Viewer release summary 2012: week 17

Posted on by Inara Pey

This is a weekly summary of changes to all SL Viewers / clients of which I’m aware and which are in popular use across the grid / listed in the TPVD. Detailed links to said Viewers / clients can be found in my Viewer Round-up Page. The links supplied in this summary are either to change logs or to reviews within this blog.

Updates for week ending: 29 April, 2012

Several updates this week – most from “the usual suspects” :), but also one or two changes to the Round-up page itself.

  • The SL release Viewer updated to release 3.3.1.254524 on April 24th
  • The SL Development Viewer rolled to 3.3.3.254948 on April 26th
  • The SL Direct Delivery Project Viewer is removed from the Round-up Page, as DD is launched and the Project Viewer itself has not been updated post-launch
  • The SImplified Inventory Project Viewer will remain until the status of that project (active / defunct?) becomes clearer
  • Dolphin released version 3.3.5.23763 “Fellini” in April 28th, bringing with it an adaptation of Marx Catteneo’s machinima tools (in turn based on work by NiranV Dean). I’ve run a small review here
  • Niran’s Viewer itself reached a full release on the 27th April, with a host of features and revisions which I review here. This release sees Niran’s Viewer listed on the Third-party Viewer Directory
  • Zen Viewer reached release 3.3.3.0, also on the 27th April  which includes a number of updates, including the latest release of Qarl’s parametric deformer
  • Cool VL Viewer rolled out 1.26.4.10 on the 26th April. Among the changes made is a “Rebuild avatar” feature (in Advanced -> Character) allowing to rebuild your avatar skeleton from scratch after removing a rigged mesh which deformed the said skeleton, and the latest release of the parametric deformer
  • Two rapid-fire updates were made to the Lumiya Android client on the 29th April, with versions 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 being released in short order and available through the Android Market and Google Play respectively. Each includes a number of updates & improvements.

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6 thoughts on “Viewer release summary 2012: week 17”

  1. New version of Lumiya force closes and leave a zombie process in the background for me. :/

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    1. 1.3.2 or 1.3.3? I’m running 1.3.3 (I assume, as I updated via Google Play on seeing the release notes on the Lumiya website), and things were OK earlier (Samsung Galaxy S2). However. I now cannot re-try and SL is down for the Monday Maintenance.

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  2. I have no idea of the version number. The release date is April 30th, and I updated via Google Play so I assume it’s the latest. LG VM701 with Gingerbreak kernel.

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    1. Gingerbreak?! :). Yeah, the version umber isn’t shown on the app (as far as I can tell). As I’ve been shunted to use Google Play by my service provider, I’m simply assuming I have 1.3.3. Admittedly, I went no further than d/loading. logging-in and then logging out again with my CTA.

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      1. As far as I know, Google rebranded Android Market into Play. I tested it after installing it. I can login fine, but it hangs at the initial local chat then a dialog pops up telling me it will have to force close. The app closes, but the little SL icon in the corner remains there and connected in the background.

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        1. Yup on Play – although it and the Market appear to be co-existing right now. I’ve just tested again, and Lumiya is fine on my GS2. I can log in, converse, touch objects, etc., OK. Logging-out appears clean and nothing left hanging around after the fact, connectivity-wise or otherwise…

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