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==How To Use The MAKE OUTFIT Button To Save Their Current Appearance== | ==How To Use The MAKE OUTFIT Button To Save Their Current Appearance== | ||
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I | To my knowledge, this is the most overlooked topic in all of SL. No newbie tutorial discusses it, no Orientation HUD mentions it, no helper recommends it. This is something I take the most time teaching, but I only have to teach it once. Then they can apply it every time they acquire an outfit. | ||
By the time we encounter them, Newbies may have spent considerable time editing their appearances and are often quite proud of what they've achieved. As seasoned residents, we simply put on a different shape and skin. Newbies don't yet have that luxury. | |||
They are also very curious about putting on other avatars (such as a Darth Vader outfit). Then they realize they're stuck! They can't go back to what they were wearing earlier because they haven't saved it off. They scramble through their inventory but can't remember what it was they had on. | |||
;Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. | |||
I compliment the newbie on their looks, especially if they have customized it in any way. Often I can tell they have spent more than just 10 minutes on it. I ask them if they'd like to be able to save that "look" so they can return to it at any time, in case they run into trouble. They all say, "yes!" | |||
I start my explanation with a picture of a menu (see below): | |||
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Revision as of 12:55, 2 December 2007
How To Use The MAKE OUTFIT Button To Save Their Current AppearanceTo my knowledge, this is the most overlooked topic in all of SL. No newbie tutorial discusses it, no Orientation HUD mentions it, no helper recommends it. This is something I take the most time teaching, but I only have to teach it once. Then they can apply it every time they acquire an outfit. By the time we encounter them, Newbies may have spent considerable time editing their appearances and are often quite proud of what they've achieved. As seasoned residents, we simply put on a different shape and skin. Newbies don't yet have that luxury. They are also very curious about putting on other avatars (such as a Darth Vader outfit). Then they realize they're stuck! They can't go back to what they were wearing earlier because they haven't saved it off. They scramble through their inventory but can't remember what it was they had on.
I compliment the newbie on their looks, especially if they have customized it in any way. Often I can tell they have spent more than just 10 minutes on it. I ask them if they'd like to be able to save that "look" so they can return to it at any time, in case they run into trouble. They all say, "yes!" I start my explanation with a picture of a menu (see below): Lum Pfohl 06:58, 29 November 2007 (PST) |
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