dd Temin
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The truth is that SecondLife actually works best with the same or higher graphics performance than most "games" need.
The intel 4400 graphics is actually part of the 4th generation intel haswell CPU. its not a seperate card or chip . It has no dedicated graphics memory. Its much better performance than older generation Intel integrated graphics But its still no where near as good as having a seperate GPU card or gpu Chip with dedicated gpu memory.
Get a laptop with seperate Nvidia GPU chip. I would recommend a GT 650M or better. (the second number "5" is the performance level) 5 or higher is best for SL.
Will Intel 4400 graphics work in SL ? ....yes but only in low or medium graphics mode at reduced frame rates.
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wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlHTTPRequest
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Greetings...
Nvidia 720m is one of the Lowest performance graphics chips that Nvidia makes. You would have use SL in Low graphics mode in most situations especially if you use the Linden Viewer as it is more graphics intensive than the 3rd party viewers.
There are many factors that determine the Frame rate you would get with this chip such as the enviroment where you are at in SL, (quantity of textures and and number of other Avatars), draw distance setting, graphics mode.
If you want reasonable graphics for SL ...I would recommend Nvidia 750M as minium for a laptop. The value of the 2nd digit is the performance factor for Nvidia graphic chips.
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As of 20:19 pdt 1 Oct unable to delete rezzed objects or rez objects from inventory, Blue error message says "Asset server did not respond in a timely fashion" this seems to effect all regions...i have tried in 3 different Sims...same issue.
Wake up SL engineers......we have a problem tonite.(Main servers and Magnum serversare both experiencing same issue)
dd
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Thanks Life Camino for for those ideas.
Thanks to Miss Loon for your help....I'll get started on the divide and conquer script approach soon
dd
UPDATE: Miss Loon's suggestion works perfect....problem solved
My list is strided with 4 elements each record so i broke it up like that.integer i;
while (i < llGetListLength(history))
{
llOwnerSay(llList2String(history,i) + llList2String(history,i+1) + llList2String(history,i+2) + llList2String(history,i+3)) ;
i += 4;
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My list seems to stop working after it has about 950 characters. Does anyone know the actual total numbers of Characters allowed in any list. Could not seem to find this answer in the scripting wiki. Thanks. Any good work arounds...if this is true?
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A few questions first....
1. Did your PC work well before in SL? and just now started having problems.?.....or it never worked well?
2. Does it work for a short while in SL ok and then stop ? ...or it never works?
3.What is your connection speed?
4. Are you using wireless connection? or eithernet cable connection to internet.
5. Have you tried turning your router/modem off and then powering it back on.. and and then re-starting PC?
The forum helper experts can better analyze your problem if you answer these questions .
Good luck
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hi
What is the time between each repeat of "Object: 2" ? 1second or 2 seconds or less than 1 second?
also...can you see this chat from any location on your region?
and can other Avatars also see this chat?
If only your avatar can see this chat...it probably means that the "runaway script" is using llOwnerSay("2");
If any Avatar can see this chat......then the "runaway script" is using llSay(0,"2"); or llShout(0,"2");
Even if the object is tranparent..........you should see a particle stream constantly circling the bad prim.
Since you were able to restart your region....you are either the owner or estate manager....so use the World...region/estate ...debug....get top scripts.......to view active/top scripts in your region. look for /filter all scripted objects called Object.It will show location of it..and you can choose to show beacon to help you find it or them.
good luck
Let us know later what caused it...............or as last resort submit a support ticket.
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One word of caution...Be sure to check the power supply requiriments of any new video card . look to see How many Watts and amps your current pc power supply can supply can handle.. Many times when you want to put a higher performance graphics card...you also need to replace the PC power supply with a higher output power version. The PC makers generally tend to put the lowest possible power output power supply that they can get away with.
Good luck with your upgrade
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Both of those PC you showed with links are terrible...overpriced and/or poor video graphics.
Here is example of a nice gaming PC for $999 ,,,,you can find many more like this at this price range or even a bit lower.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9085260&CatId=1886
Try to get a 4th generation Intel processor...I5 or I7 either will work fine for SL.
Be sure to get Nvidia graphics with 2nd number of model number 5 or greater... 650 ,660,670...or 750 ,760 or 770
The 2nd number indicates performance level.
If you like it to turn on fast and do everything faster....buy a desktop with Solid state drive SSD. Expect to pay a few hundered more if you get a high capacity SSD drive.
If you have the option and dont need touch screen ....windows 7....in place of win 8.1
All of these are my Opinion only....Your results may vary
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Ok... Create an object/ (rez a prim) Set Prim type to Sphere. In the object edit menu choose the contents tab and left click on New Script.
When new script window opens...copy and paste the following 2 lines into the Touch Event section.
llSetBuoyancy(0.75);
llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE);
Save the script and close script window and edit window.
Left click on ball .
Play ball
Note : in the prim edit window....you can choose the "features" tab and set prim Material to rubber to get a nice bouncy effect as mentioned before.
