Category Archives: General

Living with SL problems… (Part 1)

2008 hasn’t been a good year for the Grid. Asset server issues. Memory leak problems. Inventory losses.

The LULU Signature system was upgraded over several months and fitted with various stability features to address these problems:

  • Smart Save. The HUD detects when important stats have changed and notifies you to “save” your settings (immunizing you from losing important settings to a crash).
  • Improved robustness to stack-heap errors due to SL memory leakage.
  • Smart Reset (which selectively resets affected scripts and recovers lost settings)
  • Auto Smart Reset which can now pre-emptively detect dead scripts before you notice they’re dead, and automatically revives them and recovers their lost settings.
  • Online searchable helpbase with over 100 articles to help troubleshoot issues. Integrated with HUD help.
  • Easi-Setup detects certain types of sim lag, and even takes into account asset server lag.
  • Auto-detects if SL had borked the setup process (i.e. toys won’t rez properly) and restarts the setup process automatically.

These have helped a great deal. But Grid performance is still patchy.

Going forward… I realize we can do better.

So, say hello to the upcoming LULU Signature HUD v.5.

Expect heavy-duty Stabilizers built in to counter and overcome the volleys that SL throws at heavily-scripted toys.

So that you can have more fun playing than working around memory leaks, asset server trouble, crashes, chat lag and whatever.

These will not go away, mind – but hopefully… it’ll be a smoother ride.

Stay tuned.

Got talent? Lulu wants you!

Some of you might not have received the in-group notice, so here goes. (Thanks to all who responded!)

I’ve got an ultra-long do-list, and one of them is building up City Noir – an urban jungle sim that’s perennially stuck at midnight. Time to kick-start it. City Noir is for the kinky RP community.

If you’ve got experience in, or love doing…

  • building (whether buildings, or interiors, or sets/props/furniture)
  • texturing
  • shopping (for props and stuff!)
  • scripting
  • sculpties

I want you!

If you’ve got an eye for urban grunge and have some free time and would like to do something for the community and be part of the City Noir building project, IM me.

SL’s 5th Birthday Sale at LULU’s

Ever wanted to own that second set of cuffs?

Or try that plugin?

Or that second or third gag?

Or have a friend who couldn’t afford it?

As part of SL’s 5th Birthday festivities, as well LULU’s 3rd (yup, started my little Secret Room in 2005)…

Starting this weekend, prices have been slashed across the board at Lulu’s Secret Warehouse.

Remember, the Signature are constantly being updated and upgraded (exciting new features coming soon!), so your Signature investment grows with you.

Tell your friends! They’ll love you for it.

Luv, Lulu

HUD 4.13.03 is on General Release

It’s been almost two weeks since the 4.13.03 Release Candidate was released, and I’ve had no major bug reports. So, it’s time to go live into General Release.

The next time you wear your Signature gag or cuffs, you should be informed if your toy is outdated (some older versions might not notify you though – so just compare the versions yourself).

The 4.13.xx series boast improved Smart Reset (including pre-emptive checks that aim to detect SL problems before you do) as well better help system and numerous bugfixes.

Cuff release notes here.

Gag release notes here.

To update, just go to the Secret Warehouse, look for the Update Switch, click it, and follow instructions.

Enjoy! Lulu

PS. Going forward, exciting stuff lie ahead for v4.14.00 RC. Stay tuned!

HUD v4.13.03 RC is out!

Mostly bugfixes, but RL Viewer-users (1.11 onwards) have a new feature: now your cuffs, when locked, will only allow you to touch stuff within 1.5 meters. Nasty.

<edit>And gag users can turn off the periodic text whines with a new “emotes” button (actually this was an old “text” button that was taken off recently when I introduced the new spacial “text” button on HUD).<edit>

Cuff release notes here.

Gag release notes here.

To get your copy, just click the relevant Release Candidate boxes once you enter the Secret Warehouse, and follow instructions. Alternatively, since this is also a silent release, you can also use the Update Switch.