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We are happy to announce that we’re making Kitely Mega Worlds available again! Mega Worlds are a type of huge world that we made available for a limited time four years ago. Following our recent performance upgrades that sped up world startup times, we decided it was time to bring them back. Mega Worlds are giant VarRegions that can be up to 64 regions in size, hold up to 150,000 prims, and get a dedicated server of their own whenever they are active. As a special introductory deal, we are offering them at a 25% discount for the first 25 people who order.

Update (Sep 1, 2024): several educators have asked to be able to order after the school year has started. To accommodate their request, we’ve decided to extended the offer until September 15. Only 10 more people will be able to take advantage of this deal, and there will be no more extensions after this.

Mega Worlds vs. Advanced Worlds

If you’re considering getting a large world then you’ll probably want to choose between Kitely’s Advanced Worlds and Mega Worlds. What are the differences?

Most Kitely worlds share a server. We place at most four worlds on each server, to ensure that each world gets sufficient resources. This is important because many other OpenSim providers cram a lot of different worlds (VarRegions) into each server. If your region shares server resources with many other regions then it may run slowly because of what happens in those other regions. By strictly limiting the number of worlds on a server, we reduce the effect that other people’s worlds have on your user experience.

What is unique about Mega Worlds is that Mega Worlds don’t share their server. A Mega World is guaranteed to always get a full server of its own, so it can fully use all of the server’s resources without being impacted by other people’s worlds. This means that Mega Worlds can run bigger worlds, with more scripts and more visitors, than other worlds.

The following table compares Kitely’s most powerful world types: Advanced Worlds and Mega Worlds.

	Advanced World	Mega World
Maximum (VarRegion) size	4 x 4 (16 regions)	8 x 8 (64 regions)
Maximum prims	120,000	150,000
Dedicated memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Guaranteed a Dedicated Server?	No	Yes
Maximum avatar capacity?	80	80
Price	$39.95 / month	$119.95 / month $89.95 / month (Limited Offer)

Here’s how these world types stack up:

• Mega Worlds can be up to 4 times bigger than Advanced Worlds.

• Mega Worlds can include 25% more prims than Advanced Worlds.

• Mega Worlds get 2x more RAM than Advanced Worlds.

• An Advanced World might share a server with another world, but a Mega World is guaranteed to get all of its server’s CPU, RAM and Network resources.

• Both world types allow up to 80 avatars to visit them at the same time. But Mega Worlds will perform better, because they can use more server resources to support many avatars.

Mega Worlds, like all other Kitely worlds, are started on-demand. This means that worlds are started when someone enters them, and they’re turned off when they aren’t in use.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How long will this offer last?

A: Mega Worlds will remain one of our world options for the foreseeable future, but you’ll only be able to get the 25% discount if you are one of the first 25 people who order one. In any case, the offer will end on August 31 September 15 (see update note above).

Q: Why is this a limited time offer?

A: Mega Worlds get an entire server of their own when they are active, and they’re more expensive to run than other world types. We can therefore only afford to offer a few such worlds at the discounted price.

Q: What happens after the offer ends?

A: You get to keep your existing Mega Worlds at their discounted price for as long as you continue paying for them. But you won’t be able to order new Mega Worlds at the discounted price, nor will you get the discount if you later upgrade a non-Mega World to be a Mega World. To be clear, if you continue paying for your Mega Worlds then you’ll be able to keep them even if we stop offering them. (This is what happened to the Mega Worlds that people ordered four years ago: many of these worlds are still active to this day, years after we stopped offering new Mega Worlds!)

Q: Does ordering a Mega World require a setup fee or a long term commitment?

A: No, there are no setup fees. We bill for worlds on a monthly basis, and you can cancel your subscription at any time.

Q: Can I order multiple Mega Worlds?

A: Yes, if you are one of the first 25 people who order then you can get as many discounted Mega Worlds as you want while this offer lasts.

Q: Does Kitely offer a money back guarantee?

A: Yes, we offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee on new world orders. If you aren’t fully satisfied with your new Kitely world then let us know within 14 days and we’ll refund your order.

Q: Can I upgrade an existing world to be a Mega World?

A: Yes, you can upgrade any Kitely world to be a Mega World. The price you pay for the first month will be the difference between the price of your current world type and the price of a Mega World, adjusted for the number of days remaining in the month and for the deal discount (if you are one of the first 25 people who order).

Q: Can a Mega World be smaller than 64 regions in size?

