Viewer parameters

For versions of Second Life prior 1.20 see: Pre 1.20 Client parameters

Command Line Options

-option <argument> [<optional argument>]	Description	Overridden Setting
--help	Show a message box with available options listed.		-	--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)	ViewerPort
--drop <percentage>	Specify a percentage of packets to drop.	PacketDropPercentage
--inbw <bits per sec>	Specify input bandwidth limit.	InBandwidth
--outbw <bits per sec>	Specify output bandwidth limit.	OutBandwidth
--grid <grid choice>	Specify the grid to connect to. Can be an IP address.	GridChoice
--loginuri <URI>	Login server to connect to.	LoginURI
--helperuri	Helper web cgi prefix to use ???	HelperURI
--debugviews	Enable UI view debugging info.	DebugViews
--skin <folder>	Specify the skin folder to use. (eg. korean, spanish)	SkinFolder
--autologin	Login in as last saved user.	AutoLogin
--quitafter <secs>	Have the client quit after the specified duration.	QuitAfterSeconds
--rotate	Force the Avatar to rotate to the right. (For Testing)	RotateRight
--noaudio	Disable sound from the client.	NoAudio
--nosound	Disable sound from the client.	NoAudio
--noprobe	Disable hardware checking at startup.	NoHardwareProbe
--noquicktime	Disable use of quicktime by the client.	NoQuickTime
--nopreload	Disable precaching of sound and bitmaps used by the client.	NoPreload
--purge	Force the client to clear cached downloads during startup.	PurgeCacheOnNextStartup
--noinvlib	Do not request inventory library.	NoInventoryLibrary
--log	Log network messages.	LogMessages
--logfile <filename>	Specify a file name for log output.	UserLogFile
--settings <filename>	Specify the name of the user settings file.	UserSettingsFile
--set <setting> <value>	Specify the value of the named setting.	Maps to <setting> arg.
--login <firstname> <lastname> <password>	Specify login info.	UserLoginInfo
--god	Log in as god if you have god access.	ConnectAsGod
--console <show>	Show a debugging console (Windows only)	ShowConsoleWindow
--safe	Reset preferences, run in safe mode.	SafeMode
--multiple	Allow multiple viewers running concurrently.	AllowMultipleViewers
--novoice	Disable voice chat.	DisableVoice
--url <SLURL>	Specify the starting region and position (eg. secondlife://Ahern//128/128). This must be the last parameter on the command line.	SecondLifeURL
--ignorepixeldepth	Ignore pixel depth settings.	IgnorePixelDepth
--cooperative <ms to yield>	Yield specified time to host on each frame.	YieldTime
--no-verify-ssl-cert	Disable SSL certificate verification.	NoVerifySSLCert
--channel <name>	Specify version channel name. (For Testing)	VersionChannelName
--qa	Enable UI features for used for testing.	QAMode

Using Client Parameters

There are many ways of passing command line options to the viewer. These are among the most common and useful:

Command Line

From all supported platforms, arguments may be specified manually when running the viewer from a shell.

Windows Shortcuts

Create a shortcut to the SecondLife.exe executable. Edit the shortcut properties and add any of the above options in the first editable text field. The arguments go at the end of the line, *after* the closing quotation mark, if any.

OS X Parameter File

In OS X, create a file called Second Life.app/Contents/Resources/arguments.txt and list the options you like, one per line.

Visual Studio

In Visual Studio, the command line paramaters are in the Debug Options pane of the newview project preferences. Ensure newview is your startup project, and launch the compiled viewer from within the debugger for these options to take effect.

XCode

In XCode, first select "newview" under the "Executables" group in XCode. Then open the "Get Info" dialog and click the "Arguments" tab. Add any of the above options to the "Arguments to be passed on launch" pane.

Specifying new command line parameters

New command line parameters can be added to the client via the configuration file app_settings/cmd_line.xml. Using this file a command line paramter can be mapped to a user setting. Parameter can have the following options:

• desc - A description of the paramter.
• short - a single character to map to the paramter.
• count - the number of tokens to follow a option.
• compose - true if the option can be specified multiple times.
• positional - true if the option can be specified without --name.
• last_option - true if the option should be the last option.
• map-to - specify a user setting to map the option to.

The file uses LLSD syntax. Use the existing options as reference.