Merry Christmas!
From December 21st. until December 25th. you can now get our "House Demon" control system on half price!
"The "House Demon" system provides builders with a complete house control system for your builds. The system design allows easy “plug & play” usage with extended device features. Functionality and easy use are the core of this system, for beginner and expert builders".
This offer is only available during the given time and only on Xstreet.
Get the "House Demon" now for only 1625L$ compared to the normal price of 3250L$.
View it - here on Xstreet - and tell your friends about it.
We at [SLCI] wish you all a merry christmas and happy holidays.
We'll be back after the holidays with some exciting news, so make sure you watch the blog.
Regards,
-Wise
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[SLCI] "Land Buddy" Terrain Editor Released!
Easy to use, menu driven terrain editor. Level, lower, raise terrain in minutes. Create slopes and hills with this tool in minutes and simply smooth them later from your terrain menu. You can even let your friends use the ladn buddy, simply add them to the ~Users notecard.
Terrain editing was never so easy!
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Usage:
Terrain in SL is edited by 2x2, 4x4 and 8x8 meters. Your "land buddy" will change it's size
when you select the desired brush from the menu. You can even let your friends use it by adding them to the ~Users notecard.
To get started:
* Simply rez the land buddy from your inventory.
* Right-click the land buddy and select "open".
* Add your name and any users to the ~Users notecard.
* Save the card and the land buddy is ready to use.
* You will see the buddy options above the prim including sim-grid location, brush size, speed etc.
To use it:
* Raise or lower it to your desired height and touch it.
* From the menu select the desired brush size you like to work with.
* Click "Start" from the menu and move the land buddy around.
* Or, select "auto on" and the buddy will move on his own.
* You can always stop him, change brush size or raise and lower your buddy.
* You can also select on "clockwise" or anti-clock" from the menu, and the buddy will rotate by 90 degrees and move on.
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Advanced usage:
With your land buddy you can create hills, slopes and raised terrain in minutes, even "land based steps".
Making slopes etc:
* Simply rez multible buddies next to each other.
* Set them to different height levels like 21,22,24,26 meter.
* Enable all buddies, hightlight them all and move them around at once.
You will see that now you're creating exact raised steps or slopes.
Once you got the terrain shape you like, stop your buddies and use the "smooth brush" from the
terrain editing menu to make it all look nice. Work you used to do in hours, you can now do in minutes.
Flatten, Raise or Lower a full sim:
* Rez 1 land buddy and select the large brush size.
* Set it to your desired height.
* Open the edit menu and from the top select the "create" magic pen.
* Select "copy selection" and "keep tool selected" from the create menu.
* Now click on 1 side of your land buddy, you see a copy is "snapped" onto it.
* Make as many copies as you like, creating a large "mat.
* Enable ALL buddies, now select them all and move them over the sim.
You will see that you can raise, flatten or lower a whole sim in less than 5 minutes with this.
There is many more ways you can use this tool, play with it, try different heights, snapped and gapped buddies and watch the results. Editing terrain has never been this easy.
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Available from:
[SLCI] Main Store | Apez.biz | Xstreet | Onrez
Enjoy and happy holidays to all of you,
-Wise
Terrain editing was never so easy!
========================================
Usage:
Terrain in SL is edited by 2x2, 4x4 and 8x8 meters. Your "land buddy" will change it's size
when you select the desired brush from the menu. You can even let your friends use it by adding them to the ~Users notecard.
To get started:
* Simply rez the land buddy from your inventory.
* Right-click the land buddy and select "open".
* Add your name and any users to the ~Users notecard.
* Save the card and the land buddy is ready to use.
* You will see the buddy options above the prim including sim-grid location, brush size, speed etc.
To use it:
* Raise or lower it to your desired height and touch it.
* From the menu select the desired brush size you like to work with.
* Click "Start" from the menu and move the land buddy around.
* Or, select "auto on" and the buddy will move on his own.
* You can always stop him, change brush size or raise and lower your buddy.
* You can also select on "clockwise" or anti-clock" from the menu, and the buddy will rotate by 90 degrees and move on.
========================================
Advanced usage:
With your land buddy you can create hills, slopes and raised terrain in minutes, even "land based steps".
Making slopes etc:
* Simply rez multible buddies next to each other.
