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Lucy Zelmanov

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03-26-2008 11:43

Has anybody else noticed the ban walls now flash on and off ?
[Rant] If it's just me then I'll mess with my settings ect... but if not (just me) whos stupid idea was it ? Like it's not as if they are not anoying enough as it is. I know we are not listened to by the Lindens but this is a step beyond. This is fucking with us in the most cynical way. [/RANT]

Trout Recreant

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Join date: 24 Jul 2007

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03-26-2008 11:46

I ran into some the other night and they didn't flash. I think I'm using the latest RC. Did you just DL an update? They actually disappeared for me for a while, then reappeared the last time I updated, but they looked like normal ban lines.

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Elora Lunasea

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03-26-2008 11:51

Yep, noticed this just last night too. Really sucks. Bad enough to look them to begin with but now to have the flashing in your face as well. Could things get any worse?

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Rioko Bamaisin

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03-26-2008 11:52

I noticed the same thing yesterday on Elora's stupid neighbor's property! Even more annoying now if that is possible.

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Elora Lunasea

Mrs. Llama

Join date: 28 Aug 2007

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03-26-2008 11:54

From: Rioko Bamaisin

I noticed the same thing yesterday on Elora's stupid neighbor's property! Even more annoying now if that is possible.

Lol! It's like it may as well be saying "F--k you! F'--k you! F--k you!" in screaming red neon over and over and over!

/me feels my eyes and ears beginning to bleed...

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Lucy Zelmanov

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03-26-2008 12:23

@Trout - I'm using Second Life 1.19.1 (2) Mar 19 2008 17:40:40 (Second Life Release Candidate)

Glad (in a sort of way) it's not just me then. They must have hired some real f***tards in the last few months for them to think this is an improvement.

Ceera Murakami

Texture Artist / Builder

Join date: 9 Sep 2005

Posts: 7,750

03-26-2008 14:20

Just tried this with one of my alts and a Win XP system running the 1.19.1 (2) Release Candidate, and could not replicate it. The ban lines on my neighbor's parcel looked normal.

I also checked while logged in as myself, and as land owner there is no option to control how the ban lines look.

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Ann Launay

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03-26-2008 14:30

I just had a picture go through my head of an av in a trench coat running up to ban lines and, well, flashing them.

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Lexxi Gynoid

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03-26-2008 14:52

From: Ann Launay

I just had a picture go through my head of an av in a trench coat running up to ban lines and, well, flashing them.

/me rolling around laughing (must be the 'nip) "I recall another thread where someone mentioned seeing a naked man bouncing off ban lines trying to get to her."

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Bradley Bracken

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03-26-2008 16:07

Has anyone tried jumping through them for the second they flash off? Kinda like the chompers scene in Galaxy Quest.

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Hugsy Penguin

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Join date: 20 Jun 2005

Posts: 851

03-26-2008 16:13

I downloaded the latest release client and didn't notice any flashing with either the plot next door to mine or on Elora's. Perhaps it's a graphics card issue (my specs below)?

I have to say that while on Elora's plot I accidentally fell off the sand prim and into the ban lines. I was then thrown up and back onto the sand prim. It was pretty funny and I entertained myself with that about a dozen times, lol.

Specs:

Second Life 1.19.1 (3) Mar 26 2008 12:59:02 (Second Life Release Candidate)

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Unknown model) (3192 MHz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 GS/AGP/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.3
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.13969 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.11_0000000000)

ETA: If I move the camera around, the lines turn off at certain angles. I think it's a draw bug, not an intentional flash.

--Hugsy

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Elora Lunasea

Mrs. Llama

Join date: 28 Aug 2007

Posts: 4,828

03-26-2008 17:38

From: Hugsy Penguin

I downloaded the latest release client and didn't notice any flashing with either the plot next door to mine or on Elora's. Perhaps it's a graphics card issue (my specs below)?

I have to say that while on Elora's plot I accidentally fell off the sand prim and into the ban lines. I was then thrown up and back onto the sand prim. It was pretty funny and I entertained myself with that about a dozen times, lol.

Specs:

Second Life 1.19.1 (3) Mar 26 2008 12:59:02 (Second Life Release Candidate)

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Unknown model) (3192 MHz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 GS/AGP/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.3
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.13969 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.11_0000000000)

ETA: If I move the camera around, the lines turn off at certain angles. I think it's a draw bug, not an intentional flash.

