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We are greatly honored to be able to add a beautiful tribute Memorial Wall for a very precious man who did much to help many, Rudi Bakerly, was one of the most kind souls I have known and it was my privilege and honor to create this Memorial Wall to him. May he rest in eternal peace until we meet again at the rainbow bridge.

Hugabug: very beautiful memorial Rudi will be missed 1 years ago
Greetings, Gridlings. Best wishes to all our OpenSim friends on the 13 YEAR rezz day of Lani region on 1 May 2023. ..."May your footsteps be soft upon the sand. May the giant worms make a smooth path through the dunes of your future destiny." - from Lani Global

Kylie Brimmer: wow 13 years and still going strong :) i like that place so much. 1 years ago
For better or worse, I am sharing things I have done for online safety in Opensim, as the reader you can decide for yourself which actions to take. If you can learn from your own mistakes, you are pretty smart but if you can learn from SOMEONE ELSE'S mistakes, you are a genius!

After reading a number of posts on Opensimworld, it is apparent that some hobbyists of unaware of protections they have available when running Opensimulator for the first time. Some tinkerers may opt for running a simulator on their spare computer at home and connecting the region to an OPEN grid like OSgrid or Zetaworlds. Nothing beats the excitement of having your own land for the first time. You spend hours designing your city, giving it a theme, placing sit targets on all of your furniture; everything is 'ponies and rainbows' until some jerk comes in and decides to populate your territory with questionable objects in the hopes they can READ YOUR COMPLAINTS HERE ON OPENSIMWORLD while they are fondling their (ahem - your favorite depiction here) ego at your ire.

THE BEST RESPONSE TO TROLLS IS NO RESPONSE. When you ignore them, they move on to someone else who will make some noise... They are like vampires feeding off of negative energy.

The screenshot above illustrates things you can do to protect your simulators. In 'about land, options' section I un-check the Everyone boxes. Only Group users may use those features. You can also define who may enter, in 'about land, access' you can restrict access to a group or only certain individuals. Now some of you will say "Stop right there, my visitor's AO will not work or they cannot use their custom dance huds". The good news is that if your visitors are using the AO built into their viewer, that is not a problem, they will have their own custom animations or dances and will not need to run scripts. If the visitor is someone you can trust, you can allow them into the group... If you are having a party, you can temporarily enable script access to guests while you are present. When you are running the region it is up to YOU to POLICE IT. You have options for blocking hostiles in your built-in configuration files. There are also scripted solutions for traffic control where you can banish individual users, entire grids or IP ranges in real-time. You are free to seek out any technology which keeps your world safe. I strongly advise that you examine the code before employing these security devices.

For Hypergrid users: Enjoying a LAG-FREE experience is not the HOST's responsibility. IT IS YOURS.

As computers get more powerful each year, region operators WILL populate their sims with content that could bring many CPUs and display adapters to their knees. Lets face it, not everyone can afford to buy a new computer every year with all of the latest bells and whistles. When traveling you want to make sure your PC is optimized for controlling client side lag. Luckily, your viewer has features available to combat these issues. Reducing draw distance, particles, LOD and avatar complexity will give you better frame rates at the expense of reduced visual quality.

Other ways to protect yourself when traveling include: Making sure your SUITCASE IS EMPTY - the more junk you have in there, the more BLOAT that follows you as you travel. You can also make a lightweight hypergrid avatar. The screenshot above shows my actual inventory window. Instead of carrying everything on my person, I have everything rezzed on land in a hidden region on my grid that only I can access. Less inventory means less orange smoke at login. I have been told that some shady grid owners can use rogue simulator code see what is in your suitcase and copy it. I have also heard of grid operators cloning visitors via collision scripted objects - it is easy to copy stuff a cloned avatar is wearing. I always say "Never wear anything when traveling that you do not want some simpleton to copy". I have seen some nasty OSSL code that will crash the sim of the person who cloned you without permission. Trolling the trolls can be fun BUT I digress, TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.

