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Revision as of 18:09, 4 October 2010
Compatible Viewers
Before you can connect to OpenSim, you'll need to have downloaded one of the following clients that can connect to OpenSim.
- Linden Client (release version is the only fully supported viewer.)
- Hippo Viewer - a fork of the Linden Client with OpenSim specific enhancements
- RealXtend - a fork of the Linden Client that has specialized features (is not fully supported yet.)
- Meerkat Viewer another LL-based viewer
- Emerald Viewer The latest viewer based on LL code but extended with some nice features
[20:08] Revolution Smythe: there is the Idealist viewer, Looking Glass viewer , 3Di viewer, etc etc .... none of which use LL code
Connecting with the Linden Viewer
Every OpenSim grid or instance will specify a loginuri, which is a uri of the form http://someserver:9000 (standalone mode) or http://someserver:8002 (grid mode). For instance, for osgrid, this is http://osgrid.org:8002. The following sections assume that you have that uri. We'll use http://osgrid.org:8002 as our example url.
A list of major public grids can be found at Grid_List. OSGrid is just one of many available.
Linux
- change directory to you viewer (SecondLife_XYZ)
- run
./secondlife -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002
Windows
- make a copy of the SecondLife icon on your desktop
- rename it to the grid you want to connect to
- edit the properties on the icon and set the command line to
...\SecondLife.exe" -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002
Mac
- Make a 'somefilename.sh' file, and put this in it:
- /Applications/Second\ Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second\ Life -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002/
- set it to executable
- run it
If you have multiple viewers and multiple grids to connect to, you can try the following AppleScript (one could do something similar with a shell script). Feel free to copy and modify for your own use.
-- -- This script selects a viewer and a grid for virtual worlds. -- -- -- Variables for the two supported viewers. More may be added here. -- set lindenViewer to "\"/Applications/SecondLife/Second Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second Life\"" set emeraldViewer to "\"/Applications/SecondLife/GreenLife Emerald Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/GreenLife Emerald Viewer\"" -- -- Variables for options to select the specified grid. Since the viewers -- are based on the 2nd life viewer, the options are the same for each -- viewer. Also, connecting to the Second Life grid is the default option -- if no other options are provided. -- -- Currently, four grids are supported. More may be easily added. -- set lindenOptions to "" set localStandalone to " -loginuri http://vw.server.lan:9000 -loginpage http://vw.server.lan/opensim/index.html" set localGrid to " -loginuri http://vw.server.lan:8000 -loginpage http://vw.server.lan/opensim/index.html" set osGridOptions to " -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002 -loginpage http://osgrid.org/loginscreen.php -helperuri http://osgrid.org/" -- -- Display dialog and select the viewer. -- set dialogResult to display dialog "Choose viewer: 1) 2nd Life viewer 2) Emerald viewer:" default answer "1" with title "Select Viewer" with icon 1 set option to text returned of dialogResult if option = "2" then set viewer to emeraldViewer else set viewer to lindenViewer end if -- -- Display dialog and select the grid. -- set dialogResult to display dialog "Choose server: 1) 2nd Life grid 2) local standalone 3) local grid 4) OS Grid" default answer "2" with title "Select Grid" with icon 1 set grid to text returned of dialogResult if grid = "1" then set options to lindenOptions else if grid = "2" then set options to localStandalone else if grid = "3" then set options to localGrid else if grid = "4" then set options to osGridOptions else set options to localStandalone end if -- -- Combine the grid and viewer and execute the result. -- set command to viewer & options do shell script command
Linden Viewer options
The Linden viewer has a number of other options. Some are useful, some are not. The viewer has a help option which produces the following results:
--autologin log in as last saved user
--channel arg n/a
--console arg n/a
--cooperative arg Yield some idle time to local host.
--crashonstartup Crashes on startup. For QA use.
--debugviews n/a
--drop arg n/a
--god Log in a god if you have god access.
--grid arg Specify the name of the grid, local, or an IP address
to connect to.
-h [ --help ] display this help message
--helperuri arg helper web CGI prefix to use
--ignorepixeldepth Ignore pixel depth settings.
--inbw arg n/a
--logfile arg n/a
--login args 3 tokens: first, last and password
--loginpage arg Login authentication page to use.
--loginuri arg login server and CGI script to use
--multiple Allow multple viewers.
--no-verify-ssl-cert n/a
--noaudio n/a
--noinvlib Do not request the inventory library.
--nopreload n/a
--noprobe n/a
--noquicktime n/a
--nosound n/a
--novoice Disable voice.
--outbw arg n/a
--port arg n/a
--purge Delete files in the cache.
--qa Activated debugging menu in Advanced Settings.
--quitafter arg n/a
--rotate n/a
--safe Reset preferences, run in safe mode.
--set args specify the value of a particular
configuration variable that
overrides all other settings
--setdefault args specify the value of a particular
configuration variable which can be
overridden by settings.xml
--settings arg Specify the filename of a configuration file.
--skin arg ui/branding skin folder to use
--slurl arg Startup SLurl
--url arg Startup location
--psn arg MacOSX process serial number
Note
The above described methods work for the SecondLife viewer, other viewers that support the GridInfo protocol won't need this.
Alternative Connection Approaches
Via a Web Browser
You can also set up a Browser Protocol Handler which will make opensim:// links in your browser do the expected thing, and launch the right OpenSim viewer.
- Project site
- http://forge.opensimulator.org/gf/project/xenki/
- Xeni Community Site
- http://xenkiviewer.com/
- Xenki - Xenki is an XBAP 3D application intended to be a browser add-on for OpenSim.
Via Rezme
TBD
