oars
Load OpenSim Regions (OARs) directly from the web
Hi folks. A little known feature of the “load oar” command for loading OpenSim region archives is the ability to load an OAR directly from the web. Inspired by OpenVCE and Clever Zebra’s release of a conference/education OAR yesterday, I’ve now tweaked the code to make such direct web loading a bit easier (essentially I... »
A little bit more on OAR
Hello there. I originally wrote about Opensim ARchives (OARs) back in October last year. To recap, OARs are a way of saving an entire OpenSim region to a single file, which can then be loaded on another region in the same grid or on another grid entirely. Since then, OARs have become quite a popular... »
OpenSim Tech Basics: OARs - Opensim region ARchives
OAR Basics OpenSim archives (OARs) are designed as a mechanism for transporting whole regions from one simulator instance to another. This involves transporting not just XML information about the size and shapes of prims, but also the textures applied to their surfaces and the items (scripts, notecards, sounds, etc.) contained within them. As we are... »