However, use facelights with care and courtesy: it seems to me that the SL client only shows a litmited number of lightsources, and having six or seven avatars with facelights nearby, possibly destroys the look of the surroundings if lighting is applied for a location’s atmosphere. (I dont know for sure if it’s the number of lightsources or their distance from the vieuwer’s avatar that matters tho, I’m not too much of a techie, but I have noticed some lights ‘turning’ off or on if I walk around)

Also, dont just check the light box as Tenshi suggest, make sure you change the settings to not make yourself appear like a lighthouse, brightly shining and lighting up your surroundings in a range of several meters: it’s supposed to be a facelight for your own avatars looks, not a floodlight challenging a police chopper searchlight.

So yeah, use em but with care

On another note: as hard as it is to find good quality, free clothes for the penniless girl, it’s a lot harder for the peniless guy. Even for the guy with tons of pennies, it’s not really easy. Idea for a next article in this series perhaps? I still have to do with the jeans and white shirt I got when joining, I at least was lucky to have been given a free hairdo and skin by a very generous passer by.