Showing posts with label Viewer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Viewer. Show all posts
25 February 2012
Third Party Viewer Policy Drama
I'm watching the Third Party Viewer Policy Drama (there's a good round up of it here.)
09 November 2011
Copy viewer toolbars from one account to another
To copy toolbar positions from one account to another in Viewer 3.2:
Shut down the viewer. Copy the toolbars.xml file from one acct to the other's folder. Restart.
Shut down the viewer. Copy the toolbars.xml file from one acct to the other's folder. Restart.
08 November 2011
New viewer with customizable buttons, and a Humble interview
Spotted Rod Humble interviewed in an article about game innovation.
Trying out the new release viewer. I like being able to pick and position buttons. I'm still pissed that you can't move things around on the Inventory Recent tab (I really hope that's a bug and not a deliberate change!)
Trying out the new release viewer. I like being able to pick and position buttons. I'm still pissed that you can't move things around on the Inventory Recent tab (I really hope that's a bug and not a deliberate change!)
25 September 2011
Release Viewer, Masks and Shadows
If I'm wearing an avatar mask that makes the entire avatar invisible, I have no shadow.
If I wear a mask that covers part of the body, that hidden part appears on my shadow. Notice the pants legs, and the feet.
23 September 2011
Viewer hair + shadows glitch
I was very excited today to realize that when I turned shadows on (in the release viewer) I was both seeing shadows and not seeing my alpha textures disappear! Pictures! With both hair and shadows! Squee!
But then I saw this... Noooo! What is this strange glitch around my avatar's head?
I began experimenting. It didn't appear on all my outfits. So I began taking thing off... No help there. But that shape was so familiar...
Aha! That's the shape of Ruth's hair! But why?
There's three ways to do bald hair.
1. Pull all the default hair lumps and bumps into your skull.
2. Use a transparent texture as the hair texture.
3. Wear an alpha mask that hides the default hair.
Some of my outfits use #2, and those were the ones that have the mysterious glitch. The solution is to either change your default hair to one that pulls all the hair lumps inside your head, or wear an alpha mask that hides default hair. Making an alpha mask that hides the default hair is much easier (just check the hair box when editing the mask!) so that's what I did.
The glitch does reappear when I've got the outfit in EDIT mode, but when I return to normal mode things look right again.
But then I saw this... Noooo! What is this strange glitch around my avatar's head?
I began experimenting. It didn't appear on all my outfits. So I began taking thing off... No help there. But that shape was so familiar...
Aha! That's the shape of Ruth's hair! But why?
There's three ways to do bald hair.
1. Pull all the default hair lumps and bumps into your skull.
2. Use a transparent texture as the hair texture.
3. Wear an alpha mask that hides the default hair.
Some of my outfits use #2, and those were the ones that have the mysterious glitch. The solution is to either change your default hair to one that pulls all the hair lumps inside your head, or wear an alpha mask that hides default hair. Making an alpha mask that hides the default hair is much easier (just check the hair box when editing the mask!) so that's what I did.
The glitch does reappear when I've got the outfit in EDIT mode, but when I return to normal mode things look right again.
16 August 2011
To the Second Life Official Viewer
Dear Official Release Viewer,
You know how sometimes you automatically download a new version of you? And once you've done that, did you know I can't do simple things like COMPILE SCRIPTS until I decide to run the update? And oops, you don't offer any kind of message when I try. Well...
DIE IN A FIRE!
Love, Me.
P.S Learn to leave my graphics options alone!
You know how sometimes you automatically download a new version of you? And once you've done that, did you know I can't do simple things like COMPILE SCRIPTS until I decide to run the update? And oops, you don't offer any kind of message when I try. Well...
DIE IN A FIRE!
Love, Me.
P.S Learn to leave my graphics options alone!
30 March 2011
Clouds
Changing your cloud texture is making the rounds... I like my sky to be surreal. How do you like yours?
22 April 2010
31 March 2010
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