Thanks to everyone, BloodMoon is ranked fifteenth this month among the most popular grids (source Hypergridbusiness: https://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2025/11/opensim-still-ha...)

TOMORROW'S THE DAY!

Let’s Wrap Up the Year in Style! 🎉

Join us as the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium (VWEC) celebrates another amazing year of creativity, collaboration, and innovation in virtual education!

Date: November 18
Time: 11 AM - NOON Grid Time
Featuring: DJ Xenon spinning the beats that bring the grid to life
Location: grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:VWEC

Come dance, laugh, and connect with friends old and new as we toast to the future. And don’t miss the chance to meet the new Kitely Ambassador!

It’s more than a party. It’s a celebration of everything we’ve built together in the virtual world. Let’s make this one unforgettable!

Eddy war heute Morgen im Bett hochgeschreckt und erwacht, weil er ein Traumbild vor sich gesehen hatte, das sehr dramatisch wirkte. Es war wie eine Vision und es war zweifelsohne Georg der Schmied den er da sah.

Khiron Ametza Live
Monday, November 17th, 2025
Join us for a wonderful hour listening to good music among amusing people!!

2 pm @ Club Fire
http://gentlefire.opensim.fun:8002/
Region: Gentle Fire Grid
Location: 21,28,22

hop://gentlefire.opensim.fun:8002/Gentle%20Fire%20Grid/21/...

DeeJay Sofee LIVE at The Rhythm Room — 12 Noon Today!

Join DeeJay Sofee for two of "Country Rock" Tunes at The Rhythm Room!

Bring your partner, invite your friends, and let’s party nice and slow — smooth grooves, mellow moods, and good company await.

Where: The Rhythm Room
When: 12 Noon – 2 PM Grid Time

Let the music move you — only with DeeJay Sofee at The Rhythm Room!

Hop: hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Bare%20Lilies%203/62/169...

Alina Custom Vehicles.

SELECTION OF FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVING

NEW TRUCK STORE IN REGION

NEW TRUCKS ADDED ALL DRIVEABLE

RACE TRUCKS ADDED

SEMI TRAILERS ADDED

SANTA CHRISTMAS COKE TRAILERS ADDED

MORE THAN 250 DIFFERENT CARS TO CHOOSE FROM

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

DJ Dragon heute 17 bis 19 Uhr im Bikers Heaven mit einem Tribute für TOOL.
Nehmt Eure Freunde und kommt rüber zu Bikers Heaven.
Freu mich auf Euch
bis gleich
Dragon
DJane Dragon at Bikers Heaven TODAY 8 to 10 am gridtime playing
a Tribute to TOOL.
Take your friends and come over to Bikers Heaven and lets have some fun.
See you there
Dragon
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Carpe Noctem/209/221/1496
IM for a teleport
Listen: http://dragon.radioamv.com
Join us at https://alternatemetaverse.

Greetings ! I am looking for advice on making a cave entrance dark and shadowy. I made a prim and it worked for the outside but as you walk in it just instantly daylight. A gradual tunnel I guess I need, but prims not work.

Die Band, die Nein sagte: Eine unverschämt lange Ode an Fugazi

Willkommen, liebe Freunde der gepflegten Rebellion und des ökonomisch vertretbaren Konzertbesuchs.
Heute sprechen wir über eine Band, die in der glitzernden, lauten und oft unerträglich dummen Welt des Rock’n’Roll eine Anomalie darstellt.
Eine Band, deren größter Skandal darin bestand, keine Skandale zu haben.
Eine Band, die das Wort „Integrität“ so ernst nahm, dass es fast schon wieder komisch ist. Wir sprechen über Fugazi...

Zum ganzen Artikel auf Xenopolias hier lang > https://tinyurl.com/4ep9jxw8

All articles on Xenopolias are available in all common languages.

Live at the Moonlight Stage – AMV Grid Main Landing Point
Tonight, the grid glows with velvet rhythm and jazzy soul. DJ Yana Dakota spins a mixed bag of blues, mellow covers, and jazzie surprises, including Kevin Costner crooning under moonlight and Randy Newman’s signature charm.
Famous songs reimagined, mythic ambiance guaranteed.

