Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - January 2014 | Page 81

The Last Lag - Saving Land from Script Lag - p2

Marketplace is rather magnificent these days,
works generally well, helps keep track and
speeds up the shopping process but there are a
few things we cannot do and are missing out on
aside from the tac le community involvement
of shopping 3D with friends. The one that
comes to the top of the list to me, when I
discovered this script problem on my sim, is
CHECKING THE SCRIPT COUNTS! You simply
can't do that on Marketplace, but, with the
help of a neat li le tool I found, you can go to a
store and check the scripts BEFORE you buy!
Search Marketplace for "Script Count Prims"
and you'll find the tools about which I speak.
These fabulous li le morsels of technology can
save us tons of lag and money. Be sure to pay
close a en on to the fine print – make sure the
one you choose is to check PRIMS, not
AVATARS as both exist. The one I found useful
is "Dvandva Script Counter" but any will do.
Stores will not
usually let you
rezz prims and
even if they do, it
would be rude to
rezz something
like this as it has a
few prims to it.
What I do is
"wear it" on
Avatar Center. I
tried as HUD but
it needs to be on
s i m . Yo u ca n
slide it a tad so
your avie isn't in
the way, and then
just press the bu on to check scripts on parcel.
It will list the details of every object, by name,
and tell you the memory usage from scripts.

From there, it's easy to get the general idea as
to whether or not this creator has a handle on
minimizing lag in their scripts ... or not … just by
skimming the memory column. If the bulk of
the items are low cost in memory, then you're
probably safe, but if you're finding pages of
over 1000 or even close to that number, walk
away.
If an object is responsible for a memory drain of
1,000 or higher, a great general rule of thumb is
to ditch it, especially if your sim has venues and
hosts events! Remember, your guests are also
going to be running scripts, and you cannot
easily control what they do, but you can control
what you put on your sim!
No ma er how gorgeous the build, you will
regret what it does to your experience almost
instantly if you don't minimize! I myself prefer
items that are 100