Conventions
Hints and Tips for your Second Life
Here are tips from people who are more experienced in Second Life….
Argus' Tips
1: Always push the chat button [lower left second] and then expand it by pressing the history button to see what people around you are saying.
2: Always move the IM chat screen up to the top of your screen [I use upper right] by grabbing it with a left mouse and dragging it to where you want it. This is a private chat window that only you and the person you are speaking with can see.
3: When playing games with a host, it is customary to tip them. Ask them where their tip jar is located. Also check for the Rules, they will list if putting money back into the next game is customary for the winner. Don't be afraid to ask the host or other players questions.
4: The friends button in the contacts tab of communications can tell you who is online and offers options for contacting them. If you give your friend the ability to "see" you one the map, it helps you both keep in touch. Do this by checking the second box on the menu [can see me on the map].
5: Use the big map button. It helps you get an idea of where you are and where your friends might be.
6: If you run into trouble, sit down and im me and I will help. Don't panic. Or you can tp "home" where it is safe by using the Ctrl-Shift-H command or under World [top menu] taking the Teleport home option. See 7 for setting home to Journey Island
7: Have fun!! Explore, buy, dance and set your home to the below link by taking it and then at the top menu use the World> Set Home to here feature.
8: If you are not seeing Music or Movie control buttons go to Edit [top menu] and choose preferences [bottom option] and then when the pop-up appears in the middle of your screen, take the tab marked Audio & Video and make sure that boxes for streaming are both checked. If they are checked and you don't hear or see the video [activate by pressing the arrow key] then you might need to upgrade or download the newest version of Quicktime . Here's the link: the free one should work fine.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
Pick the non-iTunes version.
9: There are some money making schemes in SL that are not very legit. Be aware that if it sounds too good to be true, it mostly is..hehe
10: Read Read Read... the F1 key brings up a quick cheat-sheet. In addition please read and heed:
I neglected to tell everyone something very important. Real Life details in Second Life are ok if you choose to disclose them to others, but revealing other folks real life details is against their policy.
http://secondlife.com/corporate/tos.php
NanoGunk TOP TEN TIPS ...
1. Buttgrab
To look and move around in tight places: Left click & hold your own butt - move your mouse around - wow! you can look up & down and steer yourself when using the movement keys (arrows or W A D S)
2. Mouselook
Do you have a scroll wheel on your mouse? if so; scroll toward yourself and the camera will zoom in all the way to mouselook - do this when flying and you can hold the forward button (up key or W) and then just point where you want to go with the mouse.
3. Profile Breadcrumbs
Right click on other people and read their profile (right click on the person >> choose profile), - look in their "Picks" tab. By clicking on their picks you can choose "teleport" to that location. Check those places out - when you get there, look at others peoples picks and check those out too - you can bounce all over the world this way.
4. Profile Notes
When you meet someone interesting you can type notes into their profile "My Notes" tab, now the next time you meet them you can see the notes you made earlier. I usually make notes like: Met on <date> at <place> is into <blah>, is from <place> <timezone> .. and other facts ... etc etc. You will meet a LOT of people and this is an easy way to keep organized
5. My Profile Notes
Bring up your own profile (right click yourself), then use the "My Notes" tab like sticky notes. Only you can see these notes so you can enter things to do, things to remember and so on. This is incredibly handy. Don't forget you can also edit your own profile .
6. Inventory
Did you know you can have more than one inventory window open? Inventory: File >> New Window. Why? because you can drag & drop between the two - this is the smart way to organize your inventory! Drag & Drop whole folders. You did make "Cool stuff", "Free stuff" and "Crap" folders already, didn't you? lol
After doing shopping try to organize the new items/folders right away, your inventory will grow and grow and grow!!!
7. Inventory: Recent Items tab
This tab shows new items since log-in - but click Filters and change the "Days Ago" - presto you can see that item you got 4 days ago!!! combine this with tip 6 - drag & drop from a filtered window to another inventory window. Sweet!
8. Mini-Map
This is something that should always be on your screen - drag it to the top right corner, size it pretty small.
Why? Shows people around you as green dots - or - a green T means the person is above you, an inverted T means they are below you! Right click to select zoom. Left click it to open the big map!
9. Big Map
See the world! use zoom slider here - also left click - hold and drag the map around. Where is everybody? look for clusters of green dots Pausing the pointer over places will give you a tiny pop up with the sim name and how many people are there. Double click a spot and you'll teleport there! (to make the map less busy, uncheck things you're not interested in like Infohub, Telehub etc). You can type in a height too (the 3rd box) before clicking teleport, if you want to pop in high -quietly.
10. Friends
Don't offer friendship just to be friendly!
A "friend" is notified when you log-in, log-off and they can see where you are using the map, snoop, teleport to you (or close by!) - anywhere, anytime! - Friends should be real friends.
The proper etiquette is to offer your Calling Card - right click the Person >> More >> Give Card ..