AlphaMapper Progress Continues

Hey everyone!  I'm still on break through the end of this week, but I'd like to share a couple of things so it's not totally dead around here...

AlphaMapper Progress Continues


Byte has returned to work on the AlphaMapper and it's gettin ever-closer to being able to produce maps.  I understand the long wait-time may be frustrating to some Alphaworld builders, but I've been keeping up with Byte through the whole process and I can vouch that he's really taking the long, arduous road -- making all of the components himself -- so that when the product is finally done, the new AlphaMapper can be much more versatile than a simple mapper.  I think a lot of his recent promo videos and screenshots can attest to that.  One such video is below, where we see that he's got avatars and masks up and running.



Byte keeps a blog about AlphaMapper progress, which you can find in our 'What's new in AW?' sidebar links.  If anything new hits, you'll be sure to find it there!

Town Hall Meeting


This week's Town Hall Meeting will be today in AWSchool (Click to Teleport) at 6pm VRT.  From the looks of things there are a lot of big ideas floating around that need some dedicated volunteers.  If you've got the time and are up to it, feel free to step out and lend a hand.  :)


Annnnd that's it for me.  I'll try to get a new poll up this week, but I'm heading into finals so there's no guarantee.  Later!

Town Hall Meeting going on NOW in AWesome World

AWesome World has reopened and is the setting of this week's Town Hall Meeting, which will be going on for the next two hours.

If you recall, the world was to be an inspired setting for younger users and their friends/family, but it fell into disrepair and neglect as many projects tend to do. RMConstruction is the current world caretaker and is looking for a new purpose for AWesome World, but that hasn't yet been decided by AWI.

Schedule of Topics: Click Here for AWForums Thread

Weekend - Events for the Weekend of 4/29/2011

Hey everyone!  The weekend is here and I'm one week closer to being out of school for about a month! :P  Let's take a look at the events for this weekend.

Note:  If you're looking for events or looking to advertise your event, I recommend that you register with AWPortals, because you will have access to view and create events on the AWPortals Events Calendar and you will also receive a weekend newsletter.

Events for the Weekend of 4/29/11

Events are listed by order of occurrence. VRT time is GMT (-2)

Please leave a comment if you know of events that have not been posted, and I will add them!

• Ongoing

• AWNewsletter Mystery Location
• Prizes: 1 month citizenship
• Do you know where this place is?  If so, email newsletter@activeworlds.com with the name of the world and the coordinates to win!  If you are a citizen, include your information in the e-mail.
• Help Wanted - AWTours
• Looking for volunteers -- click the link to see what positions are open
• Specifically: Urbane Chaos is looking for a translator to translate some simple signs.

• Friday, April 29, 2011
• Bach Zhaa's Scenic Adventures
• The first of a series of tours hosted by Bach Zhaa
• Features a mover-enabled party bus!
• Touring: Kolaths Mountains, Talisan's Monorails
• 8:00 p.m. VRT
• AW 6196.33N 5936.50E 0.05a 180
• CitBing0
• Prizes: Citizenships, Cit extensions, and donated objects
• Note: This is the new official timeslot for CitBing0
• 50 games of bingo!
• 7:00 p.m. VRT
• CitBing0 World
• Website: Link

• Saturday, April 30, 2011
• AWBingo7
• Prizes: 1-month citizenship, p-10 worlds, +1 bot limit increases
• 4:30 p.m. VRT - (Sunday) 2:00 a.m. VRT
• AWBingo7 World
• Princess Moon's MysticGlen Designs
• Grand opening of an art gallery by Princess Moon.
• Merchandise available.
• Time: 7pm VRT
• Teleport: Alena world
• Yellow Gazette 1 Year Anniversary Dance Party
• Party hosted by PKToons Radio and Yellow Gazette
• Time: 9pm VRT
• Teleport: Yellow 616.19s 1815.60e -0.03a

• Sunday, May 1, 2011
• Active Worlds Town Hall Meeting
  
• 6:00 p.m. VRT - 8:00 p.m. VRT
• Location TBA

Back For More

Hey everyone, and welcome to a rather late start to April!  I apologize for my extended absence, but here's to hoping that my Calculus test grade will reflect the time away! (Don't count on it.)  At any rate, that's in the past, so let's see what's been going on lately...

• The forums seem to be going through a pretty dry spell.  Events too.  If I recall correctly things are typically pretty quiet this time of year until late May when the summer crowd comes in, so that's no surprise.
• I did manage to sneak some time in to attend the town hall meeting last Sunday, which was held in SW City.  I was only there for the first 40 minutes, but during that time I got to share and direct some users to SW City Interactive and there was some interest in getting some SWI tours set-up.  That sounds like a good idea to me. :)
• I would like to get a new tutorial up, probably one concerning the ActiveWiki.  I may do that as early as tonight depending on my motivation.  I'm pretty drained from the Calculus test, to be honest.

And that's where I'm at.  Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon.  Later!

Weekend - Events for the Weekend of 3/25/11

Hey everyone!  There will be a lot of events in Activeworlds this weekend, so I'd like to throw up some links for you guys to keep track of everything!  I think I'll start doing this on busy weekends to help 'direct traffic' in regards to events. :)

Note:  If you're looking for events or looking to advertise your event, I recommend that you register with AWPortals, because you will have access to view and create events on the AWPortals Events Calendar and you will also receive a weekend newsletter.

Events for the Weekend of 3/25/11
Events are listed by order of occurrence. VRT time is GMT (-2)
Please leave a comment if you know of events that have not been posted, and I will add them!

• Ongoing
• Extreme Builder Talent Show 4
• Ongoing until April 5
• Participants can win v4 rights for public worlds in this contest!

• Friday, March 25, 2011
• Futuristic Creations Building Contest ENDS
• Prizes: Citizenship Extensions
• 1:00 a.m. VRT - Contest ends!!
• AWTeen 29.024s 3243.996w 1.3a 84
• Millionaire - Season 3 Premiere
• 7:00 p.m. VRT - 9:00 p.m. VRT
• Flagg03 World - ^jump wwtbam
• AWForums: Link

• Saturday, March 26, 2011
• AlphaMapper Facebook/Twitter Contest
• Prizes: 1-month citizenship
• Sometime after 12:01 VRT
• Facebook: Link
• Twitter: Link
• AWBingo7
• Prizes: 1-month citizenship, p-10 worlds, +1 bot limit increases
• 4:30 p.m. VRT - (Sunday) 2:00 a.m. VRT
• AWBingo7 World
• AWSchool Spring Fashion Show
• Designs by Mace and Ridley
• 10:00 p.m. VRT - (Sunday) 3:00 a.m. VRT
• AWSchool 71N 140W 1.0a 0

• Sunday, March 27, 2011
• Active Worlds Town Hall Meeting
• 6:00 p.m. VRT - 8:00 p.m. VRT
• Location TBA
• CitBing0
• Prizes: Citizenships, Cit extensions, and donated objects
• 8:00 p.m. VRT - 11:55 p.m. VRT
• CitBing0 World
• Website: Link

What is your opinion of AWGate?

I won't be doing a long post tonight, but I just wanted to stop in and get some opinions on AWGate for my next one. :)

Overview of AWGate as it exists today; a central hub in a futuristic city

This is prompted by a pretty good discussion we had Sunday at the Town Hall Meeting; I'm not sure that a consensus was reached as far as the opinion, but a lot of suggestions were offered as to what could be done to improve it, including things that we do and don't have the authority to do.  The discussion touched on pretty much everything you could expect, from the built form of the world to how people actually interact with one another.

I'd like to further explore the built environment and the interpersonal interaction, as I feel those are two pretty big factors in the success or failure of the Gate.  How about you guys?

What do you think is important?

Let me know.  You can do so here, or by visiting the forum blogs page and keeping up with us there.  Whichever medium is more comfortable for you.

Later!