$299 is a price drop? It seems ridiculous to pay more than maybe $100 for a set.

so what VR unit is everyone using ... im ready to dip my toes into this and want to know if its worth it

The Quest 2 is easily the best selling VR headset, and it's wireless.
It recently just had a price drop to $299 USD, as the Quest 3 was announced to be released this coming fall ($499 USD).

I wonder how often a trade card wil released.
written under "Waypoint over Dolz" on January 9.
"50 have already been processed and will be released soon."

If the same person buys 60 from Limited from every trading card it will be quite expensive.
So let's hope this only happens on the first trading card.

It wouldn't be Unlimited, the Numbers would be Limited to provide a card to each of the Active bidders.

Which still means that there would be no limit unless you artificially limit the number of active bidders.

Now, I have no problem with any of this - only with compatibility of an auction with the original statement

I think that everyone whom would want to bid for one, should at the very least, be able to own one at the Limited Rarity level.

This would mean that nobody would need to bid above whatever was set as the minimum bid and that anybody who was willing to pay that minimum bid, no matter how many there were, would be able to get the card.

Remember that in Each of the Rarity Levels the cards have a SN starting at SN 1
The Bidding war would be to get the Lowest SN
which then on the Secondary Market, Should command a Higher Selling Price.

Now at the Limited Level, this might not be much of a difference, but the Lower SN's would create a bidding war.
there were 218 cards at the limited level in this 1st Auction.
Myself and Others placed bids on Multiple Numbers of Limited cards.

Depending on how High our Bid amounts are, this pushes the lower bids off the List.

If there are 130 active bidders, and 15 of them get pushed off the list with Minimal Bids.
because there are Members making Multiple Higher Bids on 10 or More entries,
Perhaps the Number of available cards at the Limited level can be Dynamic, and enough cards added so that all of the Active bidders still get to own one.

The Higher bidders still get the lowest SN cards,
the Multiple Bidders still get their Multiple cards
and every Active Bidder gets to own one at the Limited level.

It wouldn't be Unlimited, the Numbers would be Limited to provide a card to each of the Active bidders.

Just at the Limited Level
Maybe a timed Bid for Additional Bids after the 1st one.
If you Bid Once, it is Instant. If you Edit your 1st bid it is instant.
If you make a 2nd Bid or Edit a 2nd Bid, there is a time delay added.
a Minute between bids after the 1st one??

I didn't express myself clearly; what I meant was that every bidder has a chance to acquire a card at a low price. However, there will always be some competition for the available cards because certain individuals may still have the opportunity to purchase more than one card. It's a delicate balance between allowing maximum participation and maintaining the price of purchased cards over time.

To achieve this goal, we will adjust the number of limited cards based on the number of potential bidders.

As far as I can see in order to acheive the aim that everybody who wants one can get one the number of cards produced must be at least equal to the number of "potential bidders", at which point it there is effectively no limit and no need for anybody who only wants the "Limited" level to bid anything above the minimum price and the auction (for this level) collapses into a fixed price sale.

An unavoidable aspect of an auction is that not everybody can get what they want.

I think that everyone whom would want to bid for one, should at the very least, be able to own one at the Limited Rarity level.

This is precisely what we desire for limited cards. We will also make an effort to maintain a low entrance price for these limited cards. To achieve this goal, we will adjust the number of limited cards based on the number of potential bidders. Furthermore, we are considering implementing a restriction on the number of bids each bidder can place for a specific rarity level. For instance, a bidder may be limited to bidding on a maximum of 5% of the available cards for that particular rarity level.

Would love to see Emily Willis on here.

@Evaneself, exactly - downloading with an other version of iStripper on an comp - restore then on the new version on an other comp in order to verify that the Backup procedure working - and it does :-)

BUT: You have to backup the subfolder e0807 up to e0812 from both folders! From the model folder and of course of the data folder too.

For sure @Celine did it last two times and is superb!
How did you tested? On another PC?

Data Backup done - tested and worked :-)

@Celine, please be so nice an write for further updates the same topic like here "Girlsname removal" this will make things easier to know whats happend and please be so nice and give us a little time like you did in this posting. Thanks again very much for warning :-)

Well, refunding is a joke. I refunded 5 cards and got 15 credits. Thanks Totem Team.

May I remind you that what @Wyldanimal said was

I think that everyone whom would want to bid for one, should at the very least, be able to own one at the Limited Rarity level.

This would mean that nobody would need to bid above whatever was set as the minimum bid and that anybody who was willing to pay that minimum bid, no matter how many there were, would be able to get the card. In effect the "Limited" level would just be on sale at fixed price rather than having their price set, at a higher level, by an auction.

No, it would be not unlimited.
At the moment it should be 250 - 300 limited cards, instead of 218, so every of the 95 bidders get at least one card and the traders still get their card stacks. Looking at the numbers it's a difference of 60$.

