https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Internet_Radio_Music_Stream_Urls
How can I tell what music stream is playing on someone's parcel?
Select Advanced > View Admin Options. Click on the parcel name at the top of your viewer (or you can right-click on the ground and select "about land"). Choose the Media tab in the window that opens up. You should see the Music URL in the Sound Settings field. (Won't work from viewer 1.19 onwards unless allowed by the parcel owner).
What dimensions should I use for my profile pics?
Torian Carter did some screen shots and then measured the exact pixels to get the size. Because of the size and format restrictions imposed by the SL system, it is best to scale the longest dimension to one of the multiples (512, 256, 128) and keep the aspect ratio the same. When uploaded, these look distorted when viewed in textures, but just fine with no distortion when used in your actual profile.
Profile Pic: 168 x 126 (Use 512x384 or 256x192 for upload)
My Picks: 290 x 164 (Use 512x292 for upload)
1st Life Pic 135x135 (Use 256x256 or 128x128 for upload.)
Can I increase the prim limit on my mainland parcel?
You can raise the number of prims you may rez on a mainland parcel by purchasing additional parcels anywhere in the same sim. You don't need to join them and they don't need to be adjacent to each other. But they must be in the same sim.
What's with all the service disruptions?
Second Life is a complex system with many inter-operating components, from simulators and databases to the viewer you run, and the Internet connections over which data flows. For more on the kinds of service disruptions you may encounter and how the parts all fit together visit the wiki article here.
Who am I sharing a server with?
Max Case's Sim Neighbours will tell you which sims are on the same server.
I've got inventory problems / items missing / enormous lag
Try clearing your cache (Edit > Preferences > Network > Clear Cache) and relogging.
I want to make a basic script but I am clueless about coding.
You can use Ann Enigma's autoscripter to create simple scripts for your objects.
Anyone got a map of the Grid?
Go to any NCI Campus or InfoNode. Copies of the maps can be found there. Click on the map(s) to get a self-updating copy.
You can also see the maps online: Mainland Continents Sansara and Heterocera Atoll
What is "baked"? A glossary of SL terms?
Check out Carl Metropolitan et al's Big Damn SL Glossary and the Shorthand Guide thread started by Chance Abattoir.
Smilies
http://forums.secondlife.com/misc.php?do=showsmilies
Can I get a list of all last names in SL?
Adz Childs' website slnamewatch.com monitors last names and will alert you by email when new ones become available.
I want to make my own clothes.
Check out Minmo Dreadlow's guide here.
I signed up for an alt account but I can't login (account disabled).
Make sure you received the account activation email from LL and clicked on the activation link (avoid using hotmail accounts). You may need to click on the activation link several times until you get the "next steps/account activated" message in a browser window.
I'm stuck on Orientation Island.
Go to the landing point. Click on the billboard that says "Help Island". Keep the landmark it gives you and select "TP". You may want to spend some time on Help Island before leaving for the Mainland (use search or any of the exit signs to leave).
What's an invisiprim?
An invisiprim is an object that can occlude objects, particles and avatars that are behind it. (Specifically, invisiprims only hide objects with alpha channel or 32bit textures unless they're animated.)
Click here to make your own invisiprims.
Who can I ask land related questions inworld?
Search for SL Land Answers Unlimited in Groups. Most members will be more than glad to help you with their extensive knowledge. Join the group (membership is free) and then you can ask your question in group chat. Also you can visit them online.
I want to login with several alts at the same time.
You need to be able to run multiple copies of the SL client. On Windows XP right-click on the Second Life icon on your desktop. Select Properties. Complete the line in the Target field with " -multiple" and confirm by clicking on "OK" so that it looks something like this:
\SecondLife.exe -set SystemLanguage en-us -multiple
(Note the single space before -multiple).
I deleted a script in an object that was generating particles but the particles won't go away.
Floating or hovering text, particles and animated textures become prim properties once set so they won't go away even when you delete the scripts that generated them.
Place the following code as a script in the object to scrub it clean:
default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetSitText( "" );
llSetTouchText( "" );
llParticleSystem( [ ] );
llSetText( "", ZERO_VECTOR, 1.0 );
llSetTextureAnim( FALSE , ALL_SIDES, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0.0 );
llStopSound();
llOwnerSay("prim scrubbed... ");
llRemoveInventory( llGetScriptName() ); // script removes itself
}
}
You can also use Beezle Warburton's dialog based scrubber.
