| 15:04 |
Tali Rosca |
Let us start now. |
| 15:04 |
Steadman Kondor |
yes, but there is an ejector built in after 10 secs, dean carl |
| 15:04 |
Tali Rosca |
Welcome to this week's QA with the Deans. |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
As most of you know, it is a somewhat freeform questions-and-answer session, where we will do our best to answer questions of general relevance to Oxbridge. |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
You can see our area of responsibilities here: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
So, who has the first question? |
| 15:06 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Situation of the airship network? |
| 15:07 |
Tali Rosca |
....long silence... |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Jorge Serapis would know. |
| 15:07 |
Meora (menchor) |
1 line was running yesterday |
| 15:07 |
Tali Rosca |
I've not heard anything in a while, but then, I must admit I have not gone out of my way to check. |
| 15:07 |
Martini Discovolante |
you will have to ask Jorge.. we reall y have nothing ot do with it. |
| 15:07 |
Steadman Kondor |
hmm mr serapis is sometimes here unfortunately not today. |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
He's the head guy at Caledon Air Trasport |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Mr. Serapis had several of the lines running. |
| 15:08 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Okay |
| 15:09 |
Red Quixote |
yes,. there is a sleeping pose built in to both the male and female sit menus,.. it was a sort of running joke between Ravelli and I |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's a CAT status report here. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_20140622.php |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
At 15:57: ... Sumie and Judy Vee are flying. |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Dorothy's new route is in beta testing. |
| 15:12 |
Tali Rosca |
So I think that's as much as we know. |
| 15:13 |
Tali Rosca |
Other questions? |
| 15:13 |
Meora (menchor) |
sumie was not running yesterday |
| 15:14 |
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Gronk Seriman raises a hand |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Miss Gronk? |
| 15:14 |
Gronk Seriman |
I have noticed, with sadness, that the Oxbridbe Gazette dispensers no longer cheerfuly hand me a copy. Is that feature gone now? |
| 15:15 |
Carl Metropolitan |
They have the low prim, non-animated version that he made for the SL11B celebration out now. |
| 15:15 |
Steadman Kondor |
it should , miss seriman. i will investigate the dispenser after this meeting |
| 15:15 |
Larkylouz |
That was a very cute animation. I liked it too, Gronk |
| 15:15 |
Steadman Kondor |
the new issue is due at start of august, but no changes were made to the existing yet |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We likely should restart the sim after this meeting. The inworld schedules are also not updating. |
| 15:16 |
Gronk Seriman |
Allrightie. I saw it once, but never again. |
| 15:16 |
Steadman Kondor |
ah mr carl is correct. yes the mesh versions dont have arm movements |
| 15:18 |
Gronk Seriman |
So it's a prim/resource reduction thing? |
| 15:19 |
Steadman Kondor |
yes. but i will take your interest in the animated version on board. |
| 15:19 |
Steadman Kondor |
there are still some tweaking/optimising to be done on the dispenser |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Likely could split the mesh to have a separate arm piece. |
| 15:20 |
Red Quixote |
you'd have to |
| 15:20 |
Kamilah Hauptmann |
I suppose a bot would just be one more not quite useful enough agent in the sim. |
| 15:20 |
Larkylouz |
Give that dodo bird a job to do! |
| 15:20 |
Gronk Seriman |
I thought it was cute. An attention-getter. Makes reading the copy more likely. |
| 15:21 |
John (fun23) |
gets rock out of shoe. |
| 15:21 |
Steadman Kondor |
:) dodo would be a fun gazette staffer |
| 15:21 |
Red Quixote |
ther ya go,.. .interns |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Martini makes great dodos |
| 15:21 |
Tali Rosca |
An actual bot would not be a good idea, with our limited avatar count, at least here in Oxbridge. |
| 15:22 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I used to have a dodo sculpture she made back when I could afford land. |
| 15:22 |
Steadman Kondor |
martini makes great dodos.. of us, hehe, with her brains |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We've been pushing avatar limits here for a couple of classes, so any decrement wouldn't be good. |
| 15:22 |
Gronk Seriman |
That brings up another question...the grumpy janitor was not on duty in the sandbox last I looked. Is he gone? |
| 15:22 |
Tali Rosca |
He is gone for now. |
| 15:22 |
Steadman Kondor |
oh you are right! i hadn't seen him for a while now |
| 15:23 |
