• Yes We Are Calm now SHUT THE FUCK UP
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    Cycles For Haters

    March 24, 2018 - By 

    I’m one of those “remaining users” that hates Cycles. When I see it mentioned on a help forum, I stop reading. When I watch a help video, I stop watching. Yet thanks to reading Blender site feeds, I’m tolerably familiar with the latest developments… and I KNOW the old Blender Internal engine is going away in a coming release. All I need is the ability to bake out AO, maybe normals, and possibly a basic materials map with painted on details. Ugh. “How to use cycles even if you hate cycles(as I did)” – BlenderNation — Read on www.blendernation.com/2018/03/24/how-to-use-cycles-even-if-you-hate-cyclesas-i-did/

  • Second Life screenshot shows a fantasy cottage with lots and lots of scripted DFS trees and plants.
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    Ebbe and Oz talk Second Life in the cloud – Inara Pey: Living in a Modem World

    March 24, 2018 - By 

    It’s a huge effort. Right now the Second Life grid is a proprietary set-up in a hosting facility that we have customised for the purposes of what we’re doing – which made sense a decade and half ago. But these days, with the services from Google and Amazon and Microsoft with cloud infrastructures, it makes… — Read on modemworld.me/2018/03/24/ebbe-and-oz-talk-second-life-in-the-cloud/

  • Second Life cows and bulls
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    Replacements and Alternatives to Second Life

    March 22, 2018 - By 

    Nice overview by Lindal Kidd. She should try Hypergrid Safari if she can work with their scheduled Wednesday start times. Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Replacements and Alternatives to Second Life — Read on acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2018/03/replacements-and-alternatives-to-second.html

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    9 links for 08 March 2018

    March 8, 2018 - By 

    Today’s links on this topic: TexTools 1.0.0: A new version of TexTools has been released. This release has a lot of Texture Baking and ID color improvements. You can discover all of the new changes and features on the website. TexTools is a free addon for Blender with a focus on UV Layout, texture baking and Color ID tools. – by renderhjs – Tags: blender, sideblog – https://www.blendernation.com/2018/03/03/textools-1-0-0/ Mesh Blender Tutorials: Community Announcements Submit Your Images for Pic of the Day 04/04/2017 You can submit your image for Pic of the Day consideration on our Official Second Life Flickr page.…

  • Blender user checking mesh for errors
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    11 links for 11 December 2017

    December 11, 2017 - By 

    Today’s links on this topic: Topology – the often neglected entity: Community Announcements Submit Your Images for Pic of the Day 04/04/2017 You can submit your image for Pic of the Day consideration on our Official Second Life Flickr page. – by Codewarrior Congrejo – Tags: blender – https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/154639-topology-the-often-neglected-entity/ 2016 HELP: HG: Upload mesh the best way–invited article by Ozwell Wayfarer: This is aimed mostly at people finding things on the internet and trying to upload them. You must understand that a huge amount of objects you will find available for free are not suitable for virtual environments. – by…