Happy Birthday, Ferd Frederix! 🎉

Today we celebrate not just another trip around the sun, but the man who’s kept whole worlds spinning.

Ferd, thank you for the countless hours you’ve poured into OpenSim — the fine-tuning, the bug hunting, the late-night fixes, the jaw-dropping characters and assets you’ve created, and the tools you’ve built that make our grids feel like home.
You’ve kept servers alive when they should have flatlined, solved problems the rest of us couldn’t even pronounce, and inspired new creators with your generosity and skill.

The OpenSim community runs smoother, plays harder, and dreams bigger because of you.

Here’s to your brilliance, your humor, your creativity… and to many more years of building worlds with your signature magic.

Happy Birthday, Ferd — we adore you!💕😘

Skinny Dip Beach Party & DJ YANA
Sunday, Nov 16th | 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM
Location: Alternate MetaVerse Grid

Taxi;hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Skinny%20Dip%20Beach/168...
Get ready to strip down and turn up.
Live DEEJAY' s will take you on a two-hour ride of high-energy beats.

Bikinis, bare skin, and beats that don’t quit.

This is the night to break loose, own your freedom, and dance like nothing’s off-limits.
Be there, or hear about it later.

A little rant. When SL implemented PBR textures, they included a script command called llSetRenderMaterial, which allows you to change the PBR material texture of a surface. Multiple scripts are now available there that do just that. This is similar to llSetTexture we've used forever to change the older blinn-phong textures.

When Opensim implemented their version of PBR, they decided that we didn't need osSetRenderMaterial activated for scripts, because really, who would actually use that stuff? If there's another more plausible reason I would love to hear it.

Ran into this trying to update a simple light sconce which allows you to touch the object to add light, fullbright, and glow to a surface to mimic a light that's turned on. For PBR, while turning on light is still the same, brightness and glow are managed by the emissive texture layer of a PBR Material. So to mimic a glowing light, you would need to be able to - you guessed it - CHANGE the material. But of course that's currently impossible in Opensim until someone incorporates that script function into code.

In the pics, you can see the PBR sconce on the left, and one with older textures on the right. In the top pic the light is off on both and in the bottom pic the light is on. The PBR glass looks great, and the light works, but you have no glow to show it's on. So for now, until osSetRenderMaterial is activated, I will have to set the glass material to always glowing. Or more likely, I will add a bulb inside with no PBR that will glow when touched.

I’m doing an impromptu stream at Sol Et Luna in Xinashi. The focus is the people who influenced and were influenced by Annie Lennox. Stop by if you’d like. hop://grid.wolfterritories.org:8002/Xinashi/134/156/27

NEW CLUB! PARTY NOW SATURDAY! Team Dope is at it again yeah!
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What? ¸. Stuff Happens Party
When? ¸. 11-15-25 start 2pm - 4pm
Who? ¸. DJ Wade
Music? ¸. Blues and Rock
Where? ¸. Club at Osgrid (search the word Club on your map to find us)
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Not sure if this Link works but the Region is called Club
We hope to see you come party!
hop://login.osgrid.org/Club/127/126/22
login.osgrid.org/Club/128/128/22

They’re cute, they’re weird, they’re slightly ominous — the perfect pets for the end of the world.

Come take a walk, meet the new species, pick your favorite, and pretend you’ll be a responsible guardian.
Adoption optional. Awe guaranteed.

Whether you’re looking for a loyal companion, a questionable life-choice, or just something that stares at you with a glossy robot-frog face, there’s a bot waiting for you.
Adopt responsibly. Or don’t. It’s the apocalypse anyway.

New cyber/bots shop at Desolate Expanse, a good excuse to test the new GLB/GLTF import.
Models from sketchfab

Just a quick reminder, Join us today, Saturday, November 15th, at 2pm grid time for a great time with good friends and family as we party in the Golden Dome Ballroom. This is a casual kind of party so no need for costumes or formal wear, jeans are fine. Music will be provided by our favorite DJ - Maldrul Smith and he always plays the best and something completely different.
grid.genesis-roleplay.org:8002:Masala Al Kohav
use the "telepad" at the landing point and select "Dance Event"
Hope to see you there!! Blessings and much love, Lavia.

