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Jack Digeridoo

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Join date: 29 Jul 2003

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11-25-2003 08:34

Does anyone else have problems crossing sim boundries in the vehicle sims? It's like I crash into an invisible wall, slow down quite a bit, and then start to speed up again as I cross the sim boundry. Just wondering if it's like that for everyone or something funny with my connection.

Bob Bunderfeld

Builder Extraordinaire

Join date: 10 Apr 2003

Posts: 423

11-25-2003 08:37

I don't usually travel in vehicles, but it sounds like server lag.

Whenever you cross a SIM boundary you and your vehicle are "handed off" to the other server. This may take some time considering the population and everything that server might be doing. Not to mention that the calculations that are then taken up by the other server for your vehicle movement etc.

I don't think it's a connection issue on your end, sounds more like a server going, "Oh great, speedy gonzalez wants to race through me now"

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11-25-2003 11:03

I have seen the same phenomenon. Scripted attachments contribute to it.

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Relee Baysklef

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Join date: 18 Sep 2003

Posts: 360

11-25-2003 11:05

I've noticed that problem myself. I don't think it's the server handoff though, I'm pretty sure the velocity drops after the object crosses the boundary. It should stay constant, and the bump caused by crossing the server should be handled by the client, but it's not. I don't know why.

Tiger Crossing

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Join date: 18 Aug 2003

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11-25-2003 11:34

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Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

11-25-2003 12:16

I haven't noticed a slowdown when flying across sim borders, but I have noticed that I lose altitude. I think what happens is that I leave the sim's land area, the physics engine in that sim notices that I'm more than 50 meters above ground level and starts dropping my altitude, and then my av gets handed off to the next sim, which stops my descent.

James Miller

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Join date: 9 Jan 2003

Posts: 1,500

11-25-2003 12:29

I'm pretty sure the original poster was talking about using a vehicle while going over sim boundries, not just flying regularly.

I get this too, while using a vehicle.

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Crossing sim boundries in the vehicle sims
Jack Digeridoo machinimaniac Join date: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1,170	11-25-2003 08:34 Does anyone else have problems crossing sim boundries in the vehicle sims? It's like I crash into an invisible wall, slow down quite a bit, and then start to speed up again as I cross the sim boundry. Just wondering if it's like that for everyone or something funny with my connection.
Bob Bunderfeld Builder Extraordinaire Join date: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 423	11-25-2003 08:37 I don't usually travel in vehicles, but it sounds like server lag. Whenever you cross a SIM boundary you and your vehicle are "handed off" to the other server. This may take some time considering the population and everything that server might be doing. Not to mention that the calculations that are then taken up by the other server for your vehicle movement etc. I don't think it's a connection issue on your end, sounds more like a server going, "Oh great, speedy gonzalez wants to race through me now" _____________________ Bob "The Builder" Bunderfeld "There could be a 13 year old Genius out there smarter than I am." - Blake Rockwell
Huns Valen Don't PM me here. Join date: 3 May 2003 Posts: 2,749	11-25-2003 11:03 I have seen the same phenomenon. Scripted attachments contribute to it. _____________________ [ huns? \|\| words \|\| 1TBS KREW \|\| VHI Aircraft \|\| Whitepaper on Aircraft Physics ] Make yourself and your objects immune to llPushObject().
Relee Baysklef Irresistable Squirrel Join date: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 360	11-25-2003 11:05 I've noticed that problem myself. I don't think it's the server handoff though, I'm pretty sure the velocity drops after the object crosses the boundary. It should stay constant, and the bump caused by crossing the server should be handled by the client, but it's not. I don't know why.
Tiger Crossing The Prim Maker Join date: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 1,560	11-25-2003 11:34 It's standard. Everyone gets it. _____________________ ~ Tiger Crossing ~ (Nonsanity)
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	11-25-2003 12:16 I haven't noticed a slowdown when flying across sim borders, but I have noticed that I lose altitude. I think what happens is that I leave the sim's land area, the physics engine in that sim notices that I'm more than 50 meters above ground level and starts dropping my altitude, and then my av gets handed off to the next sim, which stops my descent.
James Miller Village Idiot Join date: 9 Jan 2003 Posts: 1,500	11-25-2003 12:29 I'm pretty sure the original poster was talking about using a vehicle while going over sim boundries, not just flying regularly. I get this too, while using a vehicle. _____________________ George W. Bush hates America.

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