Merge branch 'master' into careminster

Conflicts:
	OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/GetTextureModule.cs

31 files changed, 1143 insertions, 425 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsMessagingModule.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsMessagingModule.cs
index 5de1fb4..be59c62 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsMessagingModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsMessagingModule.cs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
         public void SendMessageToGroup(GridInstantMessage im, UUID groupID)
         {
             UUID fromAgentID = new UUID(im.fromAgentID);
-            List<GroupMembersData> groupMembers = m_groupData.GetGroupMembers("all", groupID);
+            List<GroupMembersData> groupMembers = m_groupData.GetGroupMembers(UUID.Zero.ToString(), groupID);
             int groupMembersCount = groupMembers.Count;
             PresenceInfo[] onlineAgents = null;
 
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
                 if (member.AgentID.Guid == im.fromAgentID)
                     continue;
 
+                if (clientsAlreadySent.Contains(member.AgentID))
+                    continue;
+                clientsAlreadySent.Add(member.AgentID);
+
                 if (hasAgentDroppedGroupChatSession(member.AgentID.ToString(), groupID))
                 {
                     // Don't deliver messages to people who have dropped this session
@@ -336,12 +340,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
                     // Deliver locally, directly
                     if (m_debugEnabled) m_log.DebugFormat("[Groups.Messaging]: Passing to ProcessMessageFromGroupSession to deliver to {0} locally", client.Name);
 
-                    if (clientsAlreadySent.Contains(member.AgentID))
-                        continue;
-                    clientsAlreadySent.Add(member.AgentID);
-
                     ProcessMessageFromGroupSession(im);
                 }
+
             }
 
             if (m_debugEnabled)
@@ -403,8 +404,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
                 Scene aScene = m_sceneList[0];
                 GridRegion regionOfOrigin = aScene.GridService.GetRegionByUUID(aScene.RegionInfo.ScopeID, regionID);
 
-                List<GroupMembersData> groupMembers = m_groupData.GetGroupMembers("all", GroupID);
-                List<UUID> alreadySeen = new List<UUID>();
+                List<GroupMembersData> groupMembers = m_groupData.GetGroupMembers(UUID.Zero.ToString(), GroupID);
 
                 //if (m_debugEnabled)
                 //    foreach (GroupMembersData m in groupMembers)
@@ -414,15 +414,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
                 {
                     s.ForEachScenePresence(sp =>
                         {
-                            // We need this, because we are searching through all
-                            // SPs, both root and children
-                            if (alreadySeen.Contains(sp.UUID))
-                            {
-                                if (m_debugEnabled)
-                                    m_log.DebugFormat("[Groups.Messaging]: skipping agent {0} because we've already seen it", sp.UUID);
+                            // If we got this via grid messaging, it's because the caller thinks
+                            // that the root agent is here. We should only send the IM to root agents.
+                            if (sp.IsChildAgent)
                                 return;
-                            }
-                            alreadySeen.Add(sp.UUID);
 
                             GroupMembersData m = groupMembers.Find(gmd =>
                                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsModule.cs
index 826fcbf..da8030c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/GroupsModule.cs
@@ -991,6 +991,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
 
                 // Should this send updates to everyone in the group?
                 SendAgentGroupDataUpdate(remoteClient, GetRequestingAgentID(remoteClient));
+
+                if (reason != string.Empty)
+                    // A warning
+                    remoteClient.SendAlertMessage("Warning: " + reason);
             }
             else
                 remoteClient.SendJoinGroupReply(groupID, false);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs
index daa0728..c33168c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Hypergrid/GroupsServiceHGConnectorModule.cs
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
         {
             string url = string.Empty, gname = string.Empty;
             if (IsLocal(GroupID, out url, out gname))
-                return m_LocalGroupsConnector.GetGroupMembers(AgentUUI(RequestingAgentID), GroupID);
+            {
+                string agentID = AgentUUI(RequestingAgentID);
+                return m_LocalGroupsConnector.GetGroupMembers(agentID, GroupID);
+            }
             else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
             {
                 ExtendedGroupMembershipData membership = m_LocalGroupsConnector.GetAgentGroupMembership(RequestingAgentID, RequestingAgentID, GroupID);
@@ -396,17 +399,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
 
                     if (success)
                     {
+                        // Here we always return true. The user has been added to the local group,
+                        // independent of whether the remote operation succeeds or not
                         url = m_UserManagement.GetUserServerURL(uid, "GroupsServerURI");
                         if (url == string.Empty)
                         {
-                            reason = "User doesn't have a groups server";
-                            return false;
+                            reason = "You don't have have an accessible groups server in your home world. You membership to this group in only within this grid.";
+                            return true;
                         }
 
                         GroupsServiceHGConnector c = GetConnector(url);
                         if (c != null)
-                            return c.CreateProxy(AgentUUI(RequestingAgentID), AgentID, token, GroupID, m_LocalGroupsServiceLocation, name, out reason);
+                            c.CreateProxy(AgentUUI(RequestingAgentID), AgentID, token, GroupID, m_LocalGroupsServiceLocation, name, out reason);
+                        return true;
                     }
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
             else if (m_UserManagement.IsLocalGridUser(uid)) // local user
diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Remote/GroupsServiceRemoteConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Remote/GroupsServiceRemoteConnector.cs
index 9a3e125..161ca0c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Remote/GroupsServiceRemoteConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Remote/GroupsServiceRemoteConnector.cs
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
             Dictionary<string, object> sendData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
             sendData["GroupID"] = GroupID.ToString();
             sendData["RequestingAgentID"] = RequestingAgentID;
+
             Dictionary<string, object> ret = MakeRequest("GETGROUPMEMBERS", sendData);
 
             if (ret == null)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Service/GroupsService.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Service/GroupsService.cs
index 294b89a..037ef59 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Service/GroupsService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/Groups/Service/GroupsService.cs
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Groups
 
             // Check visibility? 
             // When we don't want to check visibility, we pass it "all" as the requestingAgentID
-            bool checkVisibility = !RequestingAgentID.Equals("all");
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[ZZZ]: AgentID is {0}. checkVisibility is {1}", RequestingAgentID, checkVisibility);
+            bool checkVisibility = !RequestingAgentID.Equals(UUID.Zero.ToString());
+
             if (checkVisibility)
             {
                 // Is the requester a member of the group?
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs
index 6a68322..f6f458d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenMetaverse.StructuredData;
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
     /// </summary>
     public class SimExtraStatsCollector : BaseStatsCollector
     {
-        private long abnormalClientThreadTerminations;
-
 //        private long assetsInCache;
 //        private long texturesInCache;
 //        private long assetCacheMemoryUsage;
@@ -73,11 +72,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
         private volatile float activeScripts;
         private volatile float scriptLinesPerSecond;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Number of times that a client thread terminated because of an exception
-        /// </summary>
-        public long AbnormalClientThreadTerminations { get { return abnormalClientThreadTerminations; } }
-
 //        /// <summary>
 //        /// These statistics are being collected by push rather than pull.  Pull would be simpler, but I had the
 //        /// notion of providing some flow statistics (which pull wouldn't give us).  Though admittedly these
@@ -166,11 +160,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
         private IDictionary<UUID, PacketQueueStatsCollector> packetQueueStatsCollectors
             = new Dictionary<UUID, PacketQueueStatsCollector>();
 
-        public void AddAbnormalClientThreadTermination()
-        {
-            abnormalClientThreadTerminations++;
-        }
-
 //        public void AddAsset(AssetBase asset)
 //        {
 //            assetsInCache++;
@@ -324,10 +313,12 @@ Asset service request failures: {3}" + Environment.NewLine,
             sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
             sb.Append("CONNECTION STATISTICS");
             sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
-            sb.Append(
-                string.Format(
-                    "Abnormal client thread terminations: {0}" + Environment.NewLine,
-                    abnormalClientThreadTerminations));
+
+            List<Stat> stats = StatsManager.GetStatsFromEachContainer("clientstack", "ClientLogoutsDueToNoReceives");
+
+            sb.AppendFormat(
+                "Client logouts due to no data receive timeout: {0}\n\n", 
+                stats != null ? stats.Sum(s => s.Value).ToString() : "unknown");
 
 //            sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
 //            sb.Append("INVENTORY STATISTICS");
@@ -338,7 +329,7 @@ Asset service request failures: {3}" + Environment.NewLine,
 //                    InventoryServiceRetrievalFailures));
 
             sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
-            sb.Append("FRAME STATISTICS");
+            sb.Append("SAMPLE FRAME STATISTICS");
             sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
             sb.Append("Dilatn  SimFPS  PhyFPS  AgntUp  RootAg  ChldAg  Prims   AtvPrm  AtvScr  ScrLPS");
             sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs
index a5b54c9..e6a2304 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/StatsManager.cs
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
                 // Stat name is not unique across category/container/shortname key.
                 // XXX: For now just return false.  This is to avoid problems in regression tests where all tests
                 // in a class are run in the same instance of the VM.
-                if (TryGetStat(stat, out category, out container))
+                if (TryGetStatParents(stat, out category, out container))
                     return false;
 
                 // We take a copy-on-write approach here of replacing dictionaries when keys are added or removed.
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
 
             lock (RegisteredStats)
             {
-                if (!TryGetStat(stat, out category, out container))
+                if (!TryGetStatParents(stat, out category, out container))
                     return false;
 
                 newContainer = new SortedDictionary<string, Stat>(container);
@@ -323,12 +323,67 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
             }
         }
 
-        public static bool TryGetStats(string category, out SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, Stat>> stats)
+        public static bool TryGetStat(string category, string container, string statShortName, out Stat stat)
         {
-            return RegisteredStats.TryGetValue(category, out stats);
+            stat = null;
+            SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, Stat>> categoryStats;
+
+            lock (RegisteredStats)
+            {
+                if (!TryGetStatsForCategory(category, out categoryStats))
+                    return false;
+
+                SortedDictionary<string, Stat> containerStats;
+
+                if (!categoryStats.TryGetValue(container, out containerStats))
+                    return false;
+
+                return containerStats.TryGetValue(statShortName, out stat);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static bool TryGetStatsForCategory(
+            string category, out SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, Stat>> stats)
+        {
+            lock (RegisteredStats)
+                return RegisteredStats.TryGetValue(category, out stats);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the same stat for each container in a given category.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The stats if there were any to fetch.  Otherwise null.
+        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name='category'></param>
+        /// <param name='statShortName'></param>
+        public static List<Stat> GetStatsFromEachContainer(string category, string statShortName)
+        {
+            SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, Stat>> categoryStats;
+
+            lock (RegisteredStats)
+            {
+                if (!RegisteredStats.TryGetValue(category, out categoryStats))
+                    return null;
+
+                List<Stat> stats = null;
+
+                foreach (SortedDictionary<string, Stat> containerStats in categoryStats.Values)
+                {
+                    if (containerStats.ContainsKey(statShortName))
+                    {
+                        if (stats == null)
+                            stats = new List<Stat>();
+
+                        stats.Add(containerStats[statShortName]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return stats;
+            }
         }
 