--Hugsy

For some reason - the image of you flinging yourself around there really cracked me up. Maybe one other reason he finally took those megaprims down finally lol.

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Lucy Zelmanov

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Join date: 19 Feb 2007

Posts: 178

03-26-2008 19:45

just d/l the manditory/optional update too, still flashing away for me.

Second Life 1.19.1 (3) Mar 26 2008 12:59:02 (Second Life Release Candidate)

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Unknown model) (3391 MHz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO - 512mb ver
OpenGL Version: 2.1.7275 Release
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.13972 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.11_0000000000)

Now thats just plain weird, I loaded up the Nicholaz OS(o) version and it's happening in that too.

Hugsy Penguin

Sky Junkie

Join date: 20 Jun 2005

Posts: 851

03-26-2008 19:50

Is it flashing even when you're not moving around and the camera is still? Is it flashing in a regular interval?

--Hugsy

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Lucy Zelmanov

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Join date: 19 Feb 2007

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03-26-2008 19:53

yup moving, not moving, and regular, thats why I suspected a Linden upgrade was responsible.

Cesce Lane

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Join date: 30 Mar 2007

Posts: 33

03-26-2008 20:49

I've noticed them flashing too, but put it down to positioning. However, I hate the blasted things... I have a small beach plot and am now almost surrounded by them. What do people DO that they have to have them up all the time?? The only time I put them up was when I was pissed with my neighbour (who's actually a friend - a bit like banishing your husband to the sofa, lol) and then it was only for a day. If it's that they're having 'sex', then couldn't they just put them up for that... a bit like drawing the curtains? It's unfriendly and antisocial and it's not like people can nick your stuff....

Lucy Zelmanov

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Join date: 19 Feb 2007

Posts: 178

03-27-2008 12:46

would just be nice to be able to filter them out like particles.

Ricky Yates

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Join date: 28 Jan 2007

Posts: 809

03-27-2008 13:15

Yep. Definitely flashing now.

/me facepalms

Who asked for this??

Oh, for an option ... any option ... to make these lines invisible!

Graphicguru Gustav

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Join date: 5 Oct 2007

Posts: 775

03-27-2008 13:47

From: Bradley Bracken

Has anyone tried jumping through them for the second they flash off? Kinda like the chompers scene in Galaxy Quest.

That has to be ONE OF my all time favorite cult classic movies!

I am chomping at the bit to see if the ban lines look any different, now that I went ahead and downloaded Wind Light...I have heard someone say they couldn't see them, now that they have Wind Light.

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Sling Trebuchet

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Join date: 20 Jan 2007

Posts: 4,548

03-27-2008 13:53

I don't tend to see ban lines very much day to day.
This comes from a combination of staying around nice large parcels and one of
a) Engaging neighbours in polite conversation, explaining the issues (sometimes with the assistance of visual aids), helping them so set up security devices if they still think they need them
or, depending on what you're having yourself
b) terrorising people so that they bend to my will

I dropped into Elora's place at the same time that Hugsey was using the griefing neighbour's ban lines as a vertical trampoline.
He saw then as steady all the time.
I saw them as flashing at times, steady at other times.

I'm not convinced that there is any intention/attempt on LL's part to make them flash.
It's just another quirk of SL - some combination of viewer version and rendering load on the PC.

Ceera Murakami

Texture Artist / Builder

Join date: 9 Sep 2005

Posts: 7,750

03-27-2008 14:40

I wonder... If a small parcel has ban linnes on, perhaps this flashing is caused by the lines on either side, or on adjacent sides, doing some sort of alpha glitch fighting? Either that, or it is specific to certain video card/OS configuratons. I still can't see it.

Using the alt that I have for testing bans, I looked at a nearby set of ban lines with the Mac RC3 client, and still saw no flashing.

