Rolig Loon

And if it's not today's rolling restarts, ... At times, when attempting to log in, you will get a message like “Unable to connect to simulator”. Unfortunately, this message can be the result of several different things. This page covers some of the more common - and more rare - cases when this might occur. Your Internet Connection is Down Check whether you are able to connect to the 'net using a web browser; try to use it to visit a known website. If that fails, then the first thing to try is to unplug your modem/router for at least a full minute, then once plugged back in, allow then to go through startup, after which reboot your computer. If after this you are still unable to connect to the Internet with a web browser, you will probably need to contact your ISP to have your connection checked. Your Router and/or Modem has Problems Repeat the same things as above. Your Firewall is Preventing the Connection Try disabling your firewall software completely and then try to log in again. If you are successful, then you need to allow the viewer access through the firewall. Some tips on how to do that are here. Buildup of Open Notifications It is possible for a buildup of too many notifications to cause Firestorm to disconnect during or shortly after login. If you experience such disconnections repeatedly on Firestorm, then follow the instructions under “Firestorm Logs Out During Login” here. Domain Name Server (DNS) Issues Users of Firestorm may get “Unable to connect to simulator”, or a message specifically saying that there are issues with the DNS. In that case refer to this page for how to proceed. Region is Down It is possible that the region you are trying to log into is down. So try again but select a different region name at the log in screen. Some regions you can try: Hippo Hollow, Aich, Hatton, Pooley. Group Tag Preventing Login There are cases when your active group tag will prevent log in - most usually when the tag contains unicode characters (though there have been isolated cases where even standard Latin characters have prevented log in as well). If this happens, you can attempt to log in using a text based viewer such as Radegast or MetaBolt, and change your active group in that viewer (preferably to None), log out and then log in with your usual viewer. Should that not be an option, you will need to find a way to get word in-world, to the group owner, and have them either edit the group title tag or, should that not be an option, eject you from the group. If that too is not a viable option, then the only other recourse is to file a support ticket with LL and have them change your active group. This is a server issue, and is reported in this LL JIRA.

Karen's right, but replacing the drivers doesn't always work for all people. It's the solution recommended by NVidia, but the problem is still the same. Optimus is designed as a way for laptops to save power (battery life) when they are not running applications with a high graphics demand, like SL. Unfoirtunately, the feature tends to get stuck in its low-power mode and unable to switch back to high-power when a program like SL needs it. See Peggy's very detailed and thoughtful analysis in this recent thread >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/The-laptop-which-becomes-a-blue-screen-when-logged-off/qaq-p/1690677/comment-id/26929#M26929

Thank you for the additional information, Kelli! This is extremely helpful. Symptoms which may be the result of problem gestures include: You are unable to log in properly without having to clear cache fully before doing so. It should never be necessary to clear cache before logging in, so if you have to do this, something is wrong. Some find that if they don't clear cache each time, they get logged out within seconds of logging in, or perhaps they are ruthed or a cloud every time, or even that they crash shortly after log in. You are able to log in but find yourself under water (all you can see is a blue screen) at coordinates 10, 10, 10. If you log in to an all blue screen, check your location, see if you are near the SIM corner, at 10, 10, 10. If so, you almost certainly have a problem gesture. In some cases, you will see that there is an error in loading one or more gestures. If you do, make careful note of which ones, then find them and deactivate them - or better, delete them. If there is no such message, then please read more here >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/gesture_issues . I hope that resolves your problem. .Good luck. BTW, get rid of the wireless connection. That's the cause of may other problems in SL, so you'll be much better of with a direct cable connection to the Internet.

You may be able to get an answer by talking with Linden Lab's Billing Office. They should be able to tell you if there is an irregularity in your account. If you have a non-technical issue related to billing concerns, you can call the Linden Lab billing team at the following toll-free numbers: US/Canada: 800-294-1067 France: 0805-101-490 Germany: 0800-664-5510 Japan: 0066-33-132-830 Portugal: 800-814-450 Spain: 800-300-560 UK: 0800-048-4646 Brazil: 0800-762-1132 Long distance ( not free, but you can use Skype to save some cost ) : 703-286-6277 **Note: Support is offered only in English Your other option, of course, is to sell your L$ on the Lindex, which usually offers a better exchange rate than third-party exchanges.

