SHOPPING IN THE VITURAL WORLD OF
SECOND LIFE Rob Santana
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ne of the most fun relaxing things for some avatars in second life is to GO SHOPPING in the virtual world of Second Life !! Waking up on a rainy Saturday morning going to your pc in your pj’s with a nice cup of coffee and logging into Second Life for some shop therapy is a regular thing for some! Sure you can shop on Marketplace however, you can’t try on the demo, and you won’t know for sure how it will look or fit. Trying on the demo is one of the many good reasons to do your shopping “in world.” and a lesson you might take to real life as well. Trying on the clothes you buy makes all the difference. Avatars are constantly recreating their look, fashion, or surroundings. There is always something new to find in Second Life in world stores, after all Second Life is about creating a life you dream about and want to experience. Just a quick tip before you set out shopping in the virtual world you may need to adjust your graphics settings so things will rezz quickly when you go from place to place. If you are using the Second Life Official Viewer or Firestorm open preferences, graphics tab, set your graphics to MID and your draw distance to 128m. If you want to see how the area you are in is performing hit CONTROL+SHIFT+1 to open the statistics bar. Anytime your FPS (FRAMES PER SECOND) is 10 or lower you’ll want to reduce your graphics settings so you can move about freely without getting dragged down by the lag on the sim. Also using the statistics window is a good way to check if the changes to your graphics settings improved your FPS (Frames per Second). Some avatars shop by standing outside the store and using their
camera to scan the entire store without ever going in. This is another effective way of handling things if you are experiencing lag making it difficult to walk around. Hopefully this doesn’t happen very often but if it does adjust your graphics settings. Whenever you tp to a new location have a bit of patience to allow everything to load in your viewer so you can see what everyone else see’s. Experiment a bit to see what helps improve the speed you can move around and view things, detaching huds you don’t need and not wearing too many accessories also helps.
How to reduce lag by adjusting your viewer settings:
SHOPPING IN THE VITURAL WORLD OF SL
