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How to request review of your limits You may request a review of your account to increase your limits. Please visit the support system and submit a ticket. Premium account holders should select the Billing and L$ -> LindeX™ Tier Review ticket options. Basic account holders should select "Special Questions - Basic account or Guest Login" -> LindeX™ Tier Review. We'll review your request and get back to you within 5 business days.

There are several well-documented conflicts between shaders and various features. For example, Version 3.0 Shadows Mode makes some objects / textures invisible Or Black Screen when I enable Lighting and Shadows Or "Basic Shaders" creating artifacts on alpha layer The JIRA is full of reports on these conflicts. The cure, for now, is to turn off shaders when they create a problem or, sometimes, to turn off OpenGL Virtual Buffer Objects (VBO). Or go back to an earlier viewer or a TPV, as you have, or to wait until the bugs are fixed in a later release.

Select the prim you're interested in, open the Edit tool (CTRL+ 3), and look to see if the Temporary box is checked. If it is, you're looking at a temporary prim. Otherwise, it's not. It's that simple. However ..... There are two special circumstances to think about, both of which make this a confusing topic. First, an object can have a limited lifetime but not necessarily be a Temporary prim. For example, I can write a script that deletes a prim after ten minutes, or after its owner is no longer in the area, or when a customer wants to look at a demo model of a different product. Those scripted items are designed to be expendable, but I don't want them to vanish in 50 seconds, like a Temporary prim would. So, those are permanent objects that look temporary. Second, there are temp rezzers, which are scripted to rez a new Temporary object every 50 or 60 seconds - over and over and over again. Those items really are Temporary, but the temp rezzer makes them look permanent. People create temp rezzers to get around a sim's prim limit. The maximum temporary prims allowed are based on the regular prim limit: (regular_prim_limit - current_regular_prims) + minimum(0.5 * regular_prim_limit + 400, 1000) , so it's possible to push a sim beyond its 15,000 prim limit by using Temporary prims. The sim's servers always stall a small amount every time any object is rezzed, however, so temp rezzers can greatly increase lag. That's why many sim covenants expressly forbid their use.

Not all that hard. All you have to do is move from one sim to the next, searching one at a time. Area Search takes almost no time at all. Besides, the OP already knows which sim the horse is on.

I'll agree that Irene's question is not an "I'm stuck with a script I'm writing" post. She's not looking for a freebie script, though. She wants to know whether she should be using this script or looking for something better. Irene doesn't want to be a scripter, but she knows enough about scripts to understand that some are more efficient than others. It's an opportunity for us to teach about what makes them different. That's especially valuable information in Irene's case because you know that she'll pass it along. In my mind, there are two types of helpful answers. One provides technical information, addressing the question of the moment and helping the OP over a sticking point. The other discusses the logic behind a solution or a rationale for choosing among different approaches. I enjoy the second type a bit more than the first, as you can tell by the fact that my answers here often have more text than code. Irene's post calls for that sort of attention.

Here are the most common reasons for credit card failure: The credit card number was entered incorrectly. The billing address was not entered or was entered incorrectly. It should be the same address that appears on your bill. The name on the card was not entered or was not entered as it appears on the card. The credit card is not in the list of accepted payment methods (we currently accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Discover, or PayPal). The CVV (3 digits on the back, or 4 digits on the front for AmEx) was not entered or was entered incorrectly. The card is expired, or the expiration date was entered incorrectly. There are no funds available on the credit card to validate it. We send a US$1.00 authorization to ensure that a credit card is valid. This is not a billing, but the card must have at least US$1.00 available on it to pass validation. Your monthly payment limit is reached, and/or your bank is not authorizing any more transactions. The issuing bank has not pre-approved transactions with Linden Research, Inc. Contact the issuing bank to resolve the problem. If you are outside the US, your card may not be set up for international/overseas transactions (this is very common with Visa Electron). If none of the above applies to you, contact your credit card provider to determine the cause. It is also the case that Linden Lab, like many other companies that offer online virtual worlds or games, does not accept payment with some kinds of prepaid cards. If you suspect that is the problem, or if you have other questions, you can also call LL's billing team directly using the phone numbers on the Billing Support page.

