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Nov 212011
 

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KittyCatS! Update V1.12
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Hello to our AMAZING KittyCatS Owners Old and NEW!!!!

This update contains a feature we’ve wanted since DAY ONE!!! We’re so excited to see it become a REALITY πŸ™‚

Now more than ever before you will be able to customize your KittyCatS! to fit your style and tastes… and it’s just the start! Kitty Couture has arrived!
(well part one…., hee hee) <— what could that mean?!

Once again, as always, we want to thank you for being a part of our community. Your contributions help make up our awesome community and really add to the KittyCatS! experience.

So… here are the highlights, additions, changes and fixes included in this update.
Anything marked with a " * " has been present in version 1.11 , which was released for the Halloween & Collabor88 Cats, but not for regular KittyCatS.

Enjoy & Thank you!

NOTE: If this is your first time doing an update with KittyCatS! the process is very simple. Yes, you heard right, VERY simple. (At the bottom of this note are the simple steps on how to update)

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HIGHLIGHTS

Introducing: KittyCatS! Couture – KittyHats! (wearable hats)

“The Hat on the Cat!”

(available now in our showroom)

Yes!!! You read right, we are so excited to present our very first Hat Collection that YOUR KittyCatS can wear! Each of these Hats come with a matching collar as an introductory “gift with purchase” special. The collar can be used to match OR, of course you can use the hats with any collars to create your own look that suits your style. We hope you love this feature as much as we do.

The hat adds one prim to your cats… but with such cuteness, we think it’s worth it πŸ™‚

Note: Hats on Cats do work with the “Less is More” prim saving mode, but add a prim there too.

Introducing: Lazy Cat Animations

We’ve added some fun new ‘Lazy” animations where your cat lays around and does cat things like stretching, licking it’s leg, and other stuff… the animations are random, and are really cute, so now when your cats have the Sit&Lay option enabled they will also lay more and do cute things. πŸ™‚

Introducing: Streeeeeeeeetchhhhhh! – Standing Cat Stretch

We added a new cute stretch for when your cat is in the walking mode… you’ll just have to watch to see πŸ™‚

OTHER ADDITIONS

– The pose menu now contains a total of 9 poses! We added a cute ball holding pose, a new lay pose as well as a funny stand pose for more decorating fun!
(NOTE: it can take up to half a minute for the ball to disappear when the cat is moved or the pose turned off. Also, particles must be turned on to see the ball.)
– Once a box starts to Unpack, the “Unpack” button is replaced with a “Stop Unpack” button to allow you to reverse any accidental clicks or mind changes πŸ™‚
– To avoid confusion for less experienced Box menu users with this addition, the Menu will not re-appear on its own after clicking “Unpack”.

for KittyCatS HUD Owners:
– New sorting feature: Sort by partnered cats! Couples are shown side by side, in alternating color.
(NOTE: this feature will only work optimal if both cats of the couple are present, and this for all couples)
– When sorting on love, cats which have their love turned off (? Off) will be grouped in front of the list.
– When sorting on love, cats which are at 100% love and have all stats ready to breed (?? 100%) are grouped together at the back of the list.

CHANGES

– Cats older then 120 days will now have a higher happiness! πŸ™‚ (it’s not so bad getting old)
– A “Loading, do NOT take me in inventory right now!” warning will appear on cats which fail to contact our database when born/updated/switched prim mode or when a collar or hat is applied. *
– Cats in low prim mode will randomly show their tongues. *
– Cats in pose mode will randomly show their tongues.

FIXES

Boxes:
– The updater will now update all cats & boxes when over 700 boxes are present.

Cats:
– The legs & body of your cats will now always look right and not transform into “donuts”. *
– The heads & tail will always properly attach to the body. *
– Cats which are switched to low prim mode or back will not develop an occasional wrong “Copy-Delete me” warning. *
– Attached cats can not be switched to low prim mode anymore. *
– Perma-Petsβ„’ will have their hover text at the correct place when switched to low prim mode. *
– The Magic Broom (KittyCatS Fly option, not included in all cats) will now always properly work with 3rd party flight assists when not using the internal flight assist.
– Fix for a possible script “math” error in Walk&Run Script.
– The “|” symbol will no longer be accepted as a valid character for box & cat names, as this can cause a problem for your KittyCatS HUDs.
Existing names containing the character will not be changed, but we strongly advise to rename such cats.

