I LOVE the new 2.0 Preview!!!
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Zepp Zaftig
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03-06-2006 10:35
From: Burke Prefect Sweet shit!
Yes. Adding a Physics Processing Unit to the sims would provide better physics. The downside is that to get the feedback from that you'd either need local clients with PPUs, or a gigabit connection to stream the data on that level. But computers will get there eventually. I'd be happy with FarCry physics if not HL2 physics. This is... next decade's stuff. Fluid dynamics might be a bit much data, but I'm guessing that having them server-side would at least enable having many more physical prims with more accuracy. Basically the stuff that is possible today, only more accurate and with less lag. No reason it couldn't be both client-side and server-side though. I'd buy a physics card if it meant I could swim around in green slime  |
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Jeffrey Gomez
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03-06-2006 12:38
Um. You're kidding, right? Second Life with fluid simulation? I'll believe that when I see it running in world. PS: If you want to try something more convincing, Blender now handles fluid simulation.
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03-06-2006 13:09
From: Jeffrey Gomez Um. You're kidding, right? Of course he's not kidding! Didn't you see the SL 2.0 Preview announcement?  Oh, that's right, you're not in the real FIC.
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Zepp Zaftig
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03-06-2006 13:18
From: Jeffrey Gomez Um. You're kidding, right? Second Life with fluid simulation? I'll believe that when I see it running in world. PS: If you want to try something more convincing, Blender now handles fluid simulation. It could certainly be implemented client-side. Say you had a water gun, you could then have a prim that was a water source. This source would then have a certain amount of push that would push the water forward. Exactly how the water should move could be done client-side, while it could have a bouding box that would push objects server side so that if you fired your high-pressure water gun at a plywood cube it would move a bit. Maybe this could be done by implementing Havox FX client-side, it utilizes the GPU for physics effects(the kind that would be appropriate to have client-side). I'm sure LL will implement something like this sometime around 2138, right after they're finished implementing Havok 3 on the servers  |
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Argent Stonecutter
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03-06-2006 13:19
Fluids, shmuids, I wanna see the 2.0 jointed chimes.
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Pyrii Akula
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03-06-2006 14:35
Pretty, and very fake. That's so obviously pre-rendered.
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Pippin Newt
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03-06-2006 15:26
Wow, that is gorgeous. And the video played fine in Windows Media Player.  |
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03-06-2006 15:29
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Rickard Roentgen
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03-06-2006 15:56
alternative to the divx codec, I recommend using the XviD codec. It will play divx better than divx will and it's free. |
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03-06-2006 16:18
From: Pyrii Akula Pretty, and very fake. That's so obviously pre-rendered. Methinks that was beside the point.  Very cool find, Tiger!
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03-06-2006 16:21
lawd! don't you just wish! Just imagine the christmas snowball fight !
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03-06-2006 17:12
Why does this thread get to stay in General?
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03-06-2006 17:39
this thread has stayed in General because the conversation became a serious one about features and functions within SL, thereby turning this thread into one that fits the theme of the General forums.
if, given more time, it becomes an Off Topic conversation, then it will be moved accordingly. and no, a few off topic comments don't mean a thread needs to be moved.. there should be plenty of "wiggle room" for threads to thrive properly.
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Cristiano Midnight
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03-06-2006 18:19
From: Cybin Monde this thread has stayed in General because the conversation became a serious one about features and functions within SL, thereby turning this thread into one that fits the theme of the General forums.
if, given more time, it becomes an Off Topic conversation, then it will be moved accordingly. and no, a few off topic comments don't mean a thread needs to be moved.. there should be plenty of "wiggle room" for threads to thrive properly. That is some giant wiggle room, considering the thread started off completely off topic anyway, as that is not video from SL. There is barely a single post in this entire thread that is actually about SL.
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Boliver Oddfellow
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03-06-2006 18:23
good point christiano I checked and cant even find a 2.0 preview so each I am missing something or this not about SL at al
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original or crispy
03-06-2006 18:28
Cristiano, you're right that the original post was not about SL, but an aside of sorts that happened to mention SL.
there were following posts though that started discussing different technology and the pertinence to SL; therefore, what started as Off Topic, became on topic for General. i have left it here just in case the conversation strengthens in that vein.
i am well aware that some in the community are getting whiplash from the amount of threads being moved about, so i am trying a more active role in being passive.. if that makes any sense.
