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I don't know enough about mesh yet to be lusting over it, but I do wish the 1.x Ascent and Singularity handled 2.x functionality, such as multiple tattoo, alpha, and clothing layers. They already handle single alpha layers, a single tattoo layer, and multiple attachments per point. Really that functionality right there is the only reason I'm not using Ascent/Singularity as my primary viewer to this day.
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Kasya Sciavo wrote: If all you people having these constant problems stopped using V2, you would not only enjoy your SL more but send a message to LL that we all told you about ages ago. Even after all this time to get it right, V2 is still a disaster. Worse, even on top end machines it is a veritable snail. The TPV viewers based on snowglove especially run rings around V2, and frankly if you continue to use the mess that is V2 I personally have no sympathy for you whatsoever. I suspect the people who sell snow to eskimos are keen to get your number. :matte-motes-silly: I'm sorry. Was this some half-assed attempt to tell me I reap what I sow? What part of "Ascent, Singularity, and Cool VL Viewer" says to you that I am tethered to V2? And what exactly does "V2" mean to you, considering that you mention third party viewers running on Snowglobe as if they are a direct alternative that doesn't run 2.x code. Are you talking about Firestorm or one of the others like Kirstens? So then what if the 2.x compatible viewer I actually use is in fact Firestorm, yet I still have wicked problems I didn't have with 1.x? Is my number still a hot item with shady salesmen then too? I didn't just get here yesterday. Can you know what's going on first before you tell me what a simp I've made of myself? Much obliged.
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Venus I have to agree. Most of those things make avies look like babies when they're loading up their diapers while you watch, and think that on-off smiling thing they're doing is about happiness, lol. It's actually more of a grimace though isn't it? :matte-motes-big-grin-squint:
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For my part, I've got to say that getting used to the V2 interface enough to where I could do the 80% of my core activities without hunting and pecking or consulting a help screen was pretty E-Z and is now in the rearview mirror. I still do prefer V1's interface, as it is familiar and simply worked. Like Ish, I'm not a huge fan of glyphs in the place of action words on buttons and such, although if they're intuitive, I'll deal. My main concern though, I'll have to say, will never be the interface where V2 is concerned. And that is because I have enough to deal with just getting my fug avie to rez fully and be able to change clothes and hairbases without several parts coming up missing or never changing at all, inventory folders telling me they're loading for periods of time beyond all reason, my notecard text appearing as the hull texture on my boats...you know, the fun stuff! Ya if V2 would just work for crying out loud...but then that's the mantra isn't it? "It Just Tanks" Just gonna keep using FIrestorm and hoping for the best, but if dreams came true, a V2 based Ascent or Singularity viewer with the current interface would be popping up really soon.
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Is it bad to have 1 outfit....?
Kascha Matova replied to Kolby Nissondorf's topic in General Discussion Forum
There are days I spend so much time mixing and matching clothing that I never actually make it outside despite being in-world for three or more hours. I actually end up having to lie to myself and say that the only reason I logged in was to reconcile my inventory. Whatever that means! :matte-motes-big-grin-squint: I wish I could be satisfied with just one shirt, pair of pants, and pair of shoes! -
Piper Shan wrote: Thanks for the reply. I actually downloaded Imprudence to try and combat the lag untill the issue is fixed, and I find Impreudence runs amazingly! I guess that proves its client side. It seems as though since the update, second life is using more memory resources then it use to? I have no idea what more its trying to process? anyway, id recomend using imprudence for now. Is Imprudence version 2 based though? Rolling back to the 1.x codebase is an easy way to sidestep any problem with the latest version but it doesn't really solve anything. CoolViewer, Phoenix 1.x, Singularity and Ascent will also run flawlessly for me regardless of what's happening with any 2.x viewer whether official or 3rd party. And that's great as long as I'm okay with my avie never advancing past where she'd developed in 2009. Otherwise LL is going to have to do a far better job of figuring out what they've broken or bottlenecked with these V2 additions, and whether or not they are ultimately worth it.
