A Small but Important Update on Textures

Ina Beaumont recently asked if I could include all of the textures with my items, not just the PBR materials, so that people who are not using a PBR-enabled viewer can still enjoy them properly.

I gave this some thought. I had been hoping that most everyone was moving toward PBR-enabled viewers, but Ina made a very good point—not everyone is there yet, and not everyone uses Firestorm.

So, going forward, I will include the complete set of textures that comes with the model, including the traditional textures as well as the PBR materials.

A quick note about texture sizes: please feel free to reduce them to whatever size works best for you. I have experimented with reducing them myself, but on many of the items I find that they become noticeably blurry, so the original size generally gives me the best results.

These are the textures produced with the model pack, and with the number of things I create, I simply don't have the time to resize and test every individual texture before release.

Please resize them as you wish and use whatever gives you the best balance between appearance and performance on your grid.

Thank you, Ina, for bringing this up. It was a good suggestion, and hopefully including everything will make my creations more accessible to everyone. ♥

I have added all the textures to the Hot Damn BBQ (sorry for the return trip to grab them) Also the Butterflies are Near Choker at Monentes Jewelry. Thank you Ina for helping me to realize the obvious, not everyone has or likes PBR!

DJ Naya is gonna kick off your Manic Monday with a bang!

Bringing you the best music she has to offer, DJ Nata know's how to entertain!

all are welcome to come along!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...

💀 APOCALYPSE — THE NEW LOCATION 💀

Well… we survived the old place, so naturally we thought “let’s make things worse.” 😂

Welcome to The New Location Apocalypse — where the walls are crumbling, the candles are probably haunted, the furniture has questionable intentions, and somehow the music is still the safest thing in the building. 🖤🤣

This Monday, DJ Minxy & Adrian Moon are taking over the chaos and bringing the light into the darkness — because if the apocalypse is happening anyway, we might as well have a bloody good dance while it does! 🔥🎧

Expect big tunes, bad decisions, questionable dancing, good people and just enough madness to make the end of the world feel like a party. 😈💃🕺

So grab your friends, grab your favourite apocalypse survivor, and come discover our new darker playground…

Same beautiful madness. New location. Bigger chaos. 💀🖤

📅 Monday 14th September
🕛 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 MK3 Grid — Apocalypse
🔗 hop://mk3.org:5002/Apocalypse/181/276/37

DJ Minxy & Adrian Moon
✨ Bringing the light to the chaos. ✨

Come for the music. Stay because you can’t find the exit. 😂💀

🍻 O’zapft is bei BK-Mode! 🎡💙🤍

Das Oktoberfest hält Einzug in OpenSim – und wer sagt eigentlich, dass man dafür nach München fahren muss? Bei BK-Mode findest du eine Auswahl an schicken Dirndln und zünftigen Trachtenanzügen, perfekt für Wiesn, Festzelt und alles, was nach Brezn, Bier und guter Laune aussieht. 😄

Ob fesches Dirndl oder kerniger Trachtenlook – schmeiß dich in Schale und zeig, was du hast! Denn auf der Wiesn gilt: Wer ohne Tracht kommt, muss wenigstens den Maßkrug stemmen können. 😉🍺 Schau bei BK-Mode vorbei und mach OpenSim ein bisschen bayerischer! 🥨🎉

Two new tools are now available directly from the simulator management page:

💬 Send region message
Send an instant alert to everyone currently connected to the region.

✏️ Rename region
Change the region name directly from ManagerSim. The new name is saved safely in the region configuration and becomes active after the simulator is restarted.

🔒 Both features respect your existing simulator permissions and security rules.

🌐 https://regions.bloodmoonpack.com/ManagerSim/

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🛠️ BloodMoon ManagerSim – Nouvelles fonctionnalités

Deux nouveaux outils sont maintenant disponibles directement depuis la page de gestion du simulateur :

💬 Envoyer un message à la région
Envoyez une alerte instantanée à toutes les personnes actuellement connectées sur la région.

✏️ Renommer la région
Modifiez directement le nom de la région depuis ManagerSim. Le nouveau nom est enregistré de manière sécurisée dans la configuration et devient actif après le redémarrage du simulateur.

🔒 Ces deux fonctions respectent les droits d’accès et les règles de sécurité déjà en place.

🌐 https://regions.bloodmoonpack.com/ManagerSim/

🌴 ANGELUS SL — ANGelus float-Longe-2026 🌴

✨ Découvrez notre nouveau lounge flottant !

