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New Avatars and Log-in Issues...

Doug Barbieri — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:15:43 +0000

Recently, Linden Lab changed the way they create names for new avatars for Second Life. Now they allow you to create an avatar with a first name-only, whereas in the past they used to allow you to choose from a list of pre-defined last names. You still do have a last name, but it is actually "Resident."

For SLiteChat, this causes a problem for people who are used to logging in via first name only. For example, a new avatar named Angel123 cannot log into SLiteChat because SLiteChat expects a last name in addition to a first name. So, if Angel123 wants to log in using SLiteChat, she

"Ruthing" of your Avatar

Doug Barbieri — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:37:07 +0000

Hi all,

With the release of Linden Lab's Viewer 2, an issue has cropped up for users of SLiteChat. Presently, SLiteChat does not attempt to rez your avatar in-world. With pre-2.0 viewers, this was never an issue (the AV just appears as a ghosty-blob). However, Viewer 2.0 handles in-world rendering a little differently than pre-viewer 2 and other viewers like Snowglobe and Emerald. This results in a fully dressed AV that has the default "Ruth" body (i.e. if you have a male avatar, it will appear as female, hovering in the air, to users of Viewer 2 who try to look at you).

SLiteChat Release 1.6.1

Doug Barbieri — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:10:24 +0000

We are happy to announce a maintenance release of SLiteChat, verion 1.6.1. This release addresses the following issues: