mega prim question

I've been told mega prims are flawed\bugged and cause server crashes - they are such a great building tool I am reluctant to give up on them. Are there any "better" ones? or is this a myth anyway?

As long as you do not use the real big ones I would not worry too much. Still I dont use them ever in a building for sale, just to be on the safe side. There are words going around that upto 256 m would be supported, yet I never used anything that big though

Not surprisingly, I guess, the amount that a megaprim confuses the physics engine is a function of its size, so the ones over 256 are extra prone to making lag. From what I can gather of the latest Havoc 4 release notes, though, they're trying to support megaprims even larger than the 256m variety, and there are reports that some of the sizes actually work properly for a change when cut and hollowed.

There are lots of tricks for making megaprims less of a problem. Generally speaking, if they're phantom, they just don't cause a problem. When non-phantom, it seems to be best if any void space from dimpling is not subject to collisions.

And never rez them on a full SL moon.

Thanks... I never did use the really big ones, as I never had enough land to keep them in and rezzing them to run over someone else's place has never felt right to me.

And actually I usually have used them phantom....

Good thing with that 'never felt right' bit. It's against the rules!

Oh, hell -- I just realized something. That'd be great -- if the camera didn't go all screwy inside hollows. :/

I had to redesign my skybox without hollows so I could work at home.