Archive for October, 2014

Amaretto K-9 Hud

Happy Halloween Everyone !! Hope everyone is having a good breeding day !

Today, since Dakota did her blog on horse hud thought I do one on K-9 hud an how it works.

To get a K-9 HUD you can click on any of your Amaretto K-9s and that will bring up the main menu. On the menu you will see Help, if you click that you will get another menu that has a button on it labeled  hud. By clicking the hud button you will receive a K-9 hud  sent directly to the objects folder in your inventory. Go to objects folder and find the hud, right click it and go to wear. It will attach to the upper left hand side of your screen. You can adjust this if you wish.

Black bar along the top: Name of K-9 connected to hud

Small Black “Hide” button; when clicked will hide your K-9 hud to the left of the screen

Large half circle: States what mode your K-9 is in Fetch.

Connect button: Looks like a plug with both ends together. This is to connect your K-9 to the hud.

Disconnect button: Looks like a plug with the ends not together. This is to disconnect your K-9 from the hud.

Green ball: This button, when clicked, will bring up a menu to get a ball, stick, newspaper or leash to play fetch and/or walk with your K-9

Fetch : This button is to play fetch with your K-9

Stay : This button is to make your K-9 stay put

Come : This button will call your K-9 to come to you

Follow : This button will make your K-9 follow you

GPS : This button can be used to set your K-9s settings
Animations (avatar petting a K-9): This button, when clicked, will bring up a menu which has petting options as well as the walk animation.

To connect your K-9 to the hud, click the K-9 and then click the hud button on the menu then click the connect button on your HUD. Make sure your K-9s movement is set to physical before connecting to the hud.

To disconnect your K-9 from the hud click the disconnect button

To play fetch, get a fetch item from the green ball button as described above (ball, stick or newspaper) and wear it from your inventory objects folder. Click the fetch button on the hud  and go into mouse look (bottom of your screen) and left click to throw the item. Your K-9 will run to fetch and bring it back to you. To change the range on how far you throw the item, click the item in your hand and set the range from the menu given.

To make your K-9 stay put simply click the stay button and they will stay where they are and not follow you.

To make your K-9 come to you click the come button and they will come.
To make your K-9 follow you click the follow button and they will follow where you go.

The animations button will bring up a menu to pet your K-9 or to walk them.
To pet your K-9 choose one of the different “size” animations.
To walk your K-9, wear the leash (from the green ball button) and the K-9 will connect to the leash and you can walk them around on your sim.

Until nest week Happy Breeding !!!

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Happy Thursday!  Today I am shining the Spotlight on a couple of features in the horses that go unused far too often.  The Brushing and Feeding Animations!  These 2 awesome animations are super easy to use, fun and also they make for great picture taking opportunities.

Using these 2 cool animations is super easy!  Follow my instructions below:

 

Click your horse, choose the Help button and then pick Get HUD.

Wear your HUD and rez your horse in world.

Click the animations button on the HUD and you will see the Brush and Feed Animations.

 

Brushing your horse:

1st be sure your horse is rezzed out and you are not wearing it

From the main menu on the HUD select Animations then select Brush

You will get 2 options Large and Regular

Depending on which you choose you will get an object in your inventory named either Regular Horse Brush or Large Horse Brush

Wear or add the Brush and you will get a pop up menu with different grooming options.

 

Feeding your horse:

1st be sure your horse is rezzed out and you are not wearing it

From the main menu on the HUD select Animations then select Feed

You will be sent an object in your inventory named Green Amaretto Apple

Wear or add the Apple and you will get a menu option to choose your avatar size.

 

 

So see now you can have even more fun with your horses simply by playing around with the Horse HUD.

Until next week, Happy Breeding!!

 

 

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Amaretto Halloween Carnival 3 days of Spooky!!

Today was the opening day of the Amaretto Halloween Carnival.
If you haven’t checked it out yet you really should!! Lots of rides , foods, haunted houses and spooky stuff. The Carnival is for 3 days, starting today and will continue til November 1st, so everyone can go and have a great time.Ohhhh and watch out for the blue ghosts, lol they just want to hug you!!!

Take you Hearse ride Here!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amaretto%20Ranch%20Haven/37/132/1002

Tomorrow Ava will be DJ for the Carnival Spooky Dance, October 29th at 5:00 pm (slt). You can come in costume or just as you are, you will still have a great time!!

Take you Hearse ride Here!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amaretto%20Ranch%20Haven/37/132/1002
Don’t miss these!!! They are here at the Carnival Too!!!!

