Welcome to OpenSim! Version 0.4 == LICENSE == 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 OpenSim 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. == OVERVIEW == OpenSim is a BSD Licensed Open Source project to develop a functioning virtual worlds server platform capable of supporting multiple clients and servers in a heterogeneous grid structure. OpenSim is written in C#, and can run under Mono or the Microsoft .NET runtimes. This is considered and alpha release. Some stuff works, a lot doesn't. If it breaks, you get to keep *both* pieces. == Installation on Windows == Prereqs: * Load OpenSim.sln into Visual Studio .NET and build the solution. * chdir bin * OpenSim.exe See configuring OpenSim == Installation on Linux == Prereqs: * Mono >= 1.2.3.1 * Nant >= 0.85 * sqlite3 From the distribution type: * nant * cd bin * mono ./OpenSim.exe See configuring OpenSim == Configuring OpenSim == When OpenSim starts for the first time, you will be prompted with a series of questions that look something like: [09-17 03:54:40] DEFAULT REGION CONFIG: Simulator Name [OpenSim Test]: At each of these you must provide you own value or just hit enter to take the default (in this case "OpenSim Test"). YOUR SIM WILL NOT BE STARTED UNTIL YOU ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Once you are presented with a prompt that looks like: Region# : You have successfully started OpenSim. == Connecting to your OpenSim == By default your sim will be running on http://127.0.0.1:9000. To use your OpenSim add -loginuri http://127.0.0.1:9000 to your second life client (running on the same machine as your OpenSim). == More Information on OpenSim == More extensive information on building, running, and configuring OpenSim, as well as how to report bugs, and participate in the OpenSim project can always be found at http://opensimulator.org. Thanks for trying OpenSim, we hope it was a pleasant experience.