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On 1/27/2012 3:37 PM, Jonathan Welch wrote: >> Would the client have a problem if another word was added to the >> message giving - duplicating the data, but allowing newer clients >> to choose to use the new word while older clients use the old >> byte? > > Yes, because the coarseupdate packet holds many positions, it is > not just 1 packet per avatar, but as many as can be packed into > the coarseupdate packet as will fit. So it is not possible to > alter this packets' format in any way. Doing so would break all > existing viewers that expect it to have its current format. > >> Would the client have any problems if the CoarseLocationUpdate >> message was never sent? > > Yes, with a small exception, you would not know where anyone is > anymore. > >> date set for some time in the future, while a new message that >> could handle much higher detail information was put in place and >> all newer clients were switched to it? > > This has been discussed several times at the server group > meetings. Fixing this just to have a fully correct map display is > more trouble than it is worth; having to run two packet formatters > in parallel forever, having to query the viewer what packet format > it wants, etc. is just not worth such a big effort. I just wanted to add that the message containing all agents is only packed once per update, then sent in bulk to all agents. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPIzbGAAoJEIdLfPRu7qE2/lIIALVQq2mlITepS90gzriRFRPh BnFrnddJk7aD9J+SUtAw11FFqDqF+wGDX0l0Iu1oJqaPPtgjLweTXg0xNLzTOVIz /fdh1Nr711EdIoMZZFPWhpH/SP2lb7DwhZhmREONs2aAdlX1AKahaMclkbhJOFvY SGF1BAK5RrmewQFvgr96uiHJQaXwjo44DFpRWmeiCrCtCapPNu5U7Fz4iCGS7LxG kL6pSLBaDM7VcqkL3vHHALHeXgKLvLsEDqS36hwvTyNlWuqci7A1OZC6iKD2sNDz 03l7y8HnK9OWRcWhUxWoUbQM/ig33T1Ka0ZcuYESE1T9mB1ETlgKiyy3v9icmgo= =3c8S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
