Madelaine McMasters

Hi Ginger, Welcome to the wonderful world of the SL Viewer "Interest List", which appears to lose interest in certain objects now and then. This is a bug in the SL viewer, which can be temporarily remedied by right clicking where the missing thing should be. You may also fix it by toggling into and back out of wireframe mode. I don't recall where that is in the Advanced Menu, but it's there somewhere, and hopefully Rolig will be along to tell you where and offer other odd ways to conjure your house parts back from the void. Good luck, don't panic, it's SL! ;-)

To reset the scripts in a thing, select it, then go to Build->Scripts->Reset Scripts. In Firestorm (and perhaps other third-party viewers", right click the think and select "Object->Reset Scripts". Scripts can contain internal variables that persist across many operations, such as moving them, pulling them back into inventory and rezzing them again, etc. Sometimes, upon first running, these scripts obtain information from their environment (like the size or orientation of the door they're in) when they're rezzed. This is more efficient than constantly querying the object for information that rarely changes. But when the environment does change, the script's internal variables may become obsolete, and the script might malfunction. For this reason you must sometimes reset a script after doing something to the object containing it.

Sephina, they say three moves is as good as a fire. You have my best wishes. If you took back individual items, they'll end up in the "Objects" folder (or less likely, "Lost and Found"), under their original names. If you took back groups of things, they'll be in those places as coalesced objects under the name of one of the constituient parts, which might just be "Object". Happy hunting!

And we thought muies were stubborn! A few snowflakes were falling again this morning, I got some of 'em! Good morning, Kids!!!

;-)

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Hi Titanic, Are you trying to upload an image of an iceberg? ;-) Okay, it's possible you have a corrupted settings file. Let's tackle this in three stages... First stage: You may have a corrupted "saved state" file. You can get rid of it by... In Finder, Hold down the Option key, go to the "Go" menu and select "Library". Select the "Saved Application State" folder. Find a folder named for the viewer you are using (ex: com.secondlife.indra.viewer.savedState or com.phoenixviewer.firestorm.viewer-hvk.savedState/) Toss that folder in the trash. Relaunch the viewer. If that works, you're done. Second stage: You may have a corrupted avatar specific application support file. You can get rid of those support files by... In Finder, Hold down the Option key, go to the "Go" menu and select "Library". Select the "Application Support" folder and open it. Find a folder named for the viewer you are using and open it Find a folder named for the problematic avatar and toss it in the trash Relaunch the viewer Doing this will delete all your IM chat histories, so if you want to save those, drag the avatar's folder to the desktop rather than to the trash. If you are able to log in after moving the avatar folder, you can manually move back all the chat history files (which are named after the people you were chatting with) to the newly created avatar folder in the viewer's application support folder. If that works, you're done. Third stage: A clean install may be in order. Here are instructions for Firestorm, which are generally applicable to other viewers with an appropriate change in the various path names... http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_clean_reinstall If none of this works, come back and edit your question via "Options" over there on the right, adding information to help us continue troubleshooting. Good luck! ETA: As a stopgap measure, you might try an alternate viewer. You can find links to them here... http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory

Hi Eric, You can be banned from connecting to SL by Linden Lab for violation of the Terms of Service. You can be banned from privately "owned" properties in-world by owners, for any reason they choose. You can be prevented from communicating with individuals if they block or derender you, and they may do so for any reason they choose. So, those are the things that can be done to you, either by LL or individuals. LL will never require voice verification and, for all practical purposes, doesn't require any verification at all, beyond submission of valid credit card information if you wish to bring money in-world, or some other proof of account ownership should you forget your username/password, or have your account hacked. Now, this leaves individuals with the power to ban you from their properties and prevent you from communicating with them, for any reason. Should they decide to do so because you refuse to voice verify, that is within their rights. If the threat of banning/muting is sufficient to coerce you voice verify, I suppose you could call this "force". But it's a weak force at best, as you've always got the right to refuse and find friends elsewhere. And should such a situation arise, the friendship at stake should be questioned anyway. Good luck!

Well, I was thinking of Lane as in Lois. As she was a reporter and you are a writer, that's good enough for me.

I thought "Rolig" was probably a European name. I should have done some hunting. You mean "Loon" isn't aspirational as well? I'm heartbroken. I'm "Maddy" in RL and terrible with names, so that was simple. I picked McMasters because I'm half Irish and there was no McMistress.

