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How do I pull up Advanced menu in Second Life?
If you’d like to enable the Advanced menu, you can set it in your viewer preferences. Or, if you prefer, use the following shortcuts: Windows – Ctrl+Alt+D. Mac – Ctrl+Opt ⌥+D.
How do I hide HUD in Firestorm?
Hiding/Showing/Scaling HUDS
- Look in the Avatar menu and make sure that “Show HUD Attachments” has a checkmark.
- Go to Preferences → User Interface -> 2D Overlay → HUD Scaling. If HUD Scaling is above 1.0, reduce it to 1.0 and see if your HUD has reappeared.
How do you change controls on firestorm?
Move controls are enabled via the top menu bar, Avatar → Move Controls. This opens a small window, as shown here, which can be moved on the screen and left where you find it most unobtrusive, by left clicking a corner and dragging it on-screen.
Why can’t I edit my shape on Second Life?
Some shapes are sold with modify permissions and some are sold no-modify. Presumably you have one of the latter so you can’t edit it.
How do I make Firestorm run better?
Graphics settings changes that may help:
- Set your graphics to Low or Mid-Low: Preferences → Graphics -> General → Quality and Speed.
- Ensure that anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing are both disabled: Preferences → Graphics -> Hardware Settings tab.
- Reduce your draw distance.
Why is Second Life so laggy?
Save the initial settings a ‘default’ Graphics Preset (icon in the upper left of the viewer). If this doesn’t help enough, step by step try adding each of these changes: Reduce the Draw Distance slider to minimum (64m) Disable Advanced Lighting Model – This is a drastic hit on quality.
How do I turn on RLV in Firestorm?
To enable RLVa in the Firestorm Viewer, from the menu at the top of the screen, go to Avatar > Preferences > Firestorm (on the left) > General (on the top), and then check the box that reads, “Allow Remote Scripted Viewer Controls (RLVa). Finally, click on OK.
How do you fly in Second Life?
Avatars in Second Life can fly by pressing the “F” and “Home” keys (depending on preferences, holding “Page Up” and/or “E” will also work) and by clicking the “Fly” button in the toolbar. Pressing any of the keyboard shortcuts or clicking the button again will stop the avatar from flying.
How can I make my SL run faster?
Here are a few quick tips to try to boost Second Life’s performance on slower computers:
- Try turning down your graphics settings from Edit > Preferences > Graphics tab.
- Try turning off “classic clouds” in your Advanced Sky Editor.
- Try turning off Particles by selecting View > Beacons > Hide Particles.
How much RAM does firestorm use?
Firestorm System Requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Internet Connection | 750 Kbps down, 100 Kbps up | 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up |
| Display | 1024×768 pixels | 1920×1080 pixels |
| Memory | 8 GB for 64-bit systems 4 GB for 32-bit systems | 16 GB |
| Disk Space | 1 GB application, 1 GB cache | 1 GB application, 10 GB cache |
How do I make Firestorm run smoother?
How do you jump in SL?
An avatar can jump by the resident pressing the “Page-Up” or “E” key. Jumping also causes an animation to play and will trigger the control event in a scripted object that has permission to grab controls from that avatar.
How to enable advanced menu in Firestorm?
When you are inworld, go to “me” > preferences > advanced > enable advanced menu > enable developer menu. More sharing options… In firestorm go to world, then show more, then advanced, it will enable the advanced menu button on your toolbar.
How do I use firestorm on other grids?
Allow login to other grids: Allows you to use Firestorm on other grids (not all grids will support Firestorm). Show Advanced Menu: Adds the Advanced menu to the top (menu) bar. (Use at own risk!) May also be achieved with Ctrl-Alt-D. Show Developer Menu: Adds the Developer menu to the top (menu) bar. (Use at own risk!)
How do I close the firestorm menu on a Mac?
CONTENT MENU Key Function Ctrl-F Mac: Cmd-F Content → Search HELP MENU Key Function F1 Help → Firestorm Wiki ADVANCED MENU Key Function Ctrl-W Advanced → Shortcuts → Close Window Ctrl-Shift-W Advanced → Shortcuts → Close All Windows Ctrl-` Advanced → Shortcuts → Snapshot to Disk (some keyboards use Ctrl-‘ for this)
What is the basic mode of Firestorm?
Firestorm has no basic mode and comes in advanced mode by default. More sharing options… If you want to open the advanced menu at the top then here is some info which is in the preferences options