Doeko Have you seen: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/ModRex ?
-p [email protected] wrote: > Well, I don't speak for anyone else, but what I'm asking for (and what > I think would be very much appreciated by many) is just that. > > However, I must say, I actually have the DLLs and I am struggling a > little bit with how to make them work correctly, so if a very short > note on how to apply them to Opensim can be made available then at > least I am very happy. I also think that anyone with some sense will > not ask for support (apart from the below) regarding modrex as I am > pretty sure that anyone who even knows what modrex is, will know they > can not expect anything from it. > > If a short note can't be made available, because it is complicated > (like, it takes more than 15 minutes for someone to write it), then I > guess I will just have to wait until something more final comes > along? > > Also, let me take the opportunity to say that REX is the most awesome > thing to happen to virtual worlds (next to opensim of course) and I > think that the project will be very succesful in the long term. The > tools you offer are exactly what many have been waiting for, so you > can't blame them for being eager to start using them! > > On 17 feb, 22:17, Ryan McDougall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM, [email protected] >> >> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 17 feb, 19:10, Ryan McDougall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Mark Malewski <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> I don't think there is any case of wanting "100%" done. I have been >>>> working on open source for my entire professional career, and I >>>> understand "release early, release often". However I also understand >>>> that at this point reX is alpha software, and alpha software isn't >>>> meant for users yet. It's meant for people with the stomach for >>>> downloading from SVN, compiling it themselves, and helping with bug >>>> reports. The source is freely available, and building it isn't very >>>> difficult compared to any other project in an alpha status. >>>> >>> I see where you are coming from, and I partially agree. However, there >>> is an amount of users that, I think, has enough technical >>> understanding to set things up and could contribute bug reports. >>> However, they don't have the technical knowhow to do a full compile, >>> or simply not the amount of time required to figure out how to do it >>> due to lack of experience. I know I am one of those people. >>> >> Well if its only a matter of making a couple DLLs available, there is >> no problem at all. However it was my impression that 1. more was being >> asked for, 2. that once we hand out a DLL, it still won't work as >> expected, and cause issues trying to support that DLL. >> >> If I'm mistaken, its an easy fix to make. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> >>> I do not quite see what the problem is with just releasing an alpha >>> binary with a huge warning sign "HEY, THIS IS NOT FINISHED!". Same way >>> opensim does it. >>> >>> The way I understand the status of ModRex is currently, is that it >>> lacks a number of features that it needs to be considered "featureful >>> enough" by the REX team to be ocnsidered beta. However, in my opinion, >>> the stuff that needs to work for it to be worthwhile to release for >>> many people, in my opinion is simply: >>> 1) not crash every 2 minutes >>> 2) accept .mesh files (and collission meshes etc). >>> (optional) 3) hopefully be compatible with future modrex releases >>> >>> It already does this and far more. So, why not release a preliminary >>> binary for this community of "pro users" (as I'll call it...) to help >>> out. >>> >>> As long as you keep the download info fairly obscure (i.e. not put it >>> on the download page but make it clear to everyone who looks for it >>> where or from whom to get it), I do not see how this could harm >>> RealXtend. >>> >>> Thanks, I hope you understand my point of view. >>> > > > -- Dr. Paul A. Fishwick E-Mail: [email protected] Dept. of Computer & Info Phone & FAX: (352) 392-1414 Science and Engineering WWW: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick University of Florida (PGP Key available at above WWW address) P. O. Box 116120 332 Bldg. CSE, Gainesville, FL 32611-6120 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ this list: http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend realXtend home page: http://www.realxtend.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
