Marigold Devin

Coby Foden wrote: Avariado wrote: Good for you, honey!!! Here, Viewer 3 eats at least 600mb RAM, reaches 100% of CPU usage often, and keeps CPU at 60ºC or more. Are you British by chance? If so, I can accept the honey... or more likely I would accept "luv" what the Britons use very freely and affectionally even to strangers. :smileywink: At the moment, just after being half an hour in SL, Firestorm uses 898 MB of memory. When I stay for many hours it can approach 2 GB. However the CPU usage ticks between 8 to 12 percent. Hardly ever it will go over 15 per cent even in busy places. Heyup, mate, cocka, love, duck, chuck (I'm up north in the UK). I might use Honey if I worked with you and you were a lot younger than me. My ex-boss's secretary in my first job used to call me Honey. I thought it was very sweet. (She had trouble remembering my name, it turns out. ) I don't know what my own statistics are, I just know when I'm slow. Just for the purposes of the notes swapping on this thread, my viewer of choice is Phoenix, I prefer a black handbag, even in the summer months (swapping bags means I often would forget my keys, or something:catindifferent: ), and I am (sub-consciously I think) rebelling against mesh viewers. Ironically, when I go to extremely busy sims, such as Bondage Ranch, Phoenix crashes on me, and Firestorm works a treat. For general teleporting around the grid, and things rezzing quickly around me, and a steadier FPS, Phoenix seems to do it for me.:catvery-happy: I have nvidia 9500GT, only 1.5mb of RAM (which is uber-pitiful).:matte-motes-shocked: And my Virgin connection leaves a LOT to be desired. :matte-motes-sick: But generally, Honey Pie (I really really like you ) I tick along without many problems in my Second Life. 

Use "ctrl" "alt" "t" to show up any hidden objects, and/or beacons and see if any objects show up. My guess is that there are objects there, but have become ghost prims. A region restart might fix the issue. 

Welcome to Second Life Answers, shuishidalman There is a lot of information about lighting and shadows over on the Knowledge Base... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Lighting-and-shadows/ta-p/997819 As with real life, shadows in Second Life are created in the same way, and so anything with a certain amount of transparency will not generate a shadow. (It seems you answered your own question really.)    

It was through this video of Torley's that I found the other video link. (Good ol' Torley - I love his tutorials) ... I think all of us, when we were newbie, were totally the same, intrigued by the fact we could fly and build in the sky. I remember being so tremendously excited at some of the great buildings I found up there. When we were able to build higher than 768m it got even more exciting. Now, though, maybe we are getting complacent. LOL.

Just to add an old video from 2007 "1 Million Meters High"... 

Just to add to Rolig's superb answer, I think the thread about highest height you can go in SL is this one ... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/highest-hight-possible-in-sl/td-p/1021925 ... and thanks, Rolig. Superb post. This is what I've learnt today. :smileyhappy: Edited to add: I think there may be an even older thread than the one linked to above, but it's way before my time, and might be lost at the bottom of a very dusty archive box somewhere.   

Perrie Juran wrote: I'm wondering who's Alt this is? The content sounds like one particular complainer but the language reads like another one. Maybe I am wrong for thinking that. But it sure looks that way. The vibe is the same, but the typing is more "relaxed" - which a lot of people do when they are trying to fake around on an alt account. I don't think you're wrong.

Holger Gilruth wrote: They have not done it after several years and i dont think they will do anytime again something for us The comment I would like to make to you is not publishable on a public forum, and yet I have no wish to make private conversation with you either.

