09.06.08
Loco Pocos Version 1.5 DELAYED :(
Hi everyone,
I am sorry to say that I have to hold off releasing version 1.5 until certain issues are addressed with MONO scripting.
After adding all the new features (and then some!) to the Loco Pocos avatars and converting every single script to mono, I discovered that mono just doesn’t work nearly as well or as constant as it should.
You see, I scripted them on Loco Pocos Island, where the mono scripting (at the time) was lightning fast, worked like a dream. With this new found speed I improved a few other features to go along with it.
A day later that speed was suddenly gone, and mono was very very slow, maybe 100 times SLOWER than regular LSL scripts. I tested this out and it seemed that it was kind of random depending on which sim I was in if mono would live up to it’s potential. Regular LSL scripts continued to work just fine.
So now that I have updated all the avatars to 1.5 with mono I am forced to wait on releasing them until these issues clear up, I can’t release an avatar that will be broken.
If that wasn’t cruel enough, here’s a confirmed list of new features you’re going to get when Mono works:
- New re-uploaded animations to combat avatar unfolding
- New improved AO
- Typing animation overrider (So now you type just like a big av)
- Typing AO is toggleable
- Hands respond much quicker to being removed and create the ‘fake’ hand
- One HUD works for all, this is very good news and allows easier updates on the HUD
- More sleeve options for shirts. Now there are 5 sleeve styles!
- Permission fixes on some wrongly permissive items
- Compatibility with TOYS and Quest HUD (more on this soon)
1.5 is fantastic, I can’t wait to share it with you!
Stay tuned :)
Jacek Antonelli said,
September 6, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Darn you, LL! I want mah Loco Pocos! *shakes fist* :D
Well, the Mono team seems to be working around the clock pushing out new server versions to try to fix things, so hopefully it won’t be too long of a wait!
Damien Fate said,
September 6, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I have faith that they’ll get it right :)
This is huge change for SL, so you can’t expect everything to go smoothly.
LOCO POCOS Blog » Loco Pocos TOYS Now Available! said,
September 15, 2008 at 5:11 am
[…] One thing I must say though, is that the toys are currently version 0.9. This doesn’t mean that they’re broken or have less features than version 1.0 will have, it is mainly because toys were not supposed to be released until I release version 1.5 of Loco Pocos avatars. But as you no doubt read, this has been delayed! […]