[What happened to the name change contest?]

   In the official contest information page, it was stated the winners may be posted on the Second Life web site, forum and/or facebook page. I didn't say they would be posted. But a SASE can be sent to LL to obtain the winners' Names and/or user names.

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1 minute ago, Cristiano Midnight said:

Doing some cooking:

 

   Apron!
   /me nods sagely
   Very important kitchen garment.

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On 1/12/2020 at 6:18 PM, Seicher Rae said:

ETA: Ruh Roh. I'm noticing some tiling in this post, which I didn't detect before. Please don't let that be my graphics card. Let it be that FS bug I've heard about! Demmit.

   It's the bug. I just experienced it. Lovely photo in any case. Lovely subject too.

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   After finding time to make some adjustments, I've gotten my face closer to, if not my original look, at least closer to what I like, I'd forgotten how tricky face editing and slider tweaking could be.

 

 

   This post actually serves two purposes. One, to show off all my hard work and how much fun I'm having. And two, so that @Scylla Rhiadracan gloat about her powers of persuasion.

[Bakes on mesh]

   Maitreya themselves make their own BoM relay. I'm sure Genus must also include some BoM functionality by now. In either case, Do Not wear an alpha later. Have all your system skin visible to you, so that BoM can also see it an and apply it to your body and your head. BoM automatically hides your system body parts after this process.

[animation troll breaker]

   I think it's so nice of the trolls to point out these system shortcomings as that may make LL able to do something about them, like actually allowing us an ability to revoke all permissions we have given, anywhere. Are there any old, dusty JIRAs having to do with this?

[5 letters game]

Myriad Oases Attract Nervous MARES

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4 hours ago, Nalates Urriah said:

I think BOM makes things WAY easier. But, I am a pre-mesh SL baby.

YES, you will need to ask the designer if they have an applier for BoM. GA.EG made my Jennifer head pre-BoM and retrofitted it with BoM using an applier, which she supplied for free.

BOM is a system that collects all the system layers and composites them into a diffuse texture. So, the four system (classic avatar skin, tat, underwear, and clothing) layers are baked (composited) into a single texture. It is possible, via script, to predict the name of the composite texture for any avatar and build an applier that applies that texture to a mesh or any prim. This is how designers are quickly sort of adapting their products to BoM.

So, your head can be adapted. You need a BoM applier from the designer or Omega.

I totally disagree. I've been making outfits and trying demo skins looking to get my YS&YS tan lines back. (They were only in the applier for my skin.) Using BOM I put on a BoM adapted head. Then I can wear different demo skins and see how they work with the existing makeup. I put on the skin and it slides into place UNDER the makeup. Nothing else to do.

Doing lots of skin changes quickly is much easier with BoM.

I can mix how I do the make up know. I can use the GA.EG makeups or turn off (hide) the GA.EG makeup layers and use the system makeup layers via BoM. I prefer the GA.EG makeup because I have very fine (granularity) control over the % of transparency.

With the non-BoM version I have to dig out the applier for that head and skin, if I have a set that works, to add the skin to the head. So, put on skin, chase down details for how to apply it, hope I have the parts, and try it. In some cases I don't have the right Omega relay. It is tedious and a pain to test.

   I hope you are right and that new system layer skins and makeups tattoos continue to be created by talented and motivated people.

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6 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

This literally sounds like the early days of mesh bodies! LOL I would think it's the opposite; as BOM gains traction, more skin creators will releasing their skins the "old fashioned" way and call it "BOM". Go figure, creating a system skin, head-to-toe the way we've always done circa the beginning of SL time until someone invented appliers is now a selling point.

  

3 minutes ago, Eva Knoller said:

So interesting thing about this, Glam Affair released five or six new skins for the new LeLutka Evolution heads, and the only come in system layers. No appliers at all! It’s what made me finally try BOM. I think things may be slowly swinging back in the opposite direction to system skins.

 

   If this happens, it would be awesome. It would also be good for anyone who prefers not to wear mesh avatars. As mesh heads became more and more prevalent, I bemoaned the fact that system makeups got harder to find. A resurgence in those as well would be most welcome.