Trick or Treat!!!! – BOO! The 2014 Halloween LE, SE & CE’s have arrived! You can scare them all at the Amaretto Stores on sale from October 24 – November 3 and read about them here:

http://amarettobreedables.com/connection/?p=8258
Below are some pictures from today at the Carnival!

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See you at the Carnival Dance Tomorrow!!!!!

Twisting Tuesday!

Hey guys its Tuesday and what a terrific one!!! Everyone has been asking and it is my turn to announce the November Twist Horse and K-9.
From November 5th 2014 until December 5th 2014 you can breed any color Percheron and any color Amaretto Saddlebred together and you have the chance of discovering a brand new coat designed especially for the Twist called Dapple Saddlebred!

This is just one of many Percheerons that can be used for the twist!
http://wiki.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Dapple_Percheron

http://wiki.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Amaretto_Saddlebred

The Dapple Saddlebred, will have its very own eye that will have the ability to pass!

Now for our K-9 Lovers we didnt forget about you guys! Novembers Twist K-9s I am excited for this one guys and I hope you are too! From November 5th 2014 until December 5th 2014 if you breed any color Wolf and Bi-Color Beagle you have a chance at getting the new twist named Beawolf!

http://wiki2.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Bi-Color_Beagle

http://wiki2.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Wolf

Check them out on the wiki from the links above! The Beawolf will get a special eye and collar that will have the ability to pass!

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Don’t forget that the coat on the Beawolf as well as the Dapple Saddlebred have the ability to pass! Good luck breeding and I can’t wait to see these in world!!!

So get to twisting! This is Ava over and out! Happy Breeding Everyone!!

Hallowfishing Anyone?

Today we threw an awesome event… Hallowfishing!!! It was a super fun and interesting!!!! We had so many people show up! You definitely want to keep an eye on our groups because we at Amaretto love throwing spontaneous events! The lucky winners today were fishing for Halloween LE’s and consumables! Below is a list of winners and the goodies they won!

FIRST PLACE: SorchaLia Resident won a Halloween 2014 Limited Edition 4 pack and a Limited Edition Candy Corn Pack for horses!

SECOND PLACE: Luckystrike Maven won a Halloween 2014 Limited Edition random pack and a Limited Edition Candy Corn Pack for horses!

THIRD PLACE: Jasperr Burnstein won a Halloween 2014 Limited Edition random pack.

FOURTH PLACE: Shawndra Magic won a Single Breedable Food and Salt Lick.

FIFTH PLACE: Veronica SpiritWeaver won a Single Breedable Food and Salt Lick.

Congratulations to all of our winners!! Thank you to everyone who came out and attend this super fun event! Keep your eyes and ears open for you never know when we may throw a random event again. Also, don’t forget to get to the Amaretto stores to pick up your Limited, Special, or Collector editions!!!

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Happy Halloween Breeding!!!

Until next time…..

Its that time of year again where all the children are buzzing around with talks of treats and candy. Tricks or treats the choice is yours but Amaretto’s been making a few treats for the entire Amaretto community!

Introducing to you the 2014 Halloween Limited, Special, and Collectors Editions!
Thats right starting tonight October 24th, 2014 until November 3, 2014 you can pick up your at any Amaretto location let me tell you all about these ghoulish creatures!

The 2014 Halloween Limited Edition Horses

-Does not pass coat

-Does have the ability to pass their eyes

-By breeding the 2014 Halloween Limited Edition Horses you can possibly discover hidden treats

4 coats Available:

Halloween 2014 Limited Edition – Jack’o’Lantern Shetland

Halloween 2014 Limited Edition – Vampire Fell Pony

Halloween 2014 Limited Edition – Wicked Witch

Halloween 2014 Limited Edition – Lil Devil Exmoor

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Comes in the following pack sizes:
-Four Pack- 1 of each coat, random gender $L 2,895
-Single Pack- random coat and gender $L 795

The 2014 Halloween Special Edition K-9s

-Does not pass coat

-Does have the ability to pass their eyes

-By breeding the 2014 Halloween Special Edition K-9s you can possibly discover hidden treats

3 Coats Available:

Halloween 2014 Special Edition – Ghost Demon

Halloween 2014 Special Edition – Toxic Demon

Halloween 2014 Special Edition – Evil Demon

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Comes in the following pack sizes:
-Single Pack- random gender $L 495
-3 Pack 1350
Wait thats not it we didn’t forget about our Barnyard Bird lovers for you feather chasers we have 2014 Halloween Collectors Edition

-Does not pass coat

-Does have the ability to pass their eyes

-By breeding the 2014 Halloween Collectors Edition Barnyard Birds you can possibly discover hidden treats

2 Coats Available:
Halloween 2014 Collectors Edition – Wicked Witch
Halloween 2014 Collectors Edition – Wicked Warlock

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Comes in the following pack sizes:
-Single Pack- random gender $L 495
-Couples Pack- 1 Rooster 1 Hen $L 895

So run out there and get your Halloween 2014 Limited, Special, and Collector Editions!!! Until next time Happy Spooky Breeding!

