Amaretto Breedables Customer Connection

Dear Breeders pull up a chair, prop your feet up and let your hair down! Today we are going to talk about WILD HAIR!

As any designer of Amaretto horses will tell you the Wild Hair you put on your pretty little babies is the pièce de résistance!

I interviewed Ava, Manager of Amaretto, and got some facts on wild hair:

Ava, what is wild hair? “Wild hair is hair that is on any horse that has a regular mane and tail sculpt.”

Ava, why is there no wild hair found on the wiki? “There is no Wild Hair section on the Wiki because all you have to do is look up the horse to show you what the wild hair looks like.”

Ava, how do I know if a wild hair is new? “Well Maggie, the great thing about Amaretto is we have an amazing group of breeders who are involved in the Amaretto community. So, if you suspect you have a new wild hair that dropped all you have to do is post the stats of the horse in the Amaretto Ranch breedable group and ask if anyone has seen it before.”

Ava, how do we get wild hair? “Wild hair can come from any starter horse, new limited editions, and new haven horses.”

Ava, if we get a wild hair, does it pass? “Yes!”

Hubba, Hubba, Ding Ding!!!! So with our new 7.0 starter horses and the brand new Haven horse, we could be seeing…..New……. Wild Hair! You make my heart sing! You make everything groovy! You Move Me!

Dear Breeders, if you are a connoisseur of wild hair this is indeed exciting news! I for one cannot wait to hear from all of you when you discover a new wild hair!

This concludes Peach Buzz that informs you of the hottest trends in Amaretto!

Alright, so technically today is National Amaretto Day meaning the liqueur known around the world for its flavor and aroma. But today we will recognize the Amaretto we all know and love! 🙂

Amaretto Ranch Breedables, LLC was established in September of 2010 by Josaphine Cooperstone with the release of Amaretto Horses into Second Life.

So in honor of this let’s take a look at some of the amazing birthday animals that have been released to honor the formation of the company. The animals would all drop on September 1st each year. We will start with the foundation of it all, the horses.

Horses

For the horses, the first through fifth year’s coats did not pass so you would have to be lucky enough to have breed for one on September 1st of that year but from the sixth birthday on the coats did pass so you would have an easier time in find those.

K9s

In August of 2011, Amaretto Breedables K-9s joined in on the fun.

Barnyard Birds

In May of 2012, the Amaretto Barnyard Birds joined Amaretto.

Ponie Pals

In June 2017 the adorable Ponie Pals made their way onto the growing ranch.

Barnyard Ducks

And finally in October 2018, the Ducks were set free.

So remember to celebrate everything you love about breeding Amaretto products today!!!

Hello my Amaretto family!!! Its time for our 7.0 Update!!! Yay! We are so excited there are lots of new and exciting things in this update! Please take the time to read the update note card!

To get new exciting surprises you must purchase a set of new starters!
Starting right now for the next 24 hours we will be giving double haven points on all bundles and horses sent to haven!!

Also super exciting we are releasing a brand new haven horse!! Take a look at the new Lamplight Haven with two different possibilities Tranquility & Comfort!!! You can pick these up at any location!!!

We have changed the look of our food and salt! But dont worry the old stuff still works so there will be no food trade in! Take a look at the new stuff!!

Here is all the update details!

AFTER Saturday May 2, 2022 WE WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HORSES THAT ARE NOT v7.0 HORSES MUST BE UPDATED TO V7.0 TO FUNCTION PROPERLY!

Q: What do you mean by “not function properly”?
A: ALL versions that are not v7.0 will no longer produce viable offspring. Meaning any bundle produced by all versions that are not v7.0 will have the text BAD_DATA_NO_PARENTS, or EXPIRED_BREEDING, will not birth and cannot be fixed.

***So PLEASE update your horses before May 2, 2022

Update v7.0 Fixes/Changes:

    Fixes:

1. Made Extenze work at 120 days old

2. Made sick horses unable to turn off hover text

3. All horses now “gallop”

4. Optimized scripts for less script memory usage

    Changes:

1. Rerezzing paired horses breaks paring, will need to re-pair after rez
2. Removed the 5x food/salt “Super Mix Pack” from sales
3. New brush and apple in horse hud
4. New Food/Salt and Updater meshes
5. Added a preloader mesh to hang out at your farm to help with loading of textures (In update box)
6. We have “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) the following Stater Coats:
   Rabicano
7. We have “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) the following Non Starter Coats:
   Falabella
   Skewbald
   Roan
   Perlino
   Tricolor Clydesdale
   Exmoor Pony
8. We have “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) the following Albino eyes:
   Onyx Runes
   Ivory Runes
   Psychedelic
   Cyborg
   Rasta
   Peacock
9. We have “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) the following Dazzle eyes:
   Opal StarShine
   Pearl StarShine
   Peridot StarShine
   Amethyst StarShine
   Ruby StarShine
   Sapphire StarShine
   Opal HeartShine
   Pearl HeartShine
   Peridot HeartShine
   Amethyst HeartShine
   Ruby HeartShine
   Sapphire HeartShine
   Opal
   Pearl
   Peridot
   Ruby
   Sapphire
10. We have “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) the following Confection eyes: Spun Sugar
    Tutti Frutti
    Doublemint
    Sprinkled Donut
    Licorice Roll
11. We have “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) the following Other Traits:
    Flower Branding
    Peace Branding
    Sun Branding
    Crown Branding

** PLEASE NOTE** “Put Out to Pasture” (retired) means these will no longer be birthed from starter horses; they can ONLY be birthed from existing horses already on the grid that carry these traits.

