‘Image’ taken of outfits functions for a few days, then vanishes
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AAngel Braveheart
The free right-click image on an outfit on an avatar is very useful.
I am show dancer, so changing outfits is fast and furious. The images help a lot.
However recently they disappear randomly. Especially the newer ones I did a week ago, yet some (not all) of the images I took 6-9 months ago are still there.
Q: Why are the images vanishing? Browser: Firestorm.
Fixation required !!!
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Maestro Linden
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Maestro Linden
Hi AAngel Braveheart, I have a few questions about what you're seeing:
- You're talking about the "Inventory item preview" feature which allows one to set a thumbnail image on an inventory item or inventory folder, correct? Or are you talking about images set somewhere else (like on the face of a box that contains the outfit items)?
- Are the thumbnail images in question attached to the subfolders in "My Outfits", or to the individual inventory items?
- How are you setting the thumbnail images in question? Are you using the "Image..." -> "Use snapshot tool" path, or are you setting them some other way, such as selecting a texture that you already have in inventory?
- What's your full environment information? Could you please post the 'About Firestorm' info text if you're on a Firestorm version? This issue could be a viewer bug.
- It seems possible that the image upload for the thumbnail is failing, but that your viewer keeps the image in its local cache until the cache is purged. If you set a fresh thumbnail image on an inventory item, exit the viewer, delete the cache, then login again, does the new viewer session still show the thumbnail?
I can't immediately reproduce this issue with some outfits when I use Second Life Release 7.2.1.17108480561 (64bit) or Firestorm 7.1.13 (78266) Jun 14 2025 21:15:38 (64bit / AVX2) (Firestorm-Releasex64), including when clearing cache. I'm making a note if which thumbnails I added, so I can check back on them in a few days.
AAngel Braveheart
Maestro Linden Yes, about the "Inventory item preview" feature which allows one to set a thumbnail image on an inventory item or inventory folder, correct?
I use a right click, then ‘Image” on an outfit folder and or in appearances.
(#2 OPTION, never #3 as mentioned above at $10 each)
I have not cleared any cache and worried I might loose hundreds of outfit images if I try that. Why on earth would that be a feature?
Just found outfits made three years ago still with thumbnail images functioning and the ones I made 2 weeks ago have vanished.
I will add my system details later, it is a high powered gaming machine, this is an ipad with the awful mobile app.