How to resolve texture issues:
Once in a while, SL will do odd things to the textures on your avatar, including your skin. We've seen it all: everything from people's skins not changing, and images of their environment somehow getting baked onto their avatars, to avis going entirely pitch black.

While the solutions listed below are not absolutely 100% foolproof, they do have a really good success rate and we recommend you try these before filing a support ticket with Linden Lab:

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1) REBAKING TEXTURES
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We generally recommend you try rebaking textures first. This is the easiest and fastest solution.

In order for you to be able to rebake textures, you MUST have your "Advanced" menu enabled. It will appear in the upper left area of your client. You can toggle this menu off and on by hitting Ctrl + Alt + D simultaneously (this is known as a "hotkey").

Now that you have enabled the Advanced menu, you can rebake your avatar's textures. Follow this menu path: Advanced > Character > Rebake Textures. (You can also use the Ctrl + Alt + R hotkey to do this, but the Advanced menu must be turned on first.)

After you've rebaked your textures, you might see your avatar's appearance go blurry for a little while. This is normal. Once your textures are finished rezzing, hopefully you will see your appearance as it should be, without any problems.

If this doesn't work, you may want to try...

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2) DO A CHARACTER TEST
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Before you do this step, please make sure you've saved your outfit because after you need to put everything back on again. The easiest way to save your outfit is by clicking "SAVE AS" in your appearance window.

First you need to enable the DEVELOP menu by going to ADVANCED > SHOW DEVELOP MENU
Then follow this path shown by the picture:



After you've pressed this button, you've now been "ruthed" : )
Put your saved outfit on and everything should load fine!


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