Ghost Epidemic - The Dead Fly Among Us

Lately, I think only since the last update, I've been seeing phantom avatars everywhere I go. So far they're all flying, some hovering, some in stretched out, all hanging motionless in the sky. Right now I've been on about half an hour and there are four phantoms above me in Olive. They're trackable if you have their calling card, and the red pillar shows the position of the ghost, but they don't show up on radar and a quick IM reveals the real them is definitely somewhere else. Am I the only one? It's getting spooky out here...all alone...

I saw one today in Cordova.

I've seen lots of them actually and thought it was just me. I smacked into one last night in Taber during a game of pushgun LOL

ive seen quite a few around the stillman telehub... just hanging there

i just ran into a cloud of SEVEN of these. are there bermuda triangles around the SL world?

I tried having a conversation with one tonight. I fear that runs a little too close to walking down the street loudly debating with the air. *blushes*

I see them everywhere now, atleast 5 a day

I see dead people

<thinks about making a t-shirt for eggy>

I'm glad I'm not alone in seeing ghost AV's everywhere.
At first I thought the border of Taber and Welsh was some kind of bermuda triangle (well, a bermuda straight-line anyhoo)... had 5 of them floating there the other night.
Seems to be sim borders that snag the ghosties... at least thats the only places I've seen 'em.

I'm also glad I'm not the only one fooled by them... I felt a right berk when a live AV flew past and asked who i was talking to the other day lol.

I've also had a few problems with prims I'm working on ghosting on me, anyone else been getting this?

YOU ALL HAVE GONE MAD!!!
There are no such things as ghosts!!!

There's no such thing as a Stewart FallingBridge either, but that didnt keep you from posting.

I flew by a really cool AV on Darkwood border and rated it before I realized it was a ghost. It was a scary bird with flames and a sword or pitchfork. An EVIL spirit, perhaps. Best to rate them...keep on their good side. (*No offense intended to whoever's AV it was! I'm sure you are not evil, whoever you are!)

Oh and I also get occasional ghosting with prims I'm working on. You're not the only one, Eddie.

I've noticed when I teleport "Home" in the amidst of typing or activity.. I'm usually phantomed in my previous location. Is this a no brainer or am I just paranoid?

...am I the only one who has Dead Can Dance stuck in their head because of the thread title?

Not only have I seen empty avatars hanging mid-air or frozen like statues, but there has also been an increase in invisible avatars. Several times now, I've only noticed someone was there when they said something. This has happened every now and then since August at least, when I joined. Sometimes, if I look close, I may see a prim or two (an earring, glasses) floating there, visible when they move quickly.

But I've been invisible too! And I've got a lot of attached body parts and they weren't visible either.

But if you find that you are invisible to someone, just swap outfits real quick and they'll be able to see you again.

As for lingering avatar ghosts... If you see my body loitering somewhere, send in back to Blue 250,250.

Hey, it's better than floating attachments... and much more amusing

It was very strange!

Last night, I noticed one of my neighbors standing nearby. This was odd, since the big map told me I was all alone in the sim. So, I marked her and saw the big red pole run right through her. I spoke to her and got no answer. I bumped her and went straight through. Ah! A ghost!

I sent her an IM and asked her to come back to the sim she had teleported out of a few moments ago. I intended to stand her next to her doppelganger and snap a picture

Unfortunately, the second she flew into the sim, the ghost disappeared - and I looked like an idiot (THAT's never happened before! .

Welcome to my world! I've been seeing ghosts since beta. I guess we need traps and proton packs now.

The minute a person enters a sim his ghost will dissapear.
My goal is t beable to see a ghost of my self across a sim border, and see if I canj IM myself.

You definitely should keep us updated on your lofty mission, Dev.

Seems like a goal to me . As far as all the ghosts.. its driving Me nuts. I try and try and try to get rid of them anyway I can, even though I know they're ghosts since they don't come up on radar.

What was suggested is that you delete the cache in the application data folder to help get rid of the ghost problem.... but not only its avatars, its objects too. That can really interfere with building something, seeing since you hafta relog everytime a few ghosted objects appear since they get in the way.

You *do* know that you can move ghosted objects (that you previously owned, right?

I do that all the time when Im attempting to build something, and ghosts start appearing.

Right now in Da Boom I can see 9 ghost avatars. This is slightly ridiculous.

edit: I take it back. It's 12. Almost half the number of avatars a sim can hold. You can track the ghosts and IM them and rate them and look at their profies. Do they count against the avatar limit?

And giant Stay Puft Marshmellow men.

he is friedly.