Well… we all have to start somewhere. I wanted to start off with a bang. This is something I’ve slowly been developing from the ground up. It’s basically an OpenSim version of CasperVend. It’s certainly not a competitor, since CasperVend was bought out by Linden Lab, but I kind of figured—why don’t more people use this instead of marketplaces if they want an in-world store? You know, to sell self-made things if they don’t have a marketplace and prefer the old-school way.

Like CasperVend, this includes product redelivery management, redelivery terminals, and a web-based management portal, as you can see from my screenshot. Everything is shown: the user’s name in-world, the item they purchased, revenue management, etc.

At first this wasn’t web-based and was entirely done from in-world, but with the tools and the innovation, it can now be hosted on my own web hosting service—or server, I should say. It’s as easy as dropping in your delivery server and your vendor script, then adding each product. It’s been a pain, but I finally managed it, and I hope to add so many more cool features like blacklisting, setting the amount available, and much more.

Anyway, I’ve got a ton more, like a TV and a breedables system, and so on and so forth. The possibilities are endless, and I just wanted the bragging rights for doing this all by myself, I guess. Well, you get where I’m going with that. People can create a ton of things, and best of all, none of my stuff costs a single cent. Why? Well, OpenSim is meant to be a free alternative, so spending money is the last thing I want anyone to do.

Thanks for reading.

Get ready to set sail for an unforgettable afternoon on the water!
Rockin’ the Seas Moonlight Cruise returns this Monday, featuring an exclusive live set by DJ Night.
Feel the pulse of high-energy beats, ocean breezes, and unmatched vibes as we drop anchor for the ultimate daytime cruise experience.
Date: This Monday
Boarding Time: 3:00 PM
Headliner: DJ Night
Tickets are limited—secure yours now before they’re gone and get ready to turn the high seas into your personal dance floor!
https://gridgather.net/regions/redwood-bay-tkp8q

💕 SPEED DATING – APHRA SOCIAL CLUB

Our last Speed Dating event was a great success, and people have already asked us to do it again. Well, the event, of course. LOL!

Everyone is welcome to join the party – and nobody has to participate in dating.

What makes this event different from an ordinary party? Our incredible Dating Boards! You can leave your picture and a notecard at any time, whether you're looking for love, friendship, or simply curious about who's out there.

The boards are automatically cleared every four weeks, which is why I think making this a monthly event is a great idea!

And remember: Everyone is welcome, just cover your bits! We're relaxed here, not formal. This isn't the grand ballroom affair – not yet, anyway! 😉


📅 WHEN
Friday, November 13, 2026

🕘 TIME
9 AM SLT | 18:00 CET

📍 WHERE
Aphra Social Club at Cozy Sun Grid

✨ THE PROGRAM

🥂 1. WELCOME
Meet the Sunset Partners Dating Agency.

💬 2. DATING WALL
Share your interests and what you're looking for.

❤️ 3. SPEED DATING
Ten-minute conversations. No obligations, just possibilities!

🎶 4. DANCING ON THE ROOF
Relax, mingle and enjoy music by Aphra.

COME AS YOU ARE!

Stay as long as you like. Make friends, flirt a little or simply enjoy the atmosphere.

Aphra Social Club – Good vibes & unexpected connections!

Winter is upon us so why not come and get a bit of winter sun at Sunshine Island Club. DJ Jon temple will be spinning some cool tropical tunes in the brand new sunshine island club at Sunshine Island. So dig out your best swimwear and summer clothes for a great evening at Sunshine Islands 12 - 2pm ost but why not come early and explore this great tropical region. Got no swimwear ? at the main landing there are some stores with all the beachwear you could wish for.
Main landing: hop://login.gentlefiregrid.net:8002/Sunshine%20island/221/...
Club : hop://login.gentlefiregrid.net:8002/Sunshine%20island/184/...

