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    In-game Photography ethics question

    in Art, Music and Photography

    Posted

    Hi community! I was wondering about ethics. I love taking snapshots in-game of the home base or new items I acquire and heavily edit the images (in artistic ways). I'm wondering though, do I now own those screenshots/artistic interpretations? All the items in the images are made by other people (which could be argued is the same case for real life photography) and makes it feel a bit disingenuous to print said photos for sale or post them in portfolios to represent editing skills and the like. What do you think? 

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    Group notice items not showing up in inventory?

    in Technical

    Posted

    Sometimes I dont log in for (usually max) 2 weeks when life gets busy. I make a day out of going through my notices, some groups will send freebies or gifts. When I click on them though, they dont always show up in my inventory. Is this a bug or is it known that the shared objects are temporary and the item isnt available after a week?

    Mesh Body Overriding/Deforming?

    in Mesh

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:

    The solution is to use an (un)deformer after wearing the first body.

    It can be difficult to find/create one, depending on how crazy the body is. You'll probably want to ask the creator for one.

    Oh, interesting. I didn't think there were auto-undeformer attachments. That's useful, if I wasnt already wearing a deformer for my tail lol I'll have to keep adjusting it either way it seems.

    ! I found this: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Lindatool-undeformer-HUD/2126730 it actually didnt effect the tail deformer, plus free! whoop. Thanks for the suggestion :D

    Mesh Body Overriding/Deforming?

    in Mesh

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, Lillith Hapmouche said:

    Why, just why, are you trying to wear a body as a head?

    lol I know its unorthodox. Its a mesh alien av from a while back, I really like the head so I would prefer to use it with a body I can actually wear clothes with. 

    Mesh Body Overriding/Deforming?

    in Mesh

    Posted · Edited by duLuna Bosatsu

    I'm trying to use a mesh body for the head (using alpha magic) while wearing a mesh body of a popular brand for the body. The mesh body for the head keeps deforming the avatar when I wear it with with the mesh body. Is there a way I can make the body mesh I'm using for a head stop trying to.. dominate the fit? Like telling a script to stop working? lol 

    WANTED: Scripter

    in Inworld Employment

    Posted

    Need someone to make a lookat avatar script for me. I'm modding something and want it to face/lookat/follow the avatar, the item itself is rezzed and stationary. Send note/im in world if you think you can do this. 

    3D Connexion?

    in General Second Life Tech Discussion

    Posted

    On 9/10/2020 at 11:45 PM, Trimmer Navarita said:

    I am having no joy whatsoever connecting my Space Mouse (wireless) to Second Life via either the SL viewer or the Firestorm viewer. I prefer to use Firestorm. The Properties panel recognises the SM and the SM works perfectly with other apps, like Blender ... but absolutely nothing with Second Life.  Except that a couple of times it worked for no apparent reason; and, also that if I switch on Avatar as well as build and flycam the whole world spins out of control. This is really frustrating and I've spending months trying to get the damn thing to work ... any help would be much appreciated.  All the best, Trimmer 

    Did you do what Crim recommended? Mine stopped working due to some changes I made in the last few months with my setup, but I was able to get it working again by unplugging some devices that were overriding as the joystick instead of the 3Dx mouse. 

    I have since upgraded to Win10 64 and these same steps have worked for me: Don't do the KMJ thing!! Uninstall any drivers for the mouse, restart, plug the mouse in, see if it lights up (I used a powered USB strip extension but there wasn't enough power to support all items so I had to unplug some). Go to SL, check joystick panel, enable Flycam (alt shift f- would be nice if that keycombo could be macro'd to one of the buttons), and (hopefully) enjoy! 

    I can't say what the fix would be for a Mac or if the above doesn't work. As I mentioned, 3Dx said LL didn't get back to them about working out a fix for the mouse, so it's a hail mary until they fix their relationship with each other. Maybe if enough of the user base raised their voices for compatibility it would rouse some effort.

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    Live Streaming?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    On 11/15/2019 at 5:13 PM, Chaser Zaks said:

    [...]


    Hope this answers your questions!

    Wow, more than! Thanks Chaser. Now just for clarification (since I'm not a scripter): would the tv/script I buy have to indicate its compatibility with Twitch/Youtube/Icecast specifically? Ideally I would be looking to do streaming solo without Youtube or Twitch, is this where Icecast comes in? And, I didn't know VLC was a streaming host! Clearly I have more research to do lol

    Live Streaming?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by duLuna Bosatsu

    I know this may sound a bit redundant and messy (as far as lag would be concerned) in the making, but considering the nature of a second life platform... 

    Is live streaming to the grid something people (can) do? I've been looking for a tv on the market place that plays channels as you watch them to anyone else on the parcel*- full control to you so if you're a DJ in a club you can switch visuals to your choosing pending on the music or an ambient background (for skylofts or sim aesthetic). Or If you're a streamer and wanted to bring more people into SL itself or for VIP groups, why not make exclusive streaming to the client? 

