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Jan 5, 2004, 10:02pm

AW is a lot better than some places.

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Mar 16, 2004, 6:24pm

I do think the VRT clock is out of sync though... AWI should sync it
more often.

I think the current system is adequate. We can't exactly have the
browser contact the AWI server every second for the new time now, can
we? lol

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Mar 16, 2004, 6:15pm

AFAIK, and I could be wrong, not very hard. This is one of the things M$
tries to make easy for developers so they can cash in on DX by making
people buy new versions of Windows.

Someone should rebel against M$ and make loads of games in DX6 or something.

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Mar 16, 2004, 6:16pm

Wether or not this would be hard depends on what AW is using to program.

[View Quote] > This has been wished for before months ago, however I would like to
> reintroduce the topic.
>
> I would like to be able to divide my contact list up to categories, and
> collapse/expand these categories to my liking. Sort of like how contact
> lists are handled in AIM, MSN, Trillian, Yahoo, ICQ, and others?
>
> I wouldn't mind the ability to attach notes to contacts as well so I can
> keep track of things I need to do for people, what organizations people
> are on, etc.
>
> Hopefully this is something we could see for 4.0? I really could use an
> improved contact list!
>

Mar 16, 2004, 6:19pm

I was going to suggest this a while ago but I thought it would be too
hard. But then I found something.

MOZILLA SUPPORT

I HATE IE. Really really hate IE. I would love to have Mozilla in my web
window. And I found out there's an ActiveX control for it that's almost
EXACTLY like the IE one. http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm

Maybe AWI could switch over to Mozilla *entirely*. Then they would be
able to break away from this:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ieak/license/samples/external.asp

Mar 20, 2004, 8:28pm

....perhaps even font files based on the OP.

Mar 21, 2004, 7:35pm

Maybe there is a way to download the fonts into the AW folder and use
them without having to install them. I'm not sure if that's possible but
in theory it should be.

[View Quote] > Yes, however if the fonts are on the world server then they can be
> downloaded and used just like normal objects, a nice idea... as long as you
> would have an option to verify your want each font so nothing can go
> overwriting.
>
> - MR
>
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Mar 21, 2004, 7:38pm

they could be lying and not bothering to fix bugs...

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Mar 31, 2004, 2:32pm

Lag isn't dependant on how many objects are in an area. It is dependant
on how many POLYGONS are in an area.

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Mar 31, 2004, 3:25pm

How to keep the old way? Use the old world server. I don't think the
Uniserver disallows old world servers, correct me if I'm wrong someone.

[View Quote] > Regarding all new, faster, quicker, prettier, mod, rad, popular today kinds
> of things added to AW, please allow the world owner the choice of keeping
> the old way unless it is a security vulnerability issue.
>
> Thank you.
>
>

Mar 31, 2004, 3:36pm

Ohh is this to prevent easy vandalism? Dedicated vandals will probably
just use AWHack 4 to disable it.

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>
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Mar 31, 2004, 3:31pm

What would be cool would be a world-specific "Actions" tab.

I don't mean like avatar actions. I mean like customisable actions that
could be set in some type of worldserver-side file (like the registry),
some sort of ini file:

"Teleport to Alphaworld" teleport "aw"
"Go to Homestar Runner" url "http://www.homestarrunner.com"
"Check Bank Balance (RPG or something)" sdkevent 20

I dunno about the sdkevent thing. As far as I remember you can send
numbers to the bots or something so that could be like an Action button.

Basically it would be like what you've done with the customisable
buttons on the new toolbar skins except world specific.

Mar 31, 2004, 3:37pm

It should be like "AW4" because 4 looks like A, see? So instead of
Active Worlds 4.0, AW4. Although just for the logo.

Mar 31, 2004, 8:37pm

Hey, it's a wish isn't it?

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Apr 1, 2004, 3:36pm

I think a fullscreen mode would be good for the people who are having
low framerates. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but giving DirectX
exclusive control of the screen increases the framerate.

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Apr 1, 2004, 3:38pm

Make it extremely hard for script kiddie n00bs to make an AWHack 4.

