Bitsy Buccaneer
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3 hours ago, MaggiJin said:
Google the definition of universal.
Here you go
QuoteDefinition of universal
1 : including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception; especially : available equitably to all members of a society - universal health coverage2 a : present or occurring everywhereb : existent or operative everywhere or under all conditions - universal cultural patterns
3 a : embracing a major part or the greatest portion (as of humankind) - a universal state, universal practices
b : comprehensively broad and versatile - a universal genius
4 a : affirming or denying something of all members of a class or of all values of a variableb : denoting every member of a class - a universal term
5 : adapted or adjustable to meet varied requirements (as of use, shape, or size) - a universal gear cutter , a universal remote control(from the Merriam-Webster dictionary website)
It really does mean an avatar which can be used across multiple sites, not that everyone's avatar looks like everyone else's.
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12 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:
At the same time, it wouldn't hurt anything if LL delivered a usable advanced Mesh avatar to SL -- preferably something full-perm to encourage user creativity again, like all the original LL content. But really, the ideal time for that was years ago, when a reference implementation would have prevented some of the least meaningful differences among commercial products that end up being purely annoyances, not true differentiating features.
Quoted for the first bit in bold because I think it's very apt and important. I would love love love some improvement in that to help balance all the shifts away from personally created content.
The second bolded bit touches on a point which keeps coming up. Yes, the ideal time was years ago. That LL can't go back and change it doesn't mean they have to stay stuck forever.
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12 hours ago, Spinell said:
Is it very flexible and should be decided with the texturer?
If you're going to be working with one person, then by all means take that person's preferences and workflow into account. You'll likely have a better working relationship, get better results and pick up some things which will help you in your own texture work too.
Creating mesh for SL is all about balancing multiple compromises and reasonable solutions/balances for certain approaches may prove problematic for other ways of doing things. I see that often in trying to use patterned fabrics/textiles on FP mesh.
So I could tell you what I'd like from mesh creators but that might not be what your texturers want themselves. Listen to them.
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In Object Mode, you can toggle between Flat and Smooth for the entire object. But in Edit Mode, you can select the faces you want flat (or smooth) and make them so.
For an item with a lot of small curves and large flat areas, it might be easiest to make it all Smooth in Object Mode and then switch to Edit Mode to change the ones you want Flat.
13 hours ago, Mustang1943 said:Such changes that if I removed them, it leaves gaping holes. I'm not above the notion that I'm simply missing something.
I'm not sure I've followed your description, but it might be a case where you need to add new faces - select the edges for each new face and hit F. (I think it's F, my fingers are smarter than my memory with this sort of thing
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Perhaps a way to increase mainland usage would be to re-landscape some of the large swathes of abandoned land so it's more in keeping with what's popular. It wouldn't have to be another Blake Sea, but how about some pretty lakes and rivers?
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No one who's likely to read this can delete your post. You can use the "Report post" function in the upper right corner of the post, explain that it's in the wrong section and ask the mods to move or delete it.
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To the discussion of normalisation of things previously not tolerated we might want to add the new "normal" of raging at strangers on the internet.
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There's so much in this world which needs our anger and frustration directed at it in constructive ways, it seems to me to be a bit pointless to get upset by small things like how a forum post is formatted. Can't we be kinder to each other here at least?
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In the upper right hand corner of the post, there's a very faint greyed-out bit that says Report Post (it shows up when you mouse over it). You can use it to report your own post, explain that you put it in the wrong section and ask for it to be removed.
You could also ask for it to be moved, though that would keep the intervening 'discussion' as well.
Good luck with your endeavour.
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Some of the free ones are permanent and don't need to eat. They also don't breed. But other free ones do need to eat and if you don't feed them are scripted to become 'ill' and die.
The tucked under a blanket thing sounds like it might be the latter.
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1 hour ago, Qa Boa said:
So they, LL, had to step in, change their TOS around and start babysitting the grid on legal grounds, even though the pedophile aspect, as atrocious as the very idea is to me, wasn't (based on my understanding of laws in the U.S. at least) illegal in SL - because of what SL is.
Doesn't it fall under child pornography legislation?
This whole "because of what SL is/isn't" thing isn't always the escape clause people want it to be.
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7 minutes ago, Phil Deakins said:
@AshaShanti It's understandable that you thought that Anna was telling you to go away from the forum when I'm certain she meant go away from the place/group. Sometimes we would like an individual to go away from the forum, but we don't tell them to. It's not our forum so we can't do that here. If we did, SuperTom or one of the super-elves would soon put us in our place
I don't read it that way, Phil. Anna said "So don't go there. Better still, go away." "Better still, go away" seems a very strange way to say "If you're on the sim, leave." But probably best not to get caught up in that.
