Second Life Forums Archive - SL on Mac: Black hole instead of avatar?

Maize Underby

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Join date: 8 Jan 2009

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01-08-2009 14:55

Does anybody know what's going on with this? When I use Second Life, in the place of my avatar, there's a giant black nothingness (but actually, with hair and shoes). If I go into the appearance changing preferences, in the boxes that look to me like they are supposed to show previews of my avatar if I tweak that setting, there's also just a black square. I see other people's avatars, for the most part (although I think a few are black holes also). If I take my clothes off and put them back on, it doesn't change.

It also stays that way pretty much as long as I stay in SL (I thought at first it might just be loading but I waited about an hour or a bit more and exited and relaunched it a couple of times). It also isn't affected by turning on or off avatar impostors, dragging the graphics slider anywhere across its performance range, or altering the avatar mesh detail anywhere across its range.

There's a reduced-size screen shot of this available here:

I'm using a MacBook Pro 15" with a 2.0 GHz Core Duo CPU and an ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB of VRAM.

Ann Launay

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01-08-2009 15:03

Discussion here: /327/79/299796/1.html

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Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.

Love Hastings

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01-08-2009 16:26

I love that effect so much I made a skin for when SL isn't broken.

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Clarissa Lowell

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Join date: 10 Apr 2006

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01-08-2009 17:00

Been happening to me, too.

I can't get a new video card just now - am gonna get a new mac instead. Yes another mac. I have Photoshop and can't afford to buy a new Photoshop for PC so I can get CS4. Cheaper to upgrade for a Mac.

Btw any tips on which specs to get for Mac for SL (think - max, above and beyond) are welcome. (iMac probably)

Brenda Connolly

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01-08-2009 17:23

That doesn't look like Mac

2fast4u Nabob

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01-08-2009 19:13

I had the same problem on a MacBook Pro (notebook). If you are using an external monitor and are running SL on it, move it back to the notebook's display and it will be ok.

You can still use your external display - just start SL on the notebook's display and move it over once it is running. It's a pain, but worth it - SL looks great on my 24" monitor

SL on Mac: Black hole instead of avatar?
Maize Underby Registered User Join date: 8 Jan 2009 Posts: 1	01-08-2009 14:55 Does anybody know what's going on with this? When I use Second Life, in the place of my avatar, there's a giant black nothingness (but actually, with hair and shoes). If I go into the appearance changing preferences, in the boxes that look to me like they are supposed to show previews of my avatar if I tweak that setting, there's also just a black square. I see other people's avatars, for the most part (although I think a few are black holes also). If I take my clothes off and put them back on, it doesn't change. It also stays that way pretty much as long as I stay in SL (I thought at first it might just be loading but I waited about an hour or a bit more and exited and relaunched it a couple of times). It also isn't affected by turning on or off avatar impostors, dragging the graphics slider anywhere across its performance range, or altering the avatar mesh detail anywhere across its range. There's a reduced-size screen shot of this available here: I'm using a MacBook Pro 15" with a 2.0 GHz Core Duo CPU and an ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB of VRAM.
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ Join date: 8 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,893	01-08-2009 15:03 Discussion here: /327/79/299796/1.html _____________________ ~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things. Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
Love Hastings #66666 Join date: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,094	01-08-2009 16:26 I love that effect so much I made a skin for when SL isn't broken. _____________________
Clarissa Lowell Gone. G'bye. Join date: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 3,020	01-08-2009 17:00 Been happening to me, too. I can't get a new video card just now - am gonna get a new mac instead. Yes another mac. I have Photoshop and can't afford to buy a new Photoshop for PC so I can get CS4. Cheaper to upgrade for a Mac. Btw any tips on which specs to get for Mac for SL (think - max, above and beyond) are welcome. (iMac probably)
Brenda Connolly Un United Avatar Join date: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 25,000	01-08-2009 17:23 That doesn't look like Mac
2fast4u Nabob SL-ice.net Join date: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 542	01-08-2009 19:13 I had the same problem on a MacBook Pro (notebook). If you are using an external monitor and are running SL on it, move it back to the notebook's display and it will be ok. You can still use your external display - just start SL on the notebook's display and move it over once it is running. It's a pain, but worth it - SL looks great on my 24" monitor

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