* Set them to different height levels like 21,22,24,26 meter.
* Enable all buddies, hightlight them all and move them around at once.
You will see that now you're creating exact raised steps or slopes.
Once you got the terrain shape you like, stop your buddies and use the "smooth brush" from the
terrain editing menu to make it all look nice. Work you used to do in hours, you can now do in minutes.
Flatten, Raise or Lower a full sim:
* Rez 1 land buddy and select the large brush size.
* Set it to your desired height.
* Open the edit menu and from the top select the "create" magic pen.
* Select "copy selection" and "keep tool selected" from the create menu.
* Now click on 1 side of your land buddy, you see a copy is "snapped" onto it.
* Make as many copies as you like, creating a large "mat.
* Enable ALL buddies, now select them all and move them over the sim.
You will see that you can raise, flatten or lower a whole sim in less than 5 minutes with this.
There is many more ways you can use this tool, play with it, try different heights, snapped and gapped buddies and watch the results. Editing terrain has never been this easy.
========================================
Available from:
[SLCI] Main Store | Apez.biz | Xstreet | Onrez
Enjoy and happy holidays to all of you,
-Wise
Happy Holidays to all of you
I like to take a minute and wish you all happy holidays and a very merry christmas.
Take a break from your second life's and have some first life with your family and fiends over the next days. I wont be available much myself for the next week (or so) to step back a little and relax from the last 2 months of hard work.
We at [SLCI] wish you all the best for christmas and for 2009.
-Wise
Take a break from your second life's and have some first life with your family and fiends over the next days. I wont be available much myself for the next week (or so) to step back a little and relax from the last 2 months of hard work.
We at [SLCI] wish you all the best for christmas and for 2009.
-Wise
Released "House Demon" v1.3!
Due to the rapid developement of the system and it's growth, we maintain the demon documentation and detailed configuration instructions online. Please visit the links bellow for more details:
House-Demon Info Documenations
House-Demon Config Instructions
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Features:
* Transfer version for builders!
* Very low lag system communication
* Plug & Play setup and configuration (easy)
* Smart detect for devices (doors,windows etc)
* Only 1 generic door script for all supported door types
* Doors support open,close,lock,unlock sound
* Doors support texture change & tint levels
* 3 way tinting and texture changing windows
* Most devices are "linkable" to your build!
* Control user access through controller
* Add Users & Friends to the controls
* Allow / Deny Public access
* Configure your own system channels
* TP locations are configured by the controller
==============================
Changelog:
v1.3 Dec.08:
* Default channel is now 911 (shorter, better to remember)
* Each device has now his own "~XXXConfig" notecard rather than ~Settings.
* Changed all scripts to look for the new settings card name
* ~Config notecards now support "comments" to make your life easier.
* Minor llOwnerSay text output change in the controller script.
* Most scripts have been updated by several versions since the last release.
* Made scripts faster and debugged all code, re-compiled to mono.
* Generic door script v1.8 (only 1 script for all doors, add sounds, textures, tint
* All 3 door types use the same "~DoorConfig" notecard now. Door type is set in notecard.
* Doors can now have tint & texture change levels if wanted.
* Doors now support sounds for open,close,lock,unlock states.
* Added Demon-Fireplace (create your own chimneys and fireplaces).
* Included all used textures, sounds and config cards to the box.
* Re-written online config documentation.
==============================
I already triggered a update to all demon users. However, if you missed it you can rez the "demon updater" from your 1.2 package. The server will than deliver a fresh 1.3 version.
Regards,
-Wise
House-Demon Info Documenations
House-Demon Config Instructions
==============================
Features:
* Transfer version for builders!
* Very low lag system communication
* Plug & Play setup and configuration (easy)
* Smart detect for devices (doors,windows etc)
* Only 1 generic door script for all supported door types
* Doors support open,close,lock,unlock sound
* Doors support texture change & tint levels
* 3 way tinting and texture changing windows
* Most devices are "linkable" to your build!
* Control user access through controller
* Add Users & Friends to the controls
* Allow / Deny Public access
* Configure your own system channels
* TP locations are configured by the controller
==============================
Changelog:
v1.3 Dec.08:
* Default channel is now 911 (shorter, better to remember)
* Each device has now his own "~XXXConfig" notecard rather than ~Settings.
