rewrite this title OSgrid back online after extended maintenance

Listen to this article

rewrite this content using a minimum of 1000 words and keep HTML tags

(Image courtesy OSgrid.)

OSgrid, the popular OpenSim-based virtual world, has officially reopened to the public after a period of extended maintenance. The grid’s return marks a significant milestone for the OpenSim community, providing users with what administrators describe as “a more professional and stable experience.”

The grid went down in early March, due to problems with user inventory files.

You can read our previous article here: OSgrid enters immediate long-term maintenance.

“We’re happy to announce the official reopening of OSgrid,” the OSgrid team said in an announcement posted today. “This slightly extended downtime has allowed us to come back stronger.”

Users returning to OSgrid must follow several important technical steps to ensure a smooth transition, the grid said. All returning residents should clear both texture and inventory caches in their viewers before logging in. Additionally, region owners must update to the latest code available on the OSgrid website.

Region owners should also reload their OAR files using a specific command that forces asset reloading: load oar –force-assets filename.oar

However, inventory restoration through IAR files is temporarily delayed to maintain system stability.

The grid has also rolled out a solution for the common cloud avatar issue at LBSA Plaza, where a clickable question mark provides users with the necessary appearance folders.

OSgrid, the oldest and largest OpenSim grids, has long been a central hub for the open-source virtual world community, allowing users to attach home-based regions for free and serving as a testbed for OpenSimulator development.

Will it be the largest grid again? It has come back from longer outages before, so the odds are good.

Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.