Opensim does not have to be the 'WILD WILD WEST' - protect yourselves & protect your regions. You and your guests can enjoy the best of Opensimulator.

As always, feel free to share this article when needed.

Peace & Love
Spax

Pagane: One more.... will say only once. Years ago one of oldtimers here show me how connect to IP port 8003 with linux terminal and direct send SQL commands. Priscilla use this hole and BASH SCRIPT yes, li... 1 years ago

Many portals to other regions and grids.
From shopping to adventure.

Choose kindness, always.

Different reasons bring all of us here to this online hobby that we all love. All of those reasons are valid.

And everyone has different skill sets. That's ok too.

It's disheartening to hear about people being unkind to folks in this hobby that are trying to help others with the technical side of it, finding things or even viewer help. Those helpers are volunteering their own time. Giving it freely with one expectation, that you treat them with respect and kindness. Anything else is not acceptable.

The same goes for completely trashing someone's region creation on here. Not everything will be to everyone's tastes. How about we celebrate and amplify the ones we love instead?

You never know what someone's challenges are behind the keyboard. Everyone struggles. Remember we are all human and vulnerable.

And always be kind. It will come back to you too:)

Harper Held: Well said -very well said. 😻 10 months ago
I have scripted an absolutely gorgeous vendor board. I've left it in my sandbox, where you can take a copy, right in the center. It's very low cpu usage. It works perfectly. You must put at least 6 items in it. You also put the pictures in it. Name the pictures the same thing as the items, but put a period in front of the picture texture name. That's all there is to it. It's very smooth, sleek, and sharp. Definitely the way to modernize a lot of these old dated vendors you see in so many malls these days. :)

ZoeyRavenheart: Exactly what I needed! Thanks Cyberglo! xD 4 days ago
* Black White Village *
A small, sleepy village on the brink of mayoral elections. There are posters on the streetlights everywhere. Really annoying ...
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* Black White Village *
Ein kleiner verschlafener Ort, der kurz vor den Bürgermeisterwahlen steht. Überall hängen Plakate an den Straßenlaternen. Echt nervig ...

Jerralyn Franzic: 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 ... 4 months ago
I had for this lady a deep respect and appreciation and so created this memorial wall to her memory to reflect the beauty of the soul who was Veritas McMaster. May she know eternal peace and beauty as greatly and deeply as she created it in virtual for all to enjoy. She brought many smiles to many people may her joy be full in her eternal slumber.

nyxbreen: Thank you, Lavia, I know she loved this Virtual World, and now her soul lives in all realms. 1 years ago
What I always kept missing, was a good dark shade of an upcoming wave.
so, time for a game changer. Made it a double,one in blending alpha, second on masking and dark....oh well, u gotta see em!
After 14 years of trying, I'm finally happy with this one:)
Think I'm gonna throw em in ZZHOP on the next Expo round.
Experimenting with hearding of animals with different heights on EAS region
https://i.gyazo.com/0751f7c272e5e8cc5fba48d8a661d85e.gif

They all stay nicely on the ground (or prim) auto-adjusting their height to the leader's.

Kelso.Uxlay: Really cool - keep working on this! 1 years ago
It's nice when a region gets a "like". But it's PHANTASTIC when people are inspired by the ideas of others to create great things themselves. Like the beautiful photos that some visitors took with an extra black and white styled avatar at Black White Castle and published here on OSW.
I myself was inspired to build the region in 2022 by the wonderful Christmas present from my friends Finja and Jason, who had built a Wednesday snow globe especially for me. Wednesday (Addams, from the Addams Family) is supposedly allergic to color, and so the two of them made this particular globe predominantly dark ...
So when an idea inspires another person to create a new idea and this idea inspires other people to create new things, that's what makes OpenSim really fun ...
THANK YOU!!!

p.s.: The original Wednesday sphere can also be found on Black White Castle: If you find it, you are welcome to look at it, but better not click on it ... :)

