I just started working with varregions and was a bit surprised about the CombineContiguousRegions=false setting. I know it works, but I don't quite understand the logic because surely in a varregion what you have is precisely a "combination of contiguous regions".
On 19 February 2015 at 10:48, CiderJack <[email protected]> wrote: > As a matter of fact, after reading that megaregions have basically been > deprecated I did change to varregion. However I didn't try it with an > existing megaregion, I started completely fresh. It works just fine now, > though so far it only seems to work in my local vanilla OpenSim install. > > Now I'm running into issues when uploading to Kitely. I've opened a thread > on Kitely forums if anyone is curious: > http://www.kitely.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2520 > > One further related question however: > I am assuming that 'CombineContiguousRegions' needs to be set to 'false' > or disabled when using varregion. Is this the case? When testing this, > setting to 'true' seems to cause problems for building outside the root > 256^2. Just asking for clarity, at this point I don't know what to expect > anymore! :) > > Thanks, > > ~!CJ > > > > On 2015-02-19 14:33, Justin Clark-Casey wrote: > >> Have you tried switching to a varregion? I want to say that you can >> do this with an existing megaregion config and it will work (don't >> quote me). I do suggest doing this if at all possible. >> >> I know there are load oar parameters [1] specifically for loading >> 256x256 regions into a larger varregion. I don't know how well they >> would work for megaregions. >> >> If you're doing something with Kitely then you would have to ask them >> directly as I hear they have proprietary megaregion code. >> >> [1] http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Load_Oar >> >> On 16/02/15 23:06, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the help, Chris. >>> >>> I tried rezzing & editing on the regions with ephemeral objects, and >>> rezzed objects behave as expected, that is, as normal. >>> >>> I have tried saving & reloading the megaregion oar in question, with no >>> success. What I mean is, the whole megaregion >>> saved/loaded as a single oar, but it didn't fix the problem. Also tried >>> it with 'fix-phantom' & backup both before and >>> after, and even rebooted the server which didn't do the trick either. >>> >>> This would suggest (as you noted) that 256^2 regions cannot be loaded >>> individually into a megaregion and still function, >>> although I think in some of my reading about this issue I had seen where >>> people were doing just that and having it work >>> for them (I could be mistaken about this). >>> >>> Can individual regions be saved from a megaregion as individual oar >>> files? Guess I need to test that, because at this >>> point the only solution I can think is to completely rebuild those three >>> non-root-sims. :| >>> >>> ~!CJ >>> >>> >>> On 2015-02-16 19:55, Chris wrote: >>> >>>> I'm unsure of how an OAR would react if it was saved from originally a >>>> 256x256 region and then loaded to a megaregion but can you rez >>>> anything from inventory and it be edit-able ? You could also try >>>> saving an OAR of the mega region with the stuff on it, then reload >>>> from that OAR, it may or may not help. Beyond that I am unsure :) >>>> >>>> On 2/16/2015 12:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> ...and to answer the second part of your question, after disabling >>>>> megaregions, the ephemeral objects are once again >>>>> corporeal -- that is, the data loads in the build window, and they are >>>>> no longer phantom... >>>>> >>>>> On 2015-02-16 19:24, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Actually yes, I did enable megaregions with everything in place BUT >>>>>> after enabling, I then re-loaded each 256^2 region from individual oar >>>>>> files, used 'fix-phantoms' and 'backup' in the console, and then saved >>>>>> the whole megaregion oar. At this point the objects on the >>>>>> non-root-sim are phantom/ephemeral. >>>>>> >>>>>> I then loaded other misc. oar files into all four regions of the >>>>>> megaregion, and then loaded the megaregion oar again just to make sure >>>>>> the oar file worked. Everything 'looks' like it's there, but only the >>>>>> objects on the root sim really are there. >>>>>> >>>>>> Since the phantom/ephemeral issue is persisting at this point, I then >>>>>> do another 'fix-phantoms' and 'backup', waited a few minutes then >>>>>> rebooted the server. No change, problem persists. >>>>>> >>>>>> ~!CJ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2015-02-16 18:55, Chris wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Did you enable megaregions while you had content on it? As far as I >>>>>>> know this has a tendency to break your content if you enable it with >>>>>>> stuff rezzed out on your regions. What happens if you disable >>>>>>> megaregions? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2/15/2015 11:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Been having a problem with objects not on my root sim pretty much >>>>>>>> no longer existing. Sometimes they look like >>>>>>>> they're there, but when selected there is no data in the build >>>>>>>> window, and the avatar can pass right through them >>>>>>>> like they're phantom. When loading the oar to Kitely, the objects >>>>>>>> don't even appear to be there, they're just gone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I should start by saying that I've been reading through the Kitely >>>>>>>> forum, reading through the OS wiki page for >>>>>>>> megaregions, followed references to countless blog entries & other >>>>>>>> forums, and they're all saying the same thing >>>>>>>> -- use 'fix-phantoms', and then typing 'backup'. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can save & load megaregions locally & the non-root-sim objects >>>>>>>> will load up (visually) but in substance there is >>>>>>>> nothing there. But again, when I load one of these 'working' >>>>>>>> megaregions to Kitely, the objects don't even load >>>>>>>> visually. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> All I can find is telling me to use 'fix-phantoms' and 'backup' and >>>>>>>> that should solve the problem. Unfortunately I >>>>>>>> am not finding this to be the case. Is there something I'm doing >>>>>>>> wrong? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm using OS 0.8.0.3. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ~!CiderJack >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Opensim-users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Opensim-users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Opensim-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >>>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensim-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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