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#SL Large Groups Won’t Load

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It seems there are some long term problems with large groups. Seems a large group is 12,500 members… yeah that’s a large group. Some people have pointed out in JIRA SVC-4968 that some much smaller groups run into similar problems.

One user, Point Luminos, suggests that computer resources are the problem, not the viewer. Point has a rather modest computer, Duo Core2 E7500 with 4gb ram. Point tells us that he/she is editing a 36,000+ member list each day without a problem.

However, users with more computer and smaller groups are running into the problem. That is more as in newer CPU and more ram. So, it probably is not just a computer resource problem.

The comments are arguing about whether it is a resource problem on the client or a bug in the SL system. Since some can edit large lists and some can’t edit some not so large lists it suggests another problem than just a size limit or computer hardware.

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#SL Mesh Pivot Point

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Getting pivot points in mesh has been a bit of problem. If you have ever made doors in Second Life you have probably run into pivot point problems. Creators working with mesh have the same problem.

In 3D modeling programs we can set where we want a pivot point. The problem is that information does not upload into SL. So, there are ways to work around that problem. One of the simplest I’ve seen is here: Mesh pivot point?

Drongle McMahon provides a link in a response post in the thread. it leads to: Change Pivot Point of Mesh which provides more information on moving a pivot point. Drongle made the older post and it is an excellent explanation and ‘how-to’.

 

 

 

#SL Mesh UG Changes

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I see that Charlar Linden, the facilitator for the Mesh Upload group, has broadened the focus of the UG (user group). The more official name is Content Creation/Mesh Upload User Group. The group meets Mondays at noon (PST/SLT) in Borrowdale, Nyx Lindens place. Check the group’s wiki page for meeting time and location changes. I expect this location and time will be good for some time to come.

The wiki page contains the meeting agenda. Residents can add items to the agenda by logging in and editing the wiki page. The agenda is 99% plain text, so it is easy to edit.

The post is also somewhat an official announcement that the Mesh Project has shifted from development to maintenance mode. I suppose that is some type of milestone.

The post appears to be worded to generate conversation on what the group should be focused on. As there has been less to discuss about Mesh it is becoming obvious that time is available for other topics. You can join the conversation here: Mesh UserGroup expanding to cover wider Content Creation agenda – input needed.

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#SL Server News Week 50

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I’ll do this update and another later in the week. We have some good news and some bad news.

First, the good. It seems the kernel (3.0) upgrade is working and roll has reached 20% of the grid. We may see that roll out increasing its pace. It does mean a region restart so many regions will be seeing 2 restarts today and some tomorrow. Others will be seeing an additional restart later in the week.

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Second, the Le Tigre region was rolled to the main channel. (Release Notes) Some people are reporting teleporter device problems. It seems to be associated with posJump(vector target_pos). However some people are having problems and others are not.

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Testing Broken Stats

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If you see the appearance here changing… Or odd things are happening… it is because I was trying to debug an issue with this blog’s stats. I was changing themes, adding and removing plug-ins and widgets now and then for testing.

The problem seems to have been at WordPress.com. Today (12/16) my stats started working. Now I have to reconfigure the plugins and widgets and get things working again.

Please forgive any inconvenience…

#SL Phoenix Viewer Problems

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Users have found some problems in the recent Phoenix 1.6.0.1591 release. Three errors were considered critical and quickly fixed. The result is a Phoenix 1.6.0.1600 release.

Visit the Phoenix Viewer Download page and get a new copy.

This release fixes:

  • Opening of scripts while LSL Preprocessor enabled causes crash to desktop. PHOE-3593
  • Scripted dialogs from deeded objects fail. PHOE-3600
  • Right click > wear from inventory is broken. PHOE-3583