Connecting

Revision as of 13:43, 5 December 2008

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.)

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

Alternative Connection Approaches

Via Openlifegrid Grid Launcher

Another option is to try the 'Launcher' for Windows (.net required). http://www.openlifegrid.com/downloads/gridlauncher.zip
To login to the Public GRID examples registration is required first see Grid_List for Public Grids.

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.

• Xenki - Xenki is an XBAP 3D application intended to be a browser add-on for OpenSim.
  • What is Xenki?
  • http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/08/what-is-xenki/
  • Sources:
  • http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/08/xenki-010-alpha-sources-posted/

Via Rezme

TBD

Known Issues

• None at the moment