Isn’t it lovely to kick back and relax after a long hard day of work or doing absolutely nothing to logging into SL to do some more work, play or…. absolutely nothing.
If you follow my rants and ramblings through the years I’m inspired by episodes that happen to me. I’m a dramatic person by creative writing nature and have an issue with OCD that only my nearest and dearest can navigate around. I'm well aware of my Goddess complex and guess what? I’m all good until something gets in the way.
For the first half of July I suffered the only wardrobe malfunction, I was besides myself like a damsel in distress.
No... my stuff didn't come flying out off my shirt in the middle of a hip hop and swing mashup dance competition… It was much worse! My inventory was locked down like fort knox and I was unable to open any folders containing hours and hours of hard work putting together the perfect outfits.
I don’t know about yall but I like to dress up everyday. With or without a crown. I like to think I have some kind of fashion sense. Anyway, for a week I hobbled around in the same outfit unable to change. It felt like I had a paparazzi of flies following me around. It was dreadful.
Half way through the second week of trying to clear cache and hoping for the best I was still left looking like yesterday and the day before. It was to the point my Ops Manager Orion was starting to complain.
I tried to create a support ticket but I couldn't even navigate that. He had to put out the call of distress to the Lindens for help and pass along the instructions. I use Firestorm. So I went through my preferences and cleared all my cache… again.
Next, I downloaded the latest version of the Second Life Viewer. I logged in and found a low lag place to chill and wait until inventory stopped “fetching” my items. Once all was fetched and showed the number of items I have in inventory. I stood around a couple minutes longer and waited just to make sure. I logged out and went to Firestorms website and downloaded the latest version and did a restart of my system. The moment of truth finally arrived when I logged into Firestorm, waited for my inventory to load and OMG it worked!
I have to say all sorts of things go wrong when it comes to technology. From lag to crashes, internet failures and whatever else interrupts Second Life, losing the ability to swap out a wig, shoes or go from formal to beachwear in 5 seconds really cramped my style. The worst is over now… I just need to work on my people skills. Apparently, I’m a bit of a drama queen when I can’t find my crown.
I want to give a big thank you to my Ops Manager for his unbreakable patience and understanding during this ordeal and my friends who acted like they didn't notice I was a repeat outfit violator.
If you or someone you know is suffering from lost inventory and cramped style. Follow the instructions above.
Useful link:
Second Life Viewer
Firestorm Viewer
-Lanai
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