I struggled with customizing my Avatar …
I struggled with customizing my Avatar because I found that the program was taking very long to load the different features, etc. Another issue I had, since I created an Avatar and entered the virtual world is purple shades blocking parts of my screen and even my Avatar’s face. I tried to get rid of these shadows but was not able to. Hence, my screen shot has purple and pink in it and you can not really see any background. I tried teleporting to different place in hopes that the purple would go away but it did not. Maybe my computer does not have the capabilities needed.
This was an interesting activity. It defiantly takes times to get used to. Thanks for the opportunity to try this out. I do not think I would have ever thought to explore in the virtual world using this means on my own. Definitely a very good learning experience.
Nureen
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adi 7:54 am on November 23, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Congrats on your Avatar. I’m also glad we had to do this project, otherwise I would have never ventures into SL.
Regarding the purple problem, I found this in the SL community page. It does appear to have to do with your graphics card.
“Although it is necessary to download the last drivers for your graphics card, here is a solution which seems that works for some residents and it is worth to give a try. In Viewer 3 open Advanced Menu (Ctrl+Alt+D if you don’t see it) –> Show Debug Settings –> click the down arrow and find “RenderMaxTextureIndex”. Normally there you see the value 16. Set it to 0 (zero) and close the window. See if that makes any difference.”
and
“Some people who have ATI graphics cards are having this problem with the most recent V3 upgrade. See http://jira.phoenixviewer.com/browse/FIRE-4945 . For a quick but temporary solution, go to Preferences >> Graphics and disable Basic Shaders. For a more permanent solution update the 12.1 Catalyst driver from http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2…. or run the AMD driver autodetect tool to update: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/auto_detect.aspx”
Eva Ziemsen 9:44 pm on November 23, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Ah, thanks Adriana. I first thought it was due to a sunset setting, but it seems the graphic card is the issue (as you point out).
visramn 11:34 am on November 25, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thank you so much. That will definitely be helpful. The purple on my screen was deterring me from wanting to use the program but now that you have given me some suggestions, I will try it out again.
Nureen