first, you will need to have ADVANCED on the top menu.
if you don't see advanced, press CTRL + ALT + D
click ADVANCED and activate these features also:
- Hi-Res Snapshots
- Quite Snapshots to Disk
- Show Mouselook Crosshairs.
- Limit Select Distance
- Disable Camera Constraints
- Mouse Smoothing
go to: ADVANCED > CHARACTER > CHARACTER TESTS
- uncheck GO AWAY/AFK WHEN IDLE. this stops your avatar from folding in half when you are away.
go to: ADVANCED > CHARACTER
- check ENABLE LIP SYNC. your avatar's lips will move when you talk voice in local chat
go to: EDIT > PREFERENCES
following the Tabs on the left
GENERAL
- if you have a home, choose: My Home. otherwise choose My Last Location. you can choose a HUB as your temporary home, at least it gives you a Landing Point
- uncheck: Show Start Location on Login Screen (not necessary)
- Show Names: default is ALWAYS. you can decide what you want (I choose NEVER - name tags just get in the way, and will increase lag)
- check: Small Avatar Names
- check: Hide My Name On My Screen (you should know who you are)
- Group Titles: personally, I turn off both. I don't really care about what groups people belong to.
- click APPLY
NETWORK
- there are 2 sliders. slide both to the extreme RIGHT
- click CLEAR CACHE. do this when you login. does not have any effect until next time you log in
however, the cache is information stored on your computer of places you've been to. this information helps the SL client load your places faster
- if you have a second hard drive, change the location of the temp folder to the second hard drive
- if you have a second hard drive, change the location of the temp folder to the second hard drive
click APPLY
WEB
- you probably don't need to clear the built-in browser cache. it will clear when you turn off your computer
click APPLY
GRAPHICS
- top right corner, click the box: CUSTOM
- under that there are sliders
- set DRAW DISTANCE from 64 to 100m. you can experiment, but this determines are far you see objects. if you are in a busy area, you might want to reduce the Draw Distance. it's all fine and dandy to see far, but this will increase how you experience lag
- set MAX PARTICLE COUNT from 1024-2048. this determines how many simultaneous particles appear at once
- Post Process Quality to LOW
- set OBJECTS to MID
- set FLEXIPRIMS to MID
- set TREES to MID
- set AVATARS to HIGH (once notch above MID)
- set TERRAIN to LOW
Lighting Detail: NEARBY LOCAL LIGHTS
this is most effective when you change the lighting to MIDNIGHT
Terrain Detail: LOW
select: Avatar Impostors
click APPLY
AUDIO & VIDEO
- Master about 80%
- Music about 50% way
- Media 75%
- Voice 50%
- Sounds 75%
- Ambient 75%
- UI 50%
(my preferences. adjust to your own tastes)
click APPLY
Streaming Preferences:
- check: Play Streaming Music When Available
- check: Play Streaming Media When Available
- uncheck: Automatically Play Media
click APPLY
Audio Preferences:
- check: Mute Audio When Window Minimized (my preference)
click APPLY
TEXT CHAT
- Chat Font Size: Small or Medium (personally I choose Small)
- Chat Console: Fade After 50 seconds. 10 lines (my preference. adjust to your own tastes)
- uncheck: Play Typing animations when chatting
click APPLY
VOICE CHAT
* if you have a MIC *
- check: Enable Voice Chat
- check: Hear Voice Chat from Camera Position
Privacy Options:
- check: Only Accept voice calls from people on my Friends List
- check: Switch off mic when ending IM calls
Device Settings:
- put slider about halfway. talk. make sure squares DO NOT go red. Red means you are over modulating
click APPLY
COMMUNICATION
- check: Only My Friends and Groups can see me
- check: Send IM to Email (if you want)
- check: Include IM in chat response
- check: show Timestamps in IM
- check: Show online Friend notifications
Logging Option:
- if you want to save a log of IM's to your computer, check this
- uncheck: Save a Log of Local Chat
click APPLY
click OK
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