Previously I mentioned discovering a publicly-available OpenSIM host run by Dalien Talbot.  I neglected to mention that while I was there checking things out, Dalien himself signed in and we spent a few minutes talking, during which Dalien had told me of a pile-on party to stress-test the servers.

I was reminded by his blog post today, where he says:

This Saturday, at 10am PDT (a.k.a. SLT), which is 7pm CET, we plan to make a "crash hour" on OpenSim - to see how many avatars will be able to connect at the same time.

There’s been a lot of progress on OpenSim lately, so I am particularly excited to see how far they’ve come with the physics engine.  In my own local installation, enabling physics is unacceptably unstable, so I never do it.  Dalien has done so, though, so I feel compelled to test that out in particular.  OpenSim also has, at least at this time, far higher prim limits.  I cannot find the particular post now, but I’ve seen pictures of an OpenSim with thousands more prims than a Second Life simulator can support.

Until I can dig up that info and post a picture, check out Dalien’s video of MegaPrims on OpenSim, and check out how many there are.  It’s more than it first appears to be:

I know I’m planning to be there, and I do hope that some of you will show up as well, especially some of you who have never seen OpenSim before.  I’ll try to be recognizable, but I can’t make any promises, since I don’t have the same shape and skin on OpenSim of course.  I’ll try to carry a sword around or something, haha.

For those interested, here’s a recap on how to connect (originally provided by Vint Falken):

If you want to try Ruth out for yourself, and test the OpenSim, Testa User to Testz User are available for your exploration pleasures. This is how you do it:

• If you have a shortcut to the Second Life client on your desktop, copy it and name it ‘Second Life OpenSim Ruth’. If not, create one.
• Right click it and look at it it’s properties. Normally under ‘Target’ it says: “C:\Program Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe” . Just add -loginuri http://ruth.petitbe.be:9000/ to the end of it, so you get “C:\Program Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe” -loginuri http://ruth.petitbe.be:9000/.
• Use that shortcut to open the Second Life client. You should automatically connect to Ruth. As user name you can choose from Testa User up to Testz User, and the pass for all is ‘test’.

Let’s see what this baby can do

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