[opensource-dev] Review Request: STORM-1793 1) Treat all mini-map altitudes above 1020 m as the same height 2) Improve z-level accuracy

[Jonathan Welch]

> Would the client have a problem if another word was added to the message
> giving - duplicating the data, but allowing newer clients to choose to use
> the new word while older clients use the old byte?

Yes, because the coarseupdate packet holds many positions, it is not
just 1 packet per avatar, but as many as can be packed into the
coarseupdate packet as will fit.  So it is not possible to alter this
packets' format in any way.  Doing so would break all existing viewers
that expect it to have its current format.



> Would the client have any problems if the CoarseLocationUpdate message was
> never sent?

Yes, with a small exception, you would not know where anyone is anymore.

> date set for some time in the future, while a new message that could handle
> much higher detail information was put in place and all newer clients were
> switched to it?

This has been discussed several times at the server group meetings.
Fixing this just to have a fully correct map display is more trouble
than it is worth; having to run two packet formatters in parallel
forever, having to query the viewer what packet format it wants, etc.
is just not worth such a big effort.