To See Or Not To See...That Is The Question

Last week Stone and I were dancing at Franks Jazz Club. We kind of have a routine when we're dancing and first on the list is taking pictures. We both enjoy it and I'd like to think we've gotten pretty good. (see article on Kohld Creations)

Some of the things that we always find aggravating and certainly gets in the way of good pictures are all the dance balls, those annoying ads hanging all over the place and especially that couple that is in the way of that beautiful sunset being just the background you want.

All of a sudden it dawned on me...DERENDER! I excitedly told Stone and he replied "why didn't we think of that before".

I don't know how much Stone has used the derender option but I used "derender" quite a bit when we lived on a beautiful piece of land and then the landlord put another house right in our view.

Derendering makes anything in SL "disappear" and you can choose to do this permanently or on a temporary basis. Temporary only lasts as long as you are on the sim. Once you TP out and back in, things are back to their original state.

But a warning comes with this too. You can derender an avatar, which could be ugly if it's someone you don't want to disappear. You can also permanently derender an item that you did not intend to. That is why you need to be careful and exacting.

Note: I use Firestorm but most of SL viewers have simular steps...

Put your cursor arrow on the item you want out of the way and right click. The usual option wheel will come up...click on "more", and then on "more" again. Locate "derender" and click. This will bring up the choice of "blacklist" or "temporary".  Know what you want to do and be careful.  I would suggest you select "temporary" the first few times you try.

 So that takes care of when things are there that you don't want...now, what do you do about things that should be there and are not?  This you may have less of a chance correcting.  I don't know if you've noticed, but when Sims are busy, it can take a while for everything to rez in. Gotta love all those partial people hanging around; you have random heads, arms or invisible clothes.  

I have to say, more than once, especially on a busy Friday evening at Franks, I have spent most of the night dancing with the man I love in the form of his head and two hands. Yep, that's all.

When those times happen, we have to let the other person take the pictures for the evening, but there are things you can try before giving up.

Try pressing on alt...ctrl...and the letter "R". Sometimes this will rez stuff in if you're just stuck and need a little push.

Try right clicking on something...just this act alone sometimes makes buildings and other structures appear. Once they do, just hit your escape key to stop.

And finally, if it is a particular person or item, right click on them and then "more"..."more" and finally "tex refresh" (of course "derender" is right next to it so be careful)

And if none of these work then you can try logging out and returning, but if the cause is lag, you just have to wait it out.

 Remember....

MORE, MORE, DERENDER, TEMPORARY OR BLACKLIST

and

MORE, MORE, TEX REFRESH

P.S. I've tried to derender an entire house. Each tiny little piece must be derender. Quite the pain and the result should be worth all the effort it takes.