Rolig Loon

Arthritis? Since you have tried switching shapes -- perhaps even rebuilding to factory specs with a Character Test >> Test Female -- it's unlikely that you just picked up a bad shape. You might have been zapped by a deformer, however. Normally, you will un-deform if you TP to another region and back, or if you simply relog. If that doesn't work, you should look in world (or maybe the Marketplace) for an Undeformer device. There are plenty around, and they should be free.

If you think you are suffering from that "stuck in presence" thing, then you have probably already seen the suggested solution at http://status.secondlifegrid.net/2012/01/28/post1553/ . The only thing I would add to the advice there is that even after you have managed to log back in, you will still be ghosted until you return to the sim where you logged out (or crashed from) last time. Returning to that sim should force the servers to recognize the real YOU and boot the ghost. The good news (almost) is that LL is likely to have a fix in the next server rollout this week. If your ghost isn't exorcized by then, she should be.

I have never seen that error message, so I can only guess .... and this is a wild guess, based on the fact that your error seems to have something to do with "messages". When you receive message notifications in world, a little box opens in the lower right corner of your screen. If you click the "X" to delete the box or if you right click periodically and select "Clear notifications", then those messages go away. If you don't, then they can pile up. If you log out, these unread notifications are saved for when you next log in. If there are too many of them, processing them during next log in can cause a log in time out and you will be disconnected. The solution here is to delete the file with the saved notifications. Here's what I'd do to solve the problem in Firestorm. If you are using another viewer, the method is the same. Just look for a slightly different filename. Locate your Firestorm settings folder. If you do not see this folder, you may need to show hidden folders. On XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR USERNAME]\Application Data\Firestorm or use the environment variable %APPDATA%) On Windows Vista and 7: C:\Users\[uSERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Firestorm (or use the environment variable %APPDATA%) On a Mac: /Users/[YOUR USERNAME]/Library/Application Support/Firestorm On Linux: ~/.firestorm In this folder, open each folder which has the name of your SL account(s) and inside that, delete the file called open_notifications.xml - this will result in all past, unread notifications being lost.

Ten minutes? That's not bad, Marigold. I have been imagining much worse. I've been lucky so far not to get ghosted in this go-around, but then I haven't been moving around much this week either. With luck, LL will roll out the repair before I get zapped.

Yeah, I agree, Janelle. And I was really only responding to your "jump through hoops" comment about the Grid Status page. We have all complained about the Answers page software. There is a search function, but you're right that it has major flaws. I have a bear of a time finding previous questions sometimes myself, and I KNOW that they are there. We also complain all the time that there is no good way for an OP to follow up a request for more information, or simply to reply to a response. I worry a lot about all the people who post a vague question, get a quick request for more information from us, and are never heard from again -- I assume because they don't know how to reply. Unfortunately it's also true that a disturbingly high percentage of people who post questions have never even bothered to look to see what might be there or in the Knowledge Base or the wiki. We get the same questions over and over and over again, and then get occasional sniping comments from people because we use cut & paste responses to the most frequent ones. We also get ill-framed or unintelligible queries ("Hey, like my puter dont werk. WTF???"), and only maybe 10% of the OPs ever bother to check back and let us know whether their problem was solved. Given all of that, I am amazed that the dozen or so "regulars" in Answers have been volunteering as long as they have. I guess you're right about that part too, though .... we're suckers..

Grid Status is a link on your login screen when you fire up your viewer. They always post links to the current issues. Like most people, I breeze past those notices without paying any attention, but they are right there. If you aren't logging in, but want to check Grid Status while you are here in the forums, it's just a click away. Click Help at the top of this screen. Second Life Status is on the right side of the page. The current status report on the ghosting issue is here >>> http://status.secondlifegrid.net/2012/01/28/post1553/

Bummer. And I thought you could unghost ANYONE.