🌐 **GridGather: three weeks in, and the Hypergrid showed up!** 🎉

Hey OpenSim family! 👋

When we launched on October 13, GridGather was a brand-new idea: one social home for every grid on the Hypergrid. Three weeks later, here's where we are:

👥 **70+ members** and growing every week
🗺️ **55 Regions** with their own pages, photo feeds and live "who's online" status
🎶 **30+ Venues** showing live head counts from their in-world boards
📡 **Dozens of GatherPoint boards** reporting in around the clock, across the grids
⏱️ **Almost 8 minutes** on the average visit. You're not just stopping by, you're hanging out!

✨ **New since launch:**
🏷️ **Post badges**: Greetings, Now Hiring, seasonal fun and more
🏠 **Venues in Regions**: link your club to the sim it lives on, even as a tenant on a friend's Region
🕰️ **Automatic Grid Time**: event times stay right through every time change
🔑 **One board for everything**: any Venue or Region key works on the new GatherPoint v10.4 board

Thank you to every DJ, host, builder and explorer who took a chance on something new. You're the reason it works. 💜

👉 Not on yet? Claim your profile and put your Region on the map: https://gridgather.net


— The GridGather Team 🚀

Come along for the weekly Social Greedy event!

You do not have to play to join in on the social chat, you are welcome to come along, watch and just chat, playing Greedy is optional!

Monday 10:00 AM – 12:00 Every Week
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...

a friendly game, beginners are welcome, chat in voice, join in the banter, an opportunity to make new friends, and to cheer everyone on!

⚾🔥 **INTRODUCING THE OSN BASEBALL BATTING CAGE!** 🔥⚾

Another exciting creation from **OpenSim Network!**

Step inside our realistic baseball batting cage and put your batting skills to the test!

⚾ One-Click Baseball Swing
⚾ Automated Pitching Machine
⚾ Realistic Batting Animations
⚾ Hits & Strikes Tracking
⚾ Three Strikes and You're OUT!
⚾ Professional Mesh Design & Interactive Scripts
⚾ Developed for OpenSim & Second Life

🎮 **WE DON'T JUST BUILD OBJECTS — WE CREATE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES!**

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📢 **A MESSAGE TO OUR OPENSIM COMMUNITY**

Dear friends and fellow residents,

This will be our **last promotional post here on OpenSimWorld**.

But don't worry! **OPEN SIM NETWORK IS NOT CLOSING!**

🌎 **WE ARE OPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY!** 🌎

We're simply extremely busy creating, designing, scripting, and developing new interactive games for **Second Life and our own OpenSim Network Grid**.

Between developing realistic mesh games, managing our virtual world, and working on exciting new projects, we just don't have enough time to keep posting advertisements.

**We're not going anywhere — we're just busy creating!** 😎

Our grid remains open, our projects continue, and we're always working on something new.

❤️ **THANK YOU ALL!**

We sincerely appreciate everyone who has visited, supported, and followed OpenSim Network.

We wish you all the very best!

**Take care, everyone!**

⚾ **OPEN SIM NETWORK**
*Creating Virtual Worlds. Building Real Experiences.*

🌐 **opensimnetwork.com**

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...

Liebe Lagerfeuertänzer und Musikzuhörer.
Morgen am 2. November ab 20:00 Uhr(12:00 SLT) gibts wieder eine Musikalische Rumpelkiste am Lagerfeuer. (Vormusik ab 19:30).
Leute - wir haben schon November - und jetzt wirds kühler draussen - da werde ich doch mal den versprochenen zweiten Italienischen Abend "auspacken" - damit uns zumindest musikalisch noch die Gedanken an einen Italienurlaub aufwärmen können. Dann mal avanti, avanti...
Dorenas-world.de:8002-Gridtalk
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Dear campfire dancers and music lovers.
Tomorrow, November 2nd, starting at 8:00 PM (12:00 SLT) , there will be another musical romp around the campfire. (Pre-music starts at 7:30 PM).
Folks – it's already November – and now it's getting colder outside – so I'll finally "unpack" the promised second Italian evening – so that we can at least warm ourselves musically with thoughts of an Italian vacation. Let's go, avanti!
Dorenas-world.de:8002-Gridtalk

Winter is upon us so why not come and get a bit of winter sun at Sunshine Island Club. DJ Jon temple will be spinning some cool tropical tunes in the brand new sunshine island club at Sunshine Island. So dig out your best swimwear and summer clothes for a great evening at Sunshine Islands 12 - 2pm ost but why not come early and explore this great tropical region. Got no swimwear ? at the main landing there are some stores with all the beachwear you could wish for.
Main landing: hop://login.gentlefiregrid.net:8002/Sunshine%20island/221/...
Club : hop://login.gentlefiregrid.net:8002/Sunshine%20island/184/...

