Alyona Su

It sounds like the place where you are. Blue/purple avatars are called "Jelly Dolls" - you can turn that off, but you don't want to.The system is protecting your experience - turning that off will cause BIG lag (which is what you describe). Those people are wearing attachments that will cause huge lag for you, so the system turns them into jellydolls. As for the buildings rezzing lowly: those are sloppy creators using badly-designed textures. As for walking smoothly then "bouncing" - that is called "latency" - there is too much load on the sim so it isn't able to keep track of you (and others) properly. I am SIMPLIFYING my descriptions a LOT. But no sense writing a giant wall of text that explains it all. Better to simply recommend (very strongly) that you just go to another sim. if this is your home, you may want to consider moving or turning your Graphics settings WAY DOWN.

Yup, and working HUDs also like this one: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/AV-Inspect-HUD-Tetranodo/13775567 And a few FREEBIE HUDs that scan nearby avies and show profiles with the option to see all attachments, even if object-sitting. My personal favorite is Fashion Spy, but was available only for a limited time so I can't get it for my alts.

Okay, I understand now. Thank you for explaining! However: If I am a premium member I've already spent the $72 - so I may as well stick with my free land. If I were *not* a premium member (I haven't spent the $72) then renting from you is certainly a killer deal. I get it now. As for the "50% tier discount" - if I said it that way then I apologize, I mean to say it "combined costs 50% less" - because it does. The OLD way: Own 2048m2 = free 512, means you pay for 1536 - this bumped you way up into tier 3 ($15 a month). The NEW way: Own 2048m2 = free 1024, means you pay for 1024 - this bumped you only into tier 2 ($7 a month). So I was meaning that, for example, owning a 2048 parcel is 50% less now than before.

Catwa works great. And so do many others. Your best bet is to grab as many demos as you can find and try them all. Some things to keep in mind: No demo? Run away as fast as you can. Check that it's Omega compatible; so you can buy the matching skin for body and head Create a new "testing" shape for each demo and take the time to adjust sliders to look the way you want. The same shape on different heads even from the same creator can look horrific - so treat each separately. You get what you pay for, except when you don't. 2500L to 5000L for a BENTO head is acceptable. If it costs less, then run the demo through the ringer to be sure it's what you want. Never spend more than about 2.5K for a non-bento head, they just aren't worth that anymore. Try different hairstyles also - not for the hair, but to see how well the head is made: if it is rigged hair and there is a gap between the hair and skull (like many AK heads for women) - then the head was not made very well, quality-wise. The better the creator, the more attention-to-detail they will give. There is a *reason* Catwa are the most popular heads in SL right now. And that reason is well-earned. Though (in my personal opinion), not all Catwa heads are equal (I am referring to the quality aspect, not the look aspect).

I'm curious: Will it be similar to LIFE 2 and XeoLife HUDS?

Day cycles for me. A fixed sun all day is boring. Nam's Optimized Skin and Prim when editing or working on stuff.

Upgrade to premium.

L$3500 (average) to purchase a 1024m2 parcel on the mainland. 15 minutes to DEREZ unsightly neighbor garbage. 12 minutes to terraform any damned way you please. Building your own place or prefab-shopping: L$1000 in time or cost. NEVER EVER PAYING WEEKLY RENT OR BEING KICKED OFF YOUR LAND EVER BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HAS CONTROL OF IT: PRICELESS.

Most animations are created with Barbie-shaped figures. Hence: arms clipping through thighs, etc. Most avies in SL have arms way too short (middle finger should come to mid-thigh) - Hence hands clipping into legs when sitting because animators' arms are too short when creating the AO. As for doing animation/AO demos: take the time to play each and every animation all the way through. Newer AO animations often have a long stand and sit times: my own AO has stand times at 60 seconds before loop. So it took me an hour to preview them all properly. But it was worth it. (for the curious: creator is Daiz Papp - search MP if you want to learn more about them)

Wait... Linden Lab doesn't charge by the week. I'm just saying that I don't understand what is being said or compared. Please correct me if I am totally not understanding the OP: OP says you pay weekly rent and that weekly rent is cheaper than LL. But LL weekly rent is ZERO (0) for up to 1024m2 and 50% less now for each tier higher than before. Not trying to be a troll or anything; I am genuinely confused as to what the OP is saying or advertising.

