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Old 03-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
portucare


 
 

second life

Hi guys (and girls)
I am totally new to second life and I installed it on my new laptop 15,4
screen (Asus Z53S) dual core T7700, 2GB memory, graffic card Nvidia G Force
8600M GS Vista Home OS, but I don't manage to stay operational (?) more than
a few seconds. I have cabble connection (usually 13500 kps download and 480
upload rate).
What happens is when I start the game I manage to move (walk7fly) for a few
seconds and I imediatly loose all control over my avatar (keeps
walking/flying etc). Is there some adjustment I can do to my settings to be
abble to play (I am truly amazed with it)?
Best thanks for your suggestions.
--
Portucare in distress

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Old 03-20-2008   #2 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa]


 
 

Re: second life

"portucare" <portucare@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A4B38D24-9960-4FA8-8076-2129C189CD8F@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Hi guys (and girls)
> I am totally new to second life and I installed it on my new laptop 15,4
> screen (Asus Z53S) dual core T7700, 2GB memory, graffic card Nvidia G Force
> 8600M GS Vista Home OS, but I don't manage to stay operational (?) more than
> a few seconds. I have cabble connection (usually 13500 kps download and 480
> upload rate).
> What happens is when I start the game I manage to move (walk7fly) for a few
> seconds and I imediatly loose all control over my avatar (keeps
> walking/flying etc). Is there some adjustment I can do to my settings to be
> abble to play (I am truly amazed with it)?
> Best thanks for your suggestions.
> --
> Portucare in distress
No idea, you have a high end gaming notebook there, no reason it shouldn't work. If Second Life is crashing or messing up it's probably the program that's the problem.

Check with Linden Labs, see if there's any known problems with Second Life similar to what you're experiencing.

In the meantime I'd go to http://www.nvidia.com and download the latest drivers for your video card and ASUS.com to find audio and chipset drivers for your system.

If all your drivers are up to date then I suggest....

....well, not playing Second Life. It's a really stupid game, and I don't care how much you try to sugar coat it, that whole "game" if you can call it that is just one failed experiment after another.

Watch out for the Yiffers.

-A.
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Old 03-20-2008   #3 (permalink)
portucare


 
 

Re: second life

thanks

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Portucare in distress


"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Quote:

> "portucare" <portucare@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:A4B38D24-9960-4FA8-8076-2129C189CD8F@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > Hi guys (and girls)
> > I am totally new to second life and I installed it on my new laptop 15,4
> > screen (Asus Z53S) dual core T7700, 2GB memory, graffic card Nvidia G
> Force
Quote:

> > 8600M GS Vista Home OS, but I don't manage to stay operational (?) more
> than
Quote:

> > a few seconds. I have cabble connection (usually 13500 kps download and
> 480
Quote:

> > upload rate).
> > What happens is when I start the game I manage to move (walk7fly) for a
> few
Quote:

> > seconds and I imediatly loose all control over my avatar (keeps
> > walking/flying etc). Is there some adjustment I can do to my settings to
> be
Quote:

> > abble to play (I am truly amazed with it)?
> > Best thanks for your suggestions.
> > --
> > Portucare in distress
>
> No idea, you have a high end gaming notebook there, no reason it shouldn't
> work. If Second Life is crashing or messing up it's probably the program
> that's the problem.
>
> Check with Linden Labs, see if there's any known problems with Second Life
> similar to what you're experiencing.
>
> In the meantime I'd go to http://www.nvidia.com and download the latest
> drivers for your video card and ASUS.com to find audio and chipset drivers
> for your system.
>
> If all your drivers are up to date then I suggest....
>
> ...well, not playing Second Life. It's a really stupid game, and I don't
> care how much you try to sugar coat it, that whole "game" if you can call
> it that is just one failed experiment after another.
>
> Watch out for the Yiffers.
>
> -A.
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-20-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: second life

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by portucare View Post
Hi guys (and girls)
I am totally new to second life and I ...Portucare in distress
I'm in Second Life for more than a year and I tell you that you DON'T have any problem with your machine or internet conection. Second Life is updating from time to time and you need to be patient. Anyway, put the latest audio&video drivers and reinstall SL, if the problem persists.

Now, for those of you who have Vista Ultimate 64 and play SL, please tell me how do you describe your graphic experience? I have a good dual core Intel, nVidia 8800 GTX and I just make the step from a very stable and smooth XP64 to a very unstable and problem making Ultimate Vista64. Thanks to this forum, some of the problems were solved , but others still remains. I put the latest drivers, I updated Vista to SP1 (and Ultimate Extras and updates are working daily) but I belive that Second Life is not compatible yet with my windows.

First of all, the graphic really sux. On the late XP64, I played with all the options at full and very high (from resolution to details etc). The game was running very, very smooth and was an enjoyable experience. Now, with Ultimate Vista 64, there is NO screen difference between the resolutions and details - you may put them at low or at high, you will see same very poor and low graphic. Also from time to time, the game freeze and Windows give me a message that I don't have enough memory which is so very stupid as I have plenty of memory... The strangest part is that eye-candy nextgen games like Crysis, The Witcher or Jade Empire are working perectly on my PC...
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Old 04-20-2008   #5 (permalink)


Vista Business/Home Premium/Ultimate x64/Server 2008 X64
 
 

Re: second life

Before getting a second life...get a first.
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Old 04-20-2008   #6 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: second life

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by joel406 View Post
Before getting a second life...get a first.
ha ha ha. You are trying to be sarcastic, right? Latest news: you are not even inteligent. So keep this crap for yourself. SL is not a game, but a multiverse. There are dozens of arguments why you can enjoy a digital life together with the first... from all the artistic and cultural events in SL to the presence of the big corporations and brands. So go back to minesweeperr and suck your thumb, dude.
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Old 04-21-2008   #7 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa]


 
 

Re: second life

darth_marcus <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in
news:1e1ff25494ed14a2e2efdd3597e02dc3@xxxxxx-gateway.com:
Quote:

>
> joel406;688781 Wrote:
Quote:

>> Before getting a second life...get a first.
> ha ha ha. You are trying to be sarcastic, right? Latest news: you are
> not even inteligent. So keep this crap for yourself. SL is not a game,
> but a multiverse. There are dozens of arguments why you can enjoy a
> digital life *together* with the first... from all the artistic and
> cultural events in SL to the presence of the big corporations and
> brands. So go back to minesweeperr and suck your thumb, dude.
Dude, Second Life is a game, a really bad game, it's not a life, it's
just a game you can make weird stuff in and animate it. I'm more
interested in SL from a programmer pov, but as a game, almost all of the
people who say they play just creep me out like nobodys business.

I'm glad artists are into it, but it seems to be mostly performance
stuff, and when it seems like the only "art" you ever see coming out of
SL are Unicorn Babies,
(http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/...oon-delig.html -
NSFW!) I think it's safe to say there's not much good art coming out of
SL.

....and what the hell is wrong with Mine Sweeper? Dude, them is fightin'
words.

Keep your Second Life out of my life. I know you're entitled to your
opinion, and I RESPECT your opinion, but yes, I've tried SL, it's weird,
and that's my opinion.

--
-A.
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