2/7/12 Hypergridding

Hypergridding 
- the ability to move from grids and regions to other grids and regions in OpenSim through teleporting.

Think of the Hypergrid as a planet with hundreds of grids (like countries) and thousands of regions.  Regions are individual areas on a grid.  My region is Peninsula.  My grid is Kitely.

If I want to go from one grid to another I have to Hypergrid - teleport using Hypergrid coordinates.  The technical part is complicated.  The key to Hypergridding is knowing regions hypergrid coordinates.

4096 is the magic number.
You can only move 4096 regions in one Hypergrid jump.  If you want to to go further you have to make more than one jump.  You need to know the hypergrid coordinates to know if you need to make more than one jump.  Think about it like a tank full of gas - for trips over 250 miles or so, you have to stop and get more gas.

Todays trip was:  (thank you Pathfinder for this information)
1)  We started in Jokaydia (grid) Scooter (region)
Hypergrid Address: 71.6.165.144:8002:Scooter
Region: Scooter
Hypergrid Coordinates: (1000,1000)

Jokaydia:Scooter


2) Then we teleported to the 'gas station' at OpenSim:
Hypergrid Address: hg.osgrid.org:80:jump4000
Region: jump4000
Hypergrid Coordinates: (4090,4090)


OSGrid:jump4000

3) Then we teleported to Butterflysmack (grid) Butterfly (region):
Hypergrid Address: butterflysmack.com:9000:Butterfly
Region: Butterfly
Hypergrid Coordinates: (5659,4203)


Butterflysmack:Butterfly

Notice that the distance from Jokaydia (1000, 1000) to Butterfly (5659, 4203) is MORE than 4096.  That is why we had to stop in OSGrid.  Here in Butterfly, avatars surfing the hypergrid place their flags to let others know they have been here.



My grid in Kitely is NOT on the Hypergrid yet.  That is a feature Kitely is considering adding, but as of now has not.

Hypergridding is a more advanced feature:
Here are Pathfinder Lesters instructions on how to Hypergrid.  Unless your home grid is on the Hypergrid, it may be time consuming to figure it all out.

How to make a Manual Hypergrid Jump in 4 easy steps
1) Open your World Map in your viewer.
2) In the text box next to the Search button, enter the Hypergrid Address.
3) Click the Search button and wait for the map to move to the destination region.
4) Click the Teleport button.

For a list of Hypergrid Landmarks, see http://becunningandfulloftricks.com/hypergrid-landmarks/