Where is announcement of those features in sl blog? So we know what new stuff
coming soon etc?
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On Feb 25, 2020, at 7:48 AM, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence)
wrote:
As we mentioned at the last Third Party Viewer meeting, the upcoming changes to
Premium levels will require some viewer updates to maintain full compatibility.
Why are there changes?
The viewer currently has some messages and costs hard coded that will need to
be sensitive to the account type of the user. Rather than just telling the
viewer the users’ account level (which we will also do) and then putting code
into the viewer to adjust based on that type, we have built a more general
solution. A new key ('benefits') in the LLSD map returned by login identifies a
map whose keys are "benefit tags" and whose values are what that benefit level
is for the logged-in user.
For example, one of the benefit tags is "texture_upload_cost"; its value is the
number of L$ required for this user to upload a texture. The viewer displays
that cost in the upload dialog so that dialog must be modified to use the value
returned in the tag rather than the L$10 that is currently hard coded.
Where are the changes?
The changes are in the
'DRTVWR-481'
branch in the viewer git repository. A viewer built from that branch will be
available as a Release Candidate soon.
When can we release these changes?
We strongly encourage you to integrate these changes as soon as possible. You
are free to begin incorporating the changes and releasing them any time (but
please watch for updates to them).
The login servers should already be returning the benefits information (the
values are the same as those currently in the viewer; they'll change when we
make the new Premium Plus level available and introduce other changes to
Premium).
The simulator support for benefits is still being finalized and deployed; they
are just beginning to use the benefits information from login in the same way
this new viewer branch does. In practice, both should arrive at the same
numbers since the current benefits information from login matches the old hard
coded values. If your testing shows any discrepancies, please report them via
Jira as quickly as possible.
What will happen with unmodified viewers when the Premium changes go into
effect?
Most Second Life usage should be fine without the updates, but there may be
subtle problems. For example, an unmodified viewer may have the wrong cost for
some action; if the viewer expects the cost to be lower than the simulator
does, the simulator will reject the request.
--
OZ LINDEN | VP Second Life Engineering
email: o...@lindenlab.com | Scott
Lawrence
LINDEN LAB | Create Virtual
Experiences
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