Jinnywitha Cleanslate

It wouldn't detach anyway. I was going to do that - and then re-create Bridge in Av Health - but it didn't work. The orange sparkles were the equivelent of the white cloud we had in the old days, when your AV wouldn't rezz.

Hi - I don't know if anyone can advise. I am on Phoenix Firestorm. The last 3 days, I had loads of crashes and lag issues, as have people on the sim. Then it was ok, for the others, but not for me..... I have been stuck as an Orange sparkly cloud on my own viewer, and others see me like this: https://gyazo.com/f2f3795d5fc8b7042aae574993327830 - it looks like I have a rock in my middle. At first I thought it was my necklace, but when I clicked on the orange swirling sparkles, I get this in the edit box: Name: #Firestorm LSL Bridge v2.4 - Description: medium, round landscaping rock - if I try and detach it, I get this message: " Could not put on outfit - The outfit folder contains no clothing, body parts, or attachments - CLOSE ". My inventory is largely missing. When I log in, I get this message: [14:20] Creating the bridge. This might take a moment, please wait. [14:20] Second Life: The attachment has requested a nonexistent point on the avatar. It has been attached to the chest instead. If I try and do anything like go to Test Avatar in Avatar Health - I get this message - "Bridge creation in process, cannot start another. Please wait a few minutes before trying again." Any ideas how I can get me back.... without the Rock in my chest! lol Thanks in advance.

I think you should all come and hang out at the Club I manage. Lol. We are now 10 years old, and a "clean hangout club", and have over 100 unique AV landings a rl day, in our club, ..... but most see the place as empty before they've rezzed properly, or been there more than 8 seconds, and then they leave.... and then IM me saying "Why is your club always empty?" We have parties every weekend, and they are mostly themed too. Our main attendance is the magic hour between the USA and Euro time-zones.... between 2pm - 5pm slt every day... and then... I admit - sometimes our attendance falls outside those times - but we are largely a residential sim, so we don't mind that at all, even if it would be nice to welcome people around the clock. We have live events and DJ-ed events - all are well attended... but.... our club can put people off, by it's name.... which really isn't anything bad at all...it's just how the term in the title has been twisted to mean something different to some people. Anyway the point is, that you have to give places a chance - sometimes you simply pass like ships in the night, the other Avs.... but if you ever feel like hanging out at my Club - drop me a message inworld and I will drop you a LM.

Ahh - phew! Thank you!!!!!! That makes me feel happier! LOL. Better start saving all the stuff I want to keep, from my inventory, like notecards, and photos, though. hehehehee Thank you so much!!!

Higher Level - Chronic Functioning Retrograde Amnesia is what they have labled me with - after spending the first 4 months assuring me that everything will come back. I basically have a 4 - 5 week memory span, unless something is connected with something negative in some way, or upsets me, scares me - or I do something every day, or at least it's repeated or bought up in that time scale. It's been like this since 22nd June 2010 now. It certainly makes life interesting.

I know this may be a very silly question - but I don't think I'd even heard of Onlive SL Go (I could have forgotten, because I actually have rl Amnesia), but what is/was it? - and how will it's absence affect the average resident? I am on an old laptop, running Vista, on a very old Firestorm viewer - I read on the Firestorm blog something about XP computers, and in the other thread about 'how it will affect LL', something about older computers, not being able to run SL after 30th April - so obviously this worries me.... but I don't even know if it affects me, as I've never heard of OnLive SL Go, and certainly not paid anyone for it. Can anyone explain it to me/those of us, who aren't so technically minded. Thank you so much.

I am just decorating my club for an event in a few days time, and there are a lot of transparencies (curtains, venetian masks, and the like) in the club. I keep meaning to ask, but never used so many at once, and they mostly disappear once layered. Is there a way to stop this happening, so all the layers in the decor can be seen and enjoyed? Thanks in advance.