🫧 Bulles colorées • Gauche & Droite
💡 Néons • Color Fade
✨ Ambiance plage & Sound FX
👥 Jusqu’à 4 personnes • Compatible NPC

📍 RED-MOON-BEACH

🇫🇷 Venez voir et tester !
Installez-vous, détendez-vous et profitez des bulles colorées, des néons changeants et de l’ambiance plage. 🌴🌊

Test LM: hop://maze.bz:7002/Red-Moon-Beach/246/462/22

🇬🇧 Come visit & try it!
Relax and enjoy the colorful bubbles, changing neon lights and beach ambience. 🌴🌊

🇩🇪 Kommt vorbei und probiert es aus!
Entspannt euch und genießt die farbenfrohen Blasen, wechselnden Neonlichter und die Strandatmosphäre. 🌴🌊

👥 4 Personen • NPC kompatibel

Free Sale LM: hop://maze.bz:7002/Red-Moon-Beach/89/436/22

🎀 OCTOBER ROSE SPECIAL PARTY 🎀

💗 Together against breast cancer

On Tuesday, October 6, the Event Beach Club on BloodMoon Grid will turn pink for a very special evening dedicated to October Rose.

🎧 DJ CAM will be behind the decks for a night of music, dancing and good vibes — but above all, for a cause that matters. 💕

👚 DRESS CODE: ALL IN PINK! 🩷
Wear pink and come light up the dance floor with us!

🎗️ 100% of all donations received during the event will be donated to RoseUp, an association supporting women affected by cancer and defending their rights.

📅 Tuesday, October 6, 2026
🕣 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM Paris Time
🕦 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM SLT
📍 Event Beach Club – BloodMoon Grid
🎧 DJ CAM

💕 Music • Awareness • Support

🎶 Come dance, have fun, wear pink… and join us for a good cause.

🎀 Together through music, united for a good cause.

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🎀 SOIRÉE SPÉCIALE OCTOBRE ROSE 🎀

💗 Ensemble contre le cancer du sein

Le mardi 6 octobre, l'Event Beach Club sur la grille BloodMoon se mettra en rose pour une soirée très spéciale dédiée à Octobre Rose.

🎧 DJ CAM sera aux platines pour une soirée de musique, de danse et de bonne humeur — mais surtout pour une cause qui nous tient à cœur. 💕

👚 DRESS CODE : TOUS EN ROSE ! 🩷
Portez du rose et venez illuminer le dancefloor avec nous !

🎗️ 100 % des dons reçus durant cette soirée seront intégralement reversés à l'association RoseUp, qui accompagne les femmes touchées par le cancer et défend leurs droits.

📅 Mardi 6 octobre 2026
🕣 20h30 – 23h30, heure de Paris
🕦 11h30 – 14h30 SLT
📍 Event Beach Club – Grille BloodMoon
🎧 DJ CAM

💕 Musique • Sensibilisation • Solidarité

🎶 Venez danser, vous amuser, vous habiller en rose… et surtout vous joindre à nous pour une belle cause.

🎀 Ensemble en musique, unis pour une belle cause.

🎯 Destination Guide — v1.1.0 Update! 🎯

You asked, it's here — full category management, right from the WordPress dashboard. No more editing code to add a new category!

✨ What's new:
🔹 New Categories screen — add, rename, reorder, and delete categories anytime
🔹 Rename a category and every destination using it updates automatically — nothing gets orphaned
🔹 Reorder categories and the in-world tile display follows your order
🔹 Smart cap keeps the category strip from turning into an endless side-scroll
🔹 Upgrading from v1.0.1? Your existing destinations and categories carry over automatically — no data loss

📦 Download:
🔗 https://github.com/mteedev/os-destination-guide-wp-plug-in...

🌐 See it live: https://nerdypappy.com/dest-guide

More control, more flexibility, still a better OpenSim experience. 🧭

Some places are built.
TumbleTwig grew out of an imagination.

What began as a little idea for a world where frogs and fairies might live has slowly become one of my favorite places in 3HG.

Follow the winding paths through the flowers, wander beneath the old trees, peek inside the tiny woodland homes, or simply sit beside the water and listen to the fountains. You never quite know what you might discover around the next bend.

There are Frog Fairies, hidden places, treehouses, lily ponds, curious little creatures and plenty of small details created simply because they made us smile.

And when evening settles over TumbleTwig and the moon rises above the trees, the whole place seems to become just a little more magical.

TumbleTwig is open to the public at 3HG.