The investors battle for the higher levels.
The three legendary cards have been sold for 240K Dolz, that's the same as all 15 epic cards together. The 59 rare cards together will be less and all limited cards even with 300 would be lot less.
So Totem makes the money with the high bidders/investors, not with normal iStripper users that just want one card for their collection.
The investors will never watch the shows, just resell them for higher profits.

He is only talking about the limited rarity.

So was I.

If the "Limited" level was sold to everyone who wanted to buy it then it would be an "Unlimited" level.

He is only talking about the limited rarity. For higher levels of rare, epic and legendary, nothing would change. There are the high bidders fighting their bidding wars.

I think that everyone whom would want to bid for one, should at the very least, be able to own one at the Limited Rarity level.

Which pretty much negates the point in making them Limited.

Limiting the release of a card to everybody who wants to buy it is an oxymoron. That being said it is something I have seen elsewhere with so called "collectables".

Bidding for the Rare and Limited cards is pushing the value beyond the minimum bid levels.

I hope for the future NFT cards, that there will be a larger Quantity of Limited cards made available.
I think that everyone whom would want to bid for one, should at the very least, be able to own one at the Limited Rarity level.

Alice Hernandez - My Life With Teddy - f1299 - iStripper XXX
Emiri Momota - Passionate In Pink - e1870 - iStripper
Agatha Vega - Agatha's Airline - f1317 - iStripper XXX
Belka - Ribbon Dancer - e1880 - iStripper
Sirena Milano - Dark Spirit - f1304 - iStripper XXX
Shania - Captain’s Orders - e1886 - iStripper
Marina Gold - Butterscotch Delight - f1293 - iStripper XXX

I am very happy to own her first card.
Lilly is beautiful with a magnificent body.
I love the outfit in this first card.
I will be buying her other cards.

Lilly, you are a beautiful, divine Angel. Your performance was amazing with an incredible charisma and one of the most beautiful bodies I have ever seen.

Yes indeed
And perhaps the VR180 when ready

❤️🔥❤️😍❤️

so what VR unit is everyone using ... im ready to dip my toes into this and want to know if its worth it

@cxsn I currently use a PC running Windows 11 and the Firefox browser.
I never had issues with Windows 7 or 10 either ... also Firefox

recently the workshop has been a little slow loading... but it runs ok

Thanks a lot gentlemen..sometimes my brain feels like 'all thumbs' 😀 lol
FGA085 is now repaired & replaced in the same zip name

https://scenes.virtuastripper.net/ET_FractalGardenA079-A089.zip

What are these Files?

.vhddisabled
.vhdresolution

Istripper keeps track of the card State in the Models.lst file.

But what if the file is corrupt, and you do a rebuild collection,
then the old card State is Lost..

Well that used to happen..

member with large collections spent days disabling cards.
only to have windows crash, before iStripper wrote the card State to the models.lst file.

All that work lost..

Well, along came these files in the data folder.
a special file was saved in the data folder for each card state change.

Then during a rebuild collection, the data folder is scanned, and these Files, rebuild the state of the card.

That's all they are used for.

when the resolution of a card changes, there is a .vhdresolution file placed in the data folder.
when a card is disabled there is a ,vhddisabled file placed in the data folder
when a card is qued to be downloaded a .vhdaskshows file is placed in the data folder
when a card is deleted a .vhddel is placed in the data folder
when a card is Hidden a .vhdhidden is placed in the data folder
when you uncheck clips on the clip list an inactive.txt file is saved in the data folder

all of these files are the backup flags, so that if the models.lst file gets corrupted.
a rebuild collection can restore the previous state of the card from the Flag files in the data folder.

👍 😍

change the define from

#define iTime u_Elapsed*0.314159 //*0.1666

to

#define iTime u_Elapsed

change the

float t = iDate.w*.2, c,d,m;

to

float t = iTime*.2;
float c=0.;
float d=0.;
float m=1.;

@EverthangForever can't you just swap iDate for iTime ?

//float t = iDate.w*.2, c,d,m;
float t = iTime*.2, c,d,m;

https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/29408/79?post=765499

Can anyone tweek the shader in FGA085 please.? rotating it needs iDate, otherwise it compiles ok
// Weird Fractal 4Mod01.fsh by AieKick
//https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MtsGzB
.. need to show it rotating on OpenGL here somehow like the original. It is beyond me to code.
Maybe requires an autoFakeiDate script like @TheEmu made for the iMouse - AUTODATE ?
Apologies @TheEmu - I threw Tunnel A.fsh in the .scn there too, just to show it moving in some way :/

FGA079-FGA089
Eleven selected WebGL shaders remixed & converted to OpenGL
to run &/or remix on iStripper's Fullscreen OpenGL platform.
Standing or table work randomly applies to all these scenes

https://scenes.virtuastripper.net/ET_FractalGardenA079-A089.zip

zip size = 6.28 Mb
Extract the zip straight to ../scenes folder. Allow merged folders
and allow to overwrite any existing same name file.
Remixed to The Atlanta Rhythm Section with Sky Pierce & Lilly Bella - dancers superb.
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/27449/153?post=765500

I just ran a query against my Playlist Generator database. I haven't updated it in about 6 months. It has data for 5764 cards.