So long as the only gradation you are interested in is tonal, light to dark, as the OP is. :smileywink:

kelli Enderfield wrote: Cant stay logged in... everytime i try to i crash... im on singularity and when i log in it loads up and screen freezes and it crash.. Thank you for adding to your question, Kelli. That doesn't sound like a crash, since you don't report getting any error message. You still haven't given us much information to work with, so I have to guess. You might be having trouble with a firewall. Try disabling your firewall software completely and then try to log in again. If you are successful, then you need to allow the viewer access through the firewall. Some tips on how to do that are here.

A really dirt-simple radar? // A very simple HUD radar -- Rolig Loon -- May 2010//// I suggest putting this in a 0.5m diameter sphere to attach as a HUD. Make it 50% transparent so it is less annoying on your screen.// Toggles on/off by touch. Scans a 20m radius area every 3 seconds and updates the readout. If nobody is detected, the scan rate slows// to 10 seconds to reduce lag.float gRange = 20.0; // Change range hereinteger gON;default{ state_entry() { llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0); } touch_start(integer num) { llSetTimerEvent(3.0 *(gON = !gON)); //Toggle radar on/off } attach(key att) { if (att) { llResetScript(); } } timer() { llSensor("","",AGENT,gRange,PI); } sensor (integer num) { list WhoWhere = []; integer i; for (i=0;i <num; ++i) { string GotOne = llGetDisplayName(llDetectedKey(i)) + " : " + (string)llRound(llVecDist(llGetPos(),llDetectedPos(i))) + " \n"; WhoWhere += GotOne; } llSetText(llDumpList2String(WhoWhere,""),<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0); } no_sensor() { llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0); llSetTimerEvent(10.0); // Slow scan rate if no one is around }} Remember that a LSL-scripted sensor will only detect the 16 closest avatars. It will ignore any others. This particular radar, being dirt-simple, will actually run out of memory for display text before that. But it's free. :smileytongue:

OK..... So tell us more so we can help. WHEN do you crash? On login? After 5 minutes? When you TP? Exactly what error message do you get when you crash? Have you ever logged in before? What kind of Internet connection do you have (please don't let it be wireless)? What kind of computer do you have? How much memory? What kind of graphics card? What SL viewer are you using? Is there anything else we ought to know? Click on the Options link in the upper right corner of your question and select EDIT to add information. Please do NOT start a new thread.

No uproar here, but no answer either. We have no idea. You should really post this in one of the forums. Our job here is to explain how SL works (or why it doesn't). :smileywink:

Malware infection is very unlikely. Give each of the suggestions that I offered in response to your first post a try, starting with the simplest one at the top and working down. Your network environment may be fine. In fact, if you are not having trouble with another av, the problem is most likely in the settings files for this one.

Be sure that you have actually downloaded and installed a viewer >>> https://secondlife.com/support/downloads/?lang=en-US . Once you have done that, log in with it. The attractive person in ront of you, with her back to you, is your avatar. Please read here for basic welcome information >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Second-Life-Quickstart/ta-p/1087919

Duplicate of a question that has now been asked and answered several times. See http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/well-what-can-i-do-about-my-avatar-still-in-a-cloud-sent-several/qaq-p/1694845#M27001

This is now the eighth time that you have posted the same question. The answers are not going to change. You have a lousy Internet connection. Please review all of your previous threads and do NOT start a new question.

Duplicate post. Original and responses are http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Controls/loss-of-sound-music-at-clubs-and-other-sim-sites/qaq-p/1694869

Here are a few possibilities, similar to the suggestions we would make for some voice problems.... streaming audio is being throttled by bandwidth set incorrectly - please check it by following the instructions here; audio hardware (mic, headset) not configured correctly in your operating system settings; audio hardware not configured correctly in the viewer; another application has your audio hardware in use (example, Skype);

File a support ticket at https://support.secondlife.com/create-case/ . Select Land & Region >> Report an Offline Region. Any SL resident may do this. You do not need to be a Premium member or the sim owner/manager. Linden Lab responds quickly to offline reports.