Alternatively, you can drag a copy of the object and the copy will be clean, as suggested by Dnali Anabuki. Be sure to delete the offending script first. Also note that the copy is the one that is left behind and the one you drag becomes the original (watch this vidtut for more on copy dragging).
I'm seeing blue/green lights around objects in my sim.
Most likely you have Show Updates enabled, a debugging tool that shows you when the objects in a sim are being updated. You can turn this off with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-U.
"Show Updates is a debugging tool that shows you how often the sim is updating things. Blue is a fairly cheap, partial update. Red is a full, more expensive update. Green is an object being deleted." - Sindy Tsure.
"Green is an object being deleted, blue is an object position/rotation being updated and red is a full object update." - Meade Paravane
I can't find the Client/Advanced menu.
Ctrl-Alt-D or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D toggles the Client/Advanced menu on and off in Windows. On a Mac use Cmd-Opt-Shift-D.
Can I save a texture to my hard drive?
Double-click on it to open in a window and then select "Save Texture As..." from the main File menu. You must have full permissions to save a texture.
How do I create a notecard?
Open your Inventory and then Create > New note.
I want to add clickable links and pictures to a notecard.
Drag and drop the landmarks or images from your inventory on to the notecard (make sure the images are full perms).
What is a posing stand?
A posing stand is a scripted object that locks your avatar into a position making it easier to adjust its appearance and attachments. Watch Torley's vidtut here.
How many alts can I have?
You may create and operate as many alt accounts as you wish. Only limitations are: no more than 5 alts per unique email address and you can only create 2 accounts in any single 24 hour period.
I want to recover an object that I've lost underground.
If you're still in editing mode you can draw selection rectangles over the area where you last saw the missing object and drag it back up.
Otherwise: Advanced menu > disable camera constraints > move camera underground, select object and move it up.
Where can I find some useful video tutorials?
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials/Quicktips
http://www.torley.com/vidtuts
http://www.mermaiddiaries.com
http://cterport.ed.uiuc.edu/technologies_folder/SL
Can I tell what an object's creation date is?
Right-click on object > select "more" > select "more" again > and select "inspect".
I want to hide a group I'm in from showing up in my profile.
Communicate button > Groups tab > select the group > Info > uncheck "List group in my profile" and confirm with "Okay".
I'm seeing strange geometric shapes on my screen.
Many ATI video cards have trouble handling VBO (Vertex Buffer Objects). You can turn this feature off: Edit > Preferences > Graphics > Hardware > uncheck VBO.
What are Avatar Impostors?
Avatar Impostors are 2D renderings of far-away avatars designed to improve the performance of the Second Life client.
What class of server is my mainland parcel running on?
Linden Lab regularly upgrades old class sims or moves sims around on various servers so it's hard to tell. But you can go to Help/About Secondlife in the client menu and you'll see something like "simXXXX.agni.lindenlab.com". A value of below 2133 for XXXX is normally Class 4, a value above 2132 is most likely a Class 5 server.
How do I make a simple movie screen?
With the latest viewer 1.19.2 and higher you can create a movie screen for parcel media playback on your land.
Create the screen:
make a prim with dimensions X = 10m and z = 7.5m keeping a 4:3 ratio
texture: check full bright, apply "media texture" texture to prim (search in inventory for "media texture" and select it)
Set the media url:
about land > media tab > media url > set > enter a web url > confirm
(the viewer should auto-detect the media type: movie / web content, otherwise manually select the appropriate type)
Click on play in the media control bar to start playback.
I want my movie screen to start playing when someone touches it.
Right-click on object > edit > general > select "play parcel media" (for movies) or "open parcel media" (for web pages, opens the inworld browser) from the dropdown action list "When Left-clicked".
Which media formats can I use for parcel media playback?
Movies should be quicktime playable: mov, mp4. Music files should be mp3 or ogg.
What client settings must be enabled for me to playback media?
Edit menu > preferences > audio & video > play streaming music and play streaming media must be checked.
I want to set up a live audio stream of a concert.
Join the SL Music Community group inworld for information and read their forum for answers on setting up live events.
What is the Forum Cartel?
One of the funniest and most eclectic bunch of residents you can find inworld. That's if you can find them. And if not you can go the Forum Cartel website.
What's a good place to get some help?
You'll almost always get an answer to any question on the SL forums at Resident Answers.
Of course the answer you get may be entirely useless. But it's worth trying! (note: you need to have payment info on file to read and post on the forums).
And inworld you can drop by Travis Lambert's Shelter, at any NCI Help point or at I-mode island.
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