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Flashing Ban Walls !
Lucy Zelmanov Registered User Join date: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178	03-26-2008 11:43 Has anybody else noticed the ban walls now flash on and off ? [Rant] If it's just me then I'll mess with my settings ect... but if not (just me) whos stupid idea was it ? Like it's not as if they are not anoying enough as it is. I know we are not listened to by the Lindens but this is a step beyond. This is fucking with us in the most cynical way. [/RANT]
Trout Recreant Public Enemy No. 1 Join date: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 4,873	03-26-2008 11:46 I ran into some the other night and they didn't flash. I think I'm using the latest RC. Did you just DL an update? They actually disappeared for me for a while, then reappeared the last time I updated, but they looked like normal ban lines. _____________________ From: Jerboa Haystack A Trout Rating (tm) is something to cherish. To flaunt and be proud of. It is something all women should aspire to obtain!
Elora Lunasea Mrs. Llama Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,828	03-26-2008 11:51 Yep, noticed this just last night too. Really sucks. Bad enough to look them to begin with but now to have the flashing in your face as well. Could things get any worse? _____________________ eloralunasea.blogspot.com Have you hugged a llama today?
Rioko Bamaisin Unstable Princess Join date: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,668	03-26-2008 11:52 I noticed the same thing yesterday on Elora's stupid neighbor's property! Even more annoying now if that is possible. _____________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rioko1/
Elora Lunasea Mrs. Llama Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,828	03-26-2008 11:54 From: Rioko Bamaisin I noticed the same thing yesterday on Elora's stupid neighbor's property! Even more annoying now if that is possible. Lol! It's like it may as well be saying "F--k you! F'--k you! F--k you!" in screaming red neon over and over and over! /me feels my eyes and ears beginning to bleed... _____________________ eloralunasea.blogspot.com Have you hugged a llama today?
Lucy Zelmanov Registered User Join date: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178	03-26-2008 12:23 @Trout - I'm using Second Life 1.19.1 (2) Mar 19 2008 17:40:40 (Second Life Release Candidate) Glad (in a sort of way) it's not just me then. They must have hired some real f***tards in the last few months for them to think this is an improvement.
Ceera Murakami Texture Artist / Builder Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 7,750	03-26-2008 14:20 Just tried this with one of my alts and a Win XP system running the 1.19.1 (2) Release Candidate, and could not replicate it. The ban lines on my neighbor's parcel looked normal. I also checked while logged in as myself, and as land owner there is no option to control how the ban lines look. _____________________ Sorry, LL won't let me tell you where I sell my textures and where I offer my services as a sim builder. Ask me in-world.
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ Join date: 8 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,893	03-26-2008 14:30 I just had a picture go through my head of an av in a trench coat running up to ban lines and, well, flashing them. _____________________ ~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.
Lexxi Gynoid #'s 86000, 97800 Join date: 6 Aug 2007 Posts: 3,732	03-26-2008 14:52 From: Ann Launay I just had a picture go through my head of an av in a trench coat running up to ban lines and, well, flashing them. /me rolling around laughing (must be the 'nip) "I recall another thread where someone mentioned seeing a naked man bouncing off ban lines trying to get to her." _____________________ Her Royal Highness Buttercup Meow the XXI
Bradley Bracken Goodbye, Farewell, Amen Join date: 2 Apr 2007 Posts: 3,856	03-26-2008 16:07 Has anyone tried jumping through them for the second they flash off? Kinda like the chompers scene in Galaxy Quest. _____________________ My interest in SL has simply died. Thanks for all the laughs
Hugsy Penguin Sky Junkie Join date: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 851	03-26-2008 16:13 I downloaded the latest release client and didn't notice any flashing with either the plot next door to mine or on Elora's. Perhaps it's a graphics card issue (my specs below)? I have to say that while on Elora's plot I accidentally fell off the sand prim and into the ban lines. I was then thrown up and back onto the sand prim. It was pretty funny and I entertained myself with that about a dozen times, lol. Specs: Second Life 1.19.1 (3) Mar 26 2008 12:59:02 (Second Life Release Candidate) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Unknown model) (3192 MHz) Memory: 2048 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 GS/AGP/SSE2 OpenGL Version: 2.0.3 LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.13969 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.11_0000000000) ETA: If I move the camera around, the lines turn off at certain angles. I think it's a draw bug, not an intentional flash. --Hugsy _____________________ -- Hugsy Penguin
