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Baron Balzibo

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Join date: 26 May 2009

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05-26-2009 17:09

By request of a friend of my, I downloaded and registered for Second Life today, making me quite new to the game. Immediately upon entering, I encountered two issues. The first of which was that it froze quite quickly, but that was due to me having MSN messenger up, which I quickly rectified. The second glitch, however, is beyond both my, and my friend's, knowledge. I direct your attention to the image.

For this image, I logged in, turned until I saw sky, then flew up as far as I could. That is what I see. Upon normally logging in, all I see is that awful gray and the occasional glimpse of sky. All graphics settings are as low as they can be, and I received absolutely no error messages. Is there something I could do to fix this?

Also, as a note, the screen offers no change in this state even after as long as an hour of sitting still... where ever it was that I logged in. I wouldn't be able to say where... being new and yet to see graphics, it is difficult to say.

Thanks in advance.

SuezanneC Baskerville

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Join date: 22 Dec 2003

Posts: 14,229

05-26-2009 17:57

System specs would be useful in figuring out what's wrong.

You can find some in the Second Life help menu, the About Second Life option. You can copy from there and paste it in here.

What operating system, type of processor, speed of processor, amount of ram, type of video card, amount of video ram, type of internet connection (cable, dsl, etc.), wired or wireless network, would be a good starting point for system information.

The Can You Run It? site might be useful; that's at http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest .

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Baron Balzibo

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Join date: 26 May 2009

Posts: 2

05-26-2009 18:08

Ah, quite sorry, not used to requesting for help in this sort of issue, normally I just move on to another game.

Basic specs that the "Can You Run It" site brought up...
Windows XP Professional
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
512 MB RAM
RADEON 7000 SERIES (RADEON 7000 Series AGP (0x5159)) [32 MB RAM for it]

Otherwise...
Wired network... I'm fairly certain using a cable connection too.

The website you provided a link for, quite helpful by the way, thanks, has informed me that it's my video card. Which now tells me what to correct.

Thanks again!

Kyrtis Daehlie

Rawr. <3

Join date: 30 Nov 2006

Posts: 9

05-29-2009 05:20

Try the following:

Control Alt D - to bring up the advanced menu in the client. Go to rendering, features, and uncheck fog to disable it. See if that helps.

Yevad Doobie

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Join date: 5 Jun 2008

Posts: 121

05-30-2009 10:51

This is how things look from altitude if your view is set to 64m. I am presuming that there is nothing within the 64m range to rez.

Malia Writer

Unemployed in paradise

Join date: 20 Aug 2007

Posts: 2,026

05-30-2009 12:39

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but your RAM is barely adequate to run SL and your graphics card is below the minimum requirements.

See the System Requirements page for details.

http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php

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Shambolic Walkenberg

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Join date: 24 May 2008

Posts: 152

05-30-2009 13:25

From: Malia Writer

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but your RAM is barely adequate to run SL and your graphics card is below the minimum requirements.

See the System Requirements page for details.

http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php

Having said that, I've used a Celeron 1.6, 512 ram, and whatever nasty Intel graphics was in that laptop (think it might have been a 945 chipset, or 940) and managed. Slow, but was able to cope in quiet areas where the lappy wasn't forced to do too much.

Eldamar Skizm

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Join date: 9 Apr 2009

Posts: 10

05-31-2009 08:26

That can you run it site needs to be taken with grain of salt as I just ran it to see what it said about my system and it says will not run even though I Have been running daily for months with no issue

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Baron Balzibo Registered User Join date: 26 May 2009 Posts: 2	05-26-2009 17:09 By request of a friend of my, I downloaded and registered for Second Life today, making me quite new to the game. Immediately upon entering, I encountered two issues. The first of which was that it froze quite quickly, but that was due to me having MSN messenger up, which I quickly rectified. The second glitch, however, is beyond both my, and my friend's, knowledge. I direct your attention to the image. For this image, I logged in, turned until I saw sky, then flew up as far as I could. That is what I see. Upon normally logging in, all I see is that awful gray and the occasional glimpse of sky. All graphics settings are as low as they can be, and I received absolutely no error messages. Is there something I could do to fix this? Also, as a note, the screen offers no change in this state even after as long as an hour of sitting still... where ever it was that I logged in. I wouldn't be able to say where... being new and yet to see graphics, it is difficult to say. Thanks in advance.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	05-26-2009 17:57 System specs would be useful in figuring out what's wrong. You can find some in the Second Life help menu, the About Second Life option. You can copy from there and paste it in here. What operating system, type of processor, speed of processor, amount of ram, type of video card, amount of video ram, type of internet connection (cable, dsl, etc.), wired or wireless network, would be a good starting point for system information. The Can You Run It? site might be useful; that's at http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest . _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Baron Balzibo Registered User Join date: 26 May 2009 Posts: 2	05-26-2009 18:08 Ah, quite sorry, not used to requesting for help in this sort of issue, normally I just move on to another game. Basic specs that the "Can You Run It" site brought up... Windows XP Professional Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz 512 MB RAM RADEON 7000 SERIES (RADEON 7000 Series AGP (0x5159)) [32 MB RAM for it] Otherwise... Wired network... I'm fairly certain using a cable connection too. The website you provided a link for, quite helpful by the way, thanks, has informed me that it's my video card. Which now tells me what to correct. Thanks again!
Kyrtis Daehlie Rawr. <3 Join date: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 9	05-29-2009 05:20 Try the following: Control Alt D - to bring up the advanced menu in the client. Go to rendering, features, and uncheck fog to disable it. See if that helps.
Yevad Doobie Registered User Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 121	05-30-2009 10:51 This is how things look from altitude if your view is set to 64m. I am presuming that there is nothing within the 64m range to rez.
Malia Writer Unemployed in paradise Join date: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,026	05-30-2009 12:39 I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but your RAM is barely adequate to run SL and your graphics card is below the minimum requirements. See the System Requirements page for details. http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php _____________________
Shambolic Walkenberg Registered User Join date: 24 May 2008 Posts: 152	05-30-2009 13:25 From: Malia Writer I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but your RAM is barely adequate to run SL and your graphics card is below the minimum requirements. See the System Requirements page for details. http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php Having said that, I've used a Celeron 1.6, 512 ram, and whatever nasty Intel graphics was in that laptop (think it might have been a 945 chipset, or 940) and managed. Slow, but was able to cope in quiet areas where the lappy wasn't forced to do too much.
Eldamar Skizm Registered User Join date: 9 Apr 2009 Posts: 10	05-31-2009 08:26 That can you run it site needs to be taken with grain of salt as I just ran it to see what it said about my system and it says will not run even though I Have been running daily for months with no issue