-        public static bool TryGetStat(
+        public static bool TryGetStatParents(
             Stat stat,
             out SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, Stat>> category,
             out SortedDictionary<string, Stat> container)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/GetTextureModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/GetTextureModule.cs
index c12b8d6..c8e1e83 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/GetTextureModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/GetTextureModule.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
 
         private Dictionary<UUID,PollServiceTextureEventArgs> m_pollservices = new Dictionary<UUID,PollServiceTextureEventArgs>();
 
+        private string m_URL;
+
         #region ISharedRegionModule Members
 
         public void Initialise(IConfigSource source)
@@ -343,13 +345,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
 
         private void RegisterCaps(UUID agentID, Caps caps)
         {
-            string capUrl = "/CAPS/" + UUID.Random() + "/";
+            m_URL = "/CAPS/" + UUID.Random() + "/";
 
             // Register this as a poll service           
             PollServiceTextureEventArgs args = new PollServiceTextureEventArgs(agentID, m_scene);
             
             args.Type = PollServiceEventArgs.EventType.Texture;
-            MainServer.Instance.AddPollServiceHTTPHandler(capUrl, args);
+            MainServer.Instance.AddPollServiceHTTPHandler(m_URL, args);
 
             string hostName = m_scene.RegionInfo.ExternalHostName;
             uint port = (MainServer.Instance == null) ? 0 : MainServer.Instance.Port;
@@ -361,20 +363,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
                 port = MainServer.Instance.SSLPort;
                 protocol = "https";
             }
-            caps.RegisterHandler("GetTexture", String.Format("{0}://{1}:{2}{3}", protocol, hostName, port, capUrl));
+
+            IExternalCapsModule handler = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IExternalCapsModule>();
+            if (handler != null)
+                handler.RegisterExternalUserCapsHandler(agentID, caps, "GetTexture", m_URL);
+            else
+                caps.RegisterHandler("GetTexture", String.Format("{0}://{1}:{2}{3}", protocol, hostName, port, m_URL));
             m_pollservices[agentID] = args;
-            m_capsDict[agentID] = capUrl;
+            m_capsDict[agentID] = m_URL;
         }
 
         private void DeregisterCaps(UUID agentID, Caps caps)
         {
-            string capUrl;
             PollServiceTextureEventArgs args;
-            if (m_capsDict.TryGetValue(agentID, out capUrl))
-            {
-                MainServer.Instance.RemoveHTTPHandler("", capUrl);
-                m_capsDict.Remove(agentID);
-            }
+
+            MainServer.Instance.RemoveHTTPHandler("", m_URL);
+            m_capsDict.Remove(agentID);
+
             if (m_pollservices.TryGetValue(agentID, out args))
             {
                 m_pollservices.Remove(agentID);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/SimulatorFeaturesModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/SimulatorFeaturesModule.cs
index 7d9f935..e4d8a20 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/SimulatorFeaturesModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/SimulatorFeaturesModule.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
         /// </summary>
         private OSDMap m_features = new OSDMap();
 
-        private string m_MapImageServerURL = string.Empty;
         private string m_SearchURL = string.Empty;
         private bool m_ExportSupported = false;
 
@@ -78,15 +77,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
         {
             IConfig config = source.Configs["SimulatorFeatures"];
             if (config != null)
-            {
-                m_MapImageServerURL = config.GetString("MapImageServerURI", string.Empty);
-                if (m_MapImageServerURL != string.Empty)
-                {
-                    m_MapImageServerURL = m_MapImageServerURL.Trim();
-                    if (!m_MapImageServerURL.EndsWith("/"))
-                        m_MapImageServerURL = m_MapImageServerURL + "/";
-                }
-    
+            {    
                 m_SearchURL = config.GetString("SearchServerURI", string.Empty);
 
                 m_ExportSupported = config.GetBoolean("ExportSupported", m_ExportSupported);
@@ -149,15 +140,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
                 m_features["PhysicsShapeTypes"] = typesMap;
     
                 // Extra information for viewers that want to use it
-                OSDMap gridServicesMap = new OSDMap();
-                if (m_MapImageServerURL != string.Empty)
-                    gridServicesMap["map-server-url"] = m_MapImageServerURL;
+                // TODO: Take these out of here into their respective modules, like map-server-url
+                OSDMap extrasMap = new OSDMap();
                 if (m_SearchURL != string.Empty)
-                    gridServicesMap["search"] = m_SearchURL;
-                m_features["GridServices"] = gridServicesMap;
-
+                    extrasMap["search-server-url"] = m_SearchURL;
                 if (m_ExportSupported)
-                    m_features["ExportSupported"] = true;
+                    extrasMap["ExportSupported"] = true;
+
+                if (extrasMap.Count > 0)
+                    m_features["OpenSimExtras"] = extrasMap;
+
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index 544b54b..2a2c819 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -69,9 +69,22 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
             StatsManager.RegisterStat(
                 new Stat(
+                    "ClientLogoutsDueToNoReceives",
+                    "Number of times a client has been logged out because no packets were received before the timeout.",
+                    "",
+                    "",
+                    "clientstack",
+                    scene.Name,
+                    StatType.Pull,
+                    MeasuresOfInterest.None,
+                    stat => stat.Value = m_udpServer.ClientLogoutsDueToNoReceives,
+                    StatVerbosity.Debug));
+
+            StatsManager.RegisterStat(
+                new Stat(
                     "IncomingUDPReceivesCount",
                     "Number of UDP receives performed",
-                    "Number of UDP receives performed",
+                    "",
                     "",
                     "clientstack",
                     scene.Name,
@@ -84,7 +97,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                 new Stat(
                     "IncomingPacketsProcessedCount",
                     "Number of inbound LL protocol packets processed",
-                    "Number of inbound LL protocol packets processed",
+                    "",
                     "",
                     "clientstack",
                     scene.Name,
@@ -97,7 +110,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                 new Stat(
                     "OutgoingUDPSendsCount",
                     "Number of UDP sends performed",
-                    "Number of UDP sends performed",
+                    "",
                     "",
                     "clientstack",
                     scene.Name,
@@ -149,6 +162,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
         /// <summary>Maximum transmission unit, or UDP packet size, for the LLUDP protocol</summary>
         public const int MTU = 1400;
 
+        /// <summary>Number of forced client logouts due to no receipt of packets before timeout.</summary>
+        public int ClientLogoutsDueToNoReceives { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Default packet debug level given to new clients
         /// </summary>
@@ -1058,7 +1074,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                 // Fire this out on a different thread so that we don't hold up outgoing packet processing for
                 // everybody else if this is being called due to an ack timeout.
                 // This is the same as processing as the async process of a logout request.
-                Util.FireAndForget(o => DeactivateClientDueToTimeout(client));
+                Util.FireAndForget(o => DeactivateClientDueToTimeout(client, timeoutTicks));
 
                 return;
             }
@@ -1842,18 +1858,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
         /// regular client pings.
         /// </remarks>
         /// <param name='client'></param>
-        private void DeactivateClientDueToTimeout(LLClientView client)
+        /// <param name='timeoutTicks'></param>
+        private void DeactivateClientDueToTimeout(LLClientView client, int timeoutTicks)
         {
             lock (client.CloseSyncLock)
-            {
+            {    
+                ClientLogoutsDueToNoReceives++;
+
                 m_log.WarnFormat(
-                    "[LLUDPSERVER]: Ack timeout, disconnecting {0} agent for {1} in {2}",
-                    client.SceneAgent.IsChildAgent ? "child" : "root", client.Name, m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
-    
-                StatsManager.SimExtraStats.AddAbnormalClientThreadTermination();
+                    "[LLUDPSERVER]: No packets received from {0} agent of {1} for {2}ms in {3}.  Disconnecting.",
+                    client.SceneAgent.IsChildAgent ? "child" : "root", client.Name, timeoutTicks, m_scene.Name);
     
                 if (!client.SceneAgent.IsChildAgent)
-                     client.Kick("Simulator logged you out due to connection timeout");
+                     client.Kick("Simulator logged you out due to connection timeout.");
     
                 client.CloseWithoutChecks(true);
             }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Hypergrid/HGWorldMapModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Hypergrid/HGWorldMapModule.cs
index 7b11658..f196973 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Hypergrid/HGWorldMapModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Hypergrid/HGWorldMapModule.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using log4net;
 using Nini.Config;
 using OpenMetaverse;
+using OpenMetaverse.StructuredData;
 using Mono.Addins;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap;
@@ -48,20 +49,63 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Hypergrid
         // Remember the map area that each client has been exposed to in this region
         private Dictionary<UUID, List<MapBlockData>> m_SeenMapBlocks = new Dictionary<UUID, List<MapBlockData>>();
 
+        private string m_MapImageServerURL = string.Empty;
+
+        private IUserManagement m_UserManagement;
+
         #region INonSharedRegionModule Members
 
-        public override void Initialise(IConfigSource config)
+        public override void Initialise(IConfigSource source)
         {
             if (Util.GetConfigVarFromSections<string>(
-                config, "WorldMapModule", new string[] { "Map", "Startup" }, "WorldMap") == "HGWorldMap")
+                source, "WorldMapModule", new string[] { "Map", "Startup" }, "WorldMap") == "HGWorldMap")
+            {
                 m_Enabled = true;
+
+                m_MapImageServerURL = Util.GetConfigVarFromSections<string>(source, "MapTileURL", new string[] {"LoginService", "HGWorldMap", "SimulatorFeatures"});
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_MapImageServerURL))
+                {
+                    m_MapImageServerURL = m_MapImageServerURL.Trim();
+                    if (!m_MapImageServerURL.EndsWith("/"))
+                        m_MapImageServerURL = m_MapImageServerURL + "/";
+                }
+
+
+            }
         }
 
         public override void AddRegion(Scene scene)
         {
+            if (!m_Enabled)
+                return;
+
             base.AddRegion(scene);
 
