I have posted a new version of OSgrid Simulator release on the website today, there are some important changes that you should be aware of before upgrading to make sure you retain 100% functionality.

The main changes are to the GridCommon.ini and the OpenSim.ini. the following section needs to be added, see the link for fully updated GridCommon.ini and OpenSim.ini

GridCommon.ini Changes
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[GridInfo]
   ;
   ; Change this to your grid info service
   ;
   GridInfoURI = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

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The above changes to GridCommon.ini are not required, this is a new addition to the OSgrid GridCommon.ini and what it does is allow the following OSSL functions osGetGridName, osGetGridNick, osGetGridLoginURI to function as intended in grid mode. This section goes below the [InventoryService] section and just above the [GridService] sections.

The changes to the OpenSim.ini are also not required I have simply just brought the OSgrid release OpenSim.ini to be inline with the Core OpenSimulator OpenSim.ini.example file so that we can provide the best level of support to the core development team in terms of debugging. While these changes are not required we do recommend you take the time to bring your configurations up to date to insure you are getting the maximum compatibility from this and future OpenSimulator releases.

If you have any questions or need help with this update please join us on our IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net #osgrid or you can use the web chat

Good luck everyone,
Michael Emory Cerquoni
OSgrid President

OSGrid News

You are going to basically want to replace everything below the [DatabaseService] starting with [Modules] section.

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[DatabaseService]
    ;
    ; ### Choose the DB
    ;

    ; SQLite
    Include-Storage = "config-include/storage/SQLiteStandalone.ini";

    ; Unfortunately the current SQLite database plugin is not compatible with Mac OSX.  You can still use the older
    ; legacy sqlite library if you are using Mono 2.4.  Please see the notes in OpenSim.ini (search for sqlite)
    ; for more details
    ;Include-Storage = "config-include/storage/SQLiteLegacyStandalone.ini";

    ; MySql
    ; Uncomment these lines if you want to use mysql storage
    ; Change the connection string to your db details
    ;StorageProvider = "OpenSim.Data.MySQL.dll"
    ;ConnectionString = "Data Source=localhost;Database=opensim;User ID=opensim;Password=***;"
    ; Uncomment this line if you are using MySQL and want to use a different database for estates
    ;EstateConnectionString = "Data Source=localhost;Database=opensim;User ID=opensim;Password=***;"

[Modules]
    ;; Choose 0 or 1 cache modules, and the corresponding config file, if it exists.
    ;; Copy the config .example file into your own .ini file and change configs there

    AssetCaching = "FlotsamAssetCache"
    Include-FlotsamCache = "config-include/FlotsamCache.ini"

    ;AssetCaching = "CenomeMemoryAssetCache"
    ;Include-CenomeCache = "config-include/CenomeCache.ini"

    ;AssetCaching = "GlynnTuckerAssetCache"

    ;; Optionally, the port for the LLProxyLoginModule module can be changed

    ;Setup_LLProxyLoginModule = "9090/"

    ;; Authorization is not on by default, as it depends on external php
    ;AuthorizationServices	= "RemoteAuthorizationServicesConnector"

[AssetService]

    DefaultAssetLoader = "OpenSim.Framework.AssetLoader.Filesystem.dll"
    AssetLoaderArgs = "assets/AssetSets.xml"

    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide asset server
    ;
    AssetServerURI = "http://assets.osgrid.org"

[InventoryService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide inventory server
    ;
    InventoryServerURI = "http://inventory.osgrid.org"

[GridService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide grid server
    ;
    GridServerURI = "http://grid.osgrid.org"
    AllowHypergridMapSearch = true

    ;; Directory for map tile images of linked regions
    MapTileDirectory = "./maptiles"

    ; === HG ONLY ===
	;; change this to the address of your Gatekeeper service
	;; (usually bundled with the rest of the services in one
	;; Robust server in port 8002, but not always)
	Gatekeeper="http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

[Messaging]
    ; === HG ONLY ===
    ;; change this to the address of your Gatekeeper service
    ;; (usually bundled with the rest of the services in one
    ;; Robust server in port 8002, but not always)
    Gatekeeper = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