Just put out a few more new Christmas Items including a fireplace and medieval hearth, Coco the Christmas Mouse, and a baby Christmas Owl and much more. Stop by and visit our Holidays & Seasons section to find some one of a kind Christmas Items that are free, full perm and made by your truly. Blessings and much love, Lavia

Alina Custom Vehicles.

NEW TRUCK STORE IN REGION

NEW TRUCKS ADDED ALL DRIVEABLE

RACE TRUCKS ADDED

SEMI TRAILERS ADDED

SANTA CHRISTMAS COKE TRAILERS ADDED

MORE THAN 250 DIFFERENT CARS TO CHOOSE FROM

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

Some areas i am still working on

DJ Tyler Mathews - The Moonlight Set at Party Stage on Alternate Metaverse : Sat 15th Nov 2:00 AM.
Tyler has a vast catalog of great tunes, a friendly outgoing and interactive style and does requests too!
Come on over and join us : hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/35...

HI EVERYBODY! Join us today, Saturday, November 15th, at 2pm grid time for a great time with good friends and family as we party in the Golden Dome Ballroom. This is a casual kind of party so no need for costumes or formal wear, jeans are fine. Music will be provided by our favorite DJ - Maldrul Smith and he always plays the best and something completely different.
grid.genesis-roleplay.org:8002:Masala Al Kohav
use the "telepad" at the landing point and select "Dance Event"
Hope to see you there!! Blessings and much love, Lavia.

▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ Party-Night ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁

▶▷▶ at the new CC- CLUB - ZEPHRA
Saturday/Samstag 15.November 2025
◕ starts 12:00 OS grid time – startet ab 21:00 Uhr EU
DJ CRAZY Onasis
DJ TOMI Balboa
DJ POPPY Fields

☊ Melodic Progressive Techhouse Livemix
☊ Charts, Hits EDM

▶▷▶ good mood , good tunes , Gute Laune gute Sounds
Where the night comes alive, live the rhythm of the night
Wo die Nacht lebendig wird, lebe den Rhythmus der Nacht


Taxi: hg.osgrid.org:80:CCClub
░░▒▓◙█◙█◙ CC – CLUB - ZEPHRA ◙█◙█◙▓▒░░

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 with a tribute to the late Ozzi.
The Piazza, where good friends and great music always come together.
bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Heute ab 20.00 Uhr/11SLT
EINZIGARTIGER SOUND: Ein Set von Hellkiss ist mehr als eine Playlist. Es ist eine sorgfältig kuratierte Reise durch die Genres, gespickt mit eigenen Edits und einer unverwechselbaren, dunklen Note
UNIQUE SOUND: A set from Hellkiss is more than just a playlist. It is a carefully curated journey through genres, peppered with original edits and a distinctive, dark touch.

Wake Up with DeeJay Sofee! this Morning.

It’s time for that Breakfast Vibe - today from 6AM to 8AM grid time at the Alternate Metaverse Main Landing Point!

Jump out of bed, open those curtains, feel the sunshine, grab your coffee mug, and teleport over!

Let DeeJay Sofee energize your Friday morning with feel-good beats and good vibes.

Today’s Genre: Sofees Morning Style (Time to shake OFF them Cobwebs)

Come dance, vibe, and celebrate being alive this beautiful Friday morning!

Location:
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...

See you there! :-))

Only 17 days left before the public opening of our traditional Christmas market! There are still a few shops available, everyone can have their own shop, it's open to the Hypergrid!



https://www.facebook.com/groups/958881409515045/permalink/...

