Updating Second Life

It's almost a year since I last played Second Life. I first played this game as a requirement in MMS 198 (Special Topics - Gaming in Education), wherein we were required to apply the proper composition in photography inside this virtual world. Now, its time to make snapshots again!

Too bad, I already uninstalled Second Life since I can't find the time to play anything nowadays. Luckily, I haven't deleted the installer yet so I was able to install the game again. What surprised me is that the installer was able to detect that I have an outdated graphics driver! Knowing that Second Life is heavy on graphics, I figured it won't hurt to update my drivers. Installation was smooth, I just had to click a few buttons.

Updating AMD Graphics Driver

To download Second Life, here's the direct link: http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/

System Requirements: http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/

My laptop is equipped with 1GB HD5470 graphics card, but still, performance degradation occurs whenever I choose higher quality setting. Thus, I'm stuck at fast performance but of lower quality. At least, its playable and I can fly around.

Second Life Preferences Menu

To take snapshots, press Ctrl-Shift-S (or select World from the menu bar, then choose Snapshot). A new window will appear and you may then choose where to save it and at what resolution. I keep mine at original and just resize it outside of the game.

Sample snapshot in Second Life