Perhaps a sanity check should be made for this very common issue that causes
new people to chase their tails. Most virtual world users will more than
likely will be on a machine factory configured with Win7-64, certainly true
of Dell and HP. After the OpenSim.exe door is slammed on startup the log is
of little or no value for a crash clue.
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From: "Teravus Ovares" <tera...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:33 PM
To: <opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de>
Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Confusion regarding
initialOpenSimulatorconfiguration.
I tweaked Quick Standalone Configuration tool once more, so that it
appends just under the [Architecture] header instead of at the bottom
of the file. This should prevent it from breaking if someone adds
another section under [Architecture] in OpenSim.ini in the future.
It also mentions that they should run OpenSim.exe or
OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe, respectively, when it's done (thanks for the
note Brianna).
Updated Code: http://pastebin.com/gZFZcu9G
The zip file is updated also. Still the same location:
http://teravus.wmcv.com/googletester/OpenSimQuickConfigureStandalone.zip
Regards
Teravus
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Brianna <wwwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
Very nice that there is an interest in facilitating the noob.
I had the occasion to test this script for a content creator interested
in
having a classic standalone local.
She was tossed out on the initial run because like most was using
Win7-64.
A quick IM to double click OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe solved it and all went
well.
I will take this opportunity to also throw a kudo to the Diva D2 project
for
it's support of these goals.
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From: "Teravus Ovares" <tera...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 12:43 AM
To: <opensim-us...@lists.berlios.de>; "opensim-dev"
<opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de>
Subject: [Opensim-dev] Confusion regarding initial
OpenSimulatorconfiguration.
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
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