A: Yes, all our world types are VarRegions and you can resize any Kitely World.

Q: Is there a benefit to making a small world (smaller than 64 regions) be a Mega World?

A: Yes, because Mega Worlds have a lot more server resources at their disposal than the other world types that we offer. You can use these extra resources to build more complex worlds and support more visitors without lag.

Q: Does Kitely still offer always-on worlds?

A: We used to offer Dedicated Server worlds that were always on. However, as Mega Worlds provide almost all the same benefits at a much lower price, we’ve decided to remove the always-on Dedicated Server option from our order page. If you’re still interested in ordering an always-on Dedicated Server world then contact us for details.

High Performance Worlds

Mega Worlds are our best offer for hosting complex builds or big events. In addition to getting a dedicated server when they are active, Mega Worlds take advantage of the fast performance that every Kitely world enjoys:

Our service runs on the world’s leading cloud computing platform: the Amazon Web Services datacenter in California. We run OpenSim on the latest AWS m7 class servers that have 10 gigabit network connections, and we place no more than 4 worlds on each server to ensure that each world gets plenty of RAM, CPU, and network resources. (Of course, in the case of Mega Worlds, we place only one world on each server.)

We use CloudFront, Amazon’s renowned Content Delivery Network, to quickly deliver content to people’s viewers. CloudFront has practically unlimited bandwidth, and it has servers in many cities around the world (see this map). This ensures that your world’s visitors can quickly download content from Kitely no matter where they’re located or how many other people are currently using our system.

In addition to running excellent hardware in one of the world’s top datacenters, we use a proprietary and highly optimized version of OpenSim 0.9.2.2 which further improves performance. This includes using our own cloud-based Asset and Inventory services, which run on top of high-availability Amazon systems. This enables our services to be much faster than the services that come with regular OpenSim. As a result, Kitely worlds are rendered quickly, and Kitely users don’t have to wait for their inventory to load.

Act Now!

We encourage you to take advantage of this limited-time offer to get a Mega World at this highly discounted price. This offer will not be available after August 31, so if you want these benefits you should order now.

We upgraded Kitely today to an enhanced version of OpenSim 0.9.2.2. Our version of OpenSim includes hundreds of proprietary stability and performance improvements that we’ve developed for OpenSim over the years. This long-awaited update includes many changes and improvements, including ones that speed up world startup times. This is in addition to our system-wide upgrade a few weeks ago that doubled world performance.

The biggest new feature in OpenSim 0.9.2.2 is that the scripting system has changed from XEngine to YEngine. While using YEngine offers many benefits, there are also a few downsides to this change:

YEngine is designed to more closely follow the LSL script syntax. This makes it easier to port scripts that were designed for Second Life into OpenSim. However, this change can also cause some scripts that worked on XEngine to break. If you encounter scripts that have stopped working properly then you’ll need to fix, replace or remove them from your Kitely worlds. You can read more about these script changes here.

In addition, the change from XEngine to YEngine caused all of the scripts to reset to their initial state. That’s because the state files where OpenSim stores script state have changed their format, and YEngine can’t use state files that were created by XEngine. So if you used any scripts that need configuration after they’ve been rezzed then you’ll need to configure them again.

And finally, switching script engines requires our system to recompile all the scripts in your worlds. This happens the first time each world is entered following today’s update. This means that each world will take longer than usual to start the first time anyone enters it after this update. This is just a one-time delay, and the next time anyone enters that world it will start faster because its scripts will already be compiled.

We hope you enjoy this upgrade! If you encounter any problems then please let us know here.

We are happy to announce that we’ve upgraded all Kitely worlds, and they are now up to twice as fast as before! We’ve done this by upgrading to the latest Amazon server technology, the m7i generation, while keeping our existing prices. This upgrade enables your worlds to handle more scripts and avatar activity without experiencing server lag.

We’ve always taken pride in providing great performance to our customers, which we achieve by using powerful servers; placing very few Kitely worlds on each server; and using our modified version of OpenSim that has proprietary high-performance assets and inventory systems. Our servers also benefit from being hosted in one of the world’s top data centers, the Amazon Web Services data center in California, which has very high-performance connectivity to the internet. This latest upgrade further bolsters our commitment to providing a premium experience to our OpenSim customers.

Kitely opened its doors to the public in March 2011, making us one of the longest-running OpenSim grids. We have a great reputation for customer support, reliability, and high-performance virtual world hosting. Kitely is also the home of Kitely Market, the premier marketplace for buying and selling virtual items across the Hypergrid.

