MV3D

About

MV3D is an open source virtual world simulation framework written in Python. It was designed with scalability in mind and aims to be able to distribute a world across as many servers as needed while dynamically balancing the load. The simulation framework is not specifically slanted towards any one genre of online game, and can just as easily be used for a space game as a fantasy setting. Objects on a MV3D server are simulated using the ODE physics engine for realistic physics reactions. A single server can host thousands of of simulated objects. By using Python-Ogre on the client, players can have amazing 3d visuals while within the game.

Recent screenshots:

Castle Demo World

More ScreenShots

News

For more news, check out the Blog, the forums, or check the timeline.

• 12/13/09 Working on MV3D Red-- a quick and easy content builder for MV3D.
• 03/22/09 Looking for some help with MV3D. See here or here for more info.
• 02/02/09 v0.34 Release! Servers are upgraded. New release available on the download page.
• 02/01/09 Upgrading the alpha servers for v0.34 final release! (Expect minor downtime.. RC1 client should work fine with the final release)
• 01/27/09 New video for version 0.34 mostly showing the in game editor.
• 01/25/09 The alpha server is in the process of being upgraded to the newest version.
• 12/20/08 The alpha server is back up now. Please use the client from SVN trunk or the Windows Client Installer to connect. Version 0.32 clients will not work. Some caveats are listed here.
• 11/29/08 New video of the in game editor here
• 11/14/08 Moving to a new server today. Post in the forums if you notice anything strange.

OlderNews

Download

MV3D is available via SVN and is released under the MIT license. You can also browse the source. In addition, source and binary downloads will be made available on the downloads page.

Resources

• The MV3D Forum
• MultiverseFAQ
• TheBigPicture What is MV3D anyway?
• GettingStarted with MV3D
• Worlds both active and coming soon.
• Development Blog
• TechnicalDocumentation and installation information
• Contributing
• ContactInfo
• ContentCreationTools
• DevelopmentHistory

Known Issues

severity normal

#291

InvalidCredentials raised for no good reason

#315

mv3d.client.ui.image has no tests

#338

Errors running tests on linux

#365

Web editor is broken.

#372

Documentation and tests needed for mv3d.client.ui.ogre3d

#373

More tests needed for mv3d.client.view.visual

Recent Wiki Changes

12/14/09

• WikiStart (diff)

04/05/09

• SimService
• TechnicalDocumentation (diff)

03/26/09

• WindowsClientInstall (diff)

03/04/09

• ServerFailoverAndLoadBalancing (diff)

Technologies and Libraries

Nevow Axiom
Pysco	Zope
PyOpenSSL	Python-cjson
PIL	PyCrypto