[Opensim-dev] Ruth vs Gas Clouds: Bug or feature?

[Dr Scofield]

Arthur Valadares wrote:
> Hi everyone..
> 
> I've been looking into a "bug" where if you get a brand new avatar and
> create pants, shirt, shape and skin and wear all of them, you turn into
> a gas cloud. After lot's of research, it seems this is "kind of"
> expected behavior. Let me try to explain what I think is happening.
> 
> After SL Viewer 1.20, Ruth no longer existed. If you took off all
> wearables, you would now become a cloud of gas. Apparently, the viewer
> thinks that if you use all those 4 wearables without changing anything,
> you have become Ruth, and so you should now be a cloud of gas. If you
> make the 4 wearables, but change ANY parameter, you no longer become a
> cloud of gas . The thing is on OpenSim you start as Ruth, and not as a
> cloud of gas! Which is kind of confusing that the viewer thinks you
> become Ruth when you're actually trying not to.

excellent work finding this out, arthur!

	DrS/dirk

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