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Mikayla Ares wrote: Okay so my inventory has been lagging badly since I've installed 2.8. When I go to try stuff on or delete or do anything it lags for a few seconds, its very annoying! Anyone else having this problem and is there anyway to improve it? My inventory is in the 18,000 and I've cleared all caches and have my graphics setting at mid. Yes, several others are having the problem too. It is mentioned in a few other threads on 2.8 as well. Personally, I have waited in excess of half an hour looking at a "loading..." message on a folder for shoes in my inventory within the beta 2.8 viewer. Literally had that inventory never actually load and be selectable because I closed the thing out rather than continue past 45 minutes. And this is with an immediately subsequent running of Firestorm Beta loading the very same folders in seconds. Along with this problem was dealbreaker-level movement lag. I didn't actually monitor for framerate, but if it was higher than 10 when I was using 2.8 at any time I would be shocked to hear it. This with 6GB of very fast ram, a dual core 64 bit Athlon processor and a GTX460, with no bandwidth issues on broadband and packet loss not a consistent enough issue to have affected Firestorm in any way.
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When Viewer 2.8 comes out you will be happy again!
Kascha Matova replied to a topic in Second Life Viewer
Imagin Illyar wrote: I guess server changes are going to have to happen before it launches out of beta. The Edit window still doesn't report the number of prims in an object when it's selected. Oh wait! Wow - I feel so silly! Now I see your banner at the bottom and realize you're "the" same Imagin from Willowdale. Duh - well the "k" in Kascha does not stand for Keen observation skills does it? You have created such a beautiful sim! I've gone there planning to buy several times and were it 3 years ago I definitely would have given the size of what I had then but I'm not in-world enough anymore to justify a dedicated home like before with the associated fixed expenses so...but so beautiful! Work like yours is what made me start trying to landscape in SL! As to the beta, I can't say I've done that much editing since I've been back, but I can certainly remember when I did and understand why what you describe is a non-starter for you. For me, the dealbreakers were the "nevah-rez" clothing, the 2 fps movement even in my house where every texture was cached and loaded, and the "nevah-Redi" inventory load process. It removes all doubt about what "beta" means, that's without a doubt :womanhappy: -
When Viewer 2.8 comes out you will be happy again!
Kascha Matova replied to a topic in Second Life Viewer
Imagin Illyar wrote: Anyone else having MASSIVE problems with inventory? In the 2.8 version it's really slow. I click something and the whole viewer freezes for a couple seconds. Try to scroll - same delay, try to open a folder, delay. It seems great otherwise but this is a HUGE problem for me as a land developer needing to landscape lots. Oh...yes. This too. There are folders in my inventory that never come off 'loading' status in this version of the viewer. Particularly the folders most of my pairs of shoes and boots are in. I think this is what immediately preceded my exit and uninstall from this beta and return to Firestorm and Official 2.6.1. -
When Viewer 2.8 comes out you will be happy again!
Kascha Matova replied to a topic in Second Life Viewer
Machess Lemton wrote: I just downloaded 2.8 today and found it doesn't work on my one year old iMac at all. I can barely move! At least on 2.7.4 and 2.7.5 I can still run. Both Viewers 2.7.x and 2.8 give me very blurry textures unless I move the camera close to the objects, which is very annoying. When I switch to Firestorm, everything is back to normal. I've had the same experience on my machine, with a GTX460, Windows 7 x64, 6GB RAM, blah blah. Downloaded this, got about 4fps or something hilarious like that, and numerous crashes. I was able to run 2.7.x and the newest Firestorm both before that and after that with no unusual issues. Textures rezzed, I could move at will and smoothly, etc. For those it works for, congrats. I'll wait for the release version however :matte-motes-impatient: -
Can't they find at least one disgruntled programmer from Google and hire that person immediately?
