Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A for 2020-08-30

15:02 Carl Metropolitan It is 3:01 PM, SL Time, and it is time to start.
15:02 Carl Metropolitan Oops. 3:02 pm, it seems!
15:02 Carl Metropolitan Welcome to this Sunday's Oxbridge General Q&A. Andrea and I are here to answer any of your questions about Second Life, Caledon, Oxbridge, Steampunk, Linden Lab, Virtual Worlds, and anything vaguely related to any of the above. I'm also good at trivia questions.
15:02 Carl Metropolitan If we don't know the answer, we can Google it. In other words, we know where to look, or at least can probably put you in touch with someone who does know the answer.
15:02 Carl Metropolitan First up, over to Andrea for any announcements.
15:03 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Join us Sunday the 6th, in 2 weeks, at the Governors Mansion. We gather at 4 PM after the Q&A for two hours of music and dancing. We will be having the fund raiser for the Caledon Oxbridge University. Dj Sasha will be spinning the tunes to the theme of Victorian and Victorian Steampunk. I hope to see everyone as we party on the Governor's hospitality. SURL Caledon Victoria City (201,54,23)
15:03 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Looks back to Carl.
15:04 Cychwynn Isnt the 6th in one week?
15:04 Carl Metropolitan Thank you Andrea.
15:04 Carl Metropolitan Yes. Next Sunday.
15:04 Cychwynn :)
15:04 Carl Metropolitan whispers Any other announcements from anyone?
15:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Hmmm. Must have been when i sent out the notice.
15:04 Soup Jonson The Governors Mansion!
15:04 Soup Jonson Wow!
15:05 Carl Metropolitan Any other announcements from anyone?
15:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Oh, Anyone know anything about Gronk?
15:05 Carl Metropolitan Has Gronk not been in world lately?
15:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I have not seen her.
15:05 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Still hosting the Writers' Meeting.
15:05 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Don't know whats that is tbh.
15:06 Phrynne According to COU, she was inworld on the 27th.
15:06 Carl Metropolitan She may just be taking a break.
15:07 Lia (tokyorii) We all deserve a break.
15:07 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo)
15:07 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) True. Don't overwork people.
15:07 Carl Metropolitan I have a question before I start taking questions. This is for Jorge.
15:08 Jorge Serapis It wasn't me.
15:08 Carl Metropolitan Jorge, someone told me that the CAT terminal in Oxbridge Village was going away? Did that happen? And if it is, what would it take to move that terminal to Oxbridge itself? (I can't approve such a move; I'm just wondering)
15:09 Jorge Serapis As far as I'm aware, there hasn't been one in the Village in a while. Currently, I'm just the sugar daddy for the CAT. Questions like that would need to be directed to Shetty Aretheus. He's in full charge of the day to day running of the CAT.
15:10 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Been a few years now.
15:11 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Thank you. I will talk to him. I think it would be cool to have a stop here, if possible. Also will talk to people on Oxbridge staff!
15:11 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Time for question from people other than Andrea and myself.
15:11 Carl Metropolitan Ask away everyone.
15:11 Soup Jonson loves that sugar daddy will be in this weeks transcript.
15:11 Jorge Serapis Feel free to ask him with my blessing for the project if he approves it.
15:11 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) raises hand.
15:12 Carl Metropolitan He's not that kind of "sugar daddy"!
15:12 Carl Metropolitan Go Lucy!
15:12 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Well, it might sounds like an easy question.
15:12 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I’m still new to here.
15:12 lovejoy2199 is thinking of candy. Showing my age again.
15:12 Carl Metropolitan Not a problem.
15:12 Carl Metropolitan I love easy questions.
15:12 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I learned the basics of making an avatar, more or less. There's one thing troubling me.
15:13 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) You can easily take off most pieces, but there are a few I cannot, like shape, skin, eyes and brows.
15:13 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I found a way to make my own shape with editing
15:13 Carl Metropolitan Yes. You always need a shape.
15:13 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I still have skin, brows and eyes of a generic avatar. is there a way to take them off?
15:14 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I know I have alphas so they're invisible.
15:14 Carl Metropolitan Skin can be "taken off" by wearing a full body alpha so it does not render (that’s how people with mesh bodies hide their skin).
15:14 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo)
15:14 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Hmm… I have a whole body alpha, yet still i have “rhiannon - skin” on me, too.
15:14 Carl Metropolitan Yes. You need to get an alpha (transparent) eye texture for the eyes.
15:15 Carl Metropolitan You have to have a skin on. Even if it is invisible.
15:15 Larky (larkylouz) Those four items should be replaced by another of the same. So, put on a different skin and you'll lose the old one. Make sense?
15:15 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Alrighty.
15:15 Carl Metropolitan That's just how the System Avatar works.
15:15 Carl Metropolitan And most mesh bodies come with eyebrows or don't use them.
15:15 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Well I only have three generic parts and nothing to replace them with.
15:16 Larky (larkylouz) I'm speaking of classic/system bodies, not mesh ones.