Come wander. Explore. Sit awhile.

three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:TUMBLETWIG

We are still plugging away at the new Wordpress website. I am kind of enjoying the challenge.

As it stands right now we cant switch until we figure out what we need to do to make sure when we upgrade dreamgrid the changes cant revert back. (any ideas)

On another note, I recently acquired jopensim 4 and joomla 4 that works with php 7. There is now a version being worked on for jopensim that would be compatible with 6. until we can switch to wordpress, i am tempted to see how this goes.

I know there are no security releases for 4 but our current version now has no new ones anyways. and 4 would be the only way to get to the later version of jopensim once its ready.

If we switch to wordpress, i thought it might be cool to add destinations on my website from other grids. Like shopping regions, clubs etc. If you own a grid, let me know your thoughts.

Entertain Here! Bring Your Talent!
Come aboard the MS Neverworld Bountiful Moving Event Cruise that now crosses Region borders! DJ's will find a fully equipped booth, Live Singers and Comedy Acts will find a microphone stand, Live Video Feed on the Media screen behind the entertainer to add nice effects or video enhancements! Stream connection provided if needed, or bring your own!
Cruises are announced and posted on Social Media and Gatecrashers.
Come and try it out!
Check our calendar for cruise schedule: https://neverworldgrid.com/event-calendar/ or follow here on OSW!

Khiron Ametza, live from Brasil
Brings you her 80s collection of songs and Some newer ,
Request and dedications

Join her for 1 hour of Music
Everybody is welcome

Map us at: alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Events

Hot Damn BBQ!! Summer will behind us but your BBQ doesn't have to leave, hell no! Gracie and Dexter's dump is where to find Marianna's Hot Damn BBQ kit, everything you need to get that smokey goodness right down to the flaming charcoal briquette~ At the dump near the flaming dumpster! three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Gracie and Dexter's Community Dump AI critics yes I did exaggerate the ad flames but this baby has flames and hot coals!

🎧 KAYELE IS IN ACTION! ✨

Tonight, the worlds collide!

Step through the golden portal and join us at the Between Worlds Club, where the music is magical, the drinks are imaginary, and nobody cares whether you arrived from this world or the next. 😄✨

🎶 DJ Kayele
aka Bonnie Cleary

She’ll be spinning a sparkling mix of dance, energy and good vibes to get even the most reluctant avatars moving. 💃🕺

📅 Tonight, Sunday
🕛 12:00 Noon SLT
🇪🇺 21:00 in Europe

Dress code? Your style. Your world. Your rules.

Bring your friends, bring your best moves, and leave your seriousness at the teleport. 🌹

BETWEEN WORLDS CLUB
Somewhere on the Cozy Comforts Grids

🌟 All worlds welcome. The music is the bridge. 🌟

🖤 LUXURIA — RÉOUVERTURE 🖤

La beauté renaît dans les ruines…

Après un temps dans l’ombre, Luxuria ouvre à nouveau ses portes !

Découvrez un univers post-apocalyptique où la nature a repris ses droits sur une ville autrefois florissante. Les bâtiments abandonnés, les rues envahies par la végétation et les vestiges d’un monde disparu composent un décor unique, entre mystère et élégance.

✨ Retrouvez vos boutiques préférées :

👗 Mode & vêtements — Des tenues pour affirmer votre style, même après la fin du monde.

🛋️ Mobilier & décoration — Aménagez votre intérieur avec des pièces qui donnent vie aux ruines.

🌿 Explorez, flânez et laissez-vous emporter par l’atmosphère singulière de Luxuria.

Luxuria est de retour. La nature a gagné, mais le style demeure.

🖤 Bienvenue à Luxuria — La beauté dans les ruines.

🖤 LUXURIA — REOPENING 🖤

Beauty rises from the ruins…

After a time in the shadows, Luxuria is opening its doors once again!

Discover a post-apocalyptic world where nature has reclaimed a city that once flourished. Abandoned buildings, streets overtaken by vegetation, and the remnants of a forgotten world create a unique atmosphere, blending mystery and elegance.

✨ Discover our shops:

👗 Fashion & Clothing — Outfits to express your style, even after the end of the world.

🛋️ Furniture & Home Decor — Give your home a unique touch with pieces that bring the ruins to life.

🌿 Explore, wander, and let yourself be captivated by the distinctive atmosphere of Luxuria.

Luxuria is back. Nature has won, but style remains.

🖤 Welcome to Luxuria — Beauty in the Ruins.

