✨ Feature Requests

Linden Lab never added an Internal always-running, default/background animation for Bento bones, like the ones that have existed for the classic body since the beginning of Second Life. In practice, this means there is absolutely nothing that resets the rig to its default position when an animation stops. As a result, Bento bones remain frozen in the current frame of the animation that was stopped. The situation is even worse with the system of attachment bones, which never had a simple reset mechanism at all. Creators have been left to first figure out why bones appear in strange positions, and then to fix the problem manually, by creating low-priority neutral pose combined with always-running scripts that continuously replay background pose. This workaround is completely unnecessary and could be easily resolved by Linden Lab. Unfortunately, both the need for such a fix and the workaround itself are not widely known, which is why we still see “stuck” Bento bones all over the grid. Request: Please finally complete the Bento project by adding an always-running, low-priority internal pose/animation for all Bento bones that keeps the rig in place. This task is long overdue, considering Bento was introduced years ago. Also, in the same manner, add one simple, internal, always-running, background, low-priority default pose/animation that resets Attachment bones’ rotation and position. I urge you to dedicate time to this request, which should be relatively quick to implement, as creators need this simple solution and shouldn’t face backlash from users due to the system’s lack of proper support. If you need additional explanations and/or help on how/why to do this, please contact whoever brilliantly set up the internal animations in the first place.

The feature to have baggy pants and shirts on default LL bodies has been removed, and there is no way to enable it. Why? It used to be in the graphics settings as 'Avatar cloth' with a checkbox next to it. It's gone now. In the debug menu (RenderAvatarCloth), it cannot even be re-enabled, and says 'DEPRECATED'. I would like to see it again. For people who still enjoy using the old-school LL body, having cuffs on your pants or being able to make your shirt baggy brought unique character to your avatar. I can completely understand that the default LL body is old and outdated, and that many people don't use it anymore, but please don't remove that joy for the few that are left. I simply just can't understand why it was removed in the first place. The avatar wavy cloth function wasn't hurting anything, or anyone. EDIT: To add onto this, YES you can still use the sliders, but other users will not be able to see the effect on your avatar. Tested this by having a friend look at my avatar while I was using using "pants cuffs" sliders. He couldn't see them. The friend logged into default viewer and got the same result. This was an intentional removal.

When changing a group for a parcel of land, please give me a nice big warning that says if you do this you might have stuff returned as other parcels in the same group will then not have enough prims to hold items Alternatively, allow a 10 minute grace period where the parcel can be over capacity to allow for region owners/managers to set multiple parcels to a new group.

Second Life Viewer lacks the ability to easily Add or Remove another whole outfit folder by simply right-clicking an outfit folder. Other third party viewers already have this function while the official viewer does not. Currently in the official Second Life Viewer, one can only add or remove individual components from another outfit folder by manually selecting each component within an Outfit folder and Adding/Removing them, either in singles or in groups of singles. There is no Add/Remove the whole outfit from right-click dropdown function in Outfit Folders in Second Life Viewer. This is inconvienient, time consuming and annoying. I propose Second Life Viewer is improved with the addition of Add/Remove Outfit Folder dropdown functions when right-clicking an Outfit Folder in Second Life Viewer. Note to devs, please experiment with Firestorm Viewer's Outfit Folders right-click dropdown functions as a guide to Second Life Viewer improvement.

This addresses two issues. First, when a group is working together to build a parcel, it is often convenient for one builder to be able to move another builder's work in order to make space or adjust the general layout. But we generally do not want to make our objects movable by anyone, and may not want to give the rest of the group permission to edit or move our objects more generally. Second, in many parcels, particularly in roleplay environments and sandboxes, general (everyone) group members or even the general public are allowed to rez objects. It becomes a parcel administrator's job to make sure the objects rezzed are appropriate and appropriately placed. Often the administrator will approve the object, but not the location. In this case, rather than returning the object and having to discuss with the owner appropriate location, it would be much simpler for the administrator to simply move the object within the parcel to a suitable location and then inform the owner of the new location. For me, and the hangouts I administer, this is often a few meters, and can also be something I may do several times in the course of a day as I "rearrange the furniture" so to speak, for whatever activity is going on at the moment. Finally there is the question of encroachment, when an object centered on a neighboring parcel intersects the parcel under consideration. In this case, having general move-the-object-in-its-parcel power is not appropriate. Instead, if anything, I would suggest a related power, the ability to simply cause the encroaching object to move the minimum necessary distance into its parcel to end the encroachment. As discussed in the SUG meeting, allowing Estate Owners to mark objects as Estate Content, akin to the existing Linden Content flag, and preventing objects so marked from being returned or moved by parcel owners or their group designees would probably be a desirable feature.