Thank you, everyone for your kindness, and special thanks to Dillion Levenque, and in-world Yvie Caproni, JJdan, and everyone else who supported me emotionally............and of course....my deepest eternal thanks, go especially to Nefertiti - who actually burned and delivered the CD, that enabled me to say Goodbye to him 'in person'. Thank you so very very much. xxxxxx __________________________________________________________________ On Sunday 12th October 2014 at 5:30am GMT, my dear best friend, Richard Zhichao (SecondLife Name) / Baron Von Richard Smith (Facebook Name) / Richard Smith (Real Name), made his last grand exit, and logged off from RL. He slipped away peacefully from this earth, with his Girlfriend, by his side. I miss him so very deeply, but am glad he is no longer suffering. He has been such a good friend over the last 8 years. and I can't believe I will never scream his name at him again when he is cheeky, or roll my eyes at him again when he's silly, or tell him not to shout down the microphone so loudly again, which he did in rl in order to wake my parents up, who were in the next room, so he could say hi,.... or that I won't pick up my phone, and listen to my voice-mail, only to hear nothing but a fart or a burp, and then him laughing his head off, as he hung up!..... Yea... thanks for that Richard! :matte-motes-tongue: Lol. His antics are legendary, and the World is a darker place without him in it. Out of this darkness, and over the last few weeks, I have become friends with his wonderful Sister, and I know this new friendship will continue to grow. This would never have been possible without Richard introducing us. Thank you so very much, Richard. :matte-motes-smile: He loved to bug me, and get me in trouble in SecondLife, and in real life too, and he knew just how to get a reaction from me. He often said to me, after I'd been telling him off, "They broke the mould when they made me", and I would reply super quick "Thank God!" or "Yes! On Purpose!" :matte-motes-tongue: and he'd laugh his head off, and call me a Dink, or a Goofball. I just couldn't stay mad at him. Lol. If it happened in SecondLife, he'd add in public chat "Jinny knows me in real life" and people would contact me privately and say "OMG! - Does he???? - Is he for real????"... when I told him what they said, he would laugh so hard....and of course, I'd end up laughing too. My dearest friend - I hope you can rest easy, in knowing just how much chaos you caused me in both lives. You are, and always will be, my favourite pain in the butt, and I miss you so very very very much......but I know you will be out there, winding everyone up, and creating clouds out of your farts up in Heaven, as you laugh your head off, while watching the other Angels try to land on them. Lol. Rest in Peace, ya Whackadoodle! You truly are the best, and it's been an honour to know you, spend time with you, and call you my best friend. :matte-motes-smile: Well......(((((hugs)))))......I guess this is it, Buddy. I can't think of any other way to sign this off, other than in the only way that we have always ended any time together, over all these years.......so here goes... *takes a deep breath..................*smiles, and waves, whilst shouting*......."Goooooddddbbbyyyeeeeeee Goooooooffffuusssssssssss!!!!!!!!!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday 12th October 2014 ~ 5:30am GMT Sweet dreams, my dear, dear friend, Richard. You will always be missed. @>'-,-'-,--- xxxxxx

Thank you all, who took the time to reply to my plea for help. I have emailed Nefertiti, but I also want to thank her publicly, for her amazing kindness. What she did for my best friend and I, was the single, most kindest, and most important thing I have ever needed to happen. As soon as I saw her email, that she had hand delivered my CD to the Hospice today, and that they had said that they would play it for him, I sobbed heavily with relief. When the tears stopped, I felt a sense of peace that I haven't felt, since I heard the news of his rapidly declining health, a few weeks ago. Because of this wonderful, kind, generous lady, doing what she called "a random act of kindness", I have gained so much comfort. Thank you Nefertiti, I can find solace in knowing, that that he now knows that I haven't forgotten him in his final days, but most importantly of all, I can carry on, knowing that I got to say goodbye to my best friend. Thank you so very very much Nefertiti. You are indeed, a true Angel. Thank you. ((((((Hugs))))))

Nefertiti - thank you soooo very very much. I have sent you a message inworld. I hope you get it ok. Thank you.

He doesn't have a smartphone - nor does his GF.

I know this is a strange post - but I need to reach out to the wider SL community, as there are a lot of USA -ers in SL. I have a special friend who I met in SL, and have become best friends with in both lives. He is very very ill and in a Hospice in Arizona, USA. They think it's a matter of days for him - and I promised him a CD message talking of a few memories - as he's not well enough to be on a computer. His Girlfriend is not handling it well (obviously), but said she would play him the CD, as we've been friends for the last 8years and I'm devastated to be losing him. I live in the UK, and while I will do it - it will cost a fortune to express send the CD there. So my brother suggested I ask - Does anyone know of a company in Arizona, that would offer an immediate burn and send/courier service, to either their house, or the Hospice, if I emailed a sound file to them? I am obviously happy to pay - as this is as much about speed as cost too. Thank you