-            scene.EventManager.OnClientClosed += new EventManager.ClientClosed(EventManager_OnClientClosed);
+            scene.EventManager.OnClientClosed += EventManager_OnClientClosed;
+        }
+
+        public override void RegionLoaded(Scene scene)
+        {
+            if (!m_Enabled)
+                return;
+
+            base.RegionLoaded(scene);
+            ISimulatorFeaturesModule featuresModule = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<ISimulatorFeaturesModule>();
+
+            if (featuresModule != null)
+                featuresModule.OnSimulatorFeaturesRequest += OnSimulatorFeaturesRequest;
+
+            m_UserManagement = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IUserManagement>();
+
+        }
+
+        public override void RemoveRegion(Scene scene)
+        {
+            if (!m_Enabled)
+                return;
+
+            scene.EventManager.OnClientClosed -= EventManager_OnClientClosed;
         }
 
         public override string Name
@@ -115,6 +159,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Hypergrid
             return mapBlocks;
         }
 
+        private void OnSimulatorFeaturesRequest(UUID agentID, ref OSDMap features)
+        {
+            if (m_UserManagement != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_MapImageServerURL) && !m_UserManagement.IsLocalGridUser(agentID))
+            {
+                OSD extras = new OSDMap();
+                if (features.ContainsKey("OpenSimExtras"))
+                    extras = features["OpenSimExtras"];
+                else
+                    features["OpenSimExtras"] = extras;
+
+                ((OSDMap)extras)["map-server-url"] = m_MapImageServerURL;
+
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     class MapArea
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IExternalCapsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IExternalCapsModule.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a730cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IExternalCapsModule.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Contributors, http://opensimulator.org/
+ * See CONTRIBUTORS.TXT for a full list of copyright holders.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of the OpenSimulator Project nor the
+ *       names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+ *       derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+ * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using OpenMetaverse;
+using OpenSim.Framework;
+using Caps=OpenSim.Framework.Capabilities.Caps;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces
+{
+    public interface IExternalCapsModule
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This function extends the simple URL configuration in the caps handlers
+        /// to facilitate more interesting computation when an external handler is
+        /// sent to the viewer. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="agentID">New user UUID</param>
+        /// <param name="caps">Internal caps registry, where the external handler will be registered</param>
+        /// <param name="capName">Name of the specific cap we are registering</param>
+        /// <param name="urlSkel">The skeleton URL provided in the caps configuration</param>
+        bool RegisterExternalUserCapsHandler(UUID agentID, Caps caps, String capName, String urlSkel);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/ExtendedPhysics/ExtendedPhysics.cs b/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/ExtendedPhysics/ExtendedPhysics.cs
index 6009dc5..0cbc5f9 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/ExtendedPhysics/ExtendedPhysics.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/Scripting/ExtendedPhysics/ExtendedPhysics.cs
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
-using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules;
 
 using Mono.Addins;
 using Nini.Config;
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public class ExtendedPhysics : INonSharedRegionModule
     private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
     private static string LogHeader = "[EXTENDED PHYSICS]";
 
+    // Since BulletSim is a plugin, this these values aren't defined easily in one place.
+    // This table must coorespond to an identical table in BSScene.
+    public const string PhysFunctSetLinksetType = "BulletSim.SetLinksetType";
+
     private IConfig Configuration { get; set; }
     private bool Enabled { get; set; }
     private Scene BaseScene { get; set; }
@@ -143,13 +147,6 @@ public class ExtendedPhysics : INonSharedRegionModule
     [ScriptConstant]
     public static int PHYS_CENTER_OF_MASS =     1 << 0;
 
-    [ScriptConstant]
-    public static int PHYS_LINKSET_TYPE_CONSTRAINT  = 1;
-    [ScriptConstant]
-    public static int PHYS_LINKSET_TYPE_COMPOUND    = 2;
-    [ScriptConstant]
-    public static int PHYS_LINKSET_TYPE_MANUAL      = 3;
-
     [ScriptInvocation]
     public string physGetEngineType(UUID hostID, UUID scriptID)
     {
@@ -163,9 +160,50 @@ public class ExtendedPhysics : INonSharedRegionModule
         return ret;
     }
 
+    [ScriptConstant]
+    public static int PHYS_LINKSET_TYPE_CONSTRAINT  = 0;
+    [ScriptConstant]
+    public static int PHYS_LINKSET_TYPE_COMPOUND    = 1;
+    [ScriptConstant]
+    public static int PHYS_LINKSET_TYPE_MANUAL      = 2;
+
     [ScriptInvocation]
     public void physSetLinksetType(UUID hostID, UUID scriptID, int linksetType)
     {
+        if (!Enabled) return;
+
+        // The part that is requesting the change.
+        SceneObjectPart requestingPart = BaseScene.GetSceneObjectPart(hostID);
+
+        if (requestingPart != null)
+        {
+            // The change is always made to the root of a linkset.
+            SceneObjectGroup containingGroup = requestingPart.ParentGroup;
+            SceneObjectPart rootPart = containingGroup.RootPart;
+
+            if (rootPart != null)
+            {
+                Physics.Manager.PhysicsActor rootPhysActor = rootPart.PhysActor;
+                if (rootPhysActor != null)
+                {
+                    rootPhysActor.Extension(PhysFunctSetLinksetType, linksetType);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("{0} physSetLinksetType: root part does not have a physics actor. rootName={1}, hostID={2}",
+                                        LogHeader, rootPart.Name, hostID);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                m_log.WarnFormat("{0} physSetLinksetType: root part does not exist. RequestingPartName={1}, hostID={2}",
+                                    LogHeader, requestingPart.Name, hostID);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_log.WarnFormat("{0} physSetLinsetType: cannot find script object in scene. hostID={1}", LogHeader, hostID);
+        }
     }
 }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSCharacter.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSCharacter.cs
index 59e7f5f..58a417e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSCharacter.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSCharacter.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public sealed class BSCharacter : BSPhysObject
         RawVelocity = OMV.Vector3.Zero;
         _buoyancy = ComputeBuoyancyFromFlying(isFlying);
         Friction = BSParam.AvatarStandingFriction;
-        Density = BSParam.AvatarDensity / BSParam.DensityScaleFactor;
+        Density = BSParam.AvatarDensity;
 
         // Old versions of ScenePresence passed only the height. If width and/or depth are zero,
         //     replace with the default values.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSDynamics.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSDynamics.cs
index 82d7c44..f0d17d3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSDynamics.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSDynamics.cs
@@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
                 m_vehicleMass = ControllingPrim.TotalMass;
 
                 // Friction affects are handled by this vehicle code
-                m_physicsScene.PE.SetFriction(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, BSParam.VehicleFriction);
-                m_physicsScene.PE.SetRestitution(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, BSParam.VehicleRestitution);
-                // ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalFriction(BSParam.VehicleFriction);
-                // ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalRestitution(BSParam.VehicleRestitution);
+                // m_physicsScene.PE.SetFriction(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, BSParam.VehicleFriction);
+                // m_physicsScene.PE.SetRestitution(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, BSParam.VehicleRestitution);
+                ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalFriction(BSParam.VehicleFriction);
+                ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalRestitution(BSParam.VehicleRestitution);
 
                 // Moderate angular movement introduced by Bullet.
                 // TODO: possibly set AngularFactor and LinearFactor for the type of vehicle.
@@ -602,21 +602,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
                 m_physicsScene.PE.SetAngularFactorV(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, BSParam.VehicleAngularFactor);
 
                 // Vehicles report collision events so we know when it's on the ground
-                m_physicsScene.PE.AddToCollisionFlags(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, CollisionFlags.BS_VEHICLE_COLLISIONS);
-                // ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags.BS_VEHICLE_COLLISIONS);
+                // m_physicsScene.PE.AddToCollisionFlags(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, CollisionFlags.BS_VEHICLE_COLLISIONS);
+                ControllingPrim.Linkset.AddToPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags.BS_VEHICLE_COLLISIONS);
 
-                Vector3 inertia = m_physicsScene.PE.CalculateLocalInertia(ControllingPrim.PhysShape.physShapeInfo, m_vehicleMass);
-                ControllingPrim.Inertia = inertia * BSParam.VehicleInertiaFactor;
-                m_physicsScene.PE.SetMassProps(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, m_vehicleMass, ControllingPrim.Inertia);
-                m_physicsScene.PE.UpdateInertiaTensor(ControllingPrim.PhysBody);
-                // ControllingPrim.Linkset.ComputeLocalInertia(BSParam.VehicleInertiaFactor);
+                // Vector3 inertia = m_physicsScene.PE.CalculateLocalInertia(ControllingPrim.PhysShape.physShapeInfo, m_vehicleMass);
+                // ControllingPrim.Inertia = inertia * BSParam.VehicleInertiaFactor;
+                // m_physicsScene.PE.SetMassProps(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, m_vehicleMass, ControllingPrim.Inertia);
+                // m_physicsScene.PE.UpdateInertiaTensor(ControllingPrim.PhysBody);
+                ControllingPrim.Linkset.ComputeAndSetLocalInertia(BSParam.VehicleInertiaFactor, m_vehicleMass);
 
                 // Set the gravity for the vehicle depending on the buoyancy
                 // TODO: what should be done if prim and vehicle buoyancy differ?
                 m_VehicleGravity = ControllingPrim.ComputeGravity(m_VehicleBuoyancy);
                 // The actual vehicle gravity is set to zero in Bullet so we can do all the application of same.
-                m_physicsScene.PE.SetGravity(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, Vector3.Zero);
-                // ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalGravity(Vector3.Zero);
+                // m_physicsScene.PE.SetGravity(ControllingPrim.PhysBody, Vector3.Zero);
+                ControllingPrim.Linkset.SetPhysicalGravity(Vector3.Zero);
 