Names are curious things. I suppose a few of them are created without thought, but I think most people put a little effort into them. I want to acknowledge that effort when I understand it. I've got some idea why Rolig picked "Loon", but no idea why she picked "Rolig". KarenMichelle Lane is a complete mystery to me. ;-)

Oh, I wish I hadn't walked away from the computer before sending in my answer. The first thing that jumped into my mind was that you'd tried to log-in as "Doorway". I'm glad you found your way in! As for appearing to be an idiot, welcome to the club (and note Rolig's signature). ;-)

Hi Diyaanna, As several others have explained, this is very likely a technical problem with Second Life web profiles. As with most things that go wrong in life, it's not malice, it's incompetence. As Ms. Lane said, the user who's profile now bears your picture may rarely visit SL, and so even if you IM them, they may not respond soon, or ever. I also would not expect LL to fix this problem anytime soon, as it appears they do not know how, for it's been happening on and off almost since the inception of web profiles. If it makes you feel any better, the profile picture that shows on all of my older profile feed posts is that of the Grim Reaper. Curiously, that makes me feel better. And you really should remove the name of the other resident. LL doesn't like having other people credited with their mistakes. ;-)

A few minutes ago I went out on the patio to witness 11/12/13 14:15:16. Nothing happened. :-(

Hi Willstar, Here's an old thread dealing with this issue. Hopefully Torley's sim is still available for unpacking your friend's coalesced mash-up... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Land/What-can-you-do-when-it-says-you-cant-create-plants-on-this-land/qaq-p/1477211 Good luck!

Perrie, you need a four-poster...

I rather like the idea of wearing folders. I like even more the idea of wearing credit cards... And I like best the idea of wearing crime novel covers...

PeterCanessa Oh wrote: Jinnywitha Cleanslate wrote: ...we were neither allowed to observe the silence, nor wear Poppys. That's really appalling; it doesn't take much imagination to guess the political leanings of that department! The ridiculous thing about such a ban is that our remembrance day is about everyone who has died through warfare, civilian and military, of all nations. Unlike, say, the US veterans day* ours is explicitly NOT a celebration of "our" "forces" but an opportunity to remember that in war everyone pays a terrible price. [*Stay calm - just saying the US day is different, not saying it's bad.] My Dad was in WWII, and more or less refused to celebrate Memorial and Veteran's Day as US specific. He never talked about his combat experiences, but I know he thought the Japanese soldiers in the gunsights of his Corsair were "average Joes" like him. The image of a snow covered cemetary I posted here was cribbed from the web, where the original had a lone US flag next to one of the little mounds. I removed it.

I don't do "snow". I'm a recovering root-beer addict, undergoing aversion therapy... Hi, Kids!!!

Devehn, If you are running SL viewer and your friends are running Firestorm and Singularity, I don't see how you'd all get update messages. None of those viewers is on a common release schedule. You've not made it clear which of you has updated. If only you have, then the onset of problems for your friends could not be update related. If all of you have updated, what did you all update to? Have you and your friends recently shared any other programs? It feels a bit like something external, yet common to all of you, is at work here.

Kelley, Whether your computer will be upgradable in the future will depend on what's in it. If the power supply is just large enough to support the motherboard and the graphics card, you will be constrained to future graphics cards (GPU) that draw no more power than the GTX650. If the graphics card is a short one, and the space inside the computer can't accommodate anything larger, you'll be limited to short cards in the future. I see that the AMD processor in the computer you're considering is a six core unit. That will provide you virtually no benefit in SL, as SL will use only one of the cores. You might do better with a computer using a less capable twp or four core CPU and put the savings towards a better GPU, if it's possible for you to make those configuration changes. Even if you will be running other programs along with SL, six cores will probably give you little advantage over four, unless you have an application which is designed to take advantage of all the cores (some audio/video processing software does). And processors with fewer cores might offer higher turbo speeds, which will benefit SL when nothing else is running. You may not be able to ascertain the power supply rating and maximum GPU card dimensions, so would have to depend on the general trend towards increased performance per watt and cubic inch in graphics cards. Two years from now, I'm pretty sure you'll find a graphics card that outperforms the GTX650 using fewer watts and in the same or smaller physical size. The GPU is probably the only part of your computer that will improve SL performance noticeably with a significant upgrade, and so you want to make sure your computer can handle that. Good luck!

Hi Devehn, Without knowing more about your scripts, it's difficult to determine what's going on. I'm curious about your claim that the scripts are "leaving objects behind" which suggests the scripts aren't just a simple open and close thing. A script containing no code to rez objects would not start doing so because of a server glitch. Come back and edit your question to provide more information using "Options" over there on the right. ETA: Devehn, are your friends on different computers in different locales? If so, this becomes hard to explain. But if you are sharing an internet connection, Rolig's suggestion to check your network connection is what I'd recommend.

We had our first snow of the season today. Nature did her part to bring silence. I found an online image in which nature has laid a fresh, clean blanket over those soldiers forever resting in the fields...

Welcome back, Val. It's Monday, and we're having the first snow of the season!!! Last one outside is a rotten egg, Kids!!!

Perrie Juran wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: As stated it is impossible for anyone to answer your specific question without knowing what your pop up said. Perrie and Freya, Jordin said... "I got a pop-up (not the SL kind, but more a Windows Pop-Up) that had just the OK button and no message. " I think that's why Jordin said it was unusual, and it is. I needed to pay better attention. ;-) My turn is coming.