🌕 Special Ritual: Yana's Birthday Celebration
Free cake for all who land and linger.
Come for the music, stay for the magic.
Dance, dream, and toast to Yana's legacy under the stars.

🕯️ Where: Moonlight Stage, AMV Grid
🎧 Who: DJ Yana Dakota
🎉 Why: Because it’s Yana's birthday, and the moon demands music.

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/32...

Beim Durchstöbern meiner Song-Sammlung im Producer-Studio ist mir ein Stück aufgefallen, das ich euch unbedingt mal wieder zum Anhören empfehlen möchte:
https://lennardmonday.blogspot.com/2025/11/sweet-smaragd.h...

Stuff Happens
Cozy Fun Dope Bar Scene, Hang out, Live DJ, Music, Dancing, Open Mic stage, Acoustic Corner and more. Meet new friends and old friends. Get in touch if you want to DJ. Also we plan for an open mic party and would love it if you would like to share your talents.

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

Heute ab 20:00 Uhr
Einladung zum Virtuellen Maskenball – mit Stil, Spaß und ein bisschen Geheimnis!

Am 16. November 2025 wird's bunt, geheimnisvoll und herrlich verrückt: Unser virtueller Maskenball öffnet die Tore für alle, die Lust auf Glanz, Glamour und ein bisschen digitale Magie haben.
Ob du als glitzernde Diva, mystischer Schatten oder pixelperfekter Pfau erscheinst – Hauptsache, du bringst deine Maske und gute Laune mit!

Außerdem: Maske auf, Avatar zurechtgezupft – und zügel ins Vergnügen! Wir freuen uns auf dich – und auf all die wundervollen Identitäten, die du mitbringst.
timegrid.de:8002:clubtime

🎄 Festlich? Ja. Förmlich? Nein danke! 🎄 Unsere vier Weihnachtsoutfits für Gianni und Legacy zeigen, wie man die Feiertage locker, lässig und trotzdem verdammt gut gekleidet verbringt.

✨ Ob Glühwein-Glitzer oder Sofa-Style – hier kommt dein Look für den digitalen Dezember:

Kuschelig, cool und absolut avatarwürdig

Mit einem Augenzwinkern und ohne Dresscode-Zwang

Für virtuelle Weihnachtsfeiern, Schneeballschlachten oder einfach nur zum gut Aussehen beim Geschenke-Auspacken

🎁 Weihnachten darf Spaß machen – dein Outfit auch. Also: reinschlüpfen, rumzeigen, feiern. Denn wer sagt, dass festlich nicht auch lässig sein kann?

Alina Custom Vehicles.

NEW TRUCK STORE IN REGION

NEW TRUCKS ADDED ALL DRIVEABLE

RACE TRUCKS ADDED

SEMI TRAILERS ADDED

SANTA CHRISTMAS COKE TRAILERS ADDED

MORE THAN 250 DIFFERENT CARS TO CHOOSE FROM

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

DJane Dragon at the Coffin Club
8 to 10 AM Gridtime (AMV) TODAY (17-19 UHR MEZ)
playing you gothic, industrial and EBM.

The Coffin Club is a gothic club in a church surrounded by a cemetry, furnished with coffins, music is gothic, rock, metal, EBM and Industrial.

Take your friends and come over.
Waiting for you
Dragon

Listen: http://dragon.radioamv.com
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Carpe%20Noctem/87/170/22
Join us on AMV: https://alternatemetaverse.com/

Amazonien trauert um Atrista Vig / Amazonia mourns Atrista Vig

Wenn die Sonne des Lebens untergeht,
leuchten die Sterne der Erinnerung
Die Amazonen und Carima gedenken,
der Hoheit und Arbitra
Mitgründerin Amazoniens

When the sun of life sets,
the stars of memory shine.
The Amazons and Carima remember,
the majesty and Arbitra,
co-founder of Amazonia.