                 VDetailLog("{0},BSDynamics.SetPhysicalParameters,mass={1},inert={2},vehGrav={3},aDamp={4},frict={5},rest={6},lFact={7},aFact={8}",
                         ControllingPrim.LocalID, m_vehicleMass, ControllingPrim.Inertia, m_VehicleGravity,
@@ -1121,7 +1121,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
                 {
                     m_VhoverTargetHeight = m_VhoverHeight;
                 }
-
                 if ((m_flags & VehicleFlag.HOVER_UP_ONLY) != 0)
                 {
                     // If body is already heigher, use its height as target height
@@ -1170,7 +1169,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
                                     m_VhoverTimescale, m_VhoverHeight, m_VhoverTargetHeight,
                                     verticalError, verticalCorrection);
                 }
-
             }
         }
 
@@ -1357,6 +1355,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
         private void ComputeAngularTurning(float pTimestep)
         {
             // The user wants this many radians per second angular change?
+            Vector3 origVehicleRotationalVelocity = VehicleRotationalVelocity;      // DEBUG DEBUG
             Vector3 currentAngularV = VehicleRotationalVelocity * Quaternion.Inverse(VehicleOrientation);
             Vector3 angularMotorContributionV = m_angularMotor.Step(pTimestep, currentAngularV);
 
@@ -1369,20 +1368,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
             // TODO: This is here because this is where ODE put it but documentation says it
             //    is a linear effect. Where should this check go?
             //if ((m_flags & (VehicleFlag.NO_DEFLECTION_UP)) != 0)
-           // {
+            // {
             //    angularMotorContributionV.X = 0f;
             //    angularMotorContributionV.Y = 0f;
-          //  }
+            //  }
 
             // Reduce any velocity by friction.
             Vector3 frictionFactorW = ComputeFrictionFactor(m_angularFrictionTimescale, pTimestep);
             angularMotorContributionV -= (currentAngularV * frictionFactorW);
 
-            VehicleRotationalVelocity += angularMotorContributionV * VehicleOrientation;
-
-
+            Vector3 angularMotorContributionW = angularMotorContributionV * VehicleOrientation;
+            VehicleRotationalVelocity += angularMotorContributionW;
 
-            VDetailLog("{0},  MoveAngular,angularTurning,angContribV={1}", ControllingPrim.LocalID, angularMotorContributionV);
+            VDetailLog("{0},  MoveAngular,angularTurning,curAngVelV={1},origVehRotVel={2},vehRotVel={3},frictFact={4}, angContribV={5},angContribW={6}",
+                        ControllingPrim.LocalID, currentAngularV, origVehicleRotationalVelocity, VehicleRotationalVelocity, frictionFactorW, angularMotorContributionV, angularMotorContributionW);
         }
 
         // From http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Vehicle_Tutorial:
@@ -1409,7 +1408,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
 
                             // Flipping what was originally a timescale into a speed variable and then multiplying it by 2
                             //    since only computing half the distance between the angles.
-                            float VerticalAttractionSpeed = (1 / m_verticalAttractionTimescale) * 2.0f;
+                            float verticalAttractionSpeed = (1 / m_verticalAttractionTimescale) * 2.0f;
 
                             // Make a prediction of where the up axis will be when this is applied rather then where it is now as
                             //     this makes for a smoother adjustment and less fighting between the various forces.
@@ -1419,12 +1418,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
                             Vector3 torqueVector = Vector3.Cross(predictedUp, Vector3.UnitZ);
 
                             // Scale vector by our timescale since it is an acceleration it is r/s^2 or radians a timescale squared
-                            Vector3 vertContributionV = torqueVector * VerticalAttractionSpeed * VerticalAttractionSpeed;
+                            Vector3 vertContributionV = torqueVector * verticalAttractionSpeed * verticalAttractionSpeed;
 
                             VehicleRotationalVelocity += vertContributionV;
 
-                            VDetailLog("{0},  MoveAngular,verticalAttraction,upAxis={1},PredictedUp={2},torqueVector={3},contrib={4}",
+                            VDetailLog("{0},  MoveAngular,verticalAttraction,vertAttrSpeed={1},upAxis={2},PredictedUp={3},torqueVector={4},contrib={5}",
                                             ControllingPrim.LocalID,
+                                            verticalAttractionSpeed,
                                             vehicleUpAxis,
                                             predictedUp,
                                             torqueVector,
@@ -1437,37 +1437,38 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.BulletSPlugin
                             // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14939657/computing-vector-from-quaternion-works-computing-quaternion-from-vector-does-no
 
                             // Create a rotation that is only the vehicle's rotation around Z
-                            Vector3 currentEuler = Vector3.Zero;
-                            VehicleOrientation.GetEulerAngles(out currentEuler.X, out currentEuler.Y, out currentEuler.Z);
-                            Quaternion justZOrientation = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(Vector3.UnitZ, currentEuler.Z);
+                            Vector3 currentEulerW = Vector3.Zero;
+                            VehicleOrientation.GetEulerAngles(out currentEulerW.X, out currentEulerW.Y, out currentEulerW.Z);
+                            Quaternion justZOrientation = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(Vector3.UnitZ, currentEulerW.Z);
 
                             // Create the axis that is perpendicular to the up vector and the rotated up vector.
-                            Vector3 differenceAxis = Vector3.Cross(Vector3.UnitZ * justZOrientation, Vector3.UnitZ * VehicleOrientation);
+                            Vector3 differenceAxisW = Vector3.Cross(Vector3.UnitZ * justZOrientation, Vector3.UnitZ * VehicleOrientation);
                             // Compute the angle between those to vectors.
                             double differenceAngle = Math.Acos((double)Vector3.Dot(Vector3.UnitZ, Vector3.Normalize(Vector3.UnitZ * VehicleOrientation)));
                             // 'differenceAngle' is the angle to rotate and 'differenceAxis' is the plane to rotate in to get the vehicle vertical
 
                             // Reduce the change by the time period it is to change in. Timestep is handled when velocity is applied.
                             // TODO: add 'efficiency'.
-                            differenceAngle /= m_verticalAttractionTimescale;
+                            // differenceAngle /= m_verticalAttractionTimescale;
 
                             // Create the quaterian representing the correction angle
-                            Quaternion correctionRotation = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(differenceAxis, (float)differenceAngle);
+                            Quaternion correctionRotationW = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(differenceAxisW, (float)differenceAngle);
 
                             // Turn that quaternion into Euler values to make it into velocities to apply.
-                            Vector3 vertContributionV = Vector3.Zero;
-                            correctionRotation.GetEulerAngles(out vertContributionV.X, out vertContributionV.Y, out vertContributionV.Z);
-                            vertContributionV *= -1f;
+                            Vector3 vertContributionW = Vector3.Zero;
+                            correctionRotationW.GetEulerAngles(out vertContributionW.X, out vertContributionW.Y, out vertContributionW.Z);
+                            vertContributionW *= -1f;
+                            vertContributionW /= m_verticalAttractionTimescale;
 
-                            VehicleRotationalVelocity += vertContributionV;
+                            VehicleRotationalVelocity += vertContributionW;
 
                             VDetailLog("{0},  MoveAngular,verticalAttraction,upAxis={1},diffAxis={2},diffAng={3},corrRot={4},contrib={5}",
                                             ControllingPrim.LocalID,
                                             vehicleUpAxis,
-                                            differenceAxis,
+                                            differenceAxisW,
                                             differenceAngle,
-                                            correctionRotation,
-                                            vertContributionV);
+                                            correctionRotationW,
+                                            vertContributionW);
                             break;
                         }
                     case 2:
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinkset.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinkset.cs
index 960c0b4..7f94666 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinkset.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinkset.cs
@@ -309,16 +309,18 @@ public abstract class BSLinkset
             }
         );
     }
-    public virtual void ComputeLocalInertia(OMV.Vector3 inertiaFactor)
+    public virtual void ComputeAndSetLocalInertia(OMV.Vector3 inertiaFactor, float linksetMass)
     {
         ForEachMember((member) =>
             {
                 if (member.PhysBody.HasPhysicalBody)
                 {
-                    OMV.Vector3 inertia = m_physicsScene.PE.CalculateLocalInertia(member.PhysShape.physShapeInfo, member.Mass);
+                    OMV.Vector3 inertia = m_physicsScene.PE.CalculateLocalInertia(member.PhysShape.physShapeInfo, linksetMass);
                     member.Inertia = inertia * inertiaFactor;
-                    m_physicsScene.PE.SetMassProps(member.PhysBody, member.Mass, member.Inertia);
+                    m_physicsScene.PE.SetMassProps(member.PhysBody, linksetMass, member.Inertia);
                     m_physicsScene.PE.UpdateInertiaTensor(member.PhysBody);
+                    DetailLog("{0},BSLinkset.ComputeAndSetLocalInertia,m.mass={1}, inertia={2}", member.LocalID, linksetMass, member.Inertia);
+
                 }
                 return false;   // 'false' says to continue looping
             }
@@ -334,6 +336,16 @@ public abstract class BSLinkset
             }
         );
     }
+    public virtual void AddToPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags collFlags)
+    {
+        ForEachMember((member) =>
+            {
+                if (member.PhysBody.HasPhysicalBody)
+                    m_physicsScene.PE.AddToCollisionFlags(member.PhysBody, collFlags);
+                return false;   // 'false' says to continue looping
+            }
+        );
+    }
     public virtual void RemoveFromPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags collFlags)
     {
         ForEachMember((member) =>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinksetCompound.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinksetCompound.cs
index 33ae5a5..6359046 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinksetCompound.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSLinksetCompound.cs
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ public sealed class BSLinksetCompound : BSLinkset
         if (LinksetRoot.PhysBody.HasPhysicalBody)
             m_physicsScene.PE.SetGravity(LinksetRoot.PhysBody, gravity);
     }
-    public override void ComputeLocalInertia(OMV.Vector3 inertiaFactor)
+    public override void ComputeAndSetLocalInertia(OMV.Vector3 inertiaFactor, float linksetMass)
     {
-        OMV.Vector3 inertia = m_physicsScene.PE.CalculateLocalInertia(LinksetRoot.PhysShape.physShapeInfo, LinksetRoot.Mass);
+        OMV.Vector3 inertia = m_physicsScene.PE.CalculateLocalInertia(LinksetRoot.PhysShape.physShapeInfo, linksetMass);
         LinksetRoot.Inertia = inertia * inertiaFactor;
-        m_physicsScene.PE.SetMassProps(LinksetRoot.PhysBody, LinksetRoot.Mass, LinksetRoot.Inertia);
+        m_physicsScene.PE.SetMassProps(LinksetRoot.PhysBody, linksetMass, LinksetRoot.Inertia);
         m_physicsScene.PE.UpdateInertiaTensor(LinksetRoot.PhysBody);
     }
     public override void SetPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags collFlags)
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ public sealed class BSLinksetCompound : BSLinkset
         if (LinksetRoot.PhysBody.HasPhysicalBody)
             m_physicsScene.PE.SetCollisionFlags(LinksetRoot.PhysBody, collFlags);
     }
+    public override void AddToPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags collFlags)
+    {
+        if (LinksetRoot.PhysBody.HasPhysicalBody)
+            m_physicsScene.PE.AddToCollisionFlags(LinksetRoot.PhysBody, collFlags);
+    }
     public override void RemoveFromPhysicalCollisionFlags(CollisionFlags collFlags)
     {
         if (LinksetRoot.PhysBody.HasPhysicalBody)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSParam.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSParam.cs
index 0bdb5f1..4520171 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSParam.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSParam.cs
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ public static class BSParam
         // Density is passed around as 100kg/m3. This scales that to 1kg/m3.
         // Reduce by power of 100 because Bullet doesn't seem to handle objects with large mass very well
         new ParameterDefn<float>("DensityScaleFactor", "Conversion for simulator/viewer density (100kg/m3) to physical density (1kg/m3)",
-            0.0001f ),
+            0.01f ),
 
