Theresa Tennyson

Newer viewers tend to open more Internet connections than older ones because of different ways of handling profiles, etc. A common example is the helper ap "SLplugin.exe." Do you have a firewall? It may be blocking some of these connections.

Anything ordered a Magic Box goes to "Objects." "Recieved Items" only works with DD. Works the same way for gift recipients.

Kukla Lavender wrote: i'm so lost by all these... (i'm not good with tech stuff!!!!) here is the info for my comp... the virewer is so laggy that it missese letters when i type as well as major time between clicking an item and having it pop up or load... i'm so frusterated! Firestorm 4.0.1 (27000) Mar 19 2012 16:21:21 (Firestorm-Release) Release Notes CPU: AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M500 (2194.46 MHz) Memory: 5885 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601) Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series Windows Graphics Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1119 OpenGL Version: 3.3.11566 Compatibility Profile Context RestrainedLove API: (disabled) libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1 J2C Decoder Version: KDU Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000 Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded) Voice Server Version: Not Connected Settings mode: Hybrid Viewer Skin: metaharper (cool_ocean) Font Used: Liberation (96) Draw distance : 168 Bandwidth : 1500 LOD factor : 6 Built with MSVC version 1600 Kukla - try lowering your draw distance (Firestorm has a slider for it, if I remember it) and your LOD factor is very high - I've never raised mine above 4 and my computer is more powerful than yours. If you haven't already, go into "Preferences" - "Graphics" - "Hardware" and uncheck the box next to "Use OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects." Also, never try to run SL on a laptop on the battery alone. Power saving is the last thing SL needs.

If you're using shoes that require invisiprims to hide your feet they won't work if "Lighting and Shadows" is enabled. They work fine if it's off. This was a change that was made intentionally by the developers but there's a possibility that it will be re-visited. In the meantime, try to use shoes that have alpha layers if you want to turn "Lighting and Shadows" on.

My understanding is that the deformer will deform mesh avatars that allow it as well, but it is always based on the standard sliders. For instance, if the standard avatar breast size sliders range from AAA to DD then a large-busted mesh avatar might end up with a range from D to FFF. Any mesh clothing to fit a non-standard mesh avatar would need to be designed to fit a "base" version of that particular avatar that would correspond to the SLIDER POSITIONS of the default standard avatar, but then that clothing would automatically fit a user-customized version of that mesh avatar.

LL recently changed the way SL handles empty "system" folders. They aren't displayed if there's nothing in them. As soon as you create or recieve an item that would normally go in one that folder will appear. (I'm not saying it was a good idea; that's just what they did.) There may have been a time factor in how this policy works that makes your older avatars stiil have that folder.

Gifting now works with Magic Box and Direct Delivery items. I tried sending a Magic Box item earlier tonight - the process was laggy but worked. Just sent a Direct Delivery item and it was very smooth.

If you've already logged into the beta grid before and just need your account refreshed you can reset the password to your account (I think you can even "change" it to the same thing.) That will update your presence on the beta grid as far as inventory, etc. It will also change the amount of beta "play money" you have.

If the Macs have AMD/ATI graphics processors go into "Preferences" - "Graphics" - "Hardware" and de-select the box saying "Use OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects." If they're laptops and have automatic power-saving switching between built-in Intel graphics and a separate graphics processor, make sure they're always running using the separate processor. Copy and paste the information from "Help" - "About Second LIfe" from both Phoenix and the newer viewers into a reply and someone may be able to spot something else.

I"m guessing that the migration to Direct Delivery is placing an abnormal load on the inventory servers (which are separate from the servers that hold region data.). I've been getting intermittent problems with slow or failed clothing changes but re-logging usually fixes them.

You can fly up there or if it''s too high you can "sit" on an object and edit it to the height of the platform. You can also try just sitting on the platform. To go back there, make sure to set the land so that you can teleport "anywhere" (it's an option in "About Land") and then create a landmark when you're up on the platform.