* Changed all scripts to look for the new settings card name
* ~Config notecards now support "comments" to make your life easier.
* Minor llOwnerSay text output change in the controller script.
* Most scripts have been updated by several versions since the last release.
* Made scripts faster and debugged all code, re-compiled to mono.
* Generic door script v1.8 (only 1 script for all doors, add sounds, textures, tint
* All 3 door types use the same "~DoorConfig" notecard now. Door type is set in notecard.
* Doors can now have tint & texture change levels if wanted.
* Doors now support sounds for open,close,lock,unlock states.
* Added Demon-Fireplace (create your own chimneys and fireplaces).
* Included all used textures, sounds and config cards to the box.
* Re-written online config documentation.
==============================
I already triggered a update to all demon users. However, if you missed it you can rez the "demon updater" from your 1.2 package. The server will than deliver a fresh 1.3 version.
Regards,
-Wise
LL taking on ad-farms
We all know that in the past the mainland experience was quite distrubed by advertising farms. Most of them advertisng stuff not even related to Second Life. On October 1st. LL new policy regarding those farms has kicked in.
Before the new policy was introduced by Linden Lab, about 15-18% of the mainland was covered by massive advertising on so called "micro-parcels". LL announced today on thier blog that this number has droppped to about 2% over the last 6 weeks. This is very impressive progress by LL to improve SL residents mainland experience. We say.. "Well done Linden Lab"!
"Before the new policy, between 15%-18% of parcels were being used primarily to advertise, mostly on micro parcels. As of this post, that figure has dropped to 2% and is still dropping.
The last few weeks have seen a huge clearance exercise take place as we have worked hard to remove advertising that violates the new policy. As a means to understand the impact of policy changes like this one, we have been running surveys of the most affected areas across the different Mainland continents. We hope that you have seen, as we have, a substantial improvement in a short space of time."
Read the full news on the official LL blog.
Regards,
-Wise
Before the new policy was introduced by Linden Lab, about 15-18% of the mainland was covered by massive advertising on so called "micro-parcels". LL announced today on thier blog that this number has droppped to about 2% over the last 6 weeks. This is very impressive progress by LL to improve SL residents mainland experience. We say.. "Well done Linden Lab"!
"Before the new policy, between 15%-18% of parcels were being used primarily to advertise, mostly on micro parcels. As of this post, that figure has dropped to 2% and is still dropping.
The last few weeks have seen a huge clearance exercise take place as we have worked hard to remove advertising that violates the new policy. As a means to understand the impact of policy changes like this one, we have been running surveys of the most affected areas across the different Mainland continents. We hope that you have seen, as we have, a substantial improvement in a short space of time."
Read the full news on the official LL blog.
Regards,
-Wise
House Demon v1.2 released!
hi all,
it has been some exciting time since the initial release of the [SLCI] Builders "House Demon" Control System. In the last week we have been working on a few fixes and updates and added the first customer requests.
Version 1.2 now uses a "smart sensor".
This sensor automatically detects only present devices for the controller menu. In the initial release version this wasn't the case. We also added a "keypad" this is basically the same as the control server but you can slap it onto your build walls.
Here is the change log for v1.2:
* Added "auto detect" to all devices. System now only lists the devices available in the controller
* Added "Demon Keypad". Same usage as the server, customer request.
* Added Demon Mailbox
* Changed a bug in the object permission of the blinds
We're adding new features at the moment such as texture change for doors and windows from the control menu and other aditions. [SLCI] has a google group online as well. If you like to contribute and send us your feature requests / feedback for the system feel free to register with the group.
If you already own the system you will get a automated update when you login from our server. In case you don't get it just rez the "House Demon Updater" that came with the product. If you have any issues please contact slci Planer in-world.
Enjoy Wise...
it has been some exciting time since the initial release of the [SLCI] Builders "House Demon" Control System. In the last week we have been working on a few fixes and updates and added the first customer requests.
Version 1.2 now uses a "smart sensor".
This sensor automatically detects only present devices for the controller menu. In the initial release version this wasn't the case. We also added a "keypad" this is basically the same as the control server but you can slap it onto your build walls.
