| 15:02 |
Tali Rosca |
Welcome to this week's QA. As per the customary introduction: |
| 15:02 |
Tali Rosca |
Each dean has an area of responsibility, as seen here: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php |
| 15:02 |
Tali Rosca |
This is a fairly free-form questions-and-answers session, where we, the deans of Oxbridge, will try to answer any questions relevant to the running of Oxbridge, and about Caledon and SL, to the best of our knowledge and abilities. |
| 15:02 |
Tali Rosca |
This is a fairly free-form questions-and-answers session, where we, the deans of Oxbridge, will try to answer any questions relevant to the running of Oxbridge, and about Caledon and SL, to the best of our knowledge and abilities. |
| 15:03 |
Tali Rosca |
As you can see, we have finally managed to drag Steadman Kondor, our new-ish Dean of Development, up here on stage. |
| 15:03 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Hello Martini |
| 15:03 |
Tali Rosca |
So we are quite deanified tonight. |
| 15:03 |
Martini Discovolante |
hello |
| 15:04 |
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Steadman Kondor waves :) |
| 15:04 |
Red Quixote |
a full house of Deans :D |
| 15:04 |
Martini Discovolante |
not sure how long i will last. |
| 15:04 |
Tali Rosca |
So quick! Any questions while Martini is here? |
| 15:04 |
Tali Rosca |
Or, well, any questions in general? |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
It seems we have a surprising amount of people scattered all over the university grounds today. |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Is the "away" ejector active? |
| 15:07 |
Tali Rosca |
To my knowledge, yes. |
| 15:07 |
Tali Rosca |
Though I have not run tests with it lately. |
| 15:08 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
RockAttack is standing around, being AWAY ... |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Miss Darwinian. |
| 15:09 |
Anna Darwinian |
Thank you, smiles |
| 15:09 |
Tali Rosca |
It doesn't kick in instantly, so if people are *somewhat* awake, and just distracted, they are not ejected. |
| 15:09 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
LOL - it's even intelligent, then - hehe |
| 15:10 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
No sim filling warning yet |
| 15:10 |
Red Quixote |
otherwise it would be akin to Monty Python's 'Bridge of Death' |
| 15:10 |
Martini Discovolante |
there was one when i landed. |
| 15:10 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
only RocAttack is constantly away atm |
| 15:10 |
Anna Darwinian |
It is funny, because when I tried to tp here I got a sim full refusal |
| 15:10 |
Anna Darwinian |
So I tped to COV and walked |
| 15:10 |
Martini Discovolante |
and i removes Miss Silverwind... she has been parked here all day. |
| 15:10 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
Well, I needed 10 minutes to come in because the sim reported "full" |
| 15:10 |
Tali Rosca |
We are 18 in the sim currently. |
| 15:11 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
all ok then |
| 15:11 |
Tali Rosca |
So we have, indeed, been scraping against the ceiling. |
| 15:11 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
was there a first question already? |
| 15:12 |
Red Quixote |
none so far,.. |
| 15:12 |
Anna Darwinian |
I have a question, if nobody else has. |
| 15:12 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
lets hear |
| 15:12 |
Tali Rosca |
Yes? |
| 15:13 |
Anna Darwinian |
I would like advice on how to organize something in Oxbridge Village. |
| 15:13 |
Anna Darwinian |
I know the deans have experience much more than I do |
| 15:13 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
what would you like to organize? |
| 15:14 |
Anna Darwinian |
I would like to have a small display of goods made by people who live in Caledon. I made 7 display spots for them. |
| 15:15 |
Anna Darwinian |
I thought it would be fun for new people to see how Caledon people make and sell things here |
| 15:15 |
Steadman Kondor |
Do you have a lot in Oxbridge Village, or are you looking to use some communal land for this? |
| 15:15 |
Anna Darwinian |
I need to figure out a way... Yes I have a beautiful lot that Aevalle once had |
| 15:15 |
Anna Darwinian |
I need to figure out a lottery to dole out spots in the display |
| 15:15 |
Steadman Kondor |
Perhaps we should have a new class on Event management :-) |
| 15:16 |
Anna Darwinian |
Smiles |
| 15:16 |
Steadman Kondor |
small scripting tools, there are a few who can assist |
| 15:16 |
Anna Darwinian |
Well, it is a museum more than an event I was planning |
| 15:16 |
Martini Discovolante |
i recommend you start a group, so folks displayign thigns can set them on the property, adn others prims will be returned. |
| 15:16 |
Anna Darwinian |
Dean Disco, yes, very good thought. |
| 15:17 |
Tali Rosca |