Reminder of the rules for obtaining a shop:

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CHRISTMAS MARKET — BLOODMOON
(Règlement / Rules)
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[ FRANÇAIS ]

• Pour obtenir une boutique, contactez : Vlad Helsing ou Pierre Segrov in-world.
• Tous les objets doivent être GRATUITS.
• Le thème des objets est libre, mais la décoration de la boutique doit rester dans l’esprit de Noël / hiver.
• Merci de limiter les scripts autant que possible pour réduire le lag.
• La SIM du marché est en PG : le staff peut retirer tout contenu qui ne correspond pas à ce cadre.
• Inauguration prévue début décembre (vers le 5/12). Vous pourrez continuer à alimenter et décorer après l’ouverture.
• Un vote aura lieu lors de l’inauguration pour élire la plus belle boutique — un beau cadeau sera offert au gagnant.
• Merci de vider votre boutique avant le 10 janvier. La région sera sauvegardée après cette date avec le contenu restant.

Esprit du marché : amical, partagé, festif.


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[ ENGLISH ]

• To get a booth, contact: Vlad Helsing or Pierre Segrov in-world.
• All items must be FREE.
• Product theme is free, but the booth decoration must remain in a Christmas / winter spirit.
• Please limit scripts as much as possible to reduce lag.
• The market SIM is PG: staff may remove any content that does not fit this setting.
• Opening planned early December (around Dec. 5). You may continue adding items and decorating after the opening.
• A vote will take place during the opening to elect the most beautiful booth — a nice gift will be awarded to the winner.
• Please empty your booth before January 10. The region will be saved after that date with any remaining content.

Market spirit: friendly, shared, festive.

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Merry Christmas!
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Christmas is almost here for 2025. Explore OMG Winter Wonderland - it's magical - there is a lot to explore - it's a photographer's paradise. It's colourful
It's captivating - it's worth your time to explore!

Sonntag:
Am 16.11.2025 ab 20:00 Uhr

Einladung zum Virtuellen Maskenball – mit Stil, Spaß und ein bisschen Geheimnis! 

Am 16. November 2025 wird’s bunt, geheimnisvoll und herrlich verrückt: Unser virtueller Maskenball öffnet die Tore für alle, die Lust auf Glanz, Glamour und ein bisschen digitale Magie haben.
Ob du als glitzernde Diva, mystischer Schatten oder pixelperfekter Pfau erscheinst – Hauptsache, du bringst deine Maske und gute Laune mit!

Also: Maske auf, Avatar zurechtgezupft – und rein ins Vergnügen! Wir freuen uns auf dich – und auf all die wundervollen Identitäten, die du mitbringst.
timegrid.de:8002:clubtime

✨ BK Mode Kinderabteilung – Kleine Looks, große Wirkung! ✨

Sechs neue Outfits warten darauf, die Bühne zu erobern – von elegant bis sportlich, von „Wow, wie süß!“ bis „Moment mal, das ist ja richtig stylish!“.

Diese Kollektion zeigt: Kinder-Mode muss sich nicht hinter den Erwachsenen verstecken. Im Gegenteil – hier wird aufgefallen, hier wird gespielt, hier wird Stil zum Abenteuer. 🎈

Ob schick für den besonderen Anlass oder lässig für den nächsten Rollerblades-Trip – jedes Outfit ist ein Statement.

Und mal ehrlich: Wer sagt, dass nur die Großen den Catwalk beherrschen dürfen? 😉

I've started offering a variety of tutorials on my Discord server on various topics related to Opensim, mostly on PBR for now, but I will expand them as opportunity arises. Here are the current offerings:

General Firestorm Settings for PBR
Acquiring and Creating PBR Materials
Preparing, Uploading, and Applying PBR
PBR Reflection Probes
GLTF/GLB File Uploads

Coming Soon: Understanding PBR Texture Types

You can find my ⁠tutorials channel on my Discord server here: https://discord.gg/SMBaqan3Ny

DJ Neko wants to test some new material tonight and she's playing at the Clown Motel.

Yes, it's based on a RL place in Tonopah, Nevada. Some mad genius built a clown themed motel in the middle of nowhere and right next door to a wild west cemetery. Both RL places are reportedly haunted. Feeling brave?

hop://groovyverse.com:8002/Exodus/953/509/200

Open Mic Thursdays! accepting talent by avatars throughout Alternate Metaverse & The OpenSim Hypergrid as well! Live Open Mic events are on Thursdays from 12:30-2:30pm, Hosted by Dave King & Whisper Carfield! We accept people in the order of which they sign up. Some of the talent will include:Bands, Singers, Musicians, Poets, Storytellers, Comedians & Free-stylers! What hidden talents do YOU have??

