following up from yesterday’s post, i added a bit more info to the sim-on-a-stick site to help n00bs have a better chance of success. it’s easy to forget the excitement and stumbling blocks of first stepping foot into the virtual world, but first it has to be easy to get there!
OpenSim offers so many possibilities and does so to a far larger audience than Second Life can – you really need a virtual world that is fairly easy to deploy and inexpensive to operate if you want to reach as many as possible
it’s hard to be easier than a USB stick and it’s hard to be cheaper than free =)
some high-level information has been added
added the walkthrough video for those wanting the "soup to nuts" overview
Much improved although a n00b might want help on deciding which region configuration to go for.
Graham Mills
30 May 12 at 12:59 am
Awesome job as usual, Ener! True Graham, I’ve been talking a few folks at InWorldz through the setup of SoaS, and found that even people who are familiar with VWs don’t really understand the region size thing. I always tell them to choose the single 256 region. That way, I know they are building on one region and not overlapping into another, and if they want to save an OAR or RAW, it’s the right size for most purposes.
ELQ
30 May 12 at 1:31 am
excellent feedback! i’ll add:
“for one-on-one help, contact Graham and ELQ – 24/7″ =D
ya see, my thoughts are that anyone getting this must read all 1634 posts on this blog and then make up their own mind! =p
i was concerned about that with the region chooser but never thought of suggesting that one normal region was a great choice if they are unsure. i’ll add that on the “help” page and see if it makes sense to add that at the command prompt when starting OpenSim the first time
on the help page, maybe adding this next to the “one 256 metre region” line would help -> not sure? choose this
there almost needs to be a FAQ page for it – kind of the purpose of the blog posts link but there is way too much info there for a total n00b!
thanks Graham and ELQ, that is an outstanding suggestion =)
Ener Hax
30 May 12 at 7:00 am
Just an FYI :) The default region config setup is 1 256×256 standard region which is entered after 100 seconds.
Looking at it now, maybe 100 seconds is too much time delay ?
This can be changed in this line in the batch file:
choice /C:123 /T:100 /D 1 /M “Select desired configuration: ”
the T:### is the timeout for the default selection.
Below is a modded menu & shortened timeout (45 seconds):
:CONFIG
::
COLOR 0E
@echo =========================================
@echo = CONFIGURATION OPTIONS =
@echo -----------------------------------------
@echo 1 = 1 Single Region 256m x 256m *DEFAULT*
@echo 2 = 4 Single Regions arranged in 2x2 grid
@echo 3 = 1 Mega-Region 512m x 512m (2x2 grid)
@echo =========================================
choice /C:123 /T:45 /D 1 /M "Select desired configuration: "
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 goto Sel_3
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 goto Sel_2
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto Sel_1
:Sel_1
BTW: Diva updated D2 2 months ago with some important fixes which may be resolves a few issues some folks may be having.
https://github.com/downloads/diva/d2/diva-r18611.zip
At present D2 being shipped with SOAS is diva-r18222.zip which was basically the Release Candidate.
Hope it helps
WS
PS: Having a hard time posting this, as it is not appearing. Trying again, sorry if it duplicates.
WhiteStar
30 May 12 at 7:44 am
I tried to add a comment with a script mod for you and the blog would not let it, after a couple of attempts, it said I already posted it but it does not appear. Not sure what’s up with that but I guess it can sit as it was just an indicator for region selections and a change in the default timing.
Ohhh Well
WS
WhiteStar
30 May 12 at 7:21 pm
i get that sometimes too WhiteStar and have no idea why! sorry about that – your comments went into pending and i can only think it’s because at the same instant you were commenting, that crazy EuroMinuteMan was spamming the blog with 30 comments as “angry noob”
Ener Hax
31 May 12 at 8:14 am
thanks on that change – i am mixed about timers because they make a high strung person like me nervous!
oh no, an update! crap – there goes a couple of hours this weekend! =p
thanks WhiteStar and sorry for your comments going into the pending folder, i’m not sure what that was about and am blaming that Eurominuteman because he went nuts with comments which were also held for moderation (and which i then flag as spam – man that guy is a pain in the butt!)
Ener Hax
31 May 12 at 8:18 am
i like *DEFAULT* and that makes sense with a faster timer – excellent addition! =)
consider that added! thanks!
Ener Hax
31 May 12 at 10:09 am
oops, one line missing from the code that WhiteStar posted (probably from the blog blocking his comment and having to post it 3 thimes to get it to stick)
:CONFIG::
COLOR 0E
@echo =========================================
@echo = CONFIGURATION OPTIONS =
@echo -----------------------------------------
@echo 1 = 1 Single Region 256m x 256m *DEFAULT*
@echo 2 = 4 Single Regions arranged in 2x2 grid
@echo 3 = 1 Mega-Region 512m x 512m (2x2 grid)
@echo =========================================
:: choice /C:123 /T:100 /D 1 /M "Select desired configuration: "
choose32 -c 123 -T 1,100 -d 1 -p "Select desired configuration: "
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 goto Sel_3
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 goto Sel_2
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto Sel_1
:Sel_1
Ener Hax
1 Jun 12 at 8:24 am