project_OpenSim

=**OpenSim**=


 * Goal:** The [|OpenSimulator intiative] (also called OpenSim) is an opensource alternative to Second Life. From the project website:

//OpenSimulator is a 3D Application Server. It can be used to create a 3D Virtual World (ala [|Second Life(tm)]), and includes facilities for creating custom avatars, chatting with others in the environment, building 3D content in world, and creating complex 3D applications in world. OpenSimulator can also be extended via [|loadable modules] or web service interfaces to build more custom 3D Applications. OpenSimulator is released under a [|BSD License], making it both open source, and commercially friendly to embed in products.//

OpenSim is often referred to as a possible candidate for being the Apache of virtual worlds. Though OpenSim is currently in Alpha stage, the University of Cincinnati might benefit even from this early iteration of the software by giving access to free sandbox space for the UCSLLC community, and there may be opportunities for the university community to contribute to the project.

OpenSim - Help & Documentation

UC OpenSim - Animation Assets - Alex & Brad UC OpenSim - Avatar Creation Assets - Brad & Joel UC OpenSim - Object Assets - Ryon, Josh, Alex UC OpenSim - Script Assets - Ryon & Josh UC OpenSim - Texture Assets - Brad & Joel


 * Sharing OAR Files**

OAR files should be named as follows: submittedby_gridname_regionname_date_description.oar (example: fleep_fleepgrid_region4_2011-1- 4_shoesandhair.oar) Load OAR files to shared Google Docs folder when ready: UCSL Shared Files > Opensim > OAR Files.


 * UC Opensim Grid**

In early February 2010, we received access to two Virtual Machines to run an Opensim grid at UC. See the Change Log page for details.

UC Opensim Grid Change Log


 * Project Updates**

05/10/2011 - Organized all the animations into a new box and saved the .oar file. Alex (1hr).

05/05/2011 - Finished repairing the animations for Open Sim. Now working on organizing all animations for an .oar file. Alex (3hrs)

04/28/2011 - Had some problems with looping the ends of the animation. A little while later I fixed the problem by setting the In%. Alex (4hrs).

04/26/2011 - Continuing work on the new animations. Alex (3hrs).

04/21/2011 - Beginning work on the new animations. I will start uploading them next week to show. Alex (4hrs)

04/19/2011 - Found out what was causing the walking animation to play off axis. The hips must be centered at the beginning of the animation since they are the highest in the hierarchy. Alex(2hrs)

03/21/2011 - Loaded the animations with hopefully correct priority settings. Alex (5hrs)

02/18/2011 - Noticed that the yawn animation played wrong so I quickly made a new one. Took a bunch of uploads to get it right though. Alex (2hrs)

02/14/2011 - Made two "hand raise" animations. Will start working on a list for extra prims in the POCCENT area. - Alex (4hrs).

02/11/2011 - Worked on Bookstore - Bartleby(5 hrs)

02/11/2011 - Finished with all the sit animations. Will have to fix the manual and the raise-hand animation. - Alex (4hrs)

02/09/2011 - Finished another animation. Alex (5hrs)

02/07/2011 - Finished Sunnyside Hall. - Bartleby (6hrs)



02/07/2011 - Finished two sitting animations, working on a couple more. Alex (5hrs)

02/03/2011 - Working on various assets for OpenSim. Sample Screen Shot of the rebuild for our OpenSim office(below). - Ringo (10+ hrs)

02/02/2011 - Working on sitting animations. Tried to save an .oar file but kept getting a wall of evil red text. I'll have to look into that later. - Alex (4hrs)

01/31/2011 - Done with the manual. I'll continue where I left off with the animations. - Alex (5hrs).

01/28/2011 - Almost done with the final tutorial. Will organize it better when I'm done. Alex (3hrs)

01/28/2011 - Took the OAR files from everyone and combined them into a single OAR file. The resulting file was HUGE, bigger than I expected. Don't think Google Docs will allow a file upload that large so adding it to Dropbox instead. Sent email to each person on the team with link to download the file from Dropbox. - Fleep (2 hrs)

01/26/2011 - Finished two more sections of the animation manual. - Alex (5hrs)

01/24/2011 - Finished another section in the animation manual along with another walking animation. - Alex (5hrs)

1/22/2011 - Completed furniture textures. Bartleby (5hrs)

01/21/2011 - Still working on the manual. Finished "Set up" and "Creating a Pose". Also made a ground sit pose. - Alex (5hrs)

01/19/2011 - Started working on a hand raise animation and, along with it, making the animation wiki page. Alex (5hrs)

01/17/2011 - Working on fixing the messed of parts of the classroom poses. Alex (5hrs)

01/12/2011 - Made a sitting for both male and female avatars. Alex (4hrs)

1/10/2011 - Made hair textures and graduation cap. Bartleby (3 hrs)

01/10/2011 - Finished the podium animation. Now working on sitting poses. Alex (5 hrs)

1/8/2011 - Uploaded Furniture Textures/ Mannequin assets - Bartleby (8 hrs)

1/7/2011 - Uploaded Avatar Cut Outs and Clothes - Bartleby (4.5 hrs)

1/7/2011 - Added 48 clothing items in OpenSim. -Ringo (7 hours)

01/7/2011 - The lecturing animations was moving too much so I decided to scrap it and start over. This one will need a podium but I doubt that will be much of a issue. Currently about in the middle of the new animation. - Alex (5hrs)

01/04/2011 - Made a pose for lecturing using podiums, made a poseball/podium in SL to test it. Currently in the middle of making a lecturing animation. - Alex (5hrs)

01/04/2011 - Finished Rebuilding my bookstore avatars in OpenSim and 3 non-human avatars. Still need to create clothes. -Ringo (3 hrs)

1/4/2011 - Added directory in team Google Docs for sharing OAR files: UCSL Shared Files > Opensim > OAR Files.

01/03/2011 - Exporting and Importing assets from SL to OpenSim. Moved over objects and currently working on avatars. -Ringo (7 hrs)

01/03/2011 - Tried to fix the walking animation problem but got nowhere and frustrated. Working on a "lecturing" animation now, I'll deal with the walking problem later. Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) - 4 hrs

12/29/2010 - Created three more animations. Before I make anymore I am working on fixing the walk animations because the animation plays at an angle. Alex Davis (Alex09 Danitz) - 5hrs

12/29/2010 - Exported Av's shapes and some clothes to SL. -Bartleby (4.5 hrs) 12/21/2010 - Linked to 6 different Web Resources for Texture Assets. Ringo. (2 hrs) 12/15/2010 - Made a bunch of different walking and running animations for both male and female. Just have to upload them to SL an OS. And finally figured out the leg problems in the animations. - Alex (4hrs)

11/10 - 12/12/10 - Testing using personal home system, beginning to prepare assets for eventual deployment of UC OpenSim servers. Currently waiting for word from Don about virtual machines that can be used for our test environment. - Fleep

11/9/10 - Created a tutorial and delivered training to OLN SL Monthly Meetup on how to install OpenSim and have a private standalone sandbox [] - Fleep (5 hours)

11/8/10 - Got a test box set up at home, spent the weekend rebuilding the machine and replacing hardware, momentarily had opensim 0.7.0.2 running locally in gridmode. Managed to mangle the database so starting over... - Fleep (many hours) ;)