So…… That’s all folks! Thank you once again for your continued support, feedback and enthusiasm!

You’re the BEST!

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HOW TO UPDATE
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In the coming 24 hours your cats will start to show an “UPDATE ME” tag.
As soon as they do, the UPDATE button will be available in your cats menu to obtain an updater.
As of that point, you have 2 weeks to update your cats.
Make sure you have at least 30 prims available when you run the updater.

EASY AS 1,2,3 updating steps:

1. Click the “UPDATE” button in the menu of your cat and it will give you an updater.
2. Rez the Updater
3. Click the “can of Update” and watch it as it updates all your cats and boxes! The updater will give KittyCatS HUD owners a new HUD as well.

No need to move cats, re rez them, group them, travel to sandboxes, pull your hair, or anything! It’s REALLY that easy. πŸ™‚ yay!
All settings for your cat will be kept, including the group. Only if you had a cat or box for sale, you will have to put them for sale again…

Your KittyCatS Team

Β©2011 KittyCatS!. All rights reserved. All information contained in this notecard is Β© KittyCatS! and may not be used without permission.

Nov 082011
 

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Presenting the Collabor88 KittyCatS!

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KittyCatS! is pleased to present a special limited-edition collectible kitty pair, designed specifically for the Collabor88 project!

Soft, sweet, and oh so posh, these special KittyCatS! will be sure to brighten up your home!

Are you a new KittyCatS! owner? then be sure to read the included notecard, and visit our main store for all your KittyCatS! needs. πŸ™‚

Also, our own Barnesworth Anubis made a cute KittyCouch to match the cats and his cool living room set! Be sure to check it out! πŸ™‚

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Collabor88 Fast Facts!

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* Are the Collabor88 KittyCatS! transferable? yes
* Do they come with food? no but food is available for 88L (for a 2 week supply in a decorative server)
* Can I buy more than one? NO. It is limited to one cat per avi
* Do they pass on their coats/eyes/tails/ears? no, it’s just a cute dress up for this fun event!!!

Get them here!?

Oct 212011
 

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Presenting the KittyCatS Haunted Collection
“SkeleCatS”, “Devil Dolls” & Love At First Bite

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KittyCatS is proud to present the 2011 Haunted Collection!

We have 3 styles for you to choose from.



Glowy, cute, creeepy and lovable, this collection will light up your life with fun, spookieness and lots of surprises inside! What kind of suprises???? Well Trick or Traits… what do you think we’d do???? Traits of course! Your new cats may carry some brand new traits! And… they DO come with a special flying broom that you can use year round for fun with your kitty riding right there behind you! πŸ™‚

The KittyCatS! Haunted Collection will be available for sale through November 3, 2011. So whether you are inclined towards Devils, Vampries or Skeletons… we hope you enjoy these all year long!

Thanks to Adorkable Peapod for her cute animations in the flying broom.

Your KittyCatS! Team

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Fast Facts!

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* are the KittyCatS SkeleCatS transferable? – yes!
* do they come with food? yes! they come with one week food, 5% love vitamins, one love drop and one portable food!
* do they come with a special animation? – yes! You can fly with them on a broom!!
* can I buy more than one? – yes!
* can i sell or trade them? – yes!
* do they pass on their coats/eyes/tails/ears? -the SkeleCatS traits do not pass on. They are a specially designed collectible cat with random Genesis KittyCat traits which have the potential to pass their hidden traits like any other Genesis KittyCat. They can carry the genes of the new traits and furs that can only be discovered through breeding.

GET THEM HERE!!!!!

KittyCatS! Main Shop
KittyCatS! @SoCal
KittyCatS! @Haunted Fruit Islands Estates

Β©2011 KittyCatS! all rights reserved. All names, titles, and text @ KittyCatS! and may not be used without permission.

