Yes, it's a Sunday; sometimes you have to wonder who makes the decisions about when to release these things. But Sidewinder Linden is calling for you to fill in this survey to help the Lindens determine how inventory is still occurring. This is in addition to reporting inventory loss via the support portal.

The survey is mercifully short (9 questions, mostly pick one type answers), and forms part of the initiative both Moo and I wrote about recently. Let's hope not too many of us need to bookmark the survey page, and that it helps find out and stamp out inventory loss.

Sidewinder Linden reports that the beta grid (Aditi) has been updated with a new version of the Havok 4.6 code, fixing a dozen issues. We're told this will take about 24 hours.

We're also cautioned that the beta grid database will be refreshed from the main grid. Make offline copies of any scripts you have in beta, because everything in your beta inventory will be replaced by early next week.

Sidewinder Linden has updated us on the status of the Havok 4.6 physics test on the Second Life Beta Grid (Aditi). Included is the news that Aditi has been updated today with a fresh code drop.

We've listed the changes below the fold, linked to their JIRA entries, where possible. The public JIRA has been having some difficulties this evening, however, so be prepared to be patient.

It seems there's some issues with simulator data getting messed up by Havok 4.6 on the beta grid (Aditi). Sidewinder Linden (Program Manager for the Havok implementation project) has announced that Havok 4.6 is being yanked from the beta grid until at least Monday while they look for the cause and possible remedies.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled physics engine.

With Havok 4 now live in beta on the beta-grid (actually it's Havok 4.6), Andrew Linden scheduled a session yesterday to talk about the deployment and testing process for the new physics engine.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen family commitments, Andrew could not be there, but Program Manager Sidewinder Linden took his place. Thanks to Pavig Lok for providing us with a transcript of the session, we've summarized the key items for you below the fold.