Mooncrook's Help With OpenSim

Just wanted to share information about Open Sim, if you plan on being a serious builder in SL. Mooncrook is a partner of Stephie, and between the two of them, I am learning to build in Open Sim. Saves me time from not having to log in SL, and not to deal with lag issues or being booted out from SL for what ever reasons, which there is a glitch of some kind.

The drawback in Open Sim, is that you are there by yourself, all alone. And looking like Ruth also, with hardly anything in your inventory. But you are rich with imagination for creativity, right? So, that does not bother you the least bit of being alone on a small island, that you can expand to your heart’s content. No stores or any other form of activity, just you in that big world of your own private Open Sim.

Sound interested in heading to your own Sim? Well then, follow the directions below as I have, when Mooncrook helped me set-up my own Open Sim.

Go to this link to download OpenSim Binaries.

Go to this link to download Hippo Opensim Viewer:

Ok now you start Hippo Viewer, and enter the name and password you entered. Then go to grid selection and you select Local which is offline or Second Life. You need to keep that Opensim Binaries open, just minimize it.

And you have to make a shortcut to it on your desktop and load that first before you log in, so in the bin folder right click on opensim32bitlauncher.exe and make shortcut to your desktop.

Open with Winrar or Winzip, extract to folder.
Open folder, open Bin Folder and search for opensim32bitlaunch.exe for 64bit windows.Opensim .exe is for 32bit windows. Run the one for your operating system, program will run, which will take a couple of minutes.

Will ask for Sim Name, just type any name for your sim for example…MyLand, press enter key
Now will ask for other info. Just click enter for the next 7, until it asks for first name.
Enter your first name and enter, then your second name and enter, then your password and enter.

Thats it. Make sure you run opensim before you load hippo viewer and just minimize opensim.
Now in Hippo log-in with the details you created, and go to quick grid selection and select Local, then login. You will have your own sim with no lagg. but hardly any inventory, or things but you can build.