Honey Puddles

https://feedback.secondlife.com/feature-requests/p/increase-number-of-picks-in-the-user-profile Let's vote it up, and maybe they will!

Aren't third party viewers REQUIRED by LL to publish their unobfuscated source code for transparency/licensing purposes?

When this question comes up, I always point people to 📌 Builder's Brewery - While they're well known for their content creation classes, and their incredibly permissive group only sandbox (to join their free group, 📷 click this sign), they also offer 3-hour private changing rooms with posing stands, included privacy systems with controls for allowing friends and ejecting unwanted people. While no, it's not your own private home that you can decorate and always return to, it is a place where you can get privacy to work on the avatar, in addition the the excellent sandbox that gives you plenty of space to unpack objects and outfits.

Did a bit more digging. The creator of the cat's body is listed as WangRen Frog whose profile is completely blank, and there's no MP store associated with that creator. That said, they have two picks. One leading to: 📌Kowloon Main Entrance And the other to: 📌Shop 13 @ Kowloon I'd wager that this *WAS * the location of WangRen's store in Kowloon. This space is now occupied by vendors and builds by Sandar Hax The contents inside the cat's body are also created by WangRen Frog. The Body also contains a landmark, which points to 📌https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kowloon/220/133/30 which lands at a disused open-air market space called Kowloon Market. Owners in the area that are displaying this cat, include: Chun Criss, Nap Mayo, and Nanaki Kohime... contacting them miiiiight help, but based on everything I've seen from WangRen Frog's profile, and the LM inside the cat itself.. this has every indication of an item that just isn't up for sale anymore, and a store/seller that's packed up and moved on. Dropping an IM on WangRen Frog might get you some result.. as the creator, AND obvious seller of the cat, that'd be the person to talk to. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WangrenF --- Just as an aside, this cat has been in SL for a VERY long time.. there are mentions of it from December 2008, and February 2009 that I ran across when googling the creator's name.

Can you be more specific about where you located the cat in Kowloon? The place is a bit insane to 'look for' any one object, even with area search. Maybe you could include a location where you saw the cat, outside of Kowloon?

Assuming the images are using exactly the same shape and pose (and they seem to be), the rigging changes are represented in the differences between the two images. It's still very subtle. I'm not trying to indicate that your personal favourite skintight leotard will continue working, but I'd be willing to bet that 70-80% of everything I own for Maitreya (particularly the 'looser' stuff like things from Blueberry for example) will probably keep working just fine. Anything you had to 'hide the shoulders' on, to get to fit, is probably gonna keep fitting very similarly. It looks like they went to great pains to maintain support for existing items where possible.

Comparing the Lara and Lara X, as shown on https://www.facebook.com/MaitreyaSL/videos/306289735135049/ - The blue outline in this image represents the Maitreya Lara, while the skin/body shown is the Lara X. I've been able to glean the following. Changes: Shoulders are slightly narrower, and further back. They may be smaller 'around' as well. Biceps (upper arms) seem very slightly thinner, especially when viewed from the front. This may be an illusion based on the shoulder movement. Belly seems to be drawn in slightly (front to back) waist is narrower (side to side) Butt and thighs appear to have become a bit plumper. Overall these changes seem subtle. (I had to stare at the video/gif for a while to even notice it was changing.. and only really got a feel for it when I compared two screenshots). The differences are notable however, and I think an improvement, but the overall effect is less a "whole new body" and more a refinement of the existing one. I think that a lot of the concern of old clothes not fitting is largely overblown. SUPER TIGHT fitting clothes, lingerie, stockings, leotards, etc may have trouble, but a lot of sweaters and jackets look like they'll continue to fit just fine. Especially items with some body clearance, or items that needed alpha cuts in the past, largely may continue to look just fine on this new body. All-in-all this seems like a positive reworking, and while it's hardly a big flash change, I think it will be appreciated by people who already own and love the Maitreya Lara, and the changes are subtle enough that the large library of existing clothing content may well work just fine.

