Dreamgrid is an easy to use OpenSim platform created by Fred Beckhusen, aka Ferd Frederix. It includes MySQL, Dynamic DNS name provision, OpenSim (usually based on recent Dev Master code), Diva’s WiFi admin interface and a wide range of add on modules. It sets up a virtual world grid with HyperGrid capability along with options to load a range of alternative content via OpenSim Archive (OAR) and Inventory Archive (IAR) files. It includes a simple update mechanism.
- Download and Instructions – https://www.outworldz.com/Outworldz_installer/
- Download Directory – https://www.outworldz.com/Outworldz_installer/Grid/
- Source – https://github.com/Outworldz/DreamWorld
- Dreamgrid Technical Help
- Dreamgrid Troubleshooting
- A presentation on Outworldz Dreamgrid given at the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2018 by Fred Beckhusen on 9th December 2018 is available at https://www.outworldz.com/Secondlife/OSCC/
- DreamGrid-wide Search is available usable by anyone user via http://www.hyperica.com/search for Grids/Regions which are set to be visible via the Publicity setting and whose region(s) are set to “show in search”.
- MeWe Support Group for Outworldz DreamGrid – https://mewe.com/group/5bc12bdc322b35103f0965d3
Addon Modules
- Dynamic DNS Name Server using the Outworldz.net domain as a base
- Gloebit Money Module
- Vivox Voice
- Icecast/Shoutcast Audio Streaming
Some Advice on Setting up Default Avatars for the Wifi Web Interface
See https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2018/12/12/diva-wifi/#avatars
Dreamgrid Settings, .ini Files and .proto Templates for Setup
Dreamgrid.ini tries to do a lot of OpenSim .ini configuration via the GUI and the settings panels. These create files which are merged with *.proto files (templates) to make up the real .ini files used by OpenSim when it starts. So, edits directly to the .ini files for the parameters that are overridden by the settings saved will not persist. Its worth bearing that in mind if trying track down or check some settings.
The OpenSim installation is in …\DreamGrid\OutworldzFiles\Opensim
As usual the key settings are bin/Robust.HG.ini (set from Robust.HG.ini.proto), bin/config-include/GridCommon.ini (set from a number of different .proto files depending on server type) and (in a non-standard place) OpenSim.ini (also set from a number of different .proto files depending on server type.
The Dreamgrid server types that can be selected in settings and the *.proto mechanism allow for a normal ROBUST services style grid and there are also pre-configured setups for Server Types to add a self hosted region onto osgrid.org, metro.land, and as a region addon to another grid.
OpenSim.ini is interesting as Dreamgrid has a mechanism to launch ONE Windows DOS box to run one or more regions. There is one folder per DOS box in the bin/Regions directory and separate OpenSim.ini files in each of those, rather than the usual OpenSim.ini directly under \bin.
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