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Build 5 now available (Sdk)
Build 5 now available // Sdkroland vilettSep 11, 1998, 11:48pm
Build 5 of the SDK available is now available. You can download it from the
usual place: http://www.activeworlds.com/sdk/download.htm Build 5 addresses a problem that many people were running into. The problem is that in order to conserve bandwidth, the world server only sends the name of a user to the client once, when their avatar first appears in the scene. Thus, the attribute AW_AVATAR_NAME was only valid during the AW_EVENT_AVATAR_ADD event. Most people were assuming that AW_AVATAR_NAME was also valid during AW_EVENT_AVATAR_DELETE and other events, when in fact it was not. It was up to the programmer to remember the name that was sent as part of the AVATAR_ADD event, and use the session id number in subsequent events in order to look up the name. Enough people were running into this problem that I went ahead and added code to the SDK to remember the name and look it up for you automatically. So with build 5 the AW_AVATAR_NAME attribute should now properly be defined during the events AW_EVENT_AVATAR_CHANGE, AW_EVENT_AVATAR_DELETE, and AW_EVENT_CHAT. Hope that helps! -Roland |