[Does a dress like this exist in SL?]

I have this: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/BM-Heidi-Dress/12497228

 

[Shop (store) ideas that won't fly]

On 3/9/2024 at 1:43 PM, Zalificent Corvinus said:

That sounds like the name of one of those second hand bookshops run by somebody in half moon glasses, who wears carpet slippers, and cardigans with leather patches on the elbows, and who only opens for 1 hour a day, and hates customers wearing out the piles of old books by LOOKING at them.

Or maybe a time travel shop called Come Back Yesterday?

[Help ! I need shoes or boots to cover socks in a Maitreya LaraX outfit]

I looked at the demo for these on marketplace here: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CREATIVE-SCANDAL-264-SOCKS-DEMO/25648598 and it's not possible to detach the foot part.  However, you could rework the textures in PS or Gimp by adding an alpha channel to render the foot part invisible.  It's a lot of work and expense though, so BOM socks are likely the easier way to go.

[Caspervend is down]

Seems it's resolved now.

[Best SL names you spotted...]

I remember a Lessbeef Morpork.  Nice chap.  And Immy (Imnotgoing Sideways) of course; she was lovely.

[When you are REALLY looked after by a creator...]

Well, of course I have no idea who this shopkeeper might be but (removes tongue from cheek) they sound marvellous!  

(I am lovely in real life too)

[No More Free Lunch]

Hello fellow forum users   Free account here, because, really I don't need the group spaces, land allowances, slightly (let's be honest) dubious 'special' gifts, rinky dink houses - so cute, but I just don't need one, or stipend - bless!!  LL make a nice little packet out of me, in marketplace sales commissions and cash out fees.  Because even though this has been my actual full time job for (checks notes, blanches, swallows) 15 years, like any business I don't spend money I don't have to.  I rent my inworld store from a lovely landowner who gives me no grief whatsoever, and whom I sincerely hope is also cashing out with pocket jangling regularity.  Despite being very reasonably priced xxx

Soo, no, we don't need a special rich kids of SL enclave.  If you're so loaded you don't know what to do with it all, why not have a hot shower and rip up fivers.  

peace out.

[Palomma Casanova has passed.]

3 minutes ago, MistressViper Voom said:

Any info on this.. (Free Dove) I would try to take it over if I had information.

My informant was Dollen McMillan, so this would possibly be the first person to contact.  Thank you xxx

[Palomma Casanova has passed.]

I was sad to hear today that Palomma Casanova of the Free Dove has passed.  I'm very sad, but she is beyond suffering now, which is a blessing, as was counting her a friend throughout my time here.  Her hard work and generosity were remarkable, and SL will be the poorer without her.

[LL should buy the Cinnamon and Chai bodies from Slink]

On 1/4/2023 at 2:48 PM, EliseAnne85 said:

  This post is for @Pixieplumb Flanagan too.  Pixieplumb, I sell both inworld and on MP but there is no business for me now, as I said, unless a special sale.  I am doing sales and having business but never experienced that before either.  I've always sold without sales too.  shrug

I wanted to say also that I've had a bad five months or so since gasoline prices shot up and inflation has been madness where I live. Six dollars for a loaf of bread is double the usual price before the war.

I'd love to visit your store, if you would drop me a landmark in world?  thanks

[LL should buy the Cinnamon and Chai bodies from Slink]

13 hours ago, EliseAnne85 said:

You know I went in the morning for clothes and it was deserted.  I was the only one there but that was European time.  I did then go again in the evening which was Friday night and Nutmeg was fairly crowded.  I quickly picked up a few things and left because Nutmeg was a bit laggy.  But, that Friday night of Black Friday would have been more American time.  There may be a worse recession in Europe than in America.  I have never sold so little in my whole entire life as a creator in SL as it stands now.   I have never experienced anything like this.  I've always sold and had money to spend in SL.  I've only cashed out once in my entire SL.  I love lindens because I love SL content and concerts and parties where I tip.  But, I've thought of closing as well.  Fortunately, my rent is very low but I thought I made the cutest shoes I've ever made and I can't sell any unless I put them on special sales and these are new items I'm talking about.

