Safari Finale 2025

 And so here it was at last, the Season Finale of HG Safari - in fact, the finale for the whole year, and where better to end our long journey than at a futuristic build most definitely not possible in real life even with all the cool light effects that galleries and concerts now can give people, none of it really compares with Nyx Breen's combination of 3D objects and environments, lights, particles, animesh and EEP. If you're not sure what EEP stands for, there is a nice big fat link for you. 

Nyx Breen wearing a special shiny outfit designed to enhance the Finale experience

It's been, what, two years, maybe a little more than that, since this new way of manipulating the environment in your sim was launched, and for many residents and builders, it's probably seemed a bit too complicated, so they have perhaps grabbed some freebie EEPs to liven up their sim, and left it at that.

Not so Nyx Breen, who in his RL career is a photographer of great talent and so is preternaturally in tune with the importance of ambience in terms of light and density. He has turned EEPs into such an art form, on sims that the folks over in the other place can only dream of - vast cathedrals of color are here in Opensim for us to enjoy, to wonder at and of course, to dance in.

Interested in doing a collaborative project? Nyx is your guy, he is always on the lookout for finding interesting ways to display other people's art, and to put on events, for example, in his amazing Jazz club. This VAR region is called Immersive, (HG Address at the end of the post, as always) and it is a combination of lots of different builds. OK you're curious to know what it looks like without the EEP, so here goes...

Nyx leads the way

Still pretty amazing, but nothing like the depth and variety of the build as it is meant to be seen. Still, it says a lot about the bones of the build when it looks this good without the bells and whistles.

Nyx had come up with some costumes for us to wear, silver and also a gold outfit which I couldn't figure out how to mod to my legacy avatar, but Taarna wore it, here she is.

Taarna Welles

The build has some Halloween elements to it, in virtue of the time of year, and the idea was to walk around a little and sample the different areas as the sky and the water and the ambient light change.

 And sure, why not, a little dancing too. This is a party after all. 

Nyx Breen: hi all ... hopefully everyone has the shared environment activated and all the shaders and setting maxed in your view and music on and max distance view this is an 8x8 var

Alan Scot: OO OO shared env  -  big diff

Nyx Breen: ok everybody please follow me to the theater of the mind. This is a sim dedicated to art creation i am utilizing the shared environment settings in the viewer to achieve the effects

Kitty Sarrasine: very cool

Tig's dragon seemed to be having a ball

Tig Eberdene: wow trippy

Thirza Ember: brrr the water here is COLD, I keep falling through the floor when I try to TP

Forest Azure: /me is trying to break the glass tiles under her heels

Nyx Breen: no glass - magic, like all my spaces

Beth Ghostraven

Beth Ghostraven: yeah they're poking holes in the fabric of space-time, Thirza

Thirza Ember: I don't know how Nyx can expect us to think with all this sensory stuff happening around us

Tig Eberdene: True. I am totally distracted by it all. I like it but yeahhh

Beth Ghostraven: Nyx, on the signs for suggested settings, it suggested Exploring instead of Camming - by Exploring, do you mean walking around?

Marlon Wayne: great work Nyx

Nyx Breen: both... if you cam back out a far way from here you will see a truly unique site

Kitty Sarrasine: very cool and very unique sim

Tina Bey: amazing

Our usual videographer Lifted pixel wasn't with us n the trip this time, but Star Ravenhurst was so thrilled by what she saw, she made a video you can watch here

Tosha Tyran: lol Forest, the water is ice cold under the glass, you might want to think about it

Forest Azure: yes, people with low zippers better not go in, cold bellybuttons

Nyx Breen: actually it is champagne, i replaced all the water

Lampithaler Artist: It's wonderful Nyx, really magical

Thirza Ember: the way the ground water comes to life is magnificent

Forest Azure : you make such wonderful things, Nyx

Nyx Breen: marlon and kitty do an awesome job with maintaining this place

Kitty Sarrasine, maintainer of the grid

There is something so mesmerizing about this place, the music and the moving lights and objects just lull you into a static state as you try to absorb it all. No wonder Nyx thought he'd better shout at us, if he wanted to get us to move!

Nyx Breen: I WOULD LIKE TO TO WALK TO ONE OTHER PLACE AND I WILL LET YOU DANCE OR EXPLORE FROM THERE. ALL STAND PLEASE WALK TO EXIT TY

Thirza Ember: waiting to follow Nyx as I have no idea where the exit is

Looking down from above

Nyx Breen: cam way deep into the group looking up and turn the viewer, or look down from way above

Tosha Tyran: I am really immersed in this build, it is fantastic

Nyx Breen: if you go right outside and walk around you will see HG Safari images displayed in a cool way

Thirza Ember: the mesh art really sets off the lights and colors... so many moods here

Forest Azure: i was looking if i could find something weather-like here, nyx

Nyx Breen: ok two ways to go from here, outward and upward this way strange things different, out the path

Walking this very long narrow path requires some concentration!

Nyx Breen: so all sorts of new effects and some very old school early SL effects

Taarna Welles: It's amazing

snowbody Cortes: applause!!!

Tutz Zabelin: Thank you soo much Nyx.. Totally amazing fantastic

Yara Eild: yes everything is stimulating and so beautifully colorful

Star Ravenhurst: I think this is  my favorite of all the ones you have done Nyx.

Nyx Breen: you can fly in a bubble here or go boating all fun and different... also i am willing to do shows with other artist here

Tosha Tyran: I take the location with me into my dreams, I swear!

Nyx Breen: any one who like to friend me please do

Alex Salamander: Great work, thank you all

Star, Tosha and Mal with Nyx Breen

So that's the end of the regular HG Safari tours on Wednesdays for this year. But of course, the Opensim community continues, with the upcoming OSCC event, and then all the xmas parties and hunts. So no shortage of things to do, before the HG Safari trips start up again at 2 noon SLT on January 1, 2025.

Star Ravenhurst: See you all around! Until next year Safari! Stay safe and well.

Mal Burns: all too short - feels like it just started

Tosha Tyran: I miss safari already now...thank you all for being such great travel compagnons!

 HG Address   hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Immersive%205/1043/1037/21