You get 1024 free of land-use fees. Your LL Home is using half of that. LL Home is entirely optional and always has been. Abandon LL Home and you free the 512m2 it was using, returning your allotment back to the full 1024. Buy new land on mainland or LL Home (your choice) - up to 1024m2. At 1025m2 you will be bumped up to the next tier (2048, which is $7 U.S. per month). TL;DR: LL Home is optional; abandon it then go buy a full 1024 on the mainland.

I don't own all mesh bodies, though from what I've asked about and other 'research' on it all: Only Belleza and Tonic will do the butt physics. Tonic also does the belly (and as far as I know: is the *only* mesh avie that does the belly) And I have to say when set right on Belleza and Tonic: that butt-swing rawks and even gets noticed sometimes "Hey, HOW DID YOU DO THAT!?) hahaha Though I've experimented with the belly physics it's barely noticeable unless you have a larger belly, but it *does* work. OH and you can easily create a new physics. In inventory just choose NEW then choose Physics.

Haha, yes. This is exactly the reason for that.

Abandoned land is eventually put up for auction. Start here: https://usd.auctions.secondlife.com Look for the name of your sim. Good luck! OH, if that parcel you;re interested in isn;t showing up, submit a ticket and ask that it be put up for auction.

This mostly. A couple tips: 1. Land Search (using the search box) is problematic because it does not show all land for sale, but rather only the newest in the last 24 or 36 hours (if I remember correctly). 2. I'm in SL 11 years, and the way I've learned to shop for land is via the world map. Be sure "Land for Sale" is turned on. All land for sale will turn yellow. This also gives you a basic impression of the parcel size. Inside that yellow portion is a little Price Tag icon - click it - it will show the parcel size and selling price. If the size and price are reasonable to you, the TP there to have a look-see. This can take some time, but also makes it easier to find what you may be looking for: a specific continent (say, with access to Blake Sea or whatever) - or next to a Linden Road or other protected land. And be sure to visit the spot so you can see how long it takes the surrounding areas to rez and the general state of the landscape. Shopping for land can be almost (though not quite) be as much fun as shopping for shoes if you do it right.

Linden Lab had created Linden Memorial Park several years ago. You should visit. secondlife://Linden%20Memorial%20Park/151/144 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Varna/178/26/23

Haha, yes, THIS. (And I have grandfathered stipend @400L$ a week)

People are also forgetting that when you combine the land use fee reduction WITH the additional 512 fee-free land it is a 50% discount. Before: Own 2048 m2: 512 is free, but the remaining kicked you into the 2048 tier = $15 per month. NOW: Own 2048 m2 1024 is free, the remaining is in the 1024 tier, which is only $7 per month. So in this example: it is literally a 50% discount from what it was before this change.

You do know that a "professional cheap {anything]" is an oxymoron, right? If you truly want one, don't expect the other. Just saying. Best thing is to just ask for a photographer, get three quotes and study their portfolios then go with the one whose portfolio looks the best to you and negotiate price if you need.

Yes, as I shop around myself I am seeing multiple people landing on parcels where I pop into. Got lucky and found a wonderful spot this morning, too. Now for those selling 2048 and 8096 plots - if they were smart would parcel them into 1024 each. because if I wanted 2048 then I'll buy two, but it will double or triple the chance of selling if parceled to 1024 for those looking for that.

You aren't very clear about your difficulty. Do you mean it locks up entirely, or that it freezes for a half-second then unfreezes (which is annoying). I had this problem. You know what the amazing fix was? Replace my mouse. Yes, it was a really old mouse that was going bad.

oooOOOooo I thought it was usually 10%.

It's the *FIRST* 512 that is required forgo LL home. So get LL home first. Then go find another 512 - Cha-ching!

In LSL Scripting we are called "agents"; in casual conversations, we refer to our "Avatars" or "avies". In general, LL has always referred to us and back 10 years ago we called ourselves "Citizens". You are a citizen of Second Life, as though it's a sovereign country or something.

I just spent about 25,000L$ on a full avie makeover a couple weeks ago. But it was all carefully planned and budgeted. So, yeah, that's the most I've spent and planned to spend in a single project - and all of it was : Body, Head, Skin, and one "effects" HUD. You, that's it. Body, skin, and HUD alone were 15,000L (Head and matching skin rounded things out) Hahaha