1.8.2(8) Coming Tomorrow : "meh", or flee in terror?
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Burke Prefect
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01-31-2006 14:07
From: someone Second Life 1.8.2( Jan 27, 2006================================ * llDialog now displays a message showing from where the dialog originates ** When triggering an llDialog event on an object called "Object" owned by "Karen Linden," "Karen Linden's Object" will be indicated as the originator of the dialog * Classified Ad locations now are shown with more precision on the World Map * Debug > Show Updates option is once again functional * New "recommended" Graphics Card Memory setting displayed for some system configurations ** Graphics Memory Size is determined by two things: *** The amount of memory your graphics card has (VRAM) *** The amount of system memory you have (RAM) ** A system that has lots of VRAM but little RAM, we will recommend a lower setting than your actual VRAM to improve performance: *** For a machine with 256MB VRAM and 256MB RAM, the recommended Graphics Card Memory setting is 128MB Let's see.... First off, can we get something simpler than 1.8.2( ? Like just 1.8.2.8 or "1.8 Build 28" And start naming the larger decimals? Like 1.8.3 could be Beer Pack? As for the changes, sounds good to me. Is this recommended like "Crap" "Decent" "Better" and "F*** YEAH!"? |
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Iron Perth
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01-31-2006 14:10
I am glad they are doing this: From: someone
llDialog now displays a message showing from where the dialog originates
** When triggering an llDialog event on an object called "Object" owned
by "Karen Linden," "Karen Linden's Object" will be indicated as the
originator of the dialog
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Burke Prefect
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01-31-2006 14:11
Me too. I only wish I had started a POLL now...
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Siggy Romulus
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01-31-2006 14:18
I'll opt for 'wait and see'
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Enabran Templar
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01-31-2006 14:20
It's stunning to me that an enormous, glaring, critical UI bug is well known, internally fixed and yet not fixed in tomorrow's patch. wtf is that?
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Osgeld Barmy
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01-31-2006 16:28
Love the llDialog Changes (wooter) i hope they get the Tab vs textbox thing flattened out nothing else seems to effect me so ill give it a Meh but with a  just for fun tho are there any bets on what they will break this patch? |
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Zodiakos Absolute
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01-31-2006 16:32
According to the revised patch notes posted by Karen Linden, the tab bug in the edit window HAS been fixed in this release. I guess it was important/finished enough to go ahead and put in.
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Siggy Romulus
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01-31-2006 16:32
I am hoping a typo creeps in at the last second so an object with a dialog box ends up saying:
Object pwned by [name]
its a dream... but hope springs eternal
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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01-31-2006 16:38
I believe you have set up a false dichotomy. It is possible to say "meh" while one is fleeing in terror.
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Cocoanut Cookie
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01-31-2006 16:48
I'm in terror. All that sounded to me like bad news for someone with a minimal sort of system, which I believe I have.
coco
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Reitsuki Kojima
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01-31-2006 17:01
From: Cocoanut Cookie I'm in terror. All that sounded to me like bad news for someone with a minimal sort of system, which I believe I have.
coco Its just changes to the reccomendations. Not system changes.
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Cocoanut Cookie
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01-31-2006 17:09
Oh okay, I won't worry so much then.
coco
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Joy Honey
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01-31-2006 17:12
From: Siggy Romulus I am hoping a typo creeps in at the last second so an object with a dialog box ends up saying:
Object pwned by [name]
its a dream... but hope springs eternal I endorse this product 100% 
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Torley Linden
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01-31-2006 17:13
From: Zodiakos Absolute According to the revised patch notes posted by Karen Linden, the tab bug in the edit window HAS been fixed in this release. I guess it was important/finished enough to go ahead and put in. , no longer 1.8.2.8 but 1.8.2.9 now. |
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Soleil Mirabeau
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01-31-2006 17:19
As long as I can select 512MB for my video card size, I don't care what else changes.
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Enabran Templar
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01-31-2006 17:19
I am very pleased that the tab thing is fixed.
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Darkness Anubis
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02-01-2006 06:23
Define "Recommended Graphics settings"
Does this mean we can't opt higher? Because thats how it is now.
My machine has 512 of Ram which SL insists on reading as 511. As a result I can't pick the 256 video setting that matches my video card.
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Maxwolf Goodliffe
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02-01-2006 06:34
Second Life insists on saying 511 because in reality your computer needs to use some of that memory for it's own well-being. Windows uses memory, and depending on what programs you are running in the background they use even more of it. That is if I remember correctly they said a system with like 256Mb VRAM and 256Mb RAM should select 128Mb for their video card memory size to improve performance (I don't know why, but it works!)
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Burke Prefect
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02-01-2006 07:00
When I have some spare money for the computer I'll have to pick up an extra 512mb ram to get up to a full gig. Along with a brazilian ass-shaker hard drive and decent monitor.
I remember when 512kb of ram was enough for most needs. I feel so old!
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02-01-2006 07:11
From: someone I remember when 512kb of ram was enough for most needs. I feel so old! Piss off, ya young whippersnapper. I remember when going from 4kB to 16kB RAM was a world altering upgrade.  |
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Burke Prefect
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02-01-2006 07:16
I know. I was supressed growing up. I didn't get a computer until I was like 9, I made the jump from a 512kb Mac to a Mac SE/10, a... bigger color mac with 16mhz, then a 60mhz Power PC (with CD-ROM!), then a 300mhz PowerMac. Then... a G3, I can't recall the specs for it. Of course around that time I was 'liberated' from my evil ways by my uncle and now rule the world with my mad Wintel skillz.
"I remember when you could, in fact, beat a person to death with a keyboard, not like this cheap flimsy plastic crap they peddle these days."
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Pyrii Akula
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02-01-2006 07:17
I've been makign my views clear on the removal of the texture cache limiter as my system performance has continued to degrade with this new client, moving the camera is a chore, and soemtimes even walking as the system refuses to limit itself to just system memory. instead leaking into virtual memory to store vitally needed textures, making freezups a dialy occurance. i've sent an e-mail today to support asking about this as for me, it's beyind a joke. From: someone *** For a machine with 256MB VRAM and 256MB RAM, the recommended Graphics Card Memory setting is 128MB Scuze my french but that is bollocks. I have 512mb System RAM and a 128Mb Video card. having my vram set to 64Mb atm is still causing nasty freezups. |
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Burke Prefect
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02-01-2006 07:23
Actually. Since I'm running a barebones-ish remix of XP, SL runs pretty damn well on 512mb and 128mb of VRAM. But last night I ran into some kind of huge stutter bug. The system froze for a minute and the hard drive when nuts. All I was doing was panning the camera to get a look at the back audience.
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Sean Martin
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02-01-2006 08:08
From: Burke Prefect
"I remember when you could, in fact, beat a person to death with a keyboard, not like this cheap flimsy plastic crap they peddle these days."
I still have one of them in the closet somewhere. It's just waitin to show some random thug how strong they used to make computer parts back in it's day. Nothing says "ka-thunk!" like an old IBM spring-loaded "clinker board". Still works too heh |
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Reitsuki Kojima
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02-01-2006 08:20
Are you kidding?
I use an M-series keyboard every day. I have backups for when it dies...
...In about another 20-fricking years.
Seriously. It was made in 89 (Each of them has their birthdate stenciled on the bottom). IT has *no* problems and works as well as the day it was put together.
I laugh my ass off at my friends who have to replace their keyboards every couple years.
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