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3.3 features (General Discussion)
3.3 features // General Discussion
Nov 23, 2001, 11:31pm
Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was offline
through the entirety of this.
Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
Roland: so far, we have:
Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy settings per
contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block telegrams and
go into "AFK" mode
Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide along it
instead of stopping cold
Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up to 100%
frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
Roland: * skinned avatars
Roland: * terrain
Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
with registries)
Nov 24, 2001, 1:26am
Miracles never cease! The three most wanted features (IMO): AFK Mode,
Privacy Settings, Telegram Blocks.
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[View Quote]"shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was offline
> through the entirety of this.
>
> Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> Roland: so far, we have:
>
> Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy settings per
> contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block telegrams and
> go into "AFK" mode
>
> Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide along it
> instead of stopping cold
>
> Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up to
100%
> frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
>
> Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
>
> Roland: * skinned avatars
>
> Roland: * terrain
>
> Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
> with registries)
>
>
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Nov 24, 2001, 1:34am
[View Quote]"lanezeri" <rlipe at stuff-x.com> wrote in message
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> Miracles never cease! The three most wanted features (IMO): AFK Mode,
> Privacy Settings, Telegram Blocks.
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Yep! I'm personally looking forward to the framerate boost.
Nov 24, 2001, 12:31pm
Wooo, finally, some good things. :) The program itself is finally shaping
up. I hope 3.4 or 4.0 gets some good building enhancements, rotation on all
3 planes is wonderful! Too bad it's only in worlds without registries,
doesn't that mean the AWC worlds can't rotate?
I'm liking the slide detection too. hehe. Christmas time in AW must be a
hootenanny with all the frost.
Nornny
[View Quote]"shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was offline
> through the entirety of this.
>
> Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> Roland: so far, we have:
>
> Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy settings per
> contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block telegrams and
> go into "AFK" mode
>
> Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide along it
> instead of stopping cold
>
> Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up to
100%
> frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
>
> Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
>
> Roland: * skinned avatars
>
> Roland: * terrain
>
> Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
> with registries)
>
>
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Nov 24, 2001, 1:22pm
It's interesting how many of the most requested features have to do
with AW's security, which is sorely lacking. Right now, it's VERY
difficult to actually ban someone from a world or the universe, with
dynamic IP addresses and no way to revoke rights in a world.
Personally, I would have liked to see the world rights lists put into
a database format in 3.3. A way to eject a certain citizen is sorely
needed. PPW security, where the owner simply chooses who is allowed
to access a certain citizen's rights instead of having to use a
password, would also be a plus.
[View Quote]"shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
: Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was
offline
: through the entirety of this.
:
: Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
: Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
: Roland: so far, we have:
:
: Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy
settings per
: contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block
telegrams and
: go into "AFK" mode
:
: Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide
along it
: instead of stopping cold
:
: Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
: improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up
to 100%
: frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
:
: Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
:
: Roland: * skinned avatars
:
: Roland: * terrain
:
: Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in
worlds
: with registries)
:
:
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Nov 24, 2001, 2:12pm
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3bffbb43$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> It's interesting how many of the most requested features have to do
> with AW's security, which is sorely lacking. Right now, it's VERY
> difficult to actually ban someone from a world or the universe, with
> dynamic IP addresses and no way to revoke rights in a world.
>
> Personally, I would have liked to see the world rights lists put into
> a database format in 3.3. A way to eject a certain citizen is sorely
> needed. PPW security, where the owner simply chooses who is allowed
> to access a certain citizen's rights instead of having to use a
> password, would also be a plus.
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Indeed, but they can only do so much at a time. The 3.3 features have given
me some new hope... perhaps in 3.4/4.0 they will include new security
features.
Nov 24, 2001, 5:16pm
Really some good improvements :)
Building inspector just wrote :
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> I was sick when we had trigonometry at school, sorry
>
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Nov 24, 2001, 5:26pm
Did I miss "Scale", that goes hand in hand with X/Z rotation?
I guess the rotating feature required a new cell database
and it would be a good idea, to have the scaling value at
least already in the database, even if it was not used yet.
One of the famous "FFE" implementations - easy to add
and less trouble later with upgrades of world servers.
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> Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
> with registries)
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Nov 25, 2001, 3:23am
Hehee... he said hootenanny. *grin*
SW Chris
[View Quote]"nornny11" <Nornny1 at home.com> wrote in message
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> Wooo, finally, some good things. :) The program itself is finally shaping
> up. I hope 3.4 or 4.0 gets some good building enhancements, rotation on
all
> 3 planes is wonderful! Too bad it's only in worlds without registries,
> doesn't that mean the AWC worlds can't rotate?
>
> I'm liking the slide detection too. hehe. Christmas time in AW must be a
> hootenanny with all the frost.
>
> Nornny
>
> "shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
offline
per
and
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Nov 25, 2001, 3:24am
You mean banning by citizen number instead of ip address? Sounds great.
Chris
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3bffbb43$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> It's interesting how many of the most requested features have to do
> with AW's security, which is sorely lacking. Right now, it's VERY
> difficult to actually ban someone from a world or the universe, with
> dynamic IP addresses and no way to revoke rights in a world.
>
> Personally, I would have liked to see the world rights lists put into
> a database format in 3.3. A way to eject a certain citizen is sorely
> needed. PPW security, where the owner simply chooses who is allowed
> to access a certain citizen's rights instead of having to use a
> password, would also be a plus.