Something’s you need to know about the updater:

IF THE BULK UPDATER DOESN’T UPDATE ALL YOUR HORSES, RE-REZ THE HORSE AND TRY IT AGAIN, YOU MAY ALSO USE THE SINGLE UPDATER FOR HORSES THE BULK UPDATER DOES NOT UPDATE

1. It will not work if there is more than one updater out. It gives you a message that there are 2 updaters out please remove one. If you continue to try and update your horse it will give you another error message and have you pick one updater up and reset the other. (Touch and wait 5 seconds to reset)
2. It will not update pregnant horses. The reason being the updater can potentially abort the pregnancy. Waiting to update your pregnant horses will not affect the horse’s functions, they will continue to eat, move, animate etc. When they give birth to the bundle, then you can update them. The bundle will be the old version and need to be updated when birthed.
3. The updater will not work on sims with a high load. Dilation needs to be above .65 and region fps must be above 25 for the updater to work. You will get an error message that says the sim dilation is too low, we have enclosed a sim monitor that will display these values for you. Just rez on your sim next to the updater. Update Instructions:

**Single Updater:
Place the updater near the horse that isn’t updated and click the horse and click the update button. The horse will be updated and the settings will be the same as before the update process. DO NOT PICK UP HORSES OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS

**Bulk Updater:
Place the bulk updater in the middle of your horse breeding area, click the updater and adjust the settings you want your horses to be set to after the update process, then click the update horse’s button on the updater menu. This updater has the ability to update all horses that are not v7.0 in an entire region. However, depending on sim performance it may only do the horses in a 96 meter radius. Do not remove the updater until it has completed updating all horses and the hover text above the updater reads FINISHED. DO NOT PICK UP HORSES OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS

**Bundle Updater:
Something’s you need to know about the updater:

1. You can update up to 15 bundles at one time
2. The bundles have to be in range of the updater (10m radius)
3. Bundles must have “SUCCESSFULL_BUNDLE” in the UUID to be updated
4. There is an option to turn on/off range indicator on the updater (must have particles enabled on your sl viewer)
5. Can only update a bundle once and will only update 2.4 and higher bundles

Updater instructions:

Rez the updater out and select “range on” from the updater menu. Place up to 15 bundles within the range area of the updater and select “update” from the menu. DO NOT PICK UP BUNDLES OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS. When the updater reads “Done” you may then pick up your updated bundles and repeat to update more bundles.

Updaters can be found at all of the Amaretto store locations:

Happy Updating everyone! This is Ava over and out!

So today we are going to talk a little about educating yourself with amaretto. As you all know there is an update coming today. I was trying to think of what I should highlight that would be eye catching since I am competing with the UPDATE. I remember my first update with amaretto and how amazing it was and how I had no idea what I was doing. First off, you don’t need to update all your bundles in one day. Also make sure when you are updating maybe put the ones updated in a new folder maybe named (name) 7.0. Depends on how you name your folder or how you sort your bundles. That way you know which ones are updated. I cannot tell you how many times I birthed horses to find out later only one was updated. Lesson learned. Another thing I learned was when picking them up in a cluster make sure it only has the bundles in the cluster or nothing else with scripts. I also made this mistake and what a mess. I had an auto feeder plate in my cluster and it was clashing. I had to make a ticket with linden lab go through weeks of this and that to get it fixed. Needless to say I had a lot to learn. Which bring me to ARU. Amaretto Ranch University Classes are held every week and notices are sent out before they are about to start. The classes are not very long and are in voice and text so very easy to follow. So with the coming update I say educate yourself. Also the groups are there to help you use them.

Happy Breeding and remember we are never promised tomorrow so be kind helpful and live each day to the fullest.

Thanks for taking the time to read

PeaPod

International Bat Appreciation Day on April 17 is a chance to show our flying and mostly nocturnal friends some love. As well as it obviously being a great excuse to binge a few Batman movies, it’s also an opportunity to delve deep and learn the important role bats play in the ecosystem and biodiversity. There are over 1,400 different bat species and contrary to popular opinion they aren’t blind. So, without further adieu, let’s creep a little deeper into the cave and take a closer look at International Bat Appreciation Day and everything these flying mammals have to offer.

But what does this have to do with Amaretto?? A lot!!!

2017 Halloween Edition Vampire Bat

Amaretto celebrated Halloween 2017 with 2017 Halloween Editions!! These great editions were available for both the horses and the ponie pals.

The eyes on these amazing horses and ponie pals did have the ability to pass.