If you’re looking for a reliable, high-performance grid to host your OpenSim regions then take advantage of our 14-day money back guarantee and try Kitely risk-free now.

We’ve updated Kitely today with several big improvements. We now support the Environmental Enhancement Project (EEP), which allows changing the world’s environment: its sky, water, etc. We’ve also added the option to sell EEP settings in Kitely Market. And finally, we’ve added support for many new and updated scripting functions, in both LSL and OSSL.

A Note About OpenSim 0.9.2

Kitely runs the latest stable release of OpenSim, which is currently OpenSim 0.9.1.1 (along with over 600 proprietary improvements of our own). Most of the changes in today’s update were taken from OpenSim 0.9.2, which is currently in development and isn’t finished yet. We value stability, so normally we wouldn’t integrate code from an unreleased version of OpenSim. We prefer to wait until OpenSim’s bugs have been ironed out through testing on other grids. However, in this case we had good reasons to integrate some features from OpenSim 0.9.2 even though it hasn’t been released yet.

The reason we added the Environment Enhancements is that the previous environment system (WindLight) doesn’t work with modern viewers anymore, so it was important to provide a replacement.

We added the new and modified scripting functions from OpenSim 0.9.2 for two reasons. First, some of these functions are required in order to work with the Environment Enhancements. Second, some of you have asked us to add the new scripting functions so that you’ll be able to start using them.

We want to take this opportunity to thank Ubit Umarov for his continued work on improving OpenSim: he wrote the vast majority of these features, and he’s working hard on getting OpenSim 0.9.2 finished and released.

Environment Enhancements

You can now use the new Environment system in your worlds. If you look at your Region or Parcel settings, you’ll see that the Environment tab has changed: instead of showing Windlight settings, now it shows EEP settings. The world has an overall environment, and optionally parcels can override that environment. You can also create a private environment just for your avatar.

Another change is that OAR files now include the region and the parcels’ environments. (OAR files did not include Windlight settings, so this is a big improvement.)

Kitely now supports a new type of asset, called Settings (short for “Environment Settings”). This asset has three sub-types: Day Cycle, Sky and Water. You can add items of this type to your inventory, and you can also include them in products that you sell in Kitely Market. If you want to sell standalone Settings assets then we’ve added a new category for this purpose: Landscaping and Plants > Environments.

Migrating from Windlight to EEP

If you have Windlight settings in your regions then they will be converted to EEP automatically.

If you have Windlight settings in your parcels then they will not be converted to EEP automatically. That’s because unlike region settings, the parcel settings aren’t stored on the server. Instead, they are stored in XML files on your PC. In order to migrate them to EEP you will need to do the following:

1. Identify the Presets used in your parcels. For example, suppose that you have a parcel that has the following line in its description:

/*Windlight Sky: "[TOR] BIG SUN - Awwyeah" Water: "[TOR] Watermelon juice"*/

This means that the parcel is using the preset called “[TOR] BIG SUN – Awwyeah” for its Sky, and the preset called “[TOR] Watermelon juice” for its Water.

2. Locate these presets (as XML files) on your PC. There are two directories that can contain Presets: in Firestorm, and in your local settings.

The Firestorm presets are located in the following directory:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\FirestormOS-Releasex64\app_settings\windlight
• Mac: /Applications/FirestormOS-Releasex64.app/Contents/Resources/app_settings/windlight

In the example above, both of the presets can be found in the Firestorm directory. However, if you don’t find the presets in this directory then look for them in your personal presets directory, which is at:

• Windows: C:\Users\YOUR_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Firestorm_x64\user_settings\windlight
• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Firestorm/user_settings/windlight

If you can’t find the Presets in either of these locations then they never worked, because the viewer wouldn’t have found them either.

If you do find the Presets then convert them into the new Settings assets. This requires Firestorm 6.4.13. Select from the menu: World > Environment > Bulk Import, and then select the specific type of asset that you are importing. This adds Settings items to your inventory, in the “Settings” folder. You can then use these items to set the parcels’ environments.

Scripting Changes

This update includes many scripting changes. In some cases these changes are very significant because they don’t affect only the scripting functions (in LSL or OSSL), but also how OpenSim works at a basic level. The next few sections describe these changes.

Most of the new functions may be called by anyone, i.e. they don’t have a Threat Level.

New Environment Functions

The following functions allow working with the Environment, or with related aspects (such as the current time).

