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Crazy Feature Idea for Synchronizing...
Lee Ponzu
What Would Steve Do?
Join date: 28 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,770
11-10-2008 07:08
Maybe it already does this, but...

1. Use something NTP like to synch the client/viewer clock with the servers.
2. Add some LSL functions that include a start/stop time parameter.

So, for example, if you could make a function call in a script (on the server) that sent a message to the clients to start to do something at starttime = now + 2 seconds, then all the clients would probably start at very nearly the same time, at least within a few milliseconds (NTP accuracy in most cases).

functions like Start/StopAnimation come to mind, though I am sure there are lots of others.
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
11-10-2008 07:24
It does require the user to plan ahead.
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