[Opensim-users] 4096 Jump Issue and new OpenSim branches of TPVs

[Nebadon Izumi]

I recall it being something like that too where it is something like a
16bit integer and when the distance was over 4096 it overflowed and was
truncated.


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Teravus Ovares <teravus at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I reported this on the linden Jira years ago..   I suspected it was
> probably the viewer failing to compare numbers in scientific notation with
> numbers that are not in scientific notation.  Unfortunately, it was closed
> and not fixed..  so here we are :).   One thing to note is the 4096 number
> seems to be when the meter count flips into scientific notation.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Teravus
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Ai Austin <ai.ai.austin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dahlia. The explicit limit was added by Diva to try to make lie
>> easier for users/avatars getting stuck in limbo, but can be turned on and
>> off with an OpenSim.ini parameter, default being that it is on. So it can
>> clearly be removed. Now there is a distinct branch for some viewers like
>> Firestorm, and that there are already improvements in Firestorm 4.4.0(OS)
>> to improve the OpenSim experience, some critical issues like zthe rally
>> panful and awkward to explain to new users 4096 jump issues just might now
>> be on te cards to be fixed.
>>
>> I am sure if this were technically possible in commonly used LL viewers
>> with an Openim specific branch then the OS server side default setting for
>> the 4096 jump restriction could simply be set as OFF by default rather than
>> ON by default?
>>
>>
>> On 28 Apr 2013, at 20:59, Dahlia wrote:
>> > There was a time when libomv based viewers could teleport beyond 4096
>> and
>> > still function correctly, however  since then someone added some code to
>> > OpenSimulator to prevent *any* viewer from teleporting beyond 4096.
>> While
>> > this effectively prevented the viewing failures experienced with
>> LL-based
>> > viewers, it also prevented anyone from being able to fix the problem
>> from
>> > the viewer side. Given that libomv-based clients did not have the
>> problem
>> > suggests that it's likely entirely withing the LL codebase.
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