• llGetDayLength
• llGetRegionDayLength
• llGetDayOffset
• llGetRegionDayOffset
• llGetSunDirection (this function is actually not new, but it’s related to the other functions so it’s worth mentioning)
• llGetRegionSunDirection
• llGetMoonDirection
• llGetRegionMoonDirection
• llGetSunRotation
• llGetRegionSunRotation
• llGetMoonRotation
• llGetRegionMoonRotation

• osGetApparentTime
• osGetApparentTimeString
• osGetApparentRegionTime
• osGetApparentRegionTimeString

• osReplaceParcelEnvironment– may be called by anyone who has permission to edit the parcel
• osReplaceRegionEnvironment – may be called by anyone who has permission to edit the region
• osReplaceAgentEnvironment – may be called by the world owner or one of the estate managers
• osResetEnvironment – may be called by anyone who has permission to edit the parcel or the region (depending on which environment is being reset)

Other New Functions

• llRequestUserKey

• osSetSitActiveRange
• osSetLinkSitActiveRange
• osGetSitActiveRange
• osGetLinkSitActiveRange
• osSetStandTarget
• osSetLinkStandTarget
• osGetStandTarget
• osGetLinkStandTarget

• osSetParcelMusicURL – same permissions as osSetParcelMediaURL
• osParticleSystem
• osLinkParticleSystem
• osClearObjectAnimations
• osNpcLookAt – currently anyone can apply this to any NPC, but this may change in the future
• osSHA256

Deleted and Deprecated Functions

The following functions shouldn’t be used anymore.

• osSunGetParam / osGetSunParam
• osSunSetParam / osSetSunParam
• osSetEstateSunSettings
• osSetStateEvents

Changed Behavior

The following functions have changed their behavior.

• llTarget, llRotTarget – the events at_target and not_at_target used to be sent to every script in every prim in the object, but now they are sent only to the script that called llTarget or llRotTarget.
• llGiveInventoryList
  • The items must have Copy permission. They also need Transfer permission if they’re being given to a different avatar.
  • The destination object must be Moveable.
  • The destination object must allow receiving incoming items.
  • Can’t give scripts to other users (but you can give them other types of items).
  • The script now sleeps a bit whenever this function is used: 3 seconds when giving to a user, or 100 ms when giving to an object.
• Changing a prim’s scale (using llSetScale, or one of the functions like llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast) didn’t show the scale change until the object was selected, or manipulated in some way. This has been fixed.
• If an LSL or OSSL function encounters an error then the script sleeps for 1 second
• llStartObjectAnimation, llStopObjectAnimation – you can now specify one of the system default animations (vs animations in the object’s inventory)
• llStartAnimation, llStopAnimation, llStartObjectAnimation, llStopObjectAnimation, osAvatarPlayAnimation, osAvatarStopAnimation – you can now specify the system default animations by their name instead of by their UUID
• osOwnerSaveAppearance, osAgentSaveAppearance, osNpcSaveAppearance – added an option to specify whether to save HUDs in the notecard or not
• llList2Vector, llList2Rot – now they automatically convert string elements into rotation and vector
• llList2Json – fixed a bug that occurred if any of the elements in the string was an empty string
• llPassCollisions – when used with the parameter “2”, now it doesn’t pass collisions (previously it did)
• osInviteToGroup – doesn’t send an invitation if the user is already a member of the group (returns 2 in this case)
• osInviteToGroup, osEjectFromGroup – improved the check for whether the user has the necessary group powers (Invite or Eject). Previously only the specific user’s powers were checked, but now we also check the powers that belong to the user’s Roles.
• llGetLinkKey – support parameter LINK_THIS 
• llBreakLink, osForceBreakLink
  • Allow breaking the prim that is hosting the script
  • Automatically stand up all avatars that are sitting on the object
• osStopSound – supports parameters LINK_SET, LINK_ALL_OTHERS, LINK_ALL_CHILDREN
• llXorBase64 , llXorBase64Strings, llXorBase64StringsCorrect – fixed their implementation
• llLoadURL – can’t be called from group-owned prims
• llGetEnv – supports new parameters “whisper_range”, “chat_range” and “shout_range”
• osSlerp – added a new variant that accepts vectors instead of rotations
• osTeleportObject – works on phantom prims

Other Changes

We increased the number of products that are displayed in each Kitely Market page to 24 products (previously we showed 15 products).

