Shadows and Havok4 physics? When?

Sorry if I spelled that wrong. To my understanding, there's a test grid where stuff has shadows and a better physics engine... I can't get in the test grid because I signed up late. I saw some vids on youtube.

Now I may be wrong as some of the physics may already be in the actual game... or are they? I don't know.

Are Havok4 physiucs in the real SL yet? When do we get to see some of the physics in there.... also... where can I get info on exactly what the new physics and stuff are going to do in SL? I'm interested in knowing about them. Sorry if my question's not very clear. I just wanna know more about the physics and what will be possible when they come to the real SL (unless they're already there and I just haven't done anything with them)

Is there a way to turn them on or something?

Also.... will SL ever get shadows?

I don't know about shadows but Havoc 4 has been on the main grid for about a month now.

The Windlight team has been playing with some things in that regard, at least some way to allow prims to block light. Who knows? Imagine how angry people would be, ya know?

Yep, those are dynamic shadows.

I think they're being worked on. But it's still in very early stages.

Source:

https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/2008-April/009432.html

I found the above link on this blog:- http://npirl.blogspot.com/

It's been here for a month huh? Ah, so that's why I had to update....

Is it in the mian grid. FOr some reason the release keeps crashing.

Is there anyway I can try and play with them?

Can I just place a bunch of balls on the ground and watch them roll around?

How did those shadows get there?

So... I'll be messing around with this too. Semestor's finally over so I'll have some time to mess with it... I still haven't gotten that gfx card. I plan on getting that soon along with some other stuff... my bank account WILL be empty. lol

(It was a public meeting, but resident names removed just to be sure )

What I'd like is a transparent prim that blocked light. I'd plop 'em down like big bell jars over all the avs wearing facelights with more than two emitters. Gotcha, you wretched photons!

lol Hey.

If you make something and put a black coloreed light on it, what color will the light look. I'm not at home and don't really have time too much to try it, just wondering. Will a light actually appear? Will it do what it does in a the real world. (Make things kind of glow). If you can't see the light, will it still drain lights from other places simply because it's still light.

Did the physics engine make mu of a difference?

Also... things still seem kind of,,, wekk,,, fkiatt,,, kuje,,, SL has low gravity or something. What's with that?

I think I have some of your missing gravity...I tend to sink while hovering. Come take it back, please.

As for "black lights", that should be an interesting experiment. I have another 3D application where black lights and/or negative intensities produce some very interesting and useful effects.

As a scandinavian friend of mine once said at the beginning of his slide show, "Turn on the dark, please."

Pure black lights won't give off light. There is a way to create a pretty convincing blacklight effect however

Here's a screenshot showing the effect, along with the light and environment settings.

So if the pure blacklights give off no like, do other lights around it still go out due to there being light there although you can't see it?