Elora Lunasea Mrs. Llama Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,828	03-26-2008 17:38 From: Hugsy Penguin I downloaded the latest release client and didn't notice any flashing with either the plot next door to mine or on Elora's. Perhaps it's a graphics card issue (my specs below)? I have to say that while on Elora's plot I accidentally fell off the sand prim and into the ban lines. I was then thrown up and back onto the sand prim. It was pretty funny and I entertained myself with that about a dozen times, lol. Specs: Second Life 1.19.1 (3) Mar 26 2008 12:59:02 (Second Life Release Candidate) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Unknown model) (3192 MHz) Memory: 2048 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 GS/AGP/SSE2 OpenGL Version: 2.0.3 LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.13969 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.11_0000000000) ETA: If I move the camera around, the lines turn off at certain angles. I think it's a draw bug, not an intentional flash. --Hugsy For some reason - the image of you flinging yourself around there really cracked me up. Maybe one other reason he finally took those megaprims down finally lol. _____________________ eloralunasea.blogspot.com Have you hugged a llama today?
Lucy Zelmanov Registered User Join date: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178	03-26-2008 19:45 just d/l the manditory/optional update too, still flashing away for me. Second Life 1.19.1 (3) Mar 26 2008 12:59:02 (Second Life Release Candidate) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Unknown model) (3391 MHz) Memory: 2048 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO - 512mb ver OpenGL Version: 2.1.7275 Release LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.13972 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.11_0000000000) Now thats just plain weird, I loaded up the Nicholaz OS(o) version and it's happening in that too.
Hugsy Penguin Sky Junkie Join date: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 851	03-26-2008 19:50 Is it flashing even when you're not moving around and the camera is still? Is it flashing in a regular interval? --Hugsy _____________________ -- Hugsy Penguin
Lucy Zelmanov Registered User Join date: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178	03-26-2008 19:53 yup moving, not moving, and regular, thats why I suspected a Linden upgrade was responsible.
Cesce Lane Registered User Join date: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 33	03-26-2008 20:49 I've noticed them flashing too, but put it down to positioning. However, I hate the blasted things... I have a small beach plot and am now almost surrounded by them. What do people DO that they have to have them up all the time?? The only time I put them up was when I was pissed with my neighbour (who's actually a friend - a bit like banishing your husband to the sofa, lol) and then it was only for a day. If it's that they're having 'sex', then couldn't they just put them up for that... a bit like drawing the curtains? It's unfriendly and antisocial and it's not like people can nick your stuff....
Lucy Zelmanov Registered User Join date: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178	03-27-2008 12:46 would just be nice to be able to filter them out like particles.
Ricky Yates (searching...) Join date: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 809	03-27-2008 13:15 Yep. Definitely flashing now. /me facepalms Who asked for this?? Oh, for an option ... any option ... to make these lines invisible!
Graphicguru Gustav Accepts head scritchings! Join date: 5 Oct 2007 Posts: 775	03-27-2008 13:47 From: Bradley Bracken Has anyone tried jumping through them for the second they flash off? Kinda like the chompers scene in Galaxy Quest. That has to be ONE OF my all time favorite cult classic movies! I am chomping at the bit to see if the ban lines look any different, now that I went ahead and downloaded Wind Light...I have heard someone say they couldn't see them, now that they have Wind Light. _____________________ I am officialy lurking the forums, trying real hard to not be noticed... Junk & stuff I do... http://tinyurl.com/3549gg
Sling Trebuchet Deleted User Join date: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 4,548	03-27-2008 13:53 I don't tend to see ban lines very much day to day. This comes from a combination of staying around nice large parcels and one of a) Engaging neighbours in polite conversation, explaining the issues (sometimes with the assistance of visual aids), helping them so set up security devices if they still think they need them or, depending on what you're having yourself b) terrorising people so that they bend to my will I dropped into Elora's place at the same time that Hugsey was using the griefing neighbour's ban lines as a vertical trampoline. He saw then as steady all the time. I saw them as flashing at times, steady at other times. I'm not convinced that there is any intention/attempt on LL's part to make them flash. It's just another quirk of SL - some combination of viewer version and rendering load on the PC.
Ceera Murakami Texture Artist / Builder Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 7,750	03-27-2008 14:40 I wonder... If a small parcel has ban linnes on, perhaps this flashing is caused by the lines on either side, or on adjacent sides, doing some sort of alpha glitch fighting? Either that, or it is specific to certain video card/OS configuratons. I still can't see it. Using the alt that I have for testing bans, I looked at a nearby set of ban lines with the Mac RC3 client, and still saw no flashing. _____________________ Sorry, LL won't let me tell you where I sell my textures and where I offer my services as a sim builder. Ask me in-world.

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