We’ve fixed the following bug: put a script in a prim; lock the prim; restart the viewer; unlock the prim; and try to view the script. Previously you couldn’t view the script, but now you’ll be able to.

We’ve updated Kitely with several features and bug fixes that were requested by our users. The biggest improvement is to the Merchants Showcase area in the Kitely Welcome Center, and how it allocates free advertising signs to Kitely Market stores.

Merchants Showcase

Kitely Welcome Center is the most popular entry point to the Kitely grid, and is visited by hundreds of people each week. It contains an area called the “Merchants Showcase”, which provides free advertising for some Kitely Market stores. Each store gets a sign that displays some of its products, and visitors can click on the sign to view these products on the Kitely Market website. Thanks to this world’s popularity, the showcase is a great way to let people learn what’s available in Kitely Market.

The stores that get this advertising are selected by their rank. A store’s rank is determined by the amount of money that the store’s owner pays for their monthly Kitely subscription.

A store’s rank can also be improved when other people who have a Kitely subscription use their rank to promote that store (instead of promoting their own Kitely Market store). For example, this is useful when a group of users share a store. A user that wants to promote a different store can do so by entering that store’s name in their Account Settings:

Each store’s sign displays four of the store’s best-selling products (chosen at random from the store’s top ten best-selling products).

Optionally, the store owner can control which products appear in this sign by creating a Products Group called “Merchants Showcase”, and adding products to it. If this group exists then it will only be used to determine which products appear in the Merchants Showcase; it will not be used for the “Related Products” feature (which is the usual way that Product Groups are used).

There are a few caveats for appearing in the Merchants Showcase. First, only products with a maturity rating of General or Moderate are displayed. Second, only a store that has at least four eligible products can get a sign (since we don’t want empty squares in the signs).

The Merchants Showcase is automatically updated once per day. When that happens the list of stores might change, as well as the products that are displayed in each sign.

Sort Items in a Product

Items and folders that are included in a Kitely Market product are now sorted alphabetically. Previously they appeared in reverse creation order, but alphabetical order makes more sense. (This change only affects products that are created or updated from this point on; it doesn’t affect any existing products.)

We started Kitely with the idea of providing a new type of OpenSim service: virtual worlds that are started on demand. This innovation has allowed us to provide tremendous value to our customers, with very high-performing worlds at a reasonable price. Instead of cramming dozens of worlds into a single server, we placed a maximum of four worlds on each server.

However, some of our customers have told us that the on-demand system doesn’t work well for their worlds, because very complex worlds can take a long time to start, and they (and their visitors) don’t want to wait that long. So they’ve asked us for an option to run complex worlds that never shut down.

We are therefore very happy to announce a new type of world: a Dedicated Server world. These worlds are always-on, can be up to 64 regions in size, and support up to 180,000 objects. Each Dedicated Server world can be as big as four of our Advanced Worlds combined, and gets an entire server for itself, so it doesn’t have to share server resources with any other world. Dedicated Servers are Kitely’s biggest and fastest worlds, and they never shut down (except for maintenance).

Dedicated Servers vs. Advanced Worlds

If you want to build a complex or large world then you’ll probably want to choose between Kitely’s Advanced Worlds and our Dedicated Server worlds. To help you make this choice, here are the differences between these world types:

Advanced Worlds are started on-demand. This means that worlds that aren’t in use are turned off, and when someone enters them they turn back on. An Advanced World may share the server with up to two other worlds. This is a very low number, which is significant because many OpenSim providers cram a lot of different worlds (VarRegions) into each server, which makes them run slowly because they don’t have sufficient resources. Also, when multiple regions are hosted on the same server it becomes possible for a region to be slowed down by what happens in the other regions that are hosted on the same server, so keeping the number of worlds per server low is very important for maintaining consistently high performance.

Dedicated Server worlds are kept always on – they are only shut down during maintenance. A Dedicated Server world is guaranteed to always get a full server of its own, so it can fully use all of the server’s resources without being impacted by other people’s worlds.

The following table compares Advanced Worlds and Dedicated Server worlds.

