Hey there In an effort to make OpenSimulator slightly easier to set up for the first time with new users.
For new users of OpenSimulator, it's a big hurdle to have to rename two files and un-comment the architecture that they want in OpenSim.ini. Many new users simply want to double click on OpenSim.exe and be done. So, to make life a little bit easier for them, I wrote a small console application to do that first step for you defaulting to localhost/Standalone mode. After this program completes, you still have to configure your first region's IP addresses, ports and things like normal when OpenSim.exe starts up for the first time.. This just covers the very first step. You can get the program here: http://teravus.wmcv.com/googletester/OpenSimQuickConfigureStandalone.zip To use the program, download OpenSimulator and place the program that is inside the zip file in your opensim folder (It works in both the opensim and opensim/bin folders.. so take your pick). When you run it, it'll ask if you want to continue, check for all of the files it needs and then make the changes. If you already have OpenSim.ini or StandaloneCommon.ini it asks you if you'd like to overwrite them. You can then Compile OpenSimulator if you hadn't done that first and run OpenSim.exe This is the most basic configuration change that's required to get OpenSimulator starting up the first time. It's only Standalone mode and Localhost mode. If you'd like to do anything more advanced like hypergrid or megaregions.. or grid-mode, you'll still need to get a good understanding of the configuration files to do so. As usual, the OpenSimulator developers highly recommend that you read the configuration files and see what you're getting yourself into with the default configuration set. The source code for the application is extremely simple. I posted it to pastebin here: http://pastebin.com/AGktahBj Hopefully this helps people get over that first hurdle. Regards Teravus _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