[AvatarService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide grid server
    ;
    AvatarServerURI = "http://avatar.osgrid.org"

[PresenceService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide presence server
    ;
    PresenceServerURI = "http://presence.osgrid.org"

[UserAccountService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide user accounts server
    ;
    UserAccountServerURI = "http://users.osgrid.org"

[GridUserService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide user accounts server
    ;
    GridUserServerURI = "http://users.osgrid.org"

[AuthenticationService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide authentication server
    ;
    AuthenticationServerURI = "http://login.osgrid.org"

[FriendsService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide friends server
    ;
    FriendsServerURI = "http://friends.osgrid.org"

[HGInventoryAccessModule]
    ;
    ; === HG ONLY ===
    ; Change this to your server
    ; accessible from other grids
    ;
    HomeURI = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80/user"
    Gatekeeper = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"
	;; If you want to protect your assets from being copied by foreign visitors
	;; uncomment the next line. You may want to do this on sims that have licensed content.
	; OutboundPermission = False

[UserAgentService]
    ;
    ; === HG ONLY ===
    ; Change this to your user agent server (HG robust)
    ;
    UserAgentServerURI = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

[MapImageService]
   	MapImageServerURI = "http://maptiles.osgrid.org:80"

[Profile]
    ; Change it to your own HTTP server to have the Profile server work
    ProfileURL = http://profiles.osgrid.org/profile.php

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These changes are to bring the OSgrid version of this file inline with the Core OpenSimulator version for better support and ease of understanding.

We have also updated the osProfiles module to now better support HG profiles, you will need to download the new osProfile DLL if you are compiling OpenSimulator yourself, if you use our release it is already included and you do not have to do anything, to download the new DLL click here OpenSimProfile.Modules.dll

You can download the latest release here : osgrid.opensim-01142012.v0.7.3.43173f1.zip

If you have any questions or need help with this update please join us on our IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net #osgrid or you can use the web chat

Good luck everyone,
Michael Emory Cerquoni
OSgrid President

OSGrid News

Replace the following section

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[ClientStack.LindenCaps]
    ;; For the long list of capabilities, see OpenSimDefaults.ini
    ;; Here are the few ones you may want to change. Possible values
    ;; are:
    ;;   "" -- empty, capability disabled
    ;;   "localhost" -- capability enabled and served by the simulator
    ;;   "" -- capability enabled and served by some other server
    ;;
    ; These are enabled by default to localhost. Change if you see fit.
    Cap_GetTexture = "localhost"
    Cap_GetMesh = "localhost"
    ; This is disabled by default. Change if you see fit. Note that
    ; serving this cap from the simulators may lead to poor performace.
    Cap_FetchInventoryDescendents2 = "localhost"
    Cap_FetchInventory2 = "localhost"

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be very sure you remove the following from this section if you have it

    Cap_WebFetchInventoryDescendents = "localhost"

and this is the new addition to that section

    Cap_FetchInventory2 = "localhost"

This new addition should improve inventory loading performance for all V2/V3 viewers and fix inventory not loading fully in Imprudence viewer and could improve overall performance for your simulators.

we have also updated the osProfiles module to now support HG profiles, you will need to download the new osProfile DLL if you are compiling OpenSimulator yourself, if you use our release it is already included and you do not have to do anything, to download the new DLL click here OpenSimProfile.Modules.dll

You can download the latest release here : osgrid.opensim-01092012.v0.7.3.34c42cd.zip

If you have any questions or need help with this update please join us on our IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net #osgrid or you can use the web chat

Good luck everyone,
Michael Emory Cerquoni
OSgrid President

OSGrid News

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[ClientStack.LindenCaps]
    ;; For the long list of capabilities, see OpenSimDefaults.ini
    ;; Here are the few ones you may want to change. Possible values
    ;; are:
    ;;   "" -- empty, capability disabled
    ;;   "localhost" -- capability enabled and served by the simulator
    ;;   "" -- capability enabled and served by some other server
    ;;
    ; These are enabled by default to localhost. Change if you see fit.
    Cap_GetTexture = "localhost"
    Cap_GetMesh = "localhost"
    ; This is disabled by default. Change if you see fit. Note that
    ; serving this cap from the simulators may lead to poor performace.
    Cap_WebFetchInventoryDescendents = "localhost"
    Cap_FetchInventoryDescendents2 = "localhost"

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This new addition should improve inventory loading performance for all V2/V3 based viewers and could improve overall performance for your simulators.

