Jerralyn Franzic @JeromFranzic

I did it... now a happy member of Wolf Territories Grid. Practicing a speech at the Community Hub. You probably don't want to hear my voice just yet! ;) Yes, I am a shorty so it's hard for me to reach that microphone.

I can't hold it in anymore...

IAR issues aside, I'm choosing Alternate Metaverse as my new second home in Open Sim!!!

Spent last evening researching several HG's... including several recommendations given to me via PM. I chose AMV as it has some incredible places within its HG. I also chose it as the HG owners have extensive SL and Open Sim experience, a huge plus in my book.

After dinner tonight, I'll be copying a few bits of info from one of my OSgrid avis, and picking up some clothes and bodies from the AviWorlds mall. Yes... I will begin with an Athena based body with the Lelutka Erin head as that's the figure I use the most in OSgrid (and Open Sim in general).

No worries, Ruth2 fans! Because this is a new start of sorts I also plan on creating a Ruth2 based avi or two on AMV. I'm already working on one with my Kitely account. I want to use the LuvMyBod and Diana bodies from Hyacinth... but we'll see, I did manage an Athena like take recently with the Ruth2 BoM... see my previous post here with D*ffy Du*k.

I'll keep OSgrid around as a last resort... and because that HG does have some great sims as well. I love some of the space and jungle sims in it.

Thanks to everyone who recommended a few places, can't wait to get going on AMV. :D

ETA: Spax Orion mentioned something to me in the comments section of his recent post... I likely will need permission from a OSgrid region operator... in that case... I'll probably rebuild things slowly instead. As it is I have lots of photos of my favorite outfits from OSgrid (and Kitely), much more than whatever I have posted online. I'll be okay with this, not a problem. I can always pick three or four looks and redo them quickly enough. Not hard really. I'll just keep looking at a few more sims and see which one would suit me. Any sim that has a Suitcase in the inventory and is good about backups, griefer issues, customer support and fault tolerance should do.

Well, here I go... I'll have to see if I can pull off a IAR (inventory backup) run in OSgrid... need to read more documentation and maybe the OSgrid forums before attempting.

Here's the current version from the OS archives if you're curious: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/IAR_Format_0.3

I plan on importing as much as I can of my OSGrid identity somewhere else. My first choice is Alternate Metaverse, DigiWorldz is my second; I'm looking at a few more sims before I settle on my next, official second account. I won't send it to Kitely as I want to keep that account as lean and mean as I can, even though I've chosen it now as my main Open Sim account.

I may be overthinking my actions here, but I'm sick and tired of the file corruption issues I put up with when TPing with my OSgrid account. That account won't go away. I'll keep it around for testing purposes.

Okay, enough talk, time for me to eat dinner then I'll see what can be done. Carry on!

Here we are... my Ruth2 avi in Kitely that has similar body dimensions to my Athena body, especially the one that uses the Lelutka Erin head. It measures 5.33 feet\1.625 meters.

I'm getting there, still a work in progress. :)

This is consistent with the casual look I sport in Open Sim and Second Life, so it's something I can enjoy. Next time... I'll try to put together something business oriented... then fantasy... a gown... in due time. ^_^

Goshdarnit... I am getting more RL stuff done (and hanging out more in SL), but I want to get back on Open Sim. My account right now is on OSgrid. Is it actually possible to copy/transfer my assets from OSgrid to another provider, like Kitely? Or am I starting from scratch if I choose to have a backup account? Please advise.

I'll come back later after dinner to check responses.

Gotta clean install Windows 11 24H2... can't update to it automatically.

Bummer.

This means Lubuntu will have to be reinstalled too... in that process now, backed up a few hundred GBs of data from the main SSD of my laptop. Will install both OSs and leave them in a pre-installed but updated state before my bedtime... OK... Win11 will need the work apps back on first. Not too hard on that end, the fun stuff will have to sit aside. All backed up, the installers...

See ya whenever! Grab a cold beer for me lol (or something else if you're a teetotaler).

Might be back on Saturday or Sunday, we'll see!

Latest Firestorm alpha has the (in)famous dutch angle buttons. It's underneath the left circle of the camera controls.

Nope, can't give away the direct links to acquire the FS alpha viewer. Beq Janus might find out if anyone gives 'em away.

You need an active account in SL if you want it for yourself, and join the Firestorm Preview group. It has PBR baked into the alpha viewer so there's no way to turn that (or ALM) off. Just a caution to anyone with PBR issues. I don't have the latest beastly PC, but it works fine for me with a few tweaks.

Currently the only hypergrid of the four accounts I use that's giving me issues is Wolf Territories Grid. For some reason, after a few minutes of using my WTG account, the viewer crashes. This hasn't happened in my other accounts, including OSgrid. I have allowed the viewer to send mini dumps of data back to Firestorm support a few times. In a way, this should help with stability issues in the future. I know PBR isn't as widely available yet in Open Sim, but might as well be ready for it.

At least the 6.6.17 viewer will run indefinitely if you don't like dealing with PBR. But you don't need a new GPU to view PBR. If you have a 900 series or newer Nvidia GPU, PBR should work in low to medium settings. If your PC can play a AAA game title in medium settings, released within the last 10-15 years, you could tackle PBR for a while until a new PC upgrade is within reach. The Tomb Raider reboot from 2013 has PBR objects and surfaces. I can run that game in high settings at 1080p resolution, 50-60 fps on average. I know, not a good comparison compared to Open Sim/SL because of differences in optimization, but Lara Croft looks as good or better as any of the high def avis in both grid systems. I mean... look at the hair quality adjustment the game gives you! lol... can't do that in SL or Open Sim as far as I know.

All right then... time for a RL snooze. Bye for now! ^_^

Just posting because of the music that came up. Nice to hear Al Di Meola in a music feed here in Open Sim! Love his work, haven't seen him live yet IRL, must do so real soon! Been a fan of his since high school.