Over the past couple or maybe even few weeks I have noticed avatars not appearing under their name until i Cam in close to them (like right atop their name).
Today a guy walked right up to me invisible and i saw him coming the entire time via my radar but couldn't see his avatar until I Cam'd to where i thought he was at which point he appeared on my screen.
This is getting worse for me. More and more avatars are appearing invisible with just a name floating over their head even if they are less than 10m from me. Only after Cam'ing over them does their name appear.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Briana Dawson
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05-13-2009 05:03
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Milla Alexandre
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05-13-2009 05:10
Hmmmm...
Maybe......you're tapping into the SL spiritual realm....  But seriously, no...I haven't seen it with other avatars, only myself once in a blue moon if I TP to a place with lots of lag. Is there any kind of jira on this yet? You should probably start one.....that has got to be a total pain in the a$$.....especially if a good friend up and changes their hair style!!! How the hell you gonna know who they are now!!!  (well, ok yeah besides the floating name bubbles)  _____________________
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Ephraim Kappler
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05-13-2009 05:15
I've seen quite a bit of that but I thought it was something to do with having my draw distance right down on 64m or maybe a bad connection.
I've also noticed other things like the polygons of the avatar mesh looking much cruder in recent months than they ever did before. I'm using the latest standard viewer and my impression was that perhaps a whole bunch of defaults have been changed to improve general performance. |
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Eli Schlegal
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05-13-2009 05:22
I read something somewhere about a new max number of avatars that the current viewer will render. Anything above that number will be invisible until you change your camera angle.
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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05-13-2009 05:47
What bugs me is that when avatars are invisible.... THEIR BLING STILL RENDERS!!!!! (>_<
 Teh ebil!!!! (>_< _____________________
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Ephraim Kappler
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05-13-2009 05:53
What bugs me is that when avatars are invisible.... THEIR BLING STILL RENDERS!!!!! (>_< Teh ebil!!!! (>_< Advanced>Rendering>Attached Particles. Attached Lights can be switched off just above that if nuclear facelights rub you the wrong way. |
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Clarissa Lowell
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Join date: 10 Apr 2006
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05-13-2009 05:57
I saw an invisible av. They were new, so at first I thought maybe they had gotten some render-invisible thingy sent them as a joke and worn it. (The sim was not crowded or large. It wasn't render time or lag.)
They didn't want to check in inventory (or learn how, maybe) so they relogged because they didn't want to be invisible. The relog fixed it. They were not a cloud, but completely invisible. Usually if someone is slow rezzing they're at least grey or their prims appear. So fwiw I've seen it too, once. _____________________
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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05-13-2009 06:21
Advanced>Rendering>Attached Particles. Attached Lights can be switched off just above that if nuclear facelights rub you the wrong way. _____________________
Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94 |
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Briana Dawson
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05-13-2009 06:24
I read something somewhere about a new max number of avatars that the current viewer will render. Anything above that number will be invisible until you change your camera angle. There were only 4 people in the sim. I have seen this happen in crowded sims and in empty sims. I have had someone TP about 3-4m away and appear invisible until I moved my Cam over their name, at which point they appeared. _____________________
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Wulfric Chevalier
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05-13-2009 09:52
JIRA here: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9137
I've been suffering from this for months, I felt it got quite a lot better with 1.22 (but was still happening) but with the 1.23RC it seems to be worse again. |
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Briana Dawson
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05-13-2009 09:54
Jira makes me cry
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Tarina Sewell
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Join date: 20 Jul 2007
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05-13-2009 10:58
Over the past couple or maybe even few weeks I have noticed avatars not appearing under their name until i Cam in close to them (like right atop their name). Today a guy walked right up to me invisible and i saw him coming the entire time via my radar but couldn't see his avatar until I Cam'd to where i thought he was at which point he appeared on my screen. This is getting worse for me. More and more avatars are appearing invisible with just a name floating over their head even if they are less than 10m from me. Only after Cam'ing over them does their name appear. Is anyone else experiencing this? I am constantly walking into people I dont see!!! This is really a horrible thing. Fix it fix it! |
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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05-13-2009 11:30
