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I seem to be having the same problem since a day or two. Reset doesn't fix this. New animations are set to None...

Sadly a lot of my fav fashion blogs have disappeared over time, some still are around but not updated. I would love some links to fashion blogs that are still active. Must admit, I am not a fan of the blogs that use a lot of event items, they are impossible to get when you don't watch all blogs all the time. Not that they aren't lovely and make me drool at times, there is just nothing worse then falling in love with an outfit that you can't ever get your hands on! Post them anyway, coz.... I promise to compromise and watch the events more closely but I'd still like more of that event style available for sale without having to always check the events. If you know or have a blog pls link me to it, I am sure lots of us can use some fresh inspiration!

Make a new avatar and don't use a male name this time.

The chance of you finding a face that looks like your current one are about 1 in a million. How your face looks right is determined by the shape sliders and the skin you are wearing. Meaning you will have to start rebuilding the shape/face once you get the mesh head. Even if you can use your current skin it will not look the same, "out of the box". I agree that things should and could be much simpler when it comes to mesh bodies. But for now we have to adjust to what is possible and available. Another thing that comes to mind when I read your posts is to maybe not start using a mesh body until you find a wardrobe that you can use with a mesh avatar. Look for outfits that suit your style, I am sure that is possible when you invest some time in that. If it is a money thing, if you are not able or willing to buy mesh outfits I would not go for a mesh body in the 1st place as it is just very expensive if you want to do it right.

Maybe it would be wise to see this as just a matter of taste. We do not all see or feel the same way in this case. That isn't personal, nor is it a matter of siding with LL or you or anyone else for that matter. If we would go out for ice cream and you are eager to get a scoop of chocolate and I keep trying to convince you you should go for vanilla (yes, pun intended :cattongue:) coz it is just tastier.... You would probably stick with chocolate and I would not be insulted or accuse you of having an ulterior motive for having the chocolate. Yes, you see the same names a lot. This also means there is a group of ppl that spend personal RL time to react, help and discuss. That does not mean they will always agree or cheer at every idea posters bring to the forum. Again, this is not personal, it is an opinion. Would anyone here be of any use if we weren't honest and critical? This is the whole point of a forum, let's agree it's a good thing to disagree on some matters. This makes a good discussion and will make us see things that are discussed from different points of view.

As you discovered you cannot edit a rigged mesh item. They will be the same size and position no matter what you do. Clipping is a common problem as a rigged mesh item is designed to fit the creators "fitting avatar" in their program of choice. Most use some sort of standard size and some design for a specific mesh avatar brand. Making it a bit hard to find clothing that fits 100%. There is no longer a "one size fits all". I believe most of us can agree that this is the biggest and most annoying problem that occurred when mesh clothing came out. If you bought these items with modify permissions you are able to change the texture, but.... this will not help you if you do not a have some way to make a correct texture layout. For that you will need the UV maps or the original texture and this is probably not the case. If I understand you correctly you are trying to put an alpha on the pants and/or boots? Normally this is not the way to go. The alpha's to prevent clipping is done by putting the alpha on your body, not the worn items. How this is done depends on what body you are using. If you are using the default system body you can use the avatar UV maps to figure out where you would like the alpha to be. Resulting in that part to become invisible. If you use a bought mesh avatar you probably have a HUD that helps you hide specific parts of that body. I hope this helps? You can find some avatar UV maps here in case you use the system body: http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/SL-Tuts/SLPages/AVUVTemplates.html

Welcome to SL! Ok, I'm not sure what you mean. Do you want to change the color of some objects you bought as you say you do not want them to be made from scratch? If you bought the items they may be modifiable and you can indeed change the color and many other things by right clicking them and choose edit, then select the texture tab. Make sure to make a copy before doing that!!! Then you also say you do not have the skills to make them yourself. Meaning you do want someone to make them for you (that would be from scratch). If you want something custom to be made for you you did come to the right place. Just be aware custom made items will cost you. It is RL work and creators deserve a RL realistic wage in return. If you want that, I hope you will find someone that can do the job. No need to apologize, we were all new at one time. Have fun!

