<div>Namaste :)</div><div><br></div>Just to clear up any confusion about oar files - they are simple compressed xml representations of the regions' content and the assets required to reproduce them. The xml embeds object coordinates; the coordinates are taken directly from the objects.<div>
<br></div><div>As a result, it is certainly possible to load oars of one size and configuration on opensim instances of a different size and configuration. Results are predictable but not necessarily desirable. Terrains may exhibit bizarre artifacting and objects may be 'off-world' if the oar size exceeds the target region size on any given axis.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Which brings us to coordinates: there is no practical use of a notation like "+/-128" in this context. I've never seen it used before and it is clearly leading to some confusion in this instance.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In opensim, region coordinates (the coordinates used to position regions on the grid), are in meters. Region cells (a subunit in opensim who's distinction is not meaningful in secondlife), are 256 meters on a side (identical to a canonical secondlife region). All objects in canonical region will have x/y coordinates that satisfy the condition '255>coordinate>0'. These may be combined into megaregions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>When a megaregion is in use, all the objects on the megaregion will, under normal circumstances, be present in the root region's database tables. They will have x/y coordinates that satisfy the condition '(subregions_along_the_axis*255)>coordinate>0'.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Diva Cantu has a workflow for merging simple regions and their contents into a single megaregion. I have not experienced success in my attempts with this workflow; this doesnt mean it is not effective; it means my attempts with it haven't been. That said, I'd suggest making backups at critical points in the process to avoid loss of content.</div>
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