OpenSim.exe Command Line Options
From OpenSimulator
Command line arguments are usually helpful to modify the behavior of your OpenSimulator for somewhat customized environments or debugging.
Using Commandline Arguments
OpenSimulator internally uses Nini as a command line parser.
Syntax
- "/key:value" or "/key value" (Windows Style)
- "-key=value" or "-key value" (*nix Style)
If you want to use the value contains spaces, put it in double-quotes(").
Note that "--" likes "--key=value" doesn't work. It seems a bug in the regular syntax in Nini ArgvParser.
Boolean Aliases
- True: "=true", "=on", "=yes(in OpenSim 0.7.2-dev)"
- False: "=false", "=off", "=no(in OpenSim 0.7.2-dev)"
They are not case-sensitive. You can type "True", "TRUE" or "tRue" for example.
Current Arguments
The following command line switches are known:
| Switch | Values | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| logconfig | String(filepath) | OpenSimulator will configure log4net using this file as configuration file | OpenSim.exe.config |
| background | Boolean | If true, OpenSimulator will run in the background | false |
| inifile | String(filepath) | The path to ini file | OpenSim.ini |
| inimaster | String(filepath) | The path to master ini file | OpenSimDefaults.ini |
| inidirectory | String(filepath) | The path to folder for config ini files. OpenSimulator will read all of *.ini files in this directory and override OpenSim.ini settings. | config |
| physics | "OpenDynamicsEngine", "basicphysics", "POS", "modified_BulletX" | The name of the physics engine. It is the same as physics property in [Startup] section. See OpenSim.ini.example for the detailed information. It will override the settings in OpenSim.ini. | OpenDynamicsEngine |
| gui | Boolean | "old-style" console (deprecated from Opensim 0.7, use -console=basic instead) | false |
| console | "basic","rest" | If "basic", OpenSimulator will launch a simple console capable of processing commands. If "rest", a RestConsole. If others including empty, a console that uses cursor control and context help(default). | (empty) |
| save_crashes | Boolean | If true, OpenSimulator will dump stacktraces into the file in the directory specified with 'crash_dir' when it crashes. Note: As of 0.7.1, it doesn't work. It works in 0.7.2-dev. | false |
| crash_dir | String(filepath) | The path to the directory where crash logs will be created. When OpenSimulator crashes, it will be automatically created if not exists. Note: As of 0.7.1, it doesn't work. It works in 0.7.2-dev. | crashes |
NOTE:
- Boolean - See #Boolean Aliases above.
- filepath - The path relative to the working directory of the user or application, in the most cases, it will be bin/.
