Viewer release summaries 2014: week 11

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: March 16th, 2014

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 Current Viewer Releases 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
  • 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.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version updated on March 10th to version 3.7.3.287491 (formerly the Maintenance RC) March 10 – core updates: assorted MAINT fixes (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • FmodEX Hotfix RC version 3.7.4.287875 released on March 11th – core updates: fix for a suspected thread race crasher in the FmodEx audio streaming library (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Firestorm updated to version 4.6.1.40478 on March 12th – core updates: many LL updates, incl HTTP & fitted mesh; many UI additions, multiple improvements and bug fixes – please refer to the release notes and my review here.

V1-style

  • Cool Viewer updated on March 15th to the following versions: Stable: 1.26.10.14; Experimental: 1.26.11.14; Legacy: 1.26.8.51 – core updates: all – backport of inventory updates / improvements; backport of potential gesture-related crash fix; backport of server alerts/notifications; Stable bug fix for a fitted mesh glitch;  Experimental: backport of the AISv3 API support  (release notes)

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No changes

Additional TPV Resources

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