October 1998 Newsletter

The Active Worlds Newsletter

Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1, 1998

Highlights >From This Issue:

New Objects In AlphaWorld

Things To Do and Places To See

The AlphaWorld Historical Society

FACETS '98

Community Resources

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Active Worlds Promotions, News, Contests

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AW Just Keeps Getting Cooler And Cooler!

The Active Worlds Software Development Kit is now available for beta testing. Programmers who have been itching to develop their own Active Worlds bots and/or other applications should visit http://www.activeworlds.com/sdk for complete details.

Meanwhile, our development team is hard at work on version 2.1 of Active Worlds. Some of the features which you can expect to see in version 2.1 include:

The Active Worlds High-Rez CD-ROM

$39.95* (plus shipping and handling) The Active Worlds 2.0 High Resolution version on CD-ROM. Enjoy 4 times the graphic resolution of the regular downloadable browser version. This High Rez CD is Super Charged with the ability to view 256x256 images along with our 128x128 standard.
Purchasing:
Ordering by Secured Web Transaction:
Circle of Fire supports the SSL Internet security standard. Just fill out our secured online transaction form. https://www.anacom.com/order/cof/cdhr.htm
Ordering by Phone:
You may pay over the phone with a credit card. Dial (978) 499-0222 in the USA.

New Objects In AlphaWorld

Thanks to the generosity of Optiman, we have 300+ new objects for AlphaWorld. These new objects help fill in some of the gaps that some users found in the original library. You can check out these new objects in several building yards in AW.

Courtesy of Optiman (AW 213.6N 1290.0W 0.3A 270)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_213.6N_1290.0W_0.3a_270

Courtesy of Dthknight (AW 23731N 23731W)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_23731N_23731W

Courtesy of The Real Pops (AW 8980S 310W)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_8980s_310w

World/Site of the Month

We're bringing back the World/Site of the month as a regular feature in this Newsletter. We will be introducing a method for you to nominate sites and cast your votes. If you would like to participate in this project please contact us. (newsletter@activeworlds.com) Make sure to put COOL WORLD/SITE in the subject line of your email!!! In the meantime, we suggest you check out:

Atlantis, one of the really cool COF public building worlds!
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?atlantis

Mandalay, one of the many incredible worlds created by citizens of Active Worlds!
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?mandalay

Omega's Recreation of the RMS Titanic in AW, an awesome feat of building and imagination! (AW 2344.5N 1926.5W 0.1a 90)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_2344.5N_1926.5W_0.1a_90

Bulltaco's Islands in AW, one of AW's historical sites of virtual beauty! (AW 8167.2S 8206.5E 2.3A 346)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_8167.2S_8206.5E_2.3a_346

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Community Events

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From the AWEC Calendar

http://www.awcommunity.org/awec

To let the community know about your upcoming event, please contact the Active Worlds Event Committee.
awec@awcommunity.org

October 1998 Events

Oct. 3rd Patrick Stewart Theatre Company Tryouts 11:00PM VRT (AW 159s 1371w)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?AW_159S_1371W

Oct. 17-18 Pink Village Pride Festival ’98 (AW 2222s 2222e 222)
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?AW_2222s_2222e_222
Saturday, Oct. 17th 12:00am-12:00pm VRT
Sunday, Oct. 18th, 10:00am-10:00pm VRT

Oct. 31st Halloween Horror Night Party 10:00PM in Afantasy
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?Afantasy

Regular Events

Active Worlds University Classes in Building, Graphic Arts, RWX Modeling, and AW Technologies
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?AWUniv

A’tuin Treasure Hunt
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?A'tuin

Prayer Meeting, Sundays midnight VRT in Christian
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?Chrstian

Bible Study, Thursdays midnight VRT in Christian
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?Chrstian

Construction Classes, Thursdays 7:00pm VRT - Spanish
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?Spanish

Tours of Mundo Hispano, Fridays at 7:30PM VRT - Spanish
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?Spanish

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News From The Active Worlds Community

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Update From The AlphaWorld Historical Society