Since I can't put a spreadsheet into this message, hear is the data as a comma separated values (CSV) file:

Card Collection,2000,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023
iStripper Classic,12.2,26.9,33.5,37.5,36.9,34.2,36.9,35.6,35,,,,,,,,,
iStripper,15.8,,,,,,,,33.2,34.6,35.3,38.2,41.6,37.7,35.8,35.9,35.6,34.7
Desk Babes,0,,,54.4,35.2,26.4,31.8,33.5,34.2,,,,,,,,,
iStripper XXX,15.9,,,,,,,,33.9,34.6,34.2,37.6,42.4,37.2,36,35.3,35.8,36
VirtuaGuy,14.1,,32,39.8,22.7,30.4,,,,,,,,,,,,


The first line is the header and the year is the release year. I don't have useable data for the VG classic cards. Most of them don't have playtimes in my database.

Very nice indeed

For me, these files also exist for a handful of shows. ".vhdresolution" files are not required to properly play a show. I think iStripper creates them in situation where they are neccessary, but what are those situations? I'm not sure. Maybe it has something common with default resolution that you choose in Settings? Let's see...

Yes, it has. Try this: go to Settings, make sure "Advanced settings" is checked, scroll down to "Downloads" section and set your default resolution to, let's say, 720p. Now go to "My collection" tab and choose any of the recently downloaded shows. From the dropdown list select resolution different than your default one, let's say 3K or 4K. The ".vhdresolution" file has been now created. It contains info about selected resolution, not the default one, but the one selected for this particular show.

The same works the other way around. If the default resolution in Settings tab is set to 3K (or 4K if you're premium member"), but you choose different resolution for particular show, the ".vhdresolution" file will be automatically created. For example: @Evaneself has access to 3K shows and I can assume that his default resolution is set to 3K. But he choose to download Diana's shows in other resolutions (720p and 1080p). That's why iStripper created the ".vhdresolution" files for the other resolutions.


-- EDIT --
More notes:

1. It seems that ".vhdresolution" is created by Istripper no matter what you have set in Settings. Just open details for any show, mess with the "Resolution" dropdown list and this file will be created. It is that simple.

2. If you choose 720p, the ".vhdresolution" file will be empty. It looks like this is the default resolution, so iStripper doesn't write data to ".vhdresolution" file if 720 is selected.

Yes, but how do some users have them and others do not?

These ".vhdresolution" files are not required to properly play a show. Besides, iStripper can create them in neccessary.

.vhdresolution

I do not think I have this file for any of my downloaded cards. I checked e0807 in the data folder. Not there.
Why?
Is it because I have always chosen to download all shows in 720p*?

I just searched the entire data folder for ".vhdresolution" and got no results, though I have thousands of cards downloaded.

. *the VirtuaGirl classic cards are an exception at only 480p

But even at the start there were some A series cards that were about 35 minutes in length.

So there were, also at the start, shows which length was 20 minutes or even lesser.

As far as I remember these two files (.vhddisabled and .vhdresolution) are just plain text files and can be created manually.

.vhddisabled - is created when you disable a card in your collection. It is empty text file. The file itself is just a flag that tells the software that this particular card should be disabled in iStripper. You can create this file manually or programatically using batch script or any programming language.

.vhdresolution - the file tells what resolution is stored in folder for the particular show (it can be 480p, 720p, 1080p, 3K or 4K). It can be also created manually or using script or programming language.

So, no need to redownload a show just for these two files.

I said early shows. The switch to shorter times being the nom occurred well before the end of the A series. But even at the start there were some A series cards that were about 35 minutes in length.

It can be big news or maybe not.

I just find out that after I downloaded all the resolutions at the shows of Dianna: 3k, 1080p and 720p in folder "models", at the folder iStripper\data\(number of the card) I have two files: .vhddisabled and .vhdresolution in all the folders of her cards.
At first I had one card's folder with only .vhddisabled and I remember that I donwloaded only one version before.
I was about to ask why one card folder has only .vhddisabled file, but I checked again after I downloaded all her shows at all the resolutions. I am very sure about what I am writing here.

