[Opensim-dev] Multi-region OAR format

[SignpostMarv Martin]

Why not reuse the command line style for loading terrain? point to OAR, 
specify south-western corner ?

~ Marv.

On 20/07/2012 16:01, Adams, Robert wrote:
>
> I'm not sure I see the advantage of multiple regions in one oar file. 
> Say I have a 3x3 set of regions saved in a backup oar file. I might 
> want to restore one. That necessitates new command line parameters for 
> selection, etc.
>
> To handle multiple regions, another approach is to push the grouping 
> up a level and add commands for loading and creating multiple oar 
> files with one command. That keeps the existing oar file format but 
> solve the grouping feature. Or how about if the target of a 'load oar' 
> is a directory, it loads all of the oar files therein?
>
> -- ra
>
> *From:*opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de 
> [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] *On Behalf Of *Oren Hurvitz
> *Sent:* Friday, July 20, 2012 6:39 AM
> *To:* opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> *Subject:* Re: [Opensim-dev] Multi-region OAR format
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Robert L martin [via opensim-dev] 
> <[hidden email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7578166&i=0>> wrote:
>
> okay so if i wanted to make an OAR for "Bad Wolf Island" with a total
> of nine regions it would have
> row 1 (south) Southwest, South center , South East
> row 2 (center) West Center, Center, East Center
> row 3 (north) NorthWest , North Center, North east
>
> and if i wanted to have a 2X4 region then it would be
> row 1 (south) South West , South Center West, South Center East , 
> South East
> row 2 (north) North West, North Center West, North Center East, North 
> East
>
> and any region without data will create a hole in the sim
>
>
> That's right.
>
>     if the server can be made to handle it i would suggest that a "dummy"
>     manifest be used to create "blank" regions (modes would be fixed
>     height, Blend or random)
>
>
> If I understand you correctly, you're asking for the load-oar command 
> to create regions where none existed before. It doesn't do that 
> currently, and I don't intend to make it start doing so. There are 
> other ways to create regions (see Regions.ini), and I don't intend to 
> add to them as that's a different feature.
>
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