Luna Lunaria @lunalunaria

Discord at ᒪᑌᑎᗩ ᒪᑌᑎᗩᖇIᗩ, Wolf Territories Grid, Kitely, Utopia Skye, Digiworldz, Mobius Grid, Friends Grid, OSGrid, and Second Life Offline

Spiritual Seeker, Science Fantasy Writer, Creator in virtual worlds


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If you're placing the address in your map, use this address: login.friends-grid.com:8002:Coral Cove
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Oooh thank you Luna! I have changed it to that, now, hopefully it will make it easier for people to find us.
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Thanks Marianna! Playing with the glass/diamond look is fun :-) I used my basic silver pbr texture with high reflectivity and some transparency to achieve the effect on a statue.
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Exactly I used white which can be silver too lol, wow this is fun.
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Hi Spark :-) PBR is rewarding but will take you a little time experiment with to get comfortable with it.

Note: As Marianna mentioned below, your grid will need to have already been updated to version 0.9.3 or to the comparable Dreamgrid version before PBR will be available for you to use there.

Here are some links to get you started that were helpful to me.
My work with PBR started like many with trying to make a mirror. That taught me the basics of what to look for when editing materials in the the viewer. This is the video that got me started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvTukP_A91o&list=PLIyBt3CA...

This link will cover the basics about PBR in Second Life, and by extension Opensim. Use it as a reference as you go along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvTukP_A91o&list=PLIyBt3CA...

Here is a great place to get free materials and assets you can upload into Opensim: https://www.blenderkit.com/

And finally you will need a program to pack the pbr textures into a file that Opensim will be able to upload. I use this free program that's very easy to use just on your pc: https://aiaicapta.in/gltf-packer/

And of course you can always message me here for more info. I'm usually here in the evenings or during the day during my work week.
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The grid will need to be implemented with PBR too. Before my grid was updated (thank you @Ferdzee) I tested at Osgrid.
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@Jerralyn Franzic Here's the same shot with a pbr viewer, high graphics, and full draw distance. https://gyazo.com/7a11ddf4eb8c10c631f2458a73f409a6
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Yes, those are the original textures which I left intact for people still using non-pbr viewers
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That Egyptian ship actually flies
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I tried but it just made noises at me.
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You need the hud for that. I'll pass you one
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My next stage of transformation :-)
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One of the many reasons my home is here
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Mirrors are fun and you don't need ultra graphics to see them
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yes!!! for me it was a surprise, I thought I had to use the ultra high graphics and that it would kill me at any minute... and ho! surprise! .... my graphics are on medium .... and just by checking mirrors I could see everything...except me hahaha...I'll be a vampire I thought NO!!! I also had to check the real time reflection detail option! and tataaaa my reflection appeared it was great! :D
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Lovely lighting effect
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Love these morning shows
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All of my Opensim content has had materials for years and I advertise it regularly. Now that I'm transitioning to PBR, I'm keeping all those original blinn-phong textures intact for those who are unable to upgrade to the PBR viewer and those whose grids or graphics are unable to support it.
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For the first time my Wolf territories avatar was not able to get in. A shame since this is one of my favorite places on the hypergrid
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There is no ban on Wolf Territories. Neither on the sim side, nor on the grid side. So maybe just tp problems?
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Got my Wolf Winter Fest booth ready, plus I added a large build surprise that will be used as a stage
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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
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Ah... figures. Thanks for the info, I'll try a few from those links. :)
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Started my Winterfest display also :-)
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I'll probably need you to explain to me just what that is :-)
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I will do better than that. Setting up samples, most likely tomorrow.
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I love playing with pbr. I've started switching a lot of my items over also.
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I loved your floors they were beautiful! I loved the mirror too. It doesn't seem to cause any issues with my PC I am running along fine with two avatars logged in while working on jewelry. Dan Banner restored my Osgrid avatar (I hadn't used it in 10 years) so that I could do some PBR testing of my jewelry (thank you Dan) PBR so far is super! Just takes some fiddling on the settings to get it the right brightness and shine but I love it. I was so tired of that plastic look what a difference!
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