Happy holidays!!!

Hello everybody ...

A quick stop just to say Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
I hope everyone is still enjoying "OurProxy" ... :)

May 2011 be an year of great achievements to all of you, and great happiness and peace for the mankind. Believe-me, we need it.

Are you guys still around? Still using the proxy? I hope so.
Having the opportunity of developing this software for you was a great experience for me during those years (yes ... we've been together for years, WOW!!!).

Have fun and enjoy 2011.

Resistance is futile!!!

New version is out, 2.30 ... YAY!!!

Hi everyone,

Can't say how much I missed our discussions here.
Here is a new version, 2.30, built against the latest version of LibOpenMetaverse as of Oct/9/2010, and also (hopefully) fixed a bug when downloading big asset files (like animations or sounds).
I am sorry to say that this may be the last release of MyProxy. Everything should be working fine by now (bandwidth permitting), so I don't think there's anything else to be added.
I will still try to fix any bugs you guys may find, but I can't promise any more features.
The development of MyProxy just ceased, as the grid became so boring and useless that I can't even stand staying logged in for more than a couple minutes.
In fact I have even deleted and formatted my local OpenSIM server a few minutes ago.

This has been the best software development experience in my life. Not for the quality of the code, but for the fact that it has been really useful for all of you and for the feedback and support you all gave me.

YOU ARE A F#*$ING AWESOME BAND OF BROTHERS.

If you're into music and synths, please visit the other blog I just started at http://hardsynths.blogspot.com/

See you folks around.

Cheers,
The Borg.

ps.: download of 2.30 is at http://code.google.com/p/mynewproxy/

New version is out: 2.29

Hello everyone,

Here we go again.
This version still doesn't have any of the announced fixes, it is the same as 2.28, just built against the latest LibOpenMetaverse code, as they demanded some changes once they changed their code tree.
This build may improve stability and performance.
Please make sure you test all the functions (other than downloading assets, which is known to be broken) and let me know if you find anything strange.
I am still stuck with the other project, but I will come back to this one soon, that's why I want to have some feedback from you by then.

Cheers,
The Borg.

Silent but not dead.

Hi everyone,

This message is just to let you all know that I did not disappear from the scene (yet).
I am very busy working on another project, not related to the Metaverse, which is consuming most, if not all, of my free time.
I did not forgot about you all though, I do miss you in fact, and I do miss our long threads of conversation here.
I hope to be back soon, with some documentation for the command line options of MyProxy, the fix for the export of large assets (to which I've found the solution already) and maybe some more "fancy" stuff.
You know, I have a Baby Borg here to feed, and just found out that there's ANOTHER Baby Borg on its way, due January (uh oh). So I have to focus on this side (income generating) project for a while.
But rest assured that The Borg will not give up on MyProxy (maybe I should call it OurProxy) anytime soon.

The best for you all.

Cheers,
The Borg.

-- We are the Borg, resistance is futile!

Resistance is Futile

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I got scared that someone could have shut down our blog, which would be a surprise for me, as nobody does anything wrong here, right? neither me nor any of you ... :)
So, going forward, looks like it was not a good idea after all to post my email here ... :P ... the email address got used and abused by someone, maybe due to some grudge against MyProxy, I don't know.
Anyways ... we're back, alive and kicking.

Thanks you all for the continuing support ... I would miss the nice conversations we have if this thing got shut down.

Remember: if we ever lose this channel of communication, look for me on 4shared.com, code.google.com ... or even google me.

You will always be able to find me.

Cheers,
mockba.the.borg

New version is out: 2.28

Hello everyone.

Just to keep the thing updated. This version is built against release 3344 of LibOpenMV, which is the latest as of today.
Make sure you all get this latest version and move the support requests to this thread from now on (you all should know the drill by now).

Cheers,
The Borg.

PS: Latest code on http://code.google.com/p/mynewproxy/ as usual.

New version is out - 2.27

Hello everyone,

This version fixes a bug found on version 2.26 with the help of our friend Trickster.
The bug was: When exporting a file under windows with certain country settings, the decimal numbers would have commas instead of dots. This breaks the exported file.
I have changed the application to always set the current language/culture (of MyProxy only, not the OS) to "en-US", this way the exported files will be correct.
Please give it a try and have fun while doing it.

