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    Widows 7 blog post and system requirements

    in General Second Life Tech Discussion

    Posted

    A lot of people don't want to upgrade to Win10 simply because they've tried it and think it's s***, don't like all the telemetry (Microsoft spying on them) and just prefer Windows 7. A lot of things about the Win 10 UI suck. I use Start10 and windowblinds so my system looks pretty much like Win 7 anyway, or I boot into Linux, but the last official LL build of Secondlife for Linux was 5.0.9 so who wants to use that?  No wonder people turn to 3rd party viewers, like Firestorm. It's not just a case of people not having the latest hardware anyway, a lot of the time they just don't want to use Win 10.

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    Official Tilia Q&A Forum Thread (Related Questions Only)

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by Monderas Bristol

    21 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:

    Jeepers. I'd sure hope the Lab's data retention policy would have expunged all that ages ago. So my question for the Lab, only tangentially related to Tilia: Is any of that old age verification data still retained anywhere? Please tell us that stuff is long gone.

    Wait..LL deleted my reply to Qie which clarified my question and agreed with him?

    Even if   previous data verification has been deleted according to some policy, shouldn't there be some record that a person has already provided RL info?

    Tilia takes over

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, GabrielleVanDerMalle said:

    i use my credit card, never ask for cash out from my balance. will tilla still want my Social Security number?? if so i will leave second life.

    If you never cash out and only use your card to buy L$ then no, you don't need to provide any additional information.

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    Tilia takes over

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    If you only buy L$ you're not affected. If you want to CASH OUT for real world money then you are affected. LL replied at least twice in this thread I think.

    Come August the 1st you'll have to agree on login to some new terms but that's the only thing that will affect the majority of people that don't cash out (process credit)

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    A brief note on pricing changes, which ran long.

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by Monderas Bristol
    clarification

    31 minutes ago, sodasullivan said:

    If I understand correctly, if you currently  have a quarterly premium account (you pay quarterly), you can still keep it that way and continue to pay quarterly. You will just be paying more every quarter. Is this not correct?

    Currently I am basic and have been thinking about going back to Premium since the start of this year.

    " If you keep Quarterly subscriptions - I, and I bet others will, would go premium again! "

    Mundane RL things like  a new Fridge freezer, cooker and then last weekend an exploding washing machine (literally..bang!)  have prevented that.

    The announcement states that new quarterly subscriptions are no longer possible but if they were kept, then in a few weeks time I would be able to. Juggling a monthly bill for SL ($143.88 a year) on top of RL bills isn't an option 

    A brief note on pricing changes, which ran long.

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by Monderas Bristol

    Please reconsider the Quarterly subscription.

    I've been here 12 years and been a premium member in the past, always paid quarterly, the yearly membership fee is just to much for me to afford just as it is for many others.

    I worked out that with the price increases those  paying quarterly will now only get a 1 month saving over those that pay monthly, over the course of a year (currently it's 2)

    The  group limits bite, I sort of understand the reasoning but then to say you're giving higher limits to premium members when they already have 18 more slots?

    If you need to lower limits because of server problems but then increasing them for every premium member then, I don't get it. Really don't get it. Reduce by less or increase by less or both. I've got groups I've paid for I don't want to quit and groups joined for sentimental reasons I wouldn't be able to rejoin if I left.

    Bottom line. If you keep Quarterly subscriptions - I, and I bet others will, would go premium again! It's the affordable option and middle ground  

    So please, please keep it as an option or at least, don't phase it out so quickly, keep it open a bit longer.

     

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    lumiya removed from third party viewer directory?

    in General Second Life Tech Discussion

    Posted

    On 11/28/2017 at 6:21 PM, SAULGOODiE said:

     

    "Until there's something public stated about it ( I cannot find any fine details ), It might be a good idea to stay away from it. "

    Despite this being so long since this was last commented on, given that  another android second life viewer viewer was recently banned from connecting to Second life servers it's worth mentioning that Lumiya despite not being listed in the TPVD is NOT restricted in any way.

    There are various reasons a viewer might not be listed  but not being in it doesn't mean they are bad or wrong to use. Cool VL for example isn't listed because the owner feels strongly the TPV policy goes against his countries own policies , "The Cool VL Viewer is itself TPV-policy compliant (and for people wondering why it is not listed in LL's TPV directory, it's simply because I don't want to provide private data to LL about myself, data which is illegal to require for such a purpose in my country. Being listed in the directory is in no way a requirement for a viewer to be considered TPV-policy compliant anyway: see the paragraph 6 of the TPV policy)."

    I use Lumiya personally often without any worries.

     

    TOS & Chat Logs

    in Everything Else

    Posted · Edited by Monderas Bristol

    On 5/22/2018 at 1:14 PM, Kyrah Abattoir said:

    Incorrect, they absolutely could punish you for what you do outside their network, if they can identify you, but they wisely chose not to take that road.

    "this set of Community Standards applies to all products, services, and environments offered or hosted by Linden Lab, including but not limited to, its websites, servers, software, forums, and blogs (as further defined in the Terms of Service, the “Service”)."