If you have any questions or need help with this update please join us on our IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net #osgrid or you can use the web chat

Good luck everyone,
Michael Emory Cerquoni
OSgrid President

OSGrid News

I have posted a new version of OSgrid Simulator release on the website today, there are some important changes that you should be aware of before upgrading to make sure you retain 100% functionality.

The main changes are to the GridCommon.ini and the OpenSim.ini. the follow section needs to be updated, see the link for fully updated GridCommon.ini and OpenSim.ini

OpenSim.ini Changes
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[RegionReady]
    ; Enable this module to get notified once all items and scripts in the region have been completely loaded and compiled
    ; default is false
    enabled = true

    ; Channel on which to signal region readiness through a message
    ; formatted as follows: "{server_startup|oar_file_load},{0|1},n,[oar error]"
    ; - the first field indicating whether this is an initial server startup
    ; - the second field is a number indicating whether the OAR file loaded ok (1 == ok, 0 == error)
    ; - the third field is a number indicating how many scripts failed to compile
    ; - "oar error" if supplied, provides the error message from the OAR load
    channel_notify = -800
    ; - disallow logins while scripts are loading
    login_disable = true
    ; - send an alert as json to a service
    ; alert_uri = "http://myappserver.net/my_handler/"

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The above changes to OpenSim.ini are not required, this is a new addition to the OSgrid OpenSim.ini and what it does is disables the ability for users to log into your simulator until scripts are completely loaded, this can improve performance especially after a sim crash when everyone is clamoring to log back into your sim which can result in a simulator crash if scripts are still starting up, again this is not a required update be we highly recommend you add this to your configuration for best performance.

GridCommon.ini Changes
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[MapImageService]
   	MapImageServerURI = "http://maptiles.osgrid.org:80"

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The above changes to GridCommon.ini are required for users who wish to use the Linden Lab v2 or TPV based V2 Viewers so you can see map tiles on the in world map system, you will only be able to see tiles on regions that have been upgraded and have added this variable to their GridCommon.ini file. So please do not panic when you do not see a full map it will likely take a few weeks for everyone to take notice of these changes and get their simulators fully updated. If you see your neighbors have not updated yet and you know how to reach them please let them know it is time to update.

If you have any questions or need help with this update please join us on our IRC chat channel at irc.freenode.net #osgrid or you can use the web chat

Good luck everyone,
Michael Emory Cerquoni
OSgrid President

OSGrid News

I have posted a new version of OSgrid Simulator release on the website today, there are some important changes that you should be aware of before upgrading to make sure you retain 100% functionality.

The main changes are to the GridCommon.ini the follow section needs to be updated, see the link for fully updated GridCommon.ini

———————————————–

[HGInventoryAccessModule]
    ;
    ; === HG ONLY ===
    ; Change this to your server
    ; accessible from other grids
    ;
    ProfileServerURI = "http://users.osgrid.org"
    Gatekeeper = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"
	;; If you want to protect your assets from being copied by foreign visitors
	;; uncomment the next line. You may want to do this on sims that have licensed content.
	; OutboundPermission = False

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This section is the only change in this release. If you have any questions or need any assistance please join us on our IRC channel @ irc.freenode.net or use the web chat

OSGrid News

I have posted a new version of OSgrid Simulator release on the website today, there are some important changes that you should be aware of before upgrading to make sure you retain 100% functionality.

The main changes are to the GridCommon.ini the follow sections need to be added see the link for fully updated GridCommon.ini

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[UserAgentService]
    ;
    ; === HG ONLY ===
    ; Change this to your user agent server (HG robust)
    ;
    UserAgentServerURI = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

[Messaging]
    ; === HG ONLY ===
    ;; change this to the address of your Gatekeeper service
    ;; (usually bundled with the rest of the services in one
    ;; Robust server in port 8002, but not always)
    Gatekeeper = "http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

[Profile]
    ; Change it to your own HTTP server to have the Profile server work
    Module = "OpenProfileModule"
    ProfileURL = http://profiles.osgrid.org/profile.php

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You should also remove the [Profile] section from your OpenSim.ini as it is now been moved into the GridCommon.ini as you can see above, this is not mandatory but will cause less confusion later.

