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

[Carlo Wood]

Is this change going to fix the fact that when I'm TP-ing
around with a friend, every time we TP both to a new location
we have to wait (again) before we even see eachother,
and after that have to wait a while until the skins are
non-gray again?

I mentioned this before; one would expect that if you TP
somewhere else, that other avatars that you only saw
seconds ago are instantly visible.

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:30:58PM -0400, Nyx Linden 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

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Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com>