         new ParameterDefn<float>("PID_D", "Derivitive factor for motion smoothing",
             2200f ),
@@ -474,8 +474,9 @@ public static class BSParam
             0.2f,
             (s) => { return DefaultFriction; },
             (s,v) => { DefaultFriction = v; s.UnmanagedParams[0].defaultFriction = v; } ),
+        // For historical reasons, the viewer and simulator multiply the density by 100
         new ParameterDefn<float>("DefaultDensity", "Density for new objects" ,
-            10.000006836f,  // Aluminum g/cm3
+            1000.0006836f,  // Aluminum g/cm3 * 100
             (s) => { return DefaultDensity; },
             (s,v) => { DefaultDensity = v; s.UnmanagedParams[0].defaultDensity = v; } ),
         new ParameterDefn<float>("DefaultRestitution", "Bouncyness of an object" ,
@@ -555,8 +556,9 @@ public static class BSParam
             0.95f ),
         new ParameterDefn<float>("AvatarAlwaysRunFactor", "Speed multiplier if avatar is set to always run",
             1.3f ),
-        new ParameterDefn<float>("AvatarDensity", "Density of an avatar. Changed on avatar recreation.",
-            3.5f) ,
+            // For historical reasons, density is reported  * 100
+        new ParameterDefn<float>("AvatarDensity", "Density of an avatar. Changed on avatar recreation. Scaled times 100.",
+            3500f) ,    // 3.5 * 100
         new ParameterDefn<float>("AvatarRestitution", "Bouncyness. Changed on avatar recreation.",
             0f ),
         new ParameterDefn<float>("AvatarCapsuleWidth", "The distance between the sides of the avatar capsule",
@@ -608,9 +610,8 @@ public static class BSParam
             0.0f ),
         new ParameterDefn<float>("VehicleRestitution", "Bouncyness factor for vehicles (0.0 - 1.0)",
             0.0f ),
-        // Turn off fudge with DensityScaleFactor = 0.0001.  Value used to be 0.2f;
         new ParameterDefn<float>("VehicleGroundGravityFudge", "Factor to multiply gravity if a ground vehicle is probably on the ground (0.0 - 1.0)",
-            1.0f ),
+            0.2f ),
         new ParameterDefn<float>("VehicleAngularBankingTimescaleFudge", "Factor to multiple angular banking timescale. Tune to increase realism.",
             60.0f ),
         new ParameterDefn<bool>("VehicleEnableLinearDeflection", "Turn on/off vehicle linear deflection effect",
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSPhysObject.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSPhysObject.cs
index d34b797..0704591 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSPhysObject.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSPhysObject.cs
@@ -187,10 +187,23 @@ public abstract class BSPhysObject : PhysicsActor
         MaterialAttributes matAttrib = BSMaterials.GetAttributes(Material, false);
         Friction = matAttrib.friction;
         Restitution = matAttrib.restitution;
-        Density = matAttrib.density / BSParam.DensityScaleFactor;
+        Density = matAttrib.density;
         // DetailLog("{0},{1}.SetMaterial,Mat={2},frict={3},rest={4},den={5}", LocalID, TypeName, Material, Friction, Restitution, Density);
     }
 
+    public override float Density
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            return base.Density;
+        }
+        set
+        {
+            DetailLog("{0},BSPhysObject.Density,set,den={1}", LocalID, value);
+            base.Density = value;
+        }
+    }
+
     // Stop all physical motion.
     public abstract void ZeroMotion(bool inTaintTime);
     public abstract void ZeroAngularMotion(bool inTaintTime);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAssetServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAssetServiceConnector.cs
index 74b980c..6f8d9ed 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAssetServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAssetServiceConnector.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Reflection;
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 m_Enabled = true;
         }
 
-        #region IAssetService
+#region IAssetService
 
         public AssetBase Get(string id)
         {
@@ -140,8 +141,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                     return asset;
             }
 
-            return GetRemote(id);
+            return SimianGetOperation(id);
         }
+        
 
         public AssetBase GetCached(string id)
         {
@@ -164,8 +166,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 throw new InvalidOperationException();
             }
 
-            AssetMetadata metadata = null;
-
             // Cache fetch
             if (m_cache != null)
             {
@@ -174,50 +174,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                     return asset.Metadata;
             }
 
-            Uri url;
-
-            // Determine if id is an absolute URL or a grid-relative UUID
-            if (!Uri.TryCreate(id, UriKind.Absolute, out url))
-                url = new Uri(m_serverUrl + id);
-
-            try
-            {
-                HttpWebRequest request = UntrustedHttpWebRequest.Create(url);
-                request.Method = "HEAD";
-
-                using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
-                {
-                    using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
-                    {
-                        // Create the metadata object
-                        metadata = new AssetMetadata();
-                        metadata.ContentType = response.ContentType;
-                        metadata.ID = id;
-
-                        UUID uuid;
-                        if (UUID.TryParse(id, out uuid))
-                            metadata.FullID = uuid;
-
-                        string lastModifiedStr = response.Headers.Get("Last-Modified");
-                        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(lastModifiedStr))
-                        {
-                            DateTime lastModified;
-                            if (DateTime.TryParse(lastModifiedStr, out lastModified))
-                                metadata.CreationDate = lastModified;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Asset HEAD from " + url + " failed: " + ex.Message);
-            }
-
-            return metadata;
+            // return GetRemoteMetadata(id);
+            return SimianGetMetadataOperation(id);
         }
-
+        
         public byte[] GetData(string id)
         {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_serverUrl))
+            {
+                m_log.Error("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: No AssetServerURI configured");
+                throw new InvalidOperationException();
+            }
+
             AssetBase asset = Get(id);
 
             if (asset != null)
@@ -255,7 +223,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
             Util.FireAndForget(
                 delegate(object o)
                 {
-                    AssetBase asset = GetRemote(id);
+                    AssetBase asset = SimianGetOperation(id);
                     handler(id, sender, asset);
                 }
             );
@@ -278,7 +246,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
             }
 
             bool storedInCache = false;
-            string errorMessage = null;
 
             // AssetID handling
             if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(asset.ID) || asset.ID == ZeroID)
@@ -307,83 +274,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 return asset.ID;
             }
 
-            // Distinguish public and private assets
-            bool isPublic = true;
-            switch ((AssetType)asset.Type)
-            {
-                case AssetType.CallingCard:
-                case AssetType.Gesture:
-                case AssetType.LSLBytecode:
-                case AssetType.LSLText:
-                    isPublic = false;
-                    break;
-            }
-
-            // Make sure ContentType is set
-            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(asset.Metadata.ContentType))
-                asset.Metadata.ContentType = SLUtil.SLAssetTypeToContentType(asset.Type);
-
-            // Build the remote storage request
-            List<MultipartForm.Element> postParameters = new List<MultipartForm.Element>()
-            {
-                new MultipartForm.Parameter("AssetID", asset.FullID.ToString()),
-                new MultipartForm.Parameter("CreatorID", asset.Metadata.CreatorID),
-                new MultipartForm.Parameter("Temporary", asset.Temporary ? "1" : "0"),
-                new MultipartForm.Parameter("Public", isPublic ? "1" : "0"),
-                new MultipartForm.File("Asset", asset.Name, asset.Metadata.ContentType, asset.Data)
-            };
-
-            // Make the remote storage request
-            try
-            {
-                // Simian does not require the asset ID to be in the URL because it's in the post data.
-                // By appending it to the URL also, we allow caching proxies (squid) to invalidate asset URLs
-                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(m_serverUrl + asset.FullID.ToString());
-
-                using (HttpWebResponse response = MultipartForm.Post(request, postParameters))
-                {
-                    using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
-                    {
-                        string responseStr = null;
-
-                        try
-                        {
-                            responseStr = responseStream.GetStreamString();
-                            OSD responseOSD = OSDParser.Deserialize(responseStr);
-                            if (responseOSD.Type == OSDType.Map)
-                            {
-                                OSDMap responseMap = (OSDMap)responseOSD;
-                                if (responseMap["Success"].AsBoolean())
-                                    return asset.ID;
-                                else
-                                    errorMessage = "Upload failed: " + responseMap["Message"].AsString();
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                errorMessage = "Response format was invalid:\n" + responseStr;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
-                        {
-                            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(responseStr))
-                                errorMessage = "Failed to parse the response:\n" + responseStr;
-                            else
-                                errorMessage = "Failed to retrieve the response: " + ex.Message;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (WebException ex)
-            {
-                errorMessage = ex.Message;
-            }
-
-            m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Failed to store asset \"{0}\" ({1}, {2}): {3}",
-                asset.Name, asset.ID, asset.Metadata.ContentType, errorMessage);
-
-            return null;
+            return SimianStoreOperation(asset);
         }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Update an asset's content
         /// </summary>
@@ -393,11 +286,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
         /// <returns></returns>
         public bool UpdateContent(string id, byte[] data)
         {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_serverUrl))
+            {
+                m_log.Error("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: No AssetServerURI configured");
+                throw new InvalidOperationException();
+            }
+
             AssetBase asset = Get(id);
 
             if (asset == null)
             {
-                m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Failed to fetch asset " + id + " for updating");
+                m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Failed to fetch asset {0} for updating", id);
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -420,83 +319,347 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 throw new InvalidOperationException();
             }
 
