Revision as of 12:18, 12 August 2010

Introduction

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

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 selected of unlinked objects as one group that can be rezzed back in the same spatial arrangements) are not yet implented.
Linksets	Yes	Bugs (some fairly fundamental) remain with linksets but basic support is implented.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Animations	Yes
Persistent avatar inventories	Yes
Chat	Yes
Instant messaging	Yes
Archiving	Yes	Users inventories and parts of inventories can be saved and loaded as OpenSim Inventory Archives.
Groups	No	Groups services are available as 3rd party modules. See the group service implementation from the Flotasm project. SimianGrid also provides a Groups connector as part of its grid services package. Both these services have connectors that are bundled with core OpenSim. See the OpenSim.ini.example file for more details.

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 whtat 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
Minimap	Yes
World Map	Yes
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.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
IRC	Yes	Relay chat back and forth to an Internet Relay Channel.
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

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Local console	Yes	The local command console in OpenSim is the one present when you start an OpenSim instance
RestConsole	Yes
Remote admin	Yes	The remote admin plugin allows OpenSim commands to be executed remotely.

Feature Name	Core OpenSim?	Notes
Single server (standalone) mode	Yes	Persistence 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 experimental architecture that allows users to visit completely separate OpenSim installations while retaining their appearance, user identity and inventory.

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   ! Feature Name                                  !! Core OpenSim? !! Notes
+ |-
+ | Terrain                                       || Yes
+ |-
+ | Sun                                           || Yes
+ |-
+ | Wind                                          || Yes
+ |-
+ | Cloud                                         || Yes
+ |-
+ | Vegetation                                    || Yes
   |-
   | Minimap                                       || Yes
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   | [[PhysicsEngines|Physics]]                    || Yes           || There are several physics modules bundled with OpenSim, but only the ODE module (Open Dynamics Engine) really works.
   |}
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