Is your store in world only or also marketplace?

[LL should buy the Cinnamon and Chai bodies from Slink]

12 minutes ago, EliseAnne85 said:

If the actual mesh product, shirt, pants, etc had parts that go invisible, it could be done with one texture, couldn't it?  However, it still doesn't mean all items will match even if parts of shirts or pants disappear in stages.  

It couldn't, although mesh with different faces could selectively hide by face, but typically a pant leg will have just one face.  There is also a limit to how many faces each mesh can have.  And yes, you're right, it still wouldn't fix all clipping.  I guess it's all part of the fun of shopping in world!  Of course, if you buy a complete outfit in world it absolutely should all work together in all combinations.

[LL should buy the Cinnamon and Chai bodies from Slink]

14 minutes ago, JackRaybold said:

Mesh bodies have selectable alphas. Why not mesh clothes? It's really the clipping that's the problem.

There would need to be separate textures for each colour of each item with graduated alpha'd areas.  Each variant would be a separate texture upload.  It's just not practical currently as mesh is.  There's a whole other issue of alpha channels on mesh items that causes issues as well.

With the alpha cuts on mesh bodies it's a much simpler process with an on/off for each cut.  Even so, at times you can have awkward situations when the cuts don't perfectly match the clothes worn.

[LL should buy the Cinnamon and Chai bodies from Slink]

9 minutes ago, JackRaybold said:

I would suggest that one way SL could substantially reduce the pain for new users would be to enforce a standardised, integrated HUD layout for body and head creators. Jumping from the stock SL avi to completely alien concepts like BOM, mesh, rigging etc is tough enough, but having to learn the wildly variant idiosyncracies of different body/head HUD layouts (particularly heads) has been far and away the biggest barrier for me in transferring tentative, painfully-acquired knowledge between different products.

That would vastly exceed LL's desired remit.  They 'could', but in reality they won't.  They really don't police the grid much at all, and truly would not care about something like this.

9 minutes ago, JackRaybold said:

 

The second, related, point is that clothes touted as being for a given body must interoperate with other clothes supplied for that body, irrespective of manufacturer/creator. The creators of the bodies themselves must set the standard here, ideally through a certification scheme. As has been mentioned on this thread and elsewhere, boots clipping trousers clipping shirts and jackets is, or should be, an absolute no-no.

This would require all creators to come together, to make many many multiples of every item, say a pair of flared jeans would need a 'tucked in' version to work with boots that go over, and possibly an extra wide version for boots that go under.  Mesh just doesn't 'suck in' or stretch over other mesh - it's not dynamic like that.  Whilst it would be lovely if this were a thing, it's not.  Perhaps one day it will be.  Even then, it's a huge ask for every single item to work with everything else.  Also, how is a mesh sweater supposed to know whether it should tuck in or go over a pair of jeans?!

9 minutes ago, JackRaybold said:

And finally - I would like to see a set of simple, entry-level tutorials that step through the basics of avatar construction, object interaction, and grid etiquette before anyone is allowed to leave Welcome Island. That would at least give all new users a grounding in the basic principles of the world they're about to join, which is good for them and good for SL. In an ideal world that would be incentivised with a graduating bonus, but I accept that that might be challenging to implement without the potential for abuse.

I think there used to be, back in the early years, something of the sort.  How to open boxes and carry stuff, etc.  If LL could see a benefit from this, they would do it.  I guess some new sign ups decided it was too much of a drag, so they skipped.  SL is for most people a game, an escape.  They don't want to be hassled about stuff, and rude people could complete the course, bugger off and be rude anyway!

