[Opensim-dev] Super easy question

[Cristina Videira Lopes]

I'm just explaining the mechanics of the process. If Bri or anyone  
else here has enough time and/or resources to do that kind of  
integration, by all means do it.  Just because Havok is a no go for  
the stock distribution of OpenSim doesn't mean that that kind of work  
should be discouraged.

Technically, OpenSim is ready for it because of its highly extensible  
architecture regarding just about every important component of the  
system. But clearly, even in the best case scenario of being able to  
use the binaries as they come, this is still not a plug-and-play deal;  
there's a c#/.NET layer that needs to be written.


On Aug 20, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Robert A. Knop Jr. wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 01:11:32PM -0700, Michael Cerquoni wrote:
>> I think it should also be mentioned that just because Second Life  
>> is using
>> Havok, they are not using standard binaries that are freely  
>> available, they
>> have no doubt highly customized the engine to meet their needs.
>
> Indeed.  I don't know exactly what was done, so I'm not giving away
> inside information here.  But do remember that the project to  
> integrate
> Havok 4 into SL (upgrading from Havok 2) took many months, first of
> development, then of testing.  At least one Linden (Andrew) was  
> working
> near-full-time on the Havok 4 project for quite some time.  It's not a
> plug-and-play situation.
>
> -- 
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