So, something you may not realize.. nearly all of Hilly's products are based on fullperms prefab clothing items that she purchased, iterated textures on, added huds, and resells at an affordable price. This is why a lot of clothing you see there, you may see in other shops with different textures. Hilly buys great prefab meshes, and she does a great job with the texturing of those meshes, and her prices are great too.. all of which results in fabulous product offerings. But in the grand scheme of things, she has very little in the way of original mesh in her shop.

Patch, a question came up while we were toying with the body in the short period when we could. Will there be a pre-rigged DAE version of the bodies that developers will be able to download and modify? Perhaps we can solve issues like these by embracing the power of the community of makers, but also this may be a massive opportunity to provide a new 'starting point' for development. I can see a lot of interesting opportunities for shops to make clothes for these bodies, or make compatible limb replacements, whether that be furry accessories, tiptoe feet, prosthetic arms, or whatever. I also wonder if there are plans to make factory versions for differing body types, be that teens, muscle men, or what-have-you.

A couple of older pics.. but sometimes I miss those days.

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Phishing maybe...

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Also, "Rose", "Tulips", "Daisy", "Dandelion".. could be some really fun ways to play with names that were just based on flowers.

I kinda wanna see "Flowers" for Mother's Day.

Well if you haven't experienced it as a user, let me just say as someone who used all three: As Hippo was to JEVN, so Casper was to Hippo. LL have acquired a top-of-the-line product/platform here. Their quest to 'build a better inworld vendor system' just got a huge leg up with this acquisition.. and they got a parcel rental system to boot. If they had to buy something to get a head-start, in my opinion, they chose wisely.

@Casper Warden@Patch Lindenet al, I have a relatively small snippet of code that I worked with Casper at one point, to generate CasperVend transaction records from my non-Caspervend inworld devices. (It did this by generating plausible Marketplace ANS style messages, making Caspervend believe I'd had those sales via the MP for bookkeeping/redelivery purposes). In this example, I created a 'multi-color, single selected item vendor' that used my scripts, but generated Casper purchase records so customers could redeliver. This code has been working near flawlessly for many years at this point, and has definitely been a boon in my particular situation at my store. I'd be very happy to hand over (back to Casper or to any Linden) some examples of the code we put together to generate these records, if it would be helpful to the process of exploring ways to implement, integrate, and develop CasperVend going forward.

The only reason I wasn't super into that idea, is because of the need to 'pull over in a rez zone'.. and of course then having to contend with "oh no, we were here longer than 10 minutes, the boat derezed because no one was sitting on it anymore". Rezzing out a cuddle blanket, or other piece of furniture specifically for that purpose, works okay.. but, it's not an ideal solution, and only works when over land with more forgiving autoreturn and rezzing rights (which most ocean space in SL, isn't.)

Frustratingly, I've been around most of the options several times before. I guess the Linden Premium Freebe kind of spoiled me a bit. For this decision, it came down to trying to find the closest match to all my wants. A robust, detailled mesh build, with good quality. I wanted something that 'felt like a real place'. Lots of animations, and the ability to adjust the positions. (I'm short, there's a number of kids in my family.. adjusting is key) Some romantic "PG+" animations. Cuddles, smooches, that sort of thing. Room for at least 6. A long, slender design. Excellent, modern vehicle controls. I visited Trudeau, but their supply of boats mostly are cabinless. I really did want that sort of "RV on the water" home-away-from-home feeling. As I started looking around (checking out the most popular marketplace listings) I realised that there's just not very many people making "SAIL" boats in that class. The few that are, are excellent, but, there's not a lot of choice. Tons of powerboats and luxury yachts.. but not many sailboats. It finally narrowed down to the Bandit 60, or the MLCC Loonetta. The Oceanic was more of the hull I wanted, but being sculpties, it lacked in detail, in ways that the Loonetta excelled. The Bandit 60 was pretty much everything I wanted. 2 Bedrooms, room to spare, animations up the wazoo and PG+ animations too, and a gorgeous long boat. The Loonetta by comparison was short, stubby, and limited only to individual animations (no cuddles anywhere). The detail was amazing, but it was such a small boat, and it really lacked the 'romantic' element that, to me, was kind of a deal breaker. And then I checked the prim counts. The Loonetta clocked in at 32 LI.. (38 with sails deployed). The Bandit 60, on the other hand, clocked in at 139LI standing still. I had to settle. I wasn't going to get everything I wanted in a single boat, and I knew it. I ended up choosing the Loonetta. I wish it were modifyable. I wish I could go out and cannibalize my favourite couch for some cuddles, then transplant them into the boat. I wish it were modifyable so I could link in a rezzer for a few poseballs, or whatever, while the boat was stopped, but I can't. What I can do, is create a "Cuddle blanket" that can be rezzed out in the bedroom, when the boat is stopped. It's an imperfect solution, but it's possible at least. Similarly, I wish it were mod, so I could add 'item givers' to the boat. Click the glasses, get a drink, click the first aid kit, get a life jacket, etc. I can rez out a giver, but it's not the same. That said, it's a really nice boat. It sails beautifully, and it meets most of my criteria, without breaking the bank in terms of prims needed to rez the thing. In terms of "renting a slip".. the number of prims was a big deal (renting 40LI versus 140LI.. big difference. The animations it does have are certainly serviceable. I like that you can resize the wheel, and the steering animations are incredible. It's an A+ boat to sail.

