If you want to keep the Terminal commands to a minimum and want
to retain some of your sanity for later use like getting creative,
you can use this streamlined method. As with The
Geeky Way, the first step is installing Mono.
1. Install the Mono Framework, you can get the .dmg file here
2. Download the conveniently prepared Opensim on Mac OSX Starter
Kit and put all files into the home directory
Download the dmg, double click the resulting disk icon to open
it and drag the opensim folder onto your home directory icon.
Drag the opensimstartup.sh icon into the same place.
The Starter Kit includes the Maya region OAR as on the http://www.rexxed.com/ shop. Perfect if you
feel the sudden need to sacrifice some alts, hobbits or
noobs....
3. Double-click the opensimstartup.sh icon to start the
server.
Wait until you see the configuration prompt, then hit return for
all default settings except region name, user name and password -
choose your preferred entries for these.
(See the screenshots in The Geeky Way for more details)
4. Use the Hippo Viewer to see your world:
(Obviously you have to Download and install the Hippo
Viewer if you have not already done so.)
When it opens, hit the Grids button on the bottom menu bar. In
the window that pops up, use the top dropdown to choose "local" -
the parameters of your server will populate the page. That is
really just the internal IP address and port - 127.0.0.1:9000. If
you will be using your local sim often, you can hit the default
button at the top to make this the default region. Click Apply and
OK. The window will disappear, and the background will be
black.
Login using the username and password you entered at the prompts
when you first started the server. You will arrive in your new
world as Ruth - a generic avatar. Open inventory, go to Create at
the top of the window, and create a new body shape and a new skin -
this is necessary because otherwise they will be locked when you go
to edit appearance. Right-click or control-click on the avatar,
choose edit appearance, and you can make sure that you are no
longer plain Ruth.
You will find yourself on one little circular island. Use edit
terrain tools to change it, or load an OAR file (like the Maya
Region OAR as included in the Starter Kit). Look at the
instructions at the end of The Geeky Way for more
tips.
GET OFF THE ISLAND - Load a pre-built sim to
kickstart your own ideas
That little island is fun for about 5 seconds. Then
you will want to edit the terrain (right-click or control-click on
the ground, and choose edit terrain) or load a file to give you a
more interesting island. There are a number of file formats that
you can load.
The Terminal window becomes the console for Opensim once you
have started the server. If type in the word help, and hit
return, you get a list of commands that are available in the
console. Here is a partial list, including the load and save
commands.
I have included my Maya sim (with Temple of the Inscriptions
pyramid) in the bin folder.
Save your own sim first, by typing
save oar mysim.oar
then
load oar maya.oar
to transform your island to the Maya sim. To download other
files to use, look at http://www.rexxed.com for xml or
oar files. There you can find Nu Athens by Lordfly Digeridoo and
some other oar and xml files. Note that there is no punctuation in
these commands other than the "dot" before oar or xml.