Oct 182011
 

Although the effort to breed the October KittyCatS! of the Month is still underway, it’s time for us to reveal the KittyCatS! of the Month challenge for November!

Fur: Burmese – Champagne
Eyes: Shamrock (Shape: Curious Pupil: Big)
Shade: Natural
Tail: Mysterious
Ears: Curious
Whiskers: Silver (Shape: Mysterious)

What is the KittyCatS! of the Month Challenge? Read all about it here!

Good luck with your breeding!

Your KittyCatS! Team

Sep 202011
 

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KittyCatS! Update V1.09
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Hello to our AMAZING KittyCatS Owners!

WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS UPDATE !!! We have worked really hard to bring you 2 very cool new features and we hope you are as excited about them as we are! πŸ™‚ DID WE TELL YOU WE’RE EXCITED???????

And… once again, we want to thank you for being a part of our community. Each of you contribute in some way that makes our awesome community what it is and we truly appreciate what you bring to the KittyCatS! experience.

Ok so let’s get RIGHT TO IT and let you know what’s coming inside your little can-o-update! πŸ™‚

NOTE: If this is your first time doing an update with KittyCatS! the process is very simple. Yes, you heard right, VERY simple. (At the bottom of this note are the simple steps on how to update)

HIGHLIGHTS

Introducing: LESS IS MORE – a prim-saving feature.

KittyCatS! proudly introduces our “Less Is More” feature. What is less is more? Simply put, it turns your cat into an 8 prim cat when in use (Yes, 5 or 6 prims saved on each cat!). For our introduction we offer 3 different options, for your cats to “rest” in.

In this update, a natural woven basket, a wooden water bucket they love to bathe in, and a decorative container. These 3 are a sampling of more to come in future updates. We hope you enjoy this feature! Now you can perhaps rez some of your furniture, houses, trees and all the other things you’ve had to get rid of as your cats pushed you out of house and home! πŸ™‚ Perhaps even get your partner back!!! And for those of you who wanted even MORE room for cats… you will LOVE this!

For KittyCatS HUD owners the low prim setting can be set trough the HUD as well all at once, including a handy “randomize” button which assigns a random low prim pose to each of your cats πŸ™‚

Introducing: PET N’ PLAY – “any time, anywhere, any cat”

Ever wish you could just pet your Kitty and relax under a tree? Wish you could pamper them with lots of love? Spoil them like they demand? πŸ™‚ Well NOW you can! The Pet N’ Play feature allows to you Pet & Play with ANY KittyCatS you want! Simply right click, hit “pet” and go!** We have dreamt of this feature since before we launched and we are SO happy to finally be able to bring it to you! Our hope is that it will add a whole new dimension to your experience with KittyCatS! We have loved making it. It has been one of our greatest challenges so far on many levels and we really hope you love it.

**On Third-Party viewers, if “Pet” is not visible use “Sit” instead!

Our scripter did a really amazing job with this so make sure to let him know when ya see him! πŸ™‚

A very special thank goes to Adorkable Peapod of Adorkable Poses who worked closely with the team on the animation designs and poses. She contributed so much heart and time into her work and we really appreciate all the work she did and many changes, adjustments, and changes….. adjustments… and… πŸ™‚ She is awesome!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the infinite number of avatar size possibilities and cat sizes it is impossible to “fit” the avatar to the cat perfectly with the limitations we have in SL. For best results you may need to adjust your shape depending on how much you want to “perfect” the placement. (the best way for this is to make a COPY of your shape, name it “KittyCatS petting shape” and adjust things like height, arm length etc. THIS IS NOT NECESSARY, but a suggestion for those who may want to get the adjustment factor closer if it’s off for them.)

ADDITIONS

New Love Indicators: When your cat is ready to breed it will now show you 2 HEARTS πŸ™‚ Also when your cat has some vitamins left in it, the Love symbol will show as a clear heart, meaning you can’t give it more vitamins.
Ofcourse, the cat still needs a partner KittyCat in range to be able to breed πŸ™‚
Here is an example of how it will now look.