Out in the world, we have Outllok or Google Calendars to remind and track important events. This is a request to consider creating a second life calendaring app available within the viewer. Scenario: Group Notice received about an event occurring at some point in the future from the date of the notice. There is no (or I cannot find) a method internally to remind myself when the event will occur. Out in the real world, we receive calendar reminders. Others may provide answers such as "If it's that important to you, just put the event in your favorite calendaring app yourself". This constant redirection of users outside of the viewer can be cumbersone and frustratng when the only answer seems to be "do it yourself, somewhere else". This would also be beneficial for collaboration efforts between users and friends. We may send messages to each other and agree on a place and time to work together on a project. Often times it ends with "Oh...I completely forgot. So Sorry" An internal viewer calendar reminder, calendar invites, etc would reduce these kinds of issues.

This was a jira in the past...and still now many more years in it is still needed. The default attachment point of right hand is still not assigned by many creators to a more obvious location, some that are so new that they may not even be aware they could do otherwise, leaving it up to the end user to reassign. If there was a checkbox or drop down available in the upload window, then this would give the creator the opportunity to just select the attachment point that better works with the product. We still see people losing an upper object when trying to wear a lower object because not all people use add and not everyone assumes that they will be to the same point. I made a mock up and there is enough room for something of this nature in the upload window as it is currently.

The biggest shopping events in SL are unknown to most users, never mind the smallest events. The fact shopping events even exist as a concept seems to be unknown to many as well! This means that discovery of the latest and greatest content from SL creators is limited. SL creators themselves also struggle to find events fitting for their products to join. The main discovery for these events are currently through external social media platforms and networks of bloggers, such as facebook, flickr, primfeed, X, bluesky. It's all very disjointed. I think it would be useful to have these shopping events have their own category in search/discovery guide. There are many features people would find useful like... Opening Date/Time: A way to see a list of what event opened when, or will be opening. Currently with event promotion on social media these events mostly get traffic on the opening day and then it tails off quickly. Seeing a list of events most recently opened to oldest would give you a way to catch up on what you maybe didn't notice, increasing traffic through the remainder of the event and with it sales. Sales benefit creators, and the whole SL platform by boosting the economy. Closing Date/Time: Likewise, users will also want to know when these events are closing, so that they can jump in before the end of the event. I've noticed with events that they are most popular on the opening days, and then have a boost towards the end as people jump in quickly before it closes. Visited checkmark: Some SL users like to go to all the events, and even go daily to everything that just opened. Whilst I myself find that idea EXHAUSTING, they do really enjoy it! Having a simple checkmark, or change of font from Bold to Normal, or Normal to Italic, would be useful for these 'power users'. Traffic: The normal 'traffic' metric isn't too useful for these events. What's far more pertinent is seeing how busy the region is, and if it's currently enterable, e.g. (45/50) would show there are currently a total of 45 out of a maximum 50 people. This could be colour coded to show the liklihood of getting in if you try to teleport. Red for no chance, yellow for maybe, green for certainly. This number should also contain attached camsims. (Camsims are sims that you cam into the main event sim from, when the traffic is too high to get into the main sim. This allows users to still shop). Teleporting: Clicking to teleport to an event should put you into the main event if possible, or a one of a number of dedicated camsims beside. The most popular events often have one or two camsims. Tagging: It would be useful to be able to see, search or set tags for them too, like, "female, male, goth, furry, cyberpunk, clothing, furniture, games, nostalgia, 80s, steampunk, roleplay" etc. Description: Seeing the event description could be very useful, perhaps on clicking on an event in the UX. Listing enhancements: Similar to SL marketplace, you might find that events want some form of listing enhancement to increase discoverability, this would be especially useful for new events trying to become known. Similar to google's sponsored results, there would be a chance for monetisation by letting people pay for a chance of appearing at the top of the list, the first spot always showing a sponsored event listing. They could also buy an enhancement that lets them appear at the top for a handful of tags. Sponsored results should be clearly marked as such. It should perhaps be made clear that there's little benefit to doing this when an event is already popular. The enchancements could last for a day, 3 days, a week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 4 weeks. Events tend to last for up to a month. 3 weeks is common for a chance to tear down and build the next event on monthly events. 1 or 2 week events do happen as well. (these lengths seem a good starting point but I'm sure the community would want to discuss these) New Items vs Discount Sales: There are two main categories for these events, where either they are selling new items, or old items at a hefty discount. Discount sales currently tend to be lists of items/stores that have discounts on a given day. "50L Friday", "Happy Weekend Sale" etc. I'm not sure how these discount sales could be incorporated in the UX since they aren't at a set location, but it is worth mentioning here. Perhaps a separate page with a list of these, and when you click on one such event you've an option to click a button to get a notecard, which is often how these are distributed weekly. I'm sure I've missed out on some features people would want, which I'm sure people will comment below here!

Feature request to return you to your previous location if teleport fails. How frustrating it is when your teleport fails and then you get kicked out of the game. Do you guys even play your own game? This has been an issue since as long as I can remember.

Hi, I would love to edit my posts in the SL feed and also be able to tag friends that are in the picture. Love, Sylwia