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JAFFE Varriale

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Join date: 3 Jun 2008

Posts: 3

03-03-2009 16:16

Hi all,

I have a strange problem since a couple of days.
After closing SL the usual way one evening, I started Sl the next day. When I looked at my avatar it seems to be normal except for one thing: the face was black. There's no way I can change it in appearences. Eeven trying to log in with my other av I had the same result!
Has anybody a clue to what happened?
Any ideas are much appreciated
Thankx in advance,
Jaffe

Milla Alexandre

Join date: 22 Jan 2007

Posts: 1,759

03-03-2009 17:00

What are your system specs.....and what graphics card do you have? That would help us find a solution.

Also...have you tried rebaking your textures? Once in a while when I log in I'll have some odd ball texture glitches and rebake will fix it. If you have an nVidia graphics card.....you could be experiencing a known issue with the drivers for that card. The only solution at present (if that's the problem) is to un-check pellatized textures when you log in.

To do this....open your client menu (ctrl/alt D will bring the advanced toolbar menu if you haven't done that already) Under advanced.......rendering....features.....un-check 'pelletized textures'. Then under character.....rebake textures. Hopefully this will solve the issue for you.

Katheryne Helendale

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Join date: 5 Jun 2008

Posts: 2,187

03-03-2009 17:55

From: Milla Alexandre

What are your system specs.....and what graphics card do you have? That would help us find a solution.

Also...have you tried rebaking your textures? Once in a while when I log in I'll have some odd ball texture glitches and rebake will fix it. If you have an nVidia graphics card.....you could be experiencing a known issue with the drivers for that card. The only solution at present (if that's the problem) is to un-check pellatized textures when you log in.

To do this....open your client menu (ctrl/alt D will bring the advanced toolbar menu if you haven't done that already) Under advanced.......rendering....features.....un-check 'pelletized textures'. Then under character.....rebake textures. Hopefully this will solve the issue for you.

I had a similar problem a week or so ago, except it was with my eyes instead of my whole face. The weird part about it was, everyone else saw that my eyes were black, too! Rebaking did fix it, for myself and everyone else.

The fact that everyone around me saw the same glitch I did suggests it's not a graphics driver issue.

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Void Singer

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03-03-2009 22:41

nope, texture cache corruption issue is more likely, they're pulled from the users cache.

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Kitty Barnett

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Join date: 10 May 2006

Posts: 5,586

03-04-2009 00:06

Multimonitor can cause various baked textures to upload all black (clear cache, log off, restarts SL and drag it on over to the *other* monitor and rebake - possibly 2-3 times - on relog).

Switching away/back to SL (especially when running it full-screen) can cause corruption of baked textures as well.

If rebaking won't help:

From: Kitty Barnett

1) Take off all clothing (probably want to be somewhere private )
2) Left-click on the "corrupted" skin and Ctrl-C to copy it
3) Create a new folder (the point here is that you can tell the copy from the original so this is just one easy way to do that) and Ctrl-V to paste a copy of the skin into there
4) Wear a newbie skin (there's some in the library)
5) Edit / Preferences - Network - Clear Cache and close SL & relog
6) Rebake
7) Wear the *copy* of the skin, do another clear cache and relog

Rebake

Not all of the steps are always necessary, but going through the whole elaborate thing gives you the best chance of making it work . If it works, delete the original skin and just wear the copy from then on.

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From: Katheryne Helendale

The fact that everyone around me saw the same glitch I did suggests it's not a graphics driver issue.

Your puter will bake your avie's textures and then upload them back to the sim you're on which other people then download and use to render your avie.

If something goes wrong on your end, everyone will see the same glitch you do (as long as uploading them wasn't what went wrong obviously).

Kasuga Hax

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Join date: 6 Aug 2007

Posts: 284

03-04-2009 01:07

From: Milla Alexandre

What are your system specs.....and what graphics card do you have? That would help us find a solution.

Also...have you tried rebaking your textures? Once in a while when I log in I'll have some odd ball texture glitches and rebake will fix it. If you have an nVidia graphics card.....you could be experiencing a known issue with the drivers for that card. The only solution at present (if that's the problem) is to un-check pellatized textures when you log in.

To do this....open your client menu (ctrl/alt D will bring the advanced toolbar menu if you haven't done that already) Under advanced.......rendering....features.....un-check 'pelletized textures'. Then under character.....rebake textures. Hopefully this will solve the issue for you.

Had the same this with my socks the other day, your method works perfectly.

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Katheryne Helendale

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Posts: 2,187

03-04-2009 02:03

From: Void Singer

nope, texture cache corruption issue is more likely, they're pulled from the users cache.

I would have thought so as well, but it doesn't explain how everyone else in the room with me saw the same corruption I did...

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Kitty Barnett

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Join date: 10 May 2006

Posts: 5,586

03-04-2009 03:34

From: Katheryne Helendale

I would have thought so as well, but it doesn't explain how everyone else in the room with me saw the same corruption I did...

