Some times you try to sign in SL and you hang up forever orrrrrr you can’t sign in at all.
Do these steps and see if it helps:
1.Uninstall Second Life (Sounds scary I know)
2. Delete the Application Data Folder (It’s located in C:\Documents and Settings\”User Name”\Application Data\Second Life.)
When you remove that folder it insures that you won’t have the same errors when you do the next steps.
3. Delete Browser Cookies and Cache Files
4. Empty Recycle Bin
5. Defrag your computer (I about do these 3 or more times a week)
6. Shut down your computer
7. Shut down your Router\Modem (My service providers says about 3 minutes)
8. Bring Router\Modem up then Computer
9. Reinstall Second Life
10. Check your Fire Wall
A Tip: Some times you can’t see the *hidden folders* Open up Explorer\Tools\Folder Options\ View\Show hidden files and folders
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Terraforming..SL style
Like I said, this wouldn’t be my last design of the island works…we were thinking, Ok, so Anwell is Celtic, which makes me think of green… then why a sandy beach like island?
SL has 3 island shapes to chose from, BUT!! If you check out their web page on the .raw files you will see this perfectly square one called *Flat Green*. I guess to them it’s boring but it fit my needs perfectly.
I uploaded the .raw file to the region, which usually takes a minute or two and is kind of cool to watch as it updates. It was too high for my needs, so out came the lawnmower/terra former again and I lowered it.
To do that you right click the land and a pie menu chart comes up. Pick Edit Terrain...
Now, you have another tool box that pops up. This has a rump load of buttons to you use. Don't be a skeerdy cat and try them out.
The Selection button is similar to the Selection button when you build to link things. Just Click the selection button and then click on the ground. That makes this nifty area to work with on the ground only.
Then you can choose one of the other radio buttons to do what ever you need after you lower or raise or smooth the land then click Apply to selection.
There is another button on the side that has a pull down arrow for Small Medium or Large areas to work with. I usually use the small button so I have more control.... I mean really how much control do you need to make a flat lot?
SL has, I guess, you can call levels or land heights measurements.
0-20 meters are below water levels to the water line, so if you have land with a Z value at 21.000 meters, it's one meter above the water line.
I think you can heighten all the way up to 255, which makes a pretty tall mountain.
I set the whole island with a Z of 22 so that means it's 2 WHOLE meters above the water line with lil ziggy zags and bumps at the sims edge with each 1/4 section having a *poolish* area and dock and rocks.
This time the land is all green with a hedge splitting it into 4 quarters and a common area in the middle with a bridge some swimming swans and sitting areas.
Flat and boring I know, but I plan on letting the renters do there own lawnmowing when they move in.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sim Owner!
This is Anwell Island a Celtic name that means Beloved.
Her reply: You have enough shoes....
Humm, I begged... I TPed her in.. I changed the Location on the TP request to *Cheap shoes*
.... I waited...
WABAM she TPs in and of course my screen flakes out so I have to reboot... :(
By the time I was signed back on she's complaining and gone..... * I didnt see any shoes just empty land*
Blah..... so much for my fun suprise to her...
I worked and played alone....
Before all the work, I thought I might take a dip.
This won't be my last design I know!
I purchased this on Monday and just so happend to do a search in the Map toolbar to find an Anwell Region listed, TPed there and I found this..... I had to look on the title bar of my screen and then edit land just to confirm that it was mine.... afterwards I let out a yelp of happiness.
I also recieved an email about an hour later from Linden Labs confirming my Sim was ready.
When you first purchase an Island from SL you have 3 shapes of land to chose from. I picked number 2. (really there are 4)
Oh so barren and lonely looking....
What to do!?
15000 prims to use OMG!
Notice there is one already used?
It's the mystery Linden box left when dropping the island. I snagged that up for a momento and put it in a special folder...Thanks Leo Linden!
All day I was excited to show my partner the new Island... waited and waited...
She popped on and I asked if she might not be to busy to look at some *shoes*
Her reply: You have enough shoes....
Humm, I begged... I TPed her in.. I changed the Location on the TP request to *Cheap shoes*
.... I waited...
WABAM she TPs in and of course my screen flakes out so I have to reboot... :(
By the time I was signed back on she's complaining and gone..... * I didnt see any shoes just empty land*
Blah..... so much for my fun suprise to her...
I worked and played alone....
Before all the work, I thought I might take a dip.
Me, doing some land flattening...I made this terraformer to help me out.
Of course you can use the land tools as well. I just wanted to mow some lawn. :D
End result, a mound in the middle with a park area- waterfalls-- canals surrounding the mound and exending out to Linden waters....
This won't be my last design I know! Monday, February 11, 2008
Woo Mentors! It’s not the candy!
Mentors on Second Life are here to help you; well they are supposed to at least try to help you at this time there 3464 of them floating around to help you.
I remember my first days on SL, how utterly confused I was. I’d been on other virtual chat sites so maybe I might have been a little ahead of the game. This is much more advanced than you would ever expect.
I would hang out daily at Help Island or one of the Orientation Islands watching the helpless drop in like flies, me being one of them. This prompted me to into making note cards to give to people to help them along in their SL adventures. It would have links to places to visit of freebie spots and sites to see. Just to get them hooked into the game.
