BloodMoon Grid

Display Names are now available on BloodMoon

Choose how your name appears in-world while keeping your original OpenSimulator account identity unchanged.

How it works External region owners
A more personal identity

Your visible name can now be different from your account name

A Display Name is the name other people can see in supported viewers, including above your avatar and in profile views. It gives you more freedom over how your identity appears inside BloodMoon.

Your original BloodMoon account name is still kept as your technical identity. Your avatar UUID, inventory, groups, permissions and login identity do not change when you choose a Display Name.

Example Vlad @vlad.helsing Original account name: Vlad Helsing
BloodMoon Display Names overview showing profile and in-world display examples
Display Names in a profile and above an avatar in-world.
How it works

Display Name and account name work together

The Display Name is a visible identity layer. The original OpenSimulator account remains the technical identity behind it.

01

Choose a visible name

Use the Display Name option in your compatible viewer to choose the name you want other residents to see.

02

Keep your original account

Your original BloodMoon account name remains linked to your avatar and continues to be used for login and technical identification.

03

See it across BloodMoon

The new name can appear in compatible in-world views and on BloodMoon web pages that support Display Names.

Important

A Display Name does not replace your original account name. Always keep your original BloodMoon account name available when signing in or when technical support needs to identify your avatar.

BloodMoon-hosted regions

Nothing to install

Regions hosted directly by BloodMoon already use the Display Names service. Residents only need to refresh their viewer cache once after the feature becomes available.

Clear your Firestorm cache once

Residents who connected to BloodMoon before Display Names were activated may still have old viewer capabilities in cache.

  1. Log out from BloodMoon.
  2. Clear the Firestorm cache.
  3. Close Firestorm completely.
  4. Restart Firestorm.
  5. Log back in to BloodMoon.

This is normally required only once after Display Names have been activated.

Connected external regions

Update your simulator to enable Display Names

Owners of regions hosted outside BloodMoon must use the BloodMoon-compatible simulator package or install the BloodMoon Display Name module on their current simulator.

Full package

BloodMoon OpenSimulator 0.9.3.1

Recommended for a new BloodMoon connection, or when your simulator has not received the latest BloodMoon updates.

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Module only

Display Name module

For an already connected external region running a current BloodMoon-compatible simulator that only needs the Display Name update.

Open module package ↗
Documentation

Installation guide

Read the English and French installation guide before replacing or installing the module on an external OpenSimulator instance.

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Before installing the module

Stop OpenSimulator first, keep a timestamped backup of an existing module, preserve any shared modules already configured, and rebuild the add-in cache after replacing the DLL. The complete README contains the exact installation steps.

Your account stays the same

What a Display Name does not change

Display Names change presentation, not account ownership or technical identity.

Login identity Keep using your original BloodMoon account name to sign in.
Avatar UUID Your permanent OpenSimulator identifier remains unchanged.
Inventory and groups Your inventory, groups and permissions are not affected.
Region connection External regions stay connected to the same BloodMoon Grid.