Joshua Nightshade

[#VWR-812] Ability to add alpha to base avatar skin - Second Life Issues

Simple JIRA.

Ability to correctly apply transparency to the avatar to create invisible body parts.

IT'S FUNCTIONALITY WE ALREADY HAD ONCE THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY.

258 votes, one of the most-voted on issues in the entire JIRA.

No, so many people voted on it because they don't give a shit.

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Macphisto Angelus

Here.. let me break this down and separate the Lindeneese from the truth.

We have no clue how to add it into our borked code without breaking something else.

Why should we who are payed do this when someone who works for free and knows how to do this way better then us can do it.

Excuse Linden came up with this.. we found it viable and hope to fool you with it.

Padreag

Why would anyone want an invisible avatar?

Joshua Nightshade

Did you read the JIRA? There's a mountain of rationale for why people want to be able to make various body parts transparent.

Vengence Opus

to sneak in an steal ur lindenz.

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Macphisto Angelus

It goes beyond being invisible. There are great uses for it for non human avatars or even human ones.

You can never be invisible in SL. Avatar scanners, mini map, the name above one's head (unless you turn off the option) will always show them in a second.

A person can be truly invisible to spy with the camera so the idea of someone sneaking around and peeking on the cyberz is bunk.

Macphisto Angelus

Dammit, Veng. I was trying to gain trust so I could do this later.

Ayu Sura

it would be cool to be able to make a ghostly av - transparent

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Walker

Hell, they gave me an invisible penis. About time they progressed to the rest of my body avatar.

Vengence Opus

DOH!

/me forgot about teh supa sekrit.

Joshua Nightshade

This is not a funny thread. This put me in a bad fucking mood.

Love

I'd rather they fixed stability myself.

Vengence Opus

well someone should write a fucking JIRA to fix that, no?

Alexa Lioncourt

And that brings up my point. Invisi prims create higher ARC numbers - All transparencies do. By fixing this problem, many avatars would no longer need the invisi prims, thus reducing ARC numbers and lowering lag.

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Macphisto Angelus

Aww come on. We all hate the crap they do. Laughing at them is the only way we can react anymore.

Getting mad at LL is like getting mad at Ronald McDonald when you get a bad cheeseburger. It's not like either run the company.

Vengence Opus

it's the Hamburglar that should be catching the flak.

Love

So you're saying that people with invisi prims on their avatar are ruining SL.

Alexa Lioncourt

yes and I blame it all on furries and josh

Khamon

yeah

shit like this

yeah

it's the apologists that make me really angry though

yeah

stupid fucks

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Macphisto Angelus

It is a shame though that something as pushed as the JIRA by LL and supposedly the measure of what needs fixed most is pushed off like this.

It is not like they "can't" make this happen. It certainly achieved support levels beyond what other [Resolved] issues has.

The whole "do people really want this" comment was a dumb move. Anytime this is brought up there are tons of posts showing how it is a good thing and a small handful crying about their false sense of privacy. If you want privacy assured you can set up a standalone and nobody will see or hear a thing you do. SL is about as privacy ensured as talking on the phone outside on your porch. Unless you buy a blinded island.

I dunno.. once again it is LL doing what they want or is most convenient for them rather then trying to do what they are being asked to do.

Maybe OpenSim will get it done. Then LL will snag the patch and blog about the great new feature they are implementing.

Cindy Claveau

Someone said "OHNOYOUDIN'T"

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Joshua Nightshade

Yes, it's been reopened.

Please vote if you haven't yet.

Cindy Claveau

Voted. But I think Erica Linden's still bleeding a bit from the ass-ripping you gave her, Joshua.

Tya

i will vote because its useful for everyone. the less prim we can wear with scripting the better off we all are.

Joshua Nightshade

Being able to make feet transparent can really, really, really help you with your shoes. You can make heels and strapless shoes without needing invisiprims.