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Ope Rand

Alien

Join date: 14 Mar 2003

Posts: 352

05-07-2003 15:55

To focus on stuff I always use alt-left click and then spin around with alt-ctrl-left click. Sometimes when i zoom in on stuff or rotate to view it at a certain angle the view starts jumping closer and farther away back n' forth. Its weird and really annoying.

One thing i noticed is that this only occurs while focusing on objects and not land or the surface of an avatar.

anyone else get this bug?

Deeblue Zeeman

T-800

Join date: 12 Mar 2003

Posts: 186

05-07-2003 16:03

i get it ALL the time and it's INFURIATING. heh..

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Ope Rand

Alien

Join date: 14 Mar 2003

Posts: 352

05-07-2003 16:55

ah ha! so I'm not alone!

Charlie Omega

Registered User

Join date: 2 Dec 2002

Posts: 755

05-07-2003 17:16

ohhhhhhhh man that is sooo annoying on my laggy g2mx....it takes forever sometimes to get a good angle then when almost there, its like i got a gremlin in my monitor shaking the color and alignment guns in it. lol

And of course the only way to get a real looking angle after all that is to move my av and reset the camera angles. :-/

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Mark Busch

DarkLife Developer

Join date: 8 Apr 2003

Posts: 442

05-08-2003 03:20

I'm not sure what you mean but I think I got it too... sometimes when I try to focus on an avatar it seems like it zooms in really far or beyond the avatar and start shaking..

another glicth I didn't have with my radeon, but with my geforce, is when I speak I get white flash on my screens (looks like caused by the particle effect)

Also I think I only get this when I changed the FOV

Kathy Yamamoto

Publisher and Surrealist

Join date: 1 May 2003

Posts: 615

05-08-2003 08:03

I guessed that the white flash was an inside look at one of those sparkly white effects that sometimes show around avatars doing something or other. What is that anyway? The first time I saw it was when someone farted. So, I still think of it as gaseous (and stinky). I've come to believe it has something to do with avatars exerting some sort of effort.

Anyway, it seems to always be white - regardless of your chosen effect color - and that's what I figured the periodic white flash in my periphery to be.

So, how clueless am I?

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Aurelie Starseeker

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Join date: 31 Dec 1969

Posts: 550

05-08-2003 08:12

I get it when i try and zoom in close, then all of a sudden it zaps forward, then zaps back a couple times, its SO annoying

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Andrew Linden

Linden staff

Join date: 18 Nov 2002

Posts: 692

05-08-2003 15:13

Rumor has it that this bug was fixed in the latest release, although I couldn't find it in the release notes. If you see it again please let us know. Thanks.

Ope Rand

Alien

Join date: 14 Mar 2003

Posts: 352

05-08-2003 20:56

yep its still there

Richard Linden

Linden Lab Employee

Join date: 2 Dec 2002

Posts: 17

05-08-2003 22:18

Can you tell me exactly what you were doing when this happened in version 0.7?

Aurelie Starseeker

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Join date: 31 Dec 1969

Posts: 550

05-09-2003 00:20

It happened to me again, i was building, and pressed alt to zoooom into a corner on my structure, then suddely it zoomed in, and flickered back to normal, then zoomed in....this all happens very quickly and goes back and forth and back and forth, until you step away to stop it.

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Mark Busch

DarkLife Developer

Join date: 8 Apr 2003

Posts: 442

05-09-2003 02:47

Yeah I've still seen some random white flashes (geforce 4800TI se) but not much

and the zoom bug is also still there. Isn't that much of a problem but sometimes on zooming it just goes wrong. It's too fast to tell what's happening, but suddenly you're zoomed in at the wrong spot at the wrong zoom at the wrong FOV ... (or so it seems)
Assuming I still got alt pressed and my mouse button down: if I move my mouse it goes... bouncing real hard (As described in other posts)

