Sever Deployments
Please refer to the server deployment thread for the latest updates.
- There was no SLS main channel deployment or restart on Tuesday, July 17th, 2018, leaving regions on that channel running on server release 18#18.06.14.516450.
- On Wednesday, July 18th, the release candidate channels should be as follows:
- Bluesteel and LeTigre will remain on server release 18#18.07.03.517389 and will not be restarted.
- Magnum should receive a new server maintenance package, 18#18.07.11.517746, comprising “internal fixes”.
The Main channel roll – which was to have included Animesh – was postponed, as Simon Linden explained at the Simulator User Group on Tuesday, July 17th:
We unfortunately held back this morning’s update with the Animesh roll. Late last week we found some code that is probably causing problems with the physics shapes of mesh bodies … not Animesh, but other normal mesh stuff … Not using the correct physics shape. When building with mesh, there are a few ways to set that shape, and the Animesh code changes affected that code.
Simon Linden, SUG meeting, Tuesday, July 17th 2018.
It should be pointed out that in the context of Simon’s comments, “mesh bodies” means “in-world mesh objects, as worn mesh items doesn’t have a physics shape per se.
Deployment of the Animesh code to the SLS channel will therefore likely await the deployment of a fix for the issues encountered.
SL Viewer
There have been no Sl viewer updates / changes to mark the start of the week, leaving the pipelines as follows:
- Current Release version 5.1.6.516459 and dated June 15, promoted June 21 – formerly the Pálinka Maintenance Release Candidate – No Change
- Release channel cohorts:
- Quinquina Maintenance RC viewer updated to version 5.1.7.517594, on July 12.
- Project viewers:
- Animesh project viewer updated to version 6.0.0.516979 on June 25.
- Bakes on Mesh project viewer, version 5.1.6.516270, dated June 14.
- 360 snapshot viewer, version 5.1.6.515934, June 6 (see my hands-on update).
- Linux Spur viewer, version 5.0.9.329906, dated November 17, 2017 and promoted to release status 29 November – offered pending a Linux version of the Alex Ivy viewer code.
- Obsolete platform viewer, version 3.7.28.300847, May 8, 2015 – provided for users on Windows XP and OS X versions below 10.7.
Attachment Loss / Ghosting on Teleport / Region Crossing
Some people are reporting loss / ghosting of attachments on teleporting. The problems sees to vary in the number of teleports taken before it is noticed, and tends to take the form of others noticing an avatar is missing parts, rather than the wearer (for whom everything still appears to be worn).
It’s not clear how widespread the issue is, although it seems it has been reported a lot through the Firestorm support groups. Mazidox Linden did confirm some attachment / region crossing testing was occurring on Aditi, but it’s not clear if this is in reference to this specific problem, or to with examining / improving region crossings in general.
Firestorm has a Refresh Attachments option (Advanced menu), however, addressing the issue from the viewer is seen as a less than optimal approach, a server-side fix being preferable.
Commenting on region crossings and attachments in general, Simon Linden said, “From what I can tell with my investigations so far, most attachment problems with region crossings come down to messaging failures, and then the viewer and region(s) get out of sync and don’t recover. ” He also noted that his own testing of “double” region crossings (e.g. cutting across the corner of a region while moving between two others) lead him to want to say “stop!” at the first, and not even attempt the second until the first hand-off have completed.
At this point I want to improve the code and communications so after a crossing, both regions and the viewer can agree that everyone is on the 2nd region with all attachments and vehicles and, when something goes wrong, try to recover … At both ends, viewer and region, it should be able to realize it’s been a few seconds and things are missing or not, and then re-try.
Simon Linden on investigating region crossing, Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
As an aside, one of the reasons the Lab is working on region crossings and attachment issues beside trying to make region crossings smoother and more predictable in general, is so that they might increase the limit on the number of attachments that can be simultaneously worn (currently 38). However, as Oz Linden noted at the Simulator User Group meeting, this won’t happen until such time as attachments can remain reliably … attached.
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