The new version can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/mynewproxy/downloads/

Cheers,
The Borg.

New version out.

Hello everyone.

Last night I have released version 2.26 (R12) of MyProxy to the CVS page.
This version has the same features as version 2.25, just recompiled against release 3296 of LibOpenMetaverse.
I have noticed some improvement in performance of the proxy, but I would like also to hear from you if this new version brought you more stability.
The code (and executable) can be downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/mynewproxy/

Please share your thoughts.

Cheers,
The Borg.

MyProxy got a girlfriend

TextureDumper is a small application I've put together this morning based on an idea K-Werk gave me.
It will read the files saved from MyProxy, both .xml and .asset, and dump to disl all the textures referenced there in TGA format.
This way it becomes easier to load those objects into Opensim.

Hope you guys enjoy it,

Sourcecode: https://code.google.com/p/texturedumper/

Remember, it is VERY beta code, so expect (harmless) crashes.

Have fun,
The Borg.

The dog running after the car's wheel

Hey folks,

This is how I am feeling right now: like the dog who was running after the car wheels.
When the car stops, he does not know what to do with the wheel now.
Now that I can copy anything I want, save stuff to import later and look like anyone I want to, (second) life got even more boring ... lol.
I think the last energy I had to dedicate to Second Life was the one I used to write this code... lol.
Now I wander around some SIMs and I don't see anything that would catch my attention. I think this is the feeling you have when you obtain ultimate power ... (second) life becomes "challengeless".
But don't worry ... I'll keep updating MyProxy ... :-)

Cheers,
The Borg.

MyProxy goes (kinda) Pro!

Hi Folks,

I have started a Google Code page for MyProxy, this way you will be able to always track and check-out the latest source code from there.
The project address is http://code.google.com/p/mynewproxy/.
Very soon I will also start accepting collaborations to the code, directly on the source tree (hey K-Werk, stay tuned).
v2.20 has been frozen now as the initial version from which we will start doing version control.
I hope this will help keep everyone updated, and also allow people to contribute with code to MyProxy.

For now I am still learning how to use Google Code, so expect a bumpy ride.

In the meantime I suggest using TortoiseSVN to check out the source code. The URL for the check-out is on the source page on Google Code.
I have added all the necessary DLLs to the download, so you don't have to download the entire LibOpenMetaverse to compile MyProxy. Just install C# 2008, check-out the code and open the solution file.

Hope it works for everyone.

Cheers,
The Borg.

Version 2.20 is out.

Hi Folks,

You can find version 2.20 here.

The only changes to this version are on the log window, which is now editable and the commands are timestamped.
Hey Paul ... hope you enjoy it.

Hello K-Werk, I am still trying to find a decent solution to share code snippets, in the meantime, you can either post your changes here or send me the .cs file via 4shared.com or something like that.
I can do a "diff" between your code and mine, in case and want to implement something into the main code set.

Hope you all have lots of fun with MyProxy.

Cheers,
The Borg.

Is it just me or...

...is MyProxy also working for you?

Hi folks, I would like to know who else is using MyProxy without any issues.
Please share your experience with us, let us know what options you have tried and with what degree of success.
Also, an idea of your connection speed, type of computer, anything you think would be related to your success, would help other achieve the same.
I, for example, use Verizon FIOS, 20Mb down, 5Mb up, on a Dell Inspiron Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz laptop with 3GB memory, graphics set all the way down and bandwidth set all the way up.

Please share.

Cheers,
The Borg.

New version ... v2.19

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please download v2.19 from here.
No new features from v2.18; I have just added some more locking control code to the dictionaries handling, which in normal people language means that I made it less likely to crash.
I have tested this version thoroughly and it seems to be working fine, but please report here any issues you may find.

Hope you have lots of fun with it.

Cheers,
The Borg.

On Mars, orange juice and quantum mechanics (again).

Hey Folks,

It's been a while since we've talked about anything other than finding bugs and new versions, so here goes what I would say is my first post of 2010.

Life as a Borg-Daddy is good, baby Borg is growing steadily fast. Maybe he will soon replace me on MyProxy's development.