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Es ist schön, wenn eine Region ein "Like" bekommt. Aber es ist PHANTASTISCH, wenn Leute durch die Ideen anderer inspiriert werden, selbst tolle Dinge zu schaffen. So wie die schönen Fotos, die einige Besucher mit einem extra schwarz - weiß gestylten Avatar auf Black White Castle gemacht und hier auf OSW veröffentlicht haben.
Ich selbst wurde 2022 zum Bau der Region das wunderbare Weihnachtsgeschenk meiner Freunde Finja und Jason inspiriert, die eine Wednesday-Schneekugel extra für mich gebaut hatten. Wednesday (Addams, von der Addams Family) ist angeblich allergisch gegen Farbe, und so haben die beiden diese spezielle Kugel auch überwiegend dunkel gestaltet ...
Wenn also eine Idee eine andere Person zu einer neuen Idee inspiriert und diese Idee andere Personen zu wieder neuen Werken anregt, dann ist es genau das, was einem richtig Spaß an OpenSim bringt ...
DANKE EUCH!!!!

p.s.: Die Original-Wednesday-Kugel befindet sich ebenfalls auf Black White Castle: Wer sie findet, darf sie gerne betrachten, aber besser nicht anklicken ... :)

Marianna: Bink, when I saw this I was elated you created this. I have often thought of creating a monochrome-themed sim I love this! Wednesday is a favorite character too, very well done!! 4 months ago
I secured a prestigious and coveted job in the Mayors' office in the village on Black White Castle sim. I am so excited and busy all day long! I am in charge of voter registration.
“Monochrome moments, timeless memories.” -- no idea who actually said that.

Suzi_Avonside: Get them all signed up to vote Dee, democracy depends on it... 4 months ago
We added a fun page to Virtual-HG.com Ferd Frederix Bullshit News. Ferd is bringing back to life a paper he and Debbie Edwards published: https://outworldz.com/News/ You can see the new edition of Bullshit News at VHG.com on its own page: https://virtual-hg.com/JOpensim/index.php?option=com_conte... In times like these a bit of humor is called for!! Enjoy the day today, thank you for all your support!
Our weekly Safari trips start again on Wednesday April 5, hope you can join us!
Opensim is full of cool places to visit anytime of course - and the Safari Blog never stops, here are three recent reviews
Dismayland: https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-spaxiest-place-o...
Angkor Wat: https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/03/wat-ever.html
Monet's House: https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/03/show-me-monet.html

LaviaLavine: Love going on these Safaris when I have a free moment to go!! 1 years ago

Tomorrow Safari starts again! hope you can make it https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/01/back-in-busy-ness.ht...


Thirza Ember: Thanks to everyone who came along, and to our fabulous hosts. If you missed the trip and are curious about what happens on Safari, or would like to visit the places independently later, here are som... 1 years ago
The Next Hypergrid International Expo is April 19-21. We are building our new program, and you're invited to participate in the Expo Park!
If you want to build a publicity booth for your grid, your region, or your project, come over to HIE Welcome and pick u a copy of the basic booth, to modify according to your needs. Please read the notecard inside the booth for full details, the deadline for Booths is March 15

Thirza Ember: To clarify - while the talks and art presentations at this event are not in English, but there are subtitles in English (and many other languages!), the Expo booths are available to all grids all lang... 2 months ago

*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***
New month, new Items in the ZZhop.
Including my 2 best Carnivorous,made with Sculptris.
Have fun, Peter

Many portals to other regions and grids.
From shopping to adventure.

OSgrid has announced a scheduled downtime from Wednesday, January 10th, to Saturday, January 13th.

https://www.osgrid.online/disruptions-downtime/downtime/

Given OSgrid's track record, I could impossibly not meme it.

