Vivienne Daguerre

I have exactly the same problem. Here are my stats: Second Life 3.6.3 (279564) Aug 6 2013 00:25:49 (Second Life Release) Release Notes CPU: Intel® Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz (1595.98 MHz) Memory: 6133 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit (Build 9200) Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series Windows Graphics Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1234 OpenGL Version: 4.2.12438 Compatibility Profile Context 13.200.0.0 libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1 J2C Decoder Version: KDU v7.0 Audio Driver Version: FMOD Ex 4.44.12 Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded) Voice Server Version: Not Connected Built with MSVC version 1600 Another friend with an ATI card, not sure exactly which one, is also having the same problem.

I am having exactly the same problem. I am using an Alienware laptop with an ATI Radeon Mobility 5870 graphics card. Firestorm viewer works fine, at least for now, but the SL viewer does not.

I have uninstalled the old SL viewers, gone in and manually removed files from app data local and roaming, downloaded the lasted SL viewer and reinstalled, and set all graphics settings to the lowest of the low. I also downloaded the latest graphics driver for my card, ATI Radion Mobility 5870. Any ideas of anything else I might try? My computer is an Alienware, so there is no way it is not sufficient for SL.

How fast do you think this will come to the grid, or to closed or open beta? I can't wait to play with this!

Thank you! I just ran into this issue, and found my answer here without asking. I had used "&" in material names.

Thanks so much for your kind and very helpful response! I looked at your blog and I have bookmarked it!

I have not decided to do this for sure yet, but I am considering dividing my private island estate into parcels and selling/renting them out. I am looking for some advice about pitfalls, things to be careful about, and some must dos. I was wondering if anyone had set up a wiki page or a good blog article on this. I would also welcome any advice offered here. I have some questions. If I set parcels for sale, I still retain rights as an estate owner, correct? Would I be able to reclaim that land if the purchaser did not pay or abandoned it? Does the purchaser have to pay their tier to me through a rental box, or do the Lindens automatically deduct it from their account and pay me? If one purchaser "purchased" all of the parcels, could I end up not owning my estate anymore? I don't want to lose it! Any advice on terraforming, what to permit and if it is possible to limit how much others can terraform? Do you need a separate group for each parcel, or how do you manage groups and deeding and such? I am not new to SL and have owned this estate for a very long time, but I have not played landlord on this scale before. Thanks! I know we compete, but I have found SL residents to also be very cooperative and helpful.

The problem has resolved for me. Thanks to all who responded and were helpful. As some of you suggested, the problem was in outdated drivers. I bought my Alienware laptop from Dell, and I was going to their website for driver updates. I did update my video card bios and got a newer driver there, but that did not solve the problem. As suggested here, I went to the AMD website and looked up my ATI Mobility Radeon 5870 video card. I was able to get newer drivers. I was nervous, but installed them, and the problem was fixed. Thanks again to the very helpful people who responded here.

Upgraded graphics drive and VBios, and still the same problem. I noticed something else odd. If I turn off Basic , Atmospheric shaders, or Light and Shadow, I can see things ok, but of course no light and shadow.

Thanks to all. I downloaded a new driver, but missed the video card bios update. I am backing up stuff first before messing with the bios. I will let you know how it goes, assuming my computer does not implode.

Yes, I checked and my drivers are up-to-date.

Tried both of those options with no difference. I have the same problem with the SL beta viewer which I downloaded and tried yesterday. Thanks for the idea anyway.

The answer to this problem is not to tell me that I have a bad video card or a poor machine. It is a top of the line laptop. The video card may not be as powerful as the desktop version, but it is not a poor video card. This computer is a powerhouse, and heat is not an issue. The cooling system seems to be something that Alienware has done very well. For reasons that are not relevant to this discussion, I need to be mobile and therefore need a laptop. This was the best on the market at the time I bought it. The computer can run Blender, Photoshop and ZBrush all at the same time, with no problem. Those are very demanding programs. This computer is up to the challenge of higher end games than Second Life. My video card used to be able to display shadow and light in Second Life, but they changed something in their code and broke it. The solution is for Second Life to find the problem and fix it. This definitely should be a video card supported by Second Life. I have filed a jira on it. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-28310?focusedCommentId=310067

They changed something that broke it. I used to be able to see light and shadow just fine. On Firestorm 3.2.1 I can see light and shadow. On firestorm 3.2.2 and 3.3.0 I cannot. On the newest SL Viewer, and the beta viewer, I cannot. It used to work. They changed something that broke it.

Other games handle my ATI cards just fine. Second Life used to handle my ATI cards just fine. The computer is only a year and a half old. I expect Second Life to support it. It is far too expensive to just scrap and buy another for the sake of one game.

Cannot. My ATI 5870 cards are in an Alienware laptop. You cannot just switch cards about in a laptop.

In the SL viewer, whenever I enable lighting and shadows, I can see a white platform and black sky, and nothing else, not even my avatar. I have a top of the line, Alienware computer. Second Life 3.2.6 (248086) Jan 19 2012 13:14:05 (Second Life Release) Release Notes You are at 168,362.0, 330,191.0, 501.2 in Vosk Woods located at sim20189.agni.lindenlab.com (216.82.26.203:13002) Second Life Server 12.01.24.248357 Release Notes CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz (1596.02 MHz) Memory: 6133 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit (Build 7600) Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Windows Graphics Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1041 OpenGL Version: 4.0.10151 Compatibility Profile Context libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1 J2C Decoder Version: KDU v6.4.1 Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000 Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded) Voice Server Version: Vivox 3.2.0002.10426 Built with MSVC version 1600 Packets Lost: 90/19,901 (0.5%) Is there a fix for this? If a top end Alienware cannot view lighting and shadows, I would say that is a serious problem.

Actually the LIndens never promised or committed to the idea of Avatar 2 in any way whatsoever. Many residents started campaigning for them to undertake this project, but they never ever committed to it in any way.

Smoke, you have the right to not use a mesh viewer and to limit your experience of Second Life. I will not deny you that or argue your right to do so. However, do not expect me to limit myself or my experience of Second Life to please you. I will wear mesh clothing and I don't care if you don't see me properly. I will use mesh on my sims, andI don't care if you don't see it properly. Don't ask me to feel sorry for you or cater to you. It is your CHOICE not to see mesh.

I love cats too, and nice work on that one! Don't forget to make a litter box!! People complain about cats doing nasty stuff in the kids' sandbox.

I want one of those magic doors too, like the one beside the podium that opened and handed Charlar whatever he needed at that moment, and even delivered a tech to make his computer work!! I had a wicked idea to make a door that would open at random and hands would come out and slap you silly, or hand you a mug of coffee, or a boot breaks down the door and it crushes you, or.... *add your demented humour here* I think I watched far too much Bugs Bunny and Road Runner as a child... Sigh, I just put that at the bottom of my lengthy mesh to-do list

Ceera, if people choose not to see mesh, they will not. It is not that they cannot. They choose not to. Why should we let that hold the rest of us back from using and enjoying mesh? We all have the right to make our choices, but there are consequences attached to every choice, both good and bad. Please do not tell us that the rest of us should not choose to use and enjoy mesh because some others choose not to. The minute that mesh hits the whole main grid, I will be putting my mesh out on my sims, wearing mesh, and selling mesh in my store and in the marketplace. You have the right to choose to stay away from my sims, and not to buy my stuff. I respect that.

Gorgeous!! I know some medieval and fantasy role play sims out there that would could benefit from mesh armor.

They look great!!

These are fantastic tutorials Asha, and just what people needed! I learned a lot from it and hopefully rigging will be a little less painful. Thank you!