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Color Effects

Crash Pointe
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Join date: 26 Aug 2006
Posts: 14
01-13-2007 17:22
How does one turn off those annoying color effects (those particles that go from the hand to the selected object) while editing stuff? I tried setting it in the debug settings (via Client menu). There was an option for changing the alpha of the color effect but that didn't work.

HINT: Without disabling all particles!
Winter Ventura
Eclectic Randomness
Join date: 18 Jul 2006
Posts: 2,579
01-13-2007 19:35
Tools > X Show Selection Beam
(remove the X)

Note two important things:
  1. You will not be able to see your friend's "magic" either.. so you 'll occassionally run into the situation where someone gets mad when you ask "which vendor is it?" and they'll yell "I'm pointing right at it you idiot! follow my magic beams!" (some of my friends are a little irritable sometimes)


  2. This only affects YOUR ability to see the beams.. (as far as I understand) so if you're hoping for a way to be able to.. say.. dance on a stripping pole while simultaneously building a spacecraft in the next room.. They're still gonna know you're doing something over there. (I hate this 'feature')
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Chosen Few
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Join date: 16 Jan 2004
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01-13-2007 19:42
From: Winter Ventura
dance on a stripping pole while simultaneously building a spacecraft in the next room..

I think if I could pick one SL power to have in RL, that would be it. :D
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Eva Tiramisu
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Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 176
01-14-2007 04:53
Btw, is there a way to change the color of these? I see others have colors, i have white .... is that random or have they changed it somewhere?
Lightwave Valkyrie
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Join date: 30 Jan 2004
Posts: 666
01-14-2007 05:34
prefrences>general>color for my effects
-LW
Be Mankiewicz
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Join date: 16 Jan 2007
Posts: 2
read beam or ray?
01-17-2007 07:17
I,m not sure this is the right place to ask but I could not find an anwer elswere.

Sometime when entering a building or room there is a transparant red Beam or Ray from above!

What does it mean ?
Abba Thiebaud
PerPetUal NoOb
Join date: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 563
01-17-2007 07:29
From: Be Mankiewicz
I,m not sure this is the right place to ask but I could not find an anwer elswere.

Sometime when entering a building or room there is a transparant red Beam or Ray from above!

What does it mean ?


If it has an arrow and a distance indicator, it's probably the map arrow. If you TP someplace by picking it out on the map, and the landowner sets a specific landing point, you may land some meters away from where you actually picked out. You just follow the arrow to the place you actually picked out and, if you're able to, pass under/through it and it'll clear. If nothing else you can always pull up the map again and click the clear button then exit the map. It'll be gone then.

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Be Mankiewicz
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Join date: 16 Jan 2007
Posts: 2
01-17-2007 07:43
Thank you for this quick answer!
Serenarra Trilling
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Join date: 14 Oct 2006
Posts: 246
01-17-2007 10:30
You can also just click on the arrow and it will go away. Lots easier, but not at all obvious that it's possible.
Eva Tiramisu
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Join date: 20 Sep 2005
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01-17-2007 14:04
From: Lightwave Valkyrie
prefrences>general>color for my effects
-LW


Thanks! Dont know why I never found that :)
Abba Thiebaud
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Join date: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 563
01-17-2007 19:23
From: Serenarra Trilling
You can also just click on the arrow and it will go away. Lots easier, but not at all obvious that it's possible.


Sheesh, I just figured this out and searched out the thread to post it. :P

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