I have recently joined the Blue Mars development initiative, but got a bit disappointed I must say.
Even though I've always liked the game Crysis, and did create some maps on the Crytek Sandbox for my own enjoyment, I don't think it is going to be a viable solution for an online meeting place like Second Life.
Visually is amazing, and I think Crytek has one of the best game engines so far. Dazzling playable graphics, but they lack dynamic content download, so if you want to visit a place (city), you must download the entire place first, meaning that, if someone creates a new building on that place, you will have to download the entire place again, which may be a 90 to 400 MB download.
Also, all the avatars look almost the same. All the guys look like the dude from High School Musical, lol. No way I will be wandering around looking like him.
So, I think it is not even closer yet to what we would expect.
If you guys are thinking about giving it a try, I would say, just save your bandwidth for something else. Maybe in two years from now, if they manage to survive.

Recently I've started using a new viewer, called Orange Thirsty. It is released by a group of people (I believe) called the "Orange Thirsty Pioneers", who kindly provided with a copy to test out and play with.
I would use their own words to describe it: "Thirsty is a sort of 'unlocked' Emerald with some additional features and improvements, nothing more, nothing less"; I loved this description, especially the "nothing more, nothing less" part, which clearly states that this is a simple, effective, no-nonsense viewer. Don't expect any fancy crazy features on this one. It is though a good replacement for the regular Emerald, and I plan to be using it from now on. Especially because it works fine with MyProxy.
I don't know what is their idea for distributing the viewer, but please visit their blog and support their project, I promise it is worth the effort.

Hope you're all enjoying your RLs as happily as you're enjoing your SLs, don't let it turn the way around, there's a beautiful world out there.

Cheers,
The Borg.

PS.: leaving quantum mechanics to some other post (again)

New version ... v2.18

Hello All!!!

Please find here the latest version of MyProxy.
The difference between this and 2.17 is that now when you /save or /exportall (or press the "Snapshot" button) a subfolder with the avatar's name is created under the MyProxy folder, and all the files are put in there.
This is also true for the /load command, so on this version (unfortunately) you cannot /load if the saved folder is not under the folder where MyProxy is running from.
This basically means that, even though we're organizing things on folders now, you should not move those folders or /load will not find them anymore. I still have not added an option to select the source folder when /load-ing.
I may improve this in the future, but for now this is the best I could put together quickly to keep that folder clean.
Hope you enjoy it.

This file contains both the source code and the executable.

VERY IMPORTANT Once I release a new version, I start looking at the new version's thread for comments and support requests, so make sure to post here from now on. I usually look at the older posts from time to time, but it is not too often.

Cheers,
The Borg.

New version 2.17

Hello folks,

I have just compiled a new version, 2.17, which can be found here.
This version has only a new enhancement over 2.16, which is the addition of a few shortcut buttons to make you life easier (less typing).
Here's how it works: Let your mouse rest for a couple seconds over an avatar, the avatar's name will be captured on the "Selected Avatar" field. Once this happens, move the mouse quickly outside the viewer's window. Now you can use the (self explanatory) buttons to the right to execute some useful functions without typing.
The "Snapshot" button executes the "/save" command followed by the "/exportall" command, saving to disk a snapshot of the avatar's assets and attachments.
Note that some objects may have their name captured in case you don't move the mouse out of the viewer quickly enough. If that happens, just repeat the process until you have the name you want (takes some practice).
Please let me know how it goes.
Also, this version is compiled against the latest LibOpenMetaverse version as of Jan/18/2010.

Cheers,
The Borg.

Found an issue

Hi folks, especially April and Kwerk.

Please read this:

