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Havok 4
Rock Ryder
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Join date: 6 Oct 2006
Posts: 384
02-27-2008 08:02
Hi guys, three quick questions on Havok 4:

1. Does anyone know the current roll-out status of Havok 4?
2. Does anyone know when the roll-out across the grid will be completed by?
3. Has anyone whose sim has already got Havok 4 tried building and moving objects above 750m with success?

TIA

Rock
Isabeau Imako
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Join date: 13 Sep 2007
Posts: 2,335
02-27-2008 09:12
Did you check the blog? (for answers to question 1 and 2)

http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/02/26/havok4-beta-preview-update-2008-02-26/

Can't help you with #3.
Cunundrum Alcott
A Sardonic Pessimist
Join date: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 773
02-27-2008 09:19
I'm not sure about Havok sims but on a normal sim friends of mine have build just below the ceiling and then moved items above it. I'm not sure if there is a limit on how high you can move things.
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Lear Cale
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Join date: 22 Aug 2007
Posts: 3,569
02-27-2008 10:33
A beta tester for MLPV2 reports that it works (rezzing, positioning, and rotating balls) at 4K height, whereas in non-Havok4 sims it does not work over 700 or so.
Ricardo Harris
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Join date: 1 Apr 2006
Posts: 1,944
02-27-2008 10:36
You have to give it to them they sure picked a great name in Havok. It's exactly what it will be/is causing in sl.
Atashi Toshihiko
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Join date: 7 Dec 2006
Posts: 1,423
02-27-2008 10:48
The 768m altitude build restriction thing is built into the client. I read this in a blog entry a while back, maybe a few weeks ago. So although havoc4 regions will allow rezzing and building way up high, the client itself will need to be updated when the time comes, so that we can take advantage of it.

-Atashi
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Lear Cale
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Join date: 22 Aug 2007
Posts: 3,569
02-27-2008 21:23
From: Atashi Toshihiko
The 768m altitude build restriction thing is built into the client. I read this in a blog entry a while back, maybe a few weeks ago. So although havoc4 regions will allow rezzing and building way up high, the client itself will need to be updated when the time comes, so that we can take advantage of it.

-Atashi


Interesting, but see my post above. I know the guy wasn't lying. He may have been using an updated client of some sort.

Blogs are sometimes written by people who don't really understand the issues.
shiney Sprocket
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Join date: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 254
02-27-2008 21:51
From: Ricardo Harris
You have to give it to them they sure picked a great name in Havok. It's exactly what it will be/is causing in sl.


Not at all. On my Havok4 enabled sim I haven't noticed any real problems associated with it, but I have had a ton more fun! It is awesome what you can do. My most ( destructive ) fun thing to do is pull out this large apartment building I made, unlink the linked parts, set temp and enable physics then watch it fall apart. Would have likely crashed the previous Havok1 or whatever it was at. Now I'm just waiting for Mono, that will be the next big improvement.
Tod69 Talamasca
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Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
02-28-2008 09:23
I've been to the Havok4 beta grid. LOVE IT!!!

Sure there's gonna be some issues, as people have been using physics workarounds to compensate for Havok1.

There's something satisfying about seeing 700+ physics enabled objects dropped on a sim and NO crashes, NO slow downs, minimal effect on Lag.

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