[Opensim-dev] Direction of Opensim and its relationship with viewers

[Mircea Kitsune]

I remember at least one non-SL viewer written from scratch (forgot its name though). Last time I tested it years ago, it was only able to render terrain and prims against a black background, while I think used a Quake 1 model for avatars. I believe non-SL viewers deserve the appreciation any program does, as well as Opensim keeping them compatible if they have the same basic functionality as the SL viewer. All I'm saying is, such viewers will 99.9% likely never have someone motivated enough to develop them anywhere near SL quality. And even if that happened, they probably wouldn't turn out that different, since the base mechanics and features would have to be the same. So it's unlikely they'll have a bright future, which is why I'm hoping they won't become a focus for Opensim. I'd also be worried if OS would ever had to dedicate itself to multiple programs, and supporting the changes each unique viewer might add if others aren't going to add it too.

I'll probably look at that video a bit later... missed watching Opensim meetings like in the old days. As for the relationship part, I meant Opensim not being directly involved with any of the viewer code using it (as far as I know). Although it's comforting to know the Firestorm team is decided to make sure FS works well in Opensim, it's still a different team and a different application. It doesn't solve the situation of a server (Opensim) without any clients of its own. It's not that hard to find your own viewer of course, but it tends to give the feeling that things aren't that stable and in harmony, and if something happens to one side the other might not be there to help. And yeah, don't get me started on Linden lol.

> From: cinder.roxley at phoenixviewer.com
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:11:42 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Direction of Opensim and its relationship with viewers
> 
> On 9 Nov 2013, at 13:38, Taoki wrote:
> 
> Non-SL based viewers *do* exist though.
> 
> A lot of these questions were addressed in the OSCC Viewers and 
> OpenSimulator Panel this year http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/38459235
> 
> Not sure what you mean by colder relationship with viewers? As the 
> OpenSim compatibility developer for Firestorm, I've never felt that way. 
> Whenever I've had a question, many people have been welcoming and 
> willing to help. As far as development for platforms go, Linden Lab has 
> been far more cold, secretive, and outright aggressive towards third 
> party viewers than the OpenSim Core team.
> 
> Kind regards,
> -- 
> Cinder
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