| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome to Oxbridge's weekly Deans' Q&A. |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Our chance to talk about Oxbridge doing's we've been up to and then taking more general questions. |
| 15:03 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Phrynne, anything major or minor to mention on Commons? |
| 15:04 |
Phrynne |
Nothing major. We've had a few fewer people this week -- I suspect college people are busy buckling down before midterms and spring break -- and there have been no major problems. |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
nods.... It has seemed quiet and the new avatar traffic was down a bit this last week. |
| 15:05 |
Phrynne |
In other matters, I've been attempting to do some internal organizaiton on various sets of notecards, but that's an efficiency thing and not really anything to report on for now. |
| 15:05 |
Phrynne |
That's all |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Lindal? |
| 15:06 |
Lindal Kidd |
I've been working with Jenya Willowshade to develop materials for textbooks to go with the walk-through tutorials. We're starting at the beginning, with the College of Avatar Motion. I've been re-doing the textures before I pass them on to Jenya, and updating the kiosks at the same time. |
| 15:06 |
Lindal Kidd |
The textbooks will be placed in vendors in each of the colleges |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nice! |
| 15:06 |
Phrynne |
That's great! |
| 15:06 |
Lindal Kidd |
people will be able to read them "offline" as it were |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Inworld but in their own "snug" places. |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
Yes. also, Larky and Phrynne have been passing me updated notecards. We just finished updating the "cloud fix" notecard |
| 15:08 |
Lindal Kidd |
I'll send that out to the staff now, while I am thinking about it |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Oh, good. That's a frequently occurring problem. |
| 15:08 |
Lindal Kidd |
that's all from me, Word |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks, Lindal. |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Having been either preparing or away at a RL conference this past week, I've little to mention. |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Some early in the week conversations with Rainy on winged lions, sharks, horses, and animation scripting. |
| 15:11 |
RainyDayRecess |
:) |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sharks being a simpler form to animate via scripting than horses, and thus a stepping stone. |
| 15:12 |
Gronk Seriman |
Sharks with freaking lasers? I hope? |
| 15:12 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:12 |
Lindal Kidd |
hee! I have a Laser Shark in my harbor. |
| 15:13 |
Lindal Kidd |
by the way, I've received a comment or two about the Elephant in the Classroom, Word. |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You talked about it? (OMG) |
| 15:15 |
|
Phrynne gasps |
| 15:15 |
Batista Corleone (batistacorleone) |
pssssttt |
| 15:15 |
Lindal Kidd |
what? It's a Secret? Oops, my bad. |
| 15:15 |
Lindal Kidd |
how about them sharks? |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Just an outline on the mesh so far. That's shot from Blender. |
| 15:16 |
Batista Corleone (batistacorleone) |
no teeth? |
| 15:16 |
RainyDayRecess |
That looks really nice Word :) |
| 15:16 |
Batista Corleone (batistacorleone) |
lol |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not yet. Done from a picture of a sandbar shark |
| 15:16 |
Rowan Entilles (rowan900) shouts |
Look, Kitty Cognac, at the giant fishy on the wall! yummmy isn't it? |
| 15:17 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:17 |
Rowan Entilles (rowan900) |
sorry |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Was just teasing, Lindal. The old saying about there being an elephant in the room that nobody's talking about. |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Is it a nuisance being there? |
| 15:18 |
Lindal Kidd |
No, it is an interesting conversation piece! That almost nobody talks about |
| 15:18 |
|
Lindal Kidd grins |
| 15:18 |
|
Wordsmith Jarvinen smiles |
| 15:19 |
|
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) sees no rhino in the room... |
| 15:19 |
Batista Corleone (batistacorleone) |
Today, it's a shark in the room |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've used it in classes. Ask if anyone has noticed an untalked about object in the room when there's no response to "Anyone have any questions or confusion?" |
| 15:19 |
|
Lindal Kidd takes note of the clever ploy |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We do currently have a couple of sharks in the NW corner of Oxbridge where those who get ejected from the quad generally end up. |
| 15:20 |
Rowan Entilles (rowan900) |
^-^ |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Something from the inventory library. |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Let's open the floor to general questions. |
| 15:22 |
Aleez West (aleez54) |
Why do ppl get ejected from the quad? .. besides that the sharks must be fed something |
| 15:23 |
Rowan Entilles (rowan900) |
hehe |
| 15:23 |
Phrynne |
Bad behavior, generally. |
| 15:23 |
Aleez West (aleez54) |
Is standing too long without moving bad behavior? |
| 15:23 |
Phrynne |
no |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No, for refusing to put away weapons, running around the quad nude with "attachments", bumping people and refusing to stop when asked to. |
