[sldev] Optimus Prim vs. Megatrim: "The Big Prim Problem"

[Andre Roche]

On 10/17/07, Argent Stonecutter <secret.argent at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17-Oct-2007, at 12:44, Andre Roche wrote:
> > It's true that even "static" and "phantom" objects are handled by the
> > physics engine, hence collision detection via llVolumeDetected and
> > physical phantom prims, etc.
>
> That's another reason I suggested that these new megaprims should be
> ignored rather than simply made phantom. They would be visual objects
> only, like attachments, and wouldn't be involved in volume detection
> and would only move under physics if they were part of a linkset that
> contained normal prims.
>
I understand the basis of the suggestion, and for prims that span
multiple regions, the largest of them, that would be a workable
compromise.  For the other prims, the more used ones, that wouldn't
solve anything.  At that point, they may as well have been deleted
outright.

There is no "solution" here in my opinion, only compromises.  SL
should be as free as possible from complication and compromise as is
feasible.