Here is the change log for v1.2:
* Added "auto detect" to all devices. System now only lists the devices available in the controller
* Added "Demon Keypad". Same usage as the server, customer request.
* Added Demon Mailbox
* Changed a bug in the object permission of the blinds
We're adding new features at the moment such as texture change for doors and windows from the control menu and other aditions. [SLCI] has a google group online as well. If you like to contribute and send us your feature requests / feedback for the system feel free to register with the group.
If you already own the system you will get a automated update when you login from our server. In case you don't get it just rez the "House Demon Updater" that came with the product. If you have any issues please contact slci Planer in-world.
Enjoy Wise...
Do you "SLim" yet...?
SLim is the name of the Second Life chat client.It enables Second Life Residents to text or voice chat with SL Friends without having the SL viewer open. Residents using the SL viewer can use the usual viewer communication controls to text or voice chat with SLim users, and SLim users can communicate with SL viewer users.
SLim does not support group (conference) text or voice chat yet, though we hope to make this available in the near future.
You can get the SLim beta from the second life website.
-Wise
Openspace pricing part 2
In my last blog post I wrote about LL's announcement to increase openspace sim pricing by 60-67% in january 2009. As you can imagine this caused a little uproar in the second life community. As result LL & Jack Linden have posted another statement on the official LL blog:
As mentioned in the post, Openspaces were intended for space, empty areas of ocean or forest. Take a look at the Knowledgebase article description here. By that criteria, the large majority of Openspaces have more going on than was the original intent. We are not suggesting this is a bad thing, and of course we’re delighted that people have found them to be so useful. And we’re not saying that everyone is abusing resources. We are saying that the use has changed, and continues to do so as people find more creative ways to use them. So the revised pricing is about recognising that change of use and the additional costs and value associated with it.
This is quite interesting.
While Jack LInden said in his first blog post that OS sims create a massive load on the assets server and people over using them, LL now moves to saying "we calculated the value wrong and they are to cheap for what you get". LL realises now that landlords are making 25-50US$ profit from their OS sims and after they allowed the same landlords to order thousands of new OS sims to rent out... LL now turns around wanting a peace of the cake.
A jira has been created for SL residents to voice their opinion about the planned price increase. Amazing thing is.. I can't remember any jira that ever got so many votes from residents. Please visit this jira post and leave your comment on the issue & vote against the price increase. You can login to the SL jira with your SL user name and password.
-Wise
As mentioned in the post, Openspaces were intended for space, empty areas of ocean or forest. Take a look at the Knowledgebase article description here. By that criteria, the large majority of Openspaces have more going on than was the original intent. We are not suggesting this is a bad thing, and of course we’re delighted that people have found them to be so useful. And we’re not saying that everyone is abusing resources. We are saying that the use has changed, and continues to do so as people find more creative ways to use them. So the revised pricing is about recognising that change of use and the additional costs and value associated with it.
This is quite interesting.
While Jack LInden said in his first blog post that OS sims create a massive load on the assets server and people over using them, LL now moves to saying "we calculated the value wrong and they are to cheap for what you get". LL realises now that landlords are making 25-50US$ profit from their OS sims and after they allowed the same landlords to order thousands of new OS sims to rent out... LL now turns around wanting a peace of the cake.
A jira has been created for SL residents to voice their opinion about the planned price increase. Amazing thing is.. I can't remember any jira that ever got so many votes from residents. Please visit this jira post and leave your comment on the issue & vote against the price increase. You can login to the SL jira with your SL user name and password.
-Wise
LL Openspace Pricing & Policy Change
Just when you thought you had it all....
...LL Openspace Pricing & Policy change:
Beginning 1st January 2009
We will increase the monthly maintenance fee from USD$75 to USD$125 per month. This price increase will apply to all owners of Openspaces on January 1st as well as new purchases after that date. There will be no grandfathering of Openspace maintenance pricing.
For anyone owning class 4 Openspaces on January 1st, they will be upgraded to class 5 by end of January, to further improve the experience people have on those regions.
At the same time, we will be increasing the upfront fee for brand new Openspaces from USD$250 to USD$375.
Link to the official blog entry.
