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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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06-04-2006 11:49
Why do our avatars turn away when we select appearance?

When I want to adjust my appearance I want to see my face, not the back of my head. As an example, if I pluck my eyebrows in real life, I stand facing the mirror, not away from it. If I try on clothes in a store with one of the three mirror setups, I stand facing the mirrors, not away from them. When I use a compact, I hold it in front of my face with the mirrored surface turned toward my face, so I can see my reflection, not behind my head, which would, I suppose, be the Linden Research method of using a compact.

Is leaving the camera and avatar position and rotation completely alone when entering appearance an insurmountable programming challenge?

The Linden Research approach to using a computer, based on how the avatar turns when entering appearance mode, would be to sit in a chair facing the computer, like normal, then turn pi radians and stick your arms behind your back and hope for the best. Some of the forum posts suggest that some users have adopted this approach.

Driving using the Linden positioning system would be quite dangerous. The Linden approach to the use of bathroom facilities would result in .... well, it's not appropriate to describe the consequences in a PG part of the service, such as the forums, and probably not generally a desired conversation topic in most places.

Well, at any rate, what would possess the program designers to make our avatars face away from us when entering appearance mode?
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Torley Linden
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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06-05-2006 00:49
LOLEX Suez, I could imagine a movie being made about this! THE HORROR OF BACKWARDS-WORLD!

Seriously, however... the default camera positioning has your avatar facing towards the distance. Going into Appearance will rotate you relative to that, so if you've Alt-Zoomed to view your av's face, and then go into Appearance, you'll be facing as you described.

This is simply addressed by tapping Esc to reset camera view, then going into Appearance.

And if it's not that, and you've got a method to do it--please send us your solid bug report from HELP menu > REPORT BUG.
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