Luna Lunaria^✦ @lunalunaria

Got my Wolf Winter Fest booth ready, plus I added a large build surprise that will be used as a stage

HDRI skies are not yet fully functional in Opensim. You can upload and apply them for yourself but no one else will be able to see them. Sorta like a local texture. In the meantime, here's a great source for these: https://hdri-skies.com/. Here also: https://polyhaven.com/hdris/skies

Started my Winterfest display also :-)

I'll probably need you to explain to me just what that is :-)

I love playing with pbr. I've started switching a lot of my items over also.

Really sorry to miss this event :-( We will be out of town

Nice work :-)

I'll think about it. It's part of a new area on my home region at Luxor

I understand the struggle with older computers with less than ideal graphics. After 18 years in virtual I still remember the day years ago when someone took a pic of one of my lamps and I saw glow for the first time, but when I went into my graphics settings on my laptop it was grayed out. From that point on I started gradually improving my systems a little at a time to get where I'm at now. I'm still well aware that there are some who will not be able to see everything I add to a build but hopefully it inspires them.

I love that spaceship :-)

One mirror does decrease fps, but when I'm running ultra graphics at 179 fps the drop isn't noticeable. The really interesting discovery was that doubling or tripling the number of mirrors produced no additional drop in fps at all. To be honest, I have almost zero interest in placing out mirrors, but what pbr IS good for is much better surface lighting when pbr materials are used on objects, especially metals and floors. The lobby of my store, Lunaria Emporium, looks far better now than it ever did with the older FS viewer. You can see pbr at work there on multiple surfaces.

Yes, a mirror was the first thing I made with PBR, and it's actually a true real-time mirror, but I'm much more interested in true reflective surfaces like you see here and in creating true PBR materials. The latest Firestorm release 7.1.10.75913 has been very stable with no issues, and I find it's a lot faster than the older versions. It also handles graphics with a lot less lag since it's using multiple cpu cores for processing instead of just one. You'll also notice it is reflecting the room, and that's because I added a reflection probe inside the structure. For those still using older viewers, I still add the older textures so they don't just see white surfaces.

I got mine :-)

So sorry I wasn't able to attend :-( Was busy with family in RL

We're near Atlanta so it came right over us, but thankfully it had lost some of its strength by then and we were okay. Lots of gusty rain and some flooding but none of our trees came down :-)

Always nice to visit your region Peter :-)

Really cool place Safine. Love what you guys did with it :-)

I got in just fine with the latest FS PBR viewer 7.1.10.75913

The Majestic will probably be the next venue I convert to PBR

I have two desktops: an older one with a 1070 card and an I7, and the new one I recently built with a 4060 and an I9. I've been able to crank it up to ultra settings and still have a decent fps, even on the older one.

This is Bastet. It's at my store Lunaria Emporium on the Egyptian area inside the pyramid, just click the Egyptian sign in the lobby to get there. There are two cats there. I'll set them to free full perm today for everyone.