Question About Alt Accounts

Can having so many alt accounts (not necessarily online simulataneously) cause my SL program to slow down?

What would be the maximum number of alt accounts my PC would accommodate before my SL starts to run slowly?

If they do, I would like to specify which alt accounts should be disabled and removed, please.

I am a sixth alt account to someone on SL, btw; and two or three may have to go - only if my excessive alt accounts is slowing my SL down.

Why would you use so many concurrent avatars at once?
You cannot control all these avatars at the same time!

Am i right that one of these two scenarios are true?

* you're cheating, having multiple BF's or GF's or mixture thereof?

* you're running them for traffic purpose for your venture?

Not all 6 of them. But 2 or 3, yes. I just minimize each window.

But that defeats the purpose of this thread. This answer is bordering on the line of off-topic.

The question is... Why?

To sum it up in one word - variety.

And technically, it's not cheating. It's not like it's a game. Besides, variety is the spice of life.

People might want to run multiple avs for the purpose of photography, maybe for a cartoon strip. There's not always a dubious reason for doing so.

for me .one

So it depends on your graphics card?

I had no problem running 3 alt accounts at the same time before, and I wouldn't go to the extent of 4.

But what I was asking was, do having so many accounts registered affect how slow the program on my side runs, or has SL been lagging as of lately?

is there only one second life folder for all these accounts? that may have something to do with it..
i really have no idea if it does or not.. it may.

As far as I know, you can have all the alts that you want. They will degrade de velocity only if logged in simultaneously.

No, what I mean is I have one main username and 5 alternate usernames. They are separate accounts, and I would click each shortcut icon and log on to each username.

But tell me something, has SL been running slow lately? If so, that may be the problem.

Each shortcut icon? Ok that one confused me. I have several alts, and use the same icon to open an SL window and log on, whether I log on just one or several accounts at once. Maybe I completely misunderstood what you meant.

As far as lag is concerned, I am only affected when I have more then one logged on at the same time. And yes, SL has been a bit more laggy than before lately, but I believe that may be related to a certain news story and the influx of new residents.

I have tried using 2 avatars at once on my pc. Yes it slows it down. you are doubling the PC processing power.... or tripple etc.

I can not longer do this as my pc just can't handle 1 instance of SL..
But, I do not see why other accounts not running at same time would effect it.

I was however at a store once, and this owner had like 8 models.. which may or may not have been theirs.. but I know people do it...

I myself have noticed a longer DL time for textures within sl. I rebooted the router/modem cleared cache.... did a bit of clean up on my pc's desktop and guess what.. it still takes a while to DL LOL

No


That totally depends on your computer AND your SL Graphics Settings. Every new launch of the viewer will take more resources and therefore have some impact on all things running. If I run with my usual settings, starting a 3rd client will start really slowing things to a crawl. If I cut graphics way down, I have gotten 4 clients running, though still pretty slow.


Yes. I originally thought it was maybe me, then I started thinking it might be one of the latest server upgrades. I have since decided it is mostly the latest few versions of the client. If I back up to a 1.19 or 1.20 version, things run much faster.

No need for multi AV's I think unless people still run money Chairs then u can make 20 alts suck up there money

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what about testing scripts? testing permissions? keeping a group alive, especially if the group owns land? a model in a store? the list goes on

I believe all the SL accounts on a single computer share the same cache folder. Clearing it out more frequently than you regularly would might help.

That's all I can think of if you aren't running them simultaneously on the same computer.

I would say, if you're using a full graphical viewer (as opposed to a text-based viewer) one avatar per processor core; maybe another one on top of that if you can dial your settings down enough. Any more than that and your SL experience would probably start to degrade considerably.

I can run one instance of the SL viewer and one of the Nicholaz viewer comfortably together on my dual-core, but only if I shut down Firefox. Two viewers *and* Firefox (I usually have at least six tabs open, and various add-ons running in FF) slows my PC to a crawl and often crashes SL completely if I try to move.

I use specific settings when I have two instances of SL running. I have both viewers' graphics prefs set to 'low' and just bump up a few settings to 'high' (flexi-prims, avatars, local lights) and that gives me good enough visuals for, say, running two avatars in a roleplay setting.

I am still trying to figure out if the OP was asking if having a lot of accounts could cause the slow down.....
or having a lot logged in at the same time....

well.. having multiple accounts should not cause a problem if only running one at a time

depending on your computer and graphics card, etc, you can run more than one at a time... without too much problems, but eventually you will reach a limit where it starts to slow you down

I think they were asking about both - at least, that is how I answered it.

Why do they even have ongoing updates? When is SL going to be perfected so that very few future updates will occur?

And there's going to be a Rolling Restart of 1.25 in the near future (if it hasn't occurred already). I hope SL will have a lot fewer updates as we head into 2009 - but knowing Linden Labs, the chances of that occurring, I'll have a much better chance of winning the lottery.

Life changes all the time. Technology changes all the time. Possibilities change all the time. I feel we are lucky that LL is always moving and improving. Changes and improvements are too numerous to mention but include things like flexi-prims, sculpties, scriptable attachments, Havok 4.6, multiple select in inventory, LOD, collusion culling, the icon that indicates an object in inventory is made up of more than one linkset, greater linking distance, ability to build high above the ground, ripple water, etc., etc.

I appreciate all those changes. In the future more will come to pass - things I probably haven't even imagined. Why would anyone want a static world?

This just answered a question that had been bugging me, but my mind just could not put a finger on it. I have my main account and a main alt that I use for co-owner on my land group, testing permissions and misc stuff, and then a few other alts that I've used for various types of testing (one w/ no payment info, one that does not belong to my land group, etc...). In the past week or so, I've been testing lots of little SL nuences - usually only logging one or two in at a time. However, they are all using the same set of preferences that my main uses. Though I might sometimes reduce the graphics settings, I never mess with the cache setting - leaving it at 500m always. Yesterday I was staring at the size of my cache folder on the PC and trying to figure out, with a setting of 500m, why the heck it was at 2 gb and why it seemed to have multiple index type files in it ---- DUH !!!!! each alt is contributing to it.

/me is quite dense on some days

I have 5 "Argent" alts, and occasionally have two or three logged in for testing stuff I'm working on. When testing scripting and permissions you can't keep bugging your friends.

NO. The only thing that affects you is how many you have logged in at that moment. Accounts that are not logged in affect no one.

No, to both of you.

Do not assume that everyone is as limited as you are in imagination or in performing capability. I can, and have, run as many as six accounts at once, engaging in active conversations and roleplaying with all six at once, even when some of them are in different sims.

There are MANY other valid reasons for multiple alts than the few negative ones you imagine:

Product testing: Having one or more alts with various group memberships and/or permissions, to test permissions on items you have prepared for sale.

Access testing: To check group role access or parcel/sim access restrictions.

Roleplaying: Many people are in SL for some reason other than seeking dates for their Player. Some of us like to act, and to tell stories with our characters. You might have diferent accounts for when you want to be a male Human Pirate versus when you want to be a furry vixen barmaid. And maybe you want to play both roles at once! Or to have a maid or butler that can wait on your guests while you entertain them, without having to coordinate with yet another Player to perform in that role.

Group limits: Extra alts to monitor product update notices or other group notices, so your main account doesn't get spammed with those.

Photography/Modeling: One or more alts to wear fashions, while you act as photographer...

Simple question. .How do you set your computer or the program to allow you to bring up Mulit Avatars at the same time. Please help