Porky Gorky
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1 hour ago, BilliJo Aldrin said:
For anyone that can connect the dots, its obvious that LL plans to bleed Second Life dry, then sell off whatever is left to someone with more money than sence.
Based on what I've learned of the owners, they are going to want to sell I think. But there is little value in a dry cow and I think they will attempt to sell the platform sooner rather than later, before it becomes an udder failure.
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37 minutes ago, Kyrie Deka said:
And to be clear, I would never define this as "sky is falling". In my case, the "sky is falling" group to me are very very small and they rarely if ever post of anything positive, always slice-and-dice everything.
The sky has been falling forever it seems. I left SL and these forums for 10+ years and before I left it was filled with doomsayers predicting the end of days, with me being one of them. Yet here we are in 2024. The fact that SL still exists today is amazing and I don’t think we should be counting it out just yet.
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1 hour ago, Paul Hexem said:
If anything, 2k uploads should cost significantly more. I'd be fine with as high as 500 L$.
Otherwise, creators will abuse it. Full stop. That's not even a debate. We already see 1024 on jewelry and buttons and zippers and countless other objects where it does nothing but tank our FPS.
Whilst I totally agree with your sentiment, I don’t think an increased cost or any other barrier to upload will solve the problem that is about to descend upon us with the introduction of 2k.
Many content creators and casual builders buy full perm textures and materials from texture artists. The creators of full perm textures and materials will still pay whatever amount to upload files and will then turn around and sell them at a low price to their customers, because the upload costs will be covered by making multiple sales. As textures are generally sold full perm, they will then likely be redistributed for free or repackaged and sold at an even lower price, as is the trend in SL. Before we know it there will be numerous people in possession of 2K textures who couldn’t care less about optimized texture usage.
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On 4/21/2024 at 4:37 AM, Coffee Pancake said:
2K is "mandatory" because bigger numbers more better
Mesh is "mandatory" because no will buy things made from prim.
2k Will only become mandatory to clueless designers who don't know how to effectively tile/repeat a texture without breaking up repetition.
Also, I still sell prim and scultpie products literally everyday, I also have an old account that still sells just 512 px diffuse textures regulally so I can only conclude that you really don't know what you are talking about.
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I just searched “How to do temp local upload” and the first result was me, asking the same question 10+ years ago. That’s funny!
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20 hours ago, Jenna Huntsman said:
Double check the bit depth of the exported images. SL only allows 8 bit color in textures, but Substance will often export at 16 bit, which the viewer will crunch down (badly) to 8 bit.
See: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/PBR_Materials#Adobe_Substance_3D_Painter
On that wiki page you linked it says:
Under "Display Settings":
Tonemapping - Function: ACES
However ACES is not an option in the function list.
https://helpx.adobe.com/substance-3d-painter/features/post-processing/tone-mapping.html
I ended up creating a custom shader that generally matches but now I’m wondering, why is the ACES tone mapping function suggested when it’s not an option and did I miss something obvious?
Edit to add - maybe that wiki info was for an older version of Painter? You can set up an ACES color space during project setup.
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14 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:
I noted Sausage is one of the choices too.
OMG I WANNA BE A PORKY SAUSAGE!!!!
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10 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:
They don't have to change their ads if they don't want, but it would probably be in their interest to do so.
It's kind of like saying, "Now with fewer calories,!"
Yeah I guess that’s true. It would bother my slightly autistic brain though, I would have to change everything.
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Gosh, imagine being a mesh content creator who has to check all their items to see if the Li has changed and then update all their marketing and listings to reflect the new Li.
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6 hours ago, Charlemagne Allen said:
Weird stuff that happened in SL
In 2005 I bought my first mainland plot and put down a house. On the 1st day of ownership I returned home after a shopping expedition and found a fox humping a squirrel in the middle of my living room. That was pretty f’ing weird.
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9 minutes ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:
I can see how the wording makes it seem that way, but the resolution increase is for everything.
LOL it's such a bad idea. Terrain I could understand, but all textures is ridiculous. Them Lindens be trippin.
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It looks like we are getting 2048 textures on the main grid soon, so that will give you better results if your are not worried about texture load time.
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Regarding the devaluation of content as SL has aged, I think it would help to only allow people on premium subscription to sell content on the SL marketplace. This would increase subscriptions for LL and desaturate the MP of content by a huge volume instantly. With less content to choose from, creators could have the potential to increase prices.
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I returned recently after leaving in 2012 and I must admit I am somewhat captivated by the increased size of womens’s arses in SL during my abscence. Not from a sexual standpoint, but more a practical one. I am left wondering, will those arses fit through the front doors of my old prefabs? Will they fit on my old furniture? I seriously have “arse size” written on a todo list of things I need to learn more about before creating new content. I also wonder if there are niche content creators who create homes and furniture to accommodate the extra big booties because I have seen some whoppers since my return.
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On 3/20/2024 at 10:46 AM, Persephone Emerald said:
Second Life - our avatars have genitals!
My ancient old avatar doesn't have any genitals. I’m as smooth as an action man down there. Sleep easy ladies, you won’t be getting any dick pics from me.
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Bagsy not being Jar Jar.
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Time for some proper rap.
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Freaky Fridays.
Everybody randomly switches avatars for 24 hours every friday.
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When I went to the Glastonbury this past summer it was really cool seeing David Hockney's new artwork incorporating AI, displayed on the Pyramid Stage. It’s a shame I didn't meet him in person, I could have told him what a “wannabe clown artist” he is.
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7 hours ago, Starberry Passion said:
I doubt that the police will investigate unless real children is involved, other than that I don't think they'll try that much over pixels, would have to be a third part investigation.
In the UK, it is illegal to generate, distribute, or view sexual images of children under the age of 18. This includes images generated by AI where no children are involved.
Is there not a similar law in the US? I’d assume given how easy it is to acquire and use stable diffusion to generate child pronography using AI, that US lawmakers would have already rushed to introduce legislation to criminalise this activity and by extension, the generation of child pronography in SL where no children are actually involved.
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5 minutes ago, Orwar said:
Scratches his beard trying to come up with a totally valid reason this has everything to do with Oberwager's announcement.
Oberwager required the evolution of mammals to occur in order for him to make this statement, so you are totally on topic dude, don't worry.
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I liked how he seems to be interested in owning a virtual world that he is not fully in control of and that he feels SL’s continued existence is important for the world. It demonstrates his motivation for continued ownership, beyond just the bottom line.