Comments on: Second Life Havok4 Beta Preview Refresh (2007-10-24): 12 issues resolved

By: Sidewinder Linden

Sidewinder Linden — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:07:40 +0000

@29 cobalt: The 31 prim limit is not a Havok4 limitation. It is present in order to reduce issues crossing region boundaries. The Havok4 implementation so far appears to be far more stable under heavy load, has notably fewer crashes (many folks have reported that it is far harder to crash), and allows for a variety of new features down the road. As clearly explained through the early phases of the project and on the wiki, we have purposefully *not* added new features in this phase, focusing instead of trying to improve stability, reliability and load handling.

Regards,

Sidewinder

By: Sidewinder Linden

Sidewinder Linden — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:04:56 +0000

@28 django: Havok4 does have hollow objects, however if the simulator load gets very high the level of detail will be reduced, and hollows will be removed temporarily (only as long as the physics load is high).

Sidewinder

By: cobalt

cobalt — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:13:01 +0000

All this work on the physics engine, as we’re still going to be stuck at 31 prims for vehicles?

Bit of a waste of time then, isn’t it?

The 31 prim limit is the only thing about SL physics that needs fixing.

By: django yifu

django yifu — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:48:40 +0000

just wondering why hollow objects aren’t hollow any more in Havok 4. I’m sure last time I was in they were. At least some stuff I made last time that was working now isn’t and I can’t even roll balls down a tube. Makes physics testing a little difficult wouldn’t you agree?

By: U M

U M — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:33:42 +0000

Am i reading right? More Hardware! I dreaming its a wonderful dream Its about time!

By: Storyof Oh

Storyof Oh — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:40:30 +0000

lol nah too busy planning shutting down for Halloween….LL if you spot #25 nip into the 31st October blog and have a read pretty please?

By: Some Loser

Some Loser — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:58:36 +0000

windlight is for fags.

(now we should find out if they really do delete comments.)

By: JZ

JZ — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:01:53 +0000

UMMM! Windlight Please!!!!!! Pretty Please!!!!

By: thanksBiblio

thanksBiblio — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:27:14 +0000

Last time I dared to download and test the Havoc Beta, attachments were falling off the AVs in epidemic proportions.. has that been fixed also?

By: thanksBiblio

thanksBiblio — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:19:54 +0000

Still at release 1.18.3.5 ?
I will download a new release when you fix the Contacts BUG, which fails to show Contacts correctly, and often says “WAITING” or “HIPPOS” .. (what’s with ‘hippos’?? Inside joke?)

It would also be nice to make it OPTIONAL for that Communication Button with the combined I.M.s and Contacts and History, and let people choose the previous interface optionally in Preferences. The new system takes up TWICE the screen space than the old one ;P