Linden Lab are constantly upgrading and tweaking. Things have certainly improved a lot since I became a resident in 2007, and if I were to complain about anything, it would be the fact that Linden Lab have had their fingers in far too many pies since the beginning of this year. Bringing in Mesh and Pathfinder, working on improving those sim crossings (and they are vastly improved - I was, only this past week, travelling in a truck that was heavily-scripted, containing three seated avatars, all with scripts on, riding along the highways of the Linden mainland, and as we crossed over sim borders, not one of us became unseated, not once did the truck appear to go under the ground, or up into the air, not one of us became "ghosted"). Why must people always be so quick to complain and put something down, and not focus on the positives? The graphics are constantly improving. Yes, there is one area that does not improve, and that is the situation with the griefers who have the ability to crash regions, but from each problem, comes a solution, and some sort of improvement. Linden Lab do not publish all that they accomplish, but for sure there is a lot going on behind the scenes that you could not even dream to know about. For the record, I rarely have been in a sim that suffers from sim crashers. These places - such as welcome areas, infohubs, sandboxes - are notorious for this, and so I keep away. While people feed the griefers, they will always find a way of outwitting the system. So why do people keep feeding the griefers? That is the question I would like to know the answer to? And this is up to all of us, as residents of Second Life, to do our bit, to report the crashers and griefers, use the tools we have available, and then to walk away from the situation, and let Linden Lab do their jobs with the tools they have available. Regarding security, I have had no issues with Linden Lab and security, whereas with my own bank in real life I have. Linden Lab may be God-like, but they are not God, and they are as vulnerable as anyone else, and again, I believe, they have as much security in place as they need to have, and are working on this all the time.

Welcome to Second Life Answers, Jade Please delete the information in this thread that is naming the names of other avatars. This is against the Terms of Service. Once an abuse report has been submitted to Linden Lab, it will be investigated. If you do wish to cancel an abuse report, you can just send another abuse report to state that you wish to cancel it. If Linden Lab have already started their investigation, and if they find there was no reason to submit an abuse report, it will be automatically disregarded. Do not worry. Best of wishes to you.

Yes - you are right - if there is real mind-control issues, or if something was urging people to take this out into a potentially dangerous situation in RL, then RL authorities must be informed.

Welcome to Second Life Answers, Dep I read with great relief that there is no money or RL meetings involved in this apparent cult-like way someone is running their sim. Undoubtedly anything that would have appeared to be like a pyramid selling scheme would have been against Terms of Service. Unfortunately, when it comes to relying on something/someone so deeply, be it alcohol, a particular friend, or group of people, in real life or in Second Life, the responsibility has to lie with the individual. The sim owner - like cult leaders tend to be - is on a massive power trip. They can indeed do as they wish with their sim, and they can, if they so wish, ban anyone at any time without any reason. I hope your friend can put this down to experience and be very wary of becoming so reliant on one aspect of their (second) life, and it's good they have you, as a good friend, to lend an ear. Help them to widen their circle of friends and activities in Second Life, and to balance it out with a bit more real life perhaps. 

... Find yourself a pretty boy or two to charm, and if you choose wisely, Lindens and virtual diamonds will come your way. Although, as MILFs are ten a Linden dime in SL, you would do better to take the advice of Rolig and simply convert the price of a FFM41 into L$. 

This is *the* thread of the day for me. :matte-motes-big-grin-wink:

Please clear your cache and then relog, changing your start login location on your login screen to Furball or Quarrel. Open your inventory window and wait for it to load. It can take several minutes, so please be patient.

Welcome to Second Life Answers, Allissia Please make sure you are not inputting his name as peacemaker 505 - there is no space in his name. If this does not work, then type in Peacemaker505 Resident If this does not work, have him send you the proposal. Best wishes to you both. 

I like pina colada and getting caught in the rain, I'm not much into soul food, I am into champagne ... so I guess this rules me out :matte-motes-agape: 

UncommonTruth wrote: Uncommontruth wants a giant rubber ducky so badly she can't see straight Be careful what you wish for :matte-motes-wink-tongue: Quack Quack

Lethal Vidor wrote: It's definitely not due to other people using the connection and I'm not wireless. I'm also not far from the SL servers as my ping is usually under 100. When I put my graphics on low, it actually puts my FPS lower (which is odd). The scripts I'm wearing are very minimal. I'm not convinced about this, but let's wait and see what other people come up with. It does seem very odd that your FPS should go lower when you switch your graphics to low. My forehead has frown lines in this moment. 

