Zak Westminster

If any fellow UK resident uses the excuse of Brexit to not to be able to afford to do things in Second Life that is just what it is - an excuse because they were spending too much as it was anyway. Fluctuations on the exchange rate between the pound and dollar has been going on all of the time and actually is a lot better now that uncertainty has been removed from the equation - that's what the markets do not like. Some may have to cut back due to personal circumstances but lets not kid ourselves - there have been worse things, recessions, financial crisis, decimation of the industrial infrastructure. Brexit is just a blip compared to those. What matters more is how we as a nation move forward and ensure a certain country does not exploit us.

The problem I see at the moment (and please correct me if I am wrong) but the mesh bodies and skins that have been updated to be BOM compatible do not actually provide any savings because they still have the onion skins there for those who wish to continue to use appliers. Only once the onion skin layers are removed form the mesh heads and bodies will the true benefits be realised but that is quite a way off.

Almost all hair will require some degree of resizing in order to get a good fit. Sometimes due to the hairstyle or simply the shape of your head that perfect fit is impossible. However that’s also why demos exist and I can’t stress it enough - no demo should equal no sale.

Finding a mature looking skin is indeed a problem especially if you are using a mash head as there are very few which look like anything over 30 years old. I found a great aging Applier which worked for me https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/FLAWS-LAST-OF-THEM-SKIN-ADDON-demo-WEARME/15251351

You understand the overview, yes, though misunderstand the detail and intricacy of the system. As for BOM - already there. Which is what makes your comment misinformation at best. If you do not own the body, it may be best to not comment on it, no? Woah way to over-react - a simple clarification on the facts would have sufficed you know.

My understanding is that the Legacy body system does not provide anything in any form of system layer nor even appliers - they use an off SL asset storage that needs to be online for you to adjust anything on your mesh layers (apart from alpha). Given this I think it highly unlikely that they will be supporting BOM as it would render their asset storage systems obsolete eventually. Just my guess though.

Best supported male bodies are probably (and in order) Signature Gianni Belleza Jake also rans Best supported head (from beards experience mostly) Catwa Daniel

I have worn lighting disabled by default thanks to far too many people wandering around with mini suns around them - not really helped by mesh head designers bundling in some as "fixes" for visible texture lines. IMO the only justifiable instance to wear any form of body illumination is during a photography session.

Ok that might be the case - I do remember something about the house controllers freaking out and the moles adding a reset if you click and hold on the controller. I guess these people had the issue but did not reset. They are at the southernmost part of the new lands - forget the sim name but it is close to my home. Will check after restarts and if the houseboats are not magically back in place will ticket.

Great big boats in houseboat plots but no houseboat? It should not be possible to remove the houseboat??

If you are using Firestorm then Avatar > Avatar Health > Undeform Avatar is your friend there - pretty sure other viewers will have something similar.

Problem is 99.9% of residents will never read the forums to see what is acceptable for festive decor and they probably have no idea what a land covenant is either. Ideally they need to make that whole "tick box" thing when you sign up for a Linden Home far more detailed and maybe send then an email a day or so after to remind them about the land covenant - oh and have it translated into their own language would be a bonus. The person I sent an IM about having a platform 200m above their houseboat has not moved it yet but as it is Christmas I am giving them the benefit of the doubt - you know people are away and all. However if it is still there come New Year then it's time for me to raise a ticket. I'd not be so lenient with something at ground level though especially if it were my pet hate of full bright textures - I don't live in a radioactive land!

If you can run the official LL viewer on your MacBook then you can also run Firestorm as it is based on the LL code but with extra bells and whistles. However as your laptop is over 10 years old you will have to run it on pretty low settings in order to get any decent FPS - in honesty even back in 2009 a MacBook would have to run on lower settings as it lacks the extra power that Apple put into MacBook Pro laptops. However give it a go - if you don't get on with it just delete the app and folders it created in Application Settings & Caches.

Thanks - I suspected that was the case.

Greetings I think that what I seek may well be impossible currently with LSL scripting but I shall ask in any case as it is always nice to be proved wrong in such cases. Is there a way to script an object that when touched will toggle the parcel setting to allow avatars on other parcels to see and chat with avatars on that parcel? Oh and festive greetings also

I'm thinking that $39.99 is about right for what is after all simply a vanity thing. It's priced high enough not to make it out of reach but well above the "disposable" amount. This is not going to be something a person does lightly - that's what display names will continue to be there for.

You do know that in most cases there is no need to keep the HUD on you screen unless you want to make changes to your look? I never have my mesh body or head HUDS on as I make use of the auto-hide system to manage alpha layers via a worn item I configure per outfit and my mesh head has no need for a HUD unless I need to change the look. HUDS are notoriously texture and script heavy on the main and your SL experience will improve greatly if you really do try and avoid wearing any at all.

That's actually quite a good look considering it is all free. It just goes to show that you can look not bad. The Dura hair is probably what sets the whole look off though.

As others have said, most items for an avatar appearance or clothing are no transfer so it is impossible for them to be sent to anyone else. Some have suggested that you try out group gifts and free offerings and whilst there are indeed a lot of these about most are aimed at females which is indeed a far more lucrative market. Being male and wanting good quality but free or cheap mesh items is going to be a source of disappointment - men have always had a raw deal in SL when it comes to looks and fashion and the small amount of quality designers out there need our L$ to keep on producing content. However I would really encourage you to visit Gabriel as they have loads of mesh items priced at only 1L$ - whilst they are not designed for specific mesh bodies they will fit all but the most oddly proportioned ones. You can pick up a number of really quite superb outfits for next to nothing.

I've been so waiting for this release! I love to see just Zak over my head as it fits my character a lot more than having a surname. Now I just need to concentrate upon updating my scipted items to cope with AV's that have a display name set so it uses those where they exist in place for first name / surname.

Hi there! I have a "disclaimer" on my own profile and I'll share it with you all now... Be aware that I log all chat and IM as this is the only way to effectively combat those who wish to abuse the TOS. IM Chat logs will only be passed on to Linden Lab, Estate Managers/Administrators or Group Moderators in support of a grievance. By contacting me via IM you agree to this process. I clearly state that I log all local as well as IM chat and that I'll pass that own to Linden Lab or the owners of the place I was in but only in support of a grievance. I think the very important thing here is to apply some commonsense to the discussion about why people pass on IM logs. If they do so for any other reason than to support a grievance with Linden Lab or the owners of the place where they had the problem then, as far as I am concerned it is wrong. It's quite sad really that I need to have that disclaimer in my profile but I play a child like avatar (a faerey actually) and sadly I do get a few abusive IM's from people who are not right in the head. Zak Westminster