As we all know, creating our own scripts and objects and clothing on Second Life can be fun and sometimes very time consuming. But are all those creations actually safe in our inventory?

The SL’s Asset Server is not absolutely reliable and often loses irremediably the hours of your work or the expensive objects that you bought. The Inventory isn’t the ideal place to save your objects!

So I am always on the lookout for a cheap way to backup my own Inventory creations. Of course there are a number of options available. One of which is the Emerald Viewer which can export your Inv to your hard drive and is what I use regularly. A full list of Emerald features can be found HERE. If you haven’t moved to Emerald Viewer, I suggest you at least give it a try. You may never want to go back to the normal SL viewer again

Other options include various releases by dedicated SL users. Probably the best known is Second Inventory by Angelo Biondi. It’s not the cheapest, with a single avatar version costing 5999l$ on XStreetSL. . I would say backing up all your own creations to hard drive on your PC for this price is well worth the cost. Especially considering all the features and options available.

Finally, there is another FREE option!  Second Life My Inventory Viewer – SLMIV. Although it has some nice backup options, I notice the object backup was unavailable! However, for the ability to quickly backup other items from your inventory, this is actually not a bad tool to have.

Of course there are other in world options available, but personally I don’t see the point! I’d rather have my creations safe on my hard drive. However, if you feel an in world backup is what you need, then check out some of the packages available from PM Sands on XStreetSL where you can find a real cheap option called Inventory Backup Storage Home Edition currently at only 150l$.

So what are you waiting for? Keep your Inv safe from LL asset issues. And you will be glad you did. After all, how many times have you heard other AV’s say they have lost Inv items? Next time, it might be you!!!

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