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    Lab Gab April 2024 - Comments? Discussion?

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    On 4/19/2024 at 7:58 PM, Coffee Pancake said:

    Many small textures are more work for the viewer than a single big texture. Don't ever use multiple 512 textures when you can get away with a single 1024 or now, 2048.

    Performance doesn't die because of one big bad, it dies from many small individually insignificant cuts.

     

    At the same time, using a higher resolution texture than necessary is also not a great idea. If it can be accomplished with a single 1024 texture, that is better than using 2048 for 2048's sake.

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    What Justification Is There For No Mod Permissions?

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    What is the purpose for making items no mod? I understand it with scripts or configuration notecards, but beyond that, why are so many items made no mod that don't need to be? A good example are animations. I own a lot of poses and like to rename them to include a keyword in them so I can filter by stand, sit, etc.. If an animation is no mod, it cannot be renamed. WHY? I appreciate when furniture and decor items are mod so they can be scaled to match the environment they are in. The only other category I can think of that makes sense potentially to be no mod is rigged mesh, but even then, why? I try to avoid no mod items where I can, but they are pretty prevalent. The whole no-mod thing just feels anti-consumer.

    An example I can think of that seems particularly nasty is a skybox that the paint on the walls is no mod, but conveniently, the creator sells paint huds for 500L in different collections of colors. That is just lame.

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    How does your avatar look today ?

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    2 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

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    I don't say this enough, because I am usually responding to your comments on my pants, socks, and various body parts, but you are truly an artist. It is a wonderful thing to witness your evolution over time. You are a beautiful reminder of how SL can be used to create art ❤️

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    2 hours ago, Eddy Vortex said:

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    I swear some of my friends respond with the perfect meme while I am still typing. Meanwhile all I can remember in the moment is the Sure, Jan! gif which I use for everything, and occasionally, the one of the little girl smiling while the world burns. It fits most situations.

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    On 4/2/2024 at 7:06 PM, taisiyakarpenko said:

    In case that some of you do not know, the latest version of the Alchemy Viewer (Beta 7.1.4.2413 - think all version is beta?) have the BD Poser included, it also have some of the other features BD is known for, like the ability to "tilt/rotate" the pics... It also have a built in AO like Firestorm (but not the"favourite Wearables! :( ) - and the interface feels a bit more Firestorm-ish/familiar to me... Going to check it out closer the next few days...

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    I gave it a try, and has a better UI than Black Dragon, but is missing too many Firestorm features and Black Dragon renders better still. Hopefully they will borrow features like favorites, contact sets, and some other things I constantly use from Firestorm, then it would be a contender to replace Firestorm and Black Dragon.

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