Nalates' Things & Stuff

AvaStar Videos 2018

2017/12/20 by Nalates Urriah

The people at Machinimatrix are asking what tutorials are needed for the new AvaStar 2 (now v2.1.1). They are planning to start producing new videos. So, this is your chance to suggest what is needed. Machinimatrix: What videos are needed most ? We are going into video production again. However, this time we want to … Read more

Second Life News 2017 w51

2017/12/19 by Nalates Urriah

I think the Server-Scripting UG meeting is about the last UG meeting of the year. Servers There is no Deploys thread as of 10:45 AM. Nor has my region in the mainland been restarted. The last main channel restart was 12/12. From the UG meeting we are told no new updates this week or next. … Read more

Interesting Second Life Avatar: Snokra Snake

2017/12/18 by Nalates Urriah

It is a cute avatar. But, I find it interesting because of what is included in the package, which makes this an awesome deal. Snokra Snake (SL Marketplace) The features currently available with V0.9 are; Well over 130 animations Bento support, with tons of hand poses, tail poses and tail animations Expressive face, with several … Read more

Third-Party Viewer UG Meeting 2017 w50

2017/12/16 by Nalates Urriah

This week lots of things got discussed and explained in the third-party UG meeting. So, we have some information on Second Life™ viewers and some hints on the directions the Lindens are going.

I have some time mark information in my summary. Some of the sections I’ve just said what they are about as the discussion is too time consuming to accurately summarize. These are sections you should watch if you have an interest in the subject.

Alex Ivy has one more bug to fix, an updater problem. It is expected to release Friday, as another RC. With any luck we will see the version go out as the main viewer before Christmas.

There are some challenges getting the Linden Updater working with third-party viewers. Oz Linden says the Lab will work with third-party developers that want help with it.

Content Creation UG 2017 w50

2017/12/15 by Nalates Urriah

Thursdays are becoming busier for me. I find it harder to get to the Thursday User Group meetings. Fortunately, Medhue streamed the meeting.

The audio is horrible.

Index

02:00 – Bakes on Mesh Project. Under way. No time frames. They think it is going well.

The idea they are operating on is the change for baking on mesh objects (all objects?) will be only viewer side. The idea is they will use magic texture UUID’s. If the system sees a magic UUID the texture information will be sent to the Bakes on Service.

Vir Linden points out this leaves some questions unanswered. They have yet to figure those points out. In progress.

04:25 – Animesh. There is an update to the Appearance Service in the works. As there are calculation the service has to do depending on what you have attached to the avatar. Think of it as the height thing for those of us wearing spike heels… but not limited to.

Internet Freedom

2017/12/15 by Nalates Urriah

The Net Neutrality issue has been buried in in Leftist rhetoric. Almost all the coverage has been one sided. I have yet to see any major news outlet actually quote what the roll-back plan is or what the rules will be. Most coverage has been hysterical fluff and misdirection. Today there is an article in … Read more