	Advanced World	Dedicated Server
Maximum world size	16 Regions	64 Regions
Maximum prims	120,000	180,000
Dedicated memory (RAM)	4 GB	7 GB
Guaranteed a Dedicated Server?	No	Yes
Always on?	No	Yes
Maximum avatar capacity?	80	80
User idle timeout	1 hour	3 hours
Price	$39.95 / month	$149.95 / month

Here’s how these world types stack up:

• Dedicated Server worlds can be up to 4 times bigger than Advanced Worlds.
• Dedicated Server worlds can include 50% more prims than Advanced Worlds.
• Dedicated Server worlds get 75% more RAM than Advanced Worlds.
• An Advanced World might share a server with other worlds, but a Dedicated Server worlds always runs alone on its server, so it gets all the server’s CPU, RAM and network resources.
• An Advanced World is shut down when it’s empty and started when someone enters it, but this can take some time. A Dedicated Server world is kept on even when there is no one inside it: it’s only shut down during maintenance.
• Both world types allow up to 80 avatars to visit them at the same time. But Dedicated Server worlds will perform better, because they can use more server resources to support many avatars.
• The Kitely system automatically disconnects users that are inactive for a long period of time. The user idle timeout in Advanced Worlds is 1 hour for visitors and 2 hours for the world owner. The user idle timeout in Dedicated Server worlds is 3 hours for everyone.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is this a limited time offer?

A: We haven’t set an expiration date for this deal, but like all of our deals it might be discontinued in the future.

Q: What happens if the offer ends?

A: You get to keep your existing Dedicated Servers for as long as you continue paying for them; you just won’t be able to create new ones.

Q: Does ordering a Dedicated Server world require a setup fee or a long term commitment?

A: No, there are no setup fees. We bill for worlds on a monthly basis, and you can cancel your subscription at any time.

Q: Can I order multiple Dedicated Server worlds?

A: Yes, you can get as many as you want while this offer lasts.

Q: Can I upgrade an existing world to be a Dedicated Server world?

A: Yes, you can upgrade any Kitely world to be a Dedicated Server world. The price you pay for the first month will be the difference between the price of your current world type and the price of a Dedicated Server world, adjusted for the number of days remaining in the month.

Q: Can a Dedicated Server world be smaller than 64 regions in size?

A: Yes, all our world types are VarRegions and you can resize any Kitely World.

Q: Is there a benefit to making a world that is smaller than 64 regions be a Dedicated Server world?

A: Yes, there are three main benefits:

• Dedicated Server worlds have a lot more server resources at their disposal than the other world types that we currently offer. You can use these extra resources to build more complex worlds and support more visitors without lag.
• Dedicated Server worlds are kept always on. This is useful if you want to avoid having to wait for your world to start up, or if you run scripts that need to be constantly active.
• Dedicated Server worlds have a much longer idle user timeout, and that can help people that may be logged into the world but are using other applications for extended periods of time.

Q: Is there a benefit to upgrading a Mega World to be a Dedicated Server world?

Last year we had a limited time offer for Mega Worlds (this offer has already ended). You’ll gain the following benefits if you upgrade your Mega World to be a Dedicated Server world:

• Your world will be kept always on, so you won’t have to wait for it to start up.
• Your prim quota will increase from 150,000 prims to 180,000 prims.
• The user idle timeout in your world will increase from 1 hour for your visitors (and 2 hours for yourself) to 3 hours for everyone.

High Performance Worlds

Dedicated Server worlds are our most powerful world type. In addition to getting a dedicated server, this new world type takes advantage of the fast performance that every Kitely world enjoys:

Our service runs on the world’s leading cloud computing platform: the Amazon Web Services data center in California. We run OpenSim on powerful servers with gigabit network connections, and we place no more than 4 worlds on each server to ensure that each world gets plenty of RAM, CPU, and network resources. (Of course, Dedicated Server worlds each get their own server.)

We use CloudFront, Amazon’s renowned Content Delivery Network, to quickly deliver content to people’s viewers. CloudFront has practically unlimited bandwidth, and it has servers in many cities around the world (see this map). This ensures that your world’s visitors can quickly download content from Kitely no matter where they’re located or how many other people are currently using our system.

In addition to running excellent hardware in one of the world’s top datacenters, we use a proprietary and highly optimized version of OpenSim which further improves performance. This includes using our own cloud-based Asset and Inventory services, which run on top of high-availability Amazon systems. This enables our services to be much faster than the services that come with regular OpenSim. As a result, Kitely worlds are rendered quickly, and Kitely users don’t have to wait for their inventory to load.

The following video demonstrates how well our worlds perform:

Act Now!

We encourage you to take advantage of this offer to create a new Dedicated Server world, or upgrade your existing Kitely world. We can’t promise we’ll always offer this option, so if you want these benefits then you should order now.