Some Tiny Tips

To see how your computer is running Crtl-Shift-1
A good standard of numbers is FPS 10-20 with not many people in the sim.
Bandwidth 20-100kbps



Chat:
People can hear you up to 20 meters away and 100 meters in shouts. I think it’s a good rule if you cant read their name title they cant hear you.


Shortcuts:

Ctrl-G Gestures

Ctrl-H Chat History

Ctrl-I Inventory

Ctrl-M World Map

Ctrl-P Preferences

Ctrl-R Run Mode - do it again and you stop running.

Ctrl-T Instant Message

Ctrl-U Upload Image

Ctrl-Alt-T Highlight Transparent

Ctrl-Alt-6 All Fog Off - handy in laggy/foggy sims.

Ctrl-Shift-M MiniMap

Ctrl-Shift-S Snapshots

Ctrl-Alt-Shift-= Turn particle effects on/off.

Ctrl-Alt-Shift-3 Removes all the trees - do it again and they return

Ctrl-Alt-Shift-5 Removes ground cover. - do it again and they return


Bump reports can tell you rammed into you.