As for how to choose what to display... perhaps it should not be entirely random. LI could be a consideration, making sure to pick both high and low LI. |
| 15:17 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
more a kind of exhibit perhaps. what if you make it themed, so the goods change regularly? |
| 15:17 |
Anna Darwinian |
The lot is right next to the new Oxbridge building contest space, which is a wonderful idea |
| 15:17 |
Anna Darwinian |
Hmmm, that is a good idea. |
| 15:17 |
Martini Discovolante |
you could do themes.. one per month-- florists, jewelers, pets. |
| 15:17 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
steam engines! |
| 15:18 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
i think we need more :-) |
| 15:18 |
Steadman Kondor |
fashion :) |
| 15:18 |
Martini Discovolante |
jewelers you will ahve ti use pictures tho -- :) |
| 15:18 |
Steadman Kondor |
books! |
| 15:18 |
Anna Darwinian |
Hmmm I was thinking more of North Caledon one month, South Caledon another, etc. to have variety |
| 15:19 |
Martini Discovolante |
either way! i like that idea! |
| 15:19 |
Anna Darwinian |
But of course I would have to work it out so everybody gets display time, if there were 100 merchants in North Caledon and only 10 in South |
| 15:19 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
Is thzis a show event, or a sales event? |
| 15:19 |
Anna Darwinian |
I am sorry that my earlier idea of a talent show fizzled due to lack of time on my part |
| 15:20 |
Martini Discovolante |
it is a huge undertakign |
| 15:20 |
Anna Darwinian |
The person would get some number of prims |
| 15:20 |
Tali Rosca |
I guess the first thing to do is get an overview over how many merchants there are at all, and who would be interested in exhibuting. |
| 15:20 |
Anna Darwinian |
and a fixed display space. |
| 15:20 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
there were questions about the talent show in the Q&A a few times |
| 15:20 |
Anna Darwinian |
I would only accept people who could provide a landmark to their store in Caledon. |
| 15:21 |
Anna Darwinian |
So this is different from my other store. |
| 15:21 |
Anna Darwinian |
I don't care if people have items for sale or not, there is no charge and no commission |
| 15:21 |
Anna Darwinian |
In my old store, I sold items on commission, and took a cut from sales |
| 15:21 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
i like that idea |
| 15:21 |
Anna Darwinian |
but there was no charge to display stuff there either. |
| 15:21 |
Anna Darwinian |
Thank you! |
| 15:22 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
yeah - an exhibition with LMs to stores - great idea |
| 15:22 |
Anna Darwinian |
OK I guess I should write up an invitation notecard and send it around to Caledon. |
| 15:22 |
Anna Darwinian |
Thanks for your help, I don't mean to steal all the question time for myself. |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
See what response you get. |
| 15:23 |
Anna Darwinian |
Your ideas were really helpful. |
| 15:23 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
good luck for your project! |
| 15:23 |
Anna Darwinian |
Thanks! |
| 15:23 |
Tali Rosca |
Well, it doesn't seem like there are all that many questions tonight. |
| 15:23 |
Beccha |
Ehm...excuse me..? |
| 15:23 |
Tali Rosca |
Yes? |
| 15:23 |
Martini Discovolante |
and assure everyone that the exibit will rotate vendors, so all will have a go. |
| 15:23 |
Beccha |
.I am on European time, which makes it difficult to catch all the classes, as they are in the middle of the night for me. Has there been a discussion weather to have some classes "on the other end of the clocK"? |
| 15:23 |
Anna Darwinian |
OK, thanks, good idea |
| 15:24 |
Steadman Kondor |
do you mean during the weekend especially, miss beccha? |
| 15:24 |
Tali Rosca |
It's a recurring problem, really. |
| 15:24 |
Adeiria |
Oh I would like classes at different times, too.. sometimes I'm in European time zones. |
| 15:24 |
Tali Rosca |
It also very much comes down to having *teachers* available at those times. |
| 15:25 |
Tali Rosca |
(The QA was, by the way, moved to this time to let the "Euro-deans" attend). |
| 15:25 |
Beccha |
That or any other day, really. Just when it is daytime in europe..I know that it is difficult because it will be night time for the teachers |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, at this point we do have the 10am and noon SLT times. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So 7pm and 9pm European time, I believe. |
| 15:27 |
Tali Rosca |
I can't really say much except that yes, it is certainly a consideration, but we're pretty much bound by however the chips happen to fall. |
| 15:27 |
Beccha |
It is midnight here now |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I would be happy to have class proposals for the 10am slot, which currently is only filled on Sunday. |
