[sldev] New Feature: Mute Visibility

[Able Whitman]

I think in principle the viewer has, or can get, all of the information
necessary to make a determination as to whether "location X is in parcel Y".
I'm still digging through the code to see how such an algorithm might work
(or indeed, if one is already implemented). The larger question is how to
properly integrate the muting mechanism into the render loop; this is
something I don't begin to have the expertise to be able to answer. :)

On 6/1/07, Nicholaz Beresford <nicholaz at blueflash.cc> wrote:
>
>
> I've given this some thought today (and no, I don't think
> that was overly critical or anything) and think many concerns
> are valid.  I was thinking about what those people might do
> to circumvent this also, I just wasn't creative enough.
>
> One thing I think isn't of major concern is the collision, but
> maybe cause I'm mostly thinking in terms of those overpriced
> 16sqm parcels.  If someone mutes such a thing in their
> neighborhood, I guess they know where they are.
>
> But if collision is a concern, I think applying 90% transparency
> might be effective.
>
> But I think with the 16sqm parcels in mind, Argent's idea
> of muting the parcel would be most elegant.  Dunno if the
> viewer can do that on it's own, but it would be a very nice
> approach.
>
>
> Nick
>
>
> Second Life from the inside out:
> http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Able Whitman wrote:
> > I've given this feature some thought, and I think that without
> > additional support for muting objects on the server side, this feature
> > could wind up making things worse instead of better.
> >
> > The goal of "visibility muting" is to allow users to select objects
> > in-world that they don't wish to see, or at least that they wish to see
> > ....
>
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