I'll be giving this a shot later today MisterBlue :) Thanks for this work!
Cheers James/Hiro On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:02 AM, R.Gunther <[email protected]> wrote: > "Additionally, the large regions must be square." > > Hmm. whats then the difference at the end between mega region and variable > region ? > Except that megaregions still misisng support for things. > > > > > On 2013-11-05 08:08, Mister Blue wrote: > > An update on 'varregion' development: > > As some of you know, I've taken on the task of porting the Aurora > variable region feature into OpenSimulator. > > The port uses the Aurora's protocol extensions so the existing Firestorm > and Singularity Aurora Support will work for OpenSimulator. The larger > regions size will be restricted to multiples of 256 meters and adjacent > regions (the ability to have other regions spacially next to larger > regions) will not be implemented. Additionally, the large regions must be > square. > > All of the code is in the 'varregion' branch of the OpenSimulator git > repository. The implementation is downward compatible in that all existing > 256x256 region functionality will continue to work. Things like storing > terrain information in the database only change if a larger region size is > specified. > > The basic functionality is working and here is a video of me driving > around a 1024x1024 sized region. The raised area in one corner of the large > region is the standard 256x256 region size. The viewer is the latest > Singularity alpha but even it limits draw distance to 1024. > > http://youtu.be/aCDOnfb_n_M > > There is still testing and debugging to be done before this goes > mainstream, but larger regions are around the corner. > > If you are feeling adventurous, I need people who are willing to run > existing 256x256 regions with the 'varregion' branch code. If I can verify > that existing, legacy region configurations are not broken by the new code, > the 'varregion' branch can be merged into the 'master' branch. If you are > up for testing, send me a line. > > -- mb > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing > [email protected]https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > -- =================================== http://osgrid.org/ http://simhost.com http://twitter.com/jstallings2
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