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

Carlo Wood carlo at alinoe.com
Fri Mar 12 05:27:35 PST 2010


On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:42:27AM -0800, Kelly Linden wrote:
> I admit I only briefly skimmed the jira.  I was mostly reacting to the panic I
> saw here.  I don't think it needs a permission request in the case of parcel
>  owners, but that is just my personal opinion. I do believe the environment
> should be promoted to being part of the content and not part of the viewer, I
> think we get more amazing in world experiences that way.

+1

WindLight settings should have made a shared experiece a long
long long time ago. For years people have been complaining about
delivering half-work, about not finishing it!

It is no different than whether the region default is midday,
sunrise, sunset or midnight (or anything in between).

A *shared experience* is an important part of Second Life,
it is even mentioned in the TPV policy as being of major
importance, something I whole heartedly agree with!

To me, it is crucial to know that my friends, when we are
exploring, see the same thing as me, so that we can react to
it and weave a story around our collective experience, without
that I have to ask: what is your draw distance? what is your
environment setting? :(

Hence, all windlight settings should at LEAST be part of the
region default and be set the moment you enter, without popups
or permission request by default.

I suppose that some people do NOT want a shared experience
and to live in their own little isolated world. Well, can't
deny them power over their own viewer, so there should be
an opt-in to ignore windlight settings (and keep the current
one). But may I remind you that there is ALSO no opt-in to
ignore the music url of a parcel, and keep the one you have
set? 

More important questions are these:

* Who can change the windlight settings?
* Should there we windlight settings per estate only, or
  per parcel as well?

And things that I would like personally are things
that promote sharing windlight settings:

* Allow windlight settings to be 'traded' like objects.

It should be possible for ANYONE to create their own
windlight setting (that only they see at that moment)
and then "hand that over" to friends, or to the estate
owner, or to a parcel owner, or just keep a collection
of them to play with.

-- 
Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com>


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