These are the only changes to the ini files that you need to make for this update.  The update will facilitate the ability to friend HG visitors you will be able to send them IM’s and Inventory.

If you have any questions or run into any issues during this upgrade please visit us on our IRC support channel at irc.freenode.net #osgrid or use our web chat.

Good Luck everyone.

Michael Emory Cerquoni
President OSgrid Inc.

OSGrid News

There are some new .ini changes in the 04-07-2011 release for osgrid (http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/downloads)

The first change is in the GridCommon.ini are as follows, in the [GridService] section

[GridService]
    ;
    ; change this to your grid-wide grid server
    ;
    GridServerURI = "http://grid.osgrid.org"
    AllowHypergridMapSearch = true

    ;; Directory for map tile images of linked regions
    MapTileDirectory = "./maptiles"

    ; === HG ONLY ===
	;; change this to the address of your Gatekeeper service
	;; (usually bundled with the rest of the services in one
	;; Robust server in port 8002, but not always)
	Gatekeeper="http://hg.osgrid.org:80"

The changes to this section will prevent automatic hyperlinks from being created on map searches for hypergrid enabled regions, this was causing issues with all map searches that took place after the initial search and all caused all subsequent teleports within the grid to region with the same name as the automatic linking to fail.

The next changes are to the OpenSim.ini and were recommended to me by Mic Bowman from Intel Labs, Intel has been doing exhaustive testing and submitting patches to opensimulator project that should improve networking performance considerably, I have been doing some testing and things are looking very good, some major improvements.  These patches are still not in the core branch and are not quite ready for everyone just yet, but these .ini changes to OpenSim.ini can be used now and we would like everyone to update and give them a try, please let me know right away if you see any improvements or declines in performance after these changes, they are not required but the testing I have done so far seems to show some improvements overall, all the OSgrid Plazas have been running them for the past week or so and everything seems quite normal.  The new section is listed below:

[ClientStack.LindenUDP]
    ;; See OpensSimDefaults.ini for the throttle options. You can copy the
    ;; relevant sections and override them here.
    ;; DO NOT MODIFY OpenSimDefaults.ini, as your changes would be lost
    ;; with the next update!

    async_packet_handling = true

    ; The client socket receive buffer size determines how many
    ; incoming requests we can process; the default on .NET is 8192
    ; which is about 2 4k-sized UDP datagrams. On mono this is
    ; whatever the underlying operating system has as default; for
    ; example, ubuntu 8.04 or SLES11 have about 111k, which is about
    ; 27 4k-sized UDP datagrams (on linux platforms you can [as root]
    ; do "sysctl net.core.rmem_default" to find out what your system
    ; uses a default socket receive buffer size.
    ;
    ; client_socket_rcvbuf_size allows you to specify the receive
    ; buffer size LLUDPServer should use. NOTE: this will be limited
    ; by the system's settings for the maximum client receive buffer
    ; size (on linux systems you can set that with "sysctl -w
    ; net.core.rmem_max=X")
    ;
    client_socket_rcvbuf_size = 8388608

    ; Maximum outbound bytes per second for a single scene. This can be used to
    ; throttle total outbound UDP traffic for a simulator. The default value is
    ; 0, meaning no throttling at the scene level. The example given here is
    ; 20 megabits
    ;
    scene_throttle_max_bps = 800000

    ; Maximum bits per second to send to any single client. This will override
    ; the user's viewer preference settings. The default value is 0, meaning no
    ; aggregate throttling on clients (only per-category throttling). The
    ; example given here is 1.5 megabits
    ;
    client_throttle_max_bps = 100000

    ; Per-client bytes per second rates for the various throttle categories.
    ; These are default values that will be overriden by clients
    ;
    resend_default = 10000
    land_default = 10000
    wind_default = 10000
    cloud_default = 10000
    task_default = 10000
    texture_default = 20000
    asset_default = 20000
    state_default = 10000

