One of the first big bug I noticed in SL, and that never really got corrected, is a bug that affected my style more than any other avatar I know of. It usually manifest itself by both my feet sinking into the floor where I’m standing, often down to my ankles.

My theories are:

a) my ass is too big and my body mass is superior, and it seems to be happening more often in higher altitudes, therefore it must be a gravity issue with the Havok physics engine

OR

b) I’m just way too hot and the floor is melting under my feet

Whatever the explanation is, it pisses me off, first because I look much smaller, secondly because it breaks my zen by not being very fashionable. Since I live in a skybox, I may as well swim in a pool of sweet ceramic. I wish I had some example pictures illustrating the bug, but very simply, my feet are just invisible and drowned in the floor up to my ankles.

But! I found an easy way to get rid of the nasty glitch when that happens, and it’s very simple too. I was reading the JIRA about similar issues while crossing sims. One mentioned a really easy way to fix it, sit on it. So I had nothing to loose by trying it, and it worked!

If your feet are sinking into the floor, just sit on something, anything, and stand up again. Tadaaa! Seems the physics engine recalculates your altitude and each time I tried it, the glitch disappeared.

Woot! Havok 0, Good looks 1