User:Zero Linden/Office Hours/2007 May 17
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Transcript of Zero Linden's office hours, as hosted by Which Linden:
[7:36] | Which Linden: | As always, this is public, it'll go on the wiki |
[7:36] | Wyn Galbraith use to get up at 5am to be at work at 6:30am, "So this is sleeping in for me." | |
[7:36] | Which Linden: | Assuming I can figure that out. :-) |
[7:37] | Which Linden: | Today I thought it'd be cool to talk about the heterogeneous grid |
[7:37] | Which Linden: | Hi Nounouch, welcome to zero's office hours, wihch I'm guest-hosting |
[7:37] | Zha Ewry: | Heterogenous? In which way? |
[7:38] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | (Hello. ;) ) |
[7:38] | Which Linden: | Heterogeneous in terms of what version of software the sim hosts are running |
[7:38] | Zha Ewry: | You've already got three classes of sims.. and several bits of kit that's special, like the asset servers. OOOH. |
[7:38] | Zha Ewry: | Post liberacion! |
[7:39] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | As in being able to stop only part of the grid for a rolling maintenance ? |
[7:39] | Which Linden: | Post-liberaction, indeed |
[7:39] | Zha Ewry: | As in being able to put new code up on single sims and let real folks pound on it! |
[7:39] | Which Linden: | Faster maintenance is a goal |
[7:39] | Which Linden: | Testing beta code in the main grid is another! |
[7:40] | Which Linden: | It's funny how much more useful the main grid is |
[7:40] | Wyn Galbraith: | I would so love that. |
[7:40] | Squirrel Wood: | size matters in this case I'd say |
[7:40] | Wyn Galbraith: | It has always been true that the users are the best testers. |
[7:41] | Wyn Galbraith: | It's hard to reproduce real usage on a test grid. |
[7:41] | Zha Ewry: | Access, too. I try, now, to leave copies of key work in asset at all times so I can rez them on sandboxes in beta, and test |
[7:41] | Zha Ewry: | But.. It would be much nicer to not have the 2-3 week window when I can't get new code into the beta grid |
[7:41] | Which Linden: | I think since SL is promarily a communication medium, it's hard to get people to leave aside their main second life to do some testing. |
[7:42] | Wyn Galbraith: | That's true too. |
[7:42] | Zha Ewry: | Asset lag is killer too. |
[7:42] | Zha Ewry: | I end up re-doing bug fixes to code to artifacts in the beta me. |
[7:42] | Which Linden: | My avatar isn't as pretty in the beta |
[7:42] | Zha Ewry: | Cut scripts from grid copy with fix. |
[7:42] | Zha Ewry: | Past to beta copy |
[7:42] | Zha Ewry: | Ick |
[7:43] | Wyn Galbraith: | Would be nice if we could send current objects to the beta grid for certain testing. |
[7:43] | Which Linden: | I wonder, would you all be more interested in the beta if the asset lag were shorter? |
[7:43] | Wyn Galbraith: | Yes |
[7:43] | Zha Ewry: | Helps a little. |
[7:43] | Which Linden: | I guess my question is, how much shorter? |
[7:43] | Wyn Galbraith: | Yesterday |
[7:43] | Wyn Galbraith is joking. | |
[7:44] | Zha Ewry: | Well. zero would be idea. Realistically... once or twice a week (and on a schedule) would be helpful. |
[7:44] | Zha Ewry: | I also.. make a point to go log on and see what state my Ave is in the beta grid after each snapshot |
[7:44] | Which Linden: | I don't know how much effort it takes to do a sync -- presumably a lot |
[7:44] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | A "send to Beta" warping object ? |
[7:45] | Wyn Galbraith: | Something like that Nounouch. |
[7:45] | Zha Ewry: | I use the beta for demos when main is down.. and once or twice.. when I didn't do that.. was bemused that the snapshot had clearly been taken late at night, with the Ave not in work clothing. |
[7:46] | Wyn Galbraith: | That can be embarassing. |
[7:46] | Which Linden: | One thing about the het grid is that as simulator versions advance, they might want a newer viewer version as well |