>
> "shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> : Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was
> offline
> : through the entirety of this.
> :
> : Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> : Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> : Roland: so far, we have:
> :
> : Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy
> settings per
> : contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block
> telegrams and
> : go into "AFK" mode
> :
> : Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide
> along it
> : instead of stopping cold
> :
> : Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> : improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up
> to 100%
> : frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
> :
> : Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
> :
> : Roland: * skinned avatars
> :
> : Roland: * terrain
> :
> : Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in
> worlds
> : with registries)
> :
> :
>
>
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Nov 25, 2001, 6:13pm
[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
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> You mean banning by citizen number instead of ip address? Sounds great.
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.... or both. Just some more configurable options would be nice.
Nov 28, 2001, 6:45pm
Welp at least its getting somewhere. The two things I'd like to see:
1) 3-plane rotation WITH registries
2) Fixed move/rotate commands so they DON'T encroach.
Then i'll be überhappy (alt + 0252 me)
Now just to install a refrigderation system on my processor and video card
:-D NO MORE FANS FOR ME! Only the hum of the compressor :-D
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Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was offline
> through the entirety of this.
>
> Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> Roland: so far, we have:
>
> Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy settings per
> contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block telegrams and
> go into "AFK" mode
>
> Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide along it
> instead of stopping cold
>
> Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up to
100%
> frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
>
> Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
>
> Roland: * skinned avatars
>
> Roland: * terrain
>
> Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
> with registries)
>
>
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Nov 28, 2001, 10:30pm
Ahhh my face! O_O
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[View Quote]captain mad mike <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
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> Welp at least its getting somewhere. The two things I'd like to see:
> 1) 3-plane rotation WITH registries
> 2) Fixed move/rotate commands so they DON'T encroach.
>
> Then i'll be überhappy (alt + 0252 me)
> Now just to install a refrigderation system on my processor and video
card
> :-D NO MORE FANS FOR ME! Only the hum of the compressor :-D
>
>
> --
> Captain MAD Mike
> -Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
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Nov 30, 2001, 1:40am
to ban someone from your world replace the digits after the last period with
0
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3bffbb43$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> It's interesting how many of the most requested features have to do
> with AW's security, which is sorely lacking. Right now, it's VERY
> difficult to actually ban someone from a world or the universe, with
> dynamic IP addresses and no way to revoke rights in a world.
>
> Personally, I would have liked to see the world rights lists put into
> a database format in 3.3. A way to eject a certain citizen is sorely
> needed. PPW security, where the owner simply chooses who is allowed
> to access a certain citizen's rights instead of having to use a
> password, would also be a plus.
>
> "shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> : Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was
> offline
> : through the entirety of this.
> :
> : Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> : Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> : Roland: so far, we have:
> :
> : Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy
> settings per
> : contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block
> telegrams and
> : go into "AFK" mode
> :
> : Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide
> along it
> : instead of stopping cold
> :
> : Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> : improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up
> to 100%
> : frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
> :
> : Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
> :
> : Roland: * skinned avatars
> :
> : Roland: * terrain
> :
> : Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in
> worlds
> : with registries)
> :
> :
>
>
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Nov 30, 2001, 12:41pm
That doesn't do anything if they are assigned to a different subnet on re-connection. That may even block the wrong IP address -- is xxx.xxx.xxx.0 a valid IP address?
-Agent1
[View Quote]"the derek" <imthederek at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3c06ffb3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> to ban someone from your world replace the digits after the last period with 0
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Dec 6, 2001, 8:52am
that would have a bad effect if you ban a tourist lol
[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
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> You mean banning by citizen number instead of ip address? Sounds great.
>
> Chris
>
> "brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
> news:3bffbb43$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Dec 6, 2001, 10:14am
Well I don't understand why tourists don't have numbers anyway.
Why wouldn't they need to register (for free) like everyone? that would have solved a lot of problems. Sure, they could create a new
registration when they're banned, but still...
Anyway this isn't going to change now, it's too late.
Fox Mc Cloud
"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c0f4de0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> that would have a bad effect if you ban a tourist lol
Dec 9, 2001, 2:03am
well its worked for me and thats how aw tells you to do it. i think u always
have the same first 3 sets of numbers. it would only block people using
those 3 numbers. about 1 chance in a million youll ban someone else that
uses aw
[View Quote]"agent1" <Agent1 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
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> That doesn't do anything if they are assigned to a different subnet on
re-connection. That may even block the wrong IP address -- is xxx.xxx.xxx.0
a valid IP address?
>
> -Agent1
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> "the derek" <imthederek at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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with 0
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Dec 9, 2001, 2:13am
he MEANS xxx.xxx.000
[View Quote]"agent1" <Agent1 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
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> That doesn't do anything if they are assigned to a different subnet on
re-connection. That may even block the wrong IP address -- is xxx.xxx.xxx.0
a valid IP address?
>
> -Agent1
>
> "the derek" <imthederek at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3c06ffb3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
with 0
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Dec 9, 2001, 2:16am
an IP address is 4 numbers (each having a value of 0-255)...
(I guess it was just a typo :) )
Fox Mc Cloud
"brandon" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c12e4db$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> he MEANS xxx.xxx.000
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