    ; Per-client maximum burst rates in bytes per second for the various
    ; throttle categories. These are default values that will be overriden by
    ; clients
    ;
    resend_limit = 18750
    land_limit = 29750
    wind_limit = 18750
    cloud_limit = 18750
    task_limit = 18750
    texture_limit = 55750
    asset_limit = 27500
    state_limit = 37000

    ; Configures how ObjectUpdates are aggregated. These numbers
    ; do not literally mean how many updates will be put in each
    ; packet that goes over the wire, as packets are
    ; automatically split on a 1400 byte boundary. These control
    ; the balance between responsiveness of interest list updates
    ; and total throughput. Higher numbers will ensure more full-
    ; sized packets and faster sending of data, but more delay in
    ; updating interest lists
    ;
    ;PrimUpdatesPerCallback = 100

    ; TextureSendLimit determines how many packets will be put on
    ; the outgoing queue each cycle. Like the settings above, this
    ; is a balance between responsiveness to priority updates and
    ; total throughput. Higher numbers will give a better
    ; throughput at the cost of reduced responsiveness to client
    ; priority changes or transfer aborts
    ;
    ;TextureSendLimit = 20

    ; Quash and remove any light properties from attachments not on the
    ; hands. This allows flashlights and lanterns to function, but kills
    ; silly vanity "Facelights" dead. Sorry, head mounted miner's lamps
    ; will also be affected.
    ;
    ;DisableFacelights = "false"

A few other notable changes with this release are  that you can now take Coalesced objects, meaning you can actually take multi-prim objects without linking them and have them be one object in your inventory, please note that if your region is hypergrid enabled this function does not work yet, but we do hope to address this issue soon, you can however rez coalesced objects in hypergrid enabled regions, you can just not take them yet.  Next notable thing is that Justin Clark-Casey has fixed sqlite for mac users, you no longer need to use the legacy driver for Mac OSX. here are the notes from Justin’s fix:

Bundle a built-from-source Mac OS X sqlite3 universal dylib with OpenSim and use this instead of the system one.

This means that Mac OS X users can now use the standard sqlite adaptor instead of the legacy one.
This is SQLite 3.7.5.  I configured the build with the line

CFLAGS="-Os -g -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc7400 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA" LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc7400" ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking

The SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA flag exports the metadata symbols that modern Mono SQLite adaptors need.
The -Os removes debugging symbols (as per the sqlite3 source pkg README)
The other parts are to cross compile for x86_64, i386 and ppc.  On Mac OS X, Mono can actually only P/INVOKE 32-bit libraries even on 64 bit platforms so i386 is being used.  The dylib has not been tested on ppc.

Please note I have not been able to test the new sqlite adapter for Mac OSX as I do not have the proper equipment, if you do get a chance to test it please report how it went.

Thanks everyone, if you have any questions about these changes or would like to report any changes in performance you see please visit our IRC channel on freenode (irc.freenode.net) on #osgrid or click here for our webchat.  Thank you everyone and good luck.

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Michael Emory Cerqoni
President – OSgrid Inc.

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I have just created a new release for OSgrid OpenSimulator v0.7.x (0.7.1.cd4d7a7).  I must stress though NO ONE SHOULD BE UPGRADING YET!!!!!  This pre-release is so everyone can prep their regions and get a feel for the upcoming ini changes and differences for their automated upgrade processes.  I have written some instructions for everyone to follow that will hopefully minimize problems during the upgrade process and they are available at the following links:

Plain Text Instructions : http://upgrade.osgrid.org/README.txt

Pretty HTML Instructions : http://upgrade.osgrid.org/README.htm

you can also inspect all the individual components that go into a release here http://upgrade.osgrid.org

Again no one should try to perform an upgrade until we announce its time to pull the trigger, then everyone can move forward, this will likely be sometime Late on Sunday Night or Early Monday Morning (Eastern/US Time) so please keep checking back for updates.  You can also join us on our IRC channel #osgrid at irc.freenode.net  or click here http://upgrade.osgrid.org/chat-help.htm if you have any questions or need guidance.

Thanks everyone

Michael Emory Cerquoni

OSgrid Inc. President

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