[sldev] Re: SL Target Audience

Argent Stonecutter secret.argent at gmail.com
Fri May 30 03:55:09 PDT 2008


On 2008-05-30, at 00:14, Eric M. Tulla (BigPapi Linden) wrote:
> Water did become more complex at the higher end in the WL viewer,  
> but also much, much prettier and more configurable (while leaving  
> the fallback method untouched).  When the water was updated we  
> realized that keeping fallback water, old ripple water, *and* new  
> water all around at the same time would be rather difficult from a  
> coding and maintenance standpoint.

That's a shame, because after the first excitement over reflections I  
decided that I really missed the way Runitai's water handled ripples.

See https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-5143

> However, if someone is willing to create a patch that cleanly  
> integrates an in-between water option again (ripple water) back in  
> with the other two current ones, I would definitely be willing to  
> look it over on my end and bring it in if it's solid.  I could  
> definitely make time for something like that if anyone is  
> interested.  Thoughts?


This kind of graphical work isn't my area of expertise, alas. Also,  
is this code even still in the viewer?

The other change that's a problem, and it's a problem even for high  
graphics mode, is the Linden plants.



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