The Debauche Survival Guide

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The purpose of this guide is to give you the tools, the techniques, and the skills to reduce errors and mistakes. The fewer mistakes you make and the less worry you have during a show, the better the show will go, and the more you will enjoy it. You’re welcome to blame the first time a mistake happens on SL. But the second time is your problem to fix.

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The Important Stuff

Quickstart

GROUP STUFF

Debauche Group – The group and the group chat.
Stage Managers – Ask them for help and do what they say.
Rehearsal – Rehearsal, outfit library, signup board.
Show Notecards – How we know what we’re doing.

OUTFIT STUFF

Body Templates – How to prepare your body.
Outfits – How to create outfit folders.
Costume Assistant – How to handle RLV and costume changes.
Outfit Details – How to set up appliers and layers for an outfit.
Outfit Scripts – How to add a script to parts of your outfit.
Outfit Images – How to make a helpful image of your outfit.
Moddable Hair – For routines that require hairstyle hiding or changing.
Hair Alpha Issues – Is your hair bleeding through your outfit’s alphas?
Upgrading Outfits – Still on Maitreya 4.1? Fix that shit now!

SHOW STUFF

Movers – How to find and use movers.
Reserves – If you’re not in a routine, you’re still in the show.
Mistakes and Solutions – Problems, causes, and solutions.
The Dangers of AFK – It’s important to announce AFK. But should you do more?
Quick Outfit Change – How to change outfits quickly.
HELP! – What to do when you have a Rez Fail, crash, or other problem.

SOCIAL STUFF

Promotion – Come to the show, people!
Be Social – Play nice with your food.
Post-Show Audience Engagement – Let them know we appreciate them.

Special Tips and Tricks

GENERAL VIEWER STUFF

General Viewer Stuff – How to optimize your viewer.
Beams – Disable edit beams.
Graphics Settings – See the show properly.
Disable Typing Animation – Because this will make you look dumb on stage.
Set LOD to 6? – This fixes some rendering issues.
Quick Preferences – Add items to the QP window for easy access.
Viewer Control Links – Put links in your chat, profile, gestures, and website. And control the viewer with them.

MOVERS

Area Search – How to find movers quickly.
Hoverheight – Are you sinking into the ground or dancing up in the air?

CHAT

Away – Turn off your auto-Away.
Name Highlight – Get an alert when someone says your name.
Contact Lists – Filter your Online/Offline alerts.
Cleaner IM Windows – How to get rid of timestamp and name clutter.
Autoresponders – When you’re too busy to say you’re too busy.
Autoreplace – Shortcuts for text chat.
Font Sizes – Modifying the interface for 4K font readability.

NAVIGATION

Favorite Landmarks – Go backstage quickly.

INVENTORY

Favorite Wearables – A mini-inventory window for your precious things.
Clothes Colors – Pre-color your shoes and boots.
Inventory Management – A suggestion on how to clean it up.
Maitreya Multiple HUD experiment

HEAD AND FACE

Head Movement – Is your head moving when others’ aren’t?
Facial Gestures – Smile! Frown! Yell!

SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION

Trackpad Gestures – Quick volume, windlight, and sync animations control.
Statistics – Why are we lagged?
RAM Drive – Faster! Faster!

DANGEROUS STUFF

Firestorm Hacking – Some scary Firestorm hacks to make life easier.