Another busy week in Opensim with so much happening! Here's a roundup of just a fraction of what's been going on:
An unusual trip around a sim n Dorenas World
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-goes-into-lig...
Yana's wonderful Tahiti on AMV
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-maitai.html
Recognizing the end of an era on Dsicovery grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-end-of-discovery...
A moving build on Kitely
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/ginos-butterfly.html
Memorable sims on SV3d grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-gets-romantic...
and finally the Fashion show on Atlas, which happened today.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/atlas-la-mode.html

Thanks everyone for a successful load test today! Despite active stress testing, the region server was steady with no crashes. During stress tests, users experienced lag which stabilized once the testing was stopped. For those interested in the stats: 3 hours, 35 unique avatars, max CCU 21, from 10 HG enabled grids. Logs not reviewed yet but the grid appears ready! Some visitors were checking out the exhibits and stores in work during the music portion. Free exhibit and store parcels are available! Simply HG over, find available parcels, touch the parcel sign to get the parcel then start building or bringing in what you want to show and tell! It's your HG "extended friends and family" reunion thanks to sponsors. The volunteers make it all happen each year. Join the fun!

Hey Everyone 🙂 I'm performing at Sound City -
Littlefield Grid! Come join me, request a few tunes
and have some fun!
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴2:00pm OST/5:PM EST ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫SOUNDCITY✫
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ CASUAL∵∴ ❈
» Ride: hop://lfgrid.com:8002/Littlefield%20East/123/113/21

Join us at the Piazza at 3 pm grid time, for a couple of hours of fun and music while Rockin' Robert spins the tunes for us via his radio station Wax Radio.
The Piazza, where good friends and great music always come together.
bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Fashion show, pardon ... défilé de mode ce soir 21:15 sur ATLAS. Plus de 90 charmant.e.s modèles défileront pour votre plaisir. Oui, je m'essaie à l'écriture inclusive. atlasgrid.fr:8002:Atlas-Fashion

Hi there, I trust that everything is going well for you all. As the season approaches, we've been working on some new products for you. Additionally, I have been getting some off-line messages. Beetlejuice is being inquired about. It's located in the Garden and you can access it by teleporting from the landing. The store marked as women is where it's located. At present, there are new items in the garden, as well as this one. May your autumn be a time of fun and happiness.

It's not too late to participate in OSFest 2024 where free land is available for exhibits and stores. The festival runs from Oct 4-20, 2024 but we have a load test party on Sept 20, 2024 from 10am to 1 pm. Staff will be on hand as Rogue and Thalion rock the house. Join us!

#OSFEST2024
LOAD TEST PARTY!!
Friday September 20, 2024
10 am
11 am
Noon
Open Staff Help at Lower Stages, OSF Event
Rogue Galaxy live on Stage 1, OSF_Event
Thalion Outlander, live on Stage 2, OSF Event
Need help participating? Want free exhibit or store
space? Got your Performer or Host tag? Want to add your HG
event to the calendar/schedule?_-•
The LOAD TEST PARTY is the place to get help or offer help at
OSFest 2024! Build, create, sing, play, perform, or shop... all
in one place Oct 4-20, 2024. No theme this year so everyone
can celebrate the creative HG community together!
grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_Event
hop://grid.opensimfest.com:8022/OSF_Event/128/121/23

Lynnestra Parker & On The Rocks present TGI Thursday!

Thursdays from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Pacific time

DJ Maldrul will be playing a mix of classic and contemporary Rock & Roll and his signature selection of SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!

Come check out Rocky Shores where you can dance, surf, play Greedy, hang out and explore!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Airmid/478/97/23

I am working on this region for some weeks now and it is evolving... Terraforming, building bridges, stairs, hills... there will be boats and horses... working on a helicopter... on the land are houses with furniture themed for different preferences....

