Last Train to Copy Avatar Inventory to USG
December 1 - TransferStation Move
Region TransferStation on the DG side is now closed and an OAR has been created. This OAR has been handed to USG management. They will recreate the region on their grid in a few days. Look for a notice on their discord server. When you go to the USG TransferStation region, DO NOT take your prim boxes to inventory. Instead, right-click on your prims (one by one), select "Open". Then click on the [Copy to Inventory] button to transfer the prim contents to your USG avatar's inventory. Doing it this way will ensure your owner and next owner permissions remain intact.
Next Steps
If you missed the transfrer train or if you are headed to another grid, teleport to region Sandbox1. That region has hypergrid access enabled. Bring your alt avatar from the other grid to Sandbox1. Then, you can hand off your inventory to your alt. Note that next owner permissions are applied, hence no-transfer items will not be transferred. The inventory service will most likely remain enabled to the end of 2024. No guarantees after December 15th 2024.
November 1: Last Train to Copy Avatar Inventory to USG -- TransferStation 134/207/26
To all DiscoveryGrid (DG) residents moving to UtopiaSkyeGrid (USG), PLEASE TAKE NOTE that you may transfer your avatar inventory to USG. Teleport to region TransferStation, find a spot to rez prim cubes. Be nice and tidy about it. Copy your avatar inventory to your rezzed prims. All of the prims and their contents will be transferred to USG with exactly the same owner and next owner permissions that you have in DiscoveryGrid. There is no need for you to change them, even if they are no-transfer. This is a trusted grid to trusted grid transfer.
How to teleport to a region
To teleport to a region, people often use landmarks for convenience, but it is easy to do so without one as follows:
- Go to the event page [https://discoverygrid.net#event_5448] then click on the friendly GO button;
- In your viewer, open the world map (ctrl-m), enter the region name in the field next to the FIND button, click on the FIND BUTTON, then click on the TELEPORT button;
- If you find this is too complicated, the landmark is posted in the Discovery Community inworld group under notices.
Create USG Avatar
If you do not have a USG avatar, create one BEFORE the transfer happens. Your USG avatar does not need to be the same name as you have presently in DG, though that is preferable. Otherwise you will need to contact the USG grid owner, Mike Chase, so that he can verify your avatar belongs to the same person as the DG avatar.
Inventory Permissions & Transfer Date
DO NOT CHANGE your avatar inventory permissions before copying them to the prims you have rezzed. If you do that, the next owner permissions will be slammed into the items, which defeats the purpose of the transfer. Keep the count down to 43 items max per prim to avoid some nasty opensim bugs. Do not have more than one level of objects inside the items that are rezzed, because nesting makes next owner permissions get applied when you do rez contents and that may undo what you're trying to accomplish with the transfer.
The OAR transfer takes place December 1, 2024, and this region will end up in UtopiaSkyeGrid a few days later. Do not be late for the train.
Protected Region
Region TransferStation is open only to local residents so it is safe to have your prims there. Script execution is disabled in that region, so if you drop scripts into your prims they WILL BE SAVED but they will not run and make a mess of things. The receiving region in USG will be named the same: TransferStation. Go there to pick up your inventory. Do not take your prims to inventory. Instead, open each prim, then take all the contents to inventory. That ensures, your origial permissions remain intact.