Jamie Wright: This is the perfect meme for this:) 4 months ago
On Saturday, the Hypergrid International Conference hosted more than 60 visitors who came to hear talks in German and Italian - with subtitles!
Lampithaler Artist and CapCat ragu performed spectacular art, and Marlon Wayne, Dings Digital, Lorenza Colicigno and Gianni Spada presented talks about life and creativity in Opensim! Read about the event here
https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2023/10/saturday-at-hie-20...
https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2023/10/saturday-at-hie-20...

Dorena Verne: Don't let any troll badmouth your great event. 7 months ago
This year's first season of HG Safari ended last night with shrimp, lag, art, unexpected naked butts, jokes, sand swimming, and friendship.
If you're curious, here's where we went... to see AI art
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-journey-of-pat-b...
and then for a concert in a flooded city center
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/03/safari-meets-its-spe...
Thanks to the 20 different hosts who made this season possible, and looking forward to starting up again in April!
HIE Starts today!
We have 3 musical guests to help us kick off this long weekend of languages...
Zoree Jupiter at 11am SLT, then DJArianna Nightfire at 12.00 and Forest Azure at 1pm SLT.
Arrive on HIE Welcome, join the Language Group so that tomorrow, you will be able to follow the subtitles,
and then jump through the portal to HIE 4 to enjoy the music!!
The event continues Saturday and Sunday from 9am SLT (6pm in Central Europe)
with talks in German, Italian, French and Spanish - plus some unforgettable art performances
For more, look at the website https://sites.google.com/view/hieopensim/home
HG Safari trips return for the Fall Season in 6 weeks from now !
Our schedule is pretty much full, but if you'd like your region to be put on the standby list, or want to save a spot in the next season's schedule (starting Jan 2024), just drop me a word here in osw. Don't be shy !

SkyRealm Observatory~A dream realized~Thank you, @FerdFrederix

und los geht´s - and let's go
Fantastic Norway
hg.cc-group.cc:8002:CCI Norge

ATLAS is pleased to host the HG Safari on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 9 PM UTC. This event is brought to you by Thirza Ember https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/02/atlas-tv.html

ATLAS aura le plaisir d'accueillir le HG Safari Mercredi 21 Février à 22 heures, heure de Paris. Cet évènement est organisé par Thirza Ember https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/02/atlas-tv.html

LadyKa: J'ai hâte d'y être !!! A tout à l'heure :-) 2 months ago
* Needful Things *
The store is due to open soon. Or is it already? It's worth a visit, even if the store owner has a strange offer for his customers ...
* Needful Things *
Der Laden soll bald eröffnet werden. Oder ist er es schon? Ein Besuch lohnt sich, auch wenn der Ladeninhaber ein merkwürdiges Angebot für seine Kunden bereit hält ...

Our best wishes virtually to everyone
Special Thanks to everyone who visited our winter region
see our celebration firework at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlQYkd0-NO4)


falene hawks: bonjour bonne année c'est superbe 4 months ago
Kelso Uxlay will show you, how to make your objects move smoothly through your regions. At his Session at Saturday 9 December at 8:30am PST at #OSCC
https://conference.opensimulator.org/2023/11/28/smooth-mov...

“Its most interesting portion consists in a showcase demonstration of scripted moving objects, some of them exhibiting spectacular effects. “Ordinary people” will benefit from learning and seeing what is possible. Perhaps some of them will be encouraged to develop their own scripting skills.”

Check out our full Schedule here:
https://conference.opensimulator.org/compact-schedule/
Safari returns with a roar today at 12 noon SLT with a visit to Dinkies and Dinosaurs on Discovery Grid! Join us if you can we depart from hg.osgrid.org:80:HG Safari where you'll find the details of the trip.
Can't come? There will be the usual writeups on https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/ a big thanks to @ShalHeira and @KayakerMagic for making this wonderful debut adventure possible!