15:16 Carl Metropolitan I know. Some stuff can't be taken off; it can only be replaced.
15:17 Carl Metropolitan As long as you don't see it, there's no issue.
15:17 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Arighty.
15:17 Carl Metropolitan Any part of a System Avatar has very, very minimal effect on Avatar Complexity
15:17 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) It’s just the fact that there's a name of a generic piece of an avatar there that's annoying me a bit.
15:17 Larky (larkylouz) The Library, the second folder in the Inventory tool, has many default avatars. Go to Inventory > Library > Clothing. In many cases, you can mix and match the various parts, from clothing to skin to hair.
15:17 Cychwynn I still have some system parts hidden in my avie still as well I think :)
15:18 Carl Metropolitan Everyone, even in a full mesh avatar, has some hidden system parts.
15:18 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Alrighty, thank you.
15:18 Carl Metropolitan Also most mesh avatars, use the system body as a basis for changing the mesh avatar shape.
15:19 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Next question
15:20 Carl Metropolitan Does no one have any questions?
15:20 Carl Metropolitan This will be a record. Andrea and I asked more questions than the entire audience tonight!
15:21 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Actually, I might know the reason, but I’ll ask.
15:21 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Has anybody found the amusements by the village scholars chat circle to be of interest?
15:21 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Go ahead Lucy.
15:21 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) While building my Avatar, my friend wanted to take me to a sandbox.
15:21 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) The sandbox wouldn't really let me.
15:21 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I was told to attach my payment info to the profile. But after doing that no change happened.
15:22 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Is it because my account is fresh?
15:23 Carl Metropolitan It is likely either because 1) many privately owned sandboxes ban accounts under 1 week or 30 days because they are trying to weed out throwaway accounts used by griefers.
15:23 Carl Metropolitan Or 2) because she took you to one of Linden Lab's "Premium Only" sandboxes.
15:23 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Understandable.
15:24 Lia (tokyorii) Oh! I have a question after lucy! When will the horse carriages be available?
15:24 Carl Metropolitan Also, you can always use the Oxbridge sandbox.
15:24 Carl Metropolitan And there are some Linden Lab sandboxes on the mainland open to anyone.
15:24 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) the changing rooms?
15:24 Carl Metropolitan Those, too.
15:24 Carl Metropolitan The sandbox is different, though.
15:25 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) It was a sandbox in some kind of a club my friend hangs out in.
15:25 Carl Metropolitan There is a teleport to the Oxbridge Sandbox by the entrance to the Cathedral building (the place where new people first rez here).
15:25 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Oh, I see.
15:25 Larky (larkylouz) Another possibility on the sand box question is that if you are underage, you can't go to a Moderate or Adult area. The Oxbridge Sandbox has an open area rated Moderate and an enclosed area that anyone can use.
15:25 Carl Metropolitan Lia, unless someone knows here today, you will have to ask Wordsmith or Rainyday about that.
15:26 Lia (tokyorii) Aww, okay Carl.
15:26 Carl Metropolitan "Underage" in that sense means you are under 18 in Real Life.
15:26 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Neither one [Wordsmith or Rainyday] is inworld.
15:26 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Yeah, I get it.
15:26 Carl Metropolitan They are usually both at the monthly Q&A with the Deans. That is every second Sunday of the month.
15:26 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) It was in fact an adult rated place but I’m not under aged..
15:27 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I think.
15:27 Carl Metropolitan Or just ask them in COUG chat if they are online.
15:27 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Is there a way of setting that you’re 18+ her?
15:27 Larky (larkylouz) Lucy, you may have to adjust your account to enter M or A areas.
15:27 Carl Metropolitan Yes. You need to log into the SL website to verify your age. [No you don’t; I was wrong here. See below.]
15:28 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Hmm, I might have done that.
15:28 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I remember verifying my mail and payment info
15:28 Larky (larkylouz) In Firestorm, open Preferences (Ctrl + P) and go to the General tab. The second item allows you to set what content you want to see. The default viewer should have something similar.
15:28 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Yeah, i have that checked.
15:29 Carl Metropolitan SL Knowledge Base URL on age verification and accessing adult Sims: https://community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/accessing-adult-land-and-content-r236/
15:29 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Region-specific restriction, then.
15:29 Carl Metropolitan I'm wrong, by the way, the "I want to see Moderate and/or Adult content" is now part of the viewer; not on the website.
15:30 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Alrighty
15:31 Larky (larkylouz) Carl, I could be wrong, but you may need to change it both places. Anyone clear on that?
15:31 Cychwynn I never had to change it on the site, I put in preferences in the viewer only and have no problem getting anywhere...
15:31 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I may have an another question ready.
15:32 Carl Metropolitan It says on that knowledge base page you only need to change the setting in your viewer and have payment info on file.
15:32 Carl Metropolitan Check your viewer settings again, if you have not. [Maybe the change did not “stick” when you first made it.]
15:32 Carl Metropolitan What is your other question?
15:32 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Whats the fastest way of accessing the marketplace
15:32 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I’m currently opening the search icon and going through history. Should i just copy the URL?
