The Debauche Survival Guide

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.

If you find errors in this guide, have a better way of saying something, or want to add a new topic, contact R.

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.

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.

SHOW STUFF

• Movers – How to find and use movers.
• Reserves – If you’re not in a routine, you’re still in the show.
• The Dangers of AFK – It’s important to announce AFK. But should you do more?
• 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.

Special Tips and Tricks

GENERAL VIEWER STUFF

• General Viewer Stuff – How to optimize your viewer.
• Graphics Settings – See the show properly.
• Set LOD to 6? – This fixes some rendering issues.

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.
• Quick Preferences – Add items to the QP window for easy access.
• Clothes Colors – Pre-color your shoes and boots.
• Inventory Management – A suggestion on how to clean it up.

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.

OTHER TOPICS

• Choreography – Some basic tips on making dances.
• Recording Video – Instructions for making simple videos.

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