LAG MONSTER
Scripted Items in Second Life are the largest cause of Lag on the Grid. The most common Script Mistakes people make, is wearing them in clothes and hair.
How do you know you have running scripts on? Move your mouse over your Avatar and if a hand appears, that object has a running script in it.
For the Purposes of Roleplay - A Single Avatar can wear.... Weapons-Bow & Shield and Steel, Clothing, Roleplay Meter, Collar if your a slave and a Low Lag Radar like this one : "Cool RADAR" and still run under 150 ms.
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Lets say you buy some really cool hair that changes color or style or resizes.. and your hair is 200 prims.
Example:
It takes 2 - 3 scripts to operate each prim. That means, you have 400 - 600 Scripts running on your head, that is More, than an entire Sim should have active. Result? Lag, for you and everyone else... and its not nice for anyone.
What do you do now?
Easy. First, make a back up copy of your hair. Then touch the hair on your head and usually a menu will come up.. select Options.. All Prims.. and then Delete. It will kill the running scripts in your hair... it wont damage your hair at all.
REMEMBER - once you size the hair to your head or the clothes/shoes/boots/cloaks.. etc... you dont need those scripts and that is why they are made to Delete once it is fitted... because... it is such a large Lag Monster.
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Objects on Sim.
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Additional Tips to lower lag : SEX BEDS & Other Sex Furniture
Stay away from furniture that runs with a Sitting Menu that does not Shut DOWN. Most MLPs will offer the ability to ShutDown but always check before you spend your lindens because if it doesnt shut down all the scripts in that object will run and run high wether you are using it or not. A Shut Off on a MLP only derezzes the pose balls, it must be Shut Down and a perk to that is, No one can prim into your place and use your object.
Multiple Linked Objects like... cushions with pose balls attached to a table with Fire... will run high because all the scripts are bouncing off of each other in the one linked Object. Get your objects individually when Possible for over all lower script time from your furniture.
Color or Photo or Texture changing Objects are not your friend.
Xcite Objects run insanely High. Do not wear them all the time, only put them on when you are using them and then take them off. .. for Roleplayers most Xcite isnt neccessary because words and actions are emoted through text... who wants some voice and words that arnt you anyways right?
Slave Paper Carriers... did not exist in Gor... throw it away.
Reproducing animals like sion chickens, rabbits... etc... Just.. Say...No.
Mystic Tools Runs extremely high and is an unneccessary accessory with all of the upgrades second life has in running Viewers that provide everything... without the Lag.
Swim attachments <-- wear them when you need them or purchase an AO that includes the Swim in it.
Courtesy - Put out scripted objects like bathtubs and whipping posts when you use them and then pack them back away when your done... if you have a St. Andrews Cross which is BDSM and Not Gorean at all... come onnnn... toss that freebie away and go for a more authentic post... many builders are making them these days to be more gor appropriate.
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Is it the Sim or me that is lagging? More often than not folks will comment about a Sim Lagging, and perhaps it is but its not the sims fault. One way to tell if it is the Sim lagging or your computer system... is to depress the keys Control / Shift and the number 1 on your keyboard.
A window will pop up called " Statistics " ... now.. touch the " Time (ms) ".. it will open down like a folder... scroll alittle down and look for " Spare Time " .. that is how many ms the sim has left. Why is this important? Because a sim runs at Max 24ms, so if that number is say 2.0... whoa.. the scripts running on the sim are overloading it... the lower the number the less spare time is left for anyone to move, rez.. anything.
Script Time - How much time is being used by scripts
Spare Time - How much script time is available.
If you hit 0.00... you are in a .. about to crash... environment and the sim is dangling by an electronic thread... also.. Four Regions Share a server which causes instability for other regions too.
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I hope this has helped you understand how Running Scripts can hinder your Second Life Experience and enabled you to use them more responsibly and.... shop wiser.
Have Fun in your new Lag Free Environment !
Sweetie Dagger
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