Ankhsenaton @Ankhsenaton

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

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.

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.

don't laugh but I am looking for animated pigs. yes. pigs :-D I saw some at a Farm, but 1) I was not able to get them and 2) I do not want to feed them. (The one you must feed or they die, I don't want)

*** OpenSIM Grand Piano V2 (VERSION 2) UDAPTED RELEASE ***
Tired of not finding a decent piano? And when it`s found it plays any sound but the piano itself? No more!!
-02 kinds of low prims models! (BLACK 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 :)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMBER MUSIC NAME AUTHOR DURATION (HH/MM/SS)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

Lost Castles... There are many "popular" castles being circulated in world. But years ago I saw several gigantic castles that were incredibly well done and beautiful that appear to be lost to time. They were not seen anywhere else. One was a white elven castle that was super huge and extremely beautiful. Another was a grey stone castle with exquisite interior and very well designed rooms. The third lost castle was a dark castle with many rooms. It's sad these castles were lost to time as the creators eventually logged off taking their beautiful creations with them where they are no longer seen in todays entirety in-world. Very very sad. The creators were expert builders and their designs were the stuff of legend. Now they may sit on an old hard drive in someones attic somewhere, or perhaps they deleted them in a michael-angelo type fit of rage. No one knows. If you know of any of these castles can you please post their location onto this post, and I will tell you if that is one of them or not.

UPDATE GRID IS BACK ONLINE, PLEASE BE PATIENT AS WE CONTINUE TO FIX THINGS WE SEE THAT STILL NEED FIXING.

Grid is offline until its fixed. We are working as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I cant explain what happened, we are not sure. its to the point we will be working to piece the grid back together. this might take some days to fix

For all of you interested in animesh: I made a new animated free roaming dragon thats now available for testing peer review. Pick up a copy in my shoppie, read the notecard and knock yourself out!
Lemme know if the notecard was clear enough...its a bit tricky with this roaming script....
Have fun!

This is so cool. I have not been on in a few weeks, but finally I have carved out my schedule to be in OS more often. Yay.
In my absence it seems 94 different people came to Grid Tumbler to visit. That is awesome. Where are you all when I am online?
Come play with meeeeeeeeee.

The Complete Rental System 4.0 is now out
Come grab your copy.
Now with Reporting, notifications and Auto Ejection.

features:
. Two types of lands renting:
Rent Owner : Renter own the land
Rent Group : Renter get group privileges
. Multiple Tenants per parcel
. Management team : Multiple admins
. Restrict user from your Grid (or not)
. 3 ways of calculating pricing:
$Sqm, $Prim, $Fixed
. Price set on server and or Rental Box
. OS$ Money system ( $G Gloebit / PODEX)
. Paypal Payment (with or without IPN)
. Rental unit settings:
4- or 8-weeks mode
. Display Rentals with Cards
. Automatic group Invite (or not, as you wish)
. TOS Distribution
. Output Statistics on Notecard or MySql DB API
(MySql :query currently rented parcels, etc..)
. Reporting : Configs, Rentals and Exceptions
. Notification of Exception : Prim Exceeded, Rental expired and Required presence
. Auto Ejection
Complete sytem comprised of:
. Rental Box
. Rental Server
. Kiosk Browser
. Map Kiosk
. Rental System Updater


hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/ValLands/1180/815/52
http://www.vallands.ca


If you find my work valuable and want to contribute and help me keep working on, please send your donations or come rent a few weeks in Glossy Island.

Thank you for your generous donations.
https://paypal.me/valr300?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US

I know I have mentioned it before, but I can't begin to explain the amount of work @valerieluv0 's amazing system has saved me. With around 400 rentals to manage, this is a god send. Please check her store and do donate if you can:

"
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/ValLands/1180/815/52
http://www.vallands.ca


If you find my work valuable and want to contribute and help me keep working on, please send your donations or come rent a few weeks in Glossy Island.
Thank you for your generous donations.
https://paypal.me/valr300?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US"

Here is a round up of chat requests from the last 20 days.

Request: Hello, I will need 3D numbers figures to make signs please.
Helper: FallenAngel Absent “I have a bunch. contact me in OsGrid please :-)”

Request: I am looking for [newer and better] swimming animations.
Helper: Esti Mation “have you been to LF grid? they seemed to have”

Request: Is there any place where I can find body deformers? Deformers specifically target body parts, like shoulders, butt or breasts.
Helper: No-one yet.

Request: anyone have animesh doctor, and a few other female bussiness dressed like animesh avatars?
Helper: No-one yet.

Request: anyone have a mesh lifeguard swinsuit?
Helper: No-one yet.

Please help with these requests if you can. Note that posts and replies for the past 10 months are still available in the group. Chat requests are available for only the past 20 days, don’t seem to get many helpful replies, and will disappear in time.

Verdict: Once more, post requests in group, and use chat to provide the link to help drive traffic to your post, where it will last forever and be available to archeologists from the 25th Century to study to help benefit all of human-kind! Be noble! Use the group for requests.

NEW ITEM!

Hey everyone, have you heard the buzz about Kindroid and wasnt sure where to start, I have it available for you on the 3rd floor.

It comes with the script, how to notecard and npc generator. If using it with animesh must find your own.

Cocky Clocks
This first set includes dark and light models. In addition to the clock hands moving, a certain *ahem* something ticks away the time for you. Click to adjust the time difference and try to enjoy, just not too much.

Additional cocky clocks are on their way, just need a bit of time to finish them up.

Pickup is at the OSW Exclusive gift area, located below. If you have issues arriving there directly, you can use the OSW door to your left once arriving in the subway to access the exclusive area.
hop://login.osgrid.org/Brotown/394/356/1997

Hey there,

we added more and more Skins for your EvoX Heads!
We also thank everyone for Feedback and to let you know about, the Body Skins also work on Athena, Lara X, Reborn and Persephone Body.

There are also 14 EvoX Heads (Avalon, Briannon and Ceylon) in our Store that we fixed with the flickering Lashes and shiny Eyes.

We started to add Skins for Males too! Same like on Female Side, there are 14 Colors with 3 different Skin types ( Slim, Fit, Dad )

Happy Shopping and Sunday
Amelia & Hertha