This is a known issue, the recurrence of an old bug. Fortunately, most people are able to get around it with a fairly simple process. As explained by Marigold Devin, our queen of the ghosts, " Not guaranteed, but has worked for me (again) today. Bring up log in screen and change the start login location to Furball or Chalvez or Quarrel or Itress (these are not magic sims, just nice empty ones). And try to log in, and try and try and try and try and try. It does often take MANY attempts, but it is possible (if you believe in yourself) to log back in this way. However, the stuck presence will remain in the sim/server it is stuck on until you teleport across to within range of it. Then you should be ok again" Give it a try, and do be patient. You are not alone. ETA: As an alternative, if you are a Premium member, just call Live Chat and explain your problem. They'll fix you up right away.

Joshewa Daniels wrote: Use llRemoveInventory(llGetScriptName()); to remove a script from the object without effecting anything else just removing the script @ Royalbank: That's not a complete script, so it won't actually do anything. That's a good thing, actually, because it's not necessarily true that it won't affect anything else. After all, it will stop whatever the script was meant to do. Since you didn't tell us what your object is or what the script is for, I would be very cautious about recommending that you remove it. A vehicle or a radio without its script, for example, is pretty worthless. Also, some prim properties are set by a script and can only be unset or removed by a script. Hover text and particles fall into that category, for example. If you remove the script that controls them, the effects will still be in your object -- and uncontrollable except with another script. The proper way to remove them (if you want to) is to use a scrubber script that deletes not only the script in your object but all the script-dependent properties as well. Again, however, you wouldn't want to take that step without knowing what the script in your object is meant to do. The bottom line and the answer to your original question is that it might be possible to remove the script from your object -- whatever it is -- without harming it, but you would be unwise to do it unless you either had a backup copy of the object to play with or understood exactly what the script was there for. THEN you could either use a scrubber script of some kind or simply reach into the object's contents and delete it manually.

Tell us what the object is and what the script does. We might be able to help. You can add information to this question by clicking on the Options link in its upper right corner and selecting EDIT. Please do NOT start a new thread.

That's a communication problem between your computer and SL's servers. Information about your appearance has to be "baked" onto your avatar on your own computer, saved there, and then uploaded to SL before it's fully visible there. If the necessary information is messed up in transmission, you may end up with a borked file on your computer, or SL's servers may end up with a borked file. Either way, your av's appearance defaults to a fluffy cloud, a white egg, or a quirky circle. 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. See the full list of possibilitites 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. The plug it back in and let it get a fresh hold on an IP address.

"System" clothes that are essentially painted on your body (like blouses, for example) fit directly to your body, whatever its size or shape. Prim clothes, like most skirts, do NOT adjust to fit you. Some have a resizer script built in, but most do not. You need to learn how to do some gentle, judicious resizing yourself. It's good practice and MUCH easier than altering RL clothing. Just be sure you make a backup copy before you practice. Sculpty clothes (some skirts and many attachments) behave like prim clothes but are usually easier to resize because they have fewer pieces. Mesh clothes cannot be resized (at least for now), so you're stuck with whatever size and shape you bought.

Preferences >> Audio & Video >> Streaming Preferences >> Settings ... Highlight a URL in the "Blocked" list and click REMOVE. In the future, please do NOT add your question to the bottom of someone else's unrelated question .... especially one that is several months old. Start your own new question.

I have never dared to cancel a TP in progress myself, since I am all too aware of the problems that people have as they move from one server to another. You are most vulnerable to crashes during those transfers, and you are most likely then to develop inventory loss problems. As far as I am aware, there is not Debug setting that does what you want, but I wouldn't use it if there were.

Unlike Lindal, I am way out in the sticks in the U.S.. Well, sort of way out, anyway. I can get 5Mbps service for a very reasonable price, and could upgrade to 10Mbps if I really wanted to. As has already been pointed out, though, the quality of your graphics card makes a lot more difference than the speed of your connection, assuming that you aren't on a dialup or using two tin cans and a piece of string. A direct cable connection will almost always give you better service (i.e., less crashing and fewer rezzing issues) than wireless, simply because it is less prone to interferences from every RF source in the area. Laptops with graphics chips rather than removeable graphics cards are often problematic, which is why gaming quality laptops typically have high-end cards and are at least as expensive as a comparable quality desktop. All in all, then, it's most important to put your money (or future investment) into a good graphics card, assuming that your computer can handle it.