Apr 2, 2004, 4:49pm

I thought what they were doing was editing values in RAM.

[View Quote] > Heh, it would be very good idea, even to show an error that the AW Browser
> was edited, and isnt at the same correct size, and will not run :)
>
> --
>
> Signed,
> TheMask
>
> :: Owner of Delusional-Minds Hosting ::
> Free world hosting.. Just a T-Gram will do it.
>
> http://www.delusional-minds.com
>
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Apr 6, 2004, 2:56pm

Fun ^_^

[View Quote] > Back when I was researching hex editing, I thought the #1 thing you
> didn't want to do was make the software display an error window, since
> it would be relatively easy to find that section in the code (unless it
> was put in another area of the code altogether).
>
> I've seen articles about game programmers who allowed cracked code or
> unofficial patches to be put on a game, but the software didn't display
> an error message. Instead, it would slowly "degrade" in some way, such
> as the firing rate would keep slowing down and would eventually stop, or
> parts of the screen would appear blurry so you couldn't see. Basically,
> the software could find out if you were using a crack, and then made
> your game buggy on purpose. :)
>
> Builderz
> http://www.3dhost.net
>
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Apr 18, 2004, 11:54am

Well they've already done something like that for universe owners. But
for the files on the hard drive, try file://C:\ instead of http://

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Apr 23, 2004, 2:50pm

Don't give them any ideas.

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Jul 9, 2004, 11:30am

Problem there is that AW's massive security holes get blown right open,
because it has them.

(Most notably the IE intergration...)

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Jul 9, 2004, 3:05pm

But what do we do while the problem exists? Shut down the universe?

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Aug 29, 2004, 3:21pm

World lighting should not be changed as it messes up colour matching.

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Aug 29, 2004, 3:30pm

Maybe not a fully featured one... e.g. if it would be too hard to get
the web window to work with another browser, just remove that feature.

It's just annoying trying to emulate AW on Linux because some parts
don't work properly, or emulate reeeeally slowly. Also since a TrueType
font is used in AW, it doesn't show properly at all in Linux (especially
on signs) because Linux TrueType rendering engines are crappy because
they have to get round patents. Nasty patents. :(

Until then, AW addicts like me are forced to use Windows. :(

Aug 29, 2004, 4:12pm

They have Chrispeg now. Also there are tools that can help with the
conversion of Windows programs to Linux programs.

Expanding the userbase is something the other 3D programs AREN'T doing
though, which would give AW an advantage.

There's userbase: Internet Explorer users
Second Life's userbase: Windows 2000/XP or Mac OS X (still in beta)

As you can see, they're only catering to the most numerous groups.

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Aug 29, 2004, 4:31pm

Yeah, when you select an object in building it does lag. What emulator
is that? And distro? Etc etc etc.

I'm using WINE on Gnome on Fedora Core 2.

[View Quote] > http://www.xeonsoft.co.uk/sm.jpg
>
> Well the only thing that doesn't work is the web browser and media crashes,
> though im sure that could be fixed if u try...
>
> I use it in software rendering mode its not that slow.. though i haven't
> bothered trying to get OpenGL working..
>
> Other issues are when you select an object in building it really lags up and
> stuff...
>
>

Aug 31, 2004, 2:58pm

The convo kinda got sidetracked...

CONTINUE PLEASE. THANK YOU.

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Sep 1, 2004, 2:51pm

It should be toggle on at the object creation level, and be off by
default so that it doesn't change current buildings.

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Sep 6, 2004, 7:28pm

Worlds uses RenderWare?

World is really laggy though, partly because it's coded in Java. Can't
remember where I heard that.

[View Quote] > I remember visiting Worlds a few months ago, and they have a real
> implementation of mirrors in RenderWare 2.x.
>
> It leaves you to wonder just how efficiently AW is making use of
> RenderWare.
>
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Sep 17, 2004, 4:07pm

Worlds also has picture objects that accept webpages. Bad. Forced IE is
EVIL.

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