Development roundup: Summer 2025
When did we have our last development roundup? Oh wow. Over a year ago? Jeez. Well, let's share about a year of updates with you then!
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2024-11-06 20:35:23 +0000 UTC
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2024-08-14 23:26:28 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopment Update June 2024
Hey everyone,
Firstly, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support. If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Discord accounts...
2024-06-15 09:26:41 +0000 UTC View PostOpen3DLab Database Incident April 10-13
Summary
A series of data loss events occurred between April 10th and 13th at Open3DLab, following a server cluster update.
The new database management system that's been put in use has been most reliable, but unfortunately I still ha...
2024-04-13 18:38:03 +0000 UTC View PostSubscribeStar Connection Established
Hello everyone, After a long delay, the Open3DLab connection with SubscribeStar has finally been established. If you're supporting the site through Open3DLab, you can now connect your SubscribeStar account to receive benefits. You can connec...
2023-10-16 08:32:03 +0000 UTC View PostOpen3DLab and Mastodon
Hello everyone,
By now, you've probably heard about the controversy around X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The company's owner has been making some erratic decisions with regard to the operating platform. In the community, a lot o...
2023-07-29 11:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: Temporary Disruption of Patreon Services on Open3DLab
Two days ago, I reported on an incident related to the webhook connection between the Open3DLab sites and Patreon. (Read the full story here) The error...
2023-07-15 14:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostImportant Notice: Temporary Disruption of Patreon Services on Open3DLab
Dear Patrons,
I am writing to inform you about an unexpected issue that occurred two days ago, on July 12th, that has affected some of our Patreon users' ability to access their benefits on Open3DLab. I want to explain in simple terms what h...
2023-07-14 00:03:20 +0000 UTC View PostPostmortem: Site Maintenance - March 2023
Hi everyone.
Firstly, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support. If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Discord accounts t...
2023-03-15 23:08:11 +0000 UTC View PostSite Maintenance - March 2023
Hello everyone,
I would like to inform you that I will be performing extended maintenance on Saturday, March 4th, 2023. This maintenance is necessary to improve the performance and reliability of our website in t...
2023-02-20 13:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostNew Feature: Download History
Hi everyone,
Many people have mentioned in the past that they remember downloading a certain file, but can't find easily the original on the site.
Today, I deployed a new "download history" feature to address this. You can find yours u...
2023-02-19 07:16:43 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopment roundup: January 2023
Hi everyone.
Firstly, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support. If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Discord accounts t...
2023-01-01 23:08:34 +0000 UTC View PostNew behind the scenes video
A quick peek behind the scenes at the datacenter.
That broken disk kicked off the long maintenance and intermittent downtime over the last week. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Development roundup: September 2022
Hi everyone.
Firstly, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support.
If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Discord accounts t...
2022-09-22 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHow to extract Unity models
Unity is an engine that's used for many games. So how do we get to the models and textures? With some publicly available tools, of course!
Check out how it works in this latest video!
2022-06-28 15:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostBlender on the Steam Deck
A quick video to test Blender functionality on the Steam Deck.
2022-05-14 09:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostCryptocurrency and Open3DLab (april fools)
I messed up. Please watch the video for clarification.
2022-04-01 20:45:42 +0000 UTC View Post(April Fools) Cryptocurrencies, NFT and Smutbase
UPDATE 2022-04-02: This was part of an elaborate April Fools joke. You can find some clarification on the 2022-03-31 20:39:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Development roundup: March 2022
Hi everyone.
First of all, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support.
If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Discord...
2022-03-24 22:37:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe Living Room Server: O3DL Behind the Scenes
If you didn't already know; there is a Youtube channel! Subscribe if you haven't already.
This is the first in a small "Behind the Scenes" series I want to make about what it takes to run the site. Since COVID restrictions have lifted, I'm m...
2022-03-11 02:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopment roundup: July 2021
Hi everyone,
First of all, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support.
If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Disco...
2021-07-14 21:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopment roundup: March 2021
Hi everyone,
First of all, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support.
If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and Disco...
2021-03-15 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostYear in Review: 2020
For new Patrons: connect your Patreon account to your Open3DLab/Smutbase/SFMLab and Discord accounts to claim your benefits.
Hi everyone,
Today, the 31st of December 2020, I would like to thank all of the Pa...
2020-12-31 00:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostEU0 / EU1 update
Welcome to the new Patrons, and thank you all for your continued support. Here's a quick follow-up to the previous November update.
As mentioned in previous updates: With the storage issues last summer, the EU0 server became much more expen...
Development roundup: November 2020
Hi everyone,
First of all, welcome to all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. And returning patrons, thanks for your continued support.
If you haven't already, connect your Patreon account to your site and...
2020-11-16 10:49:01 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopment roundup: September 2020
Hi everyone,
First of all, I want to welcome and thank all the new Patrons who joined over the last few weeks. Your support allows me to spend more time on the site and pay for the operating costs.
If you haven't already, conne...
2020-09-28 12:13:36 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopment roundup: Summer 2020
TLDR: I discuss the site goings on since March, and sum up the numerous features and site improvements, like the Migration, the upload process, Verified uploaders, automated upload validation and other ongoing improvements. I also...
2020-09-15 15:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostSite updates: What are you syncing about?
tl;dr To start syncing perks, action is required from you. Link your Patreon account to your Open3dLab/Smutbase/SFMLab account.
Hello everyone.
Regardless of whether or not you're abiding by your local government's gui...
2020-07-11 17:37:15 +0000 UTC View PostSFMLab Migrations 2020
Hi everyone,
It's been a busy month, but we're almost out of the woods. You may have noticed some major changes and severe service disruption over the past few weeks. To those who asked, my answers have been terse and vague...
2020-03-16 16:19:03 +0000 UTC View Post