[sldev] Linkable prim over 256

[Andrew Simpson]

as i can tell, when i tired to link  255 prim work great, but after 255 
client side wont let me allow on my opensim grid, i have rebuilt viewer 
to run on opensim grid and 255 linkset limition was in the way. and soon 
if i havent discover trhe linket my grid residents will complain.  
already got complain other grid owner soo that why i ask

Suzy Deffeyes wrote:
> My hazy memory seems to recall that it was somewhat protocol limited, 
> I think the field in the packet that is the object count was an 8 bit 
> value, which means the protocol limited you to 256, not the client or 
> server code. I might be off on this, it was a while ago that i looked 
> into it. 
>
> I made a small change in the hippo viewer that will allow the end user 
> to select a random number of objects to link, and they get linked into 
> groups of 255 and squirted across in the protocol. So the way to use 
> that to link more than 256 is to select a group of objects, and then 
> do the link step *twice*. It's not pretty, but allows builders to link 
> groups of objects without having to sit there and fuss with counting 
> objects.  It seemed to work on both OpenSim and the main SL grid. 
>
> Suzy/Pixel
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Teravus Ovares <teravus at gmail.com 
> <mailto:teravus at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Just a clarification here.    The code may also be server side..  but
>     if you create 444 objects and try to link them all on OpenSimulator
>     using the Standard Linden Client downloaded from the website it
>     presents a message box that says 'Unable to link these 444 objects.
>     You can link a maximum of 256 objects'.      This means that it is
>     also client side because there is no server side code to restrict the
>     number of objects you can link in OpenSimulator without a 3rd party
>     addon module.
>
>     Regards
>
>     Teravus
>
>     On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Rob Nelson
>     <nexisentertainment at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nexisentertainment at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > It's server-side, you can't change it unless you're running on
>     OpenSim.
>     >
>     > On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 14:37 -0500, Andrew Simpson wrote:
>     >> hi guys,
>     >>
>     >> i am trying to find the code that set the limit on 256 link on
>     the prim
>     >> in one, wher it is in the code source or iut in xml? let me
>     know thank
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