Tag: 2014 viewer release summaries

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 4

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: January 26th, 2014

This summary is 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 Viewer Round-up 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
  • By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
  • The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information
  • The Viewer Round-up Page also 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.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version: no change (version 3.6.13.284995, formerly the PackageFix RC)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Maintenance RC version 3.6.14.285499 released on January 23rd – core updates: assorted MAINT fixes, refer to the release notes for details (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Dolphin updated to version 3 3.5.99 (30446) on January 25th – core updates: latest Viewer-release vode and RLV, Sailor’s Mini Map V2, avatar name in the title bar, bug fixes

V1-style

  • Cool VL:
    • Available for: Windows, Linux
    • Stable version: 1.26.10.8 – January 25
    • Experimental version: 1.26.11.8 – January 25
    • Legacy version: 1.26.8.45 – January 25
    • Release notes (all) – core updates: “Use legacy names” added to the “Options” tab of the radar; FMOD Ex updated to v4.44.30; code cleanup; fix for rare crash bug.

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 3

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: January 19th, 2014

This summary is 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 Viewer Round-up 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
  • By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
  • The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information
  • The Viewer Round-up Page also 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.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version updated on January 9th to version 3.6.13.284995 (formerly the PackageFix RC) – core update: fix for old versions of the viewer executables not being removed during viewer installation after the executable was remained in the 3.6.12 code (release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • HTTP RC version 3.6.14.285253 released January 16th – core updates: DNS look ups changed; improvements to mesh uploads / downloads (download and release notes)
    • Fitted Mesh RC version 3.7.0.285178 released January 16th – core updates: latest changes and fixes to the Fittted Mesh project plus a number of STORM contributions (download and release notes)
    • “Project Interesting” RC  updated on January 14th to version: 3.6.14.285213 – core updates: more viewer-side control of which objects are loaded in memory at any given time; more aggressive scene caching; faster scene load when visiting a region never previously visited; expanded performance metrics (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • HTTP and Fitted Mesh project viewers retired due to RC releases

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • No updates

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 2

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: January 12th, 2014

This summary is 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 Viewer Round-up 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
  • By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
  • The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information
  • The Viewer Round-up Page also 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.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version updated on January 9th to version 3.6.13.284995 (formerly the PackageFix RC) – core update: fix for old versions of the viewer executables not being removed during viewer installation after the executable was remained in the 3.6.12 code (release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • No updates
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • Cool VL updated on January 11th to:

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 1

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: January 5th, 2014

This summary is 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 Viewer Round-up 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
  • By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
  • The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information
  • The Viewer Round-up Page also 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.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version: No updates
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • PackageFix Viewer RC version 3.6.13.284995 released on January 2nd – core updates: fixes an issue introduced with the 3.6.12 code base whereby the Windows executable name was changed from ‘SecondLife’ to ‘SecondLifeViewer’, but old executables were not removed from the installation folder (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • HTTP Project viewer version 3.6.13.284698 redleased on January 3rd – core updates: DNS look ups changed; improvements to mesh uploads / downloads (download and release notes)
    • Merchant Outbox Project viewer version 3.6.13.284731 released on January 2nd – core updates: fixes for accurately detecting Merchant status and improves recovery for Merchant Outbox errors (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • No updates

Mobile / Other Clients

  • Group Tools updated to 2.2.26.8 on January 1st – core updates: unknown; no release notes

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links