[Opensim-users] what is the quickest way to import an avatar into opensim?

[Fleep Tuque]

Actually, as far as I know, Imprudence does not export the contents of any
prim, it only exports the shape/linkset and textures, and only if you are
the creator and owner of both.  This makes it much less useful in general
since any scripted items or packaged items can't be exported with
Imprudence - you only get the container prim, not any of the things inside
it.

(Which is one of the reasons I keep hoping someone will come up with a
solution to import IAR files without requiring console access - IAR is the
only format I know of that preserves any type of item and the contents
inside prims.)

So to the original question, if you are trying to export an avatar from
Second Life to an Opensim grid, good luck.  There is no easy one-shot way
to do it - you can export the avatar shape with Imprudence (if you have
full permissions to the shape), you can export the various attachments with
Imprudence (if you are the creator of all the textures, and the attachments
aren't scripted, and you have full permissions to all the components), etc.
but you can't export the whole avatar easily.  Clothing, unless you created
the original textures, I think you're out of luck.  If you created the
textures, then you'll have to re-create the clothing item in Opensim and
then upload the texture and re-create the textured/sculpted clothing items.

If you are trying to export an avatar from one Opensim grid to another, and
you have console access, then it is fairly simple.  Put all the components
of your avatar into a single folder in your inventory, then on the console
export that folder out as an IAR file.  Then re-import the IAR into your
new grid and voila, all your avatar components are there.

You could also do something similar with OAR files, again if you have
console access.  Box up all the components of the avatar and plop the box
down on a region, then export an OAR file of the region and re-import into
your new grid and the box will be there with all the components.

For more information about the various export/import options of these file
types, see:

 Opensim Inventory Archive
(IAR)<http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Inventory_Archives>
, Opensim Archive (OAR) page<http://opensimulator.org/wiki/OpenSim_Archives>,
or the Imprudence/Kokua Content Backup (XML)
page<http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/Imprudence:Content_Backup>


Sincerely,

- Chris/Fleep


Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:48 AM, <dogwomble at exemail.com.au> wrote:

> I  assume the OP knows that Imprudence will only export items where you
> are the creator of all parts.
>
> In saying that you may be able to get away with placing all parts of the
> avatar into a cube and then using Imprudence to export the cube. You can
> then reimport into OpenSim and reassemvle the avatar.  I think theres a
> limit to how many nested levels Imprudence can expirt but for simpler
> avatars this might well offer a solution.
>
> > It's been a while since I've used it. But I believe Imprudence will only
> > export shape values to an XML file. Body, default hair, eye and skin
> > color are all exported, I think. Basically, the same sort of information
> > you can get by saving an new-archetype.xml file from any viewer.
> >
> > It will not export things like skin, clothing, eye, or other textures.
> > It does not do attachments. These things must be applied separately.
> >
> > I can't comment on other methods, but I'm certain other people can
> > provide helpful suggestions on how to add new default avatars to the
> > standard library or such.
> >
> > Marcus
> >
> > On 1/13/2013 4:50 PM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll wrote:
> >> Hello there,
> >> I was trying to find out what would be the quickest way to import an
> >> avatar into opensim. Is it true that Imprudence allows a whole avatar
> >> to be imported as an xml file and can be loaded in one go?
> >> (This solution is Imprudence specific I guess)
> >> What are other ways for a new user to acquire a new avatar preferably
> >> at a click? that preferably works regardless of viewers ...
> >> I have for eg an object with everything needed for a new avatar, the
> >> new user can just click on it to see their avatar transform into a new
> >> one (did not try attachments so far, just body parts and clothes)
> >> Is there any better ways anyone can recommend?
> >> Regards
> >> R
> >>
> >>
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