Second Life in DCU

callmescratch

Can anyone tell me how to get Second Life to connect when i'm using the LapLan 3.0 network in DCU.

I needed to kill some dead time today, but Second Life wouldn't connect.

And I'm sure i saw someone running it in college before - so i think there must be a way

Any help would (obviously) be very much appreciated

Cheers

Cy_Revenant

It seems to connect flawlessly through res, try going up to the Mezz and running it from there.

gamblitis

Why try waste the bandwidth(little difference it would make anyway) with something so pointless.lol

callmescratch

ok thanks cy, might try it up there.
pointless gamblitis? well yeah, but i'm still gonna do it anyway, lol

gamblitis

yeah ya might as well!theres too much bandwidth going around anyway!

damnyanks

Try First Life it also works, can download from http://www.getafirstlife.com/

Sebzy

SecondLife wont work on Laplan whatever as the ports are not open and as far as I know res is the only location setup..


Seb.

gizmo

If you're having any issues with it just drop CSD a mail about. I know they had been working on getting it up and running but obviously it's not quite there yet.

rugbug86

Presumably they were meant to have it working in time for the virtual conference we got an email about last week...

Sebzy

rugbug86 wrote:

Presumably they were meant to have it working in time for the virtual conference we got an email about last week...

Ah yes that e-mail was the first CSD heard of Second Life apart from getting it working on res.

Did that conference go ahead in the end?

callmescratch

i caught the end of that conference. it looked pretty crappy.
a lot of very new people bumping around the place and all talking at the same time.

there were some videos shown, but when i got there it was looping 5 mins of a video over and over

that said, i was late so i could have missed the good stuff

gamblitis

hmmm seems this second life is bigger than i thought!

BlackWizard

I've been using it too. Infact an email was sent around about a lecture that was being given by DCU and Trinity that was on in Second Life. But no one in DCU could access it.. :rolleyes:

Irish students and educators,

Don't miss this event next Tues 27th February at 7pm.
Location: Where you want.

It will be the first ever IRISH virtual conference. It will be held in
VIRTUAL Trinity College, Dublin in the 3D world of SECOND LIFE.
Many colleges worldwide are already conducting their classes in the
world including Harvard, Stanford, Edinburgh, Ohio, MIT, California..
but to name a few.

The conference discussion will focus on the potential for education in
the virtual world of Second Life. It will include an introduction to
second life with video demos. It will be co-hosted in audio by a DCU
academic and Trinity College key speaker. Such events are held
worldwide everyday in second life - but this will be the first for
IRELAND.

rugbug86

BlackWizard wrote:

I've been using it too. Infact an email was sent around about a lecture that was being given by DCU and Trinity that was on in Second Life. But no one in DCU could access it.. :rolleyes:

thats the one i was talking about.

has anyone heard anymore from CSD?

Sebzy

Has anyone been in contact with CSD about this I'm guessing not and if not who's responsable for second life here on campus. It it's a big change to the network someone will need to push to have it done like a school rep etc....


Seb.

gamblitis

But wouldn't that not more of an incentive not to do any work in college!!(not that i'm being all geekish n stuff but its really terrible tbh!)we don't need another epidemic like that bebo again!!

robnubis

A game like this should be blocked on campus tbh.

Cy_Revenant

robnubis wrote:

A game like this should be blocked on campus tbh.

Second life ain't a game.

Theres no point, no goal, no anything.

Its just an IM client crossed with a social networking site. With some character models tossed into a fairly basic 3d world thrown into the mix.

Sebzy

Anyway got word back from a CSD teck that the access still woks from res but that all at the moment as there is no real demand for it.

gizmo

That's a rather odd response. Usually in a case like this CSD will open up the ports for the service unless they happen to be known ports or be a potential security risks.

Your best bet is to ask around and try and get more people interested in using the game/site and then try CSD again. If they feel theres more interest then I'm sure they'll reconsider their decision.

johnny_ultimate

Bump for this.
Just went up to CSD about getting this working for a project a few of us are doing. The official response is that the helpdesk on the official SL website is excellent, but the solutions just arent working on the DCU network (ie changes made to the resident network didnt work when applyed to the labs). All the correct ports etc.. are open, but it just isn't working. Anyway, they said theyd let us know within the next few days if they get it up and running.