Updates from the week through to Sunday, May 4th, 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 15th.
- New UI element for water exclusion surfaces: Build / Edit floater → Texture Tab → Hide Water checkbox.
- The maximum amount of Reflection Probes can now be adjusted to better accommodate low VRAM scenarios.
- Values will be set automatically depending on your chosen graphics quality. OR
- Use Preferences → Graphics → Advanced Settings → Max. Reflection Probes to manually set.
- An issue with being unable to see Sky Altitude values in the Region/Estate window has now been resolved.
- Preferences → Graphics → Max. # of Non-Imposters has been renamed Max. # of Animated Avatars for clarity.
- Bug and performance fixes and memory optimisations.
- Release Candidate: 2025.04 – 7.1.14.14742193597, May 2nd 2025 – NEW.
- Includes the following new features:
- Chat Mentions (Early Support): Type @ then pick a name. To follow: audible alerts and highlight colour pickers.
- My Outfits subfolders: now supports the use of subfolders.
- Key updates:
- 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.
- Includes the following new features:
- Second Life Project Lua Editor Alpha, version 7.1.12.14175675593, April 2nd.
- Will only work on Aditi. Blog post: Lab officially announces Luau Alpha testing.
LL Viewer Resources
- SL release viewer download page – LL
- SL viewer release notes – LL
- SL Alternate Viewers page – LL
- SL available viewer index – LL
- SL Viewer updates and reviews – this blog
Third-party Viewers
V7-style
- No updates.
V1-style
- Cool VL Viewer Stable: 1.32.2.46, May 3, 2025 – release notes.
Mobile / Other Clients
- No updates.
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