Please, check your folders e0807, e0808, e0809, e0810, e0811, e0812 from data folder, to have all the files:
.jpg,
.vhddisabled,
.vhdresolution,
.xml,
_full.png,
_nude.png

Thankyou for sharing your lovely self Dianna, best wishes in your future 😊

If you check the early shows you will find that the VirtuaGirl A series cards were usually much longer than 30 minutes, typically around 45 minutes and often longer

I would not say "usually". Checking A series i find some cards lasting more than 40 minutes, the vaste majority being around 30 minutes (particularly some minutes over 30 - exactly same amount we have now), but also many ones which duration was less of 30 minutes - some of such even during less than 20 ones (particulary the very first cards to be released on store) e.g. Laura a0049 lasting 14 minutes, Silver a0004 lasting 16 minutes - and they are not the only ones with such short durations.

I don't have time to make an extensive nor a full check, but, seeing what I have seen, I think I can infere, even if there was of course a bigger variability in durations than one we have seen in more recent years, medium duration to have been around 30 minutes also at those early times.

So the shows get shorter.

I don't see this to be so true. If you check random exemples of cards released in all times (apart classic series ones, which are compilations), you'll see that average duration of a show always has been around 30 minutes, of course with exceptions in both ways.

If you check the early shows you will find that the VirtuaGirl A series cards were usually much longer than 30 minutes, typically around 45 minutes and often longer, DeskBabes C series cards were shorter but still typically 35 minutes or so.

So the shows get shorter.

I don't see this to be so true. If you check random exemples of cards released in all times (apart classic series ones, which are compilations), you'll see that average duration of a show always has been around 30 minutes, of course with exceptions in both sides.
Moreover, first shows ever released (Silver, Carol, Elya and so) tended to last way less than 30 minutes - but then show durations were increased.

It's way more probable we "ordinary" users are, and are going to, miss entire shows rather than minutes - I imagine, at least for most famous models, that out of a 6-card shooting one could easily become a SEC and another one a NFT, so we would be get only 4 of them...

@Dfner

Thanks.
Some recently released cards are very short length compared to these

Just like in the shops.
You get less for the same money.
The hourly wages of the models have probably increased, But they want to keep the price for the cards the same.
So the shows get shorter.

I've never had much interest in NFTs.
However, because of Dolz I started to look into it a bit.
Not to trade with it, but to possibly buy an interesting card for istripper (and then only for the purchase price of 200 Dolz).
I talked to an acquaintance who knows a lot about NFTs about NFTs last night. He's been on it from the start.
He talked about the fact that the government in many countries wants to get a grip on this and that you have to fill in your identification etc. everywhere when you purchase NFTs.

On a site of my country I read: “Companies offering cryptocurrency services in the Netherlands are required under the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act to register with De Nederlandsche Bank. Coinbase failed to do so in time and is therefore fined 3,325,000 euros."
Will istripper also have to deal with this because they offer NFT Dolz?

This way the tax authorities know what your assets are and you will receive a tax assessment for this.
I also read that some (e.g. Robinhood) stop supporting e.g. Polygon (Matic).
He himself does not have a Matic, but was able to show me that the price has fallen from $ 0.85 to $ 0.53 from the beginning of June due to these actions.

What about Dolz, do we have to identify ourselves for this in time so that the value is known to the tax authorities? Then it seems less fun to me because I only have it to use with istripper.

plz more black chubby girls,plz huge black ass models

Interesting. I installed Metamask mobile app on my phone and tried to buy MATIC using the app. I got different options to buy MATIC than when I was using my PC browser. The minimal amounts were lower, but at the same time there were different vendors and - unfortunately - transaction costs were higher.

I registered an account in Coinbase and bought some MATIC. Indeed, the purchase options are much better for person who don't need big amount of coins.

Now I have to buy some MATIC, using this method:
dolz.gitbook.io/dolz/how-to-for-beginners/buy-dolz-on-polygon/…-.
I don't like the fact, that I'm ***** to spend some minimum amount of real money to buy coins.

I opened up a coinbase account.
I can buy and Send Matic from Coinbase.
fund it with Paypal or a debit/Credit card.

as little as $1.00
but the fee to send $1.00, makes it more worth sending $10.00
So buy like $13.00 worth
and then you will end up with $10.00 in your wallet.

In the 1st step to SEND tokens, from Coinbase to your wallet.
MAKE sure to use your WALLET Address, NOT the TOKEN address

Very important.
there is a Second Step where you have to select the Network you want to use.

MAKE SURE to use the POLYGON network.
Otherwise your tokens end up on the Etherum network.

edit:
a Quick story.
The 1st time I tried to send myself some USDC from Coinbase to my Wallet.
I thought, I need to use the Token contract address.
So I used the Polygon USDC token address.

I sent myself $10.00 or so I thought.

What really Happened was I sent $10 to the USDC token, and now it's lost in that Tokens Liquidity.
I basically Donated my $10 to the Liquidity fund.

It's lost, Non-Recoverable.

Never send to a Token Contract Address.
ALWAYS send to a Wallet Address, and make sure to select the correct Network.

Waiting for a good spanking 🔥