Playing around

Last week i have not been online much,as i have been playing some games on my television with my Steam controller and Steam Link. I pre-ordered a kit in Juli, and last week DHL delivered. Since i have a rather large collection of games on steam, i'm having a blast. Just need to get used to play with controllers, as in my world "Joysticks are for n00bs". (I don't play consoles, as i am an oldschool PC gamer). However, playing any game in your living room, on widescreen is pretty nice.

Obviously i had to try some "non steam" games with the link, and as you can see in the picture, this works just fine. (I just need to still screen adjust for the viewer, and map some buttons on the controller to fly). For the rest, the steam controller lets you operate the basics pretty much "out the box". It has a trackpad with haptic feedback that operates as a mouse, and the other pad and joystick act as WASD.

I did hook a wireless keyboard to the Steam link, as chatting on a controller will not become a hobby. (although it works a hell of a lot better than on a TV or mobile, still the keyboard is my preferred tool for it). Since the link has a bunch of USB ports, i only need to find a wireless headset, and i can become a couch potato

But there you have it. OSGrid on TV Via Steamlink. Very workable, and with a proper controller configuration, a great new way to explore the metaverse. In the next week(s) i will try and see if its possible to upload alternative controller configurations for non-steam games (for steam games this is already possible) so you can download a "working out of the box" viewer config.

Last but not least, a mandatory update of opensimulator is about to be released. Keep up to speed by clicking HERE.

October 1st "The 274th day"

Since the last month this Blog looks more like a party advertisement wall than a blog, i will not put up a giant poster today for tomorrows "Friday Event".  All i will say about it is that a "mystery DJ" from the hypergrid will come spin some tunes.
To keep track of events all over the metaverse, you can try this link which does not have all events listed, but sufficient for you to be ability to party every day, should you desire to do so.

Soooo, whats this weeks news. Nothing much really. Red Dragon Regions have all been updated to the latest and greatest build, and i still need to check where i borked with the new implementation of search, as it does not seem to work for me yet. (i tend to recycle my .ini files, so manually have to add in any changes). If you run the same version, and think WTH is he ranting about, read this link to get up to speed with the implemented changes.

Later this month, i will add the above INI changes in the help document. It's somewhat a chaotic long-read, but it can be extremely useful. This as i troubleshoot user setups on a near to weekly basis, and keep seeing the same mistakes / configuration problems. Hence i keep adding them to the document, so i don't forget, and others can benefit. Mind the document doesn't list install procedures ( there giant wiki's forums and video's for those) nor bugs (which should be filed in Mantis for Opensimulator). It's a pure, "what if my OSgrid installation on windows doesn't work" text and a list of caveats and errors. Add-ons, corrections or additional hints / tips always welcome.

Tip of the day: Open your installation folder of OSGrid. Apart from a BIN folder, there is also a folder called Optional. Open it and copy OpenSim.exe.config into your BIN folder. Overwrite file. Restart region. Less console spew, nice "chopped" logs and other instant handiness. (Obviously only do this after you verified your region is installed properly and works as intended). The optimized opensim.ini will likely need some editing to get it working as desired in your particular environment.

Last but no least. This post is one i wrote almost 6 months ago.When did you make your last OAR / IAR ? Just mentioning.

Party at Event Plaza

Thirza Ember of HG safari is organizing a Goodbye party for parting lead developer  Justin Clark Casey tomorrow at Event Plaza, OSgrid. If you want to thank him in person for enabling you to exist in a less buggy world, feel free to pop by and give him your regards directly. Mind this party starts at 12.00 and not 1 PM as this poster states. Entertainment is provided by LadyJo, Trulie, and Wolem.

OSgrid Rocks

It's always somewhat exciting launching a "new" event. Did we generate enough "buzz" to make people aware of it, will people pick up on it, and will they like it. You never know in advance.

I don't know the exact number of visitors we welcomed yesterday, but it was a heartwarming amount of avatars, especially for OSG standards. The first OSG Friday party appeared to be successful.

I'd like to thank Dorothea and JayMaze for their continued support, our great host team Mattie, Ni, Alya, and Jazzy for tending to all visitors and friends, Lani for making the great posters, and especially LadyJo and Dan who did an incredible amount of work "behind the scenes" to get this event launched and make it a success. And thank you as well. Without you, visitors, friends, and friends to be, we would not be able to share all the fun.

As it is the first in a weekly series of parties, things will change over time. We have a lot of fun idea's for the future, and will gradually implement those in the next weeks/ months. As of next week, our hosts will invite visitors into the OSG Friday Party group, Mind there is no obligation to join, but if you want to know "whats cooking", joining the group is the best move to stay informed.

So far for yesterdays news. Wednesday the 23rd of September a goodbye party organised by Tirza Ember of Hypergrid Safari will be held for parting lead developer Justin Clark Casey. It's held on Event plaza 1-3 PM grid time. You can find a poster on Event plaza Landing zone. If you want to thank him in person for enabling you to exist in here, feel free to join.