2018 SL UG updates #1/1: Simulator User Group

Sol Existence – blog post

Server Deployments

There are no planned deployments for the opening week of 2018. There are currently no DRTSIM projects on Aditi (the beta grid) awaiting promotion to the Main grid, however, there may be new RC deployments for week #2 (commencing Monday, January 8th).

SL Viewer Updates

There have been no SL viewer updates over the holiday period. This leaves the viewer pipeline as per the end of 2017:

• Current Release version 5.0.9.329906, dated November 17th, promoted November 29th – formerly the “Martini” Maintenance RC
• Release channel cohorts:
  • Nalewka Maintenance viewer version 5.0.10.330123, December 21st.
  • Wolfpack viewer, version 5.0.10.330113, December 20th.
  • Alex Ivy 64-bit viewer, version 5.1.0.511248, December 11th.
  • Voice RC viewer, version 5.0.10.330039, December 12th.
• Project viewers:
  • Project Render Viewer version 5.1.0.511446, December 18th.
  • Animesh project viewer version 5.0.10.330058, December 11th – project overview.
  • 360-degree snapshot viewer version 5.1.0.506743, June 29th – hands-on overview.
• Obsolete platform viewer version 3.7.28.300847, May 8, 2015 – provided for users on Windows XP and OS X versions below 10.7. This viewer will remain available for as long as reasonable, but will not be updated with new features or bug fixes.

TPV Updates

The following  third-party viewers updated over the holiday period:

• Black Dragon updates to version 2.9.6.
• Cool VL viewer updated to version 1.26.20.40 (stable), and 1.26.21.6 (experimental).
• Catznip updated to version R12 on January 2nd, 2018 – see my overview for more.

My weekly viewer release summaries will resume from week #2, 2018.

SL Feature Summit

The next Second Life “feature summit” when potential projects and major updates for SL are considered / reviewed, is due to take place in February 2018. These meetings are generally held around every 6 months.