[sldev] [HELP] Character/Avatar Engine]

[Tofu Linden]

Dzonatas wrote:
> Ian Wilson wrote:
>> I also noted that the SL team were working on implementing inverse 
>> kinematics which would be an entirely new system, but that has been 
>> mothballed while scale/stability issues are fixed. Is that code 
>> available anywhere perhaps?
> 
> http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/08/01/expressive-puppeteering/
> 
> It will probably follow the Havok 4 update (unless an inside Linden 
> wants to correct this info or confirm).

Puppeteering is (as Ian says) shelved as part of the refocus
on quality over features, with no particular resurrection schedule.
I've talked to the engineers about releasing the code, but apparently it
needs (incomplete, untested, undeployed) server support to do anything
useful, and is currently stripped-down for restructuring.