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Open%20Mic%20Arts/220/48...

Hello everyone! :)
I would like to invite you to my performance at Speakeasy Swinghard today!!
Alternate Metaverse -11:00am-12:30
Casual, Fun, Friendly Gathering!
Would love to sing your favorites from 900+ variety song list.
Hugs and hopefully see you soon!!
x
Map us at: alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Events

Alina Custom Vehicles.

NEW TRUCK STORE IN REGION

Over 250 different vehicles to choose from, all vehicles are driveable

50 NEW VEHICLES ADDED

MORE TRUCKS ARE STILL ARRIVING , AND DRIVABLE .

There are also copy items which are not Vehicles

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

Some areas i am still working on

Ages ago, I satirized events in SL like "Best in Bikini" and "Best in Cute" with my “Best In Demo” event. SL Creators used demo tags and took other such measures to prevent people from using a free version as a final, permanent piece. So, imagine your Avatar using a pre-mesh no-mod shape from a shop with demo sized huge hands and feet. You'd be wearing flexihair with demo signs attached. Add on a skin extensively tattooed with “demo,” and wearing clothing with the word demo woven into the texture. You'd have a nightmare of an avatar – and one that might win the “Best In Demo” event. The prize? A demo version of a trophy.

The event was hilarious, and so popular that other clubs copied the idea. You can say my “Best in Demo” event was a demo for Best In Demo events.Then came OS. Sadly, there are no demos here, and so, no Best In Demo events either. But there are other fun event ideas. Consider “Best In Complexity”. It's actually a bad event idea, and found in the OSW group "Best of Bad Event Ideas." The group has a new bad event idea: Best In Doomscrolling. Remember -- you can't get PTSD if you are the traumatic event. https://opensimworld.com/post/125621?msgSuccess=Posted

Add your own bad event idea to the group if you like.

**** OPENSIM Grandpiano V4 - NOVEMBER 12th 2025 Updated Release! ****
**** AVAILABLE AT SOUND SECTOR ****

What's New from V3??
• Fixed the glitch when piano is touched (owner or not) and nothing is selected, music stop being played by the slave prims and play only from root prim
• OpenSIM GrandPiano V4 uses now 1 script instead of 3 from old version - so less lag to your region!It recognizes all prims called "speaker" and sound come from each of them!
• Fixed the issue when more than 1 piano rezzed in a same region! They don`t interact with each other anymore.
• Fixed the issue on NOTECARDS "ALL" and "AVE MARIA" where some of the UUIDs were not properly insert so sound was not played.

OBS1: If sound not coming from the invisible boxes (the speakers) on 1st time when rezzing the piano, stop the music and reset the script.

OBS2: Special thanks for Clifford Hangar, owner of ALTERNATE METAVERSE GRID (AMV) who kindly helped me with this script (up to V3) and I could share to Opensim citizens. V4 modified and simplified via DeepSeek AI

Enjoy :)

Jimmy Olsen
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Tired of not finding a decent piano? And when it`s found it plays any sound but the piano itself? No more!!
-03 kinds of low prims models! (BLACK, BROWN and WHITE models)
- 40 completed classic musics on 03 hours, 35 minutes and 20 seconds of audio!
- WAV and UUID files included in case HG plays the "betch"