Freitag 20.9.2024
Rock-House
mit DJ Anachron

Beginn 20:00 Uhr

Thema diese Woche:
Anachron serviert
Wellensalat

Ende wie immer um Mitternacht
Hypergrid : dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon
Friday 20.9.2024
Rock-House
with DJ Anachron

Starts at 8:00 p.m.

This week's topic:
Anachron serves
wave salad

Ends as always at midnight
Hypergrid : dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon

OK FOLKS! :D

Here is the notecard that I am referring to that is inside the barrel.

I'm going to explain this to you as if you wanted to start out with a barrel that has 25 items in it to start off with.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# What level should storage start at when rezzed
INITIAL_LEVEL=5000
#
# How much is taken/added on use
ONE_PART=1
#
# How many days before level drops 1 part
DROP_TIME=28
#
# What is the maximum this store can hold (100 gives stock levels in %, greater than 100 gives levels as e.g. 25/110 )
MAX_FILL=5000
#
# ASC for ascending (A to Z) or DEC for descending (Z to A) sorting
SORTDIR=ASC
#
# Offset to rez item
REZ_POSITION=
#
# How far to scan for items
SENSOR_DISTANCE=95
#
# Region product share. All shares with everyone, Group only with same group, None no sharing
SHARE_MODE=All
#
# Set to 1 to allow any member of the group to use the 'Add Stock' menu button, 0 to only allow owner
GROUP_STOCK_ADD=1
#
#Float text colour - set as color vector or use OFF for no float text
TXT_COLOR=
#
# Brightness of text 1 to 10 (10 is maximum brightness)
TXT_BRIGHT=10
#
# If your products start with a different prefix set it here
SF_PREFIX=SF
#
# Default language
LANG=en-GB

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is the first line on the notecard:

# What level should storage start at when rezzed
INITIAL_LEVEL=5000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Where it says INITIAL_LEVEL=5000

Hiya Everyone :D

I've added two more items to my freebie Farm Store :D

Actually, they are the same thing, but one of them is completely empty so that you may add the products you would like to have in them to use for yourself :D

(JUST DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A COPY OF THE EMPTY ONE BEFORE YOU USE IT! :D ) But there will still be the empty barrel in your inventory because it's copyable1 :D BUT STILL! :D It's always good practice to make a copy of your items that you will be working on :D

OK these barrels I have made up are the same barrels, but they have some ingredients that you will use in them. I believe I put the main ingredients in them that you use most of the time.

For those of you who know how to add ingredients in them you may do so.

For those of you who do NOT know how to add your own selection of ingredients in the barrels I will be adding a notecard on how to do that at a later time. :D

1 Empty Barrel
1 Sunshine Gal Barrel
1 Cat Barrel
1 Cat Barrel

I used my own AI textures that I made in Night Cafe.

The empty barrel is all set for you to add your own textures as well :D

There are 3 parts to each barrel.

The top.
The bottom.
The body.

So, if you're texturing them with your own textures, you must add the textures to each part of the barrel separately.
No need to unlink the barrels just edit linked and add. You can also select 'face' as well.

If you want to add your own product or a specific product you go into the object of the product that you want.

All these items have most of the farming products inside of them.

SF Storage Rack, SF Dried Goods Store & SF Kitchen Storage

Click on one of those & go into edit.

Here is where all the farming items are added to.

Go into the content tab.

Then you will scroll down, and you will see boxes with names on them.

(The barrels that I have are all set up to receive product. So, you don't need to add anything more but the product itself. No scripts, no notecards, just the product itself.)

Take one or more of those products and bring it inworld.

Then, take that product and put it into your inventory.

After taking it into your inventory, you go into edit on the empty barrel and add in there what you would like.

If you have a product that you made, you can do the same thing with that.

Then all you do is go and reset the scripts, & WAH LAH! There is your own personal homemade barrel of whatever you like! :D

Take a copy of that barrel you just filled and add it to your inventory for safe keeping :D

All the adding items to & subtracting items are on a notecard inside of the inventory. That is the ONLY thing you will have to change is the notecard, NOT the script.

