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    Mainland land purchase pricing

    in Merchants

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    There is an easy solution.  You can rent tier from other residents.  The way it works is that you make a group to own the land (which by itself gives you a ten percent bonus), and you pay someone who has more tier than she needs to donate it to your group.  There are people who make a business of doing this.

    Is Mesh really worth it? *Fashionista Blog*

    in Fashion

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    I have a friend who hates it because she loves HER shape.  I love mesh clothing.  Well-done (not all are) mesh skirts look so much better than any others, and sweaters look like sweaters.  I think desingers in general have not fully developed their mesh skills yet.  I agree that it's not the best situation to have to accept what amounts to a shape chosen by a clothing maker.  However, I have some things that come in five sizes, so it's not an huge problem.  Also, for loose clothing that doesn't closely follow body shape, like sweaters, it's not a problem.  My attitude about price is that an exxceptionally good product is worth paying more for.  One good side effect of mesh is that designers have to offer demos, so I can actually see what a germent looks like on me before I buy, just like RL.I have bought a lot of clothing that did not look nearly as good on me as it did in the picture.  Some was so bad I just deleted it.

    Suggestion from a Consumer for Mesh Clothing Designers

    in Fashion

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    I love mesh clothing.  I often find something really nice, only to find when I try the demo that the alpha mask provided would have to be modified just a little to work for me.  Usually, I can't modify it because I don't have the texture, so I either forgo the item or create an alpha mask from scratch.  Since, usually, the adjustment needed is small, like making one edge of the transparent area extend just a little farther, it would be considerably easier to modify a texture than to create one.  An added bonus from having the texture is that more than one can be put on the same alpha layer, so that the alpha layer slots don't all get filled.

    Designers, will you please consider including modifiable, copyable  alpha texture(s) with your mesh clothing?

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    Need Help Making Alpha Masks

    in Your Avatar

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    I love mesh clothing, and I, on principle, refuse to change my shape to fit clothing---that's just backward!  I spent the last few hours shopping for mesh clothes.  I found several items that I really liked and that looked very good, except that the included alpha layers stopped just a little short of where they needed to in places, spoiling the look.  I have decided that, if I am going to be able to enjoy mesh clothing to the fullest, I must make my own alpha layers.  I know how to do it; I just made one as a test. I can eventually make what I need through trial and error.  However, it would make it very much easier if I had maps (I don't know the right nomenclature.) that would let me see, when working on the texture, what part would be on what part of the avatar when worn as an alpha layer.

    Are such "maps" available?  Where?

    A sad day

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    I'm pretty unsophisticated about this stuff.

    I can tell that you think someone's copyright is being violated, but beyond that, I can't tell what you are talking about.  What is your specific complaint?  The pix you linked to are mostly of things that don't look to me worth stealing.

    Mesh: Love, Hate, or Don't Care?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    I LOVE mesh clothes.  So much that I'm pretty much not buying anything else.  The best mesh clothing that I have found is at mon tissu.  I have high hopes for mesh hair, but have found none that I liked enough to buy yet.  All of the mesh hair that I've found so far looks like the hair of several years ago with relatively few big prims.

    A good side effect of mesh is that clothing demos are available, so that I can try something on before I buy it.  I really like that.  Many times, I have bought layer and/or prim clothing only to find that it looked on me nothing like it did in the picture in the shop.

    I wish the SL clothing creator community would develop a standardized size system like we have in RL.  I think it would be simple:  just agree on a few standard avatar shapes that represent the sizes.

    My Budget for a New PC... It's my turn.

    in General Discussion Forum

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    Maelstrom Janus wrote:

    I wouldnt recommend HP - I cant speak for the USA but over here in England Ive found their customer service appalling.

    I certainly wouldnt buy from HP again after my experiences with them.

    I'm in the US.  My daughter has a built-to-order HP laptop that is a few years old and is her only computer, and has never had a bit of trouble with it.  The only negative is that, when it was brand new, HP was asked for a Windows installation disk and refused to supply one, claiming that licensing restrictions prevented their doing so.

    My Budget for a New PC... It's my turn.

    in General Discussion Forum

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    Others on here surely know much more than I do.  However, if you want to try for a futureproof machine, you should be aware that the X79 chipset is the latest Intel enthusiast chipset and that motherboards with it have socket 2011.  I don't know what online sites are offering to build X79 computers, but I am sure some are.

    If I were in your position, I would specify a GTX 580 3 GB video card, an X79 motherboard, a second generation socket 2011 Core i7 3930K CPU, a good enough power supply to power them, an SSD large enough for Windows and SL, and as much RAM as my remaining budget would buy.

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