[sldev] Concept of "loaded avatar" was changed?

[Nyx Linden]

Yes, we are moving to a system where an avatar is "loaded" if it has 
baked textures. Local textures (individual layers) are still present for 
the time being for support for legacy viewers, but starting with 1.23, 
clients no longer "bake" textures for other avatars (only for yourself). 
An avatar is considered to be defined if it has the following textures set:

TEX_HEAD_BAKED
TEX_UPPER_BAKED
TEX_LOWER_BAKED
TEX_EYES_BAKED
TEX_HAIR_BAKED*

(*Note that hair was not actually baked pre-1.23. The existence of baked 
hair indicates a 1.23+ client. 1.23 will still "bake" hair for other 
avatars that do not provide baked hair, but this will not be true in 
future versions of the viewer)

I'll be investigating possibilities for bot owners to consider, but feel 
free to stop by my office hours at noon on Wednesdays in Borrowdale 
(http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borrowdale/74/217/33) for the latest 
discussion of avatar issues and improvements (or post further here, I'm 
happy to answer any questions).

 -Nyx



Dahlia Trimble wrote:
> Many bots don't use "baked", or composite textures, rather they rely 
> on viewers to download all the clothing layers and display them. I've 
> heard that new viewers would no longer download all texture layers for 
> other avatars. Perhaps this feature has made it into the new RC viewer?
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Brandon Lockaby <gbrandon at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gbrandon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Was browsing the SL JIRA and noticed a few people mentioning
>     issues like this "Version 1.23.1 (May 4th) viewer will not rez
>     bots"  http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-13386
>
>     No surprise if there was no notice or documentation but does
>     anyone know if it is true that the requirements of what makes an
>     avatar appear "loaded" are being changed?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Brandon
>
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