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Uhmm let me think... this means 4 openspace sims will cost me more than 1 full prim sim in the future. Also means LL will really ask 2000L$ monthly rent for a quad core server with 16 openspace sims on them. At the same time it is said that the current sims are "over used" and they are creating a to "heavy load on the LL assets server".
Right, for one the assets server has been overloaded since it was created cause it is quite bugged. One reason transactions and deliveries keep failing as often as they do in SL. This was already a issue well before OS sims have been sold as stand-alones.
2nd. Rather than reducing the total number of OS sims on one sevrer from 16 to something like 12, which would reduce server load by 30%, LL turns around asking 125$ monthly rent for a OS sim with 3750 prims. This is a increase in monthly sim rental of 67%. This also means that now, after a lot of the large land barons purchased thousands of OS sims, LL turns around and let's this people hang in the air in a attempt to increase the land sale on LL's very own mainland again. 4 OS sims would than cost the owner 500US$ / month were a full simulator is only priced at 295US$.
LL also stated in their blog post, that one reason for the policy change would be... over usage of openspace sims. Funny how anybody would have thought, that after LL increased the total prim number of a OS sim to 3750, anybody would really use such a sim for "open water", sailing or other "low performance usage". Of course people use it to live there or run theri business of such a OS sim. Sorry LL but all your blog post (and IM logs with residents) show is that mainland sales are down, land barons making 25-50$ profit from each OS sim, and you LL.. you want your share of your cake...Poor job LL... but nothing new...
...LL Openspace Pricing & Policy change:
Beginning 1st January 2009
We will increase the monthly maintenance fee from USD$75 to USD$125 per month. This price increase will apply to all owners of Openspaces on January 1st as well as new purchases after that date. There will be no grandfathering of Openspace maintenance pricing.
For anyone owning class 4 Openspaces on January 1st, they will be upgraded to class 5 by end of January, to further improve the experience people have on those regions.
At the same time, we will be increasing the upfront fee for brand new Openspaces from USD$250 to USD$375.
Link to the official blog entry.
-----------------
Uhmm let me think... this means 4 openspace sims will cost me more than 1 full prim sim in the future. Also means LL will really ask 2000L$ monthly rent for a quad core server with 16 openspace sims on them. At the same time it is said that the current sims are "over used" and they are creating a to "heavy load on the LL assets server".
Right, for one the assets server has been overloaded since it was created cause it is quite bugged. One reason transactions and deliveries keep failing as often as they do in SL. This was already a issue well before OS sims have been sold as stand-alones.
2nd. Rather than reducing the total number of OS sims on one sevrer from 16 to something like 12, which would reduce server load by 30%, LL turns around asking 125$ monthly rent for a OS sim with 3750 prims. This is a increase in monthly sim rental of 67%. This also means that now, after a lot of the large land barons purchased thousands of OS sims, LL turns around and let's this people hang in the air in a attempt to increase the land sale on LL's very own mainland again. 4 OS sims would than cost the owner 500US$ / month were a full simulator is only priced at 295US$.
LL also stated in their blog post, that one reason for the policy change would be... over usage of openspace sims. Funny how anybody would have thought, that after LL increased the total prim number of a OS sim to 3750, anybody would really use such a sim for "open water", sailing or other "low performance usage". Of course people use it to live there or run theri business of such a OS sim. Sorry LL but all your blog post (and IM logs with residents) show is that mainland sales are down, land barons making 25-50$ profit from each OS sim, and you LL.. you want your share of your cake...Poor job LL... but nothing new...
Fraud Alert (phising)
Attention!!
There is a phising site online that just looks like the LL website.
It is hosted @ http://www.win-lindes. tk/ (yes I added a space as not to give more exposure to the site).
Linden Lab seems to be aware of the situation but as usually the scammers have choosen the weekend to take this online. DO NOT enter any information on that site. In order to pursue a fast take down you can report the site to
abuse@altervista.it
The website to report is:
http://wapsecond.altervista.org/html/
.tk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand located in the South Pacific.
Tokelau provides any interested individuals .tk domain names free of charge, and you pick if you want advertising banners on all provided domains. These free domains are pointed to Tokelau nameservers, which redirect HTTP traffic via HTML frames to a specified web page. The domains also redirect 250 email addresses to external addresses. Because of this redirection, use of free .tk domains for other services (such as hosting servers for other protocols such as FTP and IRC or creating hostnames and subdomains within them) is not officially possible. Sites not visited at least 25 times in consecutive 90 day periods are automatically cancelled to avoid the domains being unavailable to more active websites.
