Havok refresh on Second Life beta grid

By Tateru Nino

Sidewinder Linden reports that the Second Life beta grid (Aditi) has been updated with a new version of the Havok 4.6 adapter code, fixing a number of issues and reintroducing megaprims back into the mix. (A megaprim is a — well it's a long story. They're object primitives that are far larger than the system actually allows you to make. Originally created by an exploit, but still around).

It seems that lion's-share of fixes this time around have to do with sitting and sit-targets, with assorted extra updates involving motion and collisions.

Items tagged as a part of this release:

  • DEV-6010: linked tori fall through heightfield and are ejected off-world
  • DEV-5352: dragged physical objects have intertia
  • DEV-5354: avatar sits on wrong side of box
  • DEV-432: sitting on any face other that top of box will fail
  • DEV-6085: put megaprims back into Havok4 build (note that any megaprims larger than 256m square will be forced down to 256m per side)
  • DEV-6393: objects are boxified all the time
  • DEV-6407: a kart set to physical reduces sim FPS from 45 to 35
  • DEV-6399: sitting on non-square objects sits you inside the object (concave seating surfaces)
  • DEV-6492: attachment position changes due to scaling are not saved

Project updates and information are available on the Second Life wiki.

You can also check out our earlier coverage of the ongoing physics update project.

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