[7:47] | Which Linden: | For features like sculpties, for example |
[7:47] | Which Linden: | The new viewer wouldn't be *required*, but you probably would want it |
[7:47] | Wyn Galbraith: | So have a separate viewer for the Beta grid? |
[7:48] | Squirrel Wood: | Mayhaps another series of FirstLook viewers? |
[7:48] | Khamon Fate claps for first look | |
[7:48] | Which Linden: | First Look is awesome |
[7:48] | Zha Ewry: | First look.. is a really good strategy |
[7:48] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | FirstLook was great, yup. But we are talking of collapsing 5-6 different Firstlooks at once |
[7:48] | Zha Ewry: | Optional.. is not so good. |
[7:48] | Wyn Galbraith: | Only then you're not testing with the exisiting viewer, so how would viewer related issues be tested then. |
[7:49] | Zha Ewry: | I had to back off the optional update.. which is only easy becasue I'm very careful to keep the current install at all times |
[7:49] | Khamon Fate: | Which have you guys considered opening an Icehouse chat group that we could join and y'all could use to bounce ideas off us? |
[7:49] | Zha Ewry: | Finally got the grpahics drivers fixed.. so that I can run the optional. But.. it is painful, when the update takes your machine straight to lockup |
[7:49] | Wyn Galbraith is all out of groups | |
[7:50] | Which Linden: | Khamon: you mean like office hours? |
[7:50] | Zha Ewry is as well | |
[7:50] | Zha Ewry: | 25 groups. Heh. |
[7:50] | Khamon Fate: | Yeah but a group where we could chat about this stuff anytime |
[7:50] | Zha Ewry: | Thoughts, too. We'd be glad to discuss ideas you have, at random |
[7:50] | Khamon Fate: | Zha are you linux-based? |
[7:51] | Zha Ewry: | XP |
[7:51] | Wyn Galbraith: | I mean I could drop some educational ones, I've done almost all the free classes available for the those groups I'm a part of, but would hate to. |
[7:51] | Khamon Fate: | Or do you eat AIX for breakfast ha ha ha |
[7:51] | Zha Ewry: | The linux version was fine. But.. we have silly corporate apps which (sighs) like XP |
[7:51] | Khamon Fate: | I'd drop a group to be a sounding board and idea pusher for Icehouse |
[7:51] | Which Linden: | I think the problem with an always-running group chat would be that I'd rarely get any work done! |
[7:51] | Khamon Fate: | You'd have to control your growth |
[7:51] | Wyn Galbraith: | I could drop a scripting group. |
[7:52] | Khamon Fate: | I mean chat |
[7:52] | Khamon Fate: | Are you non-invasive bamboo? |
[7:52] | Wyn Galbraith: | Which is contained in a pot, I think that's the cure for invasive bamboo, correct ;) |
[7:52] | Zha Ewry: | Alas.. my laptop (and main machine) is XP, and ATI.. So.. drivers are tricky. We *do* have a new family which is nvidia based... just out. I *so* badly want one of those |
[7:52] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | A "let's drop an idea and wait return" schema is what I use to call a Wiki or a board. Aka Web stuff |
[7:53] | Which Linden: | Um, I heard that the species of plant that is sold as "lucky bamboo" is not a bamboo, it's a geranium or somthing |
[7:53] | Wyn Galbraith is XP, Dual Core and unsupported graphic chip set. | |
[7:53] | Wyn Galbraith: | On a Tablet PC. |
[7:53] | Zha Ewry: | Well, a number of us, who are here a lot... chat about what Zero talks about.. between meetings. Having a formal group |
[7:53] | Khamon Fate: | Geraniums taste funny to me. |
[7:53] | Zha Ewry: | would be nice. Lindens could dump notices and proposals at the group.. and we'd be able to discuss it at random |
[7:55] | Khamon Fate: | Maybe I'm thinking more like a forum. |
[7:55] | Which Linden: | You guys should probably ask Zero when he gets back -- I hardly feel qualified to discourse, since this is, after all, my first office hour! |
[7:55] | Which Linden: | (that I've run) |
[7:55] | Zha Ewry: | We'll tell anyone anything :-) |
[7:55] | Which Linden: | :-) |