Happy Friday Everyone ! Hope everyone is having a good breeding day !

Today I would like to tell you about some of the the Amaretto Barnyard Bird , Exotic Birds and Class.

Farm Class
Amaretto Breedables all begin with the “Starter Breeds” that are sold in farmers and clutch packs as well as individual Hen or Rooster packs at all the Amaretto Barnyard Bird stores.
The Class stat classifies the birds stats.
They each come with possible hidden breeds and traits. The hidden breeds/traits may or may not be Non-Starter. When breeding new starters together, it is important to remember that the hidden breeds/traits may or may not drop in the first nest or even the last nest. You just never know!
Remember, once a starter always a starter.

Jester Class

The Jester Class does some amazing things to your Barnyard Bird. Benefits of Jester Class are:
Never go below 75% vivacity

The Jester Class CAN pass!

Bird of the Line Class

Bird of the Line Class does some amazing things to your Barnyard Bird. Benefits of a Bird of the line are:
will never sleep!
never go below 100% stamina.
never go below 75% vivacity (Jester Class)
Bird of the Line also gets any traits from future classes released.
Bird of the Line CAN pass.
Any future class traits will be added to your current Bird of the Line through an update.
Exotic Birds

Egghead Barnyard Bird

Exotic Birds are Special/Rare Birds that will give a gradual boost to the Vivacity of birds within 10 meters over a period of time
Exotic Birds are very special birds that can be born at random from ANY bird breeding combination.
The Egghead is NOT able to pass their breed or eyes. However, you could get extremely lucky and birth another Exotic Bird.
When you breed an Exotic Bird (whether it is with another Exotic Bird or any other bird) you DO have an increased chance at receiving another random Exotic Bird.
The non-Exotic offspring of Exotic Birds do NOT have an increased chance of producing Exotic Birds.

Rubber Chicken

Exotic Birds are Special/Rare Birds that will give a gradual boost to the Vivacity of birds within 10 meters over a period of time
Exotic Birds are very special birds that can be born at random from ANY bird breeding combination.
Exotic Birds are NOT able to pass their breed. However, you could get extremely lucky and birth another Exotic Bird.
When you breed an Exotic Bird (whether it is with another Exotic Bird or any other bird) you DO have an increased chance at receiving another random Exotic Bird.
The non-Exotic offspring of Exotic Birds do NOT have an increased chance of producing Exotic Birds.

Robotic

Exotic Birds are Special/Rare Birds that will give a gradual boost to the Vivacity of birds within 10 meters over a period of time
Exotic Birds are very special birds that can be born at random from ANY bird breeding combination.
The Robotic dose NOT pass their breed or eyes. However, you could get extremely lucky and birth another Exotic Bird.
When you breed an Exotic Bird (whether it is with another Exotic Bird or any other bird) you DO have an increased chance at receiving another random Exotic Bird.
The non-Exotic offspring of Exotic Birds do NOT have an increased chance of producing Exotic Birds.

As an added twist to the Barnyard Birds the Exotic Birds that are Special/Rare Birds have the possibility of being found in the Starter Packs**

Information on the Amaretto Barnyard Birds can be found here

http://wiki3.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

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Spotlight on Racing

Happy Thursday Amaretto!  Today I wanted to shine the spotlight on something that can be lots of fun of fun while you are waiting on those bundles to drop.  Racing!!! That’s right you can race your Amaretto horses or train them just for fun to increase their speed and stamina traits.  Remember your horse must have the racing traits first before you can train them.  Now let me include all the pertinent information you’ll need to begin training or racing your horses.

~~~~~THE HUD~~~~~

1.) Can only connect one horse at a time to the hud.
2.) Can only wear one hud at a time.

~~~~~THE STATS~~~~~

ONLY NEW STARTERS WILL CARRY THE HIDDEN RACING TRAIT TO PASS ON TO NEWER GENERATIONS. (Is not breed or coat dependent).

***SPEED***

Speed = The Sprinting speed of a horse.

