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Eliminate HUD from Snapshots, please!
Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
05-30-2006 15:55
From: Wayfinder Wishbringer
the total lack of ability to tell if someone is wearing a HUD or not has allowed rampant cheating at many SL games (anti-push HUDs with PUSH games, site systems with archery, etc).
You don't need to use a HUD to implement anti-push, or almost any other cheats. Including sights (if nothing else, you can *draw* your sight on a plastic sheet and tape it to the monitor).
From: someone
I think you're right... having a user option to automatically turn a HUD invisibile (default) when taking a snapshot is a good idea.
Not only is it a good idea, but it was the default initially... and I don't recall ANY discussion about the desirability of seeing HUDs in snapshots before they suddenly showed up. Where the hell did that come from?
Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
06-30-2006 16:10
AND THIS IS DONE!!!

Second Life Preview 1.11

Snapshot Preview > "Show HUD objects in snapshot" checkbox.

SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS!!!
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
06-30-2006 17:01
Addendum: there's a known bug with this which causes it to not work. Already known about and should be fixed soon... we're almost out of the water.
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