Hello ! I made a little project I would like you to test and give me feedback, thank you!

WEB_3D: YOUR OPENSIM REGION IN A BROWSER

Web_3d turns an OpenSim region (an OAR converted to a GLB file) into a web page you visit in the browser, with nothing to install on the visitor's side: you walk around, you can fly, you follow portals from one region to another, you click on signs and pictures. A world map links several regions. Optionally, a small presence server lets you see the other visitors and chat.

See it: the demo (two regions linked by portals)
https://klaatou.github.io/Web_3d_demo/
and one photo demo galery: https://klaatou.github.io/Web_3d_demo/index.html?region=Sh...
Map of available regions: https://klaatou.github.io/Web_3d_demo/carte
The project (MIT-licensed code, documentation):
https://github.com/Klaatou/Web_3d

TWO READY-TO-USE PACKAGES (Windows) - unzip, read README.txt, double-click the launcher:
https://github.com/Klaatou/Web_3d/releases/latest

- region-simple.zip: your region in one file. A small example region opens right away; you replace the file with yours (site/region.glb). It includes a help page for your visitors, step-by-step documentation (including how to convert an OAR to GLB), a renaming script and the optional presence server. To publish, you copy the site/ folder to any plain web hosting.
- galerie-photos.zip: a 3D gallery of 30 photos, visited by walking around. You replace the images (1.jpg to 30.jpg) and the captions: it is not an OpenSim region, but a complete exhibition-room example with clickable panels, ready to customise.

Why it is useful: show a region to someone who has no OpenSim viewer, put it online as a simple web page, or exhibit photos in 3D, with no software to install on the visitor's side.

Good to know: the region is a snapshot (a GLB file), not a live world. Converting an OAR is done on Windows (Python and convoar). Tested with Edge and Chrome/Chromium.

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WEB_3D : VOTRE RÉGION OPENSIM DANS UN NAVIGATEUR

Web_3d transforme une région OpenSim (un OAR converti en fichier GLB) en une page web que l'on visite dans le navigateur, sans rien installer côté visiteur : on se promène à pied, on peut voler, on suit des portails d'une région à l'autre, on clique sur des panneaux et des images. Une carte des mondes relie plusieurs régions. En option, un petit serveur de présence permet de voir les autres visiteurs et de tchatter.

À voir : la démo (deux régions reliées par des portails, sans présence) :
https://klaatou.github.io/Web_3d_demo/
et une demo de galerie photos : https://klaatou.github.io/Web_3d_demo/index.html?region=Sh...
Carte des mondes en démo : https://klaatou.github.io/Web_3d_demo/carte
Le projet (code sous licence MIT, documentation) :
https://github.com/Klaatou/Web_3d

DEUX PAQUETS PRÊTS À L'EMPLOI (Windows) - on dézippe, on lit README.txt, on double-clique sur le lanceur :
https://github.com/Klaatou/Web_3d/releases/latest

- region-simple.zip : votre région en un fichier. Une petite région d'exemple s'ouvre tout de suite ; vous remplacez le fichier par le vôtre (site/region.glb). Il contient une page d'aide pour vos visiteurs, une documentation pas à pas (dont la conversion d'un OAR en GLB), un script de renommage et le serveur de présence facultatif. Pour publier, on copie le dossier site/ sur n'importe quel hébergement web de fichiers.
- galerie-photos.zip : une galerie de 30 photos en 3D, à visiter en se promenant. Vous remplacez les images (1.jpg à 30.jpg) et les légendes : ce n'est pas une région OpenSim, mais un exemple complet de salle d'exposition avec ses panneaux cliquables, prête à personnaliser.

