Problem-Fix

Seems there is a problem with Meeroos and the Interest List updates. Andrew Linden has been working on it, so a fix is close. Apparently there was a problem with an earlier fix crashing the server. Andrew is testing his current fix today, Tuesday.

The Problem is seen when you turn your back on a herd of Meeroos. After a few seconds when you turn around the viewer updates their position. But, the head and body of a Meeroo may not update at the same time. You see a head take off then later the body catches up. Not exactly conducive to building an immersive experience.

Seems there is a big GOTCHA coming. COF is Current Outfit Folder. It is used by the SSA – Server side Appearance, a service that bakes your avatar appearance. This should end bake fail, blurry avatars.

The COF has been around for a while (early 2012). Long enough for us to know it is often at the heart of inventory problems. What some have not realized is that the folder is also at the heart of login problems. If the COF gets corrupted you often cannot login. You’ll have little clue as to why.

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BUG-204 – Detaching animated object stops sit animation and throws the avi into the air.

Description – Using the same scripts I have used in many other dining sets over almost 5 years, now when I detach a glass or fork containing an eating animation, the sit animation not only stops, but the avi suddenly pops up above the chair, in a seated position.

According to Monty Linden (reference) this and related bugs are being worked on.

Quote: There is work underway on animations and avatars so if anything anomalous is happening; it’s in your best interest to report a bug via Jira.  Gather up as much supporting information as you can and follow the outline here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Bug_Tracker

So, if you are seeing problems and have more information, file a JIRA report.

For some months now there has been a problem of some prims not rendering. You can walk into them or on them. But, you cannot see them until you right click on them. With this current server release the problem seems to have gotten worse.

Inara Pey has an article up with more details: Missing” prims: collaboration confirms viewer issue.

She quotes Maestro Linden explaining how to troubleshoot. There are a couple of things in the explanation that will be handy for SL users to know.

Things Failing to Rez Correctly

If you run the main SL Viewer, Beta Viewer, and/or Dev Viewer, you may run into an additional problem where your cache corrupts. Mesh items can suddenly turn into Vertex Vomit, something sculpties first did. The object looks more like a porcupine than what it is supposed to.

I think I ran into this problem because of using so many viewers. I allowed all the SL Viewers to use the same cache. It looks like that was a mistake. I saw the problem when I changed to the new Mesh Deformer Project Viewer. I doubt that it caused the problem as there could be any number of things that might corrupt the cache. But for now I am making separate caches for the project and development viewers.

Maestro Linden posted in the Deploys thread about a bug they are having trouble reproducing. If you are seeing this behavior file a JIRA with your details and as precise a time for the experience as possible.

The one bug that we’re having trouble reproducing is a bit different:

• User-A TPs into somewhat busy sim
• User-A sees themselves at landing point
• Other users see User-A at the landing point
• User-A walks around
• Other users see User-A move around
• User-A appears to not move on his viewer (although animations play) – this is the bug

Aside from not seeing his own avatar move, User-A apparently sees everything else normally (objects appear, other avatars move).  We’re not sure why it only affects some users in some locations.