Blush Bravin

While this is totally off topic, I'll go ahead and join in on the off topic posts, by saying that the fourth largest city in the USA, Houston, has no zoning. I've lived in Houston and I can tell you it's great in some areas and sucks in others. And the USA is not a monolith. Houston is not the only city without zoning, but it is the largest.

Love the result. You look gorgeous!

Love, I think you might have meant this for the other thread.

Have to say I was partially wrong when I first judged this thread. I really thought it was a train wreck in the making, but there have been some rather interesting, and non-negative, answers. Since I feel the need to stay on topic, though I'm not nearly as creative or insightful as some of you, so here is my rather ordinary two groups -> those who see the glass (SL) as half full and those who see it as half empty.

I typically attach to my left pec, because over time I noticed that it was my least used spot. Though that could not be the same for others. So my suggestion is to try on a few of your saved outfits and take stock of which attachment spots are your least used.

First thing I do when wearing the body is move it off of avatar center. Reason being that most worn pets need avatar center in order to function properly. Wearing your pet and your body on avatar center sometimes will lead to problems during teleport, creating the infamous ghosted body issue. During the time when I was more active as a moderator in the Maitreya Lara Friends' Group, I would often recommend to those having the ghosted body issue to move the body off of avatar center as well. So, BonnieBots is using a method that most certainly will miss some Lara users.

I am quite aware of the distances, but you miss my point. IMO it's an unnecessary ask when we have the means already at our disposal to span those, as you put it, short distances. Plus having to use the means of transportation I already mentioned ads to the immersion of traveling in Second Life.

I'm a cam shopper so anything that gets in the way of my cam is an annoyance. Anything that annoys me gets derendered. So here is a pet peeve of mine. I use FS area search extensively. I love the ability in area search to zoom my camera to the object of my desire; unfortunately, there are times when the zoom feature is grayed out so can't be used. I've never figured out why this happens with some items at an event and not others.

I love this necklace from Yummy for LaraX. Surprisingly it was released I think within a few days of the body's release. I love that the locket actually works and can hold two pics.

I have only seen one creator use the term "skinned" which was in the past couple of weeks and it seemed extremely odd to me. I've been buying rigged jewelry for years and never seen it called that before.

Looks the same as I've always seen it. Perhaps your windlight is different?

I know SL isn't the physical world, but I don't expect to be able to drive a car from North America to Europe. That's why we need boats, ships, and airplanes. So for me, Belli is just fine with its network of roads without running bridges to mainland.

For me, the best car to explore Belli in is one that's being driven by someone else! Because no matter how good the scripts are in a vehicle, if I'm behind the wheel I'm going to end up where I shouldn't be! I'm just that bad at SL driving! And I've been trying for over 20 years. So practice won't make a difference. Wearables are my saving grace.

There are lots and lots of shops that use white as their base color, but not that many who have actually set the entire shop's inside plus vendors to full-bright. The one shop that many have used as an example not only full-brights all surfaces but also adds some glow as far as I can tell. Added to the uncomfortable experience is that the shop is small and circular which also disorients the viewer. As a contrast to that atmosphere is how Nutmeg's shop uses white, which I absolutely love . To me it is anything but too light. It's perfect. The background is just that a background. It does not conflict with any of the furniture when rezzed. Another shop that uses white very effectively is Lelutka. I really enjoy that shop. There is a hair shop that uses white extensively, and while it might be a bit disorienting it's not visually assaulting. I like their shop as well. I think the biggest problem with shops that use a bright white is if they've not also set an EEP that works well with all the white. For instance, if they don't set an EEP and just depend on the default day cycle windlight shoppers may end up in the shop when it's midnight, which leaves everything that's not set to full-bright including the shopper in full shadow. If the shopper has set a personal EEP for themself and that EEP doesn't play nice with bight white then it's on the shopper as it's their choice to use their preferred EEP. And all of this can be negated by finding a personal EEP that works well in those conditions.

I moved everything off an area that had the biggest part of the viewing area with that particular texture. Then I took a very high rez screenshot of the area. I opened the texture in Gimp and made it as seamless as possible. I used that texture along with the two provided in the texture pack to make gradations of the textures to use on the mesh ground that is included with the Little Branch trees. I cannot share that texture as I do not own the rights to it. I will only use it for personal use.

So are you using a particular windlight you have chosen? If so, then might it be that the problem is more the windlight you've chosen because it doesn't work with light surroundings? Since it's highly unlikely any shop is going to change their esthetic based on your windlight, it might be more worthwhile to find a windlight that works in bright surroundings and save it to your favorite graphic settings. I'm constantly switching between my saved graphic settings. Because that I can control. So true! It's another reason I don't demo clothing anywhere but at home for the most part. Only time I actually demo something on site is if it's one of my fav creators and I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it regardless. I just do a quick try on to be sure the fit is good.

When I've come across an issue like the one in your second picture it's been because the windlight was set to default and it was actually midnight but because the environment was so bright I was not aware of the "time of day". I simply set it to midday and my avatar looked normally lit up.

Lately, it has not be uncommon for everything to rez for me except the demos. I find I have been needing a relog to get the demos to show up.

I much prefer hyper white over very dark. But I also keep my glow settings at very low so perhaps they aren't as hyper white for me.

Well, it's a little bit of mine and a lot of Fancy Decor + Kraftwork. Let me explain. I found a really nice pool but it's was too large and too white. Here's the MP link to the pool. So I decided to use the pool insert and then make a base for the pool. Like this: Then I made the pool not so deep and tinted the surround to blend with the brick texture that came with the Med Content Pack. I've done this many times over the years. It's kind of like how we take kitchens from houses we've bought previously to use in our Linden Homes. Only this time I'm pulling a pool out of a build to use in a different way than the creator originally intended. You probably already have a house with a pool in your inventory that you could pull out and try to do this as well.

Okay this is a stab in the dark, because I don't use RLV but I've heard of settings within that gameplay that restricts changing clothes. Is it possible that he might be using RLV?

I think if you try 30 days you won't want to leave! It really is a lovely theme and so different from any of those that came before it.

It's been slow going getting my Mediterranean situated. Christmas has gotten in the way, but I'm making a little bit of progress. I've got so much more to do, but I'm really loving this theme already. I'm happy with the outside but I may still end up tweaking stuff. Here's a peak at the inside with just the major pieces in place. Still needs all the little clutter items that make it look like a home.

My mistake. Guess I need more coffee. I read it as this IS .. lol

You forget the hubbub over the naming of the Chalets! lol