    *without the need everyone clicks it at once so it stays in synch

    I think maybe it could work if you live streamed to youtube and pasted the link into a tv?

    3D Connexion?

    in General Second Life Tech Discussion

    Posted · Edited by duLuna Bosatsu

    haha, that's exactly what I want, Crim! Not to use the standard controls again! I actually reached out to 3D Connexion and they said they stopped offering support for Second Life since LL failed getting back to them in a timely manner. So I sent a ticket to LL and am still waiting for a reply. I do have a gaming keyboard... I don't think it's being read as a joystick though. How would I know if it is? I'll uninstall the drivers and see if it works like that

    *edit: GASP! That worked! DDD: I'm /so/ happy!! It's better/funner  than I thought it would be!!! I'm flying around Hangars Liquides - one of the more amazing places to be experimenting with this thing. holy fk.

    Teach me senpai lol Is there a way to adjust the sensitivity or lock on to an avatar so I can spin the camera around them?

     

    3D Connexion?

    in General Second Life Tech Discussion

    Posted · Edited by duLuna Bosatsu

    Hey everyone. I recently got wind of the shiny 3D mouse to help with camera smoothing. I thought it would be a simple plug & play, but as I've been reading... there seems to be numerous work arounds for it to be compatible with SL/Firestorm viewers. 

    I've read though(though at this point it's 3 years dated): http://blog.nalates.net/2016/09/07/spacenavigator-windows-10-and-second-life/

    Discovered: http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/

    and am still unsure if the steps in the blog will work for the updated drivers. Instead of "<Transport>KMJ</Transport>" & "<InheritsFrom>STR_[something]</InheritsFrom>", the XML file only has, "<InheritsFrom>STR_DEFAULT_KMJ</InheritsFrom>" so I'm wondering how I'm supposed to change this, if this indeed will get it working?

    In lieu of using the blog's steps, do I download the alternate driver and remove the standard driver or is this primarily designed for Linux users?

    Steps taken: Installed drivers, restarted, opened Firestorm, enabled Flycam and the Joystick, and checked to make sure the properties panel of the mouse recognizes Firestorm (it does). With Flycam disabled I'm able to zoom in and out, but no other direction (even though they're checked in the properties panel), however nothing happens when it is enabled.

    I'm using Win7 64.

    Folders Empty in Received Items?

    in Inventory

    Posted

    29 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

    You may need to flush inventory cache. Or, as a real quick-test, you can log in with a different viewer. This is a darned good reason to always keep a copy of the official LL viewer installed, even if you swear by another third-party viewer. Is the same is happening in the LL viewer then it's support-ticket time.

    THANK YOU! Clearing Inventory cache worked wonders!

    Folders Empty in Received Items?

    in Inventory

    Posted · Edited by duLuna Bosatsu

    I made some purchases this past week but haven't had a chance to go through my folder until this morning- where I noticed the things I purchased (some gacha resells and some demos) their folders are empty. Since they're all from different vendors/people, this couldn't be a mere coincidence that they all have empty item listings. So I redelivered the non gacha resells and they're showing up today- but what do I do for the gachas? :( 

     

    *EDIT: Upon closer inspection... SO MANY of my folders are empty! AHH, what is happening?!

    (Catwa) Appliers & Materials

    in Building and Texturing Forum

    Posted · Edited by duLuna Bosatsu

    I own a Catwa head and am curious how to use/apply materials onto it. I'm making a shiny forehead mark, something barely there unless hit with light. 

    1. The Catwa dev kit offers Spec & Norm map uploads when you choose skin, but not for the other options(eyeshadow etc). Why is this? Oddly though, when I set the maps for skin during setup, they weren't registered when applied, just the skin texture came through. On the Hud itself I can upload maps so they layer on top of the skin, works and looks exactly as needed. So, is there a way to transfer these files for others to use without giving away the textures themselves?

    2. When I was playing with and uploaded the maps to the Omega Applier it was applying the materials to the entire face on my other head, a GA.EG, instead of just where there was the relevant color info. I ended up having to cut out the locations and turning the file to an alpha to keep the whole blush or forehead section from glossing over. I don't have to do this with the Catwa hud applicator though, it reads the maps just fine not alpha'd. Whats the reason for this?

     

     

    Weird Alpha issue

    in Building and Texturing Forum

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Whirly Fizzle said:

    Looks like automatic alpha masking kicked in on the right object.
    If you set a 1% transparency on the object on the right it should fix it.

    I want to hug you. 8| thank you for this! But now the question is... I'm using the texture on one of Catwa's dev kit demo heads and it's causing the error over there as well. If I change to the 1% transparency it doesn't read over to the head where it applied the texture via transmitter. Is there a way around this?

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