Pregnancy isn't a feature of the standard "off the shelf" avatar.She needs to have a special attachment that you can buy from various suppliers like Tantra, Mama Alpa or Pooterbilt. The various systems will have information on how they work.

Lots of balloon rides out there. Some I know of are at Calas Galadhon, Africa in SL, Wolf Mountain Ski Resort and the Grand Canyon. Driveable balloons are not bad either. They have one at Aero Pines that you basically just have to point in a direction and it will drift without further input. Solitaire has a sort of funky self-directed dirigible and very cool submarine rides.

Please go into "Help" - "About Second LIfe" and cut and paste the imformation there into a reply in this thread. Also go into the "Advanced" menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) and go to "Rendering Types." Make sure that all the entries have a check mark next to them. If they don't, select them to put the check mark there.

Open your "Friends"/"Contacts" list, highlight a name, hold down your "Ctrl" key and highlight other names, and then click your "IM" button. You'll all be able to IM amongst yourselves.

You need to only stand up in areas where the landowner allows things to be rezzed and has a fairly generous auto-return time. Look for the lack of the "no object entry" symbol at the top of your screen or if you want to invest some lindens Triple Labs' "Ban Line HUD" will show rezzing areas in any sim as well as a lot of other information like ban line locations that makes boating and other vehicle operations much less frustrating.

DId you buy a motorcycle and try to transfer it to your daughter? If it's transferrable it's probably no-copy and it is a VERY BAD IDEA to have a non-copyable vehicle in SL. Things happen to vehicles all the time and her single incidence of the bike could be hung up somewhere or lost forever very easily. It would be safer to give her the money as a gift and let her buy a copyable bike herself.

LolitaFrance Anthony wrote: I use a viewer that allows me to add makeup to my face, other people who don't use that kind of viewer can't see the makeup. Is that right? My understanding is that your viewer creates a graphic image of your avatar that's sent to the servers and retrieved by others. After your viewer puts the makeup on it's part of that image and everyone can see it.

For invisible mesh issues see this thread. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Viewer/Mesh-dissapearing/td-p/1428115 As far as the alpha disappearing, do you see parts of your body disappearing and becoming completely transparent? That's what the alpha is supposed to do. If you DO see your body under where your mesh item was THEN there's a problem. Profile viewing seems to come and go, but combined with your teleporting problems I suspect that your internet connection may be weak or flaky. The difference between any mesh third party viewer and the Linden Lab viewer is the about the same as the difference between a Camaro and a Firebird.

Worn flexi-prims were eating framerates alive since the revisions to the graphics engine in 3.2.4 and they've been trying to solve THAT, but in the process it's causing the problem we're seeing. There's a JIRA open on it now. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-28415

In SL viewers what they refer to as "Lighting and Shadows" is shorthand for "Deferred Rendering" which ALLOWS shadows. Try enabling Lighting and Shadows but setting your shadows to "None" if you don't like the look of them. (You should have an option of "None," "Sun and Moon" and "Sun, Moon and Projectors.")

Upload speed has very little impact on SL if you're not a creator uploading items. As far as download speed, SL only runs its web connection "wide open" when you first arrive in a new region. Even 6 Mbps should be plenty of speed for you and actually I always though that downloading is the faster of two speeds listed like that anyway. My maximum bandwidth is currently set at 1000 Kbps and I'm happy with my loading performance. Your video card looks like it's getting a bit old and that might be more of an issue.

Mesh viewers can only render a certain number of meshes at a time - the exact number is determined by a debug setting. It's possible that there were already many people wearing mesh clothing and yours wasnt' rendering because there were too many meshes for people's settings. It'd probably be safer to wear underwear, or at least the alpha that usually comes with mesh clothing.

That system sounds extremely underpowered for SL, especiallly because it probably doesn't have a built-in graphics processor. There will be very little you can do on SL with that netbook even if you get the viewer running. Do you have access to another computer?

You can your banking alt send your other avatars money. Also, how did you determine it doesn't work? If you're trying to send a freebie as a test it was never possible to send free items as gifts.