Logging on to Kitely or another grid
with Firestorm
Updated 10/5/2015
These instructions apply to Firestorm 4.5.1 or later. They may not apply to earlier versions of Firestorm or to other viewers.
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with Firestorm
Updated 10/5/2015
Why use Firestorm?
- Backup, export and import your objects.
- Explore Opensim and the Hypergrid.
- Get special features for content creation and other things.
These instructions apply to Firestorm 4.5.1 or later. They may not apply to earlier versions of Firestorm or to other viewers.
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Firestorm opening page
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Get an account on some grid
- Opensim Grid list
- Firestorm has an easy way to handle accounts on several grids.
- Click here to get an account at Kitely.
- Keep your user name and password handy.
- You will need those to set up your login on Firestorm.
- Caution: If you make up a password, keep it to less than 10 characters.
- Some viewers may cut longer passwords and so make the login fail.
- Download Firestorm from here.
- Be sure to get Firestorm for Opensim.
- Firestorm for Second Life will not work on Opensim.
- If your operating system is 32 bit, be sure to get the the 32 bit version.
- If your operating system is 64 bit, you can get either the 32 or 64 bit version.
- But Firestorm for Opensim will work on Second Life.
- (You many need to set Select Mode to Hybrid to use this viewer in SL.)
- Remove any previous version of Firestorm viewer.
- Use the Uninstall a Program feature on your computer for that removal.
- On most Windows systems, Uninstall a Program is in the Control Panel.
- On other systems, the feature name may be different.
- Leave untouched any other viewers you have.
- Firestorm Documentation and User Guide (Wiki)
- Firestorm Classes
- Firestorm Tutorial videos
Firestorm help
Login with Firestorm
- Installation should leave a Firestorm button on you computer.
- Click that to start Firestorm.
- Fill in the blanks as shown in the screen-shot above.
- If you don't see the Start at bar, start anyway, then:
- Go to Preferences-General tab-- start location-- check show on login.
- You will be able to select the place you login from your favorite Landmarks,
- After you gather some landmarks.
- Be sure to check the Remember me box.
Login to Kitely
- Suggestion: Set Kitely Welcome Center as your home.
- Kitely Welcome Center is always running, so you can login faster there
Places in Kitely
- Kitely public places
- Kitely provides web pages that take you to specific places.
- All these places are free and you can stay as long as you want at no cost to you.
- A free sandbox (no time charges) is available on Cookie II.
- You have to be a member of the authorized group. Contact Selby Evans in Kitely
- More about Kitely Services
Easy login to other places
- Before you start Firestorm.
- Open the web page that leads to the login destination you want.
- The web page below leads to the Kitely Welcome Center (no charge to visit):
- http://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/Ilan-Tochner/Kitely-Welcome-Center
- You can find other places here: Kitely public places (no charge to visit)
- Click "Enter World"
- Start Firestorm, check the settings. Ignore what it says under "Start at"
- Click Login
- You should arrive at the destination you chose.
- Hint: keep a folder with web links to the places you want to visit.
Easy login to favorite landmarks
- Get landmarks of places you visit
- World (top menu)--Landmark this place
- Open your landmark folder (globe graphic, usually on bottom menu).
- Click the Landmarks tab.
- Click-drag an important LM to the top of your screen.
- Just under the navigation bar. Your favorites list will go there
- Open Preferences-Privacy-General
- Check "Show my favorite landmarks at login."
- Your favorites will appear in the drop-down under Start at
HG travel
- Travelling with Firestorm. Local, nearby, ingrid, Hypergrid, summary
- Your suitcase. Just what you need to travel the hypergrid
- Testing HG addresses and address forms. Failure is not forever
- Chic Aeon Explains Hypergrid Travel
- Touring groups on the Hypergrid, operating plans for future growth
- Trial plan for Metaverse Tours
Troubles
- If the Log into Grid field is missing, press Shift-Ctrl-G
- Kitely should be in the list of preset grids
- (If not, open the grid manager and set the Grid URI to:
- http://grid.kitely.com:8002
- Then press refresh.)
Related
- The Hypergrid Welcome Center. An element of the HGProjects
- Tweets @Kitely
- Opensim Prmer: Hypergrid, OAR, IAR, SOAS, Kitely, Inworlds, Markets
- Cookie II appears on Kitely
- Kitely, Overview
- Kitely: Ilan Tochner, Co-Founder and CEO at Kitely, Part 1, Overview
- Kitely: Ilan Tochner, Co-Founder and CEO at Kitely Part 2
- Kitely Worlds Showplace. Ilan Tochner, Part 3. "The Profound and the Profane"
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