Linden Lab addresses Second Life group chat problems
by Tateru Nino 
Jul 1st 2009 at 8:00PM
Filed under: Bugs, News items, Second Life, Virtual worlds
Since the rollout of Second Life server 1.26 the already unreliable Second Life group-chat system showed an almost crippling drop in reliability, compared to the previous 1.25 release. Linden Lab have estimated an overall 60% drop in the number of group-chat messages successfully delivered, and the problem skews towards the larger groups, prompting many group owners to completely disable their group's chat functions to avoid online members from being spammed with error messages.
Linden Lab is reporting that server version 1.27, currently in quality assurance, represents a 300% improvement in group chat reliability over version 1.25 (or almost 1000% more reliable than what is currently operating on the Second Life grid today). As yet, no deployment date has been announced, but for many, the update cannot come soon enough.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Snickers Snook said on 8:31PM 7-01-2009
This bug is just killing participation in group activities.
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Wolfie Rankin said on 9:31PM 7-01-2009
Trying to communicate via groups is painful. I find myself doing a cut and paste of every line I type before I hit return.
It's getting to the point where it's best to abandon group chat for twitter, which is a lot more reliable.
Wolfie!
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Geoff said on 9:35PM 7-01-2009
yes, about freaking time. hopefully it doesn't take forever to roll this one out
specially the large groups of mine are painful to chat in
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Marianne McCann said on 9:44PM 7-01-2009
What all the above said. Given LLs seeming desire this week to try to glom Second Life onto "Social Networking," the inability to do simple group messaging is crippling. It's killed events that I promote using such, as well as some of the chat-related groups I need to be in. The error messages have also been a constant annoyance.
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Loki said on 5:58AM 7-02-2009
hey Marri, Tee hee!
Quaintly Tuqiri said on 2:12AM 7-02-2009
3000% improvement? I'll believe it when I see it.
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Loki said on 5:53AM 7-02-2009
I've had a very peaceful last two weeks due to not being able to chat to my groups... cant wait to be back in the loop.
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Alex Gravlin said on 2:22PM 7-02-2009
Who's that ugly, gray-haired virtual Jap that is on every single SL post? A little variety in pictures would be nice.
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macchiatokitten said on 7:13AM 7-03-2009
That "that ugly, gray-haired virtual Jap" is Tateru and one of the most awesome people you'll find in Second Life.
Xavion Saltair said on 3:40PM 7-02-2009
I've at many times found group chat to be rendered completely unreliable. It's a seriously hurtful thing when your in-world business might depend on customers being able to contact you for support via group chat.
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Tharkis Olafson said on 8:15AM 7-06-2009
Weird.. I can't remember when group chat actually worked properly.. I think it's had issues for a little over 2 years now with no resolution. I just checked jira issue VWR-1298 to verify it.
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