L'intérêt : montrer une région à quelqu'un qui n'a pas de viseur OpenSim, la mettre en ligne sur une simple page web, ou exposer des photos en 3D, sans installer de logiciel côté visiteur.

Bon à savoir : la région est un instantané (un fichier GLB), pas un monde en direct. La conversion d'un OAR se fait sous Windows (Python et convoar). Testé avec Edge et Chrome/Chromium .

OOC : Ganz persönlich find ich das Konzept von Maryan mit der Tafel auf der die Hörerwünsche eingereicht werden können einfach wunderbar. So konnte ich mir den Shoob Shoob Song für Susi wünschen, weil die mich vom Aussehen her irgendwie an Cher erinnerte. ;)
https://carimasketchbook.blogspot.com/2026/11/die-hallowee...

hop://maze.bz:7002/New%20Colony/1360/1437/24

Trek to Rivendell from North West along the Brandywine River down to bywater across to bree. We have provided bicycles, motorbikes and even a sports car if you can find it. Explore that huge cave system near North two levels dont get lost now. Walk along the trail to Brandywine river down to Bilbo Baggins house in the South West of the Region across to bywater up to Bree and over to Rivendell explore the Mysty Mountains there and then trek over to Lonely Mountain and experience the Dragon with fire.

MEN, MEMORIES & ART

A Visual Autobiography by Aphra Hendrix
This exhibition brings together a collection of artworks created over several years, each inspired by someone who crossed my path and left a mark on my life – lovers, musicians, artists and friends.

From my first love in France in 1985 to the vibrant years in Berlin and the encounters that followed, these works reflect different chapters of my personal journey. They tell stories of passion, inspiration, friendship, artistic collaboration and loss.

Looking back at these pieces today, I see more than individual artworks. Together, they form a visual diary of people, emotions and unforgettable moments – a personal history told through colours, images and creative expression.

I created these works some years ago and am now considering revisiting and reworking them. Whether they will be ready by Wednesday remains to be seen.

If not, the exhibition will make its debut at our next Speed Dating event – an occasion that seems particularly fitting for a collection exploring love, relationships and the unexpected ways people become part of our stories.

Every picture has a story. Every story leaves a mark.

special update!
identified an issue in opensimulator server code with /homeagent that allowed anyone on the internet to post fake info including ip address with just a avatar uuid and add entries to presence. if you had weird ghosts show up on your grid could be why maybe. who know what else somebody else could do with that. anyway /homeagent is used when you teleport to another grid or back home. I changed it so it has to get a secure session id to accept data. i arbitrarily decided to make the life of the token 8 hours. So if you are on any grid more then 8 hours without teleporting to another grid you may have to relog before teleporting. You can stay on the grid longer just not teleport anywhere. I can change that if it's an issue. the other problem had to do with assets that came in with meta data but no assets, they were piling up and causing an effect like washing tennis shoes in the washer. now the incoming metadata can only last 15 minutes without corresponding asset data or gets wiped. this is on new assets as the come in, does not mess with existing assets. have fun!

PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING THE RURITANIA REGIONS ON LITTLEFIELD:
After 15 years with Ruritania on Littlefield, our admin/owner team has decided not to host Ruritania going forward on Littlefield Grid. This is no reflection on Xi Shi or anyone from Ruritania, it's simply a business decision we had to make. We wish Xi and Ruritania well at their new home wherever that may be (you will have to contact Xi directly for that information).

Thanks,
Walter Balazic / Dirk Mathers
Littlefield Grid

All the way from Brazil!
LIVE @ Autumnfest Main Stage! Khiron is an incredibly talented live vocalist
with an incredible sultry sexy voice and a playlist that keeps growing
her infectious personality shines through her songs

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV%20AutumnFest%20Stage...

You do not have to play to join in on the social chat, you are welcome to come along, watch and just chat, playing Greedy is optional!

a friendly game, beginners are welcome, chat in voice, join in the banter, an opportunity to make new friends, and to cheer everyone on!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Halloween%20Town/346/307...