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Messed up avatar? Fix it here.

Submitted by Hermit Barber on Tue, 2009-02-24 09:30

First, go to Go to Pooley or Aqua (From Soft Linden http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-6213 )

Now continue:

Warning, this really won't be pretty, but I promise it works every time.

Sex is important here. No, not the operators sex, the avatars sex. Are we confused enough already? Go to the appropriate column and follow the instructions.

Guys:

Girls:
  • (You will be an ugly woman but still wearing your skin after this step)
  • Menu Advanced (Ctl-Alt-Shift-D if you can't see it) /Character/Character Test Female
  • Logout
  • Login
  • Menu Advanced (Ctl-Alt-Shift-D if you can't see it) /Character/Character Test Male.
  • Now you are Ruthed but male again.
  • You will be an ugly guy but still wearing your skin after this
  • Menu Advanced (Ctl-Alt-Shift-D if you can't see it) /Character/Character Test Male
  • Logout
  • Login
  • Menu Advanced (Ctl-Alt-Shift-D if you can't see it) /Character/Character Test Female
  • Now you are Ruthed but female again.

Now go to http://emilie.hermit.net/content/fix-a-broken-client-cache-with-a-sledgehammer and fix your cache following the instructions there.

Finally find and wear your shape, skin, eyes, hair, clothes and accessories again.

If you are stupid enough to run the "obese ADHD turkey on crack wannabe a browser viewer" sometimes referred to as V2 or the "Vista Viewer" (and as a strong hint as to how bad it is, few people involved in its development are still working for Linden Lab)  rather than a sensible viewer like Phoenix or even SnowGlobe , the above won't work for you. You might find the equivalent of the "Character Menu" in the "Develop Menu" which can apparently be reached through the Ctl-Alt-Q menu.

Regards

Emilie (In World Hermit Barber)
2009-02-04
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Canonical Names

Canonical NoteCard Name: Messed up avatar? Fix it here v1.80
Canonical Web Page Name: Messed up avatar? Fix it here v1.80
Web Page URL: http://emilie.hermit.net/content/messed-avatar-fix-it-here

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Revision History

1.80 Added graphic linked version of Creative Commons license and fixed some formating
1.70 Changed URLs to get rid of Drupal cruft and reference to Jack Linden
1.60 Returned to two column format.
1.50 Added instruction to go to Pooley or Aqua first. Changed order of dressing to repair cache first.
1.40 Modified browser recommendation from Emerald to Phoenix and pointed to My SL Clients page.
1.30 Modified comment on Developers and Jack Linden and made link to "Fixing a Broken Cache with a Sledgehammer" linkable.
1.20 Added suggestion to access the character menu from the "Develop" menu using Ctrl-Alt-Q combination ( Thank-you Sylvie Grizot ).
1.10 Added notes on reversion to Male/Female and fixed missing carriage returns.
1.00 Initial Release Revision

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