[7:55] | Which Linden: | Back to het grid: |
[7:55] | Zha Ewry: | Speaking of which.. How is zero, and his expected arrival? |
[7:56] | Which Linden: | If there's sculpties in one sim, and some other new viewer-sim feature in a neighboring sim, what then? Have to switch viewer versions when you regious cross? |
[7:56] | Wyn Galbraith: | You're right it's Dracaena sanderana. Which is fake bamboo. |
[7:56] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Dynamic loading sections of client |
[7:56] | Khamon Fate: | Fake Bamboo ha ha ha |
[7:56] | Zha Ewry: | Gah. Don't make it worse. |
[7:57] | Zha Ewry: | Just use the front level browser.. |
[7:57] | Zha Ewry: | Hopefully.. you keep things forward compatible most of the time |
[7:57] | Khamon Fate: | Whole sections such as the menu bar, and when the client is logged in? |
[7:57] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Aka Quarl toy with the sculpty code, updating the three versions, rebooting the zone, people reconnect, DL needed code and load it ? |
[7:57] | Khamon Fate: | Aren't we sposed to talk about a browser plugin? |
[7:57] | Khamon Fate: | Oh no that's Benjamin at 10 |
[7:58] | Which Linden: | Initially at least, we don't have dynamically-loading viewers that are loaded piecemeal |
[7:58] | Khamon Fate: | I wonder how optional rendering sculpties is gonna be. |
[7:59] | Which Linden: | In any case, any beta branch tends to change a vast swath of code, so you'd be reloading everything. |
[7:59] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Who do you expect it to work ? A viewer per server familly ? A sculpty-on-work one, a browser-on-work-one, a whatever-on-work one ? |
[7:59] | Zha Ewry: | Given that one could build an open source client that doesn't render whole swaths of the world.. I'd think totally optional at some leval Khamon. |
[8:00] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Or a single client being updated several times a day ? |
[8:00] | Wyn Galbraith: | Morning Chaley. |
[8:00] | Zha Ewry: | How often would you imagine deploying new code to sims, Which? |
[8:00] | Which Linden: | Client updates should always be optional after liberacion |
[8:00] | Wyn Galbraith: | Jarod. |
[8:00] | Zha Ewry: | Morning Jarod |
[8:00] | Chaley May: | mrning :) |
[8:00] | Jarod Godel: | hi |
[8:00] | Which Linden: | Morning folks |
[8:00] | Entering god mode, level 200 | |
[8:01] | Which Linden: | Welcome to Zero's office hours |
[8:01] | Wyn Galbraith: | Zero's office hours where Zero is zero. |
[8:01] | Khamon Fate: | So new features can be plugged into the download piecemeal, but downloads will still be whole clients? |
[8:01] | Jarod Godel: | optional because there will finally be a set protocol in place? |
[8:01] | Which Linden: | Well, so there's two things to separaate |
[8:01] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | You can expect people to do some work like an optionnal upgrade to get into "Quarl's crazy sculpty land" |
[8:01] | Wyn Galbraith: | Interesting idea Khamon. |
[8:02] | Which Linden: | There's the "dynamic loading viewer" which we don't have any plans to biuld |
[8:02] | Which Linden: | (but would be cool) |
[8:02] | Which Linden: | And the het grid itself, on a liberated message template |
[8:02] | Zha Ewry: | I'd agree, NN. Since mosty people won't be hitting oddball beta sims, it would be reasaonbel to say "If you want to test X you need the new browser" |
[8:03] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Oh, BTW, it takes a whole process first of fail-safe and power back-up ;)) |
[8:03] | Squirrel Wood: | what about splitting functionality into different dllls that share the same interface and can be loaded/unloaded on demand? |
[8:03] | Jarod Godel: | like Mozilla> |
[8:03] | Jarod Godel: | ? |
[8:03] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | That's the idea, but it is what Which just refused ;)) |