Miss Munk will be spinning her wheels of steel at 1 pm grid time, at The Piazza!
Bring your headphones and get on down here and listen to nonstop beat matching and full spectrum sound!



Plug the link into your map and we'll see you there.

http://bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

migration begins! after about a year of running we're making some changes to assetd server. originally it stored assets in ipfs and kept local zstd compressed files on each region server. this burned up alot of drive space and 10 years down the road just isn't sustainable. So I'm getting rid of ipfs and storing all assets in s3 bucket. assetd pulls the assets on request, fixes broken ones if needed. with squid cache between assetd and opensim things are much faster. squid keeps current assets in ram for fast loading and stores less active assets in an optimized file structure. we can adjust the levels to increase ram and drive cache. i'm currently moving 2,583,234 assets into s3 bucket. after that's complete we just need to restart the grid, shouldn't be any downtime during the transfer though. on dev server assets load super fast. so we hope to have a better experience on holoneon grid in the next few days.

COMING SOON TO LINKUP GRID! THE 10–12 BUZZ SHOW
***Starting Monday 21st September!***

Start your morning with a BUZZ!
Get ready for great music, good vibes, friendly people, lively conversation, and plenty of fun to kick-start your day.

Join us for a fantastic morning show every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, bringing you music, fun and socialising to brighten up your day!

10AM–12 NOON | Grid Time
Every Monday • Wednesday • Friday

Tune In • Join In • Link Up!
Only on LinkUp Grid!

🌿 LYDORA — RÉOUVERTURE 🌿

Là où la nature reprend ses droits…

Après un temps dans l’ombre, Lydora ouvre à nouveau ses portes !

Découvrez un univers post-apocalyptique où les ruines d’une ville oubliée ont été englouties par la nature. Rues envahies par la végétation, bâtiments abandonnés et paysages luxuriants créent une atmosphère mystérieuse et immersive.

✨ Découvrez notre boutique :

💇 Cheveux & Beauté — Trouvez votre prochain look et affirmez votre style, même à la fin du monde.

🌿 Explorez, flânez et laissez-vous emporter par l’atmosphère envoûtante de Lydora, où chaque recoin raconte l’histoire d’un monde reconquis par la nature.

Lydora est de retour. Les ruines demeurent, mais la vie renaît.

🌿 Bienvenue à Lydora — Là où la nature reprend ses droits.

🌿 LYDORA — REOPENING 🌿

Where nature reclaims the forgotten…

After a time in the shadows, Lydora is opening its doors once again!

Discover a post-apocalyptic world where the ruins of a forgotten city have been swallowed by nature. Overgrown streets, abandoned buildings, and lush vegetation create a mysterious and immersive atmosphere.

✨ Discover our shop:

💇 Hair & Beauty — Find your next look and express your unique style, even at the end of the world.

🌿 Explore, wander, and lose yourself in the enchanting atmosphere of Lydora, where every corner tells a story of a world reclaimed by nature.

Lydora is back. The ruins remain, but life finds a way.

🌿 Welcome to Lydora — Where Nature Reclaims the Forgotten.

Select: Ctrl+Alt+Fear to experience true immersive virtual experience. "Geist in der Maschine" allows you to experience a dream like experience.
Save the date and wear the costume that represents you,
Shared experience must be activated, sound and particles in effect.
A combination of old school prim twisting to EEP cutting edge effects.
Thursday October 29th 11AM - SLT
hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Immersive%204/514/509/3001

* News from Needful Things *

The renovation is largely complete; only a few buildings aren’t quite finished on the inside yet.

- The police station has been expanded to include a few jail cells as well as a visitor and interrogation room.
- “The Warm Mug” is a new small café in the center of the sim, featuring a few new items to copy
- The pet store has been expanded; the second floor now features aquariums with improved scripts
- The hotel has been enlarged and also includes new items to copy
- The selection at the “Figures” shop has been expanded to include several new mesh people for Sim decoration.

Since some buildings and shops have moved to different locations, you’ll find a note card at the landing point in the “Region Guide” terminal with the current list of buildings.

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* Neuigkeiten von Needful Things *

Der Umbau ist weitgehendst abgeschlossen, nur ein paar wenige Gebäude sind innen noch nicht ganz fertig.

