[Opensim-dev] Requesting Patch Review of Mantis 3777

[Jay Eames]

As another recognised author of SL combat systems, I can spot the problem
with statements like "restrict the cheating", as everyone has different
ideas of what "cheating" is, and how best to stop it. ACL's etc are not
particularly system friendly for non-techinical sim owners. IMHO, a basic,
collision based system for OS is fine, providing it honours the damage
sim/estate setting. At the end of the day, people will either avoid it and
create their own system with LSL/OSL (as we currently do in SL), or someone
will come up with a sim plugin for melee combat etc ;)

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Melanie <melanie at t-data.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have looked at your patch, and it seems sound from a programming
> POV. However, as one of the recognized authorz of SL combat systems,
> I know that a function like that _will_ be abused. It is definitely
> the function that  has been missing from SL, it is what makes
> devices (like bombs) and melee fighting possible. The original SL
> damage system is impact only, causing weapons builders to create
> swords that actually fire bullets. It has more issues than i care to
> mention.
>
> It would be nice to have some security on it, e.g. restrict it's use
> to an ACL (or creators) to make it possible to restrict the cheating
> somewhat...
>
> Melan ie
>
> Brad Henry wrote:
> > Hello, I put together an OSSL function called osCauseDamage(key avatar,
> > float damage) to allow scripts to interact with the built-in combat
> > system. It's pretty simple, but I was hoping to get some review of it
> > (regardless of if it is accepted), as it's my first foray into opensim
> dev.
> >
> > The patch (osCauseDamage.patch) and an example of its use in a script is
> > included in Mantis 3777,
> http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=3777
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Brad
> >
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