Jackson Redstar

shift+alt+ctrl+4 - turn off all avatars - including yourself

i know it is way off topic from the top post, but since we also talking about recording video i did a simple OBS tut a bit back

OK I should clarify. I am looking at this from the perspective of creating video in world. Lowering draw distance is not always an option, Turning off Dynamic Draw helps keeps things rezzed but it can really degrade performance. And MSAA - Im not even sure that is.

all these devs in the comments here melting my brain with technical explanations. Are there any good debug setting we can set to increase visual performance? I remember back in the old days there was settings like MeshTriangles or something and Triangle-something, damn i can't remember them now, but is there anything someone with a 'powerful enough' computer can do to, when it comes to tweaking debug settings, to improve visual performance?

or. it could be the case with the official viewer - why bother? if you really really want to defender something - just use Firestorm

and of course, in the 'old days' - pre 2021, LS could be a little side hustle, money for gas, some groceries , but now - anything more than 600 bucks, in the USA, you get in a for instance, PayPal account, is reported to the IRS - so now, those measly scraps of Lindens you did get, you now get the pleasure of reporting it and potentially owing taxes on it!

Scotty - I need more RAM!!!! 32 gig RAM is really minimum nowadays. And not just any RAM - buy the fastest you can afford

you can use the alt + mouse to move the camera and you some cam smoothing (assuming you are on Firestorm) You can also use (with some cam smoothing) alt + arrow keys, that will give you rotate left/right/up/down and while holding alt key press the ctrl key the up/down arrow keys will now give you a tilt up/down. Note this also works holding down these keys and moving your mouse. Finally you have pan left/right/up/down if you hold down the shift+ctrl+alt and use the arrow keys - but - the cam smoothing does not work when panning (sure wish it did!) but for basic movements while filming you can get great results just using alt, alt + ctrl, arrow keys and cam smoothing or the same alt, alt+ ctrl plus cam smoothing and the mouse. Takes a little practice to get all that coordinated

... objects in the rear view mirror are closer than they appear......

obviously doing anything web related or SL related SRGB is what you want. However, I have a nice older Dell monitor and switched to a BenQ 100% sRGB monitor, I also do alot of video color grading of SL footage. For me , absolutely zero difference. And of course, keep in mind almost all users are looking at web material - or SL, using a regular monitor, laptop or maybe tablet - trying to squeeze that extra 1% of color space accuracy won't mean anything. Just get a good monitor with good specs

if there was really AI 'companion' avatars - They would probably be attracted to each other! wouldn't that be a hoot? 2 AI bots dating each other

but i do wonder how long before we can buy our own AI girlfriend/boyfriend on MP....

the fact is, to get any enjoyment out of Sl in current times, it really is a must a new user needs: 1) Money: Sl is all about shopping and making your avi looking good, and that takes money 2) To get any amount of enjoyment out of it, a desktop computer or really, really good laptop. See #1 3) Prepare to invest a minimum 30 days of your time in 'Noob Boot camp'. One does not simply download the SL viewer and have a good time. No you have to know how the engine works, how the braking system works, this is not a press the gas and go type of entertainment

awesome thanks Niran I wasn't even looking in there

Apparently the latest version of BD is PBR enable - but local lighting is now on nuke level +10 . In what is a non PBR created scene, I tried all the sliders but the lighting is way to hot. Anybody have any experience with BD's latest version that knows anything about this?