You didn't say anything about your computer, except that it's the same as it was a year and a half ago. The current viewers are not the same as they were a year and a half ago, however. It could be that your computer is now too old and weak to be able to handle the modern viewers. One way to find out would be to reinstall an old-style (v1 codebase) viewer. You might try Phoenix, for example, or go way back and reload the 1.23 viewer that was still current about the time you left SL. If that's not the problem, you might check to be sure that you don't have a firewall or antivirus program preventing you from logging in. You may need to whitelist your viewer with one or both of them. See >>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Configure_your_software_firewall and http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=antivirus_whitelisting

The sim doesn't have anything to do with it. The in-world L$ balance that is shown in the upper right corner of your screen is often not in sync with your true balance, as shown on the Account page of your dashboard at secondlife.com. Transactions take a while to register and be transmitted to your viewer. As Val says, all you have to do is click the L$ symbol to force the balance to update faster.

Ummm... 10% of 4608 is 460.8, right? So 4608 + 460.8 = 5068.8 Since you can't own a fraction of a sq m, the most that the group can own without going past the bonus allowance is actually 5067 sq.m. If you take back any of the land that you donated to the group, of course, you will have to reduce that bonus allowance downward too.

Hi Kerensa -- If you are getting that error mesage, it's because you are trying to enter SL from a web site, using a SLURL. This is a perfectly good way to get into SL, but only if you have taken two very important steps first: (1) Download and install a SL viewer. You can use Linden Lab's current V3 viewer >>> https://secondlife.com/support/downloads/?lang=en-US but you can also use any of the excellent third party viewers >>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory . Perhaps the most popular of those is the Firestorm viewer >>> http://www.phoenixviewer.com/downloads.php (2) You have to explain to your web browser what a SLURL is. Basically, a SLURL is a special type of web address that only makes sense in the context of SL. If you are alreay in world, it tells your viewer how to teleport you instantly to a specific destination. If you are not in world, it tells your browser to open your viewer and THEN log you in at that specific location. Unfortunately, each web browser has its own process for finding your viewer. That's the part that's missing in your case. You'll need to find out how your own browser does that. Until you have done both of these steps, it's smarter to log in directly with your viewer.

Well said, Kaluura. The LSL Scripting forum is for people who have questions or observations about how to create LSL scripts. Many of the "regulars" here earn much of their in-world income from scripting. We spend time in this forum because we remember and respect the support that we were offered here when we were learning LSL ourselves. Those of us who have worked with long-forgotten computer languages for over 40 years need somewhere to puzzle through the quirks of this odd one. We rely on the accumulated experience of the community. More importantly, though, raw beginners need someplace where they can ask the same dumb questions that we did when we were starting out. If they have the desire to learn, this is the place. I have little patience with people who come here looking for a finished script or for a scripter to hire. If someone is serious about learning, though, I'm ready to help.

From this description, it's very difficult to tell what you are trying to do, but the basic question seems to be about how to process keyboard input. You have a couple of options. One is to open the public communication channel when you click on the object, then listen for chat input on that channel. Communicating on the public channel is potentially laggy, but you won't create much of a problem if you are careful to keep it open only for the short time that it takes to type and receive a response. Another possibility is to use a control event, interpreting the key presses on your arrow keys plus PgUp and PgDn as specific commands. Normally, those would be commands to move the object, but there's no reason why they couldn't be commands to do other things. If you aren't limiting yourself to keyboard input, a common solution is to create a HUD interface on which you create buttons for various actions. A mouse click on a button can mean whatever you want it to. If you can give a clearer description of the problem, perhaps we can offer more specific suggestions. Don't leap to a solution before you can explain where you want to go.

It can sometimes take anywhere from a few minutes to a day or more for your items to be delivered -- even after they SAY that they have been delivered -- , especially if the merchant's Magic Box is temporarily out of service or the sim it's on is offline. Not that it helps now, but to remember for the future: (1) Don't overuse the shopping cart. It is easily confused if you put more than a couple of things in it. (2) Don't buy things from Marketplace (especially LOTS of things) unless you are in world to receive them at the time. We each have an "in box" that holds IMs, notecards, group notices, group invitations, and anything that is delivered to us if we aren't in world at the time. That "in box" can only hold 25 things, total. If anything else comes in, it isn't saved. It is gone ... poof .... forever. If you have a mess of things delivered from Marketplace and half your friends send you notecards, that in box will be capped and you will never know what happened. So, what do you do now? ....... To get a record of the individual items in your order, open Marketplace and click the My Marketplace menu at the top of the page. Select My Account >> Order History from the pulldown menu. If you do not receive items within about 24 hours, you should cut and paste the information about a missing item from that Order History and send it in a IM or notecard to the merchant, along with a polite message requesting redelivery. Most merchants are very kind and willing to redeliver. This happens all the time and they are aware of it. Do be patient, though. Not everyone logs in to SL every day or checks their e-mail. If you still haven't heard in another day or two, follow it up with a second polite note and finally, if you STILL haven't heard, file a support ticket at https://support.secondlife.com/create-case/ , selecting Marketplace from the pulldown menu.