Available for FREE and FULLPERM at SOUND area (BOX 07).
Enjoy :)
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NUMBER MUSIC NAME AUTHOR DURATION (HH/MM/SS)
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1 AEOLIAN HARP OP.25 N.1 Piotr IlitchTchaikovsky 00:02:40
2 APPASSIONATA SONATA N.23 3RD MOV Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:08:00
3 AVE MARIA Johann Sebastian Bach 00:05:20
4 CAN-CAN Jacques Offenbach 00:02:00
5 CLAIRE DU LUNE Claude Debussy 00:05:30
6 EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 00:04:20
7 FANTAISIE IMPROMPTU OP.66 Frédéric Chopin 00:05:40
8 FLIGHT OF BUMBLEBEE Rimsky/Korsakov 00:01:20
9 GRANDE VALSE BRILLANTE E.MAJOR OP.18 Frédéric Chopin 00:05:30
10 GUILLAUME-TELL OUVERTURE G.Rossini/Franz Lisz 00:03:40
11 HEROIC POLONAISE OP.53 A FLAT MAJOR Frédéric Chopin 00:06:50
12 HUNGARIAN DANCE N.2 Johannes Brahms 00:02:20
13 HUNGARIAN RAPSODY II Franz Lisz 00:12:20
14 LA CAMPANELLA Franz Lisz/ Paganini 00:04:50
15 LIBESTRAUM N.3 (LOVE DREAMS) Franz Lisz 00:05:20
16 MAPLE LEAF RAG Scott Joplin 00:02:50
17 MINUTE WALTZ OP.64 N.1 Frédéric Chopin 00:01:50
18 MOONLIGHT SONATA 1ST MOVEMENT Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:07:00
19 MOONLIGHT SONATA 3RD MOVEMENT Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:07:10
20 NOCTURNE OP.2 N.9 Frédéric Chopin 00:05:10
21 PATHETIQUE SONATA N.8 C MINOR OP.13 ,3 Movements Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:18:10
22 PIANO CONCERT N.1 B FLAT MINOR OP.23 Piotr IlitchTchaikovsky 00:03:30
23 POUR ELISE (FÜR ELISE) Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:03:40
24 RADETZKY MARCH OP.228 Johann Strauss 00:02:20
25 SONATA N.05 G MAJOR KV.283 3 Movements. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 00:12:00
26 SONATA N.16 C MAJOR K545 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 00:05:00
27 SUGAR PLUM FAIRY (THE NUTCRACKER SUITE) Piotr IlitchTchaikovsky 00:02:00
28 SWAN LAKE OP.20 I.Scene Piotr IlitchTchaikovsky 00:03:30
29 SYMPHONY N.5 Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:06:00
30 TEMPEST SONATA N.17 3RD Movement Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:07:00
31 THE ENTERTAINER Scott Joplin 00:03:50
32 TICO TICO NO FUBÁ Zequinha de Abreu 00:03:10
33 TORRENT ETUDE OP.10 N.4 Frédéric Chopin 00:01:50
34 TURKISH MARCH (RONDO ALLA TURCA) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 00:03:10
35 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (12 VARIATIONS OF AH JE VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 00:13:40
36 WALDSTEIN SONATA N.21 1ST MOV Ludwig Van Beethoven 00:10:40
37 WALTZ A MINOR B150 OP POTSTH Frédéric Chopin 00:01:50
38 WALTZ N.2 (Variety Stage Orchestra suite) Dmitri Shostakovich 00:03:40
39 WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS (THE NUTCRACKER SUITE) Piotr IlitchTchaikovsky 00:07:00
40 WINTER WIND OP.25 N.11 Frédéric Chopin 00:03:40

Grow with Us at the AMV Farming Community!
For a limited time only — Get 6 Months FREE Rent when you rent your farm plot before November 21st!

Come be part of a thriving, friendly community built around creativity, farming, and fun. Plant your crops, raise your animals, and enjoy the peaceful life in the heart of the Alternate Metaverse Grid.

Location: alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Community Farm
Contact: Zephner Magic or Adrianw Webb

Don’t miss your chance to grow, build, and belong — only at AMV Farming Community!

Just added a new ornament display with full PBR textures at the front entrance of the Emporium. Free and full perm.

All Holiday decor at Lunaria Emporium is now free and full perm for the season. All have been reworked and many have PBR textures added. I have trees, tree skirts, topiaries, wreaths, garlands, a snow couple, poinsettias, etc; some are prim and some are mesh. These are unique items available nowhere else in Opensim.

To find them, click the Holidays sign on the right as you enter the lobby.