Hugh’s SL Visit
Hugh came to visit today. We made some stuff in a sandbox and looked at some art installations. It went pretty well but after a while he had some sort of graphics lag or freeze.
Hugh, here’s some thoughts on that:
Relogging OFTEN helps all kinds of things… but perhaps not in your case! 🙁
One setting that matters A LOT is Graphics Quality in General and Draw Distance particularly. HQ graphics is VERY demanding on your GPU! A sim that’s killing you can become easy when you slide down your GQ. Similarly, a high Draw Distance is great for photography because you have so much background detail. But it can make walking feel like molasses. If you go:
* Ctrl-P for Preferences
* Click the Graphics Tab
* Slide all the way down to LOW
* then “Apply,” then “OK”
Try that for a while… and if it’s good… then you can move to slightly higher quality, but depth of field and shadows and all that fancy stuff isn’t worth much if you have a laggy, crappy experience!
Scott Lord 21:43 on 29/06/2014 Permalink |
Good luck with your course on Research Papers, Hugh. I opted for British Literature, Communication Science and The Resurrection of Richard III (not Richard II) instead.
Sorry for any investigation into the world of college pranks and artistic deceptions that may have crossed your path, I’m actually a serious writer.