Move previously unadvertised SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates setting from [Startup] to [Appearance] config section.

Add description and default of false (as before) to OpenSimDefaults.ini
If set to true, this config switch will resend avatar appearance information (a small amount of UUID data, not the baked textures themselves) to other avatars in the sim every 60 seconds.
For me, this has helped with situations where avatars appear persistently grey - the LL viewer sometimes did not appear to request assets the first time the appearance data was sent.
However, this switch will not help with other appearance failure situations (e.g. failure to bake assets).
This setting is experimental but will not have any significant impact on the simulator if turned to true.

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index c77457c..40cfb72 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -814,8 +814,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 m_update_presences        = startupConfig.GetInt(   "UpdateAgentsEveryNFrames",          m_update_presences);
                 m_update_terrain          = startupConfig.GetInt(   "UpdateTerrainEveryNFrames",         m_update_terrain);
                 m_update_temp_cleaning    = startupConfig.GetInt(   "UpdateTempCleaningEveryNFrames",    m_update_temp_cleaning);
+            }
 
-                SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates = startupConfig.GetBoolean("SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates", SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates);
+            // FIXME: Ultimately this should be in a module.
+            IConfig appearanceConfig = m_config.Configs["Appearance"];
+            if (appearanceConfig != null)
+            {
+                SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates
+                    = appearanceConfig.GetBoolean("ResendAppearanceUpdates", SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates);
             }
 
             #endregion Region Config
diff --git a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
index ff5bdec..ab153a5 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@
     ; OpenJPEG if false
     ; UseCSJ2K = true
 
-
     ; Use "Trash" folder for items deleted from the scene
     ; When set to True (the default) items deleted from the scene will be
     ; stored in the user's trash or lost and found folder. When set to
@@ -671,6 +670,14 @@
     CoalesceMultipleObjectsToInventory = true
 
 
+[Appearance]
+    ; If true, avatar appearance information is resent to other avatars in the simulator every 60 seconds.
+    ; This may help with some situations where avatars are persistently grey, though it will not help 
+    ; in other situations (e.g. appearance baking failures where the avatar only appears as a cloud to others).
+    ; This setting is experimental.
+    ResendAppearanceUpdates = false
+
+
 [Attachments]
     ; Controls whether avatar attachments are enabled.
     ; Defaults to true - only set to false for debugging purposes