Speed is ranked using the following Class system:

S = 3x Avie Run Speed (ARS) {Highest Possible Class} 50 minutes of training time
A = 2.5x ARS 45 minutes of training time
B = 2x ARS 40 minutes of training time
C = 1.5x ARS 35 minutes of training time
D = ARS {Lowest Possible Class}30 minutes of training time

 

Class D is where horses start
Classes S,A,B,C, and D are trainable and passable

***STAMINA***

Stamina = The amount of time a horse can sprint without recharging

Stamina is ranked using the following Class system:

S = 50s of sprinting and 50 minutes of training time
A = 45s of sprinting and 45 minutes of training time
B = 40s of sprinting and 40 minutes of training time
C = 35s of sprinting and 35 minutes of training time
D = 30s of sprinting and 30 minutes of training time

 

Class D is where horses start
Classes S,A,B,C, and D are trainable and passable

 

***XP***

XP is gained through training your horse in a given field (speed or stamina) to move from one class to the next you must train from 0% to 100% in the current Class of that field.

 

XP Gains as follows:
Class D gains XP @ .5% per minute of training
Class C gains XP @ .4% per minute of training
Class B Gains XP @ .3% per minute of training
Class A Gains XP @ .1% per minute of training

 

Class D is where horses start
Classes S,A,B,C, and D are trainable and passable

***BREEDING***

Offspring of horses with the racing trait have a chance to receive the racing trait of their parents.

The Racing traits come from breeding “Starter Coats” together or one starter with any other horse.

Please note that the Racing trait CAN be passed on.

When the Racing traits pass they can pass as the same class, one class higher, one class lower or even two class’s lowers.

 

Remember riding your horses boosts not only their happiness but yours as well!

 

If you need a place to race or train your horses you are always welcome to use the Amaretto Racetrack at Boomtown. This slurl will take you to the racetrack all you need to bring are your horses and your friends and there will be fun had by all!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amaretto%20Ranch%20Boomtown/133/108/2489

 

You can also attend the AMOC races each month to join in on the racing fun.  Watch notices for dates and times!

Until next time Happy breeding and Happy Racing!

 

 

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All about Barnyard Birds

Today I want to talk about the Barnyard Birds! I have listed below a list of the consumables available at all Amaretto Barnyard Bird Stores and what they are used for.

Barley Bird Diet

Barley Bird Diet is the food that keeps your Barnyard Birds healthy and able to breed when its time. Without a source of food the Barnyard Birds will become sick and will need to either eat their way out of starvation or be healed using a Flu Shot. Stock up on Barley Bird Diet today and keep your birds healthy and breedable.

**One Barley Bird Diet feeds one Barnyard Bird for 28 days**

*Barley Bird Diet 12 pack
Price 1380L
*Barley Bird Diet 6 pack
Price 700L
*Barley Bird Diet single pack
Price 120L

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Pet Pellets
Do you have Barnyard Birds you want to keep only as pets? If you do then Pet Pellets is the food for you! Pet Pellets will keep your Barnyard Bird healthy not just when they are Seniors but also on those younger birds you simply do Not want to breed. Without a source of food the Barnyard Birds will become sick and will need to either eat their way out of starvation or be healed using a Flu Shot. Stock up on Pet Pellets today and keep your birds healthy!
*Pet Pellets 12 pack
Price 700L
*Pet Pellets 6 pack
Price 370L
*Pet Pellets Single pack
Price 70L

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Poultry Glow

Poultry Glow provides a 5% increase to Stamina, a 5% increase to Vivacity and a 5% increase to Vigor.

*Poultry Glow 6 Packs
Price 2400L
*Poultry Glow Single Pack
Price 400L

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Orange Rinds

These delicious orange rinds are used to build the vivacity of your Barnyard Bird! These are important as your Barnyard Bird must have 85% or higher vivacity coupled with 100% vigor in order to breed.

*Orange Rinds 12 Pack
Price 1390L
*Orange Rinds 6 Pack
Price 710L
*Orange Rinds Single Pack
Price 130L

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Vivacity Corn

Vivacity Corns will increase one of your birds vivacity by 15%.

This consumable can only be used on a Barnyard Bird once in a 24 hour period.

*Vivacity Corn 6 Pack
Price 1800L
*Vivacity Corn Single Pack
Price 300L

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High Potency Seeds

High Potency Seeds-provide a 10% increase to Vigor. Vigor is important as your Barnyard Bird must have 85% or higher vivacity coupled with 100% vigor in order to breed.

This consumable can only be used on a Barnyard Bird once in a 24 hour period.

*High Potency Seeds 12 Packs
Price 2400L
*High Potency Seeds 6 Packs
Price 1200 L
*High Potency Seeds- Single Pack
Price 200 L

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Flu Shot-Once your Barnyard Bird is sick it will take 4 days for it to eat its way out of sickness, or you can purchase a one-time use Flu Shot that will heal one Barnyard Bird instantly!

