I don't know if it's helpful to have a very non-technical user perspective, but as someone quite new to OpenSim, I actually found it reassuring that all the settings I MIGHT want to change were all in one place. As I have learned more and gotten more comfortable with how the system works, I've then gone back and played with additional settings in the OpenSim.ini file.<div>
<br></div><div>If it improves something technically then by all means change it, but from my perspective, it's actually a good thing to have a single place to look for where I might have goofed up a setting, or where I might change the functionality of my sims. Even the settings I have no intention of messing with now, it's good to know they are there and that I COULD change them down the road if I want to. It's pretty educational for us n00bs. =)</div>
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<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Melanie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:melanie@t-data.com">melanie@t-data.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
the startup elements are frequently altered, as many people running<br>
small grids want limits like SL to make the economic model work.<br>
<br>
Same for the script crossing/binaries ones, grids turn them on, HG<br>
and standalones turn them off.<br>
<br>
Wind adn Trees, i'm with you there, they're not really used a lot,<br>
although supposedly sailors use the wind module.<br>
<br>
The LindenUDP settings, ODE settings and script engine settings have<br>
already been stripped down, maybe they need another looking at. I<br>
agree on LightShare.<br>
<br>
Economy is important, as most people want to be able to use the sell<br>
mechanism to transfer object and land owenrship, but on legal advice<br>
it is off by default. Pretty much everyone needs it.<br>
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Melanie<br>
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Ai Austin wrote:<br>
> I wonder if some of the following items which I assume would rarely<br>
> be changed by most users could be shifted also form<br>
> OpenSim.ini.example to OpenSimDefaults.ini? Do the core devs have a<br>
> view on this to get a good split ahead of a 0.7.1 release?<br>
><br>
> [Startup] some elements like meshing, physics, NonPhysicalPrimMax,<br>
> PhysicalPrimMax, AllowScriptCrossing, TrustBinaries, various<br>
> persistence related settings, DefaultScriptEngine, etc. Probably<br>
> quite a few there, leaving just the ones m,ost likely to be altered<br>
> by non-experts.<br>
><br>
> [Wind]<br>
><br>
> [Trees]<br>
><br>
> [ClientStack.LindenUDP]<br>
><br>
> [ODEPhysicsSettings]<br>
><br>
> [Economy]<br>
><br>
> [XEngine] some options - leaving the AllowOSFunctions,<br>
> AllowLightShareFunctions and OSFunctionThreatLevel in<br>
> OpenSim.ini.example perhaps<br>
><br>
> Conversley, maybe [LightShare]section should be moved from<br>
> OpenSimDefaults.ini to OpenSim.example.ini (espec if<br>
> AllowLightShareFunctions remains in OpenSim.ini.example as both will<br>
> be required to make that functionality work I think.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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