-            //string errorMessage = String.Empty;
-            string url = m_serverUrl + id;
-
             if (m_cache != null)
                 m_cache.Expire(id);
 
+            return SimianDeleteOperation(id);
+        }
+        
+#endregion IAssetService
+
+#region SimianOperations
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invokes the xRemoveAsset operation on the simian server to delete an asset
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private bool SimianDeleteOperation(string id)
+        {
             try
             {
-                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
-                request.Method = "DELETE";
+                NameValueCollection requestArgs = new NameValueCollection
+                    {
+                            { "RequestMethod", "xRemoveAsset" },
+                            { "AssetID", id }
+                    };
 
-                using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
+                OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl,requestArgs);
+                if (! response["Success"].AsBoolean())
                 {
-                    if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
-                    {
-                        m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Unexpected response when deleting asset " + url + ": " +
-                            response.StatusCode + " (" + response.StatusDescription + ")");
-                    }
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: failed to delete asset; {0}",response["Message"].AsString());
+                    return false;
                 }
-
+                
                 return true;
+                
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Failed to delete asset " + id + " from the asset service: " + ex.Message);
-                return false;
+                m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: failed to delete asset {0}; {1}", id, ex.Message);
             }
-        }
 
-        #endregion IAssetService
+            return false;
+        }
 
-        private AssetBase GetRemote(string id)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invokes the xAddAsset operation on the simian server to create or update an asset
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private string SimianStoreOperation(AssetBase asset)
         {
-            AssetBase asset = null;
-            Uri url;
+            try
+            {
+                NameValueCollection requestArgs = new NameValueCollection
+                    {
+                            { "RequestMethod", "xAddAsset" },
+                            { "ContentType", asset.Metadata.ContentType },
+                            { "EncodedData", Convert.ToBase64String(asset.Data) },
+                            { "AssetID", asset.FullID.ToString() },
+                            { "CreatorID", asset.Metadata.CreatorID },
+                            { "Temporary", asset.Temporary ? "1" : "0" },
+                            { "Name", asset.Name }
+                    };
+                
+                OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl,requestArgs);
+                if (! response["Success"].AsBoolean())
+                {
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR] failed to store asset; {0}",response["Message"].AsString());
+                    return null;
+                }
 
-            // Determine if id is an absolute URL or a grid-relative UUID
-            if (!Uri.TryCreate(id, UriKind.Absolute, out url))
-                url = new Uri(m_serverUrl + id);
+                // asset.ID is always set before calling this function
+                return asset.ID;
+                
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR] failed to store asset; {0}",ex.Message);
+            }
+            
+            return null;
+        }
 
-            try
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invokes the xGetAsset operation on the simian server to get data associated with an asset
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private AssetBase SimianGetOperation(string id)
+        {
+            try 
             {
-                HttpWebRequest request = UntrustedHttpWebRequest.Create(url);
+                NameValueCollection requestArgs = new NameValueCollection
+                    {
+                            { "RequestMethod", "xGetAsset" },
+                            { "ID", id } 
+                    };
 
-                using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
+                OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl,requestArgs);
+                if (! response["Success"].AsBoolean())
                 {
-                    using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
-                    {
-                        string creatorID = response.Headers.GetOne("X-Asset-Creator-Id") ?? String.Empty;
-
-                        // Create the asset object
-                        asset = new AssetBase(id, String.Empty, SLUtil.ContentTypeToSLAssetType(response.ContentType), creatorID);
-
-                        UUID assetID;
-                        if (UUID.TryParse(id, out assetID))
-                            asset.FullID = assetID;
-
-                        // Grab the asset data from the response stream
-                        using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
-                        {
-                            responseStream.CopyStream(stream, Int32.MaxValue);
-                            asset.Data = stream.ToArray();
-                        }
-                    }
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR] Failed to get asset; {0}",response["Message"].AsString());
+                    return null;
                 }
+            
+                AssetBase asset = new AssetBase();
 
-                // Cache store
-                if (m_cache != null && asset != null)
-                    m_cache.Cache(asset);
+                asset.ID = id;
+                asset.Name = String.Empty;
+                asset.Metadata.ContentType = response["ContentType"].AsString(); // this will also set the asset Type property
+                asset.CreatorID = response["CreatorID"].AsString();
+                asset.Data = System.Convert.FromBase64String(response["EncodedData"].AsString());
+                asset.Local = false;
+                asset.Temporary = response["Temporary"];
 
                 return asset;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Asset GET from " + url + " failed: " + ex.Message);
-                return null;
+                m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: failed to retrieve asset {0}; {1}", id, ex.Message);
             }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invokes the xGetAssetMetadata operation on the simian server to retrieve metadata for an asset
+        /// This operation is generally used to determine if an asset exists in the database
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private AssetMetadata SimianGetMetadataOperation(string id)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                NameValueCollection requestArgs = new NameValueCollection
+                    {
+                            { "RequestMethod", "xGetAssetMetadata" },
+                            { "ID", id } 
+                    };
+
+                OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl,requestArgs);
+                if (! response["Success"].AsBoolean())
+                {
+                    // this is not really an error, this call is used to test existence
+                    // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR] Failed to get asset metadata; {0}",response["Message"].AsString());
+                    return null;
+                }
+            
+                AssetMetadata metadata = new AssetMetadata();
+                metadata.ID = id;
+                metadata.ContentType = response["ContentType"].AsString();
+                metadata.CreatorID = response["CreatorID"].AsString();
+                metadata.Local = false;
+                metadata.Temporary = response["Temporary"];
+
+                string lastModifiedStr = response["Last-Modified"].AsString();
+                if (! String.IsNullOrEmpty(lastModifiedStr))
+                {
+                    DateTime lastModified;
+                    if (DateTime.TryParse(lastModifiedStr, out lastModified))
+                        metadata.CreationDate = lastModified;
+                }
+
+                return metadata;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Failed to get asset metadata; {0}", ex.Message);
+            }
+
+            return null;
         }
+#endregion
+
+        // private AssetMetadata GetRemoteMetadata(string id)
+        // {
+        //     Uri url;
+        //     AssetMetadata metadata = null;
+
+        //     // Determine if id is an absolute URL or a grid-relative UUID
+        //     if (!Uri.TryCreate(id, UriKind.Absolute, out url))
+        //         url = new Uri(m_serverUrl + id);
+
+        //     try
+        //     {
+        //         HttpWebRequest request = UntrustedHttpWebRequest.Create(url);
+        //         request.Method = "HEAD";
+
+        //         using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
+        //         {
+        //             using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
+        //             {
+        //                 // Create the metadata object
+        //                 metadata = new AssetMetadata();
+        //                 metadata.ContentType = response.ContentType;
+        //                 metadata.ID = id;
+
+        //                 UUID uuid;
+        //                 if (UUID.TryParse(id, out uuid))
+        //                     metadata.FullID = uuid;
+
+        //                 string lastModifiedStr = response.Headers.Get("Last-Modified");
+        //                 if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(lastModifiedStr))
+        //                 {
+        //                     DateTime lastModified;
+        //                     if (DateTime.TryParse(lastModifiedStr, out lastModified))
+        //                         metadata.CreationDate = lastModified;
+        //                 }
+        //             }
+        //         }
+        //     }
+        //     catch (Exception ex)
+        //     {
+        //         m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Asset HEAD from " + url + " failed: " + ex.Message);
+        //     }
+
+        //     return metadata;
+        // }
+
+        // private AssetBase GetRemote(string id)
+        // {
+        //     AssetBase asset = null;
+        //     Uri url;
+
+        //     // Determine if id is an absolute URL or a grid-relative UUID
+        //     if (!Uri.TryCreate(id, UriKind.Absolute, out url))
+        //         url = new Uri(m_serverUrl + id);
+
+        //     try
+        //     {
+        //         HttpWebRequest request = UntrustedHttpWebRequest.Create(url);
+
+        //         using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
+        //         {
+        //             using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
+        //             {
+        //                 string creatorID = response.Headers.GetOne("X-Asset-Creator-Id") ?? String.Empty;
+
+        //                 // Create the asset object
+        //                 asset = new AssetBase(id, String.Empty, SLUtil.ContentTypeToSLAssetType(response.ContentType), creatorID);
+
+        //                 UUID assetID;
+        //                 if (UUID.TryParse(id, out assetID))
+        //                     asset.FullID = assetID;
+
+        //                 // Grab the asset data from the response stream
+        //                 using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
+        //                 {
+        //                     responseStream.CopyStream(stream, Int32.MaxValue);
+        //                     asset.Data = stream.ToArray();
+        //                 }
+        //             }
+        //         }
+
+        //         // Cache store
+        //         if (m_cache != null && asset != null)
+        //             m_cache.Cache(asset);
+
+        //         return asset;
+        //     }
+        //     catch (Exception ex)
+        //     {
+        //         m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Asset GET from " + url + " failed: " + ex.Message);
+        //         return null;
+        //     }
+        // }
+
+        // private string StoreRemote(AssetBase asset)
+        // {
+        //     // Distinguish public and private assets
+        //     bool isPublic = true;
+        //     switch ((AssetType)asset.Type)
+        //     {
+        //         case AssetType.CallingCard:
+        //         case AssetType.Gesture:
+        //         case AssetType.LSLBytecode:
+        //         case AssetType.LSLText:
+        //             isPublic = false;
+        //             break;
+        //     }
+
+        //     string errorMessage = null;
+            
+        //     // Build the remote storage request
+        //     List<MultipartForm.Element> postParameters = new List<MultipartForm.Element>()
+        //     {
+        //         new MultipartForm.Parameter("AssetID", asset.FullID.ToString()),
+        //         new MultipartForm.Parameter("CreatorID", asset.Metadata.CreatorID),
+        //         new MultipartForm.Parameter("Temporary", asset.Temporary ? "1" : "0"),
+        //         new MultipartForm.Parameter("Public", isPublic ? "1" : "0"),
+        //         new MultipartForm.File("Asset", asset.Name, asset.Metadata.ContentType, asset.Data)
+        //     };
+
+        //     // Make the remote storage request
+        //     try
+        //     {
+        //         // Simian does not require the asset ID to be in the URL because it's in the post data.
+        //         // By appending it to the URL also, we allow caching proxies (squid) to invalidate asset URLs
+        //         HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(m_serverUrl + asset.FullID.ToString());
+
+        //         using (HttpWebResponse response = MultipartForm.Post(request, postParameters))
+        //         {
+        //             using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
+        //             {
+        //                 string responseStr = null;
+
+        //                 try
+        //                 {
+        //                     responseStr = responseStream.GetStreamString();
+        //                     OSD responseOSD = OSDParser.Deserialize(responseStr);
+        //                     if (responseOSD.Type == OSDType.Map)
+        //                     {
+        //                         OSDMap responseMap = (OSDMap)responseOSD;
+        //                         if (responseMap["Success"].AsBoolean())
+        //                             return asset.ID;
+        //                         else
+        //                             errorMessage = "Upload failed: " + responseMap["Message"].AsString();
+        //                     }
+        //                     else
+        //                     {
+        //                         errorMessage = "Response format was invalid:\n" + responseStr;
+        //                     }
+        //                 }
+        //                 catch (Exception ex)
+        //                 {
+        //                     if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(responseStr))
+        //                         errorMessage = "Failed to parse the response:\n" + responseStr;
+        //                     else
+        //                         errorMessage = "Failed to retrieve the response: " + ex.Message;
+        //                 }
+        //             }
+        //         }
+        //     }
+        //     catch (WebException ex)
+        //     {
+        //         errorMessage = ex.Message;
+        //     }
+
+        //     m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN ASSET CONNECTOR]: Failed to store asset \"{0}\" ({1}, {2}): {3}",
+        //         asset.Name, asset.ID, asset.Metadata.ContentType, errorMessage);
+
+        //     return null;
+        // }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAuthenticationServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAuthenticationServiceConnector.cs
index 03b19ae..c402907 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAuthenticationServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAuthenticationServiceConnector.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", principalID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Identities"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 bool md5hashFound = false;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "SessionID", token }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 return true;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", principalID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 return true;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", principalID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["User"] is OSDMap)
             {
                 OSDMap userMap = (OSDMap)response["User"];
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "UserID", principalID.ToString() }
                     };
 
