diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
index c367537456..d2f5648f2e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
             m_networkServersInfo.loadFromConfiguration(m_config);
         }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Performs initialisation of the scene, such as loading configuration from disk.
         /// </summary>
@@ -485,6 +484,28 @@ namespace OpenSim
                     }
                     break;
 
+                case "save-xml2":
+                    if (cmdparams.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        m_sceneManager.SaveCurrentSceneToXml2(cmdparams[0]);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        m_sceneManager.SaveCurrentSceneToXml2(DEFAULT_PRIM_BACKUP_FILENAME);
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                case "load-xml2":
+                    if (cmdparams.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        m_sceneManager.LoadCurrentSceneFromXml2(cmdparams[0]);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        m_sceneManager.LoadCurrentSceneFromXml2(DEFAULT_PRIM_BACKUP_FILENAME);
+                    }
+                    break;
+
                 case "terrain":
                     if (!m_sceneManager.RunTerrainCmdOnCurrentScene(cmdparams, ref result))
                     {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index f7e3543519..553e55f289 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -709,6 +709,64 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             file.Close();
         }
 
+        public void LoadPrimsFromXml2(string fileName)
+        {
+            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
+            XmlNode rootNode;
+            if ((fileName.StartsWith("http:")) | (File.Exists(fileName)))
+            {
+                XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName);
+                reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;
+                doc.Load(reader);
+                reader.Close();
+                rootNode = doc.FirstChild;
+                foreach (XmlNode aPrimNode in rootNode.ChildNodes)
+                {
+                    CreatePrimFromXml(aPrimNode.OuterXml);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Could not open file " + fileName + " for reading");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void CreatePrimFromXml(string xmlData)
+        {
+            SceneObjectGroup obj = new SceneObjectGroup(xmlData);
+            AddEntityFromStorage(obj);
+
+            SceneObjectPart rootPart = obj.GetChildPart(obj.UUID);
+            if ((rootPart.ObjectFlags & (uint)LLObject.ObjectFlags.Phantom) == 0)
+                rootPart.PhysActor = phyScene.AddPrimShape(
+                    rootPart.Name,
+                    rootPart.Shape,
+                    new PhysicsVector(rootPart.AbsolutePosition.X, rootPart.AbsolutePosition.Y,
+                                      rootPart.AbsolutePosition.Z),
+                    new PhysicsVector(rootPart.Scale.X, rootPart.Scale.Y, rootPart.Scale.Z),
+                    new Quaternion(rootPart.RotationOffset.W, rootPart.RotationOffset.X,
+                                   rootPart.RotationOffset.Y, rootPart.RotationOffset.Z));
+        }
+
+        public void SavePrimsToXml2(string fileName)
+        {
+            FileStream file = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create);
+            StreamWriter stream = new StreamWriter(file);
+            int primCount = 0;
+            stream.WriteLine("<scene>\n");
+            foreach (EntityBase ent in Entities.Values)
+            {
+                if (ent is SceneObjectGroup)
+                {
+                    stream.WriteLine(((SceneObjectGroup)ent).ToXmlString2());
+                    primCount++;
+                }
+            }
+            stream.WriteLine("</scene>\n");
+            stream.Close();
+            file.Close();
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Add/Remove Avatar Methods
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
index e3da550762..d2718dfe38 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         public void LoadCurrentSceneFromXml(string filename)
         {
             CurrentOrFirstScene.LoadPrimsFromXml(filename);
+        }
+
+        public void SaveCurrentSceneToXml2(string filename)
+        {
+            CurrentOrFirstScene.SavePrimsToXml2(filename);
+        }
+
+        public void LoadCurrentSceneFromXml2(string filename)
+        {
+            CurrentOrFirstScene.LoadPrimsFromXml2(filename);
         }
 
         public bool RunTerrainCmdOnCurrentScene(string[] cmdparams, ref string result)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 18390514de..bb2eadb75f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             reader.Read();
           
             reader.ReadStartElement("SceneObjectGroup");
-           // reader.ReadStartElement("RootPart");
             m_rootPart = SceneObjectPart.FromXml(reader);
 
             reader.Read();
@@ -286,8 +285,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
                         if (reader.Name == "SceneObjectPart")
                         {
                             SceneObjectPart Part = SceneObjectPart.FromXml(reader);
-                            AddPart(Part);
-                            
+                            AddPart(Part);       
                         }
                         break;
                     case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
@@ -375,6 +373,35 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             writer.WriteEndElement();
         }
 
+        public string ToXmlString2()
+        {
+            using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
+            {
+                using (XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(sw))
+                {
+                    ToXml2(writer);
+                }
+
+                return sw.ToString();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void ToXml2(XmlTextWriter writer)
+        {
+            writer.WriteStartElement(String.Empty, "SceneObjectGroup", String.Empty);
+            m_rootPart.ToXml(writer);
+            writer.WriteStartElement(String.Empty, "OtherParts", String.Empty);
+            foreach (SceneObjectPart part in m_parts.Values)
+            {
+                if (part.UUID != m_rootPart.UUID)
+                {
+                    part.ToXml(writer);
+                }
+            }
+            writer.WriteEndElement();
+            writer.WriteEndElement();
+        }
+
         #region Copying
 
         /// <summary>