Amandurr wrote: I am wondering when I recieve the Linden dollars offered at purchase? Thanks Welcome to Second Life Answers, Amandurr. Your 1000L$ sign-up bonus will be paid to you 45 days after you signed up. http://secondlife.com/premium/  

Second Life doesn't run like a game; it's totally different to WoW and Battlefield 3. Your FPS could be slow because: (a) you're on a wireless connection (never recommended) (b) you are sharing your broadband connection with a lot of people, and that dilutes the wonderfully high speed your internet service provider assures you are getting. © you are in a busy area of Second Life/wearing too many scripts/got your graphics set to Ultra and everything ramped up to it's highest setting. Other replies will follow. Welcome to Second Life Forums, Lethal. 

Gadget Portal wrote: Anybody else find that a lot of people are inconsistent about things, and before you know it, something (or someone) else has caught their attention, leaving you to fend for yourself? Anybody know an interesting place to spend some time and perhaps meet some new people? Yes, I find a lot of people - RL and SL - are inconsistent about things, and rather fickle, and I guess I am too. I'd hope, though, that no one relies on me so much that they ever felt I'd left them to fend for themselves. Saturdays and Sundays, Devon Dreams sim, Giant Snail Racing. Either as a race participant, or to make up the numbers on the practice runs, or as a spectator. Funniest thing I ever saw in SL, and I made some great mates there. I don't get chance to go any more, my RL calendar has prevented it unfortunately (and I am fickle you see). Art Box at Klaw sim (on my profile picks) is a good place to visit regularly. Some days it's people coming and going, other times, people want to friend up and then that leads on to going to other interesting places. Or gatecrash the green dots. That's always a winner for me. Really really sorry you get bored (how is that possible though?) Edited to add: A lot of the places I used to regularly frequent are no longer in existence, but Hobo Junction at Caletta used to be buzzing with potential new friends from all over the world. Look also for 'coffee house' in Searches. Several good ones in the top ten, where people pop in and out, if you're feeling like a chin wag. Hang around the Linden oceans around the Blake Seas for long enough, and you get picked up by a trawler or sail boat, or helicopter. Especially if you're out on a rubber duckeeeee :matte-motes-big-grin-squint:  

Welcome to Second Life Answers, Tomera As well as the great answers already given in this thread, please note that on some sims, there will be some sculpty prims that will appear as torus in shape; several months ago, there was an issue with certain sims, whereby sculpty prims turned into torii. The problem was fixed, but where land owners have not re-rezzed the item, the misshapen sculpty remains.

Divinefirewolf wrote: Thank you for the list Marigold Devin, and thanks again everyone for the help! And thank YOU for returning to your thread to give us updates. We hope to see you here often, in one capacity or another. :smileyhappy:

UncommonTruth wrote: I'm rarely bored, easily amused, and my attention wanders constantly. I don't have a specific place to recommend either (super helpful too I know) most of my friends are met while wandering aimlessly snapping pictures and perving profiles. I guess that's my advise.. just open up the people list and see who's nearby, there are interesting people all around us. :matte-motes-smile: Yes, yes, yes! You have described to a T what I am like. I do not do 'bored' and want to run over with my virtual truck people who complain of being bored - real or SL. Life is like a box of chocolates.. and all that. :matte-motes-big-grin-wink: Profile perving has definitely been the most enjoyable pastime for me in SL, and has certainly sent me to some very interesting places. Sadly, some of those interesting places have closed down now - Apollo, Greenies, the Def Leppard Arena, Galaxy Dreams. Titanic and Art Box still remain, and my favourite pajama store always has a new item that spurs me on to go on another themed adventure. (A little bit barking mad, but true.). My partner encouraged me to try afro hair one week, and that led to us going on a Thelma and Louise style road trip. LL sent out those weird rail handcars and that was ridiculously funny, colliding with all the other people who were out on the Linden railroads trying those out. Random hopping around the mainland has been marvellous. No two days have been the same. Aiming for the green dots on the world map has sent me into the middle of some fun situations. I keep directing people to the Destination Guide and keep promising myself I am going to work my way through it, but somehow haven't had the chance to do anything except give it the slightest of glances. I now fear what I must be missing. How can anyone be bored? Really !