This is very crazy software. Direct responses to your question are easy to see because they are displayed right under your original post. Your question http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/Help-with-Graphics-Cards-for-SL/qaq-p/1356039/comment-id/18985#M18985 has two of these. Sometimes other people may comment on one of the displayed responses. If so, their comments are hidden in the link labelled Permalink in the post that they commented on. In the case of your question, Innula Zenovka commented on LoveAngel Lyre's answer, so you can see it by clicking Permalink there.

SL viewers use QtWebKit for the internal browser. (Note: The Qt does NOT stand for QuickTime.) NOTE: In order to play Flash format videos (eg YouTube videos), you must have the generic Adobe Flash plugin installed. If you use IE as your web browser and already have Flash, you will need to get the generic Flash plugin; see here. linux users need to have gstreamer installed, with the “bad” plugin set. For other troubleshooting suggestions, see http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=fs_media

Go to https://support.secondlife.com/history/ to get your previous case number, then open a new case and refer back to the previous one by its case #, saying why you believe that it was not resolved.

If you are a Premium member of SL, contact Live Chat. They will be able to unghost you right away. If you are a Basic member, file a support ticket. For either option, see >> https://support.secondlife.com/contact-support/

Build something incredibly fantastic and tell 1,000 friends. I'm kidding, but not really. You can advertize like crazy, but if your sim doesn't have something pretty amazing, people who do visit will be sure to tell their friends that it's not worth seeing. Focus on quality first.

The list is a public declaration that the developers of the viewer understand and are complying voluntarily with the policy. If it comforts you to think of it this way, it's a declaration of good faith, meant to assure potential users that they know what LL expects and intend to behave well. Other developers who have not made the same voluntary declaration may also be just as trustworthy -- Henry Beauchamp and his CoolVL viewer are a good example -- but the general public is less likely to be aware. There is therefore more than a little marketing wisdom in getting your viewer's name on the TPV list, but it is not required. What IS required is compliance. That bit I quoted above says that LL will cut you off at the knees for violating the policy, whether you are on the list or not. After Emerald, I have to believe personally that they'd do just that.

The list was created in response to the Emerald affair, to mitigate against future incidents, or at least give LL a policy justification for outlawing a TPV found in violation --- whether it has voluntarily compiled with the policy or not. Under the policy now in effect, "If a Third-Party Viewer or your use or distribution of it violates this Policy or any Linden Lab policy, your permission to access Second Life using the Third-Party Viewer shall terminate automatically. ...... We may enforce this Policy in our sole discretion, including but not limited to by removing a Third-Party Viewer from the Viewer Directory and suspending or terminating the Second Life accounts of Developers or users of a Third-Party Viewer. We further reserve the right to take any and all technological measures we deem appropriate to block a Third-Party Viewer from accessing Second Life, and to pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies."

Take a look at Natalia Zelmanov's skin tutorial here >>> http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/09/day-363-creating-goth-avatar-skin-part.html for a start. It's a little dated, but she goes through the basic process in simple, easy-to-follow steps, with illustrations.

Yes, of course it is safe. It is one of the most popular viewers in use in SL, with thousands of satisfied users. The Firestorm developers have voluntarily complied with Linden Lab's Third Party Viewer policy, which you ought to read in full >>> https://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php . It lays out specific expectations with regard to data and intellectual privacy, safeguards against viruses and other intrusive programs that may damage or circumvent your computer or LL's system, and any of the other things you might worry about. ETA: Thank you, Charolotte, for the insightful questions you raised in the Permalink to my post here.

If you're getting some sort of infamous blue circle, you may need to do more than change viewers. That's not normal behavior for any viewer, and it's not a common descrription for a failure here either. Your graphics card may be overheating. That can be expensive, especially if it takes the rest of the machine out with it.