Also admired the Mentors there and would take notes of all the instructions they would pass on to the newer people. I was and still am geek in the note taking period of the game.
After some *on the sly* helping of people while in a sandbox, a Mentor suggested that I apply as one. Oh man, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to do it, what if I told someone something wrong? What if they asked me a question I didn’t know? After some soul searching I applied from the web site.
It was about 2 maybe 3 weeks I received an answer to my request from Linden Labs and was accepted. At first you get a tag that says “Apprentice Mentor” until you go to the official Linden orientation to become a Mentor.
The Lindens set up *Class* times for you to sit and be instructed how to manage certain situations, say like griefers or the very new. They also give you web links to keep you up to date on the newer features and other Mentor suggestions.
I did the orientation and loved every minute of it. I feel proud to know that maybe I’ve made SL a little easier for someone, not that it’s like I’ve made a cure for cancer or brain surgery. Only to know this individual/stranger took the time to download the software and wanted to try something new only to find out its way more than expected and for me to come in and help.
They also help me in my own thought processes of how others think; I’ve learned patience and caring and have become more of a people watcher. They also give me ideas on things to make or help on the web page here.
What are the requirements? Well you have to have at least a year of time in and some knowledge of scripting or building a second language is helpful but not required. There is always another Mentor that will know your answer if you get caught in a question you can’t answer. Lots or patience is a plus; you might have days when you have over 8 people pulling you in 9 different directions, all in instant messages!
I remember my first days on SL, how utterly confused I was. I’d been on other virtual chat sites so maybe I might have been a little ahead of the game. This is much more advanced than you would ever expect.
I would hang out daily at Help Island or one of the Orientation Islands watching the helpless drop in like flies, me being one of them. This prompted me to into making note cards to give to people to help them along in their SL adventures. It would have links to places to visit of freebie spots and sites to see. Just to get them hooked into the game.
Also admired the Mentors there and would take notes of all the instructions they would pass on to the newer people. I was and still am geek in the note taking period of the game.
After some *on the sly* helping of people while in a sandbox, a Mentor suggested that I apply as one. Oh man, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to do it, what if I told someone something wrong? What if they asked me a question I didn’t know? After some soul searching I applied from the web site.
It was about 2 maybe 3 weeks I received an answer to my request from Linden Labs and was accepted. At first you get a tag that says “Apprentice Mentor” until you go to the official Linden orientation to become a Mentor.
The Lindens set up *Class* times for you to sit and be instructed how to manage certain situations, say like griefers or the very new. They also give you web links to keep you up to date on the newer features and other Mentor suggestions.
I did the orientation and loved every minute of it. I feel proud to know that maybe I’ve made SL a little easier for someone, not that it’s like I’ve made a cure for cancer or brain surgery. Only to know this individual/stranger took the time to download the software and wanted to try something new only to find out its way more than expected and for me to come in and help.
They also help me in my own thought processes of how others think; I’ve learned patience and caring and have become more of a people watcher. They also give me ideas on things to make or help on the web page here.
What are the requirements? Well you have to have at least a year of time in and some knowledge of scripting or building a second language is helpful but not required. There is always another Mentor that will know your answer if you get caught in a question you can’t answer. Lots or patience is a plus; you might have days when you have over 8 people pulling you in 9 different directions, all in instant messages!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Rental Homes
This is our old rental place, it was pure heaven here...but believe it or not too small!
Make sure you can make the payments and to whom you make them and what venue, be it Pay Pal or just straight Lindens on a monthly or weekly basis. Check the rules on what type of house you can buy/build, like some places have rules on square footage or style or how high.
Of course if you are in a close area, get to know the neighbors, make sure there aren’t any annoying spinning items, or shouting vending machines.
So we decided to rent or lease, what ever you want to call it, for a tester of sorts. We searched high and low for an empty lot to use with plenty of prims and space and privacy and hopefully no or very little lag.
I wanted a residential only area, since that’s what we would be using it for as a home.
We were also looking at homes and home styles and furniture, I found a very nice home but there were some things about it I didn’t like. (Of course). Building is a part of learning
So we chose to build our own home based very much on the home we both liked. I don’t plan on selling this home as you can very easily purchase one similar at Castle Rentals, AQUA Mainstore, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glinda/192/58/90
Finally we found the perfect lot, on the beach and secluded with enough prims for an army! The house would fit nicely here.
If you are a moon rise or sun set watcher make sure you will have the views.
How do you tell about the prims? If you right click the land you get a pie chart and if you chose About Land a box will pop up.
These Tabs totally freak me out right now.
There you can see if it’s on Mainland or an Estate, how many prims it supports, if there is a covenant. Many more things about it if you chose to look at the tabs, plus you will need to know this trick when you do decide to rent the property, to set up multimedia items, deeding the property to a group, banning people, etc.
Make sure you can make the payments and to whom you make them and what venue, be it Pay Pal or just straight Lindens on a monthly or weekly basis. Check the rules on what type of house you can buy/build, like some places have rules on square footage or style or how high.
Of course if you are in a close area, get to know the neighbors, make sure there aren’t any annoying spinning items, or shouting vending machines. 
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