On Monday and Tuesday, Havok 4 was implemented across the SL main grid. H4 is a major upgrade to the physics engine that’s critical for many things in Second Life, including sailboats.
This morning Vin Mariani and I did a few “first look” tests to check out how boats handle collisions on the main grid [...]

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Smile. You knew this was coming…
As a public service, I’m reposting Owen Oyen’s recent announcement about Havok 4 implementation on the main grid:
Folks,
It appears the finish line has arrived.
LL is taking Havok 4 live this coming week — probably to hit an end of fiscal quarter deadline.
I perhaps should not have even said [...]

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The Beta Grid was closed for maintenance the past few days, but it’s now reopened with a “refreshed” version of the Havok 4 physics engine.
Several prior issues were addressed in this revision, but new problems have emerged that can have a significant impact on sailing. As Owen Oyen emphasizes,
“… This Havok 4 version’s “violence” magnitude in [...]

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Woot. You all knew this was coming….Here we go with Hotlaps for Havok!!!
SL Sailing now has access to five sims of navigable water on the Beta Grid for Havok 4 testing. As discussed in the prior post, the Beta Sailing Sims include the NYC Clubhouse, the Bismarck startline, and many race buoys that SL sailors will immediately recognize. [...]

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I want to give a huge shout-out to Elisha Pakelena and Sidewinder Linden for their attention to sailing issues in Havok 4.
As most sailors know, Linden Labs is currently beta-testing Havok 4, the update for the physics engine that determines how objects interact and move in Second Life. Most of us don’t think about the physics engine [...]

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Newsflash! Sidewinder Linden has changed up the lineup of sims on the Beta grid for Havok4 testing. Realizing the need to satisfy both the testing crowd who need open water with few obstructions, and the cruising crowd who wished for familiar waters to play on (that happen to contain a windsetter and race [...]

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