| 15:24 |
Aleez West (aleez54) |
ah |
| 15:24 |
RainyDayRecess |
:( |
| 15:24 |
Phrynne |
Harassing people, disturbing classes, things like that |
| 15:24 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Too pushy behavior, insulting others, carnal demands, spreading self-replicating bombs, attacking others with special effects.. |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Standing -- only if you are away and the sim is filling. We have a hard limit of 20 avatars at Oxbridge. |
| 15:24 |
Phrynne |
If Oxbridge fills up, it fills up. |
| 15:25 |
Phrynne |
that doesn't happen that often, because a warning sounds and people move away to the chat circle. |
| 15:25 |
Aleez West (aleez54) |
ah ok |
| 15:26 |
Phrynne |
"Fills up" as in you can't teleport in and you bounce off the border. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Mostly violating what I call Carl's prim directive "Don't be a jerk" |
| 15:27 |
DarcyMayes |
I was talking to someone recenly who was mourning the loss of the carriages there used to be in Caledon. I wandered around looking for them but I didn't see any.. I was wondering if carriages could be put back. in the sims around Oxbridge |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That's the ultimate goal of the "horses" I mentioned. |
| 15:28 |
DarcyMayes |
ah, I see, thank you |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The creator of the carriages that were accidentally returned to her hasn't been inworld since 2012. |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the original winged lions at Oxbridge were high prim creations removed when Oxbridge became a homestead sim. |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So taking advantage of mesh and talent to create optimized versions. |
| 15:32 |
Gronk Seriman |
Does the Cute Ol' Little Test Ship add to Oxbridge's prim count? |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
By something like 6 or 8 prims as I recall. |
| 15:33 |
Phrynne |
It's not a signifcant amouht |
| 15:33 |
Phrynne |
*significant amount |
| 15:33 |
Gronk Seriman |
No, not at all. |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Achieved by setting the balloon to physics type none. |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And hand creating a low LOD for the cabin. |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
More questions? |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(or announcements) |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Comments from any of the tutors on needs or observations? |
| 15:36 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Probably the latecomers of the Petals Hunt are going to come ask for direction tomorrow, as some did today... |
| 15:36 |
Gronk Seriman |
ARe we staying under budget on the usage of the staff translator? |
| 15:37 |
Rowan Entilles (rowan900) |
i find i use it very little |
| 15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We definitely have been. |
| 15:38 |
Gronk Seriman |
Good. |
| 15:38 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
YEsterday it did not recognize some languages but it might have been the matter of the settings of the users. |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Any idea which languages? |
| 15:39 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I am not sure. Looked bit like Dutch in one occasion, in another Spanish or portuguese. |
| 15:39 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
But the users might have set their viewers to English... |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If the user has their setting to a language it doesn't recognize, it generally IM's me and I add the language if it's available. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You can map them manually to a language as required.. It supports multiple such mappings at once (not for the same person, however) |
| 15:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hearing none ........ |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sounds like we can thank you all for coming and participating .... and adjourn. |
| 15:44 |
Object |
If you sit on this block and all you see in sky, you need to select "Disable Camera Constraints" in the Advanced Menu of your Viewer. ÃŽf you don't see an Advanced menu, press Control-Alt-D.
|
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(and there is a hammered dulcimer performance in ISC starting at 4p) |
| 15:44 |
Phrynne |
Thanks for coming, everyone |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
and a pachyderm in the room |
| 15:45 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Deans :) |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Well, partly in the room. |
| 15:45 |
Gronk Seriman |
Shouldn't the dulcimer show up sober if it wants to perform well? |
| 15:45 |
Lindal Kidd |
LOL! |
| 15:45 |
RainyDayRecess |
Nice textures |
| 15:45 |
|
Lindal Kidd resolutely ignores any intruding beasties |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Wonders about a sober player and a hammered dulcimer.... |
| 15:46 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Okay, _still_ bedtime for me... |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sleep well, Elf. |
| 15:46 |
RainyDayRecess |
'Night Elf :) |
| 15:46 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Bit past midnight |
| 15:46 |
Gronk Seriman |
Nightienight, EB |
| 15:46 |
Rowan Entilles (rowan900) |
take care Elf |
| 15:46 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 15:46 |
Lindal Kidd |
g'night EB! |
| 15:46 |
DarcyMayes |
night eb |