It’s common for Second Life members to have multiple avatars, but many don’t know that they can easily have several of their avatars logged on simultaneously. When you try to log on with a second avatar, you get an error message that Second Life is already running. Nonetheless, it is possible. There are at least…
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Debugging Second Life performance problems
Your avatar tries to walk, but goes nowhere, then after finally making some progress suddenly gets whipped backward. If it continues happening, what should you do? Problems like this are examples of lag, and can be caused by either the Second Life server, your network connection, your computer, or your Second Life Preference settings. This…
Changing your snapshot file name
Knowing how to change the name of your Second Life snapshot files is vital to Second Life photography. When you’ve been taking snapshots of Egyptian pyramids in Second Life, for example, but then go to a club and take snapshots of dancers, it’s best to change the name of your snapshot files to relect the…
Second Life Advanced Snapshot Settings
Second Life 101: gateway communities – Holland, Avatar Island, Benelux, and China
This is the first in a series of articles about Second Life gateway communities, which were discussed in the last Second Life 101 article, Renting and Gateway Communities. Today we’ll examine four gateway communities: Virtual Holland, BeNeLux Community Gateway, 3Immersions, and Avatar Island University. One is English language, one is Chinese, one is Dutch, and…
Second Life 101: gateway communities and renting
There are two more important things for prospective and new Second Life members to consider: gateway communities and renting land. Communities Like our physical world, Second Life is a vast place, with much variety, and a wide variety of languages (Second Life members hail from over a hundred countries!). It can be very bewildering to…
Second Life 101: getting started
Today’s column is for the newest of the new, people who have been hearing about Second Life and want to try it themselves. The good news is that you can join Second Life for free. You can download the software, install it on your computer, and become active in Second Life without spending a penny….