Hi Fleep, AFAIK Ban lines are available and functional in OpenSim; however, I've rarely seen them used for all the reasons you cite ;)
As I've been heard to say in the past, the region is the new parcel. Cheers! James On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Fleep Tuque <fleep...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you mean the banlines, I always disallowed them in any land I managed > in Second Life because they are ugly and not at all user friendly. Half > the mainland in Second Life used to be marred with those hideous red lines, > I'd be very sad to see them in OpenSim. > > Considering land in most OpenSim grids is free or pretty cheap, I dunno > why you'd want to cut up parcels like that instead of just using private > regions? Last time I checked, a region that is not set to public access > isn't visible on the map or in the viewer to anyone who doesn't have > access. The banlines never prevented anyone from camming in anyway, all > they did was annoy everyone trying to get around. > > I suppose as others mentioned, if someone wants to write and contribute > the code, I couldn't object, but only so long as it could be disabled, > because I surely won't want it on any grid I manage. I doubt I'd want to > visit any grid that uses them either because there's nothing more > aggravating than trying to fly from Point A to Point B and bouncing like a > ping pong ball from banline to banline. > > We hatess them. :P > > > - Chris/Fleep > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Luisillo Contepomi < > luisillocontep...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What do you think about the privacy in parcels as is in Second Life? >> All viewers support this option but dont work by now in OpenSim. >> I do not know if it would be very complex to implement, but I think it >> would be interesting. >> comments?... >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > -- =================================== http://osgrid.org/ http://simhost.com http://twitter.com/jstallings2
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