*points up to the second half of her previous post*

You take a picture of yourself, look at it on your puter and notice that it's perfect except for the fact that you have red eyes so you send the picture to a friend and ask them to look at it on their puter to see if you have red eyes for them as well. Since they're looking at the same picture, they're going to see the same thing you did.

Your puter bakes your avie's textures; when someone else sees you they'll see the same baked textures your puter baked. Unless there's a problem with uploading them to the sim the textures you see applied to your avie's mesh are going to be what other people will see.

If you notice a problem with your (or another) avie's shape on the other hand (ie the historical "zombie avie with no eyes in the sockets" or the "shredded jesus/scarecrow" problems) then the issue is entirely on your end and everyone else will see it normal.

Void Singer

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03-04-2009 04:20

kitty got it, but for a simpler clarification, everyones image of your av is based on what's in your local cache, which gets sent to the server.

it's one way to offload some traffic from the asset servers.

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Katheryne Helendale

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03-04-2009 04:25

Ahhh... I did not know that! I thought everyone was sent a copy of my avatar data when I land somewhere.

That certainly explains why slower people (bandwidth-wise) tend to remain cloudy puffballs for me until they edit appearance.

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JAFFE Varriale

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Join date: 3 Jun 2008

Posts: 3

03-06-2009 03:55

Thankx all!!

Rebaking did the trick!
All's fine now
Thankx for all the input

NomadOfNorad Loon

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Join date: 4 Feb 2007

Posts: 7

03-08-2009 13:18

I actually had a glitch recently where I was seeing myself as my regular av, but one of the other users stated I'd been "Ruthed." I was showing up as having a female body. He was telling me that to fix this, I could edit my av's settings (add or remove a garment, say)... but as he was telling me this, I loaded a different av and then went back to my regular av, and the problem resolved itself.

