- Details
- Read Time: 2 mins
Although VivoSim is currently 'run' by only one person, it is also very much a 'community ', so as long as you have a little patience and try to always be polite to others, you should generally find it easy to get answers to your questions!
Please be aware though that nothing is manned '24/7', and we have many members from many different time zones.
This is probably the best way to ask a question. Anyone can post in the forum at https://vivosim.net/help/forum although if you have not logged into the website, not all topics are available to you.
You can leave a message with the greeter in Mintor welcome area (Mintor is located at hg.vivosim.net:8002:mintor) Also there are occasionally 'open house' community meetings in the Geodome on Mintor that run for about an hour. Check the sign outside for details of the times etc. You can come along at any time during the hour.
Live chat
Once logged into the website, there is a live chat facility that you can use to ask questions. Note that the chat is a 'real time' system, so your message is only seen by users that are also logged in at the same time you post.
Discord
The Discord server can be joined from this link https://discord.gg/cfsDv2fcEm
Website
You can use the Contact form on the website. From the Information menu, select Contact Us
Fediverse @opensimsocial.com/@buzzy
- Details
- Read Time: 1 min
Lugo [A]Lugo is a residential and farming region with an 'old world' theme. |
EEP enabled |
✓ |
||
|
Voice enabled |
✓ |
|||
|
URL |
hg.vivosim.net:8002:Lugo |
|||
- Details
- Read Time: 1 min
Julian Beach [M]Julian Beach is a large traditional sandbox area with both land and water available for building, testing and playing. It is configured to use X-Engine for scripts and BulletSim for physics. <p">The region is health enabled (or damage enabled if you prefer!) which allows for testing but there is a strict policy of not inflicting any damage on other avatars without their express permission. At the north east side of Julian Beach you will find a region crossing into Sandy island. |
EEP enabled |
✓ |
||
|
Voice enabled |
✓ |
|||
|
URL |
hg.vivosim.org:Julian Beach |
|||
- Details
- Read Time: 3 mins
VivoSim grid is a collection of queer friendly virtual worlds that can be found at hg.vivosim.net:8002
Regions:
Mintor - Welcome region, Farm shop, wildlife park, art gallery and more!
Lugo - Farming land, castle and medieval/old world shops
Julian Beach & Sandy island - Sandbox regions
Ratings:
[G] - General
This is the 'General' rating and regions with this don't contain content or activities that are sexually explicit, violent, or depicts nudity. General regions are areas where you should feel free to say and do things that you would be comfortable saying and doing in front of your grandmother!
[M] - Moderate
The Moderate designation allows for nudity and general adult type behaviour, apart from sexually explicit content. Note that if an adult region allows for combat type activities, there will be a fixed entry point where information will be available, allowing you to find out what the regions are about before you fully enter it.
[A] - Adult
Adult themed regions are, not surprisingly, where all sorts of adult behaviour and content can be found. VivoSim is an LGBTQ+ friendly grid, and so you can expect to see many interactions in many combinations!
About:
VivoSim started out as "Quintonia", which came about partly from the energies of the Quintasensual festival that I started in 2014 – there were and still are many chats around ways to create a supportive and welcoming queer community, especially when people may be separated by great distances. 
I stumbled upon virtual worlds many years ago and have played around on and off, initially creating a gay hangout zone in Second Life and later discovering the joy of being able to run my own worlds through OpenSimulator. I initially started Quintonia as a grid with the theme "Queer Virtual Worlds" and through that I started tinkering with the SatyrFarm animal system which has grown and evolved and now VivoSim has become my vehicle for developing, expanding and sharing that system.
VivoSim is an experiment, but then most things are! I look forward to seeing how it develops and welcome all feedback, after all, that’s what community is all about.
- Details
- Read Time: 1 min
Certain areas in VivoSim may have an adult theme, and so are only accessible to those that have their 18+ verified and on file.
When you register you supply your date of birth (DOB) so we can record your age.
You can also contact us to arrange for verification.
Please note that supplying a false DOB goes against the terms of service and it's generally easy to spot someone under age!
- Details
- Read Time: 3 mins
Mintor [G]Mintor is the 'back to nature' welcoming area for Quintonia. It's a great place to start when you are new to virtual worlds, plus it's ideal if you need some chill time. It's also a great place for meetings and chats. |
EEP enabled |
✓ |
||
|
Voice enabled |
✓ |
|||
|
URL |
hg.vivosim.net:8002:Mintor |
|||
Welcome centre
The welcome centre is where you first arrive in VivoSim.
There are teleporters to various locations in Mintor, as well as to the other areas and VivoSim. You can also page admins if they are on-line.
You will find various information about Mintor, VivoSim and virtual worlds here (we are slowly adding stuff, please be patient with us!).
Welcome centre
Free animals
Office
This is where you can contact admins either directly if they are in-world, or by leaving a message (post notecards in the letterbox or type a message to our friendly helper).
Nature reserve
The nature reserve is a place you can wander and take in the animals. You can travel on foot or pick up a horse by the welcome centre.
There is a mountain-top observation deck, a geodome meeting space and a few other surprises awaiting discovery!
Wander through the nature reserve.
Art gallery
A space for art displays by anyone that is interested in putting on a show. There is also a cafe space, great for meeting and chatting with others.
Cafe at the Art gallery
Learning centre
The learning centre features a "sandbox" i.e. an area where anyone can freely build and experiment. Anything there can stay for two days so plenty of time to build. If you need longer, just take it into your inventory then back out to get another two days.
We will also be adding some learning information and also hope to run some courses here.
The learning centre sandbox area
Farm
The farm is a working area that anyone can help out on. You can help plant, water and harvest crops, tend to the animals & make produce. It's also a nice place just to hang out with some reading and meditating areas.
