer when logging in.]

I am also having problems with my saved outfits after the update. Items are sometimes missing in the list that you need to re log to make them appear again.Also sometimes changing outfit takes forever or worst it doesn't change at all. I tried clearing cache but I'm still experiencing the issue from time to time.

[How does your Senra look?]

I really do think that this new mesh bom default avatar is decent.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

[LaraX?]

LaraX looks more like Legacy Perky

[What Does Your Avatar Look Like Now?]

[I want a fat body - help? Very new!]

Because Piggu is designed as 1 whole avatar unlike the stand alone mesh body that doesn't really match the fat level of the stand alone mesh head. Most or maybe all mesh head brands has well defined head structure, from super model to Instagram model aesthetic and when it pair to a plus size mesh body, it doesn't look right. You are only plus size from the neck down. The only down side of Piggu avatar is the limited choice of apparel and customization  https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/59536

[Drama Lover?]

6 hours ago, Eddy Vortex said:

If you use Firestorm, simply hover your cursor over a random fashionista wannabe and watch the IMs roll in with "wHy ArE u LoOkInG aT mE!! StOp LoOkInG aT mE!!!!eleventyones"

 

Omg I encountered someone like this a couple of days ago in a busy club. I always position my camera to my own avatar to watch my dance anims but sometimes other avatar will block the view because it's tight and crowded. A polio survivor looking female avatar messaged me out of nowhere "Did you get what you want? Do you want me to help you with your avatar?"... 🤣🤣🤣

[boating on the Blake Sea]

On 2/1/2023 at 6:37 PM, ToniaKR said:

Unless LL implement VAR Regions as in Open Simulator  then I doubt that this problem will ever be resolved.

what is VAR?

[Best Vehicle creators in SL]

For me, the best land vehicle to drive in SL is from the NTBI group (Lusch, Szym, Astaro). Although they don't have the most eye candy car in sl, Their vehicle script is incomparable. Stella is my favorite by Lusch. Paladin by Szym is the most popular because of the mods and add ons.