Sorry this post is so long - I just need to get it out my head, and hope that someone can give me some advice. I've had this friend for nearly all my SL. He lives in another country, and we've been friends now for over 7 years. I consider him my best friend. He has been there for me, through many hardships of mine over the years, and picked me up when I have been down, and never left me when I had a breakdown last year, after an accident, where as all my RL friends did. He to me - is a total nut - but he's my truest and my very best friend. He admitted from the start, that he wasn't interested in romance, as he had a RL GF, and that was fine by me, and actually that honesty, was one of the reasons why I kept talking to him. Over the years, we've had many laughs, he's got me into trouble, and he's been a loveable pest, but I wouldn't change a second of it. Our friendship moved to RL after a few months,and then via Facebook and Skype, and I also have an aquaintency with his GF, who I got the impression was concerned about my presence in his life, in the early days, but I reassured her that I knew of her, and have no interest other than friendship in him, and we are good now. I've never actually met him or his girlfriend in real life. Although I've threatened to travel there to slap him, for his cheekiness! Lol. We've had pretty much daily contact since we moved the friendship to RL. I've always known he was ill with something that may eventually take his life. And over the last year, his health has been in decline. It's been a worry - but it's something I have held in the back of my mind. Only none of his previous episodes, have been so serious, as this time around. He's been quieter the last 10 days, but had been posting his usual silly messages to my Wall, until 5 days ago. And then another SL friend had a RL passing in her life, and my attention turned to her. I posted on my Wall a tribute for her situation - and then a while after, my best friend's girlfriend, added a comment at how beautifully worded it was - and then she added 'btw he's been in hospital the last 3 weeks and isn't recovering like he used to'. I was so shocked. I literally sat there, gasping for air, with my mouth wide open for a few seconds. I messaged her immediately, and found out that actually, he was now critical. He no longer can communicate. I couldn't believe it. I am honestly on an emotional roundabout. And the bad side is that I am fighting the feelings of outright anger towards his girlfriend for not letting me know sooner, when she knows our relationship. I don't blame him at all, as I know he didn't tell me as I am going through a really rough patch in RL at the moment, so he wouldn't have wanted to bother me - he never likes me to fuss over his health... though he bugs me about mine frequently. Lol. That was 3 days ago now. I have since found out that he is in a major health crisis. He can no longer speak due to oxygen masks, and stuff, is in Intensive Care, and cannot use the computer any more.... his prognosis is unknown. The last 3 days, I have pretty much sat staring at the computer, until I'm literally rocking with tiredness, while waiting desperately for updates (which I'm thankfully getting now, thanks to his sister, who also was not told and is just as shocked), and I'm constantly bursting into tears. I should have gone out to get groceries, and actually I had a RL date tomorrow, which I've now cancelled, because I am worried about stepping away from the computer and missing some update. I simply feel so....grief stricken. And the people I've talked to in RL - don't take me seriously because ours has been a online only relationship, so I've stopped telling them, because I can't deal with their reaction. I feel so helpless and isolated. All I've been doing for him, is posting messages and jokes to his Facebook and Skype, trying to be as 'ordinary' as possible, in case he makes it back to the computer, and can look back and see the messages. I can't go to the USA, even though I have his home address, and all his contact details, and he doesn't want visitors anyway, even if he was fit enough for some - and in any case, I feel it would be more than unfair at this stage, on all of his RL family, if I suddenly appeared in RL. And he and I never said we wanted to meet in RL either - even though we've sent each other RL mail, and know all about each other's lives. The reality is... I could lose him - and sooner rather than later. I'm devastated, and I just don't know how to handle it. He could do with a miracle right now - even if it's just so I can kick his butt one last time. Any advice, on dealing with this?

I know nothing about graphics cards - heck I just about know how to turn on the computer! LOL. Anyway - RL Bro is getting a new computer, and bless him, he said he would get a SL graphic card, and he would pay to a certain point, and I could pick up the slack on the additional amount beyond what he would pay...so that I can enjoy SL on a real computer when he's not using it, if I wished. It's an unusual offer from him, but he knows life has been very much less than rosy for me the last 6 months, and SL is my place to runaway to, and he wants to cheer me up. So.... I'm in the UK, and he will be getting a PC not a MAC - not sure if that counts - I have no idea of his budget, but the dream is to actually be able to see and take photos of high quality graphics, and maybe even shadows, without burning out and killing the computer. He wants to order a new computer in the next 3 weeks - so what would be the best graphic card to get??? Thanks in advance.