Flu Shot

*Flu Shot 6 Packs
Price 1200L
*Flu Shot Single Pack
Price i200L

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As you can see you can get everything you need to keep your Barnyard Birds fed and healthy all in one store!

Next I want to talk about the Bird Sanctuary!

Bird Sanctuary is a awesome way to send those unwanted or unneeded Barnyard Birds off to a special place and in return you can earn Henny Pennies. Below I will show you how much Henny Pennies you can earn, and ways you can use Henny Pennies for some awesome Barnyard Bird products. You can find a Bird Sanctuary Vendor at any Amaretto Ranch Barnyard Bird store locations with the exception of the main Barnyard Bird location because we have the Amaretto Haven sim located right next door!!

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The Bird Sanctuary Henny Pennies Reward system will Reward you for your Barnyard Birds in the following way:
Starter breed = 100 Henny Pennies
Hidden breed = 200 Henny Pennies
Starter eye = 100 Henny Pennies
Hidden eye = 200 Henny Pennies
Beak Color = 100 Henny Pennies
Beak Design = 100 Henny Pennies
Beak Flaw = 100 Henny Pennies
Leg Color = 100 Henny Pennies
Hidden classes = 100 Henny Pennies
Every cycle lost = 100 Henny Pennies
Here we have the costs in Henny Pennies for the items Currently Available from the vendor:
Barnyard Bird Flu Shot Single (Boxed) 8000 Henny Pennies
Pet Pellets Six (Boxed) 18000 Henny Pennies
Poultry Glow Single (Boxed) 10000 Henny Pennies
High Potency Seeds Single (Boxed) 8000 Henny Pennies
Hen Booster Pack Single (Boxed) 75000 Henny Pennies
Rooster Booster Pack Single (Boxed) 75000 Henny Pennies

I wanted to remind everyone that when you send a Bird to Bird Sanctuary
it is a total of 3 clicks:

1. Settings
2. Bird Sanctuary
3. Yes

Amaretto has put precautionary measures in place so that you do not accidentally send any Bird to Bird Sanctuary. You MUST confirm before anything is sent to Sanctuary.

This means that no Bird will be returned to you from Bird Sanctuary accident or not. So please make sure that this is what you want to do!!!!

Raising Barnyard Birds is fun and exciting! Did you know that if you turn their animations on and their extra animations on that you can bump your bird from behind and it will flap its wings, run a squawk? Well try it sometime it is fun to watch them!

Until next time, enjoy breeding!!!

Howdy breeders! Today I would like to cover the GPS. We have a GPS for each of our breedables. We have the Global Pony Settings barrel for horses, the Global Pup Settings hydrant for K9, and the Global Peck’n Sort silo for birds. These nifty devices were created to make life just a bit easier for breeders. The GPS turns possibly hundreds of clicks into a handful of clicks. The GPS is a FREE device that is given out at any Amaretto Horse, K-9, or Barnyard Bird Store.

Before we get into how these awesome devices work, it’s important to point out that the GPS will set all the horses, k9, or birds in a sim that are listed under the owner’s name. It’s important to remember this if you have special pens set up to manage special projects. Please also remember that there is a separate GPS for each of the three Amaretto Ranch Breedables.

When you get your Amaretto Global Pony Settings (GPS) from the Amaretto Store, you’ll open it to your inventory and find inside Instructions, Land Marks, TOS and the GPS itself. When you rezz your GPS and click on it, you will find the following Global Settings options

 

Set Range

This will allow you to set the range on your breedables. When you click this button you will put in local chat the range you wish your breedables to be set at.

Activate

Once you have made all the changes you would like to make to the settings of your breedables click Activate from the drop down menu and all your settings will be activated. If your text setting is left in the on position, you will probably notice the text on your K-9s will go off and then come back on.

Home Set

With this option you can keep the Home setting where it was or tell the GPS to reset the home on all rezzed breedables to their current location.

Text Off

This allows you to set the text to off.

Sounds On

This allows you to set the sounds to on.

Sounds Off

This allows you to set the sounds to off.

Anims On

This allows you to set the animations to on.

Anims Off

This allows you to set the animations to off.

Text On

This allows you to set the text to on.

Move Physic

This allows you to set the movement of your breedables to physical. When set to physical your breedable will not walk through other objects.

Move Phant

This allows you to set the movement of your breedables to phantom. When set to phantom your breedable will walk through other objects.

Move Off

This allows you to set the movement of your breedables to off.

HORSE GPS

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K9 GPS

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BIRD GPS

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Happy breeding!

Until next time…..