Martini Discovolante |
he is on vacation. |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
As I recall, free bot control was ended? |
| 15:23 |
Tali Rosca |
We don't have a server to host him, and paying for bot hosting doesn't seem worth it with the very limited functionality he was providing. |
| 15:25 |
Steadman Kondor |
is it as simple as one of us who keeps a connection on, all day, to log in as dodo? |
| 15:25 |
Gronk Seriman |
Poor guy! He was probably nearing retirement and a fat pension, too! |
| 15:25 |
Steadman Kondor |
and here am i thinking to making him work out his later years |
| 15:25 |
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Larkylouz mutters, "Or lung cancer from those smelly cigars!" |
| 15:26 |
John (fun23) |
looks over at you |
| 15:26 |
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Steadman Kondor giggles |
| 15:26 |
Tali Rosca |
In principle, yes, it takes a server running METAbolt to keep him online. |
| 15:26 |
John (fun23) |
and puts it out |
| 15:26 |
Tali Rosca |
Though we would also have to update the inviter scripts he was controlling. |
| 15:26 |
Steadman Kondor |
mr dodo doesn't realise that even if his beak dont inhale, his nostrils do |
| 15:27 |
Tali Rosca |
For the time being, the group invite is handled by inworld scripts. |
| 15:28 |
Tali Rosca |
-The client has gotten clickable links to groups since the heydays of the inviter bots. |
| 15:30 |
Tali Rosca |
Other questions? |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Can I go take a nap now? |
| 15:32 |
Skullphern |
hmm |
| 15:32 |
John (fun23) |
i have one |
| 15:32 |
lovejoy2199 |
Yes: Any new classes? |
| 15:32 |
John (fun23) |
if you please |
| 15:32 |
Martini Discovolante |
Carl, use the Sleep covered in Newspapers pose ;-) |
| 15:32 |
Meora (menchor) |
Ha ha ha hahahaaa |
| 15:32 |
John (fun23) |
what was ebbe thinking to talk about a new sl |
| 15:32 |
Tali Rosca |
Let us take John's first. |
| 15:32 |
John (fun23) |
thank you |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Well, Samm Florian IMed me about teaching her occasional Land Impact class on Friday. |
| 15:32 |
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Steadman Kondor takes out his notepad. Yes I'd to take not of any new classes for the editorial |
| 15:33 |
Tali Rosca |
We're good, but we're not mind readers. You'll have to ask him. |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I haven't yet confirmed with her, but it's on the web schedule. |
| 15:33 |
Red Quixote |
that is a good class Word,. it was packed last time she gaveit |
| 15:33 |
John (fun23) |
mutters |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
This is the current schedule. The inworld one's haven't updated since 21 July. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/class_schedule.php |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(not because I haven't made the update) |
| 15:35 |
Steadman Kondor |
how about miss lindal's avatar customisation class? |
| 15:36 |
Steadman Kondor |
is it too soon to mention that as forthcomign in the editorial? |
| 15:36 |
John (fun23) |
but thank you |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I haven't heard anything more from her on that. |
| 15:36 |
Martini Discovolante |
ask her. |
| 15:38 |
Tali Rosca |
It seems like a fairly quiet day. Other topics? |
| 15:38 |
Meora (menchor) |
is that class dealing with the mesh avatars? |
| 15:39 |
lovejoy2199 |
Good question |
| 15:39 |
Steadman Kondor |
it deals with navigating through them and the classic ones i believe. |
| 15:39 |
Meora (menchor) |
good they really don't tell newbies anything about how the mesh ones work |
| 15:39 |
Steadman Kondor |
miss larky has also finished an article to help newbies go from mesh to classic avatars |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The LL mesh avatars are well .... quit using them if you want to customize. |
| 15:40 |
Meora (menchor) |
unfortunately they include a mesh head |
| 15:40 |
lovejoy2199 |
Also, mesh clothing. |
| 15:41 |
Kamilah Hauptmann |
Hey, what's wrong with an entirely mesh avatar? ;) |
| 15:41 |
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Martini Discovolante koffs |
| 15:41 |
lovejoy2199 |
You have to adjust your avatar to the clothes. |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hard to modify. |
| 15:41 |
Meora (menchor) |
some of the commercial ones stop at the neck |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nothing, until you want to start swapping clothes and hair. |
| 15:41 |
lovejoy2199 |
How do you do that? |
| 15:42 |
Steadman Kondor |
i have commissioned an article on the feet and shoes as well for the newbie - hopefully it will turn out to be useful for those who want to make their heels or toes turn out well |
| 15:42 |
Tali Rosca |
Arguably, a mesh *head* is one of the easiest things to match with existing clothes. |
| 15:42 |
