[Opensim-users] PC vs Mac OS Viewer Issue (with a Solution)

[Justin Clark-Casey]

I'm quite surprised to hear this as I would be pretty sure that we're sending exactly the same information to both PC 
and Mac.  Have you seen this on any other viewer (though I know this might be difficult with the lower number of viewers 
supporting Mac OSX)?  Do you see the same issue on Linden Lab's grid with the same viewer?

On 04/04/13 19:29, Kay McLennan wrote:
> [I cannot answer the question concerning "which mesh-enabled OS viewer is the most lightweight."  Note:  I like the
> Firestorm viewer and the Kokua viewer (and especially the shadows in the Kokua viewer).]  However, I just discovered
> (and solved) a viewer issue that everyone wishing to accommodate both PC virtual world users and Mac virtual world users
> needs to know about.
>
> I just installed a Firestorm mesh-enabled OS viewer on a Mac Air laptop.  [Note:  I previously exclusively used PC-based
> viewers to access and build in OpenSim.]  In turn, when first accessing my own private grid I noticed the ground
> textures were only a [blinding] mix of the mountain and rock terrain textures (that are in the default terrain texture
> boxes 3 and 4 in the Terrain Tab in the Region/Estate drop down menu).  In turn, any student (and in particular, new
> students) that first sees such a barren virtual world landscape is likely to have a less than enthusiastic reaction to
> virtual world learning.
>
> To make a somewhat long "trial and error" story short, the easiest solution to the above problem is to make sure to
> change the default terrain texture settings for all OpenSim islands.  In particular, for the sake of Mac users, if you
> want grass to show up on the ground level (around 24 meters) there has to be some green grass in terrain texture box 3.
>
> Has anyone else encountered and/or solved the problem of dissimilar ground textures when moving from a PC-based viewer
> to a Mac-based viewer?
>
> Also, any tips for where to get the best 1024 x 1024 ground textures?
>
> Best,
> Kay
>
>
>
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