I won't mention the AV's name, but I saw something that disturbed me somewhat tonight. This person had a "lag meter" attached somewhere near their head that showed sim time dilation, which is a good indicator of sim lag. Its a measure of how much time the sim has to devote to scripts, and is available via the llGetRegionTimeDilation() function call.
What ticked me off was that this device was obviously on a timer of no more that 0.1 seconds, updating the current value of this metric as fast as its little script could go.
WHY?!? Why would someone create an object to measure sim-lag that adds to said sim-lag by going off on such a high frequency timer?
*sigh*
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10-08-2004 22:07
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10-08-2004 22:50
it's the heisenberg principle.
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10-08-2004 23:27
it's the heisenberg principle. touche... - Ace _____________________
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Carnildo Greenacre
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10-08-2004 23:35
Even scripts on a supposed 0.1 second timer don't usually fire that often, and simply displaying the time dilation adds hardly any load to the system.
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Ace Cassidy
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10-09-2004 00:00
Even scripts on a supposed 0.1 second timer don't usually fire that often, and simply displaying the time dilation adds hardly any load to the system. Displaying the time dilation via a llSetText() call results in an object update to anyone with eye shot of the object. It adds lag, and those that write such scripts are lag-monsters *snort* *snort* - Ace _____________________
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Moleculor Satyr
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10-09-2004 02:45
WHY?!? Why would someone create an object to measure sim-lag that adds to said sim-lag by going off on such a high frequency timer? I've learned to depend on the stupidity of anyone with access to LSL, and no actual knowledge of how computers work. _____________________
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10-09-2004 08:23
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Stop to sell lag in box! Did you try and inform them about the potential lag their script could cause? If anything its a good learning tool for anyone not experienced with programming to find out about things like processing power used and the effects it can have. _____________________
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Ace Cassidy
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10-09-2004 08:55
Did you try and inform them about the potential lag their script could cause? I considered saying something in a private IM, but we were both at a social event, and I didn't know the person, and I wasn't in the mood to get into a pissing contest over whether their object was a problem. So I just came to the forums afterwards and vented a bit instead.  - Ace _____________________
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