Dot-TK recently provided .tk websites the option to join a network called TiKinet, a close-knit network that links sites to each other based on key words called TiKilinks. The network is expected to increase traffic to the websites, many of which are personal sites and blogs operated by individuals who otherwise would have no way to advertise their sites. [1]
To be able to use one's own nameservers, or get a "special" .tk domain name, for example, trademark domain names for most Fortune 500 companies, and to avoid advertisements, the user must buy it. Paid domain names start at $19.90 US for the first 2 years.
Potentially valuable names with less than 4 characters are unavailable for free registration, and must be purchased - usually at a premium price of over $1000 USD...
...There are reports that .tk domains have been used for phishing scams and spam.[2]
Moreover, the Dot.tk 'free forwarding service' is also widely used by spammers and scammers on free advertising services such as Gumtree.[citation needed] Despite numerous attempts to contact the 'dot.tk' abuse team, the service is still permitting unscrupulous users to set up forwarding addresses which enable them to mask their real domain name / url and redirect innocent victims to sometimes illegal / fraudulent web
Share this with your friends please,
-Wise
There is a phising site online that just looks like the LL website.
It is hosted @ http://www.win-lindes. tk/ (yes I added a space as not to give more exposure to the site).
Linden Lab seems to be aware of the situation but as usually the scammers have choosen the weekend to take this online. DO NOT enter any information on that site. In order to pursue a fast take down you can report the site to
abuse@altervista.it
The website to report is:
http://wapsecond.altervista.org/html/
.tk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand located in the South Pacific.
Tokelau provides any interested individuals .tk domain names free of charge, and you pick if you want advertising banners on all provided domains. These free domains are pointed to Tokelau nameservers, which redirect HTTP traffic via HTML frames to a specified web page. The domains also redirect 250 email addresses to external addresses. Because of this redirection, use of free .tk domains for other services (such as hosting servers for other protocols such as FTP and IRC or creating hostnames and subdomains within them) is not officially possible. Sites not visited at least 25 times in consecutive 90 day periods are automatically cancelled to avoid the domains being unavailable to more active websites.
Dot-TK recently provided .tk websites the option to join a network called TiKinet, a close-knit network that links sites to each other based on key words called TiKilinks. The network is expected to increase traffic to the websites, many of which are personal sites and blogs operated by individuals who otherwise would have no way to advertise their sites. [1]
To be able to use one's own nameservers, or get a "special" .tk domain name, for example, trademark domain names for most Fortune 500 companies, and to avoid advertisements, the user must buy it. Paid domain names start at $19.90 US for the first 2 years.
Potentially valuable names with less than 4 characters are unavailable for free registration, and must be purchased - usually at a premium price of over $1000 USD...
...There are reports that .tk domains have been used for phishing scams and spam.[2]
Moreover, the Dot.tk 'free forwarding service' is also widely used by spammers and scammers on free advertising services such as Gumtree.[citation needed] Despite numerous attempts to contact the 'dot.tk' abuse team, the service is still permitting unscrupulous users to set up forwarding addresses which enable them to mask their real domain name / url and redirect innocent victims to sometimes illegal / fraudulent web
Share this with your friends please,
-Wise
Texture War in SL and TRU...
Hi all,
in the last months there has been a lot of discussions in SL about Textures R' Us and their owners. TRU is one of the largest texture outlets in SL and people always thought it would be a good resource when shopping fo rtextures. I must admit until about 6 months ago I bought a lot of their packs as well. Why not, since TRU has "copyright by TRU" and all sorts of disclaimers all over the place, they must be legit or not?
Basically... they are not.
Established in 2004 LillyBeth Filth, one of the TRU owners, has been selling copyrighted material or google images slapping her copyright on them. A good sample would be the windows aquarium screensaver available at TRU with their (c) on it.
Earyl this year it was discovered that TRU was also selling textures from GFX CD's, from companies like ambient light, Marlin Studios ect. Since LillyBeth Filth is a small little woman she was quick to deal with the original copyright holder, now being somewhat licensed to sell their textures in SL. Though Marlin Studios has opened their own presence in SL a while ago.