| 15:27 |
Tali Rosca |
Many of the faculty are Europeans. |
| 15:28 |
Tali Rosca |
It would perhaps be interesting to do some poll about how many students would prefer a Euro-friendly time. |
| 15:29 |
Steadman Kondor |
I might know some suitable European and Australian tutors who can cater for those time slots, Dean Wordsmith. I'll encourage them to make a proposal |
| 15:29 |
Red Quixote |
are we talking about 'repeats of classes in other time slots' or complete re-shuffle? |
| 15:29 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
sounds good! |
| 15:29 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
both would be possible, i think |
| 15:29 |
Steadman Kondor |
Even as a trial I suppose, to see how well that works. It could be a repeat of a current class with a different tutor |
| 15:29 |
Tali Rosca |
Speaking as a European, I think the question is mostly, "*Anything* happening for my time zone". |
| 15:30 |
Red Quixote |
I would be willing to teach additional sessions of the classes I teach |
| 15:30 |
Luke N. Fortacos (lukn4tacos) |
Has the University considered running the lectures that are recorded as just that...a recording...where a student could come and listen/watch/read when available to do so? |
| 15:30 |
Steadman Kondor |
A lot of classes are hands-on, |
| 15:30 |
Beccha |
I like that idea |
| 15:31 |
Steadman Kondor |
so for these classes, a recording might not be as useful |
| 15:31 |
Luke N. Fortacos (lukn4tacos) |
Yes and the classes could be even more so.....more like active workshops |
| 15:31 |
Adeiria |
Are professors/tutors available for one-on-one instruction, perhaps? If I couldn't find a certain class at a certain time, I could instead pay for private instruction of that class? |
| 15:31 |
Martini Discovolante |
we do have learning materials up in the Annex by the Sandbox. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And "recorded" mainly means largely driven by notecards. |
| 15:31 |
Tali Rosca |
Some variations have been discussed, but I think the general consensus is that there are tutorials enough. The value a class provide is the ability to ask and react. |
| 15:31 |
Sauce Sorrowman |
and to do practical things |
| 15:31 |
Luke N. Fortacos (lukn4tacos) |
there is some new teaching technique for kids being touted this way.... |
| 15:32 |
Luke N. Fortacos (lukn4tacos) |
the kids see the lectures at home and come to school for "lab" or "hands on" |
| 15:32 |
Martini Discovolante |
you might also check out Builders' Brewery, adn Happy Hippos as well, they are larger and have classes more hours. |
| 15:32 |
Steadman Kondor |
That's a good suggestion miss Aderiria, i'd like to explore that further with the faculty - specially commissioned classes. |
| 15:32 |
Adeiria |
That would be great, thank you! |
| 15:33 |
Tali Rosca |
I am very skeptical about whether most SL residents want homework. But the "office hours" is somewhat along those lines, where people bring their own problems and questions. |
| 15:33 |
Adeiria |
I'd be more than willing to "share" a private session with others at the same time if they were to contribute to the cost. |
| 15:33 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Miss Adeiria, besides of the scheduled classes, you will find either someone here at campus to help you, or in our group chat. We often meet in sandbox and discuss building projects or whatever. |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There are classes that the Machinimatrix people are doing on video. |
| 15:33 |
Tali Rosca |
As for personal tutoring... that is a personal question, really. There is a problem with it, though. |
| 15:34 |
Martini Discovolante |
and the internet is a fine resource of video tutorials in nearly every Second Life Skill. |
| 15:34 |
Sauce Sorrowman |
in general, outside of class hours if you ask a particular question you'll find lots of people willing to help, either in group chat or in the university |
| 15:34 |
Tali Rosca |
Primarily: Payment for one-off services has to be *extremely* high (in SL terms) for it to be a payment at all. |
| 15:34 |
Adeiria |
Thank you Ravelli. I am finding that right now, I don't even know enough to know what to ask :-) The classes I've taken so far have been fantastic and have given me a pool of information from which I can now learn and develop more concrete questions, so I'd love to be able to take more classes until I know enough to experiment on my own. |
| 15:34 |
Luke N. Fortacos (lukn4tacos) |
sort of.....a lot of those tutorials were done about 6 releases of the overall program ago.... |
| 15:34 |
Luke N. Fortacos (lukn4tacos) |
they are grainy and hard to hear |
| 15:34 |
Tali Rosca |
Most people are more comfortable simply helping when asked, than being under contract for 50 cents. |
| 15:35 |
