Permanent Panties For Second Life Avatars?
by Alphaville Herald on 06/07/09 at 2:54 pm
Underwear lockdown discovered in new Second Life viewer
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
Second Life undies may become compulsory, as several sources claim version 1.23 of the Second Life viewer includes a server-controlled feature that can prevent avatars from removing bras, panties, undershirts, and underpants – unless the avatars are “adult verified”. Is the Lab planning to enforce a child-safe experience outside the adults-only regions?
The stuck-on underwear revelations came from players using the OpenSim open source server with the newest Second Life viewer. EvanB posted a warning to the SLUniverse forums June 18th reporting he was unable to access his underpants and undershirt – and pictures illustrating his claims [after the jump].
This morning, Orion Pseudo contacted the Herald via our new iMojoWire 3GS to confirm the news, and pointed to further evidence – anOpenSim update for the problem. On July 4th, a proposed fix for the OpenSim server was posted with the comment
After discovering the problem, OpenSim developers work to allow underwear changes
Apparently OpenSim servers were accidentally triggering the Lab’s secret clothing-compulsory code, but in classic community software development fashion a fix was quickly created for OpenSim worlds – but what of Second Life itself?
EvanB illustrates SL viewer version 1.23 in OpenSim – underwear lockdown!
Based on what we know now, it appears Linden Lab is preparing to turnoff underwear choice in M and PG regions at some point. Locking outunderwear access would increase the metaverse modesty factor, but atwhat price? Could this be the next step in a plan to merge the TeenGrid with the main grid?
While it would not make sense to limitavatar clothing choice until the migration to the adults-only Zindracontinent is complete, a forced upgrade to clients with the option forenforcing a baked on modesty layer would give the Lab morepredictability in how their game is played.
In the new metaverse, you’ll need a credit card on file if you want to change your underwear.
EvanB illustrates SL viewer version 1.22 in OpenSim – underwear freedom!
Darien Caldwell
Jul 6th, 2009
It’s not secret, nor is it some dastardly plan.
It may surprise some to know, but the under-18 users of Teen Second Life use the exact same viewer we do. But in Teen Second Life, you can’t take off your underwear. So of course, this functionality has to be built into the viewer. It’s been there for as long as the Teen Grid has existed.
On occasions, this feature can be accidentally enabled on those who aren’t on Teen Second Life.
Sorry it’s not as exciting or dastardly as you would like. It’s just a glitch, to be put beside so many glitches on the grid.
moses
Jul 6th, 2009
well. i have some smart ass comment to make but the whole things says plenty with out it.
Nicholaz Beresford
Jul 6th, 2009
ZOMG they are gluing our underpants to the body – NOT.
They just changed the way the viewer detects the teen grid and it looks like it OpenSim sent something that made them viewer mistake them as teen land.
Stop worrying and have a look at the post6 grrl instead.
Eloise
Jul 6th, 2009
Are they stupid?
This code has been there for ages. And it’s there for the teen grid. I’m sure it could be turned on for the main grid too, but the clients are the same.
And if you really want to wear no underwear but have got caught out this way, you can still do it. What it prevents you doing is not wearing an underpants and undershirt layer once you’ve worn them (a bit like you must wear skin, hair and eyes). It doesn’t require the textures be opaque though.
Lazy journalism, and stupid, paranoid FUG.
sTrolling Runner
Jul 6th, 2009
Enjoy your new Second Lives *adults*.
Anti-Matter
Jul 6th, 2009
Pix, you really ARE a f*cking G.E.D. drop out type aren’t you? F*cking dipshit. What a complete waste of time this piece was. Go kill urself NOW please.
Karl Reisman
Jul 6th, 2009
The Hysteria!the Hysteria! Oh My Lord!
The Teen Grid is as it is, and I for one am hoping they do NOT merge. It does make senst to save tiem and coding effort to just have a “bit switch” between the main grid and the teen grid.
(I haven’t heard anything abut the Teen grid in months. It’s still operating?)
Prof. Archie Lukas
Jul 7th, 2009
Huzzah!
Does also explain why Action man has no willy?
(translation into US dialect: Why GI Joe has no cock?)
LOL
Jul 7th, 2009
this article explains why I have seen panties that are Photosourced female genitals….
amazing what will the Degenerate perverts think of so they can still get thier pixels on….
FUCKING PATHETIC!
Lina Pussycat
Jul 7th, 2009
I doubt this will happen based on Policy since people with their homes in Mature only regions are supposed to still be able to engage in sexual activity so long as it is a private residence so we wouldn’t need to move to the new adult region… It might be PG sims only or something but doing it in Mature regions would lead to a few problems based around things LL have stated themselves…
Emperor Norton Hears a Who?
Jul 7th, 2009
IF we can’t take off our underpants we can’t have sex. Without sex were will the prim babies come from?
Will someone think of the kids?
Miss Petunia Amaryllis Courtney Taliaferro, Second Life League of Decency
Jul 7th, 2009
At last, sanity. I plan to inspect said nether-garments to ensure that coverage is nape-of-neck to ankle, at least!
Ah, the joys of the Victorian Age. Onward, virtue! Fie fie, filth!
The brilliant and tortured poet, Septimus Severus Legume, quickly penned an ode to this wholesome revolution:
“IN PRAISE OF UNDERWEAR”
Cover thyself, strumpets and rakes!
Or stand aside as the bough breaks!
The Lindens have cloth for thy bosom and bum
If you garb thyself not, well then–here they come!
With swaddling bands for naughty parts
We’ll wrap them tightly, to protect frail hearts!
From Svarga to Ahern, a new cry and hue:
“Put on clothes or we’ll glue them to you!”
Frankie Antonioni
Jul 7th, 2009
Why is everybody upset that LL will force avatars to wear under wear. For those that make textures, look at this as an opportunity.First create a nude texture. Then make some under wear, and place the texture on the under wear.
Now if you were to make a texture for each ethic group, then you can sell them at your store, or sell them on Apez vendors, or sell them on Xstreet.
Now if somebofy wants to have sex, or be nude, they will have to buy your under wear.
Amstatic
Jul 7th, 2009
My son uses the teen grid often and he said that there is an esay fix for this that allows them to remove their underwear. He claims you got to the Advanced Tab, Then Character then Character Tests and then just removed the X from Toggle PG.
Imnotgoing Sideways
Jul 8th, 2009
It makes me glad I have my own skin textures. I can just put the nakie bits on my pants and shirt layer for the win! XD
All Seeing Eye
Jul 8th, 2009
Since underwear can’t be changed will it be brown and crusteh in the rear and yellow and crusteh in the front from years of use?
In the LL viewer there has been a “force PG” in there forever. But apparently it would never actually work unless they fixed it. Like how they fixed it so everyone can be a retarded unibrow idiot with gigantic clown lips. Look around. Do *any* games out there have crappy avatar meshes with crappy looking shit like LL coders slap on the avatars? The really disconcerting thing about this is LL employees and execs actually think that utter shit avatar destroying makeup from 1980 actually looks good.
LL has money. There are hundreds of software engineers in need of a job. LL needs to just hire the 200 needed to really rewrite this entire thing before SL is stomped into the dirt by all the other virtual worlds coming online. Blue Mars is bragging big time about all the corporations and universities and museums, etc. hiring them to build stuff in Blue Mars. What’s that giant sucking sound? Ain’t blow jobs in Zindra.
And yea. as soon as LL does something stupid here will come skins on underwear or clothes layers. Will LL have naked people police too? Why in hell would they waste time on useless crap. If it were real I would have to think the person in control is literally suffering from dementia.
Darien Caldwell
Jul 8th, 2009
It’s amazing how many people post without reading the comments. I suggest you read the first. LL isn’t forcing underwear on people. Get a grip.
Emperor Norton hears a who?
Jul 8th, 2009
“Getting a grip” is what this underpants crises is all about Darien. The thing touches bottom.
General Drama
Jul 8th, 2009
If only this panty-glue switched on automatically when avatars were shortened to less than 5 feet tall, we’d see a decrease in the pedo-ageplay happening in the g-team’s favorite sims.
Darien Caldwell
Jul 8th, 2009
“Getting a grip” is what this underpants crises is all about Darien. The thing touches bottom.
People need to take a long, hard look at what is being said before thrusting their views unpon the readership, and getting hot and bothered. Keeping abreast of the daily issues faced by residents is good, but trying to titilate readers with bare-chested lies is always bad in hindsight. People want the naked truth.
Teddy Ruxpin Kennedy
Jul 9th, 2009
“If only this panty-glue switched on automatically when avatars were shortened to less than 5 feet tall, we’d see a decrease in the pedo-ageplay happening in the g-team’s favorite sims.”
Now let’s think about this for a moment…
I’m seriously doubting that pedos would do their thing out in the open, especially on LL sims. I believe that the obvious “pedos” in SL are just grieferkiddies like you and your friends. amirite? yesiam.
Arwyn Quandry
Jul 11th, 2009
Must I say it? I must: DUH. I’m a Teen Second Life resident, and our underwear is already compulsory, and has been since the start. Of course, this is easily solved with using the Toggle PG button (which enables the creation of undergarments) and alpha-layer underwear, which we use all the time. We’ve learned to adjust, and you will too. Stop bitching, because we’ve already dealt with it. Who knows, maybe if it does become mandatory, you’ll feel our pain.
Pedobear
Mar 13th, 2010
So I herd you liek Teen Grid?
Pedobear approves.
Delphi
Jun 4th, 2010
I am upset I started playing a couple of days ago and no problem now all of the sudden I have these fixed undergarments that make my clothes look tacky!!! I am not a teen and have verified my age; I have even went to advanced settings, character test, and tried to toggle the “PG” setting, but it was fixed!
I wish someone would address this issue