Revision as of 18:05, 17 November 2010

Introduction

This is a matrix of the features currently implemented in OpenSim. Please feel free to correct existing entries and add new ones.

OpenSim can generally run on platforms where the Mono project is available. This includes Windows, Mac and Linux.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Create/change/move/delete prims	Yes
Persistent prim inventories	Yes
Basic asset types	Yes	Basic asset types include textures, sounds, notecards, etc.
Coalesced object groups	No	Coalesced objects groups (being able to take a selection of unlinked objects as one group that can be rezzed back in the same spatial arrangements) are not yet implemented.
Linksets	Yes	Bugs (some fairly fundamental) remain with linksets but basic support is implemented.
Media on a prim/Shared Media	No	Support for this is in Master and should be in OpenSim 0.7.1
Dynamic textures	Yes	Dynamic textures are textures that can be created on the fly via draw commands.
Sculpties	Yes

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Walking	Yes
Flying	Yes
Sitting	Yes
Animations	Yes
Gestures	Yes
Attachments	Yes	Both worn attachments and Head Up Displays (HUDs)
Combat	Yes
Region crossing	Yes
Teleport	Yes
Persistent avatar inventories	Yes
Inventory library	Yes
Chat	Yes
Instant messaging	Yes
Archiving	Yes	Users inventories and parts of inventories can be saved and loaded as OpenSim Inventory Archives.
Friends	Yes
Lure	Yes
Groups	No	Group support is only available as third party projects: Group service implementation from the Flotsam project. Please note: this is not working properly with OpenSim 0.7.0.1 or 0.7.0.2, though it is fixed in OpenSim's 0.7-post-fixes branch and development branch. 0.6.9 should be working okay. SimianGrid also provides a Groups connector as part of its grid services package. These services have connectors that are bundled with core OpenSim. See the OpenSim.ini.example file for more details.
Profiles	No	Only avatar names are stored in core OpenSim. Profile support (e.g. interests, 1st Life, etc.) is available via 3rd party modules, though these may currently only support OpenSim 0.6.9. Please add suitable links here. forge.opensimulator.org/gf/project/osprofile
Search	No	Search support is only available via third party modules. opensimulator.org/wiki/OpenSimSearch

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Scripts	Yes	A large percentage (though not all) of LSL is implemented by OpenSim. There are also OpenSim specific OSSL functions available.
C# scripting	Yes	C# scripting is experimental and insecure. However, it can be useful in some situations
Script control	Yes	There are some facilities to control what user types can create and edit scripts. This can help secure an implementation using C# scripts. See the OpenSim.ini.example file in the OpenSim distribution for more details.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Terrain	Yes
Sun	Yes
Wind	Yes
Cloud	Yes
Vegetation	Yes
Sound	Partial	Not all sound facilties work (e.g. queueing sounds).
Minimap	Yes
World Map	Yes
Neighbouring regions	Yes	Regions can neighbour each other, even if hosted on different servers.
Archiving	Yes	Entire regions can be saved and loaded as OpenSim Archives.
Physics	Yes	There are several physics modules bundled with OpenSim, but only the ODE module (Open Dynamics Engine) really works.
Parcel management	Yes
Region settings	Yes
Estates	Partial	Partial estate support is implemented. However, the only way to manipulate estates currently is via direct changes to the database.
Limits	No	Prim and avatar number limits are either not yet enforced or completely unimplemented. These would be nice to have.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
IRC	Yes	Relay chat back and forth to an Internet Relay Channel.
Money	No	There are no plans to directly provide economy modules in OpenSim. Third party facilities include: OpenCurrency DTL Currency Mod-PayPal Open Metaverse Currency (OMC)
Permissions	Yes	Permissions (e.g. controlling whether objects can be modified or copied) must be enabled in OpenSim.ini - these are not enabled by default
Statistics	Partial	If the [WebStats] facility is enabled in OpenSim.ini, several web pages of statistics can be provided via a web page using, for example, http://hostname:9000/SStats/ See FAQ#Region_Statistics_on_a_Web_Page Some simulator statistics are available via the simulator command line and remotely via JSON.
Voice	Partial	Voice support is currently primitive. OpenSim currently bundles a Vivox module (only usable with a Vivox voice server) and a Freeswitch module. Voice does not currently work for the Linden Lab 2.x viewers.
Web frontends	No	Various third-party web frontends are available, detailed on the Webinterface page.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Local console	Yes	The local command console in OpenSim is the one present when you start an OpenSim instance
Remote console	Yes
Remote admin	Yes	The remote admin plugin allows OpenSim commands to be executed remotely.
Logging	Yes	OpenSim uses the log4net package. More details on the logging page.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Single server (standalone) mode	Yes	Persistent databases supported in standalone mode are SQLite and MySQL. A MSSQL exists and should work, but is not officially supported.
Grid (multi-server) mode	Yes	In grid mode, only persistence to a MySQL database is officially supported. Persistence can also be done with a MSSQL database but this is not officially supported.
Hypergrid	Yes	This is an architecture, orthogonal to the previous two, that allows users to visit completely separate OpenSim installations while retaining their appearance, identity and inventory.

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   ! Feature Name                                  !! Core OpenSim? || Notes
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-  | Create/change/move/delete prims               || Yes           ||
+  | Create/change/move/delete prims               || Yes           || &nbsp;
   |-
-  | Persistent prim inventories                   || Yes           ||
+  | Persistent prim inventories                   || Yes           || &nbsp;
   |-
   | Basic asset types                             || Yes           || Basic asset types include textures, sounds, notecards, etc.
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   | [[Dynamic_textures|Dynamic textures]]         || Yes           || Dynamic textures are textures that can be created on the fly via draw commands.
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-  | Sculpties                                     || Yes
+  | Sculpties                                     || Yes           || &nbsp;
   |}
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