Thirza Ember: wow thanks to everyone who showed up to the event, about 25 of us (including the naked and the clouds!!) If you'd like to see a few pictures, here are the links https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/09/w... 8 months ago
The little publicity stalls are popping up all over the HIE regions, getting ready for the conference later this year. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far, it is already starting to look like a party! For details of how to participate, read this short post: https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2023/07/booth-fun-at-hie.h...
For OSFest 2023 in September as of 7/12/2023, 12 of 68 exhibit parcels and 6 of 40 merchant parcels are reserved, please spread the word around the HG.
Register for your spot on the OpensimFest website
https://www.opensimfest.com/
You can start building on your home grid and transfer the build later when the grid is open.
Like to build? OSFest is looking for a creator to work on a new Welcome Center. Contact Banker Ibor on Discord or on the website for more details
Discord group: https://discord.gg/cxbnMRQB

Luna Lunaria: Sadly, I am not able to commit this year to building out infrastructure on the OSFest region due to RL commitments and medical issues, but if you see any of my structures that might work I will be hap... 10 months ago

YARR ... Summer is there and the pirates are already back

Trips to Kinky and to AMV this week, two quite astounding builds, more than meets the eye in both cases! thanks to our lovely hosts and grid owners for making it happen.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/04/rinky-dinkie-fish-an...
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2023/04/safari-goes-under-mo...
SkyRealm Observatory is a work in progress-please stop by anytime and see the transformation of this observatory. We are making progress, thank you to @FerdFrederix just wow! Also @JamieAnnaWright thank you for contributing to my clock collection!

virtual-hg.com:8002/SkyRealm/447/381/56

Luna Lunaria: Reminds me of Citadel on the Isle of Wyrms in SL. Always loved that place. 1 years ago
Castles are my first love in virtual worlds and the very first object I attempted to build back in 2009 in Second Life. I've honed my craft since then and I have a small collection of them available at my stores, from the massive Caerwyn Fortress to the ethereal Castle Ceridwen.

You can find my castles at these locations:

Main Store: grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:Lunaria Emporium - Main Store

Kitely Store: grid.kitely.com:8002:Lunaria Emporium

All of my castles are available on the Kitely Market here: https://www.kitely.com/market?store=13957705&q=castle
Skyrealm Observatory is a work in progress. @FerdFrederix is giving me a hand with building this project. I showed him my Observatory Model and he explained it could be greatly improved with Blender modifiers like the edge modifier. It will take some time to complete it is a huge build. Thank you, Ferd for teaching me about the blender modifiers and what can be achieved, just wow!
Willkommen bei Bubble Land 3D Art Erfahrung! eine gemeinsame Anstrengung von Veritas McMaster und Nyx Breen Dies ist die letzte Kreation, an der Veri und Nyx gearbeitet haben. Veri am 23.12.2022 verstorben; Ihre Liebe zu virtuellen Welten und der Wunsch, dass alle einbezogen werden und am Prozess teilnehmen, war ihre Vision in realen und virtuellen Leben. Bitte feiern Sie die Vision und den Traum dieses bemerkenswerten Individuums am 28.01.2023 @ 11SLT, Pangea hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Immersive%202/953/130/323

Big thanks to Thirza and the HG Safari for their visit. Hope you had fun playing with the TV studio -- Jeff, Harth and Chip

Read report : https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/02/atlas-tv.html


harthelie: Merci Thirza et à tout ceux qui sont venus 2 months ago
This week's HG Safari trip was a 3-parter.
1. For the last time we checked out all the Freebies from 60+ grids and regions, on the Hypergrid International Expo Park, which is preparing for the next event in April. Join the opensimworld Group for updates https://opensimworld.com/groups/1041
2. SKY HAZE the installation by Cherry Manga can now be visited any time, read the blog post to learn more
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/01/hie-art-on-craft.htm...
3. A tour of Treasure Island by its creator Tutz Zabelin - gorgeous in every way!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/01/tutz-and-treasure.ht...
If you missed the event over this weekend, here's a taste of what happened when about 40 of us celebrated the start of the Hypergrid International Expo, with @ZoreeJupiter @Arianna1986 and @forestofazure
https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2023/10/friday-hie.html
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