Threaded Region Crossing Beta Tests
Introduction
In an upcoming server build, Linden Lab has added background serialization of agents and their attachments on region crossing. What has happened in the past is that when you leave a region, there was a main thread stall caused by the serialization of the avatar and it's attachments which caused a 300% spike in frame time. With added background serialization there shouldn't be such frame time spike.
Test Setup
Regions with Background Serialization turned OFF (Unthreaded) can be identified by its channel name: 'DRTSIM-184 Unthreaded'
- GC Test 2
- GC Test 8
Regions with Background Serialization turned ON (Threaded) can be identified by its channel name: 'DRTSIM-184 Threaded'
- GC Test 9
- GC Test 15
- GC Test 10
- GC Test 16
Testing Ideas
Please, free to expand on the following basic Region Crossing test ideas. For additional suggestions, please mail Caleb.
- Region crossing with regular avatar
- Region crossing via manual TP
- Region crossing on a vehicle (including Mesh based vehicles)
- Region crossing while sitting on moving objects
- Region crossing via scripted TP
- Region crossing with attachments of varying sizes (including complex HUDs)
Community Beta Tests
#1: Direct login to test regions
- Ensure that you have access to the test regions listed in 'Test Setup'
- Ensure that you can rez objects and run scripts
Fails if
This test fails if the tester is unable to log-in directly to the target location. Please alert Caleb. Also, please have Help -> About Second Life info copied to clipboard to send to LL staff upon request.
#2 Non-Threaded Region Crossings
Please refer to to 'Testing Ideas' to examine region crossing between
- GC Test 2 ('DRTSIM-184 Unthreaded')
- GC Test 8 ('DRTSIM-184 Unthreaded')
#3 Threaded Region Crossings
Please refer to to 'Testing Ideas' to examine region crossing between
- GC Test 9 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 15 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 10 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 16 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
#4 Threaded Region to/from Non-Threaded Region Crossings
Please refer to to 'Testing Ideas' to examine region crossing between
- GC Test 2 ('DRTSIM-184 Unthreaded')
- GC Test 8 ('DRTSIM-184 Unthreaded')
- GC Test 9 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 15 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 10 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 16 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
#5 Threaded Region to/from Server-Trunk Crossings
Please refer to to 'Testing Ideas' to examine region crossing between
- GC Test 3 ('Second Life Server')
- GC Test 9 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 15 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 10 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')
- GC Test 16 ('DRTSIM-184 Threaded')