[Opensim-users] Sim size limits

[Justin Clark-Casey]

There is definite room for improvement in megaregions on the simulator-side.

I also think there is still room to improve on region crossings.  However, the problem one has with region crossings is 
that you have to hand off the avatar between the thread running the scene loop in the source region and the one running 
in the destination region.

It's extremely tricky to do this smoothly, even when all regions are running on the same machine.  So I think the 
long-term direction will probably be to improve megaregions and co-operate better with viewers that better deal with 
regions that have a size greater than 256 x 256.

On 28/03/12 12:31, Cosmo wrote:
> James thank you for your time and feedback on those questions.
>
> They have been a great help to making an informed decision on using
> mega-region on one, and "un-mega-ing" another project (heavily based on
> parcel media usage).
>
> One thing I found during my inquiries on the subject, is that there seem to
> be 2 major and different points of view with regard to the future of
> mega-regions.
> *One *being that they are the way to go - even though they are currently
> somewhat problematic for certain implementations, work is underway to
> overcome eventually all glitches.
> *The other* being that they are basically only useful for building on a
> "grand scale" and/or using vehicles - but when regular region issues (like
> region-crossing) have been dealt with they are most likely to gradually fall
> out of favor and even eventually disappear.
>
> Now this is not picked up from user chit-chat, but rather from discussions
> with seasoned users/operators and opensim "evangelists".
>
> It would be of great help I believe, if there was some insight as to which
> of the above (if any) seems to be the most likely development /or /even what
> the current feeling is among the developing community.
>
> I realize this is mostly a dev question, but I was wondering if you (or
> anyone else) had something to contribute that sheds some light.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Cosmo T.
>
>
>
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