We are ending our first big project...the restoration and beautification of Ground Zero of Alpha World! Our membership has been working diligently to document the original AW GZ to give everyone the opportunity to see what it looked like before and after our work, at any time in the future. Our Core Group will soon be performing the magic of transforming our AW GZ into something to behold, in the original owners intentions. This organization is the oldest in Alpha World. We are an open membership org., meaning anyone may join. One can peruse our web page to learn more about us at our home page:
http://www.awcommunity.org/awhs/

If you would like to visit the museum, carefully tended by our Curator, Tyrell go to: AW 1501.4n 500e 1.05a 284 http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_1501.4n_500e_1.05a_284

If you feel this is something you are interested in please email us with "volunteer" in the subject line. (awhs@awcommunity.org)

Facter's In Need Of Facts!

One of our community members, Facter, is doing an educational based survey about AW and Education as part of a project called Facets '98. If you are interested in helping Facter out by answering a few questions, or are interested in participating in the AWEDU Mailing List, check out the facts at http://digitalheights.iinet.net.au/facets/

Register Your Community

The Active Worlds Community Register is now up and running, and they'd like to find out about you. If you have a community in a world, would like to tell the community about your world, or if you have a really interesting group somewhere in the Active Worlds Universe and wanna tell everyone about it, fill out the forms and let the AWCR help get the word out! http://www.awcommunity.org/awcomreg

We Wanna Hear >From You!

If you would like to write an article for the newsletter or have a project you would like to share with the community through this newsletter, please contact us (newsletter@activeworlds.com) to find out more about participating.

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Help/Contact Information

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Need Help With AW?

http://www.activeworlds.com/help
support@activeworlds.com

Wanna Take Building Lessons?

Missing Pieces?

If you can't find the object you need to finish your project, then try one of the many building yards other community members have created! Teleports courtesy of The Real Pops (AW 8985S 187W). http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_8985s_187w

Community Resources

Web Sites

The Official Active Worlds Web Site
http://www.activeworlds.com

The Active Worlds Web Ring
http://www.activeworlds.com/awwr

The Active Worlds Community Pages
http://www.awcommunity.org

The Active Worlds Yellow Pages
http://193.91.151.80/awyp/default.asp

Newsgroups

AWCommunity
news://news.activeworlds.com/awcommunity

WorldBuilders
news://news.activeworlds.com/worldbuilders

The Wishlist
news://news.activeworlds.com/wishlist

AW Contact Information

Circle of Fire Studios, Inc.
cof@activeworlds.com

Billing Questions
billing@activeworlds.com

Technical Support
support@activeworlds.com

Newsletter
newsletter@activeworlds.com

Gatekeepers
http://www.colony.co.uk/pages/gatekeep.htm
gatekeepers@activeworlds.com
The GateKeepers are citizens of Active Worlds who have decided to devote an amount of their own time to helping new users of the system to get used to the software, the environment, and the culture of ActiveWorlds.

Peacekeepers
http://www.activeworlds.com/peace.htm
peacekeeper@activeworlds.com
The Peacekeepers are citizens of Active Worlds who have volunteered to devote time to aiding new users and assisting all users in disputes and try to prevent harassment of any user by others regardless of the form, be it verbal abuse and harassment, racism or vandalism.

SMILE : ) COF LOVES YOU!

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The staff at Circle of Fire Studios, Inc.
http://www.activeworlds.com
cof@activeworlds.com

The Active Worlds Newsletter

Highlights >From This Issue:

Active Worlds Promotions, News, Contests

AW Just Keeps Getting Cooler And Cooler!

The Active Worlds High-Rez CD-ROM

New Objects In AlphaWorld

World/Site of the Month

Community Events

From the AWEC Calendar

October 1998 Events

Regular Events

News From The Active Worlds Community

Update From The AlphaWorld Historical Society

Facter's In Need Of Facts!

Register Your Community

We Wanna Hear >From You!

Help/Contact Information

Need Help With AW?

Wanna Take Building Lessons?

Beginners - AWSchool

Intermediate/Advanced - AWUniv

Clase de Construcción en Español - Spanish

Missing Pieces?

Community Resources

Web Sites

Newsgroups

AW Contact Information

SMILE : ) COF LOVES YOU!