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Apr 11, 2004, 7:20pm

I wish for the ability to increase the visibility over 200 ...this would
be useful in areas where I have lots and lots of claimed land and I want
to be able to see farther out...

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Apr 13, 2004, 1:07am

or what about a computer default function for visibility, depending on your
computer it would select your default, so if you could run 900 Vis, or if
you had dialup and you could run max of 200 it would change the array
depending.
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Apr 13, 2004, 7:02am

That's what "float" is.

Apr 13, 2004, 5:55pm

float doesn't go above 200, and I said change the array of numbers, :-)

ie;

Dialup;

30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200

Cable

130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
240
250
260
270
280
290
300


something like that, :-)
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Apr 13, 2004, 7:06pm

Lagg has nothing to do with conn speed.

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Apr 13, 2004, 8:11pm

Well, in this subject it doesn't but in other cases yes it usually does.

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Apr 14, 2004, 5:18am

actually lag has everything to do with connection speed. you just have your
definition of lag screwed up ;) they are talking about frame rate, which is
completely unrelated to lag. I keep correcting them on this whenever I have
the chance.
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Apr 14, 2004, 5:22am

[View Quote] Lag is any unexpected delay. Jetlag for instance. Not just connection
packets.

Apr 15, 2004, 5:32am

slow frame rates isn't lag though. it just skips to the next frame, keeping
up with however fast you are turning.
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Apr 15, 2004, 6:20pm

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# To fail to keep up a pace; straggle.
# To proceed or develop with comparative slowness: The electric current
lags behind the voltage.

Any delay that deviates from a normal/unnoticable speed is usually
considered lag. Render lag, packet lag, jet lag, morning lag.

Apr 21, 2004, 2:36am

It's internet terminology.

It specifically refers to slow internet speeds, sometimes due to a server
problem, but more frequently due to a connection between client and server.
"Low Frame Rate" is not a correct use of the internet terminology "lag."
Just because it happens to be used that way Active Worlds does not mean that
it is being used correctly. It's a bad word to describe low frame rate,
since the frames don't "lag" behind. they just get less frequent and more
spaced apart. True "lag" in low frame rates would be someone with lower
frame rates going slower through the 3d world's "time" than someone with a
faster frame rate.

Apr 21, 2004, 3:12am

ok, create a new word for us to use in place that consists of the same
or fairly close to the same ammount of letters and i would be very happy
to use it instead.

doesnt all these computer-game communities/groups have a simple word to
use in place of frame rate drop?

[View Quote] > It's internet terminology.
>
> It specifically refers to slow internet speeds, sometimes due to a server
> problem, but more frequently due to a connection between client and server.
> "Low Frame Rate" is not a correct use of the internet terminology "lag."
> Just because it happens to be used that way Active Worlds does not mean that
> it is being used correctly. It's a bad word to describe low frame rate,
> since the frames don't "lag" behind. they just get less frequent and more
> spaced apart. True "lag" in low frame rates would be someone with lower
> frame rates going slower through the 3d world's "time" than someone with a
> faster frame rate.
>
>

Apr 21, 2004, 5:01am

[View Quote] > ok, create a new word for us to use in place that consists of the same
> or fairly close to the same ammount of letters and i would be very happy
> to use it instead.
>
> doesnt all these computer-game communities/groups have a simple word to
> use in place of frame rate drop?

Lag of the rendering variety. Aka Renderlag.

Lag is lag, any delay that deviates from normal. Whether it's because
you're groggy, or your internet is down, or you're running off 8 mb's of
RAM, it's all a form of delay... which is lag's useage. You can't just
say I can't use lag to describe a delay in my rendering because it's
used in TCP/IP and network terminology, adjectives are ambiguous like
that, I can use them to describe any noun I want.

Apr 21, 2004, 8:11pm

Latency
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Apr 21, 2004, 8:44pm

[View Quote] Lag is used in place of latency in network terms.

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