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Greetings
Two things......first when you are NOT logged in,......preferences will show the IM to Email checkbox as grayed out and not checked.......But when you ARE logged in...that box will be editable and Checked. This is normal.
Second.....The problem of not recieving IM to Emails started around July 1st...and i did file a Jira report on this issue.
The lindens checked into it with me and several others that were seeing the same issue...and in all cases the issue was caused by our internet providers.....AT&T in my case....but also other internet providers. AT&T was blocking all email from my region email server in SL. The reason was shown as "Blocked for abuse". The same "blocking by internet providers was happening with all the other residents who were reporting this issue. So the Lindens Closed the Jira say it was a customer internet provider issue. (However i do suspect that something Lindenlabs did,,,caused this to be blocked because it happend to many different people on same day but with several different internet providers)
To fix my IM to email issue......I was directed to a special webpage at my internet provider AT&T.
rbl.att.net/block_inquiry.html On that page i was able to submit an UN-Blocking request. It took a few days to get processed but finally i got unblocked. and IMs to email are working again..
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Try this...
After changing the desired value...move your cursor into ANY OTHER value box and left click. Then it should stick.
dd
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Greetings..
The short answer is Yes...that PC will work just fine in SL
(assuming you also have a good internet provider connection speed)
dd
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To "rez"/create a new "prim" simply right click on the ground or floor and choose "create" from the pie menu. The cursor will change to a "majic wand".....left click on floor or ground and you will "rez"/ create a little box called a prim. Then follow the previous instructions i gave you.
You need to be in a parcel /sim/region that you have "Create object " permissions.
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Marek.........Rez a new prim then right click on the new prim and choose "edit". Select the "contents" tab in the edit window. Cick the "new script" button. Close the edit window. move your cursor over the new prim..the cursor should change from an "arrow" to a "little hand" Did your cursor change to the "little hand"? While it is a "little hand" do a left click with your mouse. You should see the word "touched" in chat. Do you??
If this works....but other things you "touch"" dont work...then I suspect it is some kind of permissions issue.
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Yes i can confirm that the Unable to upload scripts is always a Region issue...either the region has too many scripts running or the region needs to be restarted or both. Ask to have region restarted. Else just go to a different region to do your scripting.
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Greetings...
It would be helpful if you say what your internet connection speed test shows? and if you are using Wireless internet connection? and what your Firestorm graphics are set to in preferences. Draw distance will have the biggest impact on FPS. Try using eithernet cable connection in place of wireless.......and set draw distance to 256 or less. That Pc should be capable of ULTRA mode in graphics and still have good FPS in most situations. Make sure you are connected to the battery charger while testing to make sure the battery save is not throttling you back. Turn off any anti virus applications when using secondlife. If all else fails to help ..try a different viewer....singularity or cooVLViewer.
good luck
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I have explained in great detail.....I have nothing further to say except good luck with whatever you choose.
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Well...its 2 Nvidia performance steps up...so yes its better than the 820m. i would guess it would allow you to run SL viewer in High graphics mode. 700 series v/s 800 series...just means its 1 year older.
You should still consider a desktop tower in place of laptop.......for many reasons...another important reason is using SL will use max power from both your CPU and GPU...this translates into battery running down very quickly and producing lots of HEAT which can shorten the life of any laptop........usually when laptop CPU sees low battery or Hi temperature it will first increase fan speed and or lower CPU and GPU speed depending on your power settings. Hence potentially lower performance if it heats up or sees low battery.
If you can find a lap top with 4th generation intel haswell I3,i5,I7 cpu........they are much more efficient on battery consumption......but since they are the newest Intel cpu line......they will be priced higher.
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There are still reports that this problem is seen on many different mail providers. this problem is not limited to any 1 mail provider.
Also the fact that my Scripted objects in SL can still send instant Messages that get forwarded to my email account when i am not logged in proves that this problem/bug is a secondlife bug ...not a mail provider issue.
Same is true for group notices as those are also forwarded to my email provider when i am off line.
It only fails when residents on my friends list send me IM when I am offline.
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Hi Barry... the nvidia 820M gpu is entry level performance graphics meaning lowest performance. It will work but you would probably be limited to Medium viewer graphics in many situations. the second digit in the Nvidia number "2" in this case indicates graphic performance. For Ultra mode viewer graphics that number needs to be 5 or greater. the M in 820M means that is a graphics chip soldered to the laptop mother board ..so is not replaceable/up-gradeable like a graphics card would be.
I would strongly recommend you Buy a full size/tower desktop PC to use for SL. Because Its cheaper and either comes with graphics card or has an open PCI-16 slot to put a hi performance graphics card.
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I have created BUG-6591 report of this issue.
So now we wait for Lindens to take action hopefully...
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Yes ..i am seeing the same problem........I get off-line IM to Emails from scripted objects or group notices ...... but Not from individual Avatar IMs when i am off-line.
Started about July 1st. ....or perhaps its a random thing i.e. sometimes fails to work.
If it keeps up..i'll submit a bug report........or if someone has already done so please lets us know.
thanks.
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