[sldev] A patch to allow creation of megaprims from withinthe viewer

Sylvio Deutsch overtake at keynet.com.br
Wed May 14 08:16:03 PDT 2008


And let not forget Micro Prims also!!!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henri Beauchamp" <sldev at free.fr>
To: "Able Whitman" <able.whitman at gmail.com>
Cc: <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [sldev] Re: A patch to allow creation of megaprims from
withinthe viewer


> On Tue, 13 May 2008 23:38:34 -0400, Able Whitman wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, Andrew Linden confirmed today in his Havok4 office hours
>> that
>> the ability to create megaprims was unintentional and that the fix to
>> disable it "should go out in the next server update" (see:
>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Andrew_Linden/Office_Hours/2008_05_10).
>>
>> I'm disappointed. I've gotten nothing but positive feedback about the
>> ability to create large prims and their usefulness in streamlining builds
>> and reducing prim counts. Andrew mentions that "Qarl Linden is working on
>> the true beginning of 'Megaprim Liberation' -- being able to return
>> objects
>> that overlap onto your land." I'm hopeful that we'll be able to see this
>> liberation sooner rather than later.
>
> I told you... It was pretty evident that LL did not want new mega-prims,
> given their servers keep snapping them down to 10m when you try to resize
> them.
>
> The office hours log is yet very interesting, and lets some hope for the
> future...
>
> I also remark how Andrew Linden said: "they must ((allow megaprim))
> if SL is to remain competitive in the realm of virtual worlds".
> The rising of some competition will perhaps lead LL to do the Right
> Things(tm) in the future, and this is good for us ! ;-P
>
> Regards,
>
> Henri.
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