    If I posted a conversation on my own personal blog, on SLU or as a screenshot on Flickr there is nothing LL could or would do about it.

    It absolutely does not apply to any 3rd party sites, blogs or services that have no connection to Linden Lab. It would still be wrong to post private information willy nilly IMO however.

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    Looking into DJing ?

    in Getting Started

    Posted · Edited by Monderas Bristol

    On 20/05/2017 at 10:04 PM, Alwin Alcott said:

    VDJ is free too... and the most easy to learn and connect... ;)

    so try a lot... and pick what fits your need ..

    From VDJ website. 

    Professional users

    If you are using VirtualDJ professionally (as defined in the EULA: "if you earn money using VirtualDJ "), you need to purchase a PRO license.

      I guess it depends on if you consider earning money inworld the same as earning money "professionally" and to me, VDJ, like Mixxx is one of those programs geared to mixxing tracks at some point rather than just streaming,  and ideally suited to a controller. As to which is easiest that's down to personal preference :)  It's been a while since I've used VDJ but MIXXX can be  customised using skins as the user wishes, is completely free, open source with NO restrictions or fees.

    Another which might be useful just for playing a set playlist and requests if you're not into mixing is http://www.radiodj.ro/

    I've not really played around with it much so can't recommend either way.

    Mondy.

    Looking into DJing ?

    in Getting Started

    Posted · Edited by Monderas Bristol
    spelling corrections and image insert

    The best free software (imho) if you're looking for the cheapest way is the open source MIXXX DJ application.

    This lets you stream all your music, has mixing desks, does everything Virtual DJ can do and is easier to set up and can do most things that Sam can do. Sam is a commercial program and quite expensive.

    Mixxx is also highly configurable to work exactly how you want using skins as shown below.

    https://www.mixxx.org/

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    All you need then is a Shoutcast server that you can rent inworld on a daily, weekly, monthly basis and then you can stream  using your own land or a club that hires you :)

    There are many places to rent a server and I won't post here. Just search or ask someone that DJ's for their recommendations.

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    onlive - much bigger deal than people realize i think

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    It was pretty much my point. I don't  pay for premium so I'm happy to pay a monthly fee for the service. Even a 300 dollar laptop , assuming I paid 300 pounds second hand, would still take me a year to save for and as I want something I can use for 3 years minimum I would rather buy new.

    70 avi's in a club ? About twice a month as it happens, 40 or 50 last night, HoV regularly gets 70 plus at a popular event like Hugo latex parties ;-) 

    I'm pretty sure I said I was using this primarily on the desktop as well as my tablet so mystitool works fine.

    onlive - much bigger deal than people realize i think

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Although this is an older thread I thought I'd add to it.

    Onlive is pretty usable on a mobile device of at least 7 inches or higher.  Yes it can be fiddly but on a mobile device it isn't meant as a replacement for building or doing prescision work. But here's a big tip for those who say it's useless. Pinch to Zoom :P

     

    As for the price. By now most of you have realised or read enough that it's the equivalant of a monthly SL account. At least here in the UK it works at about £7 a month. It doesn't have to be rolling either. You can pay for 1 month, cancel it the next day and you still have that access for a whole month. Just pay for it as and when you like.

    It's now available for Ipads. Whoop!

    Saving snapshots. You can't save to disk but you can email yourself snapshot. My screen resolution is 1366x768. Seding an email with those setting work fine. It is possible, depending on server status to send a higher resolution image like 1960 or 2560. 2560x1400 works quite well.

    As for low end/mid spec computers and laptops. Yes yes yes.

    My laptop was mid range 3 years ago, now it's low. My viewer of choice is Firestorm but I use SlGO with the OnLive desktop client for windows more and more.

    On my laptop I get around12-25 fps on mid graphics setting,depending on whether I have advnced lighting enabled and all the shaders.

    With SL GO at home I get over 100 fps consistently. In a busy club, I'm talking 70 avatars plus, I STILL get at least 25-60. Usually over 60 in a less busy area with everything checked ,enabled, set to Ultra. Even with a draw distance of 256 if I want to. I mean, come on! Even many high end spec machines don't get 60fps on those settings. I personally don't notice any real difference over 25 anyway but my god, it looks damned amazing! Mmm..shadows :)

    Yes voice is still something I'm waiting for and I have asked recently about this. They still say soon, it's a beta product.

    No RLV. I'm into my kink and RLV is another reason I still use another viewer, but gadgets still work and collars still work if you don't use the RLV functions. I just switch back for a bit if I need to use those.

    Missing features. I assume everyone means things like FS or Singularity have that aren't in the official viewer...well in that area the only thing missing is the advanced menu and debug menus really over the LL client. Most other things can be enabled using a hud of some type. Mystitool (not the free version)  has a pretty good radar and "gadgets" that can be enabled or disabled easily to replace things  I miss most.

    On the whole I'm pretty pleased with SL Go, it's not as good as a full featured fat viewer with all the extra bells & whistles. It would take me two years on my income to replace my laptop for a spec that would let me run SL at the same speed and settings. Of course I don't have many vices in RL so it's just my pocket money that pays for it.

    *hugs*

    Mondy

     

     

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