Here is a link to a forum post on Xstreet SL to a ongoing discussion. I think it is a shame, once again, to see how people get away with content theft, IP violations and fraud in SL and Linden Lab's inability to act on such things. Reminds me of the Wolrd Stock Exchange in SL and Luke Connell making 10's of thousands of $ from it and still operating.
There is many great texture designers in SL, some of them selling their work at TRU, not knowing about the backround stories. One reason I post this, don't support this people. If you can, make your own textures. If you can't than take your time looking for the smaller stores around the grid. You be amazed by the quality of textures you can find from smaller designers... but at least it is their own work in many cases.
-Wise Capra
in the last months there has been a lot of discussions in SL about Textures R' Us and their owners. TRU is one of the largest texture outlets in SL and people always thought it would be a good resource when shopping fo rtextures. I must admit until about 6 months ago I bought a lot of their packs as well. Why not, since TRU has "copyright by TRU" and all sorts of disclaimers all over the place, they must be legit or not?
Basically... they are not.
Established in 2004 LillyBeth Filth, one of the TRU owners, has been selling copyrighted material or google images slapping her copyright on them. A good sample would be the windows aquarium screensaver available at TRU with their (c) on it.
Earyl this year it was discovered that TRU was also selling textures from GFX CD's, from companies like ambient light, Marlin Studios ect. Since LillyBeth Filth is a small little woman she was quick to deal with the original copyright holder, now being somewhat licensed to sell their textures in SL. Though Marlin Studios has opened their own presence in SL a while ago.
Here is a link to a forum post on Xstreet SL to a ongoing discussion. I think it is a shame, once again, to see how people get away with content theft, IP violations and fraud in SL and Linden Lab's inability to act on such things. Reminds me of the Wolrd Stock Exchange in SL and Luke Connell making 10's of thousands of $ from it and still operating.
There is many great texture designers in SL, some of them selling their work at TRU, not knowing about the backround stories. One reason I post this, don't support this people. If you can, make your own textures. If you can't than take your time looking for the smaller stores around the grid. You be amazed by the quality of textures you can find from smaller designers... but at least it is their own work in many cases.
-Wise Capra
[SLCI] Google Group created!
Hey all,
we have now created a google group for [SLCI]. We believe a web based group for our customers, resellers and dev's is much beeter than the SL in-world groups. If you're in the in-world group we suggest you stay there anyway for product fixes, updates and quick release infos. The Google group allows better discussions, feedback and bug tracking compared to the SL groups. You can view the group here ->> [SLCI] Google Group. In order to post you would have to register but you can view it without.
Still playing with linking all the google tools with the blog. So tt you can navigate from here to the docs, group etc. Have to see how that goes.
-Wise
we have now created a google group for [SLCI]. We believe a web based group for our customers, resellers and dev's is much beeter than the SL in-world groups. If you're in the in-world group we suggest you stay there anyway for product fixes, updates and quick release infos. The Google group allows better discussions, feedback and bug tracking compared to the SL groups. You can view the group here ->> [SLCI] Google Group. In order to post you would have to register but you can view it without.
Still playing with linking all the google tools with the blog. So tt you can navigate from here to the docs, group etc. Have to see how that goes.
-Wise
[SLCI] Affiliate Package v1.2 released!
We released our new version of the [SLCI] reseller pack today. The pack has under gone a lot of changes and now contains 37 vendor's with our best selling products. We also changed the vendor's to run with the apez i-vend 2.3 now. This means they vendor's will automatically register with the apez server when you rez them and load the collection and/or product we have configured.
With this release we also raised the commission paid to each reseller. You now get 50% of every [SLCI] product you sell. Compared to the going 30-35% in SL we believe it is a fair deal. Since you have to pay your land rentals, tiers etc. This is why we decided to give every reseller 50% from all sales now.
The new vendor's allow you (the reseller) to track your sales, commissions, best sellers etc. on the apez.biz web site and keep track of your sales. It also allows us easy updating by triggering deliveries from the apez server to all affiliates through the web. In order to track your sales you might want to register a account with apez.biz. You can do this by touching the Apez.ATM on the [SLCI] Island.