Read the previous posts in this thread and follow the advice. All of it, including the part about not bothering to delete your account. It's not really necessary.

The homeless in SL don't need land or handouts. You don't end up sleeping under bridge or in a cardboard box, and you don't have any trouble finding a way to carry all your stuff around. You don't need food, there's a ton and a half of freebie clothing around, and you can create anything you want with your building tools. I lived for my first three years in SL without a home and was quite happy. You can be too.

Download and install the Firestorm viewer, then use Area Search to find anything you are looking for within the search area.

I have tried scripting something like that too, and ended up having to give up on a fairly nice commission. Innula's right. It can't be done.

It can sometimes take anywhere from a few minutes to a day or more for your items to be delivered, especially if the merchant's Magic Box is temporarily out of service or the sim it's on is offline. Not that it helps now, but to remember for the future: (1) Don't overuse the shopping cart. It is easily confused if you put more than a couple of things in it. (2) Don't buy things from Marketplace (especially LOTS of things) unless you are in world to receive them at the time. We each have an "in box" that holds IMs, notecards, group notices, group invitations, and anything that is delivered to us if we aren't in world at the time. That "in box" can only hold 25 things, total. If anything else comes in, it isn't saved. It is gone ... poof .... forever. If you have a mess of things delivered from Marketplace and half your friends send you notecards, that in box will be capped and you will never know what happened. So, what do you do now? ....... To get a record of the individual items in your order, open Marketplace and click the My Marketplace menu at the top of the page. Select My Account >> Order History from the pulldown menu. If you do not receive items within about 24 hours, you should cut and paste the information about a missing item from that Order History and send it in a IM or notecard to the merchant, along with a polite message requesting redelivery. Most merchants are very kind and willing to redeliver. This happens all the time and they are aware of it. Do be patient, though. Not everyone logs in to SL every day or checks their e-mail. If you still haven't heard in another day or two, follow it up with a second polite note and finally, if you STILL haven't heard, file a support ticket at https://support.secondlife.com/create-case/ , selecting Marketplace from the pulldown menu.

You can't. And there's no way to write a LSL script to do it either. The best approach is to create your own parallel list by asking group members to join by permission only, and then adding them to the group yourself.

Your viewer and SL's servers have temporarily lost the ability to talk to each other because there are squirrels on the line. Unless there's a problem with the servers (Always check http://status.secondlifegrid.net/ first), it's probably something on your end. So.... (1) Try shutting off your computer, unplugging the router and modem for a couple of minutes, and then plugging them back in and restarting. That simple step may clear up everything (2) Change your DNS settings from whatever your ISP assigns you as a default. Use Google's free public DNS servers instead. Here's how >>> http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ (3) If things are STILL messed up, contact your ISP. Maybe they are working on their Internet connections. Mine go down for about 20 minutes once a month or so while they are vacuuming dust out of their servers, or whatever they do.

You get the 512 Sq m plot "free" with your Premium membership. You may use that 512 allowance to get land on the Mainland, or you can take a Linden Home, which is on a 512 sq m lot. Either way, you have no other ongoing obligation for tha land. The advantage of taking a Linden Home is that its prims don't count against the maximum of 117 prims that you can normally put on a 512 lot. If you put your own house on a 512 lot of your own chosing, its prims do count. But then you have a house that you might relly like better and you have picked your own neighborhood. Balance in all things. Is it "take it or leave it?" No, you can wait for ages to get a Linden Home, if you want to. Thing is, you can't get two free 512 sq m plots of land. If you use your 512 on a plot somewhere else and then want a Linden home, you'll have to sell or abandon that plot first. If you really want to figure all of this out, just start reading >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477 Follow your nose from there through all the linked KB pages that deal with Linden Homes.

He wasn't feral.

Well, in Firestorm, it's in Preferences >> Graphics >> Rendering . I was apparently mistaken about Phoenix, though, because I can't find it anywhere. :smileyembarrassed:

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'

Well, it all sounds too much like Alice to me. Feral means "feral". If SL subcultures want to mean something else, they can use a different word. ETA: Although I have to admit that Peter Rabbit "going feral" explains a lot. I always thought he was just a disobedient, clumsy bunny.