Second Life and Virtual Worlds
How Bump, Normal, and Depth Maps are created in Photoshop changed in 2017 CC. I hadn’t noticed until I needed to make a normal map. Then I stumbled across this video while checking to see if NVIDIA’s normal map tool would work with the newest 2017 CC. The video uses the 3D mode. When creating … Read more
I keep looking for ways to find great photos of Second Life™ in Flickr. I am slowly learning how to find artists I have no clue exist.
I’ve been trying to see how one sees the new images in groups I have joined. I’ve Googled and dug through the Flickr HELP. No joy. People seem to think it is not possible. May be those that know how think it so basic everyone knows.
I noticed Machinimatrix posting a video on how to integrate Manuel Bastioni with AvaStar. BElow is an image link to the video as it won’t display embedded here. Sheeesh..
So, what is Manuel Bastioni? It is an open source character generator for Blender. Seems it is competition for MakeHuman. The download is here: Manuel Bastioni.
I got word of a new game in SL. It is an experience shoot ‘em up type game. You’ll find it at: Games (SLURL).
A unique aspect of the game is each day the top 3 players win L$ cash.
So, now I have a new place to send newbies to get L$ cash.
There was no roll to the main channel today. A roll to the RC channels is expected Wednesday. The change is listed as;
All three RC channels are scheduled for 2017-03-29 update; RC Bluesteel, LeTigre, Magnum.
Changes: Added and tweaked asset metrics stats logging
I know the Lindens are working in updates to the render cost figures. They are also changing delivery of more assets to be via Content Delivery Networks (CDN). So, I’m not sure which effort is supported by the tweaks… both?
I’ve compressed parts of the video without voice to reduce the run time.
These are the tops discussed during the meeting. They are in the order they appear in the video. Because I was time compressing the video, I didn’t collect the time marks.