Martini Discovolante |
like anything on the internet.. you DO have to check the dates. |
| 15:36 |
Beccha |
Thank you for considering the topic. |
| 15:36 |
Tali Rosca |
Commissioned classes could be an option, though. |
| 15:37 |
Steadman Kondor |
I read somewhere about COU offering classes for other organisations, for instance |
| 15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We do have some "office hour" classes and the "Photo Salon", which to some extent embody the flipped classroom concept. Allowing people to have assistance in problem solving. |
| 15:37 |
Steadman Kondor |
these might be commissioned classes for say maybe a RL University with many new students to induct - Dean wordsmith might know more about this |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We've had a few off campus presentations, but haven't offered classes elsewhere. |
| 15:38 |
Tali Rosca |
I'll also say that you can very often catch one of the tutors outside, and they can often help with various topics they happen to specialize in. |
| 15:38 |
Tali Rosca |
They are not *just* there to greet people in various languages :-) |
| 15:39 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:39 |
Adeiria |
I worry so about peppering someone with so many questions.. Once I'm introduced to something here, I suddenly have many questions! Hehe. |
| 15:39 |
Tali Rosca |
There are often quite detailed technical discussions going on there. |
| 15:39 |
Anna Darwinian |
My experience is people here love to talk about things that interest them. |
| 15:39 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
answering such requests is one of the best ways to improve skills |
| 15:39 |
Tali Rosca |
Remember: If people like to do something, they typically also like to talk about it. |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Rockcliffe has, I believe, done some of that. |
| 15:40 |
Martini Discovolante |
and again t hoars Chat s jut tt..akig uetins |
| 15:40 |
Steadman Kondor |
i try to answer questions on group chat too, esp where it is specific as to how to go about doing an SL task |
| 15:40 |
Steadman Kondor |
the Oxbridge group chat |
| 15:40 |
Martini Discovolante |
pardon.. the longer i am in, the more i llag. |
| 15:40 |
Sauce Sorrowman |
I think Martini is summoning the Elder ones |
| 15:40 |
Sauce Sorrowman |
Cthulu f'thnagn! |
| 15:40 |
Adeiria |
Lag, is that where the software freezes up? May I ask about this? |
| 15:40 |
Tali Rosca |
Ok, I can generally read typonese, but Martini got me there. |
| 15:40 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
sometimes, when i had to learn something new from scratch, i started to write a tutorial about it. that way i had to go deep into this topic. and later other people could read and learn from it. |
| 15:41 |
Martini Discovolante |
ftagnftang biscuitbarrel! |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Oxbridge has an Elder Sign... |
| 15:41 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
I've got a question, please ... |
| 15:41 |
Sauce Sorrowman |
it used to have more |
| 15:41 |
Tali Rosca |
Yes, Storm? |
| 15:41 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
Since a while ago we have the server side texturing of avatars - is there any way to occasionally turn that OFF, and have it client side again? |
| 15:41 |
Tali Rosca |
No. |
| 15:42 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
That's what I feared - lol |
| 15:42 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
Thanks |
| 15:42 |
Anna Darwinian |
I have a quick question |
| 15:42 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Miss Adeiria has a questions about lag |
| 15:42 |
Anna Darwinian |
I took some photos of the deans, is it ok with you if I upload them to flickr? |
| 15:42 |
Anna Darwinian |
Oh sorry, I will wait |
| 15:42 |
Tali Rosca |
Let us take the lag question. |
| 15:43 |
Tali Rosca |
"Lag" is a rather generic term for *something* in the system reacting slow. |
| 15:43 |
Adeiria |
Is Second Life slow or is my software slow? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not rezzing immediately, or chat lines coming out after substantial delay and possibly out of order. |
| 15:43 |
Tali Rosca |
It can be your connection to the servers, or the servers being under pressure, or your graphics card not being able to draw things fast enough. |
| 15:43 |
Josain Zsun |
Or your connection or graphics processor |
| 15:44 |
Tali Rosca |
So "lag" is really just a generic complaint about "things not being smooth". |
| 15:44 |
Tali Rosca |
There is always a more specific reason. |
| 15:44 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
I'm slow myself - that's MY biggest reason for lag - LOL |
| 15:44 |
Adeiria |
