Remembering my Father and moving forward with Second Life

Hiya,

Having just remembered my password for this blog I thought it time I updated you all. 

* Loosing Dad & regaining my community  *

In a few days it will be a year since my father passed away after a long battle.  It still doesn't seem real, yet at the same time it is sad beyond description. I keep expecting to see Dad sitting in his favorite chair watching the TV, then as I remember he is gone the sadness overwhelms me.  I still don't know how to live in a world without my father in it, its like my whole world is broken. 

In the last year I have been working hard in SL to create new products, update old ones, and reconnect with the people I had neglected.  It started with a few sneaky login's using an alt account in late 2016 on my old iphone while sitting in the hospital ICU waiting room. It wasn't until 2018 after Dad passed that I got a new Android phone that was able to connect reliably enough for me to tether the laptop to it and login to SL properly.  

When I logged back in with my main account Darling Brody I was expecting everyone to be angry with me for neglecting them for so long.  Instead of anger I received overwhelming support from everyone I spoke to.  I am grateful beyond words for all the support I received from the SL community over the last year.  I would not have been able to cope with the loss of my father without their kindness.  

* A bumpy return to Second Life  *

  
When I returned to SL I discovered my helpful hosting company had accidentally deleted the database password file while doing a server upgrade.  The result was every single product that used my SQL database to help it function wasn't working.  I spent more than a month hacking my own products to recover and restore passwords so old products held by customers would start working again.

As many of you know I finally released the MONO version of QHUD which I had been sitting on for almost a decade.   I was determine not to release it while those permission exploits were still able to steal scripts.  I worked so hard on QHUD that I couldn't bare to have the scripts stolen again like the original Quantum Core was in 2007-2008.  It still irks me that another HUD creator (you know who you are) is still running his business that was founded on stolen scripts from my Quantum Core. 

The QtHUD (Quantum Topaz HUD) project has now been officially abandoned.  It was a total rewrite of QHUD in JAVA!  It ran fast with region side lag having no effect on its user interface, while having only a small number of scripts compared to Mono QHUD.  Sadly Linden Labs have done something weird to the way media on a prim functions since I scripted the QtHUD and it refuses to boot up at all!  I have started reusing parts of it in QHUD and a new project called....

* Time for something new - MiniQ *

MiniQ stands for Miniature QHUD.  It is capable of running all QHUD & QtHUD weapons, as well as almost any bullets you can find. It is both a GUN and a HUD in one.  It also supports rezzing building, bots, mines, etc. It includes tools like Turbo Boost speed for flying/running and a Radar to keep track of who is in the region. It has a full range of protective measures like Shields, NPV, Cloaks, and Move Locks. The whole MiniQ is the same size as the bottom buttons on QHUD.  That is about 1/8 the size of QHUD. It uses only 2 scripts and is lightning fast to operate.  It is fully compatible with QHUD meaning you can control MiniQ weapons with QHUD or visa versa. The two HUDS complement each other very well.  It includes an API so 3rd parties can make and sell their own add on packs for MiniQ.

 MiniQ in comparison to the viewer controls

 MiniQ vs QHUD size comparison 

MiniQ will be released for FREE as a demo version that only functions in a set number of regions, with the option to buy it to unlock the ability to use it in all regions of SL.  Combat regions are encouraged to contact me in-world to organize a vending machine that distributes the FREE MiniQ.

Darling Brody 
When life gets you down, orbit yourself!