["It's really, really hard to build a world" - Philip on Civility]

On 6/2/2022 at 12:16 PM, Prokofy Neva said:

So I'll note again that the people who have griefed me for two decades in SL come from the same 4chan websites now frequented by certain school shooters, and this isn't an accident.

Yes, owner of the liberal site "The Hill," certainly anti-gun and a leftist Democrat should not have bankrolled Christopher Poole, owner of 4chan. I protested this loudly and still do. Yes, money and power. 

As  a registered Democrat I vote for any and all gun control and more is needed, raising the age, making universal background checks, etc. It's not enough by itself or we wouldn't have dozens of shooting deaths every weekend in NYC.

I surely do hope you're not accusing me of  ever griefing you, because that would be a lie and you know it would.  I've had precisely zero in world interactions with you, and I'm happy to keep to that schedule. 

["It's really, really hard to build a world" - Philip on Civility]

10 hours ago, Prokofy Neva said:

 

We have school shooters because no one ever dares to admit that violent video games could be at issue, and much more to the point, that 4chan and 8chan web sites are implicated, obviously in at least 3 cases and related in others.

 

LOL, no. You have school shootings  because of a desperately stupid misinterpretation of your 2nd amendment  and insufficient politicians to challenge it.   The pro-gun lobby are rich,  and money matters more than lives.

[This "fatpack" madness should be stopped...]

On 3/15/2022 at 3:09 PM, Faly Breen said:

 

I dont "have to" buy the pack if i go with an alternative but if i want "just this one color", i basicly get forced to take the fatpack or nothing (and this is the problem). as said in my main post i can show a lot samples here but it wuld be nameshaming.

Well that is something LL absolutely do not allow, so I'd advise  you against it!

[5 letters game]

Hell, even Fiona tried yachting

CLICK

[The end of gachas is sadly not the end of the ill nature of some people.]

Ok, hands up I didn't read through the entire 150 + pages of the previous thread, but surely LL are having to comply with USA law in the gacha removal?  If there is ire to direct it would be better aimed at the people who make US law. 

Necessary disclaimers: It doesn't affect me; I didn't use gachas to sell stuff and I didn't play them either.  I don't care if they are here or not, and I have no beef with US law as I don't live there, but there's no point being mad at LL.  They're a US based company and they have to comply with the law, move jurisdictions or cease trading. 

That's all.  Have a super day, m'chums on the f'rums xxxxxxx

[Give us a boat.]

4 hours ago, Maryanne Solo said:

Rares.

we see what you did there; and we applaud you for it xxxxxxx

[New Gacha Policy Discussion]

So, I haven't read the whole thread, but mainly what I'm getting is no one is all that bothered.  So, excellent, that's all cool.

[White shirt perfection]

It's possible (not sure at all) that this is a morphed picture, in which case that shirt/cardigan doesn't exist in sl at all.

[What are the consequences of violating the full perm Terms.?]

LL won't take any action against a violation of a seller's TOS deeming it a resident to resident dispute.  However, if you properly file a DMCA then LL will follow the protocols required and take down/remove the offending items pending a counter action, if that happens; some people won't bother defending a DMCA.  It's also worth bearing in mind that some items do slip through the DMCA net, so to speak.  LL do their best to fully comply, as required in law, but it's always possible some items will stay in various peoples' inventories, none the less.

It's not necessary or usual to get a court order as the DMCA is the first resort, but if it's defended LL will restore (again, bit patchy) the items and you'd need to go to court to have them removed permanently.   

[How to avoid intellectual property issue.]

On 5/7/2021 at 3:17 PM, Chic Aeon said:

 There are also TONS of  coke machines and bottles with names on them like "cokka cola"  or something similar. They also are seldom if never taken down. 

I think I recall reading that Coca Cola weren't bothered about second life, since obviously we don't actually drink anything here, and it's essentially free advertising!

[I'm being targeted]

There are points?  We get points?  Where can we spend them?  Do they make prizes? (obscure British game show reference).  This is all new information.