For example, my first 2 days here were just fine. But after day 2, my software freezes. The viewing area turns semi-transparent white, and then goes black. This lasts about a minute and then everything is normal again. |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The viewer does have a "lag meter" which can somewhat differentiate lag. |
| 15:44 |
Tali Rosca |
That sounds like a software problem in your end. |
| 15:44 |
Adeiria |
Oh I see, so this is not just one thing, it could be a number of things. |
| 15:44 |
|
Sauce Sorrowman slips away to bed |
| 15:44 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
often lag i caused by over-styled avatars. so not a system problem per-se, but of us :-) |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Like your system isn't keeping up or diverts to do something else. |
| 15:45 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
sleep well, Sauce! |
| 15:45 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
The more avatars, the more potential for lag |
| 15:45 |
Adeiria |
So do I have to do something with my software? Someone today was telling me about other programs I can use to get into Second Life... ? |
| 15:45 |
Tali Rosca |
The "semi-white window" is Window's way of saying "this program is freezing and not responding to the OS". |
| 15:45 |
Adeiria |
That makes sense, half of the time I can't even access other windows I have open. |
| 15:45 |
Tali Rosca |
Even if you are slow to move inworld, it should not freeze up like that for Windows. |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There are things like turning down your draw distance, decreasing graphics level, that can help. |
| 15:46 |
Adeiria |
My computer is 3 years old and still only 32 bit, perhaps I should upgrade it :P |
| 15:46 |
Tali Rosca |
SL will eat everything you can throw at it. |
| 15:46 |
Adeiria |
Someone had me turn my graphics all of the way down but that didn't help at all, it didn't even improve the problem. |
| 15:46 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
other programs, that are other viewers. some have additional features to adjust settings, but the rendering engine in the background is more or less the same, so it makes not much difference. only to access settings better |
| 15:47 |
Adeiria |
Ok. |
| 15:47 |
Adeiria |
I'll try to learn more about the graphics settings and see if that helps, thank you! |
| 15:47 |
Gronk Seriman |
Make sure your video card drivers are up to date. |
| 15:47 |
Tali Rosca |
There *can* be a few differences in how they are compiled, but generally, the core of all clients is the same. |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You can also go to the me menu / technical / lag meter. |
| 15:48 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
has someone mentioned this tiny lag-window? |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
See whether it identifies client, network, or server. |
| 15:48 |
Adeiria |
I had the lag meter open once before, but the whole software freezes so even the lag meter freezes and it doesn't really tell me anything. It's always all green lights. |
| 15:48 |
Tali Rosca |
If it is an OS freeze, few of the inworld tools will tell you anything, though. |
| 15:48 |
Tali Rosca |
It is more likely to be, say, your graphics drivers. |
| 15:49 |
Adeiria |
It is sounding like it.. I will take the advice and update my drivers tonight, and see if that helps. |
| 15:49 |
Adeiria |
Thank you! |
| 15:49 |
Tali Rosca |
As for the "posting of pictures", fine by me. |
| 15:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Also by me. |
| 15:50 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Send alink |
| 15:50 |
Tali Rosca |
(Generally, I'd say that the QA is enough of a public event that by common rules, it will be ok in any case, but asking is of course a good thing to do). |
| 15:50 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Miss Adeiria, my system sometimes freezes, because in my web browser i have about 50 tabs opened, with several streams loaded (but paused). modern web browsers usually use the graphic card to render the websites. that "can" cause a conflict with SL, or just cause a lag. |
| 15:51 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
there are so many possibilities... |
| 15:51 |
Anna Darwinian |
Thanks, I did post and I can unpost if anyone objects. Because I figured strong objections would come by IM: https://www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkadventure/ |
| 15:51 |
Adeiria |
Oh Ok, thank you sir, I will try to keep the browser closed too, I don't need it open most of the time I'm in Second Life, anyway. |
| 15:51 |
Martini Discovolante |
the only reason i am here at all today is that i turned all the settings in my preferences graphics to the minimum. |
| 15:51 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
just don't open too many tabs like me :-) |
| 15:52 |
Adeiria |
Hehe! |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