There is also an area on SOME of the products like the chicken coop where you can change the numbers to how much you want them in the description area, too.

I'm adding another post to here so that I can explain that to you.

I just use copy and paste to do that.

You all ENJOY & HAVE FUN FARMING! :D I know that I sure am having fun with this :D

DJ Yana is performing her music today from 6am to 8am... At AMV Welcome.
This time she will let you hear the 80 and 90s again.
Come on over and have a great dancetime on the water and a spectaculair Stage and i promise you an exhausting dance session!! We blow the roof off again !!!

Here is your Taxi hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV%20Welcome/166/185/26

Teaching myself pbr materials. Very different process to get those materials into OS. This is the clearest comparison yet of the difference between legacy materials and pbr materials. The one on the left was the best I was able to do with regular materials using only the original diffuse, normal, and specular textures. The one on the right uses all the original textures and shows them correctly.

Hello Everyone!
I'll be performing today at the Train Station
Dj Azora starts the set at 1:pm followed by me at
Time: 3:00pm OST
Bring a friend and come join us for a great afternoon of music!
Ride: hop://login.osgrid.org/Trianon%20Complex/713/155/4002

All E Grid Members are eligible for one free 1 x 1 parcel, you'll get to own (not Godmode) and will have 10,000 prims available to you.

Go here to join the Grid: http://theegrid.outworldz.net:8002/wifi/user/account/

You must contact me here or inworld (MK Scott) and let me know you have joined.

Once this is verified I will send you information on your new land :)

*** Just a heads up I will be on vacation and mostly offline from Thursday to Sunday night, but I am here today to set you up. You'll also need to join the In world group E Grid Residents to rez.

You'll find the Group Join sign and the box to rent from in one corner of your land.

Eventname: "Blue Monday in der Zappelbude"
Wann: 23.9.2024 um 20:00h
Wo: in der Zappelbude - Taxi: hg.osgrid.org:80:Xenotown
DJ: Xenos, wer sonst^^

Thema von Xenos: "Ein Mix von allem möglichen Zeugs, von Tony Levin bis King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard".
Wie immer, erst zahm von 21-22:00h *hüstel, ab 22:00h wirds dann heftiger bis so gegen 23:00h. ;)
Aber lasst Euch nicht das Vorprogramm entgehen, die Frau hat eine Stimme zum niederknien.

Im Vorprogramm ab 20:15 Uhr

Allysha Joy
Sie ist eine australische Musikerin, Sängerin und Songwriterin, die vor allem für ihre souligen und jazzigen Klänge bekannt ist.
Sie ist Mitglied der Band 30/70, einem Kollektiv aus Melbourne, das eine Mischung aus Soul, Jazz und Hip-Hop spielt.
Ihre Musik ist stark von Neo-Soul, Jazz und R&B beeinflusst, und sie nutzt häufig experimentelle und improvisatorische Elemente.

Foto - instagram.com/allysha_joy

Want your own doomsday server? Imagine having all of wikipedia downloaded to a hard drive with a program that can search and display articles. Kiwix for desktop (freeware) can do it. It even has download links under 'All Files' to d/l the wikipedia database for you making it painless. Not only that but you can download a bunch of other wiki's too. Imagine having maps of the world. Or a doomsday prep wiki. TedTalk videos. Audio books wiki. etc.
https://kiwix.org/en/applications/ - by the way, it runs on linux/mac/windows/android.

An old picture that I came across. This was my first region, years and years ago, shortly after OSgrid first opened. I arrived here from SL with like 5 textures, and some sculptie palm trees I created. :)

edited: They didn't even have mesh back then. :)

Some good news. I compiled Firestorm 7.1.10 PBR, and it doesn't crash every single time I teleport. There is light at the end of the tunnel with the next release. Photo included of me not f***ing crashing. yay! :D