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Feb 7, 2002, 1:33am

In Alpha World at 1490 meters high at 0n 0e, I downloaded everything that is
at 0a. Does this mean that PK's, PS's, AW employees can see me at 0n 0e 0a
or know of my presence at this altitude? I teleported at a high altitude in
order to fly down so I could see whether tourist mode was enabled for this
world and see them talking at gz. Even if my presence isn't known at this
altitude, why am I downloading stuff from GZ way up there?

3.2 Build 400 Win98 2nd Edition

Feb 7, 2002, 6:43am

The cell grid and sector dat is all 2d, flat. Visibility also works that
way, so even though you are so high up you can't see anything you are still
loading everything below you in your visiblity.

Feb 8, 2002, 8:38pm

AW's 400 meter limitation on the viewpoint is 3D so you can't see stuff like that :)

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Feb 9, 2002, 6:40am

See no, but download yes. The way the downloads are handled it just checks
where you are on a plane.

Feb 11, 2002, 10:40pm

put simply,

visibility only works on the X and Z axis. So no matter what the altitude,
you will still download and see all objects above / below you. This is the
main reason why underground building causes lag.

Hearing range works on X, Y and Z axis so that they will not notice your
presence at this altitude.

-Gav.

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