I am a cloud?

[RinWill16]

I just started out and chose one of the free avatars they showed me and all I see is a cloud wh is that?

[Ry0ta Exonar]

Try some of these suggestions.  http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=bake_fail

 

[Adolfh Gustafson]

you need load your inventory in your avatar. Wait while finish this procedure. Only that

 

Regards, Adolfh

[Cinnamon Lohner]

The cloud avatar is one of the most popular ones. :smileywink:

Just kidding.  The cloud means your avatar is not loading.  Lots of reasons why this might happen.  But since you are brand new, this is probably due to a bandwidth issue.  Make sure you are not running anything else that is taking up your bandwidth.  Try logging out and then back in again to see if that helps.  Also doing a Ctrl-Alt D followed by a Ctrl-Alt R may also correct the problem.

Good luck and welcome to Second Life.

--Cinn

[Nalates Urriah]

The simple answer is the files your viewer needs to render the avatar have not downloaded. So, the viewer shows a particle cloud.

This can be because of your connection or because the region you are in is having problems. You can tell which by pressing Ctrl-Shift-1 (its a toggle). This will open the viewer's detail stats panel. Look for PING and PACKET LOSS. These tell you if it is the connection. Ping should be less than 250ms. Packet loss should be 0%. You can get by with 2 or 3% packer loss. But loosing a key packet can cause a problem.

Look at Time Dialtion and Physics FPS. Time Dilation (TD) should be 1.00. It is common to see 0.9 to 1.0 in practice. Physics FPS should be in the 40's. Lower values are worse. If you are seeng low values the problem is on the server side. Try another region. They one of the deserted regions, like; Grasmere, Seascale, or Brampton. 

I am guessing you are using Basic Mode. So, I'm unsure exactly how to do this. But, once there log out of SL. Log back in and you should be in the region you logged out from. Give it five minutes and see if your avatar renders. Press Ctrl-Alt-R to force a rebake. You may have to rebake 3 or 4 times. Giver it a minute between bakes.

If that is not working, come back and tell us the results. Also, click Help->About and copy paste that info here. Best to do that while you are still logged in.

[Gelese Giano]

All the previous posting to deal with this are excellent 

 

in worst case scenario 

 1: Detach all prims on your avie ( including hair )

 2: look for your inventory BODY folder

 3: Copy and past  then save as New body  it will appear  above your high light current one your wearing 

 4:Then put on  NEW body

cloudy effect is loading and looking for your connection  missing  or cannot find your body to your avie 

 when do this make sure you not in a  crowed sim  ,teleport to the nearest  sand box or your home / hud away from crowds thus laggy regions