Thank you kindly, Ewe Loon for a patch that solves:

m_ScriptDelayFactor and m_ScriptDistanceFactor are 
being read from XEngine settings not the settings 
for the scriptengine being used

OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs

@@ -87,14 +87,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
             m_localID = localID;
             m_itemID = itemID;
 
-            IConfigSource config = new IniConfigSource(Application.iniFilePath);
-            if (config.Configs["XEngine"] == null)
-                config.AddConfig("XEngine");
-
-            m_ScriptDelayFactor = config.Configs["XEngine"].
-                GetFloat("ScriptDelayFactor", 1.0f);
-            m_ScriptDistanceFactor = config.Configs["XEngine"].
-                GetFloat("ScriptDistanceLimitFactor", 1.0f);
+            m_ScriptDelayFactor =
+                    m_ScriptEngine.Config.GetFloat("ScriptDelayFactor", 1.0f);
+            m_ScriptDistanceFactor =
+                    m_ScriptEngine.Config.GetFloat("ScriptDistanceLimitFactor", 1.0f);
 
             AsyncCommands = new AsyncCommandManager(ScriptEngine);
         }

bin/OpenSim.ini.example

@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ userDatabase_plugin = "OpenSim.Data.SQLite.dll"
 ; User Source MySQL example
 ;user_source = "Data Source=localhost;Database=opensim;User ID=opensim;Password=****;"
 
-default_location_x = 1000
-default_location_y = 1000
 dump_assets_to_file = false
 
 
@@ -177,6 +175,10 @@ dump_assets_to_file = false
 http_listener_port = 9000
 remoting_listener_port = 8895
 
+
+default_location_x = 1000
+default_location_y = 1000
+
 ; ssl config: Experimental!  The auto https config only really works definately on windows XP now
 ; you need a Cert Request/Signed pair installed in the MY store with the CN specified below
 ; you can use https on other platforms, but you'll need to configure the httpapi yourself for now
@@ -494,6 +496,11 @@ asterisk_salt = paluempalum
 
 [ScriptEngine.DotNetEngine]
 Enabled = true
+
+ScriptDelayFactor = 1.0
+ScriptDistanceLimitFactor = 1.0
+
+
 ;
 ; These settings are specific to DotNetEngine script engine
 ; Other script engines based on OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.dll will have almost identical settings, but in another section of this config file.
@@ -609,9 +616,6 @@ AllowosConsoleCommand=false
 
 AllowGodFunctions = false
 
-ScriptDelayFactor = 1.0
-ScriptDistanceLimitFactor = 1.0
-
 ; Maximum number of llListen events we allow per script
 ; Set this to 0 to have no limit imposed.
 max_listens_per_script = 64