[sldev] Need to learn about object download to the client...

[Kelly Linden]

Lawson English wrote:
> Dale Mahalko wrote:
>> Probably the best place to look for object tracking and summarizing,
>> is in code related to the mini-map. The mini-map seems to be a live
>> display of all objects the client has downloaded and is rendering in
>> your vicinity, as well as showing the sims that are currently
>> communicating with your client. The mini-map seems to act as a sort of
>> summary of primitives and other data being actively monitored by the
>> client, so tapping into its code could give you most of the object
>> data you seek..
>>
>> (I wonder if the mini-map may have started life as debugging tool just
>> to monitor this background information, but later moved into general
>> use as a common user's tool.)
>>
>>   
> I believe the mini-map is generated server-side, about once a week.
>
>
> Lawson
>
Nope, the mini map is generated on the fly in the viewer.  The tiles in 
the world map are generated server-side and are not used in the mini map.

 - Kelly