If you have any questions or find a bug in this pack, please report them to slci Planer with a note card or via IM inSL.
Enjoy,
-Wiseguy Capra
[SLCI] Demon House Control System Released!
Wohoo we did it again!!Today we released our brand now and latest creation. The [SLCI] Demon House Control System.
With the release of this system we have created a new [SLCI] product line called "House Demon". The system is coded in a easy to use plug & play way to allow you (the builder) easy adding to your creations, boxing and selling. The Demon Line will be extended in the future with add-ons like a home security system and other devices. Feedback from House Demon owners is very welcome and we'll try to implement any features & options you guys feel needed for your designs.
Most current devices can be linked to the build. You can control them individually or from the central server (keypad / remote). We have already several add-ons in development that will either be sold as plug-ins or be included in future updates. The release version has already been optimized to run on Second Life's new script engine MONO.
It is also fully compatible with the “[SLCI] Builders Rez System” sold separate at the [SLCI] Island & Main Store. The Rez System allows you to link your builds expanding the SL link limit, box it for resale and your customer can rez it in one peace, move it around from the rez box.
You can view the documentation of the Demon House System online by clicking here. It is rather long and we decided to keep the documentation online for version changes and updates.
The [SLCI] Builders "House Demon" Control System is available here:
[SLCI] Main Store | Xstreet SL (new SLX) | onrez | apez.biz
We also added a new menu on the right side ==>
At the moment it only displays a link to the House Demon docs but it will link to more docs soon.
Enjoy the new system...
- Wiseguy Capra
SL Exchange is now called XStreet SL
Since yesterday the largest SL online store has changed it's name to Xstreetsl.com. The name change is a victim of LL newish policy to enforce their trademark, eye in hand logo and Second Life®.
After Linden Lab had motivated it's residents to use the name SL, their logo's etc for the last few years Linden Lab recently changed their policy about trademark usage in connection with Second Life. Due to this slexchange.com had to change their name as well, and it is now called xstreetsl.com . According to the SLX owners or now Xstreet owners all residents are asked to update their classifieds, profile tab, about land info, blog links etc etc. from SLX to Xstreet.
More information about the usage of the inSL logo's, the term SL etc. can be found at the Linden Lab Brand Center.
-Wiseguy Capra
[SLCI] & Apez
Hi all,
I'm happy to announce that I have signed a position with Cenji Neutra from apez.biz.
From today I'll be moderating the apez forum while Cenji and his team are working on several updates to the apez system and the integrated services.
[SLCI] has been the using the i-vend networked vendor system and the auto-lease system since we started in Second Life. The system allows easy configuration and maintainance of your vendors or lease units through the apez website. For more information about apez visit the apez.biz web site or visit the Apez HQ in Second Life.
- Wiseguy
[SLCI] Terrain Textures Pack ON SALE!
Our current bestseller on SL Exchange!
ON SALE NOW due to the high demand!
Used to be 799L$... get it now for ONLY 599L$
This pack contains 31 new & unique seamless / tileable terrain textures. To match builders needs we made every texture in 512x512 and 256x256.
The 256x256 textures allow faster rezzing when landscaping with tileing.
In each resolution you get:
10x seamless grass textures
15x seamless sand textures
4x seamless moss textures
2x seamless straw textures
You can get this pack here:
[SLCI] Main Store - Strabo Bay
[SLCI] on Xstreet SL
[SLCI] on Onrez
Enjoy the pack!
The [SLCI] blog is up!
Hey all, finally we took the time to register a blog for SL Content Innovations.
Now, how are we again??
[SLCI] is a small group of content creators who have been active designers in the virtual world of Second Life® since early 2007. Our main focus is prefab design of stores, offices and houses. [SLCI] also provides design solutions for sim owners and SL residents.
On the [SLCI] Island (SLURL) you can view our prefab collections which are placed for demonstration. At the main store you'll find our texture packs, the [SLCI] rez system to box and sell your builds, multimedia devices and more.
In the next days I will add links to our products on SL Exchange, apez.biz and Onrez for you guys here. In the future you find all news & updates to our products here on the blog.
If you require support for [SLCI] products or want to report a bug, please send a notecard to slci Planer in-world.
Now enjoy the blog and thanks for supporting us!!
-Wiseguy Capra
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