Updates from the week through to Sunday, March 23rd, 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.
- Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.
Official LL Viewers
- Default viewer: 7.1.12.13550888671, formerly the ForeverFPS, dated March 1, 2025, promoted March 5th – No change.
- Numerous crash and performance fixes.
- Water exclusion surfaces.
- Water improvements.
- Second Life Release Candidate viewer 2025.03 version 7.1.13.13906285233, March 20th – NEW.
- 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.
- Second Life Project Lua Editor Alpha, version 7.1.12.13973830462, March 20th, 2025 – NEW.
- 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
- Black Dragon for Windows version 5.3.1 March 19, 2025 – release notes
- Kirstens Viewer S24 – RC1 – March 21 – release notes.
V1-style
- Cool VL Viewer Stable: 1.32.2.41, March 22, 2025 – release notes.
Mobile / Other Clients
- No updates.
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