Solar Legion

Bingo - business as usual for that one.

Alternately it is something that only happens on certain systems. But hey, it simply can't be that, no...

And right on cue... We have the Raven Maven popping in with her ulterior motives and brandishing the nuclear chip on her shoulder concerning volunteer helpers.

Sansar is being designed for a wholly different user base. That user base is the sort that was weeded out back when they had a decent Orientation system.

Keep right on laughing, it hasn't changed anything. The "basic" version of the client failed simply because they tried to target a section of computer "users" that they really shouldn't have. That's the reality. You find it amusing that someone recognizes this and dares to state such, openly. That's nice.

You may find reality amusing... It is still reality, like it or not.

Sorry, the fact that Linden Lab tried at all to create a "new user friendly" version of the Second Life client showcases just how much of a failure such a venture really is. Most functions - even some added in by Third Party clients - are either set up in "common sense" ways or are simply not all that hard to figure out. The online documentation could use an update and a proper Helper or Mentor program established again, possibly some proper updates to Orientation ... But that really is about it. The truly advanced stuff is hidden until explicitly enabled/told to show.

That was an absolute disaster of a fuster cluck ....

Note my forum avatar. I am well acquainted with JOMO. There really is a difference between a Hybrid and a full Anthropomorphic type. Kitsune (Fox-people)? "Fairy Fox" avatar that is somewhat outdated. Same for many of their Hybrids. Oh yes and said Hybrids are a "full package" type: Very few of what is on offer can be considered components. Said Fairy Fox? The ears and tail are more than a bit big for a "normal" sized shape. And that is just one example ....

From the sound of it ... The original creator may well have moved on.

An oversight on their part ... It finished killing off a few stores that barely managed to weather the introduction of sculpts. I am still trying to find decent replacements for some of my oldest Hybrid avatar components. Feline? Easy enough. Same with Foxes. Bunnies? A bit of digging. Dogs? Mice? Heh ... Right .... Easiest to replace thus far? Fae/Elven/Sidhe types. That includes Drow/Dark Elves.

Do read my initial response a bit more carefully Chin. You've read your own reactions into it. I can assure you, there have been plenty of new users with no "gaming experience" that have found Second Life to be no more difficult to learn to use than operating a toaster.

Years ago, there actually was a Mentor Program (I was one of them). The program was terminated and while some went on to make their own "post orientation" mentoring groups or to join up with the later Community Gateways .... Some of us simply became jaded where the newest of the new users are concerned.

About the only "gamer" type that would find Second Life more appealing are the Role Player types - especially those from the purely text based/chat room days. Then again that's personal experience: Observation and my own beginnings with Second Life. Heck, at one time an old AOL RP "realm" tried to get their foot in the door: Rhy'din's own Red Dragon Inn.

As much as a loathe the comparison to "normal" games .... There are quite a great many - often popular - ones where your "tutorial" amounts to being tossed in head first and told not to die. That doesn't even touch a few of the still going MMOs out there .... Heaven forbid some of those that found Second Life "too hard to learn" attempt to play an old school MUD/MUCK or similar ...

Oy .... There is no valid reason to hide the account creation date.

Oh look, a video recorded by the exact type of person we don't want or need in Second Life: A mindless Gamer who believes "everything should just work" and for whom even a step by step tutorial on even the most basic of controls would be deemed "too hard to figure out" ... Sorry, no. It does not highlight what you believe it does.

Ah yes, the inevitable (false) comparison to OpenSim pricing ....

Heck not all sims that allow RP are even advertised .... A former pet of mine helps operate/decorate an RP/Hangout sim - it is Adult rated so linking to it (not sure about naming it) isn't allowed in these more general forum areas.

I am unsure if I ever posted a picture of any of my femmy feline avatars/forms but .... I also know I have mentioned them. Well, here's one of them - wearing a nice "School Uniform": Editing to add: I'd have shown off the one I call Shadow Cat but unlike the one above (Blue Galaxy Solarian base) he's a heavily modified Kemono. Those tend to look a lot younger - worse when modded to be andro or femme boy - as well as having a massive ARC thanks to that (over 100,000) so he sadly doesn't get much use/air at all ....

Unfortunately most of the ones I can think of (be they lines or general situations) aren't ones I could post in this more general part of the forum ....

At this point it is quite obvious that you simply refuse to understand the information you've been given.

There really is no reason - at all - to be able to hide more than one's Online Status. Blocked someone? Who (drama mongers aside) actually cares if they can see you? Block, mute, move on with your Second Life.

You have had it explained to you repeatedly and yet you refuse to listen, let alone understand. I'll make it simple for you. There is no reason at all to dedicate more than two gigabytes of Video RAM to the Texture Buffer. None. At all. All 64 bit versions of the Second Life software will recognize and use more than four gigabytes of system RAM. Note the key there - system RAM. The RAM on your video card is used specifically for and by... The video card. It is used system wide for far more than simple texture loading. You are complaining about being unable to tell a single application to monopolize video card memory. It has been repeatedly explained to you why the limit is in place. You have no valid argument. None You have been told - repeatedly - what to do if you insist on ignoring everyone (and reality). Go, do it. ETA: TPV devs have far more important things to work on, such as keeping up with code merges and trying to fix or work around platform specific issues.

Don't like the ability to cam-sit? Don't use it, just as some do with the double-click teleport. No one has come up with a valid enough reason for Linden Lab to remove said capability - a capability that predates my own first day using Second Life. Can't wrap your mind around why such a function still exists? Too bad. As far as potentially unwanted visitors go? I have two different places I use as "Home" in Second Life: A Linden Home I use as a more personal "retreat" that is - more often than not - access restricted using the land tools. A 4096 parcel on a Private Island, rented from one of the larger "Barons" and somewhat stratified. The second "Home" has a public access area on the ground as well as another floating elsewhere in the sky- reached via a Teleporter. All other areas utilize a Security Scripted object, set to allow members of a specific Group as well as utilizing a White List (meaning that if you're not in the Group but you are in the White List, you have access) - the only drawback to the way the script functions is that it expects Group members to show up already wearing their Group Tags. Oh and to be "nice" the timer on the script is set to fifteen seconds. Removal option? Teleport Home. These areas always have their Sec Scripts running. This setup would not be any different even if it were on Mainland. Many may not have any issue whatsoever with having a fully public home in Second Life but there are also those of us who are a bit more pragmatic ... I am the one paying for the Premium account (for the Retreat) and I am the one paying for the 4096 parcel. I decide who has access and what they have access to. I also have very little patience for dealing with people who think simply having a Second Life account gives them the "right" to go wherever they please and do whatever they please - for any reason. Want a place to go have a bit of "fun" in Second Life? Understandable. Accept that some places are off limits. Think you can simply wander/explore wherever you please? Think again.