My BBW Club is having a date auction to raise funds for Relay for Life tomorrow, in honour of my Host's mother who passed from Cancer a while ago - and I wondered if anyone knows where I can get poseballs for a catwalk walk? I've seen the wedding ones where you walk down and aisle but can't find catwalk ones.... does anyone know where I can get them? Thanks in advance Jinnywitha Cleanslate

Thanks for that rather uneccessarily harsh response Freya - I am not usually in SL at this time, and this was the only time the couple suggested. I should have checked, but in my ignorance of not knowing that this is a weekly restart thing - I simply didn't think to check. But yes - thanks for the advice, and the link - point taken.

I am meant to be officiating at a friends SL Wedding. I keep on trying for the last hour and half to get online, but I keep getting the "Login Failed. Unable to connect to a simulator." message. It won't even let me connect to my Home, or an alternative location. I have made contact, via email IM's, as she and her partner are online - so they know the score - but it would be nice to help the see their happy new chapter start soon. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Googlemail account > Google Calendar Its free - will email you a set time of your choice any given pre warning, and you can jot little notes. The alerts will come through to your email, and if you have an android phone and sync it to that - it will go to your mobile or cell phone too. ...... AND IT's FREE!

I have a friend who is fairly new AV to SL. He rented a piece of land on a sim, and placed a house he purchased on it. Then last night the sim owner (we presume) spoke to him rudely, told him to get his stuff and leave, and he would be muted. He had about 2 weeks left on rent. He questioned it but was really rudely treated. He didn't pick up his stuff - and today, not only is his stuff gone and not in his lost and found folder, but the whole some appears gone. Is there anything he can do to get his house back? Thanks in advance.

This scam was exactly what happened to me...... minus the transfer of lindens thing, and shared SL accounts and the change of passwords by the hackers - but the scam you speak of. I was offered a link to marketplace from a close friend, who I had just a couple minutes previously, been talking to about her latest creations in her marketplace store. So when I got the link from her, and misread it in my haste, thinking she was just showing me a product, I clicked, and in that second, I had no doubt to think that it was going to cause so much stress and hassle. Unbeknownst to me, she had also been hacked seconds previously, as she too was offered the link by another friend of hers - only it wasn't a marketplace link, and neither was the link I was sent. The word marketplace was spelt a little different by one letter exchange, but I didn't notice it at the time, and the page it directed me too, looked remarkably like a marketplace page, but showed an error message. I went back to SL, but I was logged out, and within seconds my account had been locked, and drained, all my friends and groups spammed, and had been sent a lot of angry IMs from some group owners. Oh, and I did get an email (remember I am the original account creator, so it came to me) from LL saying my password had been changed....which was why the hackers were able to keep me out for a while, and access my AV. The hackers did not, and could not, re-change that password again, as the account was locked as soon as there was something amiss in SL with the amount of Lindens that were being bought and transferred out of my account....and also due to the immediate phone call I placed to LL. Unfortunately for me, the hackers had also managed to work through the system somehow, and my RL bank account was attacked and funds removed through buying and transferring out Linden dollars. It took a load of calls, and a few weeks of hassle, but it all was sorted, and both the bank, and LL restored my funds in full. A friend in that time, posted my issue on the forums - and I was pretty much told I was not telling the truth about it all, and that I was at fault and should have known better. It was rather harshly done I felt, when I could log on to see it. It all sounded rather 'fishy' from the readers points of view, and the details of what happened were taken apart and questioned negatively - when all the details posted were absolutely true. When I got back in , I posted a defence, accepting that I had made mistakes, in clicking the link in the first place, and in the end, resigned myself to just taking the harsh views of people on the chin. The readers pointed out things they felt hadn't and couldn't have happened - but it did. I thanked them for their help anyway, and gave up. Sadly, this is just the way of the world now. Nobody trusts anybody now, it seems. This was not a scam I was aware of, prior to it happening to me - and I was blissfully unaware of it, and it's speed of spread and attack. Yes, I had made a mistake in not reading the link properly - but - it was just that - a mistake. I don't frequent the forums every day, as I am too busy in world, or in real life. I take note of in-world warnings, official and ones filtering through my groups, but I am sure I am completely unaware of the many scams happening in SL right now. All I can do is, from now on, read links carefully and be aware of who is sending them. It's just hard when a friend that you speak with every day, apparently sends you a link on a subject you'd been discussing, and you mis-read it. I think you can only be careful now and live in hope it doesn't happen to you. I actually don't know why - but I am kinda surprised that this exact scam is still circulating. I was told by LL that it is a known group of hackers that they were looking to stop, and I later found out that the money both in RL and SL went into Italian based accounts. This doesn't actually mean that the accounts are in Italy, given global technology, but I would have thought something could have been done about this as its been several months. After I had spoken to LL, my account was restored to me, and I was able to change the password, and I 'collected' my AV from an Italian Sim, naked, with a party hat from my inventory on her head. Part of me was most alarmed at that - sort of felt like a violation - the final insult type of thing - but the other part of me thought they really must have loved my shape to want to see her naked! Lol! In SL, as the manager of a group, it is very much within the groups interest to immediately block troublemakers and spammers. This is not something people should take personally. They didn't know you weren't spamming as it indicates that it is coming directly from you. My own method is to message the person a couple days after they have been removed, and check that they werent the victim of hacking. My IM is polite and to the point, and on a couple rare occassions I have had people thanking me and apologising profusely about it all, and begging to come back. However, if they spam again - they are gone for good, no more chances. I was actually really surprised at the language used in IMs to me, from some of the groups. It was both rude and unnecessary. What I reccommend you do, in order to restore your groups, message them from your AV and explain the situation. That's what I did. Some of them accepted my story - I even directed them to the posts in my IM to them - and they said how sorry they were, warned their group members of the hack, and then let me rejoin the group - others were not so charitable, and so I decided that I didn't need them in my SL anyway. Hackers will always hack accounts, and people will always click without thinking anything. It's just how it goes. If things happen to you - your first port of call - if you are the original account holder - is to phone LL and talk to them for guidance and advice. If you aren't the original account holder - as soon as you can - get them to contact LL. As for your lost Lindens.... I doubt there is anything you can do, other than have the original account creator to call up LL and say they sent a password reset email to a now inactive account, as after the hacking you created a new email, and closed the old one, and could they resend the email to XYZ@Bleugh.com email account instead. Then if they do send an email, you can reset the password again, and hopefully regain your account. I wish you luck - and don't let these experiences put you off SL. It's a wonderful world out there, with a lot to offer. Don't let the hackers win.