  • Cats will now look around a bit when just standing πŸ™‚
  • For KittyCatS HUD owners: Set Home For All your cats at once!
  • Perma-Pets can now be configured to only show the name, the gender or both. This setting will be reminded after an update and, for KittyCatS HUD owners, can be set through the hud as well!
  • You can now turn the text of boxes on or off at once with 2 handy buttons πŸ™‚ YAY!!!!

CHANGES

  • The Menagerie & breeding off confirmation dialogs now show “No” as their left button as some who are uncertain about the result, assumed to use the first button as the safer option, even though it wasn’t.
  • The default sales value of cats, boxes and jewels is now preset to 1000 lindens, to avoid any accidental “10 linden sales”.
  • The cats size calculation as shown in the info is now more accurate, which could mean it will report 1cm more or less. Main reason for this change are the low prim cats, which “didn’t work” with the old system.
  • Hover text color of Perma-Pets & Boxes now matches those of cats.

FIXES

Boxes:

  • Objects owned by the owner of the box will no longer be “able” to name a box if they “say” something while the owner is naming it.

Cats:

  • Giving energy vitamins while a cat is sleeping, which would increase the energy to over 100%, will now set the energy to 100% and wake up the cat, rather then a very low energy value and continue to sleep.
  • Possible fix for Perma-Pets ending up with a disproportional head for a short time (Yes, we need your help here, keep reporting the problem if it still occurs!).
  • Cats will now better detect very irregular parcel borders and walk around more freely when set to parcel range.
  • Possible fix for a few cases where the dad didn’t break up its partnership after mating.

HUD

  • The HUD will now always load cats after a bad crash or bad teleport.
  • clicking on an empty space for huds with 4 or less cats displayed will no longer give a script error message.

Jewels

  • Jewels will now update their ownership faster on our website. (only for new jewels)

Recent News!!!

Make sure you check out website out for our new “KittyCatS of the Month” challenge!
So…… That sums up this update! Note! Again, thank you for your continued support, feedback and enthusiasm!

You’re the BEST!

The KittyCatS! Team

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HOW TO UPDATE
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In the coming 24 hours your cats will start to show an “UPDATE ME” tag.
As soon as they do, the UPDATE button will be available in your cats menu to obtain an updater.
As of that point, you have 2 weeks to update your cats.
Make sure you have at least 30 prims available when you run the updater.

EASY AS 1,2,3 updating steps:

1. Click the “UPDATE” button in the menu of your cat and it will give you an updater.
2. Rez the Updater
3. Click the “can of Update” and watch it as it updates all your cats and boxes! The updater will give KittyCatS HUD owners a new HUD as well.

No need to move cats, re rez them, group them, travel to sandboxes, pull your hair, or anything! It’s REALLY that easy. πŸ™‚ yay!
All settings for your cat will be kept, including the group. Only if you had a cat or box for sale, you will have to put them for sale again…

Your KittyCatS Team

Β©2011 KittyCatS!. All rights reserved. All information contained in this notecard is Β© KittyCatS! and may not be used without permission.

Sep 182011
 

KittyCatS introduces the “KittyCatS Of The Month” challenge!

Every month a special KittyCatS! will be selected to breed for. The rules are simple and it’s easy to participate! To be considered a match, your cat/kitten box must meet the specified traits. Cats that match all 9 traits, and only cats that match all 9 traits, are considered matches for the “KittyCatS! of the Month”. Anyone who breeds the “KittyCat Of The Month” during the month specified will be rewarded with a KittyCatS Jewel.

The first person who breeds one will get a KittyCatS Diamond, the second will get a KittyCatS Ruby and everyone else who breeds one will get a KittyCatS Emerald.

You can track the current KittyCatS of the month announcements and results on our website at KittyCatS of the Month.

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1. If I breed more than one of the special cats, can I get more than one jewel? YES
2. Can I buy the “KittyCatS Of The Month” cat? NO. It must be self-bred. However you can go buy cats to help breed for it!
3. Where can we see the results as the month progresses? The results will be published on our website: KittyCatS of the Month.

