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

[Nyx Linden]

Skirt textres are baked and have been, but they are optional. If the 
TEX_SKIRT_BAKED is undefined, it means that the skirt should not be 
rendered, but it need not be defined for the rest of the avatar to be 
rendered.

Avatars wearing a "bald base" still have a hair texture (and baked hair 
texture) defined. The baldness comes from shrinking the hair down into 
the head. The textures still have to be defined for the avatar to be 
rendered, however.

 -Nyx

Dahlia Trimble wrote:
> How about the skirt texture? Also, is the baked hair texture necessary 
> for display in 1.23? what about avatars wearing a "bald base" and prim 
> hair?
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Nyx Linden <Nyx at lindenlab.com 
> <mailto:Nyx at lindenlab.com>> wrote:
>
>     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>
>         <mailto: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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