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Storm Clarence wrote: Kascha Matova wrote: Wildcat Furse wrote: ty Venus ....... went back to my original shape settings and think this looks much better, at least Wildcat is still recognizible in it :smileyvery-happy: *meows* And so, pretty kitty. What can you tell us about this incident here? Hmmm? I think I know how to tell i fmy cat is plannin gto kill me now, that's for sure. Friend of yours? :matte-motes-whistle: Being the recipient of several wounds of the nature described, I can tell you one thing: it wasn't the cat. Bets a nickel it was the wife. Mmhmm. That's how these kitties have been running amok scott-free with clean records for thousands of years. It's "never" the cat! And the cat in that mugshot is clearly up to no good!
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Wildcat Furse wrote: ty Venus ....... went back to my original shape settings and think this looks much better, at least Wildcat is still recognizible in it :smileyvery-happy: *meows* And so, pretty kitty. What can you tell us about this incident here? Hmmm? I think I know how to tell i fmy cat is plannin gto kill me now, that's for sure. Friend of yours? :matte-motes-whistle:
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Latest viewer (2.7.4) messes up all the textures.
Kascha Matova replied to a topic in Second Life Viewer
Ambashi Pherala wrote: My viewer just updated autmatically, I tried to log in and textures are all messed up, lamp texture loads on th wals and floor texture loads in my hair!!! some sculpties are all messed up too. I tried to clear my chache but exactly the same result. Anybody else having this problem? I had a problem where the hull of my yacht, which I have an instance of permanently docked next to my house, had the text of some notecard partially overlaid on it. It didn't matter whether I deleted the instance and then re-rezzed; the problem remained. I can't immediately recall what version I was running when this happened, but it was definitely 2.7.x. It seems to be intermittent (or was intermittent). A lot of things happened at the same time to decrease the tendency towards this, including Time Warner addressing latency issues in my neighborhood, me using Firestorm Beta for some time rather than official SL viewer, etc. I've heard there's some sort of bug that causes overlay like this if you give another window focus that is in front of the SL window while textures are loading, but I didn't have a notecard up during these instances, so who knows? Good luck with it at any rate. You don't even need to get into how annoying it is - I'm right there with you. :matte-motes-angry: -
Eloise Baily wrote: Mine looks about 30 and is not the standard "pretty" avatar...I get told often enough I could improve it, the cheeky sods. I just made her to suit me. I didn't really think about how old she is, so in that respect, no, I don't think I could dress her better. She is me and I am her, by personality, taste and habits. I prefer it that way The standard pretty avatar? What are you trying to say?! Hmmmmmmm??? :matte-motes-smug:
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Avatar with multiple model looks or only one?
Kascha Matova replied to majestic12's topic in Your Avatar
Nyll Bergbahn wrote: My shape has remained the same since day two or three of my SL life in November 2006 apart from minor tweaks to a few settings. That's me and I don't change it. And for good reason too. You're a beauty! As for me, like I said in the "How Long Did It Take To become You" thread, I just can't can't can't not see the "me" I have known for 4 years when I log in. I am exactly what I planned, hoped, and dreamed to be - completely my own creation, and I haven't been able to get comfortable being curious about something else. I DO have other skins, but when I put them on it's only a few minutes before I feel physically uncomfortable, as if too much has changed for my simple sensibilities. It still surprises me when this happens. I walk around thinking I have far less of an attachment to my avie than I actually do. And when I confront myself on it, I actually wonder whether my viewpoints on other topics that have been discussed in the forums are as defensible as I have thought they were. As in how can I question anyone who relies on me being me, when it's so clear that I do as well? -
