Help, I'm trapped!

Somebody left some kind of boobytrap in a freebie box in the newbie junkyard. I bought a box of 18 sets of wings, tried on the very first one in the list - white skeletal wings - and I can't do anything but slowly turn in a circle. I can't walk, fly, sit, remove the wings, or even throw away the folder they're in.

I'm not sure but I think it's having some affect on the rest of my computer systems too. Everything's running very slow, all bogged down (we have dsl). I'm running a virus scan but it isn't completed yet. Right now, I'm trapped and I can't even send out text, gesture - nothing at all is working.

Can anybody help me? I just came to this site for the first time yesterday and I have no idea what to do...

The virus scan is finally done, not a single virus found...

I just logged back on and could move and fly for just a minute, but it didn't last. I can't drop or take off the wings, and I'm completely trapped.

Sounds like you got disconnected right after logging in.

You might see if you can pull up your mini-map, a reddish mini-map is a sign of being disconnected.

Can you right click your avatar and do Take Off and Detach All?


You might also try clearing your cache, by doing Control P to bring up the preferences screen, then the Network tab, click Clear Cache. Before exiting, do Control P for preferences, then General tab, and make sure the Show Start Location on Login Screen is checked.

Then exit and restart SL , and select somewhere other than where you last were to start out from. The Kissling sim is empty right at the moment, 4:25 SLT (or PDT).


You have DSL, is your connection wired or wireless?

I think I was still connected. I could hear background noises, and could turn left and right, open my folders, etc... I've tried to detatch or drop the wings a dozen times and can't get rid of them. I tried trashing the folder it's in and can't (but could see that I could throw away other folders if I'd chosen to).

We have DSL but not wireless, it's through our phone company.



A bit later -- Wow, thanks for the map suggestion!! I hadn't thought of that... I teleported immediately and dropped the wings! Yaaay! lol...

I haven't been there in a while, but a while back it was a no-script area. So if you put on an item that requires a script to move your AV, you won't be able to move if its programmed poorly (like a lot of the freebies).

Okay, thanks for the info... I'm a total newbie so I'll have to trust you on what u said lol... Anyway I finally did get them off, I had to log in, call up the map really quick and teleport, then I got rid of them. Dumped the files they were in into the trash. I'll be more reluctant to pick up freebies from now on, that's for sure!

Well, so much for that. Apparently my fix was very temporary. EVERY time I log in, I can move for about five seconds, then all I can do is turn left and right. I can't walk, I can't fly, I can't land (if I did manage to take off), I can't talk or gesture or teleport or see the world map or affect my environment in any way. I can't do anything! When I first got here yesterday everything was just fine, I was all over the place, now I can't do squat. This is really a disappointment.

I agree with Suezanne. Sounds like you are being disconnected. Periodically this will happen to me as well. However, it will take down my whole network. I've checked firewalls, virus scanners, and even took myself off the network, running straight cable to my computer. No luck. Luckily for me it doesn't happen but maaaybe once a week. As far as i can see, i'm not the only one this is happening to, and there is not a sure fire fix. Only way for me to get my connection back, is to totally restart the WHOLE network, and my computer.

You may want to check out the SL Knowledge Base on firewalls.

http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=029

Get cable or DSL

The next time you log in, click View/Statistics and see what your FPS and bandwidth show as - if very low, you may see problems like seeming to be unable to move. If bandwidth goes to 0, you are likely disconnected.

If you are not disconnected but still feel slow, click Edit/Preferences/Graphics (I think, not at my game PC) and turn down draw distance to 64 meters. Then under Graphic Details (I think) turn down the detail level for objects, trees, avatars, and Flexi a bit. See if that helps.

You could select the Preferences when loading SL (before you even log in) and perform these steps:

- Go to the General tab
- Under Start Location, select '<Type region name>'
- Select OK
- Enter your password, but don't hit enter yet
- In the Start Location field, type in 'Ahern'
- Log in. You'll start in a noscript area, so if there's a problem with possibly malicious scripts in the wings, they /should/ not be active.