Gosh, for a second I thought you misspelled Al Qaeda... But then I read the post and sry, no idea about jobs for kids. Maybe if you find some sim that RP's a 3th world country? Not being negative or nasty, this is a smart anwser.

Hmmm, how on earth did we go from XP to gay persons rights? Yeah, I did worry about that a lot actually! Coz my RL eldest child is gay and I want his life to be good and safe. Bet you did not see that one coming...? Save yourself the trouble tying to see me as being someone that discriminates. I am honest tho. Do not confuse honesty with prejudice. XP was a good OS, but technology is progress. Sure, we all know that does not go overnight, and bugs will always be there. That's how things evolve. Fail, fix, fail, fix, but when you look back things did get easier and better! I am taking a risk here... you may get upset but.... If you run a system that was build in the XP years, you should already be happy it still runs. If you have a younger system and installed XP on it, why did you not go for Linux? It is a great OS and most software runs smooth on it. Probably you will have less compatibility problems running Linux then you have right now running XP.

The most common info on mesh bodies and how to use them is here: http://meshbodyaddicts.com/ This website also explains how to use Omega appliers, where you can get skins that can be applied to your mesh body and/or head. It covers almost all mesh bodies. Some designers offer a body, including hands and feet. Some also sell the heads. Ofcourse you can mix and match to get the look you want but always make sure to try the demo first. You might also wanna have a look at some SL fashion blogs to get ideas. Most bloggers will have a list of what is worn on their pictures. Picking your mesh body and head is complicated, keep in mind you want to be able to buy clothes that fit, hair that fits etc. The most populair brands have more options when it comes to that. A skin is never a mesh object, it is a texture that is applied to the mesh body. Make sure the one you buy is not a system skin or it will be applied to your system body. That means it will not be visible at all as your mesh body is a worn object that will cover your system body, it is so to say on top of your system body. I hope this will help you! Take your time, read a lot of information, try all the demo's! Mesh bodies are expensive so choose wisely.

As far as I can remember from my "wild" DJ-ing days there was no free way to stream, I used Virtual DJ and rented a stream in SL. These days there is some open source software claiming it can stream to SL ( oa Mixxx and Internet DJ Consule) but they run poorly on Windows, at least, last time I bothered to check. Both may run ok now but may still need you to rent a stream.

You are just a ray of sunshine, aren't you! Guess I found me another poster that I should better be ignoring. Ppl like you make me.... glad I am not you:catvery-happy:

Someone is not having a great day, or what? I find Lydia explains very clear she is looking for a friend ( how to define a friend... you first start defining an electronic type of friend and how to hook up with those?) Why is she here? Read her post! Everything in SL is based on RP in some sort of way (this is not a pixelated form of Skype, our avatars are pixel dolls and if we wanted to act like IRL all the time we would just open the front door and walk outside) and yeah,50 % is just BS. Nonetheless, some ppl would like to make friends trough all the RP and BS, just to RP and talk some more BS. We already have "normal" friends IRL, why be lonely in SL? Wow, you can really take all the fun out of something. Wonder why you even took the time to react. To Lydia: I think you post is clear and friendly, hope you find some great friends!

I did not know yet about the textured template, thank you! I also love the long tooltips idea, that would be just so helpful to us! I think all the things you summed up will be another great improvement to Avastar. Again, all the work is much appreciated as Avastar makes working for this platform better and easier.

If you were only able to log in once and have been crashing a lot... Check you internet speed/connection. Check you viewer settings (graphics and bandwidth). Start setting your viewer graphics very low and see if that works. If you run SL on an old system you could just not be able to run it on high graphics. If you system is up to date and not very old it is likely your connection. Resetting modem, router etc may solve it already.