Yesterday I loaded MyProxy and Emerald onto my eight-core-three-nvdias-lotsa-memory-unlimited-pleasure-gaming-machine.
Than, as expected, I cranked up the graphic properties of the viewer all the way to the maximum, everything, even post-processing and 16X anti aliasing (which by the way doesn't look as good as 8X), everything was looking BEAUTIFUL, but when I went shape-shopping with it, guess what? I DOESN'T WORK ... for some funky reason that I can't think of (yet) /load and /store just won't work. You run the command and it just does nothing.
I had my laptop side by side with this computer ... and logged to the laptop at the same time with another avatar, went to the same place and tried to do the same thing, it all works well.
So it looks like finally I was able to replicate what you've been going through.
My solution: Cranked the graphics properties ALL THE WAY DOWN ... and everything starts working fine. Crank it up again, it just fails silently ... go figure.
I didn't do anything to the code, so I am guessing that setting the graphs up did something to the protocol that made MyProxy go haywire.
The thing is that I don't have anything to fix on the code to overcome that, not only because I don't know what it is, but because there is nothing to change.. you send a packet, and you expect it to arrive at the other side.
So, please, if you have a chance, do the same: set the graphics properties ALL THE WAY DOWN, preferably on a LL viewer, so no fancy Emerald stuff will be in place, and give it a try. Then let me know how it goes.
I hope that with this workaround you will be able to do all the shape-shopping and asset-shopping you want.

Cheers,
The Borg.

First post for 2010 (and new version, 2.16)

Hey Folks,

I missed you people.
First of all, thanks for all the good wishes and happy new year for all of you.
Baby Borg is getting bigger (and heavier). He and mama Borg are 100% healthy, and we're having so much fun.

Let's start this year with a new release, which you can get here, and some information about MyNewProxy:

. I would like to thank K-Werk for the great explanation on the last post about how some things work on the protocol level. Thanks dude.

. Hey April, about the commands not working: I may have screwd up when compiling 2.14 and 2.15, so I compiled 2.16 and this time I've tested each one of the commands.
No changes between 2.15 and 2.16 other than compiling it against the latest LibOpenMV code (as of January/5/2010).

. Things that will never work on MyNewProxy (and why):
1 - Re-importing of animations, sounds and textures into SL. Why? Because anything that is requested to be paid for to upload won't work with MyNewProxy. The commands are there though, so they can be used on free grids, like (shameless advertising) OsGrid.
2 - Cache hacking. Why? Because there's no cache on MyNewProxy, it is just a "man in the middle" approach between the server and the viewer. If you want to get things out of your cache, you must go after you viewer's.
3 - Saving things from viewer which have "clothing protection" on. Why? Because cloting protection will not allow the assets to come to your viewer, and I can only save what I can "see".
4 - Avatar tracking on other sims. Why? Because MyNewProxy only "sees" what your viewer "sees". If it's not on the same SIM, I can't track it. (Someone asked me something about tracking people when you IM them, but I am not really caring about coding that, if even possible).
5 - Grief protection, etc. Why? Because we already have Neil doing that on his viewer, which most of us use, so no need to reinvent the wheel.
6 - Fancy stuff. Why? Because MyNewProxy was written to, and its sole purpose was, backup assets (ok, copy and steal stuff). I do not plan to code anything other than that. I coded the AO system just because I know animations are impossible to load back, so you can still have a working AO.

. Things that may be added to MyNewProxy someday (depending on my free time):
1 - Command to take a full snapshot of an avatar (saves typing).
2 - Menu based interface.
[you must have already noticed that I don't promise new features. I only talk about them when they're available ... ;-) ]

. Tips for a better MyNewProxy experience.
1 - Use a regular viewer, like the LL one, when saving stuff from yourself. Emerald based viewers may create problems, as they have some protections in place.
2 - Use an Emerald based viewer when saving stuff from other people, so you can see who is using Emerald and who's not (Emerald people will more than likely have cloth protection in place).
3 - All name based commands on MyNewProxy are (unfortunately) case sensitive, so make sure you issue "/who" first and copy the name of the person you want to work on, so you can avoid typos.
4 - Keep track of the folder you are running MyNewProxy from. All assets and xml files will end up there.
5 - Make sure you have a healthy (and fast) internet connection, as I have no means to re-send packets. If something fails to work on testclient (from LibOpenMV) with your internet connection, then it will for sure fail also on MyNewProxy.
6 - The /save and /export commands will only work while the asset or avatar are visible. So be quick before they move away.
7 - When re-importing .XML (linkset) files, make sure you're on a parcel with enough free prims to allow the rezzing of the entire object. Otherwise you will end up with a partially loaded thing floating in the air.

Well ... this is everything I can think of so far ... but feel free as always to ask questions. I will try to answer all of them asap.

I hope everyone can enjoy it on 2010 as we did in 2009.

Cheers,
The Borg.