Thanks for soldiering on Fred, you are deeply admired here. Ramesh On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:42 AM Ethan Gardener <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow! Very clear concise explanation, Fred; it answers almost all the > questions I was about to ask! :) > > Is this a good list to keep asking about Dreamgrid, or does it have its > own list? > > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, at 10:55 PM, Fred Beckhusen wrote: > > > > On 2019-01-09 3:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Diva Distro does not work for me-alternatives please (Timeka > Cobb) > > > > > > > Hi Timeka! Dreamgrid has Diva Wifi in it, with customizable Black and > > White themes now. It's not Linux-ey, but Dreamgrid does run on all > > Windows boxes including 7, 8, and 10 and all server products. It just > > uses RAM and cores and some disk space, and not much else. Dreamgrid > > is Dot Net 'wrapper' that runs tests on the network and then edits the > > INI files. One click of Start then launches stock Mysql, Robust and > > Opensim. > > > > If you need a higher level overview than all this detail, the OSCC2018 > > presentation is at https://www.outworldz.com/secondlife/OSCC/ and a 20 > > minute Youtube video of me yacking is at > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDxpzI7Gsk > > > > Dreamgrid is 100% stock Opensim internally. You could just extract it > > on any Windows box and run Opensim/bin/opensim.exe as-is. If so, you > > would need to do a few edits to INi files. Dreamgrid is designed to > > automated this and make it very easy to do. Its overall still very > > complex as there is a lot of stuff there, but you can still start a new > > grid in two clicks. > > > > You can download the zip file, or run the simple installer, then edit > > the usual INI files by hand. Or run Dreamgrid once to make a working > > config, alter it the way you like, and if you still want to roll your > > own, run it from a DOS prompt after that. There is a DOS command > > included (startmanually.bat) to launch Mysql (and a batch file to run it > > as a service if that's what you prefer) , and another batch file to > > start robust. Just type 'go regionname' and it will run without > > Dreamgrid ever being used. I even include batch files to do these tasks > > individually, and a sample and simple batch file to do them all at once. > > > > Dreamgrid makes it a lot easier to get up quickly, as it picks defaults > > that always work. If ports are open and loopback works, it will be on > > the hypergrid, too. It sets up Diva, Robust, all the config files for > > Opensim, builds regions, and sets up tons of the modules like Gloebits, > > Vivox, Birds, Tides, Datasnapshot, Diva, AutoRestart, and many others. > > Dreamgrid does over 250 edits on startup, and then does about 300 more > > for each region. No need to mess with INI files, ever! > > > > Source codes: My code is AGPL, so it's open source. All the code > > (including Opensim) is compiled by me and is digitally signed by > > Outworldz, LLC so it is safe to download and run. Dreamgrid downloads > > always include the source code for Opensim, which is also easily > > upgraded by copying a stock Opensim zip file over it and running > > prebuild and compile.bat, assuming you want to add modules or develop C# > > code or tweak Opensim. You can even compile it elsewhere and copy > > opensim/bin over my code. and it should work. Nothing gets stepped on. > > The source for both DG and Opensim is at github.com/Outworldz. You > can > > clone that and compile it the app with Visual Studio 2015 or 2017 and it > > will run everything, including a database and Opensim immediately. > > > > If you still want to roll your own from my base, there are some minor > > differences in INI settings you need to be aware of. It's still all > > core Opensim. > > > > The region folders are set up to allow one Opensim.exe run all DOS > > instances. > > bin\Openim.ini is now bin\Opensim.proto. This gets copied into region > > folder as Opensim.ini so each DOS Box can have different settings, such > > as UBODE versus Bullet. > > bin\config-include\OSSLEnable.ini is now > > bin\config-include\OSSLEnableDG.ini, so stock Opensim does not overwrite > it. > > > > -- > > > > --ooo------/\/\/\-----|(------ooo------/\/\/\-----|(------ooo---- > > Fred K. Beckhusen > > President > > Micro Technology Services, Inc. > > [email protected] > > tel: (888) 230-MTSI Toll Free > > cel: (469) 951-7635 > > http://www.mitsi.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > -- > 2.1.3. Life with eternal upgrades > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > -- 'Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin.' *Rameshsharma Ramloll* PhD, CEO CTO DeepSemaphore LLC, Landisville, PA; Affiliate *Research Associate Professor*, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 Tel: 208-240-0040 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshramloll> _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
