SW City
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We’re now on Virtual Paradise and DeltaWorlds! With a New Website!
After 4 years of development, SW City is now available on Virtual Paradise and DeltaWorlds.
Now you can revisit SW City and its quirky Nimbusian and Submin residents. What’s more, I cleaned up a ton of bit rot and cell corruption and restored many dead images. This is the best SW City has ever looked.
Since DeltaWorlds and Virtual Paradise are different apps, the features of SW City available for each version are different, so be sure to check out these differences on our Download page.
Once you get there, just download and install your preferred app to restart your adventure now!
3, 2, 1… Relaunch! *Website Takes Off*
We also redesigned and relaunched our website so it now works on all types of devices, not just desktop computers.
I spent a lot of time kitting it out with all kinds of cool stuff, including an interactive Alphamapper-like map, a Transit page that includes new maps of all of our transportation systems, and a video page with all the videos that show off SW City.
Also, special thanks to Rossyfox for creating the Subway, Monorail, and Eastern Ferry maps!)
There’s tons more stuff on swcity.net to discover, so check it out!
SW City Interactive works again!
SW City Interactive now works again! We were able to move to a new web host that supports the older version of PHP that SWI needs to work correctly. Please report any issues or bugs to the Discord! Happy playing!
Want to know what it is or how to play? Head on over to interactive.swcity.net for information and scroll to the very bottom of the page for instructions on where to go.
Reports of Our Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to “eat crow” as they say, we here at SW City do so with great pleasure. Because SW City is back, baby!
I was able to work with Chris, the developer of Active Worlds, to restore the textures and audio that were hosted on our own webspace. He opened up a way for people to upload their own content to the Alphaworld object path and then offered us his services to do some database magic to make it all work without us having to modify every object one at a time. So, thank you Chris!
We can also still build, but it now costs 5 AW Credits for 24 hours of standard building, and 10 AW Credits for 24 hours of building with particles, movers, cameras, and cloth; all the v4 stuff. Currently, the exchange rate is about 64 cents (USA) for every 5 credits you buy if you purchase the cheapest package of credits for $6.40, so kinda cheap if you think it’s reasonable to pay in the first place. But that’s a controversy we won’t get into. 
The point is, we’re back in Active Worlds, and everything should work as it did back in January. Enjoy!
End of an Era
Active Worlds, the metaverse app SW City is located in, has shut down public building in preparation for a new, modern design system they’re creating.
SW City will still be viewable when the new system comes online, but we can never build in the original SW City again. 
It was a great run, and we knew this day would eventually come, so it’s not just bittersweet that I’m writing this. There may also be a bit of a bright side. Change, as they say, can be good.
If you want more info about the changes coming to Active Worlds, head over to the Unofficial ActiveWorlds Facebook Group for a full breakdown I wrote of what’s coming and what it means for AW’s community. You shouldn’t have to log in to see the post.
SWI Functionality Restored
As I’m sure thousands of users no doubt experienced, SWI has been broken for a few weeks now. This was due to our host upgrading the servers and making some other unexpected changes. SWI required some across-the-board updates to get it compatible with the new changes, but, it should be all set now! Post here if you find any problems…. or, just contact me directly since I never look here anymore! 
SW City can now legally drink alcohol in Canada
Happy 18th Birthday, SW City!
SW City Turns 17
About a week late, but happy birthday to SW City which turned 17 on March 28th. To celebrate, here’s a picture of a Nimbusian spinning an umbrella.
Discord Server
SW City has set up their own Discord server with many familiar faces from around the city (currently counting 15+!). Anyone can come join the server, which is located at in the pict below. Discord can be downloaded from https://discordapp.com/ on to your computer or phone. Come join the chat and say hello.
“Can’t Access” Errors
As the AW software continues to evolve, there are going to be some bugs that will pop up and affect SWI gameplay. Nebo found a bug in Ilexus Forest last month that resulted from the browser changes (of which I go into further detail on in the actual SWI forum board). This is the same thing happening on the Beginner Quest (reported by Polydunami). Just reminding you to report any of these bugs you might come across by telegramming SW Comit or myself as they are relatively easy to fix. Thanks a lot.
SW City Forum Registration Closed
Forum registration has been temporarily closed due to a massive Russian spammer attack. Please contact anyone from SW City via telegram in AW if you need to register.
UPDATE 4/1/2015: Registration re-enabled with new anti-spam methods.
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