- Das Polizeigebäude wurde um ein paar Gefängniszellen sowie einen Besucher- und Befragungsraum erweitert.
- "The Warm Mug" ist ein neues kleines Cafè in der Sim Mitte, mit ein paar Neuigkeiten zum Kopieren
- Die Tierhandlung wurde erweitert, im ersten Stock befinden sich nun Aquarien mit verbesserten Skripten
- Das Hotel wurde vergrößert und enthält ebenso neue Dinge zum Kopieren
- Das Sortiment im "Figures" Shop wurde um einige neue Mesh-Menschen zur Sim-Dekoration erweitert

Da manche Gebäude / Shops an einen anderen Platz umgezogen sind, findet ihr am Landepunkt im "Region Guide"-Terminal eine Notizkarte mit der aktuellen Auflistung der Häuser.

Stand September 2026

LINKUP GRID BUILDING CLASSES
Ready to build your world and bring your imagination to life?

Join us on the LinkUp Grid for our exciting Building Classes, where you can learn the basics of building, explore your creativity, and gain hands-on experience creating your own virtual-world projects.

STARTING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD at 12 NOON

Whether you're new to building or looking to improve your skills, come along, learn something new, and create with the LinkUp community!

BUILD • LEARN • CREATE • CONNECT
For more information, contact Ted Junior on the LinkUp Grid.
Come join us and start building your imagination!

Come join multi genre DJ Ting, Ting has 50 years of experience, he plays tunes we all like to hear.
Put on your dancing shoes and come on down to Alternate Metaverse !
We are looking forward to seeing you all here :)
Party Stage
Alternate Metaverse is the new landing point, come and make new friends
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/54...

Trance Vibes with Adriana Darkheart
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : good vibes & deep bass
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 13/09/26 -- start is 1pm Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: Pangeaville
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :)))
█◄♫►█ ⇨ Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22

V7.2114 BETA (Download Only, Not in Updater)
Overall theme: a lot of new stuff and reliability work - Opensim SSL/HTTPS support, safer INI saving, port-conflict detection, crash-log packaging, thread-safety fixes - plus a big cleanup/refactor of GlobalProperties. https://www.reddit.com/r/DreamGrid/comments/1weqe6t/v72114...

Hello to all Hypergrid residents: Over the past week, Shofia and I have been working to launch a yard market this Sunday, featuring wonderful items to decorate your homes, gardens, and anything else you like. We’ve curated a selection of the pieces we’ve gathered, items that Shofia, with her exquisite taste, has been showcasing to us.
The yard market is open all day today, Sunday, September 13th. Shofia and I will be there as much as possible to assist you with whatever you need. Come on by and enjoy a Sunday at the market—browse the stalls, pick up some great items, and grab a cold beer while chatting with friends. Also, for those interested, we’ve add a stall open if you’d like to contribute a piece of your own.
We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona!


Hola a todos los habitantes de Hypergrid: Esta semana atras, Shofia y yo hemos estado trabajando para inaugurar este domingo un mercadillo con cositas estupendas para decorar vuestras casas, jardines y lo que querais. hemos hecho una seleccion de todas las cositas que vamos recogiendo y que especialmente Shofia, con un gusto exquisito, nos ha ido presentando.
El mercadillo estará abierto todo el dia de hoy, domingo13 de septiembre, y nosotros, Shofia y yo estaremos todo el tiempo posible para atenderos en lo que necesiteis, animaos, disfrutad de un domingo en el mercadillo, comprando cositas y viendo los stands, tomaros una cervecita fresquita charlando con los amigos y para los que querais, hemos dejado un stand abierto para los que querais contribuir con alguna pieza.
Venga, os esperamos en Barcelona

Techno and Trance Vibes with DJ Light Ray
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : good vibes & deep bass
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 13/09/26 -- start is 11am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: Pangeaville
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :)))
█◄♫►█ ⇨ Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22

Sent to my friends:

Dear Friends,

maybe you like this teleporter... it can give items, websites and teleports!

It has 49 directions right now... would be nice to send me different config cards to integrate.

Available at Village of Arts and soon on all my regions....

hop://sun.cozycomforts.net:8002/Aphrelia

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cozycomforts/
https://opensimworld.com/user/AphraHendrix
http://cozycomforts.net/

Free Huggs for all,

yours,

Aphra Hendrix

Brazilian DJ Tom Southmoor - a very talented RL & Virtual World - Multi Genre DJ, a lover of Disco Funk Soul from the 70's and 80's and other musical styles such as: Smooth Jazz, R&B, New Jack Swing, House Music (Soulful, Funky, Disco, Latin, Deep). His favorites are the earlier decades when musicians really made magic with their instruments
Catch DJ Tom Tonight @ Alternate Metaverse party stage! 4-6pm!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...