In addition to these, there was another eye that featured a bat that was released with the Limited Edition Halloween 2013 Spooky Painted horse.

Halloween 2013 Spooky Painted

On October 28th, 2013 Amaretto released the 2013 Limited Edition Halloween Horses, these eyes could pass:

And that’s it for another Sunday but we’ll end with a wing that would go perfectly with these eyes, the Stone Gargoyle Wing

Hello Amaretto Family! How is everyone enjoying their weekend? Well how about we make it a little bit better!
So much exciting stuff going on lately! As you know 7.0 update is coming on Monday so don’t forget!

With all the new stuff headed your way we thought it would be a great time to offer the community a food and consumable sale! Thats right for the next 48 hours every Amaretto consumable will be discounted by 20%! So stock up while you can!

The sale items will only be located out in front of our main stores, be sure to purchase from the display outside there are the items that are discounted.

With a hip
and a hop,
kids don’t want
the Easter fun to ever stop!

Finding the brightly colored
Easter eggs carefully hidden and lain
and eating all of the Easter goodies
that Grandma has made!

Did you happen to see
the big bunny with the pink and white ears?
That means
that Easter is finally here!

Happy Easter everyone please take time this weekend to spend time with those that you love! Happy Breeding everyone!

*This sale will run for 48 hours! SALE items are located outside the main store! Look for the shopping cart!*

Hello Amaretto Family! I am sooooooo excited I can not wait to tell you about what is comming! Now I am not going to be spilling all the beans however I do have a few to toss at you.

On Monday 4/18/2022 Amaretto will release Horse Update 7.0!!!! That is right the time is here! What surprises await? Well I cant tell you all that!

I can tell you that after the update is released we will be having Double Haven points, we dont usually tell you this in advance so take advantage and get those sick horses eating NOW!!!!

So get your self ready 7.0 is headed your way on Monday!!

Just a short connection today, but one close to my heart. Everyone knows there are many many Haven Horses available from Amaretto, in all the colors of the rainbow, but the very first one was the Memorable Haven Horse.

In November of 2010 Amaretto introduced the Horse Haven board, with products available that breeders could get with the points they received from havening horses and bundles, such as Pet Food, Healing Kits and Snacks. The following March of 2011, they gave us the Memorable Haven Horse, a ghostly winged angel of a horse complete with halo, in memory of lost loved ones. For 250,000 points you can get one for yourself, that comes in random gender with random starter eyes. The Memorable Haven Horses are NOT able to pass their coats, but when you breed a Horse Haven Horse (whether it is with another Horse Haven Horse or any other horse) you DO have an increased chance at receiving a random Charmed Horse.

On October 12, 2012 they announced the twist that was added to the Limited Edition Fall Fantasy Horses. If you bred a Limited Edition Fall Fantasy Horse with a Memorable Haven Horse you would have the ability to get a brand new trait, wings! The wing from the Memorable Haven Horse was called Blizzard. Many breeders have gotten these unusual Haven Horses as a tribute to their loved ones over the years.

Today we have another person to dedicate a Memorable Haven Horse to, our dear SnookieAnne Heartsong, who left us too soon. She will be greatly missed by all of us. 369 Snookie.

Beginning March 1, 2015, the first of the new Flags of the World Eyes was born onto the grid. Any idea which one was it? Germany and it was a random eye that could drop from breeding any coats during the whole month of March that year.

Many other flags followed till the end of June 2020. That makes sixty-four different flags! Of course, it’s a small fraction of countries in the world. But it covers most Amaretto breeders’ home countries.

I was overly excited to get my own county’s flag in December 2015. And I bet most of the other breeders looked for their flags too, if not to add to their designs, at least to keep them as a trophy!

The last flag of this set was Belize, released in June 2020 ending our world tour.

Hey Amaretto Family! It is with a sad heart that I am writing this connection today. I felt it was important to let our community know that we have suffered another great loss amongst many lately.

On April 11, 2022 our dear sweet SnookieAnne Heartsong entered into eternal life.

Snookie has been a member of our community and a close friend to many for well since I can remember!

She was an instructor at ARU, Amaretto Moderator, Lead Officer for AMOC, Beta Tester. Amazing Auctioner, Market Owner, and Beloved Breeder!

Snookie helped and directed all of the BunkKenNest Hunts that many of you guys participated in over the years. She also won the breeders choice award for Best Auction House, Best Auction, Most Creative Bird Breeder.

Snookie called several Amaretto and Mystical Creatures Auctions in her time hundreds at least! She purchased OOAK animals, and participated in everything that Amaretto did!

E and S market was owned by Snookie for over 10 years, it is a home to many renters and patrons, JesterofSorrow will continue her and the legacy of E & S in the future.

Tuesady April 19, 2022 at 11 AM SLT, we will honor Snookie in tandem with her RL prayer service. Everyone who would like to attend and honor Snookie and remember her is welcome. I will send out the location on Friday.

Mrs Snookie Okie Cookie we will miss you deeply! I will miss you, and so will the breedable community!