Day: May 26, 2025

2025 SL viewer release summaries week #21

Posted on by Inara Pey
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Updates from the week through to Sunday, May 25th, 2025

This summary is generally 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.
  • Outside of the Official viewer, and as a rule, alpha / beta / nightly or release candidate viewer builds are not included; although on occasions, exceptions might be made.

Official LL Viewers

    •  Default viewer: 2025.03 7.1.13.14343205944, issued April 9th and promoted April 15 – No Change.
    • Release Candidate: 2025.04 – 7.1.14.15192634334, May 25 – Updated.
      • Chat Mentions Type @ then pick a name. To follow: audible alerts and highlight colour pickers.  This does not support generic mentions such as @everyone or @here.
      • My Outfits subfolders: now supports the use of subfolders.
      • Build Floater improvements: increase to scale boundaries; Physics Material Type now updates when selecting linked objects; Repeats per Meter value no longer incorrect for non-uniform sized objects.
      • Hover height: the minimum/maximum is now +/- 3 meters.
      • Snapshot floater: L$ balances can be hidden independently of the rest of the UI.
      • Preference Search bar: general usability and readability improvements.
      • Refer to the release notes for full updates and fixes.
    • Second Life Project Lua Editor Alpha (Aditi only), version 7.1.12.14888088240, May 13 – No Change.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V7-style

  • Aperture Viewer for Windows – 1.0.0 (PBR), May 4 – release notes.
    • Appearing here following self-certification for the TPV Directory (May 21st).
  • Black Dragon for Windows –  5.4.0 (PBR) May 22, 2025 – release notes.
  • Kirstens Viewer S24(3) – Fara (Build 2413 – Beta), May 25 – release notes.

V1-style

  • No Updates.

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

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