diff --git a/OpenSim.RegionServer/OpenSimMain.cs b/OpenSim.RegionServer/OpenSimMain.cs
index 1c3454dbf7..151ac51340 100644
--- a/OpenSim.RegionServer/OpenSimMain.cs
+++ b/OpenSim.RegionServer/OpenSimMain.cs
@@ -522,7 +522,11 @@ namespace OpenSim
                     break;
 
                 case "terrain":
-                    RunTerrainCmd(cmdparams);
+                    string result = "";
+                    if (!LocalWorld.Terrain.RunTerrainCmd(cmdparams,ref result))
+                    {
+                        m_console.WriteLine(result);
+                    }
                     break;
 
                 case "shutdown":
@@ -535,85 +539,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Processes a terrain-specific command
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>TODO: Move this into BasicTerrain directly (no need to hard limit what each terrain engine can support)</remarks>
-        /// <param name="args"></param>
-        public void RunTerrainCmd(string[] args)
-        {
-            string command = args[0];
-            switch (command)
-            {
-                case "help":
-                    m_console.WriteLine("terrain regenerate - rebuilds the sims terrain using a default algorithm");
-                    m_console.WriteLine("terrain seed <seed> - sets the random seed value to <seed>");
-                    m_console.WriteLine("terrain load <type> <filename> - loads a terrain from disk, type can be 'F32', 'F64' or 'IMG'");
-                    m_console.WriteLine("terrain save <type> <filename> - saves a terrain to disk, type can be 'F32' or 'F64'");
-                    m_console.WriteLine("terrain rescale <min> <max> - rescales a terrain to be between <min> and <max> meters high");
-                    m_console.WriteLine("terrain multiply <val> - multiplies a terrain by <val>");
-                    break;
-
-                case "seed":
-                    LocalWorld.Terrain.setSeed(Convert.ToInt32(args[1]));
-                    break;
-
-                case "regenerate":
-                    LocalWorld.Terrain.hills();
-                    break;
-
-                case "rescale":
-                    LocalWorld.Terrain.setRange(Convert.ToSingle(args[1]), Convert.ToSingle(args[2]));
-                    break;
-
-                case "multiply":
-                    LocalWorld.Terrain *= Convert.ToDouble(args[1]);
-                    break;
-
-                case "load":
-                    switch (args[1].ToLower())
-                    {
-                        case "f32":
-                            LocalWorld.Terrain.loadFromFileF32(args[2]);
-                            break;
-
-                        case "f64":
-                            LocalWorld.Terrain.loadFromFileF64(args[2]);
-                            break;
-
-                        case "img":
-                            m_console.WriteLine("Error - IMG mode is presently unsupported.");
-                            break;
-
-                        default:
-                            m_console.WriteLine("Unknown image or data format");
-                            break;
-                    }
-                    break;
-
-                case "save":
-                    switch (args[1].ToLower())
-                    {
-                        case "f32":
-                            LocalWorld.Terrain.writeToFileF32(args[2]);
-                            break;
-
-                        case "f64":
-                            LocalWorld.Terrain.writeToFileF64(args[2]);
-                            break;
-
-                        default:
-                            m_console.WriteLine("Unknown image or data format");
-                            break;
-                    }
-                    break;
-
-                default:
-                    m_console.WriteLine("Unknown terrain command");
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Outputs to the console information about the region
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim.Terrain.BasicTerrain/TerrainEngine.cs b/OpenSim.Terrain.BasicTerrain/TerrainEngine.cs
index 38c4d0f4eb..73b43787ca 100644
--- a/OpenSim.Terrain.BasicTerrain/TerrainEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim.Terrain.BasicTerrain/TerrainEngine.cs
@@ -99,6 +99,86 @@ namespace OpenSim.Terrain
             tainted++;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Processes a terrain-specific command
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>TODO: Move this into BasicTerrain directly (no need to hard limit what each terrain engine can support)</remarks>
+        /// <param name="args"></param>
+        public bool RunTerrainCmd(string[] args, ref string resultText)
+        {
+            string command = args[0];
+            switch (command)
+            {
+                case "help":
+                    resultText += "terrain regenerate - rebuilds the sims terrain using a default algorithm\n";
+                    resultText += "terrain seed <seed> - sets the random seed value to <seed>\n";
+                    resultText += "terrain load <type> <filename> - loads a terrain from disk, type can be 'F32', 'F64' or 'IMG'\n";
+                    resultText += "terrain save <type> <filename> - saves a terrain to disk, type can be 'F32' or 'F64'\n";
+                    resultText += "terrain rescale <min> <max> - rescales a terrain to be between <min> and <max> meters high\n";
+                    resultText += "terrain multiply <val> - multiplies a terrain by <val>\n";
+                    return false;
+
+                case "seed":
+                    setSeed(Convert.ToInt32(args[1]));
+                    break;
+
+                case "regenerate":
+                    hills();
+                    break;
+
+                case "rescale":
+                    setRange(Convert.ToSingle(args[1]), Convert.ToSingle(args[2]));
+                    break;
+
+                case "multiply":
+                    heightmap *= Convert.ToDouble(args[1]);
+                    break;
+
+                case "load":
+                    switch (args[1].ToLower())
+                    {
+                        case "f32":
+                            loadFromFileF32(args[2]);
+                            break;
+
+                        case "f64":
+                            loadFromFileF64(args[2]);
+                            break;
+
+                        case "img":
+                            resultText = "Error - IMG mode is presently unsupported.";
+                            return false;
+
+                        default:
+                            resultText = "Unknown image or data format";
+                            return false;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                case "save":
+                    switch (args[1].ToLower())
+                    {
+                        case "f32":
+                            writeToFileF32(args[2]);
+                            break;
+
+                        case "f64":
+                            writeToFileF64(args[2]);
+                            break;
+
+                        default:
+                            resultText = "Unknown image or data format";
+                            return false;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    resultText = "Unknown terrain command";
+                    return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Renormalises the array between min and max
         /// </summary>