diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index ae2d836a94..c2dd84cf77 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -265,10 +265,11 @@ namespace OpenSim
                                           LoadOar);
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "save oar",
-                                          "save oar [-v|--version=<N>] [-p|--profile=<url>] [<OAR path>]",
+                                          //"save oar [-v|--version=<N>] [-p|--profile=<url>] [<OAR path>]",
+                                          "save oar [-p|--profile=<url>] [<OAR path>]",
                                           "Save a region's data to an OAR archive.",
-                                          "-v|--version=<N> generates scene objects as per older versions of the serialization (e.g. -v=0)" + Environment.NewLine
-                                          + "-p|--profile=<url> adds the url of the profile service to the saved user information" + Environment.NewLine
+//                                          "-v|--version=<N> generates scene objects as per older versions of the serialization (e.g. -v=0)" + Environment.NewLine
+                                          "-p|--profile=<url> adds the url of the profile service to the saved user information" + Environment.NewLine
                                           + "The OAR path must be a filesystem path."
                                           + "  If this is not given then the oar is saved to region.oar in the current directory.",
                                           SaveOar);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
index f8a599a232..9ec4ebe8da 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
@@ -136,14 +136,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             ms.Close();
 
             m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added terrain information to archive.");
-
            
             // Write out scene object metadata
             foreach (SceneObjectGroup sceneObject in m_sceneObjects)
             {
                 //m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Saving {0} {1}, {2}", entity.Name, entity.UUID, entity.GetType());
 
-                string serializedObject = m_serialiser.SerializeGroupToXml2(sceneObject, m_options);
+                string serializedObject = m_serialiser.SerializeGroupToXml2(sceneObject, m_options);                
                 m_archiveWriter.WriteFile(ArchiveHelpers.CreateObjectPath(sceneObject), serializedObject);
             }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs
index 0699407d12..f2d487ef94 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         /// <summary>
         /// The maximum major version of OAR that we can write.
         /// </summary>
-        public static int MAX_MAJOR_VERSION = 1;        
+        public static int MAX_MAJOR_VERSION = 0;        
         
         protected Scene m_scene;
         protected Stream m_saveStream;
@@ -206,37 +206,37 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static string CreateControlFile(Dictionary<string, object> options)
         {
-            int majorVersion = MAX_MAJOR_VERSION, minorVersion = 0;
-
-            if (options.ContainsKey("version"))
-            {
-                string[] parts = options["version"].ToString().Split('.');
-                if (parts.Length >= 1)
-                {
-                    majorVersion = Int32.Parse(parts[0]);                    
-                                        
-                    if (parts.Length >= 2)
-                        minorVersion = Int32.Parse(parts[1]);
-                }
-            }
-            
-            if (majorVersion < MIN_MAJOR_VERSION || majorVersion > MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)
-            {
-                throw new Exception(
-                    string.Format(
-                        "OAR version number for save must be between {0} and {1}", 
-                        MIN_MAJOR_VERSION, MAX_MAJOR_VERSION));
-            }
-            else if (majorVersion == MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)
-            {
-                // Force 1.0
-                minorVersion = 0;
-            }
-            else if (majorVersion == MIN_MAJOR_VERSION)
-            {
-                // Force 0.4
-                minorVersion = 4;                                        
-            }
+            int majorVersion = MAX_MAJOR_VERSION, minorVersion = 5;
+//
+//            if (options.ContainsKey("version"))
+//            {
+//                string[] parts = options["version"].ToString().Split('.');
+//                if (parts.Length >= 1)
+//                {
+//                    majorVersion = Int32.Parse(parts[0]);                    
+//                                        
+//                    if (parts.Length >= 2)
+//                        minorVersion = Int32.Parse(parts[1]);
+//                }
+//            }
+//            
+//            if (majorVersion < MIN_MAJOR_VERSION || majorVersion > MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)
+//            {
+//                throw new Exception(
+//                    string.Format(
+//                        "OAR version number for save must be between {0} and {1}", 
+//                        MIN_MAJOR_VERSION, MAX_MAJOR_VERSION));
+//            }
+//            else if (majorVersion == MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)
+//            {
+//                // Force 1.0
+//                minorVersion = 0;
+//            }
+//            else if (majorVersion == MIN_MAJOR_VERSION)
+//            {
+//                // Force 0.4
+//                minorVersion = 4;                                        
+//            }
             
             m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Creating version {0}.{1} OAR", majorVersion, minorVersion);
             //if (majorVersion == 1)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs
index 2d7244e48b..9277c594f0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             Dictionary<string, object> options = new Dictionary<string, object>();
 
             OptionSet ops = new OptionSet();
-            ops.Add("v|version=", delegate(string v) { options["version"] = v; });
+//            ops.Add("v|version=", delegate(string v) { options["version"] = v; });
             ops.Add("p|profile=", delegate(string v) { options["profile"] = v; });
 
             List<string> mainParams = ops.Parse(cmdparams);