Pre 1.20 Client parameters

Commandline Options

-option <argument1> <argument2>	Description
-skin <directory>	load skins\<directory>\skin.xml as the default skin (incomplete)
-korean	activate (incomplete) Korean UI translation
-spanish	activate (incomplete) Spanish UI translation
-techtag <param>	unknown (but requires a parameter)
-simple	?
-yield <ms>	yield some idle time to local host (changed from -cooperative)
-ignorepixeldepth	ignore pixel depth settings
-url <url>	handles secondlife://sim/x/y/z URLs
-nothread	run VFS (Virtual File System) in single thread
-nomultiple	block multiple viewers (secondlife.exe instances)
-multiple	allow multiple viewers
-safe	reset preferences, run in safe mode
-noconsole	hide the console if not already hidden
-login <first> <last> <password>	log in as a user
-set <variable> <value>	specify value of a particular configuration variable; can be used multiple times in a single command-line
-settings <filename>	specify configuration filename; default is "settings.ini"
-logfile <logfile>	change the log filename
-log
-noinvlib	do not request inventory library
-noutc	logs in local time, not UTC
-errmask <mask>	32-bit bitmask for error type mask
-debugst	debug mask
-local	run without simulator
-purge	delete files in cache
-noprobe	disable hardware probe
-nofmod	FMOD is the API used to distort sound while moving
-nosound	no sound
-noaudio	no audio (different thank above?)
-quitafter <seconds>	SL quits after elapsed time
--autologin
-skin
-helperuri
-loginuri <URI>	login server and CGI script to use
-space	deprecated; use "-user" instead
-user <user_server_ip>	specify user server in dotted quad
--dmz	See Grids::DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone)
--agni	See Grids::Agni, Main Grid
--colo	See Grids::Colo, Preview Grid
--siva	See Grids::Siva, Preview Grid
--durga	See Grids::Durga, Preview Grid
-outbw <number>	set outgoing bandwidth
-inbw <number>	set incoming bandwidth
-drop <number>	drop number% of incoming network packets
-port <port number>	Set the TCP port for the client; useful to run multiple instances of SL on the same local home network. Values that may work: 13000 and 13001 (Valid numbers are 13000 to 13050)
-dialog	some arcane dialog box that is impossible to raise
-previous

The link from -cooperative to -yield seems to have dissapeared with 1.13.1 -- Evidenced in the log:

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z WARNING: Possible unknown keyword -yield

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z INFO:

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z usage: viewer [options]

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z options:

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -login <first> <last> <password> log in as a user

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -loginuri <URI> login server and CGI script to use

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -helperuri <URI> helper web CGI prefix to use

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -settings <filename> specify the filename of a

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z configuration file

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z default is settings.ini

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -set <variable> <value> specify the value of a particular

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z configuration variable

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -user <user_server_ip> specify userserver in dotted quad

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -god log in as god if you have god access

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -purge delete files in cache

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -safe reset preferences, run in safe mode

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -noutc logs in local time, not UTC

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -nothread run vfs in single thread

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -noinvlib Do not request inventory library

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -multiple allow multiple viewers

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -nomultiple block multiple viewers

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -ignorepixeldepth ignore pixel depth settings

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -cooperative [ms] yield some idle time to local host

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -skin ui/branding skin folder to use

2007-01-09T10:16:14Z -noprobe disable hardware probe