Beginning Second Life starts with creating a character’s Name on the Second Life website. My avatar was dubbed Teskat Teskat.
From that point I downloaded and installed the Second Life software, confirmed my account in email (it was in my junk folder) and logged in.
Basically you start with a something like department store manikin which you can change every aspect of shape, colour, clothing and accessories. Funny thing is many people seem to make a stylised version of themselves online. Curious.
What I really wanted to be a translucent amorphous alien creature but couldn’t find the alien option. It takes time to develop a good avatar (character).
The abuse I put my character through tickled my funny bone. Tried stop flying & Teskat Teskat (TT) ‘crashed’ to the ground. Tried walking around and walked straight into the octopuses garden in the shade. Found a bike and attached it to my head ~ a very tragic accident.
The key thing learnt was finding ‘terra incognita’. It was simple: the big blue search button. Select ‘Places’. Type ‘terra incognita’ and click ’search’. Found it. Double click it & I’m there :)
Second Life requires a lot of computing power: a fast CPU, lots of memory and a good video graphics card. I have all except a fast CPU so moving around lagged a bit. Setting the screen size to a smaller (800×600) really helps rectify this short coming.
Next post:audio chat - the core of the edna 10th birthday event in Second Life.
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