Viewer release summary 2012: week 52

Posted on by Inara Pey

This summary is published every Monday and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:

  • It is based on my Viewer Round-up Page, a list of  all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware) and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy
  • By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
  • The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information as the week progresses
  • The Viewer Round-up Page also includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog.  

Updates for the week ending: 30 December, 2012

  • SL Viewer updates:
      • Release version rolled to 3.4.3.268262 on December 18 – release notes
      • Beta version rolled to 3.4.4.268497 on December 20 – release notes
      • Development rolled to 3.4.5.268612 on December 28
      • Development version of the CHUI project viewer rolled to 3.4.3.268599 on December 27
  • Dolphin rolled to 3.4.8.26933 on December 27 – core updates: code base updated to match latest from LL; new right-click avatar context menu option to take a calling card from an avatar near (adopted from the Starlight skin by Hitomi Tiponi); RLV updated to 2.8.4; bug fix to correctly blurred textures – release notes
  • Niran’s Viewer released version 2.0.6 on December 27 – core updates: revisions to the login screen; ability to disable Fullbright in your world view; motion blurring; updated Space Reflections vode from Tofu Buzzard  – release notes
  • Cool VL updates – three versions for the time being, all updated on December 29:
    • Stable version rolled to 1.26.6.3
    • Legacy version Legacy (v2.6 renderer) rolled to 1.26.4.46
    • Experimental version rolled to 1.26.7.3
    • Release notes
  • Phoenix officially reaches end-of-line on December 31st – read more here
  • Libretto – removed from round-up page due to website being unavailable and client removed from the SL Third-party Viewer Directory.

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Eclectic virtual world blogger with a focus on Second Life, VR, virtual environments and technology.

2 thoughts on “Viewer release summary 2012: week 52”

  1. Thank you for your cool blog over all this year and this overview on viewers!
    maybe one note to the newest viewer generation. After the long reason full hold in the dev-queue we got one of the best x-mas presents imho this year.
    LL spoiled out now DaveP’s wonderful fix for http://jira.phoenixviewer.com/browse/FIRE-4725 ( https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MAINT-628 ). Yes it limit us atm to 4k(width or high), but it is the right answer for a collection of some really annoying bugs.
    i tested the 3 LL- and Niran’s-Viewer as fixed!

    HappY sanpping 2013!!!
    Dil 🙂

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