I have been experimenting with combining and/or offloading physics simulations on physics capable clients (not LL based) with OpenSim, but nothing has been released as open source as of yet. It's not clear to me how a new TLD would affect this though, or why it might be required.
-Dahlia (Core) On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Dzonatas Sol <dzona...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought this was quite of interest for viewer developers that might ever > be interested to attach a simulator to their viewer in order to dispel > latency. > > --- snip --- > > If one opensim box connects to another opensim box, that is, technically, > peer to peer. > > So, are you saying an opensim box cannot run a client at the same time? > > >Melanie wrote: > >Hi, > > >peer to peer simulation is not practical for many different reasons. > >Latency being the chief one. > > > >OpenSim is not going to be a peer to peer system, therefore your > >suggestion is off topic. Opensim doesn't need another TLD, and it is > >not what you are envisioning. OpenSim firmly embraces the concept of > >SERVER SIDE simulation, therefore every sim will always have a > >central server. > > > >I believe this has gone as far as it will go and if there is any > >more name calling, well, we'll just have to moderate some people, > >won't we? > > > >Melanie > >(Core) > > If one opensim box connects to another opensim box, that is, technically, > peer to peer. > > So, are you saying an opensim box cannot run a client at the same time? > > Melanie wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> peer to peer simulation is not practical for many different reasons. >> Latency being the chief one. >> >> OpenSim is not going to be a peer to peer system, therefore your >> suggestion is off topic. Opensim doesn't need another TLD, and it is >> not what you are envisioning. OpenSim firmly embraces the concept of >> SERVER SIDE simulation, therefore every sim will always have a >> central server. >> >> I believe this has gone as far as it will go and if there is any >> more name calling, well, we'll just have to moderate some people, >> won't we? >> >> Melanie >> (Core) >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges >
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