A Thought On How To Handle Long Load Times

[Sarge Misfit]

No sweat, Ilan. I understand that it would have to be Kitely wide and that its not likely to be high on the priority list. Which are good points to make clear to everyone.

[Sarge Misfit]

Just bouncing ideas ...

Is it possible to trigger the "cloudie" effect on TP out? Its already built in and I figure there's something that triggers it when you begin rezzing inworld while waiting for you appearance to load, so maybe that can be used as a TP out indicator.

[Ilan Tochner]

Hi Sarge,

I'm not sure but I think the cloud is a hardcoded viewer behavior when the avatar shape hasn't been loaded yet.

[Paul Wilson]

Would it be possible to use a server side script to trigger a particle effect on the avatar when they initiate a TP?

This would get around the hard coded viewer effects, but still allow the users to see a visual notification of a TP in progress.

[Ilan Tochner]

Hi Paul,

We already catch teleport events in order to start the world loading sequence. It should be possible to attach an effect to a teleporting avatar but it will require us to:
A) Have a good effect to use throughout Kitely - this will require community help to create.
B) Allocate resources to implement this new functionality - this will require us to not work on other things which are currently a higher priority.

[Sarge Misfit]

Hi Paul,

We already catch teleport events in order to start the world loading sequence. It should be possible to attach an effect to a teleporting avatar but it will require us to:
A) Have a good effect to use throughout Kitely - this will require community help to create.
B) Allocate resources to implement this new functionality - this will require us to not work on other things which are currently a higher priority.

Well, it seems to me that A) helps with improving community involvement and spirit while B) is not much of an issue as you have a good record when it comes to prioritizing.