[8:03] | Which Linden: | Mozilla's plugins aren't dlls |
[8:03] | Jarod Godel: | right... xpi, iirc |
[8:03] | Which Linden: | I didn't refuse it, I just said we have no plans to build it |
[8:03] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | My bad |
[8:03] | Zha Ewry: | And.. cross platform plugins are challenging |
[8:04] | Jarod Godel: | So, the SL client needs, what, COM access? |
[8:04] | Zha Ewry: | State and windows behavior when loading/unlaoding .dlls is icky |
[8:04] | Wyn Galbraith: | Unless we lived in Linux land. |
[8:04] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Honestly, I fear "less used" platforms will be left on the side during live-beta sessions if the builds aren"t automated and frequent. |
[8:04] | Khamon Fate: | On the other hand, Benjamin's going to talk about an SL browser plugin at his office hours. |
[8:05] | Which Linden: | Even Mozilla, with its non-compiled plugins, often needs to restart when you add a new plugin |
[8:05] | Jarod Godel: | Is true. |
[8:05] | Khamon Fate: | Where'd Eric go? Is he articlizing Icehouse? |
[8:05] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | A sliced client isn't a hack, it's a major redesign |
[8:05] | Which Linden: | So, at least initially, if you wanted to try a new feature, you'd have to install a viewer |
[8:06] | Jarod Godel: | But, by modularizing the backend, as icehouse has done, such things are possible. |
[8:06] | Jarod Godel: | which is exciting |
[8:06] | Khamon Fate: | It's at least platformish |
[8:06] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | How do you see it Which ? I dowload a client to test Scuplties, another to test the browser on prisms, etc... ? |
[8:06] | Which Linden: | I don't know, that seems like the most straightforward thing. |
[8:07] | Which Linden: | We can only work on so many betas at once, so the number of clients outstanding would be limited. |
[8:07] | Jarod Godel still wants a Tk-ish language for designing dialog boxes via LSL. | |
[8:07] | Squirrel Wood: | hmm. Have one download which has all different executables included and pops up a dialog on startup where you choose which one you want to run? |
[8:08] | Which Linden: | Hmmm.... a meta-viewer? |
[8:08] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Differential patches on the fly ? |
[8:08] | Squirrel Wood: | that may just work out? |
[8:08] | Wyn Galbraith hrms. | |
[8:08] | Which Linden: | Patch the viewer, then restart it? |
[8:08] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Only drawback, you need to relog between each different beta |
[8:09] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | BTW, I expect at least 4-5 different betas to runs at the same time. |
[8:09] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Not a couple |
[8:10] | Which Linden: | Well, we're probably going to ramp up to that many, if at all. |
[8:10] | Wyn Galbraith: | Oh boy, choose your beta...LOL |
[8:10] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Refrain in liberty ? ;) |
[8:11] | Squirrel Wood: | would be interesting to see which of the betas is chosen most :) |
[8:11] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Visual candies ;) |
[8:11] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | The "asset usage reduced by 50%" won't be very popular |
[8:12] | Zha Ewry: | Lag reduced by 10%, that one. |
[8:12] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Nah, might get some builders, but not the rush |
[8:12] | Which Linden: | I'd expect a bunch of betas to have backend changes that don't require a new viewer |
[8:13] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Imagine putting a live sculpty on main right now, it will soon be capped for days |
[8:13] | Squirrel Wood: | All hail the great wondrous sculptie! ^^ |
[8:14] | Which Linden: | Ha ha, yeah, would landowners be eager to have such a beta software for their land? |
[8:14] | Zha Ewry: | Gah. Gotta go deal with RL. |