-                    response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+                    response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
                     bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
                     if (!success)
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
                 return response["SessionID"].AsUUID().ToString();
             else
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAvatarServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAvatarServiceConnector.cs
index 841bfa0..a397740 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAvatarServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianAvatarServiceConnector.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDMap map = null;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "LLPackedAppearance", OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(map) }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (! success)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDMap map = null;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                     { "LLAttachments", OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(items) }
                 };
 
-                OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+                OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
                 bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
                 if (!success)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianExternalCapsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianExternalCapsModule.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8226705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianExternalCapsModule.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Contributors, http://opensimulator.org/
+ * See CONTRIBUTORS.TXT for a full list of copyright holders.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of the OpenSimulator Project nor the
+ *       names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+ *       derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+ * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Web;
+
+using log4net;
+using Nini.Config;
+using Mono.Addins;
+
+using OpenMetaverse;
+using OpenMetaverse.StructuredData;
+
+using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
+using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
+using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
+using Caps = OpenSim.Framework.Capabilities.Caps;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
+{
+    [Extension(Path = "/OpenSim/RegionModules", NodeName = "RegionModule", Id = "SimianExternalCapsModule")]
+    public class SimianExternalCapsModule : INonSharedRegionModule, IExternalCapsModule
+    {
+        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+
+        private bool m_enabled = true;
+        private Scene m_scene;
+        private String m_simianURL;
+        
+        private IGridUserService m_GridUserService;
+        
+#region IRegionModule Members
+
+
+        public string Name
+        {
+            get { return this.GetType().Name; }
+        }
+
+        public void Initialise(IConfigSource config)
+        {
+            try 
+            {
+                IConfig m_config;
+               
+                if ((m_config = config.Configs["SimianExternalCaps"]) != null)
+                {
+                    m_enabled = m_config.GetBoolean("Enabled", m_enabled);
+                    if ((m_config = config.Configs["SimianGrid"]) != null)
+                    {
+                        m_simianURL = m_config.GetString("SimianServiceURL");
+                        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_simianURL))
+                            m_log.ErrorFormat("[SimianGrid] service URL is not defined");
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                    m_enabled = false;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[SimianExternalCaps] initialization error: {0}",e.Message);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void PostInitialise() { }
+        public void Close() { }
+
+        public void AddRegion(Scene scene)
+        { 
+            if (! m_enabled)
+                return;
+            
+            m_scene = scene;
+            m_scene.RegisterModuleInterface<IExternalCapsModule>(this);
+        }
+
+        public void RemoveRegion(Scene scene)
+        {
+            if (! m_enabled)
+                return;
+
+            m_scene.EventManager.OnRegisterCaps -= RegisterCapsEventHandler;
+            m_scene.EventManager.OnDeregisterCaps -= DeregisterCapsEventHandler;
+        }
+
+        public void RegionLoaded(Scene scene)
+        {
+            if (! m_enabled)
+                return;
+
+            m_scene.EventManager.OnRegisterCaps += RegisterCapsEventHandler;
+            m_scene.EventManager.OnDeregisterCaps += DeregisterCapsEventHandler;
+        }
+
+        public Type ReplaceableInterface
+        {
+            get { return null; }
+        }
+
+#endregion
+
+#region IExternalCapsModule
+        // Eg http://grid.sciencesim.com/GridPublic/%CAP%/%OP%/"
+        public bool RegisterExternalUserCapsHandler(UUID agentID, Caps caps, String capName, String urlSkel)
+        {
+            UUID cap = UUID.Random();
+
+            // Call to simian to register the cap we generated
+            // NameValueCollection requestArgs = new NameValueCollection
+            // {
+            //     { "RequestMethod", "AddCapability" },
+            //     { "Resource", "user" },
+            //     { "Expiration", 0 },
+            //     { "OwnerID", agentID.ToString() },
+            //     { "CapabilityID", cap.ToString() }
+            // };
+
+            // OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_simianURL, requestArgs);
+
+            Dictionary<String,String> subs = new Dictionary<String,String>();
+            subs["%OP%"] = capName;
+            subs["%USR%"] = agentID.ToString();
+            subs["%CAP%"] = cap.ToString();
+            subs["%SIM%"] = m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString();
+            
+            caps.RegisterHandler(capName,ExpandSkeletonURL(urlSkel,subs));
+            return true;
+        }
+
+#endregion
+
+#region EventHandlers
+        public void RegisterCapsEventHandler(UUID agentID, Caps caps) { }
+        public void DeregisterCapsEventHandler(UUID agentID, Caps caps) { }
+#endregion
+
+        private String ExpandSkeletonURL(String urlSkel, Dictionary<String,String> subs)
+        {
+            String result = urlSkel;
+            
+            foreach (KeyValuePair<String,String> kvp in subs)
+            {
+                result = result.Replace(kvp.Key,kvp.Value);
+            }
+            
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianFriendsServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianFriendsServiceConnector.cs
index 7422d94..9a8164c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianFriendsServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianFriendsServiceConnector.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Value", flags.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Key", friend }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Type", "Friend" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Entries"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 return (OSDArray)response["Entries"];
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Type", "Friend" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Entries"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 return (OSDArray)response["Entries"];
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGrid.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGrid.cs
index 847319c..a4dd36c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGrid.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGrid.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,122 @@
  */
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+using log4net;
 using Mono.Addins;
 using Nini.Config;
 
+using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
+using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
+using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
+using OpenMetaverse;
+using OpenMetaverse.StructuredData;
+
 [assembly: Addin("SimianGrid", "1.0")]
 [assembly: AddinDependency("OpenSim", "0.5")]
+
+namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
+{
+    [Extension(Path = "/OpenSim/RegionModules", NodeName = "RegionModule", Id = "SimianExternalCapsModule")]
+    public class SimianGrid : ISharedRegionModule
+    {
+        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+
+        private IConfig m_config = null;
+        private bool m_enabled = true;
+
+        private String m_simianURL;
+        
+#region IRegionModule Members
+
+        public string Name
+        {
+            get { return this.GetType().Name; }
+        }
+
+           
+        public void Initialise(IConfigSource config)
+        {
+            try 
+            {
+                m_config = config.Configs["SimianGrid"];
+               
+                if (m_config != null)
+                {
+                    m_simianURL = m_config.GetString("SimianServiceURL");
+                    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_simianURL))
+                        m_log.ErrorFormat("[SimianGrid] service URL is not defined");
+                    
+                    InitialiseSimCap();
+                    SimulatorCapability = SimulatorCapability.Trim();
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("[SimianExternalCaps] using {0} as simulator capability",SimulatorCapability);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[SimianExternalCaps] initialization error: {0}",e.Message);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void PostInitialise() { }
+        public void Close() { }
+        public void AddRegion(Scene scene) { }
+        public void RemoveRegion(Scene scene) { }
+        public void RegionLoaded(Scene scene) { }
+
+        public Type ReplaceableInterface
+        {
+            get { return null; }
+        }
+
+        ///<summary>
+        /// Try a variety of methods for finding the simian simulator capability; first check the
+        /// configuration itself, then look for a file that contains the cap, then finally look 
+        /// for an environment variable that contains it.
+        ///</summary>
+        private void InitialiseSimCap()
+        {
+            if (m_config.Contains("SimulatorCapability"))
+            {
+                SimulatorCapability = m_config.GetString("SimulatorCapability");
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            if (m_config.Contains("SimulatorCapabilityFile"))
+            {
+                String filename = m_config.GetString("SimulatorCapabilityFile");
+                if (System.IO.File.Exists(filename))
+                {
+                    SimulatorCapability = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(filename);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (m_config.Contains("SimulatorCapabilityVariable"))
+            {
+                String envname = m_config.GetString("SimulatorCapabilityVariable");
+                String envvalue = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(envname);
+                if (envvalue != null)
+                {
+                    SimulatorCapability = envvalue;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            m_log.WarnFormat("[SimianExternalCaps] no method specified for simulator capability");
+        }
+        
+#endregion
+        public static String SimulatorCapability = UUID.Zero.ToString();
+        public static OSDMap PostToService(string url, NameValueCollection data)
+        {
+            data["cap"] = SimulatorCapability;
+            return WebUtil.PostToService(url, data);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridMaptileModule.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridMaptileModule.cs
index 93fdae3..b999509 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridMaptileModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridMaptileModule.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Net;
 using System.IO;
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenMetaverse.StructuredData;
 
-namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Simian
+//namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Simian
+namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
@@ -196,67 +198,84 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Simian
                 }
             }
 
-            List<MultipartForm.Element> postParameters = new List<MultipartForm.Element>()
+            NameValueCollection requestArgs = new NameValueCollection
+                {
+                        { "RequestMethod", "xAddMapTile" },
+                        { "X", scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocX.ToString() },
+                        { "Y", scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocY.ToString() },
+                        { "ContentType", "image/png" },
+                        { "EncodedData", System.Convert.ToBase64String(pngData) }
+                };
+                            
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl,requestArgs);
+            if (! response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
-                new MultipartForm.Parameter("X", scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocX.ToString()),
-                new MultipartForm.Parameter("Y", scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocY.ToString()),
-                new MultipartForm.File("Tile", "tile.png", "image/png", pngData)
-            };
+                m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN MAPTILE] failed to store map tile; {0}",response["Message"].AsString());
+                return;
+            }
 
-            string errorMessage = null;
-            int tickstart = Util.EnvironmentTickCount();
+            // List<MultipartForm.Element> postParameters = new List<MultipartForm.Element>()
+            // {
+            //     new MultipartForm.Parameter("X", scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocX.ToString()),
+            //     new MultipartForm.Parameter("Y", scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocY.ToString()),
+            //     new MultipartForm.File("Tile", "tile.png", "image/png", pngData)
+            // };
 
-            // Make the remote storage request
-            try
-            {
-                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(m_serverUrl);
-                request.Timeout = 20000;
-                request.ReadWriteTimeout = 5000;
+            // string errorMessage = null;
+            // int tickstart = Util.EnvironmentTickCount();
 
-                using (HttpWebResponse response = MultipartForm.Post(request, postParameters))
-                {
-                    using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
-                    {
-                        string responseStr = responseStream.GetStreamString();
-                        OSD responseOSD = OSDParser.Deserialize(responseStr);
-                        if (responseOSD.Type == OSDType.Map)
-                        {
-                            OSDMap responseMap = (OSDMap)responseOSD;
-                            if (responseMap["Success"].AsBoolean())
-                                return;
+            // // Make the remote storage request
+            // try
+            // {
+            //     HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(m_serverUrl);
+            //     request.Timeout = 20000;
+            //     request.ReadWriteTimeout = 5000;
 
-                            errorMessage = "Upload failed: " + responseMap["Message"].AsString();
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            errorMessage = "Response format was invalid:\n" + responseStr;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (WebException we)
-            {
-                errorMessage = we.Message;
-                if (we.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError)
-                {
-                    HttpWebResponse webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)we.Response;
-                    errorMessage = String.Format("[{0}] {1}",
-                                                 webResponse.StatusCode,webResponse.StatusDescription);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                errorMessage = ex.Message;
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                // This just dumps a warning for any operation that takes more than 100 ms
-                int tickdiff = Util.EnvironmentTickCountSubtract(tickstart);
-                m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN MAPTILE]: map tile uploaded in {0}ms",tickdiff);
-            }
+            //     using (HttpWebResponse response = MultipartForm.Post(request, postParameters))
+            //     {
+            //         using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
+            //         {
+            //             string responseStr = responseStream.GetStreamString();
+            //             OSD responseOSD = OSDParser.Deserialize(responseStr);
+            //             if (responseOSD.Type == OSDType.Map)
+            //             {
+            //                 OSDMap responseMap = (OSDMap)responseOSD;
+            //                 if (responseMap["Success"].AsBoolean())
+            //                     return;
+
+            //                 errorMessage = "Upload failed: " + responseMap["Message"].AsString();
+            //             }
+            //             else
+            //             {
+            //                 errorMessage = "Response format was invalid:\n" + responseStr;
+            //             }
+            //         }
+            //     }
+            // }
+            // catch (WebException we)
+            // {
+            //     errorMessage = we.Message;
+            //     if (we.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError)
+            //     {
+            //         HttpWebResponse webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)we.Response;
+            //         errorMessage = String.Format("[{0}] {1}",
+            //                                      webResponse.StatusCode,webResponse.StatusDescription);
+            //     }
+            // }
+            // catch (Exception ex)
+            // {
+            //     errorMessage = ex.Message;
+            // }
+            // finally
+            // {
+            //     // This just dumps a warning for any operation that takes more than 100 ms
+            //     int tickdiff = Util.EnvironmentTickCountSubtract(tickstart);
+            //     m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN MAPTILE]: map tile uploaded in {0}ms",tickdiff);
+            // }
+
+            // m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN MAPTILE]: Failed to store {0} byte tile for {1}: {2}",
+            //                  pngData.Length, scene.RegionInfo.RegionName, errorMessage);
 
-            m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN MAPTILE]: Failed to store {0} byte tile for {1}: {2}",
-                             pngData.Length, scene.RegionInfo.RegionName, errorMessage);
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs
index 20eaa3a..043d131 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ExtraData", OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(extraData) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
                 return String.Empty;
             else
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Enabled", "0" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
 
             // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] request region with uuid {0}",regionID.ToString());
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] uuid request successful {0}",response["Name"].AsString());
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
 
             // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] request grid at {0}",position.ToString());
             
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] position request successful {0}",response["Name"].AsString());
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
 
             // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] request regions with name {0}",name);
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] found regions with name {0}",name);
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
             //m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] request regions by range {0} to {1}",minPosition.ToString(),maxPosition.ToString());
             
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDArray array = response["Scenes"] as OSDArray;
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Enabled", "1" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 // m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] found regions with name {0}",name);
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
 
             m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN GRID CONNECTOR] request region flags for {0}",regionID.ToString());
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDMap extraData = response["ExtraData"] as OSDMap;
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
             if (onlyEnabled)
                 requestArgs["Enabled"] = "1";
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_ServerURI, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 return ResponseToGridRegion(response);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianInventoryServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianInventoryServiceConnector.cs
index 36325ce..97eaabe 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianInventoryServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianInventoryServiceConnector.cs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "OwnerID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ChildrenOnly", "0" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Items"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 OSDArray items = (OSDArray)response["Items"];
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ChildrenOnly", "1" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Items"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 OSDArray items = (OSDArray)response["Items"];
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "OwnerID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Folder"] is OSDMap)
             {
                 OSDMap folder = (OSDMap)response["Folder"];
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ChildrenOnly", "1" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Items"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 List<InventoryItemBase> items = GetItemsFromResponse((OSDArray)response["Items"]);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ChildrenOnly", "1" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Items"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 OSDArray items = (OSDArray)response["Items"];
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ChildrenOnly", "1" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Items"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 OSDArray items = (OSDArray)response["Items"];
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ChildrenOnly", "1" }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["Items"] is OSDArray)
             {
                 OSDArray items = (OSDArray)response["Items"];
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ContentType", SLUtil.SLAssetTypeToContentType(folder.Type) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                     { "ItemID", itemID.ToString() }
                 };
 
-                OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+                OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
                 bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
                 if (!success)
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "FolderID", folder.ID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "ExtraData", OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(extraData) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Items", String.Join(",", itemIDs) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_userServerUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_userServerUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDMap user = response["User"] as OSDMap;
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Gestures", OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(gestures) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_userServerUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_userServerUrl, requestArgs);
             if (!response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 m_log.Warn("[SIMIAN INVENTORY CONNECTOR]: Failed to save active gestures for " + userID + ": " +
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianPresenceServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianPresenceServiceConnector.cs
index 01163aa..211b775 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianPresenceServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianPresenceServiceConnector.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 requestArgs["SecureSessionID"] = secureSessionID.ToString();
             }
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "SessionID", sessionID.ToString() }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "SceneID", regionID.ToString() }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserIDList", String.Join(",",userIDs) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap sessionListResponse = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap sessionListResponse = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (! sessionListResponse["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 m_log.WarnFormat("[SIMIAN PRESENCE CONNECTOR]: Failed to retrieve sessions: {0}",sessionListResponse["Message"].AsString());
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "LastLocation", SerializeLocation(regionID, lastPosition, lastLookAt) }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "HomeLocation", SerializeLocation(regionID, position, lookAt) }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "UserID", userID.ToString() }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["User"] is OSDMap)
                 return response;
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "SessionID", sessionID.ToString() }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
                 return response;
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                         { "SceneLookAt", lastLookAt.ToString() }
                 };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianProfiles.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianProfiles.cs
index bd8069f..684a0db 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianProfiles.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianProfiles.cs
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", client.AgentId.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             string email = response["Email"].AsString();
 
             if (!response["Success"].AsBoolean())
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { key, OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(value) }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
             if (!success)
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "UserID", userID.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean() && response["User"] is OSDMap)
             {
                 return (OSDMap)response["User"];
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianUserAccountServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianUserAccountServiceConnector.cs
index fcb5115..fdc8697 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianUserAccountServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianUserAccountServiceConnector.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "NameQuery", query }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDArray array = response["Users"] as OSDArray;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "AccessLevel", data.UserLevel.ToString() }
             };
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                     { "UserTitle", data.UserTitle }
                 };
 
-                response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+                response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
                 bool success = response["Success"].AsBoolean();
 
                 if (success)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
             string lookupValue = (requestArgs.Count > 1) ? requestArgs[1] : "(Unknown)";
 //            m_log.DebugFormat("[SIMIAN ACCOUNT CONNECTOR]: Looking up user account with query: " + lookupValue);
 
-            OSDMap response = WebUtil.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
+            OSDMap response = SimianGrid.PostToService(m_serverUrl, requestArgs);
             if (response["Success"].AsBoolean())
             {
                 OSDMap user = response["User"] as OSDMap;