I've had a few sailboats in my time in SL, but most of them have been freebies. The one I've really liked most though, was the "Linden Premium Gift" boat. I find the controls, and the mechanical aspects of the boat to be fantastic, but the mesh is crude in some places, and the animation engine (and animations) leave a lot to be desired for me. The best part about the Linden boat is simply how it moves, how you can 'set the wind' on the hud, and just let the boat go for a while, without constantly mashing down "W" to keep moving. It's a graceful, peaceful ride. But on a vehicle I'm going to spend an hour or more sitting on at a time, (often with company), well, the animations, the 'sunbathing' the 'cuddling' etc.. for me, it really does need to be on it's "A Game".. and not something where you have to stop the boat in a rez area in order to rez out poseballs. I was really disappointed to see that the Linden boat was a Mole build, because that meant I couldn't check out the creator's store to see what they are making now-a-days, because for when it was made, it was a really promising 'first try freebie'. So, with all that said, I guess I'm shopping for a boat. I'd love to find a nice boat where PG hanging out is an option, and there are times when a little bit of romance wouldn't go amiss either. Something that's an actual vehicle, of course, without poseballs, and with the same sort of graceful pace that the Linden boat offers. Any suggestions?

You can also include a URL in the text of the group notice. Many (if not all) Viewers will make such links clickable. Linking people to a blog post (for example) can be an easy solution to this situation.. and on your blog you can have both the full text, and any images you want as well. I know in some advertising groups where commercial announcements are permitted, very often the notice will have a link to a new item's blog post, or a link to the item's marketplace listing, and then a notecard attached to the notice. Inside the notecard may be images, and attached inworld landmarks as well.

The maximum uploadable image size is 1024x1024. When skins and clothing layers are composited by the server (Baking) the output file that is sent to the viewers is only 512x512. Every avatar you see (that is wearing system skins/clothing layers) is made up of a 512x512 head, a 512x512 torso, and a 512x512 legs texture.. maximum. Use the 1024x1024 avatar templates.. that's really all the detail you're likely to need. These are the most helpful ones I've found: Robin Wood's UV Templates

It's part of the same animation that holds your hands up in a cameralike position when you take the shot, and the sound that plays when the picture is taken. It's like a 'System Gesture" that everyone has loaded.. unless you use the "Quiet Snapshots to Disk" feature and take snapshots directly to your HD (COMMAND-`).

jordanit0, I am also experiencing the same problem, with an added twist. A number of items are listed for me to switch the item listing to.. but none of them are the newly uploaded 'updated version' of the item I'm selling. Edit: It seems that hitting the "Sync Marketplace with Magic Boxes" button did the trick for me. http://i.imgur.com/8EmEXBS.png I pressed it, waited a couple of minutes then opened a fresh browser tab with the item listing I wanted to change, click the "Edit Associated Object" button, and voila, the new version was listed in the pile of items.