A new set of masks were uploaded to Alphaworld today. This new series is especially useful for gas-like special effects. See pictures and details here. Update: As of October 14th, 2008, the Halloween objects are now in the Alphaworld Object path.

Citizen nwasells is conducting a survey which is trying to retreive information about tourists and their thoughts on the Active Worlds population. He is asking all tourists to fill out a small survey at http://awobjects.info/tourist.php. So go ahead, donate your input.

Sometime in the past few days, Alphaworld has reached the landmark 200 million objects in-world. It’s been hovering in the 190 million region for quite some time now, and someone finally pushed it over. *looks at Tauntaun*

Well folks, this is a huge day in Activeworlds history! Build 1021 has been released with a revolutionary building command: scale. Also included in this blockbuster update is the say action, zone tagging, and two new triggers. As always, you can check up on all the other lil’ tweaks by visiting the ActiveWiki changelog. Run free, my children! It is a wonderful day to be in AW.

The long-awaited Active Worlds version 4.2 has went live in the main universe today after being in beta for the last couple months in its own separate universe. For a list of changes to the browser, check out the ActiveWiki page.