Comments on: The Automated OSGrid Region Launcher

By: Ci Sense

Ci Sense — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:57:19 +0000

Adam,

With XP SP3 r0.22 hangs during ‘Testing network’ and crashes with the message:
Mono.Nat.MappingException: Exception of the tyoe ‘Mono.Nat.MappingException’ was thrown
at Mono.Nat.Upnp.UpnpNatDevice.EndGetAllMappings(IAsyncResult result)
at MOno.Nat.AbstractNatDevice.GetAllMappings()
at OSGridLauncher.MonoNatForward.Unmap(Protcol protecol, Int32 port)

By: Ener Hax

Ener Hax — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:42:34 +0000

holy crap Adam! this is fantastic! i know what i am doing soon!!!

thank you Adam! =)

By: Maria Korolov

Maria Korolov — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:09 +0000

Ethos –

I use the Diva Distro to run my little mini-grid, and I am able to remotely log into it by giving my IP address followed by the port number as the grid address, and also to teleport in from OSGrid.

– Maria

By: Dell

Dell — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:33:15 +0000

Hi Adam.

I read your blog with great interest as I have found the technical information invaluable. I wonder if you would be interested in having someone with some documentation skill write up a guide for installation on OS X. It would be great to allow the mac gurus of which I am one… have their own guide to installing OpenSim. As you know there are many caveats to doing this… versions of mono and OS X produce different results and have you have to have certain configurations of software preset before you attempt the install. If I commit to writing this up will you act as a guide?

By: Ethos Erlanger

Ethos Erlanger — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:44:45 +0000

This launcher worked well once I got the UPnP working on my computer. I had fun inviting a guest to my region on OSGrid for the first time ever. Served it from my own computer over a wireless modem and it was slow, but functional.

But it only works once. How do I start it the second time?

By: Ethos Erlanger

Ethos Erlanger — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:24:18 +0000

Hi Adam,
I am also looking for a specific launcher. Sort of a hybrid of yours and the Diva Distro. I want a standalone that allows visitors to connect from the internet. Also, it must be able to run on a dynamic IP much like many of us have at home. I want to do some building with one or two friends, until I really feel ready to grid in to OSgrid. Hopefully not enough traffic (bandwidth usage) to anger the ISP GODS.

Any good tutorials out there, if not a simply distro like the Diva? I have the Diva working local, but need the thing to allow logins from the outside world.

By: Adam Frisby

Adam Frisby — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:47:13 +0000

Hrrm, I’ll note the 172.16 bug for the next time I do an update.

The launcher does require an osgrid connection – there are several reasons for this:

It’s for OSgrid (puts a region on osgrid, not standalone)
It downloads the latest OSgrid Prebuilt Package as it’s source.
It uses OSgrid’s website to configure certain parameters – like region position.

If you want a standalone Launcher, I believe the Diva distribution includes a simplified opensim launcher.

By: Neo Cortex

Neo Cortex — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:14:50 +0000

Hi Adam,
the launcher looks promising, here are my first impressions: it doesnt complete if it cant set up a working connection to osgrid, maybe a “local only” switch would be great. (btw. what happens to the reserved sim position in osgrid?)
I took a quick look at the source and found your test for a “NAT” address might have a flaw: the 172.16.xx.xx range goes up to 172.31.255.255 (a 20 Bit range).
Thanks, Neo

By: Maria Korolov

Maria Korolov — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:57:13 +0000

Adam –

Fantastic! And very much appreciated.

Is there a version of this that works with hypergrid standalones — such as the Diva Distro?

Thanks,

Maria