notice from the ecosystem working group:
Our ALIFE sim, Terminus, basically a void sim, has been pushed past its operational limits.
Considering it is a low prim/low script sim, this was inevitable. It is, however, amazing what we've been able to build there thus far, but we've reached a point where the large numbers of scanning animals and plants there (Plobs, fish, cannon plants, gridlice, jellypods,foodshrooms) are really slowing down script execution. The result is this: animals, when hunting, will miss their targets. Response to user inquiries of animals is slow. Reproduction isn't aligning well with food supply.
As it stands, the sim just barely works now. Populations are relatively stable. Addition of another species, though, or bursts of population growth could send it spiralling into lagquakes.
We need to upgrade Terminus to a real sim, ASAP.
kerunix Flan, its owner, has kindly offered to upgrade the sim for us. We can rent a real sim for approximately 250$ US/month.
Here's what it will take, then:
We'd love to get 25 people willing to shell out 10$ a month. Or 10 people willing to shell out 25$ a month. Or some equivalent combination to ease and share the financial burden. We'd create a new group consisting specifically of dedicated donors for this cause. Development privileges could be awarded based on one's financial commitment.
We'd like to hear some feedback from group members about this (or non group members). Please discuss here.