Jennifer Boyle wrote: Perhaps you smarter people will teach me. First, I didn't know that the hair base was in the tattoo layer, and, till now, assumed that it wasn't because we have had hair bases for years and the tattoo layer is new, and because they don't seem to interact. Also, I thought that my viewer baked the avatar, putting all of the layers on and making some cover others, and that what other viewers received was a baked avatar, and that they didn't know what layers had been used to create what they saw. I do remember that I could make myself transparent using the alpha layer, and viewers that did not have the alpha layer saw me as transparent, which is consistent with how I understood it worked. The reason I thought it was good to know is that there are some tattoos that I usually were that are more important to be seen than others. I agree that all tattoo layers were not created equal! Given a choice, I would rather I had a full head of hair than well defined cleavage, a full body tattoo, nice eyelashes and eye shadow, or perfect lipstick, so I always put any hairbase on via "wear" and any other tattoos via "Add". I haven't seen "dear God what is that THING" pop up in any chat bubbles yet with those funny white dots pointing from someone's hand to my forehead so I'm thinking it's got to be working... :matte-motes-whistle: You may very well be able to buy hairbases that go on other layers. I've just been using the tattoo layers for it because it's essential and I don't want to have to fiddle with things to compromise. I always have my nose piercing in, earrings, and usually have some sort of glasses on, so space on the head slots is limited. Then my hats make it even worse. People can't tell which items are on tattoo layers versus clothing layers I don't think. At least not from a simple once over. The layers do stack however and so it is important for compatibility to make sure the most important tattoo item is the one left standing at the end of whatever happens. The order can be modified as well from within the interface. It's a huge annoyance working so hard on a look for my avie only to be reminded with a pang that I might not look the way I do to myself, to anybody else in SL, and I will have no way of knowing whether I do or don't to anybody I meet.
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Josain Zsun wrote: I spent a lot of time trying to get my AV to resemble me physically…and he does in a reality long ago and far away…so long ago I can't remember. But that's part of the fun of virtuality. Nobody knows if you are pedigreed or a mutt. Me too, and she does, or at least she will once I can find a crow's feet tattoo layer item. As it stands, I think my avie is probably about 32-34. She is very comfortable with her style and in her own skin, stays in great shape, but not because she's a gym rat. More because she has a high metabolism and can eat like she wants without too much worry. She's got a few toys that cost money and she worked hard for them, as well as her absurdly awesome home, but when I corner her and try to find out what investments she made that paid off like this, she poofs, or tells me my ISP has a problem with latency, and then starts stuttering on purpose so I can't understand her. Nobody gets that good at dodging questions before 30, and she has no crow's feet, or wrinkles of any sort, so she can't be older than 35. Bingo - I've got her.
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Did this really happen in Second Life?
Kascha Matova replied to MoiselleErin Teardrop's topic in General Discussion Forum
Lynda Klossovsky wrote: I would not be surprised if this actually does happen, but you would have to be a little silly to believe it.. btw the way, your description .."qoute" the romance fell apart faster than setting a pile of unlinked prims to physical "unqoute" made me ROFL :matte-motes-big-grin: That part got me too :matte-motes-big-grin-squint: -
How much did you spend on your avatar?
Kascha Matova replied to AmyNevilly's topic in General Discussion Forum
Wow. I spent probably $400 U.S. within the first month or so of joining in '07, on clothes, land, a starter house, and a bunch of other stuff. Then I bought out most of Kazami North sim so I could combine it and build my dream home and grounds and by the time I finished doing that I had probably spent another $1500 U.S. between land, home, and landscaping (tools, trees, bridges, fences, hedges, sound orbs, animals, etc). For my custom skin and shape, with all variations on skin tone, makeup, body dimensions, plus the .psd for the skins and a promise of exclusivity, I paid 30k lindens. I can't even estimate what I've spent since then. That was all in the first two years, but if I had to try and total everything, I'm sure I've spent upwards of $5000 U.S. -
Jennifer Boyle wrote: Lindal Kidd wrote: However, note that other people who are using earlier viewers will only see the FIRST tattoo in you "tattoo stack". That's good to know. Where good is spelled "f r u s t r a t i n g". Honestly, I can't see the point of multiple tattoo layers if 3/4 of the grid can't see them and you end up looking like some sort of alien with bald head and a ponytail unless your hairbase is always first in the stack. Good thing I decided not to use the tattoo layer version of my bikinis too, now that I think of it. I actually had my skin custom designed for partly this same purpose - to never have to use a layer of any sort for my tattoos again. Turns out that's the one thing my designer was less than 100% sure she could pull off well, so I pulled that request off the table.