[8:14] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | And there will be "transgender", Sculptie 3.0, Browser on face 2.0, Sculpty 2.2 + Browser 1.1 |
[8:14] | Zha Ewry: | I would. I have islands where I'd gladly go load a test version |
[8:14] | Zha Ewry: | Better to find bugs early.. than be hit hard.. when they go live |
[8:14] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | I believe Beta sims should be kept under full Lindens control |
[8:14] | Wyn Galbraith: | I would, |
[8:14] | Zha Ewry: | Depends what you're testing |
[8:15] | Zha Ewry: | Sooner or later. you want wide exposure |
[8:15] | Zha Ewry: | So you find out what's broken |
[8:15] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | If your whole inventory and money is wiped by a Beta bug, what will you do ? |
[8:15] | Zha Ewry: | The same thing that you do, if it happens on the live grid |
[8:15] | Wyn Galbraith: | Call the Lindens. |
[8:15] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Even worst, one of your visitor |
[8:16] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | But I expect such failures to happen in a Beta |
[8:16] | Zha Ewry: | Its a fair point.. But... I've not seen that stuff happen on the beta grid, so I'm not sure you'd expect it in the live grid |
[8:16] | Wyn Galbraith: | I'm sure it would be reported which lands were doing beta testing. |
[8:16] | Zha Ewry: | I'd also think.. you'd do roll outs. |
[8:16] | Khamon Fate: | We never had that problem using First Look that I remember. |
[8:16] | Zha Ewry: | Put beta code up in a few sims..t hen slowly grow the use |
[8:16] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | So you will have Lindens doing extra Concierge stuff, splitting Beta problems from "usual" problems |
[8:17] | Khamon Fate: | Maybe a few sims with group access only so people going there would definitely know the risks. |
[8:17] | Zha Ewry: | So..by the time you'd offer it up to the broader community. hopefully, you're looking for load and edge case bugs |
[8:17] | Wyn Galbraith: | Need a new Linden group maybe. I'm free ;) |
[8:17] | Squirrel Wood: | How about changing the ground texture on any "beta" sims? to one that clearly reads "BETA" ? |
[8:17] | Khamon Fate: | Well LL pays Concierge staff to handle things like that. |
[8:17] | Which Linden: | Ooof, yeah, we would have to have some sort of obvious visual indicator in the viewer that says you're in a beta sim |
[8:17] | Wyn Galbraith: | Sky writing. |
[8:17] | Khamon Fate: | Or a preteleport message maybe |
[8:17] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | A preference setup "Allow access to Beta sims" too |
[8:18] | Zha Ewry: | or warn on entry |
[8:18] | Khamon Fate loves preference options | |
[8:18] | Wyn Galbraith: | You are entering the twilight zone, beware of strangeness. |
[8:18] | Zha Ewry: | But.. The whole benefit of beta is to get real residents and real objects in real us |
[8:18] | Zha Ewry: | *use |
[8:18] | Zha Ewry: | So.. you need to get it out there and used |
[8:18] | Zha Ewry: | Else you're back to the beta grid |
[8:18] | Jarod Godel: | The future of the metaverse are those "this website is IE5 friendly" messages. :-( |
[8:18] | Zha Ewry: | Which.. as we saw last update.. doesn't drive loads |
[8:19] | Khamon Fate: | We don't warn people when they sign into the production grid that all of their inventory and money might disappear at any moment. |
[8:19] | Zha Ewry: | I was on the beta.. before the major meltdown.. and the beta was fine |
[8:19] | Khamon Fate: | Why should we have to do that for a beta sim? |
[8:19] | Zha Ewry: | It was only when it hit production loads that it melted |
[8:19] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Merge Beta in to Live, several steps ? Full Beta, Beta but real stuff copied at each entrance, Live asset changes ? |
[8:19] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Khamon : The TOS does |