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JAFFE Varriale Registered User Join date: 3 Jun 2008 Posts: 3	03-03-2009 16:16 Hi all, I have a strange problem since a couple of days. After closing SL the usual way one evening, I started Sl the next day. When I looked at my avatar it seems to be normal except for one thing: the face was black. There's no way I can change it in appearences. Eeven trying to log in with my other av I had the same result! Has anybody a clue to what happened? Any ideas are much appreciated Thankx in advance, Jaffe
Milla Alexandre Milla Alexandre Join date: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,759	03-03-2009 17:00 What are your system specs.....and what graphics card do you have? That would help us find a solution. Also...have you tried rebaking your textures? Once in a while when I log in I'll have some odd ball texture glitches and rebake will fix it. If you have an nVidia graphics card.....you could be experiencing a known issue with the drivers for that card. The only solution at present (if that's the problem) is to un-check pellatized textures when you log in. To do this....open your client menu (ctrl/alt D will bring the advanced toolbar menu if you haven't done that already) Under advanced.......rendering....features.....un-check 'pelletized textures'. Then under character.....rebake textures. Hopefully this will solve the issue for you.
Katheryne Helendale (loading...) Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 2,187	03-03-2009 17:55 From: Milla Alexandre What are your system specs.....and what graphics card do you have? That would help us find a solution. Also...have you tried rebaking your textures? Once in a while when I log in I'll have some odd ball texture glitches and rebake will fix it. If you have an nVidia graphics card.....you could be experiencing a known issue with the drivers for that card. The only solution at present (if that's the problem) is to un-check pellatized textures when you log in. To do this....open your client menu (ctrl/alt D will bring the advanced toolbar menu if you haven't done that already) Under advanced.......rendering....features.....un-check 'pelletized textures'. Then under character.....rebake textures. Hopefully this will solve the issue for you. I had a similar problem a week or so ago, except it was with my eyes instead of my whole face. The weird part about it was, everyone else saw that my eyes were black, too! Rebaking did fix it, for myself and everyone else. The fact that everyone around me saw the same glitch I did suggests it's not a graphics driver issue. _____________________ From: Debra Himmel Of course, its all just another conspiracy, and I'm a conspiracy nut. Need a high-quality custom or pre-fab home? Please check out my XStreetSL Marketplace at http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=231434/ or IM me in-world.
Void Singer Int vSelf = Sing(void); Join date: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 6,973	03-03-2009 22:41 nope, texture cache corruption issue is more likely, they're pulled from the users cache. _____________________ \| \| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected" \| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and \| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion \| \| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks. \| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link... \| -
Kitty Barnett Registered User Join date: 10 May 2006 Posts: 5,586	03-04-2009 00:06 Multimonitor can cause various baked textures to upload all black (clear cache, log off, restarts SL and drag it on over to the other monitor and rebake - possibly 2-3 times - on relog). Switching away/back to SL (especially when running it full-screen) can cause corruption of baked textures as well. If rebaking won't help: From: Kitty Barnett 1) Take off all clothing (probably want to be somewhere private ) 2) Left-click on the "corrupted" skin and Ctrl-C to copy it 3) Create a new folder (the point here is that you can tell the copy from the original so this is just one easy way to do that) and Ctrl-V to paste a copy of the skin into there 4) Wear a newbie skin (there's some in the library) 5) Edit / Preferences - Network - Clear Cache and close SL & relog 6) Rebake 7) Wear the copy of the skin, do another clear cache and relog Rebake Not all of the steps are always necessary, but going through the whole elaborate thing gives you the best chance of making it work . If it works, delete the original skin and just wear the copy from then on. --- From: Katheryne Helendale The fact that everyone around me saw the same glitch I did suggests it's not a graphics driver issue. Your puter will bake your avie's textures and then upload them back to the sim you're on which other people then download and use to render your avie. If something goes wrong on your end, everyone will see the same glitch you do (as long as uploading them wasn't what went wrong obviously).
Kasuga Hax Hanja Welcome Area Helper Join date: 6 Aug 2007 Posts: 284	03-04-2009 01:07 From: Milla Alexandre What are your system specs.....and what graphics card do you have? That would help us find a solution. Also...have you tried rebaking your textures? Once in a while when I log in I'll have some odd ball texture glitches and rebake will fix it. If you have an nVidia graphics card.....you could be experiencing a known issue with the drivers for that card. The only solution at present (if that's the problem) is to un-check pellatized textures when you log in. To do this....open your client menu (ctrl/alt D will bring the advanced toolbar menu if you haven't done that already) Under advanced.......rendering....features.....un-check 'pelletized textures'. Then under character.....rebake textures. Hopefully this will solve the issue for you. Had the same this with my socks the other day, your method works perfectly. _____________________ Reality is an illusion, caused due to lack of alcohol. Als een rommelig bureau een rommelige geest betekent, wat betekent dan een leeg bureau? De kwaliteitsverbeteringsinitiatieven.
Katheryne Helendale (loading...) Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 2,187	03-04-2009 02:03 From: Void Singer nope, texture cache corruption issue is more likely, they're pulled from the users cache. I would have thought so as well, but it doesn't explain how everyone else in the room with me saw the same corruption I did... _____________________ From: Debra Himmel Of course, its all just another conspiracy, and I'm a conspiracy nut. Need a high-quality custom or pre-fab home? Please check out my XStreetSL Marketplace at http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=231434/ or IM me in-world.
Kitty Barnett Registered User Join date: 10 May 2006 Posts: 5,586	03-04-2009 03:34 From: Katheryne Helendale I would have thought so as well, but it doesn't explain how everyone else in the room with me saw the same corruption I did... points up to the second half of her previous post You take a picture of yourself, look at it on your puter and notice that it's perfect except for the fact that you have red eyes so you send the picture to a friend and ask them to look at it on their puter to see if you have red eyes for them as well. Since they're looking at the same picture, they're going to see the same thing you did. Your puter bakes your avie's textures; when someone else sees you they'll see the same baked textures your puter baked. Unless there's a problem with uploading them to the sim the textures you see applied to your avie's mesh are going to be what other people will see. If you notice a problem with your (or another) avie's shape on the other hand (ie the historical "zombie avie with no eyes in the sockets" or the "shredded jesus/scarecrow" problems) then the issue is entirely on your end and everyone else will see it normal.
Void Singer Int vSelf = Sing(void); Join date: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 6,973	03-04-2009 04:20 kitty got it, but for a simpler clarification, everyones image of your av is based on what's in your local cache, which gets sent to the server. it's one way to offload some traffic from the asset servers. _____________________ \| \| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected" \| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and \| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion \| \| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks. \| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link... \| -
Katheryne Helendale (loading...) Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 2,187	03-04-2009 04:25 Ahhh... I did not know that! I thought everyone was sent a copy of my avatar data when I land somewhere. That certainly explains why slower people (bandwidth-wise) tend to remain cloudy puffballs for me until they edit appearance. _____________________ From: Debra Himmel Of course, its all just another conspiracy, and I'm a conspiracy nut. Need a high-quality custom or pre-fab home? Please check out my XStreetSL Marketplace at http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=231434/ or IM me in-world.
JAFFE Varriale Registered User Join date: 3 Jun 2008 Posts: 3	03-06-2009 03:55 Thankx all!! Rebaking did the trick! All's fine now Thankx for all the input
NomadOfNorad Loon Registered User Join date: 4 Feb 2007 Posts: 7	03-08-2009 13:18 I actually had a glitch recently where I was seeing myself as my regular av, but one of the other users stated I'd been "Ruthed." I was showing up as having a female body. He was telling me that to fix this, I could edit my av's settings (add or remove a garment, say)... but as he was telling me this, I loaded a different av and then went back to my regular av, and the problem resolved itself.