Nope. The grid's fine. Your installation is borked. Take a look at the suggestions here >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_empty_friends_list

Lots of it. None of the things you just mentioned will make any difference to rebaking, so you've been going at it the wrong way. What works to repair the damage for one person won't necessarily work for the next person, and it may not be the same thing that works for you tomorrow, but see the full list of possibilities here >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=fs_bake_fail . Start with the simple things at the top of the list and work down until you find what works for you today. You may find that the bake fail problem comes back repeatedly, even after you fix it with one of the suggestions on that wiki page. If so, you have a chronically weak Internet connection. There are many steps to take for repairing it. Perhaps the simplest ones -- ones that work best for most people -- are: (1) Don't Use WIRELESS. Wireless connections are inherently less stable than direct cable connections and are more vulnerable to interference. Then, (2) Reboot your router. Unplug it from the power for a few minutes to let it clear its RAM. Then plug it back in and let it get a fresh hold on an IP address.

Did you try dropping your text file into an external editor?

I'm afraid not. We have each done something like that at least once. It's enough to make you truly obsessive about making backups. The only encouraging thought I can offer is that rewriting takes much less time than writing the first time did, and the script will probably be cleaner and more efficient the second time around.

All of the information that you want (and more) is right here >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Billing/ta-p/700037 The quick answer is that you may use either a credit card or Paypal. If you use Paypal, you must have a credit card as your backup, not a bank account. When you withdraw any money from your L$ balance in world, you have to sell it on the Lindex currency exchange first. The Lindex will place the proceeds in your USD balance. If you then transfer that balance from Second Life with Paypal, you can direct Paypal to convert USD to your local currency. See also http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-and-selling-Linden-dollars/ta-p/700107#Section_.1

I have absolutely no idea. What have you been doing? Seriously, if you expect an answer to a question like that, you have to tell us more than just "I keep getting logged out." Tell us when it happens, what error messages you get, and what you have tried to solve the problem. Tell us what computer you are using (not just its name, but how much memory, what operating syste, what kind of graphics card, ....) and which SL viewer you are using. Anything would be a help; lots would be better. Click on the Options link in the upper right corner of your question and select EDIT to add information. Please do NOT start a new thread.

Yup. It's rarely a good idea to pick up your belongings like that. If you took everything back in one lump and you picked up Linden plants in it, you'll have to rez the coalesced object in a sim where you're allowed to do it. Torley has a sandbox where you can rez Linden plants here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Here/7/7/69 . Unless he's changed it recently, you ought to be able to rez there.

You can always set up a fundraiser the same way you would do it in RL. You'll have two major challenges, and they are again exactly the same as the ones that you would have in RL.... 1. Getting the word out so that people know that you even have a fundraiser, and 2. Convincing people that you are legitimate and not just a scam artist trying to make a fast buck by playing on their sympathy. Neither of those challenges is simple, and both are likely to get you a lot of negative reaction from people who resent being approached by panhandlers and scam artists. If Linden Lab investigates the inevitable Abuse Reports that they will get from those people and finds out that you are running a scam, you'll be suspended or banned from SL. The best advice I can offer is to go with your heart, pay attention to your audience (starting with SL friends who have a reason to trust you already), and be squeaky clean from the start. I'd do the same if we were talking about my own grandchildren.

Unless you already have skills and prior experience as a 3D graphic artist and programmer, it's unlikely that you will be able to create weapons and clothing as good as the ones you are seeing for sale by a lot of the merchants in SL today. It takes lots of time, patience, and some cash, and it's work for which you earn very little real money. I started making clothing as a novice over five years ago, sharpened my scripting skills, and am only now branching into making mesh objects. I do it because I love the creative work. As a retiree I can arrange the hours in my day to be in world whenever I want to. This is not meant to be discouraging at all, but to give you a sense of perspective. If you want to create your own clothing and weapons, follow the links that other people have already given you in this thread and go for it. You'll love it. Just don;t expect success overnight.