Large lag causing textures

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Why don't you make it so that people cant upload textures and pictures biggger than 512. Or at least a note that pops up telling people not to upload a larger size than that?

This will reduce lag in the game by a large amount. I was playing the game for months before I found out this information. If information about the game is made readily available to people, a lot of these problems wouldnt be such huge problems.

Maybe make an offical lag reducing notebook or guide? Adn give it out to everyone. Yes it wont solve all the problems, but it will certianly help.

While rare, there are good reasons for textures to be as highly detailed as 1024 x 1024 pixels--the maximum size [edit: no, it isn't... as noted below... and I just tested this for myself by uploading a 2048 x 2048 photo of watermelons]. One of them includes using a single texture of that magnitude to span across multiple tiles to provide highly sophisticated floor ornamentation, an artistic achievement you may have seen lately.

A simple informative pop-up may be a good idea too--and if you've got more great ideas, which it sure sounds like you do, post about it in Feature Sugestions and get a corresponding vote proposal going with others who agree. The more visible support, the better.

I agree further education on this would help a lot. One of the reasonings I've seen a lot on the SL Forums is charging a higher upload price for bigger textures. For example:

Proposition 1159: new texture uploading system and pricing
http://secondlife.com/vote/index.php?get_id=1139

It's also important to distinguish the types of "lag", like "illnesses" or ways your car could break. There've actually been some guides--Kex Godel wrote one a very long time ago which is still handed out by Live Helpers today, and I can send you a copy if you IM me inworld. Also, given your attention to the topic, you'll want to check out the quintessential:

Lee Linden on Lag
http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=489264&postcount=6

This isn't the end, and better education is important--we're currently striving for improved documentation! Thanx!