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Skin troubles

Nagori Fisseux
Registered User
Join date: 23 Nov 2006
Posts: 2
11-23-2006 09:59
So, I bought a more realistic looking skin for rather a lot of money. I'm fairly new to the game and haven't ever bought anything before right now. When I went to my Inventory I found an object by the name of the skin I had bought and when I clicked "wear" it was a white....polygon on my right hand and not a skin on my body.

This is basically the stupid question I'm getting to. How do I wear a skin?
Hiro Queso
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Join date: 23 Feb 2005
Posts: 2,753
11-23-2006 10:31
From: Nagori Fisseux
So, I bought a more realistic looking skin for rather a lot of money. I'm fairly new to the game and haven't ever bought anything before right now. When I went to my Inventory I found an object by the name of the skin I had bought and when I clicked "wear" it was a white....polygon on my right hand and not a skin on my body.

This is basically the stupid question I'm getting to. How do I wear a skin?


It sounds like the skin is packed into a box, and you have clicked to wear the box heh. If you haven't already, detach the box from your hand. Then drag the item from your inventory on to the ground. Right click the box and select edit. Click the contents tab, and you should see your items there. Then you click and drag the item(s) from the contents to a folder in your inventoy, and then you should be able to select the skin to wear.
FD Spark
Prim & Texture Doodler
Join date: 30 Oct 2006
Posts: 4,697
11-23-2006 11:28
My skins have literally disappear in the dark void called my inventory and they are unpacked from the box. How I can tell is I have little body image not a rezzing box and only skins that are available seem to be white and rebaking textures is just not doing it.
Not sure what the problem is but you know textures come and go in my inventory after I make clothing or skins with change appearance all time. I figure its not even worth keeping the items any more after I save and wear them because they aren't going to work unless I make them with some offline texture and figure out how to texture prim to look like actual clothing item. Maybe I am wrong but I can't figure it out either and I have only been here three weeks. Wear doesn't always show up when I wear the item I have made or recieved from whatever freebie or gift item.
Nagori Fisseux
Registered User
Join date: 23 Nov 2006
Posts: 2
11-24-2006 01:35
Thanks kindly! :D
bilbo99 Emu
Garrett's No.1 fan
Join date: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,468
11-24-2006 02:35
From: Hiro Queso
... Right click the box and select edit. Click the contents tab, and you should see your items there. Then you click and drag the item(s) from the contents to a folder in your inventoy, and then you should be able to select the skin to wear.


Not in game now so can't check that pie chart but I think it's 'open' I select and a window pops up, opening contents and gives two buttons 'copy to inventory' and 'wear now'. I always copy to inventory.
Just saves the contents tab and dragging stage ... dragging is often an anxious moment for me .. lost stacks of stuff .. and not just in SL! LOL