alt-zoom flickering back 'n forth
Ope Rand Alien Join date: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 352	05-07-2003 15:55 To focus on stuff I always use alt-left click and then spin around with alt-ctrl-left click. Sometimes when i zoom in on stuff or rotate to view it at a certain angle the view starts jumping closer and farther away back n' forth. Its weird and really annoying. One thing i noticed is that this only occurs while focusing on objects and not land or the surface of an avatar. anyone else get this bug?
Deeblue Zeeman T-800 Join date: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 186	05-07-2003 16:03 i get it ALL the time and it's INFURIATING. heh.. _____________________ Come visit me sometime: Deeblue's Place Hawthorne 50,70 in the Outlands.
Ope Rand Alien Join date: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 352	05-07-2003 16:55 ah ha! so I'm not alone!
Charlie Omega Registered User Join date: 2 Dec 2002 Posts: 755	05-07-2003 17:16 ohhhhhhhh man that is sooo annoying on my laggy g2mx....it takes forever sometimes to get a good angle then when almost there, its like i got a gremlin in my monitor shaking the color and alignment guns in it. lol And of course the only way to get a real looking angle after all that is to move my av and reset the camera angles. :-/ _____________________ From: 5oClock Lach With a game based on acquiring money, sex, and material goods, SL has effectively recreated all the negative aspects of the real world. Mega Prim issues and resolution ideas.... http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/10/04/second-life-havok4-beta-preview-temporarily-offline/
Mark Busch DarkLife Developer Join date: 8 Apr 2003 Posts: 442	05-08-2003 03:20 I'm not sure what you mean but I think I got it too... sometimes when I try to focus on an avatar it seems like it zooms in really far or beyond the avatar and start shaking.. another glicth I didn't have with my radeon, but with my geforce, is when I speak I get white flash on my screens (looks like caused by the particle effect) Also I think I only get this when I changed the FOV
Kathy Yamamoto Publisher and Surrealist Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 615	05-08-2003 08:03 I guessed that the white flash was an inside look at one of those sparkly white effects that sometimes show around avatars doing something or other. What is that anyway? The first time I saw it was when someone farted. So, I still think of it as gaseous (and stinky). I've come to believe it has something to do with avatars exerting some sort of effort. Anyway, it seems to always be white - regardless of your chosen effect color - and that's what I figured the periodic white flash in my periphery to be. So, how clueless am I? _____________________ Kathy Yamamoto Quaker's Sword Leftist, Liberals & Lunatics Turtlemoon Publishing and Property turtlemoon@gmail.com
Aurelie Starseeker :) Join date: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 550	05-08-2003 08:12 I get it when i try and zoom in close, then all of a sudden it zaps forward, then zaps back a couple times, its SO annoying _____________________
Andrew Linden Linden staff Join date: 18 Nov 2002 Posts: 692	05-08-2003 15:13 Rumor has it that this bug was fixed in the latest release, although I couldn't find it in the release notes. If you see it again please let us know. Thanks.
Ope Rand Alien Join date: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 352	05-08-2003 20:56 yep its still there
Richard Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 2 Dec 2002 Posts: 17	05-08-2003 22:18 Can you tell me exactly what you were doing when this happened in version 0.7?
Aurelie Starseeker :) Join date: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 550	05-09-2003 00:20 It happened to me again, i was building, and pressed alt to zoooom into a corner on my structure, then suddely it zoomed in, and flickered back to normal, then zoomed in....this all happens very quickly and goes back and forth and back and forth, until you step away to stop it. _____________________
Mark Busch DarkLife Developer Join date: 8 Apr 2003 Posts: 442	05-09-2003 02:47 Yeah I've still seen some random white flashes (geforce 4800TI se) but not much and the zoom bug is also still there. Isn't that much of a problem but sometimes on zooming it just goes wrong. It's too fast to tell what's happening, but suddenly you're zoomed in at the wrong spot at the wrong zoom at the wrong FOV ... (or so it seems) Assuming I still got alt pressed and my mouse button down: if I move my mouse it goes... bouncing real hard (As described in other posts)

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