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Jerralyn Franzic @JeromFranzic
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Yay... love all of the Open Sim publications people create, just another one to add to my inventory =)
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That's what I do, with 6617. To make sure it sticks, I upload the ID photo as a texture in my avi's home grid, usually at a sandbox or at a HG's main landing point.
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Pleased to hear you want to visit Awakening. It is still a work in progress but I do hope to have it ready within the next few weeks. So please stay tuned. Meanwhile you can visit my OMG Sim - there is plenty to explore here and a little truth store which is minute in comparison to information/displays at Awakening
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That's great! Neat to see it done without PBR. Not against PBR, but with the current engines SL and OS use, it slows things down so much, even with modern PC's because of optimization issues. Anyway, thanks for creating it :)
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PBR = Physically Based Rendering. here's a quick little video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nQc4PHqzaE
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Sent an alt to check out your site for me. Tested PBR with the Cool VL Viewer.
PBR on: https://gyazo.com/0682d6699489a1fc49a65bd82c858d3d
PBR off: https://gyazo.com/b38f1a21b057f61b2996b33014254de4
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PBR on: https://gyazo.com/0682d6699489a1fc49a65bd82c858d3d
PBR off: https://gyazo.com/b38f1a21b057f61b2996b33014254de4
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Yeah, you need a SL account for that to join the preview group and grab the links in world at SL.
Cool VL Viewer by Henri Beauchamp also has PBR and Open Sim support. You can grab it from his web site. What I like about his viewer is PBR can be turned off and fall back to ALM. ALM can also be shut off for slower, older PCs. However, you need to get used to the older v1 interface.
http://sldev.free.fr/
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Cool VL Viewer by Henri Beauchamp also has PBR and Open Sim support. You can grab it from his web site. What I like about his viewer is PBR can be turned off and fall back to ALM. ALM can also be shut off for slower, older PCs. However, you need to get used to the older v1 interface.
http://sldev.free.fr/
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I think Wolf Grid already surpassed the overall size of SL, right? Yes, I know the SL gatekeepers will say we aren't as heavily populated, but I'm fine with that lol!
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So region wise we are bigger than second life.
Total: 27, 746 Us 28960
Private Estates: 18, 112
Linden Owned: 9, 634
Source https://danielvoyager.wordpress.com/second-life-statistics...
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Total: 27, 746 Us 28960
Private Estates: 18, 112
Linden Owned: 9, 634
Source https://danielvoyager.wordpress.com/second-life-statistics...
lol I thought it was common knowledge, in land area we are bigger than any other grid and SL.
https://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2024/01/opensim-starts-n...
We're close on having more monthly users than OSGRID as well.
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https://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2024/01/opensim-starts-n...
We're close on having more monthly users than OSGRID as well.
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True, but I'll take the redundant tech any day. That puts WTG much closer in terms of reliability to SL... or maybe surpassing SL IMV! BTW Wolf also takes donations. I've donated some of my hard earned RL USD a few times already since I joined WTG about ten months ago. :)
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TBH You can spend a fortune on servers and build a terrible system. It's not about the money. I have autism and I just got obsessed with seeing what was possible with an enterprise infrastructure.
it's not all me though - the guys at OpenSim NGC have been amazing. There's so many who have helped contribute. Especially the community that has grown out of this!
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it's not all me though - the guys at OpenSim NGC have been amazing. There's so many who have helped contribute. Especially the community that has grown out of this!
That wasn't against you Wolf. I just wanted to make it clear, after OsGrid is blasphemed, that they live from donations. Of course, good and even more so redundant hardware also costs "some" money.
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A quick way to find a black and white avatar is to visit Shapeshifter. Felix Ringtail's avatars feature black and white skins. Many of the avatars wear monochromatic outfits. Ruth and Roth bodies are used, so it would be possible to find period specific outfits to fit the sim.
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Maybe a fantasy skin could work...? Chubelz has a few. Not sure if they blend well with system avatars. Hmph, might be a good excuse for me to use Ruth4 or system avi before I TP there.
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I mean, if someone was into it, it *might* be as easy as downloading ALL textures one is wearing (eyes and all) and do Greyscale on Photoshop? :O
I wonder what that would look like?
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I wonder what that would look like?
There should be more legitimately open-source stuff with raw textures available. That'd make this easier.
My greyscale self had to switch to Ada Radius eyes for this reason.
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My greyscale self had to switch to Ada Radius eyes for this reason.
@JupiterRowland I just think some might be married to the current look, and might want to just Greyscale it, rather than completely changing the look just to do greyscale? It was just a thought either way :)
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Sure, but if their outfits were open-source right away, they wouldn't have to extract textures in the first place.
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Ironically, even if their outfits are not open-source. They would have their textures in their PC too. My point with export is: they might not remember where the placed them. Was a short-of-figure-of-speech.
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And if OS/OSG took things seriously, we would have proper devs working, instead of "new" items in Mantis since 2018. And if they devise a proper way to attract quality creators and be competitive, people wouldn't buy somewhere else and port a copy. Buuut here we are - with a starter avi that it's ridiculous for anyone who would actually be taking this seriously.
...as we say here: If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bicycle too...
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...as we say here: If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bicycle too...
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I don't agree with disallowing child avatars in Open Sim. They should be okay in all General, and most Moderate sims. If child avis are clearly engaging in adult behavior, sure, those users should get one warning IMO, and then banned if they repeat the offense. OS is more open ended though, so people can easily open another account, using a different email address to come back on board. I will admit I have alts in OS and SL that use different email addresses (a bunch for junk emails, mostly). The best we all can do collectively is to report abusers; Nico's suggestions to that end are spot on.
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I remember when I first started opensim, there was a big hullabaloo going on with one of the grids maybe another having to do with child avis and other things. That really ruined it for the actual adult Ageplay community and how people see us because of mistakes from kids or chidl avatars. We dont know if they are adults behind those avatars or actual children, I think for safety concerns adult virtual worlds are not the best place for them.
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I understand that. There used to be a designated area in SL for teens, but it closed due to lack of interest in sustaining it. It's sad that we have to deal with this nonsense. I think adults and kids can coexist in designated areas, that's what I think. I suppose I'd know better if I ran a grid or two, but I'd try it.
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what some people dont relize is we all have real lives that can be jeopardized by associating with child avis
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I get that. But I do think it's unfortunate. As mentioned earlier there are a number of reasons for someone playing a child avatar that do not represent anything "bad". However in RL most kids have parents and other adults in their lives. With everyone so scared of child avatar in whatever context it's disappointing for those child avatars that are treated like typhoid Mary.
I do see why.... But it's still disappointing.
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I do see why.... But it's still disappointing.
I get your point, for me it comes down to personal experience and real life things. I just am being careful
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Yeah, a drive in would be fun! I can always grab a sweet sports car from Prince Amor and then... well... drive in to watch lol
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