50 ... such a admirable goal to get down to..... |
| 15:52 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
yes, i think i was pretty careful with that number... |
| 15:52 |
Tali Rosca |
Generally, I am hearing that running on a 64-bit system (not necessarily a 64 bit *client*) *really* helps performance. |
| 15:53 |
Tali Rosca |
The better memory handling really works wonders for SL. |
| 15:53 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
sometimes i'm happy when the browser crashes and accidentally forgets all urls :-) |
| 15:53 |
Adeiria |
I was thinking of upgrading, if only to have more memory, that should at least help a little bit, I would think. I just have to find the time... :-( |
| 15:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
In general SL has a reputation for doing best with nVidia graphics. |
| 15:54 |
Anna Darwinian |
Is it the memory or the graphics card that you need? |
| 15:54 |
Adeiria |
Hehe yes, I've had that happen when I have more than a few browser tabs open! |
| 15:54 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
i upgraded from 4 to 8 GB memory, which gave me a performance boost. more than a SSD. (win7 64bit here) |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The simple answer is "Yes", Mis Darwinian. |
| 15:55 |
Adeiria |
My graphics card was very new 3 years ago, nvidia something or other, it was considered one of the better ones. But I only have the max 3.5 GB or memory at the moment. |
| 15:55 |
Anna Darwinian |
Smiles, better than no, I think |
| 15:55 |
Tali Rosca |
SL is resource hungry across the board, because the content is not optimized like you would do for, say, a professional game. |
| 15:55 |
Tali Rosca |
So pretty much anything you throw at it will help (and be gobbled up). |
| 15:56 |
Adeiria |
Goodness, it sounds like something written by Microsoft :-) |
| 15:56 |
Tali Rosca |
It is not particularly *CPU* bound, though. |
| 15:56 |
Anna Darwinian |
Another trick is to make yourself a sky platform where you don't need to load anybody's textures but your own, and use if for building, etc. |
| 15:56 |
Tali Rosca |
The problem is really the content, not the client. |
| 15:56 |
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Josain Zsun paraphrasing an old memory cliche "SL expands to fill all available RAM" |
| 15:56 |
Tali Rosca |
If somebody walks by wearing jewelry with 1024x1024 textures on every gemstone, your graphics card will explode. |
| 15:56 |
Adeiria |
That makes sense Miss Anna, when I'm at "home", I rarely have problems. It's more when I go out and about exploring. |
| 15:57 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
well said, Tali |
| 15:57 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
*still remembers a hairdo with a script for every strand of hair* |
| 15:57 |
Anna Darwinian |
Smiles at the memory of "sim-crasher" jewelry |
| 15:57 |
Tali Rosca |
Given that content is not created and coordinated by a level designer to balance resources, there's really nothing the *client* can do about it. |
| 15:58 |
Adeiria |
Hmm perhaps I will also invest in a second graphics card for the desktop. Hehe. |
| 15:58 |
Anna Darwinian |
Not MY jewelry, I hasten to ad |
| 15:58 |
Anna Darwinian |
d |
| 15:58 |
Tali Rosca |
Anyway, we are closing in on the hour. |
| 15:58 |
Tali Rosca |
Any last question? |
| 15:58 |
Anna Darwinian |
Thanks so much for wonderful advice and for being here |
| 15:58 |
Adeiria |
Thank you so much for all of the information, everyone! It has been so helpful! |
| 15:58 |
Martini Discovolante |
thank you all for coming.. i need to scoot back to rl. |
| 15:59 |
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| 15:59 |
Red Quixote |
bye Martini |
| 15:59 |
Anna Darwinian |
Have fun in RL! |
| 15:59 |
Steadman Kondor |
thank you for joining us for the Q&A :) |
| 15:59 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Ewans! |
| 15:59 |
Gronk Seriman |
Deans! |
| 15:59 |
Martini Discovolante |
(cleanign the garage :( |
| 15:59 |
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| 15:59 |
Tali Rosca |
Adjourned, then. Thanks for attending. |
| 15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all for coming. |
| 15:59 |
Martini Discovolante |
thanks !ll! |
| 15:59 |
Anna Darwinian |
waves and poofs |
| 15:59 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
BEdtime for me. |
| 15:59 |
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| 15:59 |
Beccha |
Thank you |
| 15:59 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
thank you all for coming today. |
| 15:59 |
Adeiria |
Thank you again, good night/day to all. |
| 15:59 |
Josain Zsun |
thanks all |
| 16:00 |
Anna Darwinian |
♫~~♫~~APPLAUSE~~♫~~♫ |
| 16:00 |
Josain Zsun |
Have Fun & be Careless ! |
| 16:00 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |