[Opensim-users] Question about dev master and the experimental materials implementation

[Chris]

Ah alright. I'm not planning on using any material capable viewers on my 
install for the foreseeable future (Unless possibly the latest soon to 
be released firestorm introduces this? Not sure.) I usually stick with 
Phoenix 1600 anyway since its the viewer I've come to be comfortable 
with on my install that has all the features I want and isn't based on 
viewer 3 code.

Thanks for the responses Nebadon and Dahlia =)

On 4/22/2013 1:17 PM, Dahlia Trimble wrote:
> Yes that is true; if the module is not enabled then it does not 
> function and will not affect any viewers or data.
>
> HOWEVER, using a materials-capable viewer to edit content on *any* 
> OpenSimulator installation could affect data in possibly adverse ways 
> as it might add texture references to scene data that will be 
> unresolvable.
>
> Part of the concern about data comes from the use of the new "Dynamic 
> Attributes" feature in OpenSimulator to store materials information in 
> the scene, and this new feature is not yet field-proven.
>
> The "viewer crashes" warning should only apply when using using 
> materials-capable viewers as the messages received from and sent to 
> these viewers are not yet well understood, and improper structure or 
> formatting of those messages has been observed to crash 
> materials-capable viewers.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Chris <mewtwo0641 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mewtwo0641 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all; I was wondering if it's "safe" to use the latest master
>     (as safe as dev code can be I suppose :) )? I was reading the the
>     note in commit d5419f about possible data corruption / viewer
>     crashes... Does that only apply if the module is enabled?
>
>     Thanks!
>
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