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03-06-2006 18:38
Is it just me - or is this the longest 2 weeks in recorded history?
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AJ DaSilva
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03-06-2006 18:43
Some (all recent?) versions of Quicktime can play DIVX too, since it's basically just MPEG4. More PhysX demos (I prefer this fluid one): http://www.airtightgames.com/currentproject.htmlEDIT: Aww, hell, may as well put a link to the Ageia vids page too: http://www.ageia.com/physxInAction/demos.html |
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Jauani Wu
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03-06-2006 18:50
while we are on topic, what is better for video editing, a mac or pc workstation? someone told me that macs are much better becaue they can use RAM more effectively. (that's about all the patience he had to explain to me the difference).
what if the pc was dual processor?
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03-06-2006 18:59
From: Jauani Wu while we are on topic, what is better for video editing, a mac or pc workstation? someone told me that macs are much better becaue they can use RAM more effectively. (that's about all the patience he had to explain to me the difference).
what if the pc was dual processor? Man, Jeska's quick today. I've used both and not really noticed a difference between the two. I'd guess that for the same money a PC would be better (especially if you don't mind running purely open source stuff), but I'm really just guessing. |
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Belaya Statosky
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03-06-2006 19:40
The best bet for multiplatform Divx/Xvid/etc playback is likely using VLC. For Windows users who still would rather use WMP or WinAMP or whatever, check out DefilerPak for one of the best minimalist codec packs out there using FFDshow, which is a very good general purpose codec for XviD/DivX/other crap. Anyway, who cares about 2.0! Have you seen the latest release notes? |
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03-06-2006 19:42
Haha! That's awesome! |
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03-06-2006 20:28
Release Notes for Second Life 2.0 December 6, 3906
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* Added new menu option: View -> Ben Linden.
* Removed estate tools. This feature can be re-enabled by editing the settings.ini file.
* Nerfed building tools.
* Removed torus prims to improve server performance.
* Wrote release notes.
* All sex clubs are now temporarily closed until we fix an exploit with ponies.
* Ratings now only affect residents.
* Large parcels which would otherwise be automatically released to public by the system will be reclaimed by James Miller.
* Torley Linden is now in charge of color coordination of robot avatars.
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03-06-2006 21:13
Release Notes for Second Life 1.19.11(11) January 12, 3907
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* Ratings now only affect basic subscribers.
* James Miller can no longer randomly derez Orientation Islands by eliminating an error which kept rezzing his watercraft.
* Updated invisible Jeff Linden.
* Second Life now features the ability to restrict Bub Linden to certain shopping malls.
* New feature: You can now choose to mute all liaisons.
* All estates are now temporarily closed until we fix an exploit with freebies.
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03-06-2006 21:43
Are there any real substances that act like those in the vid? They're like spongey donuts that... SPLASH. OMG, I'm so confused whether they're solids or liquids or what. Tiger, thanks for coming back from the future to share this with us. You know what might be nifty? Combining a vid like that with current avatars walking around and exploring... like some avs that got lost in a wormhole and ended up in "the future of SL". Mixed reality? Up the ante with mixed virtual reality! O boy... From: someone Release Notes for Second Life 1.20.10(27) February 11, 2007
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* All ponies are now temporarily no-copy until we fix a terrain textures exploit.
* Nerfed a problem in the client where the default plywood texture could not be seen by tekki wikis.
* Changed bug where idle/away builders would not be logged out for inactivity.
* Fixed a memory leak in first land parcels when Aimee Weber would ensuring that residents are unable to dupe skyboxes.
* The client will no longer freeze if a freebie has multiple watercraft in its contents with the same name.
* Temporarily disabled regions. Should be restored in next patch.
* Banning Torley from your islands will automatically send them home at the same time.
* Nerfed terrain shifting in regions with many skyboxes.
* Plugged the weather system exploit.
* All skyboxes are now temporarily no-copy until we fix a Linden Dollars exploit.
* Reduced all previously-working all functions starting with 'll' occurrences in LSL. |