Thank you all for your help. The Sim owner spoke again to Itan Support, but with someone different, and got told to get a new remote Itan dance pole and that solved the issue on the affected parcels. No land scripts or anything else was checked or touched in any way since the post yesterday, or the last comment from me. So maybe it was an error in the pole that knocked out it's neighbouring poles? I haven't a clue. Really appreciate the explanation Sassy - I learned more stuff here today from your post that I never even thought about before! YAY! So happy that the problem is resolved. Thank you all again, for your help!

For the last week - I am constantly getting this message popup on my screen: Can't move object '[OBJECT_NAME]' to [OBJ_POSITION] in region [REGION_NAME] because the parcel is full." - That is the exact message - so its really vague. My parcel had about 2 prims available, and this message comes to me over and over repeatedly at various irregular intervals, and I can't work out what it is that is causing the message. The message pops up whereever I am on the grid, ot just on my land, and at any time. Sometimes it can go silent for a couple hours too - even if there is no-one else on the sim. Any ideas what this is and how to stop it?

The mystery continues.... The non-working Itans are the ones directly on the parcel. And they had been working fine previously with many of the parcels with Object Entry checked for Everyone. That's why I fail to see that this is the problem, inspite of Itan Support's insistance. The Parcels affected are on the other side of the Sim from me too, so the objects don't pass through my land as far as I'm aware. Not even the Master Itan is near me. Just a post outside my land, which I never use. Thanks for your replies - especially the lesson on Object Entry. Love the Forums - I always learn new stuff! And yes - I do have Auto Return on. I always had Object Entry on too, since one time, a neighbour kept moving things onto my land, and this seemed to prevent it.. Thank you for your help.

Im a little confused about something. We have Itans all over the Sim. Some are working on Parcels - others not. We've updated them, from the Master and done all the usual steps. And it's still problematic. We are just running a region restart again, to see if it helps. Itan Support told the Itan owner, that the Objects Entry tab, needed checking on the Everyone box - (in all parcels) in the About Land > Objects tab. And this is where I personally have a problem. I always thought the Objects Entry, was to stop other people's objects going onto the particular parcel that it was checked on, and so really can't see what effect it would have on the general Sim - where there isn't even an Itan on my land, and the one right next to my land is working just fine. Apart from that suggestion - that was really all they offered in the way of problem solving. Has anyone else enountered this problem with their Itan dance balls, and what did you do about it?

I think I might have missed the marching bands, and heralding Angels, promoting this amazing, good news, exciting announcement, having just seen this thread. Any clues? And was it as good as Daniel said? Thanks in advance.