[8:19] | Zha Ewry: | Well.. I think.. that once you get to really early code.. I'd want to be warned |
[8:20] | Wyn Galbraith would want to be warned too. | |
[8:20] | Zha Ewry: | Assets.. I'm having a hard time imaginign assets getting eaten because of a sim/client bug I suppose a few could |
[8:20] | Which Linden: | Seems like there are varying degrees of "beta" |
[8:20] | Zha Ewry: | but.. your whole inventory? Seems hard to imagine |
[8:20] | Which Linden: | Maybe we should use some more greek letters |
[8:20] | Khamon Fate: | Well if the beta sim message is as long and complex as the TOS we might as well skip it altogether |
[8:20] | Zha Ewry: | Definitel multiple levels |
[8:21] | Khamon Fate: | No wait, I mean if they've read the TOS and know that they might lose anything at any time anyway, why do we need to warn them especially on entrance to a beta sim? |
[8:21] | Which Linden: | It'd have to pass at least a certain level of stability to make it on the live grid at all |
[8:21] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | First step could be the withdraw the need for a different grid |
[8:21] | Zha Ewry: | Everythign from "totally new stuff, untested" to "Just about to go live" |
[8:21] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Khamon: Because people don't know how to read, but how to whine ? |
[8:22] | Khamon Fate: | True but you've twice invalidated the need to publish anything for them to read. |
[8:22] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Keep them safe by default, even if them not knowing it |
[8:22] | Zha Ewry: | hey all gotta run. Which.. thanks.. Pas a hello on to Zero... if you get a chance. |
[8:22] | Which Linden: | Thanks Zha, I will! |
[8:22] | Wyn Galbraith: | People come and go so quickly here. :) |
[8:23] | Gery Bury: | hello |
[8:23] | Khamon Fate: | I had to do that at Tuesday's meeting |
[8:23] | Squirrel Wood: | Have the client render everything in greyscale in a beta sim... like an old movie. I think that's be an obvious indicator that something's going on ^^ |
[8:23] | Which Linden: | Hi Gery, welcometo the tail end of Zero's office hours |
[8:23] | Wyn Galbraith had a interview Tuesday, "So I couldn't make that meeting." | |
[8:23] | Khamon Fate: | Make it all wireframe ha ha |
[8:23] | Khamon Fate: | We're not helping are we? |
[8:23] | Which Linden: | Ha ha, with little phosphor flickers.... it could be done. :-) |
[8:23] | Gery Bury: | my english ist not so good |
[8:23] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | A simple icon + a preference in setup "I acknoledge to enter Beta sims at stage XXX" |
[8:23] | Khamon Fate: | Is there anything else you wanted to talk about seriously Which? |
[8:24] | Wyn Galbraith: | Would be like the old days, when VR was a baby, wireframes ;) |
[8:24] | Which Linden: | I had no other topics in mind, Khamon |
[8:24] | Khamon Fate: | yeah I agree that checking a preference box would cover it well enough. Then only people who checked it would be accessing the sims anyway with full knowledge of what they were doing. |
[8:25] | Jarod Godel: | i refuse to be on a beta list!!1! |
[8:25] | Khamon Fate: | Have y'all implemented LLSD anywhere yet? |
[8:25] | Which Linden: | Caps are LLSD |
[8:25] | Jarod Godel: | (kidding) |
[8:25] | Khamon Fate: | We must verify that eveyone on the beta list has green hair. |
[8:25] | Khamon Fate claps for caps | |
[8:26] | Wyn Galbraith: | No problem, I love green and have a lot of green hair ;) |
[8:26] | Which Linden: | How about if the whole grid has two "main" versions? |
[8:26] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Two ? Main and a Main + Betas-access-open ? |
[8:26] | Which Linden: | Two versions of Havok is a use case |
[8:27] | Khamon Fate: | Yes that'd be wholly necessary if upgrading an engine. |
[8:27] | Squirrel Wood: | havok.. yum. |
[8:27] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | That's just more advocacy for the load-on-fly client |
