[opensource-dev] Request for comments about llSetAgentEnvironment / SVC-5520

Kelly Linden kelly at lindenlab.com
Wed Mar 10 09:29:33 PST 2010


Honestly allowing content creators to set the theme of a place seems like a
pretty awesome idea.  It isn't shoving settings down your throat any more
than the textures an estate owner chooses for the ground or a content
creator for the walls of their house.  Just like you can choose to force it
to noon/sunrise/sunset/whatever an easy way to revert the environment to
normal (or your desired preset) would be required, of course.  But you can
also leave if you don't like the mood of the place, or the psychodelic sky.
 Right now the biggest benefits of windlight past the default settings is
pretty much limited to machinima and screenshots - there is no easy way to
share that environment with others.  As a content creator there is no way
set the mood of the sky to go with your build - you always get blue skys
with a smattering of clouds, or a starry night.

Claiming this is forcing settings down your throat is over reacting and fear
mongering.  It really is no different than setting the water level, the
ground textures, the time of day, and even the content that is built in
world.  Windlight settings should be a part of the build and not something
you have to opt into or be bugged with a dialog to see.*

 - Kelly

* None of this is a statement of intent to implement any of these
suggestions or non-suggestions.  I am only addressing the fear of people
setting the sky texture and variables.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Tigro Spottystripes <
tigrospottystripes at gmail.com> wrote:

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> i know, but i think that it would be better if the client itself worked
> like what i described, without the need of third party additions
>
> On 10/3/2010 14:14, Marine Kelley wrote:
> > The RLV does just that, force your viewer Windlight settings with an
> > object that you own.
> >
> >
> > On 10 March 2010 18:03, Tigro Spottystripes
> > <tigrospottystripes at gmail.com <mailto:tigrospottystripes at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > sim owners can already control the Sun position in your client, the rest
> > of the WL parameters is just an extensions of that
> >
> > there should be a way to set your client to ifnore sim settings if you
> > want to though
> >
> > On 10/3/2010 13:47, Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin) wrote:
> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Tigro Spottystripes
> >> <tigrospottystripes at gmail.com
> > <mailto:tigrospottystripes at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >>> parcel and sim owners shouldn't need to ask for permission...
> >
> >> Nonsense.
> >
> >> If you want to reconfigure my viewer, you need my permission.
> > Every time.
> >
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