Current Issues

Current news for ScienceSim is on the status page. ScienceSim is based on OpenSim. You can find a list of outstanding OpenSim defects at the OpenSim Mantis database.

• We will be deploying mono 2.6 on all of the infrastructure servers, physics plaza, spirit plaza, and spice plaza around 12/18 or 12/19. Please report any new problems as soon as possible. We will start with the plazas and then the infrastructure servers.

• ScienceSim infrastructure servers will be down on the morning of 12/27 for general system maintenance.

• Animations are not always sent correctly. If you join a group of avatars that have been idle for some time, they will all appear to be in the “T” pose until the animation changes. Work-around: Walking or typing will force an animation update.

• Permissions of items in inventory can change. We've seen this especially with items in folders below the top level. Work-around: Often, you can fix the problem by rezzing the object and taking it back into your inventory.

• Online/Offline presence in the friends list is not reliable.

• Your avatar may show up “gray” (this happens in low bandwidth situations or where your client has not completely cached your appearance). Work-around: Type Ctrl-Alt-R to “rebake” your texture. You may need to turn on the advanced menus first using Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D.

• Your avatar may appear as a cloud or ball of mist. This is a known viewer issue (in SL & OS). Work-around:
  1. Turn on the advanced menus (Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D).
  2. From the Advanced menu select Debug Setings.
  3. Type the following into the popup window that appears:

     RenderUnloadedAvatar

  4. Click True and then close the popup window.

• The voice system built into the viewer does not function. Work-around: A Skype HUD is available in the tools shop on the Einstein region.