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1Welcome to OpenSim!
2
3Version 0.5
4
5== LICENSE ==
6
7Copyright (c) Contributors, http://opensimulator.org/
8See CONTRIBUTORS.TXT for a full list of copyright holders.
9
10Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
11modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
12 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
13 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
14 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
15 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
16 documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
17 * Neither the name of the OpenSim Project nor the
18 names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
19 derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
20
21THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
22IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
23WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
24DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
25DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
26DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
27GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
28INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER
29IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
30OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
31ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
32
33== OVERVIEW ==
34
35OpenSim is a BSD Licensed Open Source project to develop a functioning
36virtual worlds server platform capable of supporting multiple clients
37and servers in a heterogeneous grid structure. OpenSim is written in
38C#, and can run under Mono or the Microsoft .NET runtimes.
39
40This is considered an alpha release. Some stuff works, a lot
41doesn't. If it breaks, you get to keep *both* pieces.
42
43== Installation on Windows ==
44
45Prereqs:
46
47 * Load OpenSim.sln into Visual Studio .NET and build the solution.
48 * chdir bin
49 * OpenSim.exe
50
51See configuring OpenSim
52
53== Installation on Linux ==
54
55Prereqs:
56 * Mono >= 1.2.3.1
57 * Nant >= 0.85
58 * sqlite3
59
60From the distribution type:
61 * nant
62 * cd bin
63 * mono ./OpenSim.exe
64
65See configuring OpenSim
66
67== Configuring OpenSim ==
68
69When OpenSim starts for the first time, you will be prompted with a
70series of questions that look something like:
71
72[09-17 03:54:40] DEFAULT REGION CONFIG: Simulator Name [OpenSim Test]:
73
74At each of these you must provide you own value or just hit enter to
75take the default (in this case "OpenSim Test").
76
77YOUR SIM WILL NOT BE STARTED UNTIL YOU ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
78
79Once you are presented with a prompt that looks like:
80
81 Region# :
82
83You have successfully started OpenSim.
84
85== Connecting to your OpenSim ==
86
87By default your sim will be running on http://127.0.0.1:9000. To use
88your OpenSim add -loginuri http://127.0.0.1:9000 to your second life
89client (running on the same machine as your OpenSim).
90
91== More Information on OpenSim ==
92
93More extensive information on building, running, and configuring
94OpenSim, as well as how to report bugs, and participate in the OpenSim
95project can always be found at http://opensimulator.org.
96
97Thanks for trying OpenSim, we hope it was a pleasant experience.