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2 hours ago, Seicher Rae said:

I have yet to meet a bento head that IS me. My AK head came close, but I was sick of never finding skins for it. Would BOM help that? (I'm dragging my feet with that 'cuz I'm being technophobic-lazy.) It is an older AK head, so I don't know if it is BOM capable.

   I don't think BoM is a good answer for someone who likes to find new skins to wear, and maybe change looks often. Like system makeups, new system skins, which are fundamental to how BoM works, may get more difficult to find as time goes by and mesh bodies and their appliers become more widely adopted.

[Text or Voice?]

10 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said:

To extend the question a bit, would any of you consider using facial recognition software to animate the faces of your avatars? Keep in mind that this would add eye contact (and eye rolling), or lack of it, to the currently nearly empty list of cues other people could use to gauge your engagement.

   I would smile a lot, and laugh. If I type /me smiles in chat, it's because that's what I'm doing. I hope I don't eyeroll very much.

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2 hours ago, Cristiano Midnight said:

 

   Is that the new Titanium Mist® flavor bubble gum?

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1 hour ago, AylarL said:

   You are posting some lovely photos. I like the bobby pins.

 

[How does your avatar look today ?]

   For months (it seemed like longer) I had been chasing the dream of finding a mesh head that would be at least somewhat close to my original look. As time went by I began to suspect that the way I had made my shape, the way I had set the sliders, had made it a shape that couldn't be replicated by any of the mesh heads creators were making. I had even begun to give up. Only the fact that many demo heads can now use BoM kept me trying out new ones, and playing with shape sliders.

   I think I found a winner.

 

 

   Perhaps I still need to make a few tweaks here and there, maybe try to tone down the "stalker girlfriend" stare a bit. But I'm pretty happy with the progress I've been able to make in just a few days.

[Canals Network Anywhere?]

   Bay City has a lot of canals running through it, no locks though. There are bridges however, so how you navigate it is going to depend partly on what kind of boat you use. It would be a good idea to keep your map up as certain turns can lead you into the dead ends of regions bordering a void.

[Wanted: In-World non-RP, non-Sexy Spa for Women (but Men Can Come Too If They Insist and Agree to Abide by Certain Important Rules)]

   @Scylla Rhiadra, @Eva Knoller Whenever and wherever this will happen, I'm in. Please let me know if there's any way in which I can help.

[Wanted: In-World non-RP, non-Sexy Spa for Women (but Men Can Come Too If They Insist and Agree to Abide by Certain Important Rules)]

   As much as I'd love to offer my back yard as an ad hoc spa location, it's general land, and thus not great for gatherings involving, possibly, some of the various states of raiment. Though if everyone agreed on swimsuits, or more, I think it would be ok.

[Wanted: In-World non-RP, non-Sexy Spa for Women (but Men Can Come Too If They Insist and Agree to Abide by Certain Important Rules)]

   Maybe we'd just have to make the whole thing.

[The World, it slowly turns. NYE across the time zones.]

   This year, I resolve to know myself better than I did last year.

   I'm already making good progress.

[What are you reading right now or more recently?]

   Next up are The Cat in the Box by Chris Ferrie and Kevin Sherry, Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, and Maybe (Maybe Not) by Robert Fulghum.

[What are you reading right now or more recently?]

4 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

Is it good?

[We are all completely beside ourselves]

   It has a good beginning. And I like it so far. It was a gift from my mother and she needs me to tell her why it reminded her of me, if I can figure that out for her.

[What are you reading right now or more recently?]

[Secret Santa Fun. <3]

   Dear @SaintNicholas2019, thank you for finishing off my list. I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Season. 

[Grant and corrupt a wish game]

   Granted, but any of the attached mesh items become irrevocably bound to that animesh. No Demos.

   I wish all SL clothing creators/sellers would use one, agreed upon, moderately innocuous method for making the demo versions of their wares.

[What’s The Story Behind Your Avatar Name?]

   At the time I created my account, I had already been dabbling about with the Russian language for some time, teaching myself through various means. I saw this last name and liked it immediately. I chose the first name to go with it after some thought. I wanted something somewhat culturally similar and something that, to me, had a bold, strong feeling.