15:33 Carl Metropolitan Yes. copy and paste the URL.
15:33 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Alrighty.
15:33 Carl Metropolitan Or click on it, and it will open in whatever web browser you have linked to SL
15:34 Carl Metropolitan What are you trying to do by opening the Search icon?
15:34 Carl Metropolitan If you want to access Marketplace (MP), that's not how.
15:34 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Uhm, access the Marketplace.
15:34 Carl Metropolitan Go to https://marketplace.secondlife.com/
15:34 Carl Metropolitan Then log in there.
15:34 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Alright.
15:34 Carl Metropolitan Login is on the upper right hand corner of the page.
15:35 Cychwynn Hmm… Marketplace my second SL home
15:35 Carl Metropolitan One Caveat:
15:35 Carl Metropolitan There are scammers who will spam fake marketplace links to try to capture your password.
15:35 Carl Metropolitan Be very careful if you see one posted in chat or group.
15:36 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Ah yes. Fortunately I joined SL on Saturday just before Lindai Kidd's Avatar Safety lecture.
15:36 Carl Metropolitan If the supposed Marketplace link looks wrong, ask someone.
15:36 Carl Metropolitan There are some clever scammers.
15:36 Carl Metropolitan Better to log in from the real marketplace and then search for what has been linked.
15:37 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Okay.
15:37 Carl Metropolitan Though most people are aware of this scam, and if the link is posted in group chat, people will immediately say "scam" on fake links.
15:37 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Next question?
15:38 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I may have an another one if you don’t mind.
15:38 Carl Metropolitan No. Multiple questions from people are cool!
15:38 Carl Metropolitan Ask what you need to.
15:38 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Nice.
15:39 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) While doing the Caledon quest, on the Moors I found a random petal from 2016 Petal Hunt. is there any way i can put it into good use or not?
15:39 Carl Metropolitan Petal? Not a full Rose?
15:39 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Nope. One petal.
15:39 Carl Metropolitan Do you have it with you?
15:40 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Yep. I think its 1 out of 10.
15:40 Carl Metropolitan Weird. It may have been from a special rose.
15:40 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Perhaps.
15:40 Carl Metropolitan Samm Florian ran that Rose Hunt. Ask her about it.
15:40 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) It gives me a HUD when i put it on.
15:40 Lightweaver Balan A rose by any other name.
15:40 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Might ask her when I meet her.
15:40 Carl Metropolitan I am not sure what it would mean.
15:40 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Maybe she forgot to remove it after the hunt.
15:41 Carl Metropolitan She may have been experimenting with HUDs that year.
15:41 Carl Metropolitan I think the longest any rose has remained unfound was about three months,
15:42 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Whoa, someone is good at hiding stuff.
15:42 Carl Metropolitan The Rose Hunt is an annual event as part of the yearly Caledon Birthday Celebration.
15:42 H (a8ch) Is that Gold bar hunt still on?
15:42 Carl Metropolitan Samm has run it for years and years and years now.
15:43 Carl Metropolitan I'm not aware of a Gold Bar hunt.
15:43 H (a8ch) I kept finding them in stores.
15:43 Carl Metropolitan But many businesses participate in Hunts for marketing purposes.
15:43 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) I found one in the graveyard in the Caledon Moors
15:43 Larky (larkylouz) Probably something from a hunt not associated with Oxbridge?
15:44 Carl Metropolitan On hunts: I have a notecard on Finding Freebies with a second on Hunts about 3/4th of the way down. It explains all about them.
15:45 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Next question?
15:46 Carl Metropolitan Okay. If there are no more questions, I guess we will adjourn a bit early tonight.
15:46 Carl Metropolitan Thank you all for coming.
15:46 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Yeah I ran out of questions.
15:46 Lia (tokyorii) Thank you Carl and Andrea.
15:46 Lucy Susan Evangeline (lucythefoxxo) Thank you for patience and help
15:47 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) There will be more :-)
15:47 Carl Metropolitan And thank you, Lucy, especially for all the good questions!
15:47 Soup Jonson I found the meeting to be exciting.
15:47 Carl Metropolitan See you all next week.
15:47 Larky (larkylouz) Thank you, Carl, Andrea. Take care all.
15:48 Carl Metropolitan Addendum
[After the Q&A was over Lucy Susan Evangeline IMed me with another question. She gave me permission to add it to the Q&A. She wanted to know what could cause a HUD she wore to not appear on her screen.]

[My answer was: I suspect the HUD does not show up because it is hidden off your screen. Or is behind a window you have open (less likely). The former sometimes happens if the HUD designer had a much wider screen than the people who ended up using it.]

[I then asked her if she had a HUD on she could see, and she told me she did. I told her to right click on visible HUD and select "Edit" then while it is in the Edit mode, use the scroll wheel of your mouse to scroll back, and you will "shrink" the part of the screen where the HUDs can attach and see whats "beyond" that. From there, you should be able to right click on that offscreen HUD, select "Edit" again, and then move it in Edit mode onto your screen.]