Details
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Story Defect
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Status: Closed
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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None
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None
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Second Life 2.6.4 (226448) Apr 12 2011 12:27:09 (Second Life Project Windlight Estate)
Release Notes
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5462 @ 2.80GHz (2800 MHz)
Memory: 18432 MB
OS Version: Darwin 10.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0: Sat Jan 29 15:17:16 PST 2011; root:xnu-1504.9.37~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT OpenGL Engine
OpenGL Version: 2.1 NVIDIA-1.6.26
libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1
J2C Decoder Version: KDU v6.4.1
Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000
Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded)
Voice Server Version: Not Connected
Built with GCC version 40001Second Life 2.6.4 (226448) Apr 12 2011 12:27:09 (Second Life Project Windlight Estate) Release Notes CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5462 @ 2.80GHz (2800 MHz) Memory: 18432 MB OS Version: Darwin 10.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0: Sat Jan 29 15:17:16 PST 2011; root:xnu-1504.9.37~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT OpenGL Engine OpenGL Version: 2.1 NVIDIA-1.6.26 libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1 J2C Decoder Version: KDU v6.4.1 Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000 Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded) Voice Server Version: Not Connected Built with GCC version 40001
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https://hg.lindenlab.com/vadimsproductengine/viewer-development-wlimport/ changeset fdb9ed9d2101
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Code Review, Product Owner
Description
Oz, Wolf, and I discussed this yesterday.
Use Region Environment Settings should be on by default because:
- Seamless and simple. A main goal of this project (
STORM-1126) is to increase immersion by ensuring Residents are having a shared experience. - Most new Residents will have absolutely no idea about this control, unless they are specifically told.
- This of course is magnified by Basic mode, which doesn't allow someone to change the time of day at all! They simply enter a region and see whatever it's set to. So enabling Use Region Environment Settings, including in Basic mode, is really a consistent extension of existing behavior which shows the region's time of day at a default day cycle. (A newcomer would be very confused if friends keep referring to "Look at the crazy yellow sky!" and all they see is the default blue one.)
- Even if told, most new Resis won't care — by the time they do, they've advanced to a savvy enough level with the confidence to make their own fine-tuned decisions. Note that customizing WindLight is often paired with exploration and/or photography, both of those which have their own intricacies and presume that the user is reasonably advanced.
- Anyone can opt-out at any time by unchecking this box, guided with a little education. Note that if someone unchecks Use Region Environment Settings, it should persist and stay off across sessions. It would be annoying to have it keep popping back, such as if you're a photographer who keeps crashing (a fairly common scenario, given snapshot bugs!). In other words, "always remember last state set by user".