I use the RC and public nightly versions and sometimes the regular release
and I too have been seeing this a lot, myself and other avatars when I ask if others see it, they do not, so I take a screeny and show them... sometimes it is rather funny (one guy all I saw was eyeballs and one shoe, and a small sliver of his head between the eyeballs) _____________________
Morpheus Linden: But then I change avs pretty often too, so often, I look nothing like my avatar.  They are taking away the forums... it could be worse, they could be taking away the forums AND Second Life... |
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CarlCorey Colman
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05-13-2009 11:34
I saw an invisible av. Seriously though, I've also experienced invisible AVs in non-crowded situations a LOT lately. Edit: This is with the Hippo viewer which is based on 1.22 _____________________
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Argent Stonecutter
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05-13-2009 11:37
I use the RC and public nightly versions and sometimes the regular release and I too have been seeing this a lot, myself and other avatars _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
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05-13-2009 11:58
Over the past couple or maybe even few weeks I have noticed avatars not appearing under their name until i Cam in close to them (like right atop their name). Today a guy walked right up to me invisible and i saw him coming the entire time via my radar but couldn't see his avatar until I Cam'd to where i thought he was at which point he appeared on my screen. This is getting worse for me. More and more avatars are appearing invisible with just a name floating over their head even if they are less than 10m from me. Only after Cam'ing over them does their name appear. Is anyone else experiencing this? i've been noticing it the past few days..but they end up rezzing in time.. _____________________
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Kenbro Utu
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05-13-2009 12:07
I am getting this a whole lot lately also, still on 1.22.11. Sometimes attachments only will rez for the avatars, even close in.
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Ephraim Kappler
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05-13-2009 12:09
They're changing the texture pipeline so people without baked clothing layers don't show up at all, instead of having your client download and bake them for you. You don't even see your half-baked clothing layers any more. Good to know it's not just our 'puters or connections underperforming. It's much better than Ruth (kinda miss her) or that grey fart (don't miss it at all) we had for a while. I hope skin and clothing makers make a note of this and quit uploading 1024 x 1024 textures. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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05-13-2009 12:27
They're apparently working on a new default skin.
I hope it's something obviously cyberspacey like a tron-suit so it's obviously not a lazy new chum. There's a REASON we got so TIRED of Ruth. _____________________
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Ephraim Kappler
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05-13-2009 12:51
I hope it's something obviously cyberspacey like a tron-suit so it's obviously not a lazy new chum. There's a REASON we got so TIRED of Ruth. I've got a sh!thot Tron suit in the pipeline - just waiting to get the time to finish it (I think it needs a couple of sculpty details for the head). Maybe I'll let them have a freebie copy of it to use when its ready. I only plan to sell the kinky version when it's done. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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05-13-2009 12:53
I've got a sh!thot Tron suit in the pipeline - just waiting to get the time to finish it (I think it needs a couple of sculpty details for the head). Maybe I'll let them have a freebie copy of it to use when its ready. I only plan to sell the kinky version when it's done. _____________________
Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/
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Ephraim Kappler
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05-13-2009 13:04
I'd like a copy (without the kinky details), 'cos I know Jay Maynard (http://www.tronguy.net/?) and he'd get a kick out of it. He's a gas fella. Actually did read about him. I'll send you one soon as it's done. Mind you, I was hoping the Lindens would introduce animation on worn textures. I figure a Tron suit would have to have some animated strips or whatever. Send me an occasional IM in-world ... I'm a little slow about finishing stuff: nothing ever seems to be right enough to give away let alone sell. |
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Feldspar Millgrove
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05-13-2009 17:17
All this time I thought it was just me (not) seeing the invisible avatars!
It's really bad; make going places almost impossible. |
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Eve Drechsler
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Join date: 21 Oct 2007
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05-19-2009 11:21
Experiencing same probs as everyone else. Can someone point me to where I can find 'draw distance' in the latest release? I have tried everything but still cannot locate it. Can't find it in graphics tab at all. It's probably right in front of my eyes
. Thanks for any help. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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05-19-2009 11:36
I'll send you one soon as it's done. Mind you, I was hoping the Lindens would introduce animation on worn textures. I figure a Tron suit would have to have some animated strips or whatever. _____________________
Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/
"And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore |
