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Railroad update #1

Railroad update #1

The Newbie Haven move is complete! The cottage was rotated through 90° overnight and this morning Mar logged on to shift all the contents into their new position. Apologies if you logged into the Haven while I was asleep, before I had a chance to move everything, and found it looking all higgledy-piggledy!

Here’s the new location, and as you can see there’s still tons of room at the front of the Haven:

I’ve edited the notecard that’s given out by the information sign in the Haven, to include some new info about the railroad, together with landmarks to the rez station and the nearby local terminus where you can call the trains from. Sadly, there’s a huge bit of land with banlines on it that’s stopping one section of the track from being built, so I do hope the creators can get access to that part.

Hop behind the cut for a couple more pics :)

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The railroad’s a-comin’

The railroad’s a-comin’

I’m taking a short break from the main blog (we all need a bit of a breather now and then, don’t we?) but that probably means I’ll be updating over here (and on Mar’s Twitter account) a bit more.

Today, Mar’s landlord contacted her about something new that’s going to come through the region where her home – and the Newbie Haven there – sits: a pretty cool multi-region railroad project that’s being built. I’d noticed the bridge near the front of the house, but it wasn’t until I raised draw distance and cammed behind the house that I saw the track stopping behind it. Eek!

However, it sounds like an interesting project that will be fun for newbies and oldbies alike to ride (I sure as heck am looking forward to having a go on it!) so I’m happy to make the few small changes that my landlord requested. I won’t be losing any prims, but the cottage that houses the Newbie Haven will just need to be moved a tad. We think that a 90° anti-clockwise rotation will be enough, and will leave plenty of space in front of the house for a landing spot between the house and the tracks.

Here’s the track location as it appears on the main map:

Hop behind the cut for a bigger, closer picture showing the railroad and how the cottage will probably be moved.

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All about the Lady

All about the Lady

Part of this outfit is named Germanotta, which some may not know is Lady Gaga’s real surname, hence the title of this post. Mar wanted to gussie up in something a little bit more elegant than the summery silk skirt and sequinned cami that she’s been sporting lately, and a rummage through inventory brought up this classy high-waisted pantsuit by R.icielli.

A past TDR offering, it needs very little in the way of anything else. Great heels (Mar’s beloved Noir Stilettos from HoC Apparel), fabulous hair (Blake in streaked mahogany, from Truth), and my current favourite jewellery (the Medaille series by Gabriel), as well as an old favourite prim manicure (Sexy Girl A in black, by Love Soul) and this outfit is complete. I did toy with the idea of a bag, but nothing short of a teeny clutch would have worked, and in all honesty I think it’s complete without another thing.

Hop behind the cut for more pics.

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Roxie, Reloaded

Roxie, Reloaded

I thought I’d update Roxie, since the poor girl was looking rather drab. I splurged on my new favourite shoes (Hoc’s Noir Stilettos) and forked over 70L for Glam Affair’s Jadis skin in The Dressing Room. The rest of her look, though, is entirely freebie/cheapie. Her top and pants were L$10 each (the pants also came with another top) from the Glam Affair Discount Room, her eyes and lip ring were free from Mia Snow’s gift at the new FabFree location (also includes amazing makeup!), her hair is a freebie from Pocket Mirrors at Savoir Hair, and the rest of her jewellery is from the lucky chair at Ticky Tacky.

It’s not the first time, and it won’t be the last

It’s not the first time, and it won’t be the last

Once again, Second Life lag has cost me money. I bought several items from the new Dressing Room collection, and as usual at the beginning of a collection showcase the lag was terrible. However, I managed to make the purchases I wanted, and teleported home.

The main item set I wanted to try on was the R.icielli New Year pack, so Mar put on the pants and one of the tops, then the jacket. Well, she put on the system layers, anyway, and those showed up just fine. But the prims? Every single one gave up an ‘attempt to rez an object failed’ error. So she did what most of us would do: she relogged…

…only to log back in and find herself completely naked, and with that R.icielli fatpack folder no longer in her inventory. But the money had still left her account.

*sigh* I’m not going to bother contacting R.icielli’s owner about this, because to be honest it isn’t worth it. It’s a lag issue, and I’m sure as hell not going to ask for a refund, even if it was L$70. The items in the pack are worth far more than that anyway, so Mar just headed back to TDR and purchased them again. This time, they stayed where they should be: in her inventory, and everything rezzed just fine.

Screencaps behind the cut.

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