[sldev] Nice! 3,500+ daily Snowglobe users

[Moriz Gupte]

Hi there,
Thanks Stickman & Carlo for valuable thoughts.
Just closing this thread unless u have further insights. I posted the
problem here because I could not figure out whether Snow Globe was
involved.
Appears the problem was server side. The problem got fixed by me
resetting the sims
involved. I have no idea why this fixed my problems (unsettling
mystery, how does the point at which one emerges inworld impact what
the client is able to load or not...?). In case, something similar
happen to you, reset your sims.
R

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Carlo Wood<carlo at alinoe.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 06:44:13PM -0600, Moriz Gupte wrote:
>> inventory items (? e.g. failed skin loading, body shapes, and various
>> avatar items not found). After having checked that the same issue was
>> happening for other users in my local lab as well, I tried to back
>> track and...found that even the latest versions of the client 1.22+
>> were having the same issues. Avatar rezzing and general texture
>> loading issues were somewhat reduced when I rolled back to 1.22
>> (inventory items re-appear). I never had this issue before, and it is
>> a show stopper. Something looks broken for versions > 1.22. In short,
>> am confused, dont know if the problem is client side, server side, or
>> SG related.
>> steps I followed:
>> 1. Install SG, if u see 'failed to load messages' and a gas avatar,
>> log out, uninstall
>> 2. Install SL versions 1.22+, same problems repeated for 4 different
>> users. (Event too important to risk it...)
>> 3. Install SL version 1.22, avatar rezz properly but general texture
>> rendering issues.
>
> I think this problem originates from "trying to" download too much
> at the same time. An explanation could be the following:
> For many things UDP messages are used. If your bandwidth is set
> higher than what is really available between the SL server and
> your viewer (which might be very low for various reasons not
> related to your own cable connection) it is possible that the
> network connection fails and packets are being lost (more packets
> are being sent than you the network can handle).
>
> The result might be semi corrupted cache and especially a half
> empty inventory. Normally, however, your inventory is still there
> on the servers, of course. If you clear you cache and reconnect
> it often gets everything back the second attempt. Otherwise you
> might need to set your bandwidth lower (try 300). Once you have
> logged in once it should be easier to log in again because then
> less has to be sent to the viewer. You can increase your bandwidth
> again in most cases without problems.
>
> More importantly, I don't think this is specific to a viewer
> version. You should get the same experience with any viewer,
> using the same settings.
>
> --
> Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com>
>



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