[8:27] | Which Linden: | That one would probably work best as one viewer, no notification needed when you region cross |
[8:28] | Which Linden: | (because all the changes are sim-side) |
[8:28] | Squirrel Wood: | hmm. |
[8:28] | Squirrel Wood: | I guess I have the perfect thing to stress test just about any physics engine ^^ |
[8:28] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Except people might whine there airplane just changed way of flying because they changed sim and don't understand what happened |
[8:28] | Wyn Galbraith: | How do people send you IM's when you're not on any group with them? |
[8:29] | Wyn Galbraith is getting IM SPAM. | |
[8:29] | Which Linden: | Hmmm...yeah, Nounouch, that would be troublesome |
[8:30] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | For them and for helpers |
[8:30] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Might no be any risk asset-wide, but can be hard to troubleshoot |
[8:30] | Squirrel Wood: | hmm. how about a flag for objects that defines which physics engine was active when they were rezzed and on sim crossing enable the appropriate engine for those? |
[8:31] | Which Linden: | I don't think we can technically achieve that, Squirrel |
[8:31] | Squirrel Wood: | hmm |
[8:31] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Collapsing two physics engines on a single sim, seems quite hard ;) |
[8:32] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | And you need to have developpers keeping busy with upward compatibility |
[8:32] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | *not to |
[8:32] | Which Linden: | It seems that many problems could be ameliorated by making it obvious in the UI |
[8:32] | Wyn Galbraith: | I bet a lot of users don't even know what the physics engine is nor care. |
[8:32] | Which Linden: | Wow, is it really 8:30? The time flew by. |
[8:32] | Jarod Godel: | I'd be interested know just how many people use the physics engine. |
[8:32] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | Flag the beta on several levels and let each user define is accepted level, with the lowest one acknoledge by default ? |
[8:33] | Wyn Galbraith needs coffee. | |
[8:33] | Jarod Godel: | aside from avatars |
[8:33] | Which Linden: | Jarod: Me too, I wonder if we can catalog e.g. how many objects are physical |
[8:33] | Wyn Galbraith: | Alot of users aren't techies, just here for the fun. |
[8:33] | Jarod Godel: | It should be queriabe |
[8:34] | Jarod Godel: | queryable |
[8:34] | Which Linden: | But that's a story for another time. :-) |
[8:34] | Squirrel Wood: | Well, I do have one thing that milks the physics engine for what its worth :) |
[8:34] | Nounouch Hapmouche: | When my hairs are floating in the air, I don't mind using a physical engine, but I do |
[8:34] | Jarod Godel: | Second Life is fun? |
[8:34] | Jarod Godel: | huh. |
[8:34] | Wyn Galbraith: | Yes it is. |
[8:34] | Which Linden: | Does Zero have something he does to wrap up? |
[8:34] | Wyn Galbraith: | otherwise why are we here? ;) |
[8:34] | Jarod Godel: | he leaves. :) |
[8:34] | Khamon Fate: | He tells us that everything we say will be posted on the wiki |
[8:35] | Wyn Galbraith: | Seyalaterbye. |
[8:35] | Jarod Godel: | Wyn, the tech. |
[8:35] | Nounouch Hapmouche heard something about plushies ? ;) | |
[8:35] | Khamon Fate: | Oh and he drinks coffee. |
[8:35] | Wyn Galbraith: | Linden Bears? |
[8:35] | Which Linden: | Oh, yes, all your transcript are belong to the wiki |
[8:35] | Squirrel Wood: | ^^ |
[8:35] | Khamon Fate: | ha ha |
[8:35] | Jarod Godel: | some one set us up a web 2.0 |
[8:35] | Khamon Fate: | Talk as Yoda we must |
[8:35] | Wyn Galbraith: | lindens have bears, not plushies. Plushies are TUI ;) |
[8:35] | Khamon Fate: | Annoys some people it does. |
[8:35] | Which Linden: | All right, thanks everyone, you were an awesome crowd today |