QuoteEverything takes place in the mind. Whether it's an actual act in RL, an imagination in RL, or a simulation in SL, it's in the RL person's mind, and that is disturbing. It could be argued that simulating it relieves the RL impulse and prevents it from happening in RL. It could also be argued that simulating it could fuel the impulse, leading to doing it in RL. The people simulating such acts may be doing it just for a laugh, or they may truly want to actually do such things. There are many realities concerning it.
On the whole, I agree with the OP that such things ought not to be allowed in SL, whether or not it's just for a laugh.
Masturbating pairs the very powerful reward of orgasm with the associated stimulus and that can become part of a person's psyche. I'm not comfortable with the idea that everything under the sun has to be accepted with the attitude of "it doesn't matter, it's just kink".
Maybe things are too polarised (especially in the U.S.) for further discussion to happen in a mainstream context at this time. But then the SL forums aren't exactly mainstream in all things, are they?
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Solar on a second pot of coffee when he/she is taking issue with as much as possible? Such fun!
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17 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:
Not really, no.
It mattered to the OP. That's enough for it to be a valid point to raise in her thread.
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30 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:
What is there to discuss, exactly? Almost any potential angle of discussion that could be spun off of this has been done to death already.
Well, one thing that came to mind was how the 500 members probably don't represent 500 individuals. I wouldn't want to guess how many different people are involved, but I would be surprised if there weren't a few who had multiple accounts.
Do you think that's not worth mentioning?
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Guys, this really can be a rough place for those who have a different opinion on something. Couldn't this have been discussed instead of being smashed down so completely?
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A wee store called Seldom Blue has system lingerie out as a free gift, including a pink strapless bra and panties. Depending on the cut of the mesh clothing and avatar's skin tone, they can work well enough for a quick modesty layer.
Nudity is grand, but there is something rather disconcerting about showing up half naked whilst doing errands for my shops.
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6 hours ago, Chic Aeon said:
PS. I don't know the technical bit but I would guess that what the viewer can't see (is covered up) doesn't need to be downloaded. I am sure some techie folks have the answer to that.
I know I've come across discussion of it in the forums a few times. Maybe I misunderstood but I'm pretty sure the geometry data does have to be downloaded and rendered, along with any textures. Think of the times (like Morgan referenced above) when the body shows up before the clothing. That's only possible because the 'underneath' data is being transmitted and rendered.
I wasn't being judgmental, so please don't impose your sense of 'bad' into my words. I asked a question because I thought there must be something I didn't understand. It seems that the answer to my initial question is No, a mesh body completely covered by mesh clothing does not make much of a difference to the outward appearance.
If the hands can be worn separately (and the feet too, assuming the boots you want to wear require mesh feet you can't see underneath for rigging reasons), then it's more efficient datawise to just wear the hands and feet. Since it won't change the outward appearance, and knowing my avatar is wearing a mesh body underneath won't bring me any personal satisfaction, I don't have much of a reason to experiment with this one.
I asked the question because I thought perhaps I was missing something and just wanted to increase my knowledge on the subject so I can make informed decisions. As far as I can tell, the main reason to wear a mesh body under full coverage clothing seems to be that just the fact of wearing the mesh body makes the person behind the avatar happy in some way. That I don't really 'get' this doesn't mean I think it's 'bad', but I do like understanding where people are coming from when they make their recommendations and give their advice.
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On 11/8/2017 at 6:43 AM, Chic Aeon said:
got her looking fairly good with the Wednesday dress (covers most of you which is the key)
This is what confused me and what my question was about. I still don't understand why one would intentionally bring in all of the extra render data just to cover it up.
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Does having a mesh body under mesh clothing make much of a difference to the outward appearance when the body is completely covered?
(Completely covered by clothing)
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k, looks like i misunderstood again. sorry. i only wanted to help.
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26 minutes ago, Tamara Artis said:
Thanks for your replies... both Pamela and Bitsy.... I know its not a big deal if you look at the 1L$ value but it is a value and makes me sad seeing the person who left the review has her own MP shop so I know she is well aware that what she did was wrong.
Yeah, that will be a lousy feeling.
So what can we do to replace it with a better one?
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How about a sort of neutral 3 star review pointing out both the problems and the refund? Then it's on the page and might help others who also have problems.
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You know how phishing posts come up in some groups and they're instantly met by people eagerly telling others not to click? That kind of response might be helpful here. So how to spread the word and get that imbedded in people's minds?
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Is the Universal Avatar an idea whose time has come?
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What if this universal avatar was developed as an extension of the shared protocols necessary for the internet to work at all rather than as a visual web tracker from a corporate overlord?