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Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 24th
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.
Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
Current Release version 6.1.0.524670, formerly the BugSplat RC viewer February 13th, promoted February 28th. No Change.
Release channel cohorts:
EEP RC viewer updated to version 6.2.0.525395 on March 21st.
Teranino Maintenance RC viewer version 6.1.1.525401, released on March 20th.
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Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 17th
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.
Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
Current Release version 6.1.0.524670, formerly the BugSplat RC viewer February 13th, promoted February 28th. No Change.
Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation
Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 10th
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.
Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
Current Release version 6.1.0.524670, formerly the BugSplat RC viewer February 13th, promoted February 28th. No Change.
Release channel cohorts:
EEP RC viewer updated to version 6.1.1.525044, on March 7th.
Love Me Render RC viewer, version 6.1.1.524929, March 6.
Estate Access Management (EAM) RC viewer updated to version 6.2.0.524909 on March 5th.
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Updates for the week ending Sunday, March 3rd
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.
Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
Current Release version 6.1.0.524670, formerly the BugSplat RC viewer February 13, promoted February 28. NEW.
Release channel cohorts:
EEP Release Candidate viewer version 6.0.2.524683 released on February 27th.
Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation
Updates for the week ending Sunday, February 24th
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.
Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
Current Release version 6.0.1.522263, dated December 5th, promoted December 13th. Formerly the Spotykach Maintenance RC viewer – No change.
Release channel cohorts:
Estate Access Management (EAM) RC viewer updated to version 6.1.0.524240 on February 22nd.
Project viewers:
Environmental Enhancement Project (EEP) viewer updated to version 6.0.2.524476 on February 19th.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 saw the long-awaited release of Catznip R12.1 – the release coming a little over a year since the last update.
The key feature with this update is support for Animesh, although it also sees Catznip come up to parity with the Lab’s viewer cove (release 6.0.1.522263 at the time of writing), which means there are a lot of bug fixes and other tweaks within the viewer.
Catznip R12.1 also introduces a number of features and enhancements directly from the Catznip team.
These notes are designed to cover the most visible changes with the release. For details on specific bug fixes, please refer to the R12.1 release notes.
Log-In Splash Screen
The first major change with Catznip R12.1 can be seen within the viewer splash screen. This includes a revised destination panel and revised information tabs.
Web Links
The splash screen now includes five buttons located to the left of the large Catznip logo. These are links to:
Clearer buttons to Catznip on Google+ (although Google+ will be closing on April 2nd, 2019), Facebook and Twitter.
Destination Guide Panel
The Destination Guide panel has been overhauled for better access to destinations by selected category and to display information, as outlines in the image below.
The updated Destination Panel of the Catznip log-in screen
Revised Information Tabs
The log-in screen information tabs located below the destination panel have also been revised, so it contains the following tabs:
What’s New: primarily useful during Catznip beta releases, when it lists all the JIRAs that were fixed or added for that particular beta.
Grid Status: displays information from the Second Life Grid Status RSS fed.
Modem World: displays posts recorded by this blog’s RSS feed.
Reddit : displays recent threads from the Second Life Reddit community.
Seraphim: lists blog posts recorded in the Seraphim blog RSS feed. Clicking the location column will set your login location to that specific event.
The log-in screen information tabs
Note that the tabs are considered experimental, and feedback on their inclusion from Catznip users is requested.
Lab Derived Updates
This version brings Catznip up to parity with Linden Lab release viewers through to release version 6.0.1.522263 (formerly the Spotykach RC viewer, promoted on December 13th, 2019. Major updates in that release include:
Voice Server:
Second Life: Vivox version 4.9.0002.30313.
Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dullahan:
Dullahan: 1.1.1080
CEF: 3.3325.1750.gaabe4c4.513446.
Chrome: 65.0.3325.146.
Animesh
Animesh allows the avatar skeleton to be applied to any suitable rigged mesh object, which can then in turn be animated using suitable scripts and animations contained within the object’s Contents. This opens up a whole range of opportunities for content creators and animators to provide things like independently moveable pets / creatures, and animated scenery features.
While Animesh is likely to primarily be used by content creators, it has been designed so that any suitable rigged mesh can be converted to Animesh directly from the Build / Edit floater. Do be aware, however that simply converting an object will not cause it to start animating – you’ll need suitable animations and a script to run them. Like any other object utilising animation, this is done by adding the animations and scripts via the Edit > Contents tab for your converted object.
A razzle of raptors? Animesh used to animate rigged mesh raptors from Linden Lab
The best way to get started with Animesh is to use the available resources. These include:
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 