2015 viewer release summaries: week 6

Updates for the week ending: Sunday February 8th, 2015

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. This page 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
  • By its nature, this summary presented here will always be in arrears, please refer to the Current Viewer Release Page for more up-to-date information.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version: 3.7.24.297623 no change
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • No updates
  • Project viewers:
    • Importer project viewer version 3.7.25.298441 released on February 3rd – provides a modified mesh uploader with optional debug output, performs name-based LOD association, and handle models with many materials, allowing models with more than 8 unique faces to be imported (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to release 2.4.1.8 on February 6th – core updates: Inclusion of LL,s December 2014 maintenance release (3.7.23.297296) plus assorted tweaks and updates (release notes, download)
  • Kokua updated to release 3.7.25.35124 on February 9th- core updates: parity with RLV 2.9.6.6 and a fix for avatar appearance issues (release notes, download)
  • UKanDo updated to release 3.7.24.28064 on February 4th – core updates: parity with recent LL code released through to version 3.7.24, and with RLV 2.9.6.6. (release notes, download)

V1-style

  • Cool VL Viewer updated on February 7th, the stable branch to version 1.26.12.30 and the legacy branch to 1.26.8.88 (release notes for both)

Mobile / Other Clients

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links