EverAfterr

Hey Charli! It was given out as a group gift, so I don't believe there should be any issue with it. It's quite lovely!

Hi Cynika! I *just* wrote two blog posts on the subject that you may find helpful; the first one on the page links to a list of free, public sandboxes that you can use to rez your purchases. I've visited them all and they're generally quiet and have a good auto-return time (at least 2 hours, sometimes much more) which means you have plenty of time to unpack things and sort your inventory as needed. Here's the link for you: https://everafterrsl.wordpress.com/category/second-life-tutorials/ I hope this helps!

The Skinnery has a skin named Judy, but I don't believe they sell a mesh head itself named Judy. Here's a blog post regarding the Judy skin: http://theskinnery.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html Did you maybe mistakenly purchase the Judy skin installer? You can try getting in touch with Umazuma Metaluna, who owns The Skinnery, and ask her for assistance. Just be sure to send her a notecard rather than an IM as her profile requests: https://my.secondlife.com/umazuma.metaluna

Hey guys, not sure if either of you are new to SL, but checking out the places in the Newcomer Friendly section of the Destination Guide would be a great start: https://secondlife.com/destinations/howto/newbie They're welcoming to new and veteran residents alike, and there seems to often be people visiting those regions at all hours. Worth a look!

Hey Lotti! Have you tried resetting your router and/or modem? Sounds like a connection issue; there's no mention of widespread connection issues on the Grid Status site: http://status.secondlifegrid.net/

@ Innula - Those screenshots are incredibly helpful, thank you! Going to reference them to tweak my own settings. Really appreciate that you took the time to do that.

Ren Toxx wrote: I will tell you that my graphics card, not a top of the line model for over a year now, runs most SL scenarios well above such framerates; of course very loaded sims will bring it down, which is why I have “tuned” both my viewer and nVidia panel's settings. And I could also tell you my settings for both, such as having set a Draw Distance of 160 m., using overall Ultra-like settings but disabling ALM (projected shadows), disabling local & attached lights (facelights), setting particles to zero, using a no-shadows Windlight and, in nVidia’s panel, only a moderate amount of anti-aliasing, but what good would any of that be to you? Every person has his tastes & preferences when it comes to what settings sacrifice for performance, so what I’m going to recommend is that you go to your viewer’s preferences, graphics section, and start fiddling with each individual setting to your taste (in matters of quality vs. speed) while staying at an average-loaded sim, then experiment a little too with your graphic’s card advanced settings for the game (you may need to relog after a few changes for them to apply since, usually, they’re only in effect the next time the executable is run). Thank you for outlining some of your settings, Ren! I've been tweaking my Firestorm settings as well as some settings in my nVidia panel, and I appreciate knowing some of the nuances and specifics that have worked for other members. I hadn't thought to disable local and attached lights, so I'll defintely give that a try. Had already set particles to zero since I don't really see that they enhance SL much, and I tend to go back and forth on Advanced Lighting Model. Personally speaking, it seems to provide a smoother camming experience when it's disabled, and while it can be nice for photos, otherwise I don't miss it much.