A Small but Important Update on Textures

Ina Beaumont recently asked if I could include all of the textures with my items, not just the PBR materials, so that people who are not using a PBR-enabled viewer can still enjoy them properly.

I gave this some thought. I had been hoping that most everyone was moving toward PBR-enabled viewers, but Ina made a very good point—not everyone is there yet, and not everyone uses Firestorm.

So, going forward, I will include the complete set of textures that comes with the model, including the traditional textures as well as the PBR materials.

A quick note about texture sizes: please feel free to reduce them to whatever size works best for you. I have experimented with reducing them myself, but on many of the items I find that they become noticeably blurry, so the original size generally gives me the best results.

These are the textures produced with the model pack, and with the number of things I create, I simply don't have the time to resize and test every individual texture before release.

Please resize them as you wish and use whatever gives you the best balance between appearance and performance on your grid.

Thank you, Ina, for bringing this up. It was a good suggestion, and hopefully including everything will make my creations more accessible to everyone. ♥

I have added all the textures to the Hot Damn BBQ (sorry for the return trip to grab them) Also the Butterflies are Near Choker at Monentes Jewelry. Thank you Ina for helping me to realize the obvious, not everyone has or likes PBR!

We are still plugging away at the new Wordpress website. I am kind of enjoying the challenge.

As it stands right now we cant switch until we figure out what we need to do to make sure when we upgrade dreamgrid the changes cant revert back. (any ideas)

On another note, I recently acquired jopensim 4 and joomla 4 that works with php 7. There is now a version being worked on for jopensim that would be compatible with 6. until we can switch to wordpress, i am tempted to see how this goes.

I know there are no security releases for 4 but our current version now has no new ones anyways. and 4 would be the only way to get to the later version of jopensim once its ready.

If we switch to wordpress, i thought it might be cool to add destinations on my website from other grids. Like shopping regions, clubs etc. If you own a grid, let me know your thoughts.

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Bingo Bingo Bingo! at 8am - 10am SLT (4pm - 6pm UK)
Come and join us for a few Games of Bingo
And have a laughter and a banter
Experience a new Bingo system, made special for AMV!
everybody is welcome to come and play
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You do not have to play to join in on the social chat, you are welcome to come along, watch and just chat, playing Greedy is optional!

Monday 10:00 AM – 12:00 Every Week
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a friendly game, beginners are welcome, chat in voice, join in the banter, an opportunity to make new friends, and to cheer everyone on!

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Maximillion Kleene

—usually known simply as Max Kleene—is a Canadian live musician who has been active as a resident in Second Life since September 13, 2006. His current Second Life profile links to his YouTube and Twitch channels, as well as his schedule and song list.
He is primarily described as an acoustic guitarist and singer with a relaxed, entertaining performance style. An older directory of Second Life live musicians lists him as being from the Niagara Falls region of Canada and cites rock, pop, and alternative rock as his genres.
According to his frequently published artist biography, his musical journey began with formal piano studies at the Royal Conservatory. Later, his focus shifted significantly toward the guitar. AC/DC became a major musical influence; other artists cited include Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, and Jason Mraz.
His repertoire encompasses classic rock and pop covers as well as more recent tracks. Older sources mention artists such as Johnny Cash, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jack Johnson, Green Day, and Foo Fighters.

Max Kleene is a long-established virtual live musician—focusing on acoustic guitar, rock/pop, and covers—who performs in both Second Life and OpenSim environments. His strength lies less in being a spectacular "showman" persona and more in the combination of his voice, guitar playing, humor, repertoire, and personal rapport with the audience.

And yes, humanity has actually had virtual guitarists playing for avatars in pixelated clubs for twenty years now. It is somewhat absurd. Yet, in a way, it is also quite beautiful. 🎸

Hello everyone! :)
I would like to invite you to my performance at Speakeasy Swinghard today!!
Alternate Metaverse -11:00am-12:30
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Would love to sing your favorites from 900+ variety song list.
Hugs and hopefully see you soon!!
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