Before you can Login to our virtual world you will need to have a viewer installed. Please choose one of the following viewers and install it to connect to our virtual world.

​You may choose any three of the following third party viewers that are out there. Try them all if you like, and pick the one you like best!

Alchemy Viewer

https://www.alchemyviewer.org/pages/downloads.html
Please follow these steps to use the Alchemy viewer to login to GCG:

Open Alchemey viewer and near the top on the left side, you’ll see menu items under the Alchemy Logo/name. Click on “Me” and then “Preferences”. This should open a “Preferences” window.

On the left side of this preferences window, near the bottom you’ll see a link named “Grids”..
Click this. Once clicked, this should show an area where you can add a new grid. In this box,
copy and paste this, but be sure not to add any spaces: http://login.greatcanadiangrid.ca:8002
Once you have entered this address, click the “add” button to the right of that box.
This will add GCG grid to your viewer. Before closing this window, near the bottom of this window in the center, you should see a check box which says; “Show Grid Selection at Login”… check this checkbox.

Click ok near the bottom right of that window to close it. You should now be back to the main screen on the Alchemy viewer and you should now see a dropdown box to the left of the login button which is your “Grid Selector”. Simply pull this box down and choose Great Canadian Grid. If you do not yet see this, try closing Alchemy and then restart it.

Once you can see the grid selector and you have chosen the Great Canadian Grid, enter your avatar Username (First name and last name with a space between), and your password and click the login button.

This should log you into Great Canadian Grid and you should land in our welcome region.

​Firestorm Viewer

Logging in with Firestorm Viewer (version 6.4.12) We recommend this version at this time. 
Get it here -  https://wiki.firestormviewer.org/fs_older_downloads   
*Scroll to the bottom of the page for this version.

When you open Firestorm you'll be at the login page.  In the upper left is the word "Viewer"
Click that and it brings you to Preferences. 
In Preferences go to the "Opensim" button on the left side menu. 
​Then on the right you'll see a tab named "Grid Manager".

In the Grid Manger you can add a new grid address called a URI.
In the white box type "http://login.greatcanadiangrid.ca:8002" and click the Apply button to the right.
This will add Great Canadian Grid to your Firestorm Viewer. 
Click OK at the bottom of that preferences window.

At this point you should see a Grid dropdown list below where you enter your name into the Firestorm viewer. 
Select "Great Canadian Grid", then enter your avatar name and password and press the Log In button to the right.

NOTE: If you do not see the Grid dropdown list on the Firestorm viewer (below where you enter your avatar name),
go back to "Viewer" and then "Preferences" in the upper left corner of the viewer. 
Select the "Advanced" button on the left menu. 
On the right side, second line from the top it says "Allow login to other grids". 
Put a check in the box next to that line, then click the OK button at the bottom of the preferences window.

You should now see the Grid dropdown list at the bottom of your Firestorm viewer and you are ready to Log In.

Singularity Viewer

Get it here -  http://www.singularityviewer.org/downloads

Go to the top left of the Singularity Viewer login screen.  Click "Edit" on the menu. Then click "Preferences".  Press the Grids button on the left side of the Preferences menu.

On the right side of the Preferences window is the "Create" button. 
Type "http://login.greatcanadiangrid.ca:8002" into the space next to Login URI.

Press the "Refresh Grid URLs" button. 
Press "Apply" at the bottom of the Preferences window then click "OK"

Login on the Singularity viewer by selecting "Great Canadian Grid" from the "Grid or Login URI" at the bottom of the screen, then add your avatar name and password.
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Next, press the "Log In" button to the right.

​And you are ready to login...:)