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Okay. Am I the only one thinking of the legions of demonic coyotes lined up on the side of the desert road with the dead eyes in that Stephen King book "Desperation" right now? Or that episode of the Twilight Zone with the department store elevator where the people working on the first floor were all mannequins from the top floor? /me knows terror, and he's under my bed AS I SPEAK.
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what is happening with SL?
Kascha Matova replied to greek Wingtips's topic in General Discussion Forum
Deej Kasshiki wrote: Very well said Cabbage and I echo your sentiments. After almost 5 years I find myself spending less and less time in world. I barely ever get out to explore and most of the great friends I made back in the halcyon days have long since left. It's beyond simple burnout as others suggest, it's something far deeper. The world has lost it's wonder, it's sense of excitement for what was coming around the next corner. There are no great new (resident-built) projects, no new concepts, no feeling of awe for what's possible. Most of the time I spend in world now I'm sad and longing for "the old days" that I know will never return. Now I truly understand the meaning of the word malaise. This is as perfect a summation of how I have felt as any I could have and have written. And despite whomever would say it's from burnout and a break would help fix it, I just got back from a break that lasted for the better part of a year. I still spend 10 times as much time in the forums as I do in-world. And sadly enough, when I go in-world now, I end up going to one or two familiar places, or simply staying at home. Now also with my new tendency to shop in the online marketplace, my penchant for wandering for new shops has diminished greatly too. I have about three close friends still that were made back in the beginning of '07 when I got here. Ironically enough, they are the original three that I made when I got here. Everyone else is gone, and my friends list was up in the 80's and more just with the people I hung out with and saw, or at least talked to every week. Acquaintences made it even more extensive. Now, I can't imagine the uphill climb meeting and wanting to get to know that many people would be. I miss GOL3 (as it was then) and Festival Island so so so much. The first two places I landmarked and spent time at. Packed with excited, energetic people, great music, wonder, and magic. There truly was something exciting around every corner, as you say. It was the sort of place that became even more outrageously ideal with every comparison with RL - to where in RL I'd be floating off in my head to places in SL like Ethereal Teal, and could almost feel my pupils contract because of the bright particles. It made RL feel like such a droll, uninspired place at times. I had so many plans for things to learn and do. Businesses to start. My friends and I all danced and had a hoochie crew that would all apply at the same clubs, dance as a big group, and take over the stages. So much fun. dating, laughing, being goofy... Sigh. Sorry for the book. It's just hard not to wax poetic and sad about what SL used to be and no longer is. I have many many culprits that I blame for this, not the least of which is SL additions that were supposed to be the next greatest thing, and the community changes that resulted, but that's a whole separate rant, believe me. -
what is happening with SL?
Kascha Matova replied to greek Wingtips's topic in General Discussion Forum
Mayalily wrote: Yes they could and should do a whole lot better for their customers, especially women. I don't think LL has a clue on HOW females shop. They definitely could use a lot of female input to make SL better. Women tend to be the largest consumers in the world in general whether RL or SL, so female input is definitely needed (exclamation point). I mean just take no wish bar area on Marketplace... I have lost so many items I would have liked because I couldn't store them and now cannot find them. When creating a business, you need to take your largest demographic consumers into consideration. Your badge came out great sweetie! Congrats! :matte-motes-whistle: As for the current topic, I just wish we could party like it was 2007 again :matte-motes-crying: