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Jan 27, 2001, 12:31am

What does this have to do with Active Worlds, JohnF?

-Builderz

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Jan 27, 2001, 1:18pm

Correct, but Clickteam/3EE and their products are in no way related to
Active Worlds. JohnF should have posted that question on the Clickteam
Forums located at http://www.clickteam.com/index.php3?page=3 instead of
here in the newsgroups.

-Builderz

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Jan 28, 2001, 7:07pm

Yes, please post in the same thread as your prior message. Do not start
another new thread.

-Builderz

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Jan 30, 2001, 9:37am

Try e-mailing Roland at roland at activeworlds.com or going to one of his
Tech Talks. I don't think he is accepting anymore beta users at this
time. Does this Holodesk 3D chat have a website?

-Builderz

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Feb 2, 2001, 11:36pm

In the March 2001 issue of PC Gamer (on page 26), there is a small
article about Active Worlds. Here is an interesting excerpt about
avatars: "Right now there are dozens of different models to choose from;
future versions of the software will let you create your own skins to
further personalize your online self." The article mentions the worlds
Yellowstone, New York, and Mars. Here is another portion from the
article about using AW for gaming: "Active Worlds understands its
system's potential for gaming and is planning to jump aboard the online
craze. While there is no word on whether the company's talking with any
big-name game developers right now, it's just a matter of time before
someone takes advantage of Active Worlds, and that's a day all gamers
should look forward to." Comments, anyone?

-Builderz

Feb 7, 2001, 6:32pm

I have a suggestion: fix
http://www.activeworlds.com/products/commercial_servers.html so that it
doesn't automatically re-direct you to
http://www.activeworlds.com/products/personal_servers.html. =)

-Builderz

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Feb 8, 2001, 12:05am

Microsoft DirectX version 8.0a has been released on February 5. You can
download it for Windows 9x & Windows Me systems at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=27741 and for
Windows 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=27742. Please
take this into consideration, however: "The DirectX 8.0a run time cannot
be uninstalled. The installation process changes core components and
makes numerous registry changes within your operating system. Microsoft
does not support uninstallation." Microsoft may not support
uninstallation, but I have seen freeware utilities that can successfully
uninstall DX 8.x from systems, in case something goes wrong. I haven't
encountered any problems upgrading to DX 8.0a on my Win9x, WinMe, and
Win2000 computers and all of my previous games and D3D accelerated
programs work fine with DX 8.0a installed (some users complained that
newer versions of DX "broke" games and programs that were intended to be
used with an older version of DX, but that has yet to happen to me).

Also, new NVIDIA Detonator 3 reference drivers (version 6.50) for
Windows 9x, Me, NT, and 2000 have been released. Many people in the AW
community use NVIDIA based graphics cards (myself included) and would
probably benefit from updating your drivers. The drivers will work for
the following NVIDIA chipsets/GPUs/processors (whatever NVIDIA calls
them): TNT, TNT2, Vanta (including Vanta LT), GeForce (including DDR),
GeForce2, Quadro and Quadro2. Go to
http://www.nvidia.com/products.nsf/htmlmedia/detonator3.html to download
the drivers.

Now, you might be asking, "What does this have to do with the AW
community, Builderz?" Well, Active Worlds 3.x uses DirectX for 3D
graphic acceleration and I know some people that have not upgraded to
the latest version of DirectX yet. Furthermore, as I've stated above,
many AW citizens use NVIDIA graphics cards, and updated drivers usually
fix visual bugs or try to improve upon performance. Installing DX 8.0a
and/or the new NVIDIA drivers may or may not improve YOUR framerate(s)
in AW, but in certain areas they have for me. I just thought some users
would like to know about this information.

-Builderz

Feb 8, 2001, 11:42pm

That's because BlackICE does not support outbound monitoring, only
inbound.

-Builderz

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Feb 8, 2001, 11:58pm

I have been using ZoneAlarm Pro (on the High setting for both Internet
and Local) on Windows 98SE, Me, and 2000 computers without ANY problems
with Active Worlds. If it asks you "Do you want to allow Active Worlds
Browser to access the Internet?", simply press "Yes" the first time you
run AW. It will ask you if you want to allow AW to act as a server
(depending on your security level, it may not do this) when you try and
use the file transfer method. Just press "Yes" again. If you don't want
to keep pressing "Yes" the next time you run the browser, go to the
Programs tab, find your AW browser, and put a check next to "Allow
connect" and "Allow server" (if you want file transfer abilities) for
both Local and Internet. I also use ZAP on a Windows 2000 Professional
system that I host bots and worlds on without any problems. ZAP is one
of the best software based firewalls on the market. If you can't connect
to AW using it, try adjusting the security levels to "Medium." If that
doesn't work, a free decent firewall alternative is Tiny Personal
Firewall, located at http://www.tinysoftware.com/pwall.php.

-Builderz

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Feb 9, 2001, 12:39am

Yep, I totally agree. I don't ever recall setting ZAP to anything lower
than High. ZAP is great to customize which ports bots and worlds should
use and which ports should be blocked, like you said.

-Builderz

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Feb 9, 2001, 12:14am

Builderz 92986 - "Stay"

-Builderz

Feb 9, 2001, 12:42am

How many employees does Activeworlds.com, Inc. actually have? About a
dozen? I say bring back Ron Britvich (Protagonist) and Russell Freeland
(Dataman). ;)

-Builderz

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Feb 9, 2001, 12:45am

If anyone cares, my cit # is 92986 and I've been using AW since 1995
(although, in 1995, citizenship was free to all). =)

-Builderz

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Feb 9, 2001, 9:31am

Yea, I miss those days sometimes... *sniff, sniff* =)

-Builderz

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Feb 15, 2001, 6:23pm

I have fixed this issue. Here is what was happening:

All information relating to Active Worlds on the Stuff-X website is
located at http://www.stuffx.com/aw/index.html. Since most people would
just type in and/or link to http://www.stuffx.com/ (like Lanezeri did),
and not the /aw/ directory, I put a refresh meta tag in
http://www.stuffx.com/index.html to automatically re-direct users to
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/index.html as soon as the page loaded. Why?
Because I didn't want to include all of the AW related information on
the Stuff-X main website because I plan to expand the site into other
things not related to AW.

If a user came to the Stuff-X website from http://www.stuffx.com/ (which
Lanezeri linked to), it would direct them to
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/index.html. Then if they pressed their back
button, it would send the user to http://www.stuffx.com/, which would
execute again the refresh meta tag and send the user back to
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/index.html. This, in turn, would cause a
looping effect in which you could not get back to the true original site
you were viewing when you pressed the back button on your browser. If a
user came to the site using http://www.stuffx.com/aw/index.html, then
they would not be directed and not have this problem.

To fix the problem, I just uploaded the index.html from the /aw/
directory as the index.html to http://www.stuffx.com/ until I further
develop the site. Also, I have told Lanezeri to change his link to
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/index.html. I hope I didn't confuse too many
people with this explanation. =)

-Builderz

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Feb 13, 2001, 9:49pm

Do you have a fixed size swap file? Have you defragged lately?

-Builderz

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Feb 15, 2001, 6:31pm

I would like to deeply thank you for letting citizens be able to use the
X objects, updating the AW zip files, letting citizens build in your
personal world, and (especially) releasing the Mars objects, avatars,
etc. for download. *cheers for Facter* =)

-Builderz

Feb 20, 2001, 12:04am

Actually, Scred's is 1208. Mine is 92986 and I've been a citizen of AW
since 1995.

Builderz
Stuff-X
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/


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Feb 23, 2001, 7:02pm

Well, maybe I should've said I've been USING Active Worlds since 1995. I
just looked at my AW citizen information and it stated I immigrated on
Thursday, August 15, 1996. I still have the coordinates of my very first
house (or what resembles a house ;), but unfortunately it is in the NAC
account, which doesn't do much good. =P

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

[View Quote] > That's funny, mine is 73686 and i've been a citizen of AW since May of 96,
> how'd you manage getting a cit larger than mine, a year earlier? :) hehe
>
> -raiven-

Feb 18, 2001, 11:43pm

Lanezeri first posted about TTT in a post titled "Techno Tag Tourny!!!"
on February 13th. TTT was going to be an event held in the world Techho,
but no one showed up for it. It is a bot that Lanezeri made for playing
tag. SCRAM is his NEW idea. More info can be found at
http://wt.s5.com/events/scram.html. It is a sort of trivia game in which
a word is scrambled and you have to unscramble the word. If you
unscramble the word before anyone else, you get points and can win
prizes (or at least that's my understanding). Give Lanezeri a break,
folks. He's trying his best here. He may not always have proper grammar
and spelling, but is chalk full of good ideas and has an ample amount of
free time to carry those ideas out. He may seem like he is of the ranks
of AFM, but he certainly IS NOT. Just give him a chance.

Builderz
Stuff-X
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Feb 20, 2001, 9:45am

No offense, Agent, but IMO, if you don't know how to LINK to a
newsgroup, you shouldn't be running one. All newsgroups start with
news://, just like the HTTP protocol starts with http://.

Builderz
Stuff-X
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Feb 22, 2001, 9:28pm

I remember seeing that posted in one of the GRC newsgroups. I couldn't
stop laughing the first time I saw that. =)

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Feb 23, 2001, 12:01pm

Go to http://wt.s5.com/leaving.html. See all of the citizens on the left
column in the table? THOSE are most of Lanezeri's friends. Either filter
Lanezeri or get an attitude adjustment, SW Comit. Hopefully you were
just kidding in this post also, SW Comit. I find this unacceptable for
the mayor of SW City and President of the Community Linkage Commission.

Builderz
Stuff-X
http://www.stuffx.com/

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Feb 23, 2001, 6:42pm

Please see my comments below:

[View Quote] Alright; Rolu, Wing, and yourself are correct. I thought that list was a
compilation of ALL of Lanezeri's friends in Active Worlds. I see now
that most of them are just people he is thanking. However, I do know
that SOME of the people mentioned on that list are true friends of his
(myself being one of them). The first time I met Lanezeri, I pictured
him just like the rest of you. Once I actually gave him a chance and got
to know him, he wasn't nearly as bad as he seemed to be. I do admit that
he has a big mouth and has posted some things in the newsgroup that
could have been handled in a different way (starting a new thread
instead of replying to a current one, saying that he's leaving and then
changing his mind, etc.); yet he has also posted some helpful
information as well. If you get on his bad side or make him angry, he
will probably start a personal vendetta against you. If you take the
time and try to actually get to know him and discuss things in a
civilized manner, he is a totally different person. I guess I just see
him in a different light. I know he has his flaws (more flaws then some,
maybe), but we both remain friends.

> How can you find harassment unacceptable in this newsgroup? Have you even
> BEEN to this newsgroup lately? I don't think a position of mayor should
> deter what a person thinks and feels at the time. If you can't even keep
> your mouth shut on the matter, why should he? If you've been so
> blind-sighted to see, Lanezeri digged his own grave, and then crawled his
> way out, just for show. If he were to leave for good, all I can say is don't
> blame us for not caring. If he showed ANY form of respect in this newsgroup,
> he would've gotten some hint of respect from us.

Yes, I read the newsgroups daily, I know what goes on in them and am
aware of the flame wars that are carried out. I see your point, Nornny.
I guess I just got angry for SW Comit insulting Lanezeri since I am one
of the few people to be considered one of his true friends. Its
Lanezeri's decision on what he posts and what he doesn't post in these
newsgroups. Its the community's decision of either liking or disliking
him and either caring or not caring about him. To each their own.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

Feb 23, 2001, 10:50pm

Well, I usually take things seriously on-line, not jokingly, unless
someone specifically says they are joking or puts a smiley face, *wink*,
etc. next to the statement. It isn't easy to tell whether people are
joking, being sarcastic, or being serious on-line via text based
communication. And yes, I CAN take a joke, and I DO have a sense of
humor, in case you were wondering.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Feb 25, 2001, 1:22pm

This post should really be in the worldbuilders newsgroup. Anyway, in
addition to other people's comments here, make sure that you are not
using the beta version of the AW 3.1 world server. I believe there was a
bug with a prior beta build that had something to with this problem.
Download the MOST recent 3.1 world server software for your operating
system at http://www.activeworlds.com/products/server_download.html. If
you still can't get the world to work, might I interest you or your
friend in Stuff-X hosting at http://www.stuffx.com/aw/? ;o)

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Mar 2, 2001, 11:44am

No, but this would make an interesting post in the wishlist newsgroup;
proposing to add IRC support into the Active Worlds Browser.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Mar 2, 2001, 6:17pm

Please see my comments below:

[View Quote] Moff Piett, I don't know what triggered your harshness from my post, but
please calm down. I do not wish to engage in a flame war with you. I
like Active World's built-in chat feature. To my knowledge, it even
encrypts messages you send to other users before it sends them. The only
things I dislike about it are: 1) the "period changes to a URL bug" and
2) you cannot use different fonts or font sizes.

> Yeah.. irc support for the aw browser, and
> maybe aol chat room windows when you're in the build menu, and maybelittle
> chat windows for various other totaly useless non-aw related chat and
> communication programs throughout the browser. Newsgroups are usefull
> right? Well how about we put a newsgroup window in... hmmm... how aboutthe
> contacts list tab? Any other brilliant ideas for exsessively redundant
> features in aw?

As for your sarcasm about adding America Online chatroom functionality
and a newsreader into AW, there was no need for you to say that. I don't
know what I said in my post that would of offended you so badly. I agree
that it would be a complete waste of time to add these things into AW.
You couldn't even add AOL chatroom support anyway since its a
proprietary standard and AOL is a b*tch when it comes to releasing any
of their chat/instant message coding.

> If you want irc, use an irc program. Someone invented it for a reason.

I haven't used IRC in months. I hardly ever use it at all. I also agree
with you on this issue.

> If you want to chat about aw and "shoot the cow" or whatever strange expression
> you used,

Do you mean "shooting the bull?" James said "shoot the bull" in his
post. I never said that in my post and in fact haven't used any
expressions in it whatsoever.

> you'd find many people with a similar interest in aw... actualy
> in aw. Yeah, it may surprise you that there are many people interested in
> chatting about this chat program within the chat program it's self.

Nope. That doesn't surprise me one bit. Should it?

> Just type something and press enter, you just might find someone in aw that
> knows about aw. Crazy huh?

Nope, not crazy either. Very logical, in fact.

> sorry... I don't post on the newsgroups often but I found this subject
> delightfully stupid :)

Well then instead of taking your anger out on myself, why not take it
out on the original poster, James Wyatt? I believe you responded to my
post instead of James' original post in error.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

Mar 3, 2001, 8:08pm

You also might want to take a look at the U.S. Copyright Office at
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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Mar 9, 2001, 12:27am

Please see my comments below:

[View Quote] KAH is using Windows Millennium Edition, not Windows 98. =)

> Your system will be refreshed, your programs will still work, but any
> customizations to the Explorer shell will be lost.

If you backup and restore your registry, yes. I forget if the
re-installation will overwrite your existing registry or not. If so,
then you lose all of the registry entries that most programs add to your
system (not just Explorer shell enhancements), thus making a great deal
of them now non-functional.

> I don't know if reinstalling will work, though. Your best bet is to find
> someone locally who can either come over and work on your computer or take it to their
> shop and fix it (i.e. a computer repair shop)

Or call up either your ISP or modem manufacturer via telephone and get
things straightened out. Maybe they would even come on-site to look at
your system and ISDN modem. I hope you get the problem solved, KAH.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

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