We hope you all enjoy this little monthly challenge! Good luck and have fun!

Aug 272011
 

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KittyCatS! Presents
the Comic CatS! Contest
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We are so excited to be hosting a KittyCatS! comic contest! We love the creativity our community has shown and think this will be a fun way to see it in a different way! Also… the cats have been bugging us for a LONG time to do this!

COMPLETE RULES:

ENTRY:
1. format must be 512×512
2. comics must contain at least 2 panels or “story boards”.
3. each comic must have a KittyCatS! cat in it.
4. entries must be PG rated.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
β€’ September 6th at 11:59 PM SL time.
β€’ Submit by sending your pictures to Equinox Pinion full perm
send them in a folder named: Comic Contest and name them individually ” (your name) and (texture number)
β€’ example on how to name panels:
Equinox Pinion – Panel 1 of 2
Equinox Pinion – Panel 2 of 2

JUDGING AND WINNERS:
β€’ winners will be chosen by a combination of a community vote and a KittyCatS! judging panel.
β€’ community voting will begin September 7th on the KittyCatS! sim and end on September 12th September 2011
β€’ Winners will be announced on September 13th.

PRIZES:
β€’ prize will be 10k for First Place, 5K for Second Place, 3k for Third Place.

SUBMISSION STANDARDS:
β€’ All submitted work must be original and not infringe on the intellectual property of anyone else.
β€’ All entrants agree their submissions become the sole property of KittyCatS! and may be used for promotional purposes.

By submitting a comic to this contest, you agree to have read and understand this information and agree to it.

NOW… LET’S HAVE FUN!!! we can’t WAIT to see what you come up with!!!

The KittyCatS! Team

Aug 132011
 

Today the “Platinum Hunt” starts and KittyCatS! will be a part of it! We wanted to make sure you ALL knew about this awesome hunt!

You can see the 100 designers and content creators that were invited on the website here! This is the second “Platinum Hunt” and it’s a GREAT event! KittyCatS! is proud to be a part of it! The hunt begins at 4pm on August 12, 2011 and lasts until August 31, 2011! Β We’ve included the starting landmark below. Good luck and happy hunting! πŸ™‚

Start your Platinum Hunt here!

Your KittyCatS Team

Β©KittyCatS! all rights reserved.

Aug 072011
 

The KittyCatS! sim features more than just our main store. There’s gardens, picnic tables, boats to lounge in, and many places to sit and relax. And we’re super excited about our newest addition to the sim – The Dock @KittyCatS!

Built by Barnesworth Anubis, one of Second Life’s most prolific builders, and designed and decorated by Barnes and our very own Callie Cline, The Dock @KittyCatS! is intended to be a place of fun and relaxation for all! The Dock is home to our Neo Realms Fishing location where you can fish for fun or participate in one of our KittyCatS! Fishing Tournaments, run by our own Equinox Pinion!

Callie’s eye for aesthetics and beauty is well-known in Second Life, and especially so at KittyCatS! It’s the little details that make The Dock such a fun place to be – soft lighting, swimming turtles, floating lilies.

Our KittyCatS! especially love The Dock, and you can be sure to see several of them lounging about, enjoying the sea breeze. I wonder what they’re looking at?

So we invite you and your KittyCats to come relax with us at The Dock, and enjoy the atmosphere. See you there! πŸ™‚

Teleport to The Dock @KittyCatS!

Aug 042011
 

KittyCatS! is privileged to be a recipient of a CHIC Award for best New Product!

The CHIC Awards

The CHIC Awards are given in recognition of an individual or company’s hard work in their respective industry, and we at KittyCatS are SO proud to have been recognized!

We’re also proud of our very own Callie Cline, for being recognized with her own CHIC Award for being an exceptional Role Model to others. KittyCatS! is lucky to have Callie working on our team! Way to go Callie! πŸ™‚

Thank you CHIC Management for your recognition, and thanks to our wonderful community for supporting us! πŸ™‚