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

Kadah kadah.coba at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 15:44:06 PST 2012


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On 1/27/2012 3:37 PM, Jonathan Welch wrote:
>> 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.

I just wanted to add that the message containing all agents is only
packed once per update, then sent in bulk to all agents.
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