Leider ist unsere Hoheit und Mitgründerin Atrista verstorben.
Sadly, our Highness and co-founder Atrista has passed away.


Wer Erinnerungen teilen möchte oder sich verabschieden möchte kann dies hier:
Those who wish to share memories or say goodbye can do so here:

Slinfo : https://www.slinfo.de/threads/atrista-vig.47340/
Carima Forum: http://forum.carima-welt.de/viewforum.php?f=94
oder gerne auch ingame in Amazonien an der Gedenkstelle hop://carima-welt.de:8002/Amazonien-Tempel/220/204/62
oder Donnerstags 20:30 (MEZ) am Feuerkreis der Amazonen

Ruhe in Frieden Atrista // Rest in peace Atrista

Meet our newest recruit at Desolate Expanse — a small bot with a big heart… and absolutely zero sense of responsibility.
He “decorated” his corner with pink paint, insists it was art, and now refuses to give the brush back.

He may be clumsy, slightly radioactive, and emotionally unstable (the good kind), but he’s the perfect companion if you like chaos with a pastel aesthetic.

Come visit him, give him a pat, or take him home before he repaints the entire region.
Adopt a bot. Save your walls. Maybe.

Happy Birthday, Ferd Frederix! 🎉

Today we celebrate not just another trip around the sun, but the man who’s kept whole worlds spinning.

Ferd, thank you for the countless hours you’ve poured into OpenSim — the fine-tuning, the bug hunting, the late-night fixes, the jaw-dropping characters and assets you’ve created, and the tools you’ve built that make our grids feel like home.
You’ve kept servers alive when they should have flatlined, solved problems the rest of us couldn’t even pronounce, and inspired new creators with your generosity and skill.

The OpenSim community runs smoother, plays harder, and dreams bigger because of you.

Here’s to your brilliance, your humor, your creativity… and to many more years of building worlds with your signature magic.

Happy Birthday, Ferd — we adore you!💕😘

🎄✨ This winter, Kingman City transforms into a Christmas wonderland. ✨🎄
🎁🌟 Wander through beautifully decorated streets, enjoy exclusive holiday offers, and immerse yourself in the joyful spirit of the season. 🌟🎁
❄️🎅 Right here in Arkham Grid, the magic of Christmas is waiting for you.
✨❤️ Experience it. Feel it. Live it. ❤️✨

Skinny Dip Beach Party & DJ YANA
Sunday, Nov 16th | 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM
Location: Alternate MetaVerse Grid

Taxi;hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Skinny%20Dip%20Beach/168...
Get ready to strip down and turn up.
Live DEEJAY' s will take you on a two-hour ride of high-energy beats.

Bikinis, bare skin, and beats that don’t quit.

This is the night to break loose, own your freedom, and dance like nothing’s off-limits.
Be there, or hear about it later.

A little rant. When SL implemented PBR textures, they included a script command called llSetRenderMaterial, which allows you to change the PBR material texture of a surface. Multiple scripts are now available there that do just that. This is similar to llSetTexture we've used forever to change the older blinn-phong textures.

When Opensim implemented their version of PBR, they decided that we didn't need osSetRenderMaterial activated for scripts, because really, who would actually use that stuff? If there's another more plausible reason I would love to hear it.

Ran into this trying to update a simple light sconce which allows you to touch the object to add light, fullbright, and glow to a surface to mimic a light that's turned on. For PBR, while turning on light is still the same, brightness and glow are managed by the emissive texture layer of a PBR Material. So to mimic a glowing light, you would need to be able to - you guessed it - CHANGE the material. But of course that's currently impossible in Opensim until someone incorporates that script function into code.

In the pics, you can see the PBR sconce on the left, and one with older textures on the right. In the top pic the light is off on both and in the bottom pic the light is on. The PBR glass looks great, and the light works, but you have no glow to show it's on. So for now, until osSetRenderMaterial is activated, I will have to set the glass material to always glowing. Or more likely, I will add a bulb inside with no PBR that will glow when touched.