[Opensim-dev] Variable size region progress

[James Stallings II]

I'll be giving this a shot later today MisterBlue :)

Thanks for this work!


Cheers
James/Hiro



On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:02 AM, R.Gunther <rigun at rigutech.nl> wrote:

>  "Additionally, the large regions must be square."
>
> Hmm. whats then the difference at the end between mega region and variable
> region ?
> Except that megaregions still misisng support for things.
>
>
>
>
> On 2013-11-05 08:08, Mister Blue wrote:
>
> An update on 'varregion' development:
>
>  As some of you know, I've taken on the task of porting the Aurora
> variable region feature into OpenSimulator.
>
>  The port uses the Aurora's protocol extensions so the existing Firestorm
> and Singularity Aurora Support will work for OpenSimulator. The larger
> regions size will be restricted to multiples of 256 meters and adjacent
> regions (the ability to have other regions spacially next to larger
> regions) will not be implemented. Additionally, the large regions must be
> square.
>
>  All of the code is in the 'varregion' branch of the OpenSimulator git
> repository. The implementation is downward compatible in that all existing
> 256x256 region functionality will continue to work. Things like storing
> terrain information in the database only change if a larger region size is
> specified.
>
>  The basic functionality is working and here is a video of me driving
> around a 1024x1024 sized region. The raised area in one corner of the large
> region is the standard 256x256 region size. The viewer is the latest
> Singularity alpha but even it limits draw distance to 1024.
>
>  http://youtu.be/aCDOnfb_n_M
>
>  There is still testing and debugging to be done before this goes
> mainstream, but larger regions are around the corner.
>
>  If you are feeling adventurous, I need people who are willing to run
> existing 256x256 regions with the 'varregion' branch code. If I can verify
> that existing, legacy region configurations are not broken by the new code,
> the 'varregion' branch can be merged into the 'master' branch. If you are
> up for testing, send me a line.
>
>  -- mb
>
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