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Question about AW 4.1's Zone objects (Community)
Question about AW 4.1's Zone objects // Community
Sep 26, 2005, 2:03am
I'm sure everyone, or at least most people on the newsgroups know what
zone objects are, so I'll just ask the question.
How will abuse of zone objects be handled?
In the current version of AW, objects aren't visible until their center
point/axes comes into visibility range. So if 4.1 works the same way,
the defined zone for zone objects won't take effect until the center
point/axes comes into the user's visibility.
So what if you're using some low vis, you're flying along, then all of a
sudden you find yourself underwater or something like that from a zone
object? Will there be size limits?
If visibility doesn't work like that anymore, then I'd like to know how
it's handled now... if it's not private information.
Hope that made sense. =P
- DeltaPHC
355508
Sep 26, 2005, 4:33am
I don't think zones will work like that or suffer from those problems.
[View Quote]"deltaphc" <deltaphc at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:433772f6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'm sure everyone, or at least most people on the newsgroups know what
> zone objects are, so I'll just ask the question.
>
> How will abuse of zone objects be handled?
>
> In the current version of AW, objects aren't visible until their center
> point/axes comes into visibility range. So if 4.1 works the same way,
> the defined zone for zone objects won't take effect until the center
> point/axes comes into the user's visibility.
>
> So what if you're using some low vis, you're flying along, then all of a
> sudden you find yourself underwater or something like that from a zone
> object? Will there be size limits?
>
> If visibility doesn't work like that anymore, then I'd like to know how
> it's handled now... if it's not private information.
>
> Hope that made sense. =P
>
> - DeltaPHC
> 355508
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Sep 26, 2005, 7:09pm
If they did what you think they will do, it would be an awfully primitive
feature.. :P
I don't think you need to be paranoid about this, Delta. :P
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- Syntax -
http://www.swcity.net
http://forum.swcity.net
[View Quote]"Baro" <jbut at shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> I don't think zones will work like that or suffer from those problems.
>
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> "deltaphc" <deltaphc at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:433772f6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Sep 26, 2005, 9:53pm
Perhaps.
It's just been so long since there's been any *major* progress on the AW
browser. 4.1 is turning out to be the biggest upgrade yet, so a lot of
things can go wrong. But I hope they don't. That's why I ask questions.
I'm sure zones will be a wonderful building feature. I've already
thought of a million different ideas for it. I just don't want that same
wonderful feature to ruin other people's experience of AW.
[View Quote]syntax wrote:
> If they did what you think they will do, it would be an awfully primitive
> feature.. :P
> I don't think you need to be paranoid about this, Delta. :P
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Sep 27, 2005, 4:49am
Also, your potential problem you laid out seems mainly only applicable in
public building worlds, and they WON'T be adding zones to alpha and such.
[View Quote]"deltaphc" <deltaphc at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:433889f2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Perhaps.
>
> It's just been so long since there's been any *major* progress on the AW
> browser. 4.1 is turning out to be the biggest upgrade yet, so a lot of
> things can go wrong. But I hope they don't. That's why I ask questions.
>
> I'm sure zones will be a wonderful building feature. I've already
> thought of a million different ideas for it. I just don't want that same
> wonderful feature to ruin other people's experience of AW.
>
> syntax wrote:
primitive
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Sep 27, 2005, 5:58am
Im sure that its volume will be taken into account by the world server, I
wouldent worrry.
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- Mark Randall
http://zetech.swehli.com
"Those people that think they know everything are a great annoyance to those
of us who do"
Isaac Asimov
[View Quote]"deltaphc" <deltaphc at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:433772f6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'm sure everyone, or at least most people on the newsgroups know what
> zone objects are, so I'll just ask the question.
>
> How will abuse of zone objects be handled?
>
> In the current version of AW, objects aren't visible until their center
> point/axes comes into visibility range. So if 4.1 works the same way, the
> defined zone for zone objects won't take effect until the center
> point/axes comes into the user's visibility.
>
> So what if you're using some low vis, you're flying along, then all of a
> sudden you find yourself underwater or something like that from a zone
> object? Will there be size limits?
>
> If visibility doesn't work like that anymore, then I'd like to know how
> it's handled now... if it's not private information.
>
> Hope that made sense. =P
>
> - DeltaPHC
> 355508
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