Larkylouz |
And I assume the issues are with the new LL newbie avatars, not mesh in particular. I did try to emphasize that in my article. |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I wonder how well it incorporates things like masks and tattoos. |
| 15:43 |
Meora (menchor) |
the clothes with the Library mesh avatars are fitmesh |
| 15:43 |
Lyn Navarita |
What is the advantage of a Mesh avatar over the older ones like I have? |
| 15:44 |
Meora (menchor) |
if you can match your skin they have more triangles and are smoother in appearance |
| 15:45 |
Tali Rosca |
You can get some prettier hands and feet in particular, and the area around the nose also often deforms weirdly on the standard avatar. |
| 15:45 |
Meora (menchor) |
hands and feet can be done with the standard avatar |
| 15:46 |
Lyn Navarita |
Is there a performance difference? For the resident or servers? |
| 15:46 |
Steadman Kondor |
there are some mesh face structure that you cant get through the classic shape modifying too. there are also tools to convert an RL picture to a mesh object, so it's handy for creating an RL replica |
| 15:46 |
Tali Rosca |
Overall, you can get some more detailed shapes, at the cost of difficulty in customizing it. |
| 15:46 |
Gronk Seriman |
You can play with invisibility, glow and shininess on a mesh avatar which you never could on a standard avatar. |
| 15:46 |
Steadman Kondor |
shiny rosy cheeks! |
| 15:47 |
Tali Rosca |
Performance-wise, yes, mesh avatars cost a bit more. If nothing else, they have to be downloded. |
| 15:47 |
Lyn Navarita |
I've spent enough time being standard. |
| 15:47 |
Steadman Kondor |
or slimey gooey cheeks, as you please |
| 15:47 |
Steadman Kondor |
the one drawback with mesh shapes had been no facial animation |
| 15:48 |
Tali Rosca |
I am not sure how clever the client is in completely short-circuiting the standard avatar if you turn it entirely invisible. |
| 15:48 |
Steadman Kondor |
but i've seen some work on making them blink and mouth-move |
| 15:48 |
Tali Rosca |
I *fear* that the client will have to calculate both the normal (invisible) avatar and the mesh you wear. |
| 15:48 |
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Caith Lynn (caithlynnsayes) has a mesh head that does expressions |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I recall some early examples of mesh expression changes using texture changes. |
| 15:49 |
Tali Rosca |
That said, it is unlikely to be those polygons which bring any significant performance impact, compared to what else is going on. |
| 15:50 |
Lyn Navarita |
How can you tell the difference? ARC or Draw Weight maybe? |
| 15:50 |
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Steadman Kondor nods to miss caith. very well done |
| 15:50 |
Caith Lynn (caithlynnsayes) |
yes, I agree |
| 15:50 |
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Tali Rosca nods. "The ARC is only a rough measure, though." |
| 15:53 |
Tali Rosca |
Other questions for the last minutes? |
| 15:53 |
Steadman Kondor |
We are looking for a variety of articles focussing on SL businesses, designed for the newbie for the Sept 1 gazette. |
| 15:53 |
Steadman Kondor |
please IM me if you have some ideas. |
| 15:54 |
Steadman Kondor |
Also, we have some spots to fill for our class sponsor program. Thanks to those who have enquired already. Please contact me also if you are interested. |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Red, you are now doing projects in animation office hour? |
| 15:56 |
Red Quixote |
yes |
| 15:56 |
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Steadman Kondor notes that for the editorial |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That's on Wednesdays. |
| 15:57 |
Red Quixote |
I have a few ideas ,.. but the first project, woudl deal with the material covered |
| 15:57 |
Red Quixote |
aye wednesdays |
| 15:58 |
Steadman Kondor |
last Q&A dean wordsmith, you mentioned serialising some classes? |
| 15:58 |
Steadman Kondor |
is there further to update on that? |
| 15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Potentially, yes. That might happen to scripting for example. |
| 15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
None yet. I've some rewrites to mesh class first. |
| 15:59 |
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Steadman Kondor nods |
| 16:00 |
Tali Rosca |
If there are no other questions, let us adjourn for today. |
| 16:00 |
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Kamilah Hauptmann needs to dash for some family things. |
| 16:00 |
Steadman Kondor |
farewell vicerine :) |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all for coming. |
| 16:00 |
Steadman Kondor |
till later |
| 16:00 |
Martini Discovolante |
bye Your Glory |
| 16:00 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Bye |
| 16:00 |
Martini Discovolante |
and thanks everyoen for comign today |