[sldev] Re: SL Target Audience

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-05-30, at 10:48, Matthew Underwood wrote:
> I came from a background in FPS and time critical MMORPG (where a half
> second delay = death).

Then stay the hell away from my DSL. :) I get 7+ second sim ping  
times sometimes.

> Some people accept delays on their machines I
> guess while others are driven nuts.  The problem is that if your
> getting 10FPS standing still, the second you move you will be running
> into walls, pushing people around, or falling off of something.

If I get 10 FPS standing still, I still get 10 FPS turning around,  
and 10 FPS walking.

Once a region has settled down and my sim ping is back below 100ms, I  
can walk in circles around people and through crowds at 10 FPS  
without hitting anyone. The biggest effect on FPS is not what I do,  
it's what other people around me do. I've had people drop me by 5FPS  
just by rezzing in.