Tag: Summary archives (2012-)

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 12

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: March 23rd, 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 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
  • 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
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Sunshine / AIS v3 RC  – temporarily withdrawn on March 21 due to the number of viewers in the release channel
    • “Project Interesting” RC – temporarily withdrawn on March 21 due to the number of viewers in the release channel
    • Voice viewer RC – temporarily withdrawn on March 21 due to the number of viewers in the release channel
    • StatTest RC version 3.7.4.288282 released on March 20 – This is a maintenance release that has no functional changes compared to the current release viewer (download and release notes)
    • FmodEX Hotfix RC updated to version 3.7.4.288138 on March 18 – to correct a suspected thread race crasher in the FmodEx audio streaming library (download and release notes)
    • Google Breakpad RC version 3.7.4.288045 released on March 17 (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • No updates

V1-style

  • Cool Viewer updated on March 22 to the following versions: Stable: 1.26.10.15; Experimental: 1.26.11.15; Legacy: 1.26.8.52 – core updates: all – FMOD Ex updated to v4.44.32; added support for individual UI sounds disabling; Added support for the “delete in-world objects” UI sound; numerous code fixes and updates; added support for OpenSim/Aurora’s “VARREGION” feature;  Experimental: minor fix to the AISv3 code (release notes)

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No changes

Additional TPV Resources

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Viewer release summaries 2014: week 11

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: March 16th, 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 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
  • 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 March 10th to version 3.7.3.287491 (formerly the Maintenance RC) March 10 – core updates: assorted MAINT fixes (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • FmodEX Hotfix RC version 3.7.4.287875 released on March 11th – core updates: fix for a suspected thread race crasher in the FmodEx audio streaming library (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Firestorm updated to version 4.6.1.40478 on March 12th – core updates: many LL updates, incl HTTP & fitted mesh; many UI additions, multiple improvements and bug fixes – please refer to the release notes and my review here.

V1-style

  • Cool Viewer updated on March 15th to the following versions: Stable: 1.26.10.14; Experimental: 1.26.11.14; Legacy: 1.26.8.51 – core updates: all – backport of inventory updates / improvements; backport of potential gesture-related crash fix; backport of server alerts/notifications; Stable bug fix for a fitted mesh glitch;  Experimental: backport of the AISv3 API support  (release notes)

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No changes

Additional TPV Resources

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Viewer release summaries 2014: week 10

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: March 9th, 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 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
  • 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:  no change
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Maintenance RC updated to version 3.7.3.287491 on March 6th – core updates: assorted MAINT fixes (download and release notes)
    • Voice viewer RC version 3.7.3.287288 released on March 5th – core update: Vivox 4.6.x update for improved voice stability and to address Mac Mavericks issues (download and release notes)
    • Sunshine / AIS v3 RC version 3.7.3.287158 released on March 5th – core updates: removal of old viewer-side baking code, stability and performance improvements (download and release notes)
    • Merchant Outbox RC version 3.7.3.287344 released on March 3rd – core updates: fixes for accurately detecting Merchant status and improves recovery for Merchant Outbox errors (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.6 (incorporating 2.3.9.5) on March 6th – core updates: experimental shadow blurring enhancements, UI updates  (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool Viewer updated on March 8th to the following versions: Stable: 1.26.10.13; Experimental: 1.26.11.13; Legacy: 1.26.8.50 – core updates: backport of LL’s sunshine / AIS v3 code; backport of potential crash fixes; backport of RLV llRegionSayTo() blocking policy; Implemented a new “ResetVertexBuffersOnLowMem” setting + more  (release notes)

Mobile / Other Clients

  • Radegast updated on March 4th to version 2.14, and was followed on March 8th by version 2.16 which addressed a couple of issues in 2.14 – core updates: catch up with Second Life protocol changes, fixes for issues in the 2.14 release, general fixes and tweaks (release notes for 2.14 and release notes for 2.16)

Additional TPV Resources

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Viewer release summaries 2014: week 9

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: March 2nd, 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 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
  • 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 updated on February 25 to version 3.7.2.286707 (formerly the HTTP RC) – core updates: DNS look ups changed; improvements to mesh uploads / downloads (download page, release notes)
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • “Project Interesting” RC updated on February 26th to version 3.7.3.287127 – 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)
    • Maintenance RC updated on February 27th to version 3.7.3.287263 – core updates: assorted MAINT fixes (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • Project Zipper viewer version 3.7.2.286810 released on February 25th – faster viewer installation (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • UKanDo updated to version 3.7.2.27938 on February 27th – core updates: parity with LL code base through to 3.7.2; RLV updated to 2.8.5.10; added inventory Worn Items and inventory quick filters and Expand and Collapse folder buttons; re-work of Preferences>UKanDo Tabs; LL default skin download added; assorted fixes  (release notes)

V1-style

  • No updates

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

Viewer release summaries 2014: week 8

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: February 23rd, 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 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
  • 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
  • Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • HTTP RC updated on February 19th to version 3.7.2.286707 – core updates: DNS look ups changed; improvements to mesh uploads / downloads (download and release notes)
    • Maintenance RC updated on February 18th to version 3.7.2.286708 – core updates: assorted MAINT fixes (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Kokua updates to version 3.7.1.30956 on February 18th – core updates: parity with LL code base through to 3.7.1; FmodEx implemented for Windows; “scene refresh” option in Graphics Preferences (helps with missing prims issue); Opensim variable region sizes & Aurora sim regions support; more (release notes)
  • Restrained Love viewer (Windows) updated to version 2.8.5.10 on February 22nd – core updates:  (release notes) – party with LL 3.7.1 codebase; RLV updates (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL Stable version updated to 1.26.10.12; Experimental version to 1.26.11.12 and Legacy version to 1.26.8.49 all on February 22nd – core updates: backports of assorted updates from LL code base to all three versions (release notes)

Mobile / Other Clients

  • Group Tools updated to version 2.2.27.7 on February 20th – core updates: unknown, but possibly includes support for the new Group Tools Cleaner, released on February 21st and which helps with Group Tools clean installs (download page)

Additional TPV Resources

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Viewer release summaries 2014: week 7

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending: February 16th, 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 to 3.7.0.286015 on February 10th (Fitted Mesh viewer), then to version 3.7.1.286557 (Facebook hotfix)  on February 14th (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 updated on February 13th to version 3.7.1.286567 – core updates: DNS look ups changed; improvements to mesh uploads / downloads (download and release notes)
  • Project viewers:
    • Sunshine / AIS v3 project viewer updated to version 3.7.1.286565 on February 13th – core updates: removal of old viewer-side baking code, stability and performance improvements (download and release notes)

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V3-style

  • Black Dragon updated to version 2.3.9.4 on February 16th – core updates: merge with LL HTTP updates, rendering improvements, UI updates (release notes)
  • CtrlAltStudio Alpha version for Oculus Rift  updated to 1.1.8.34412 Alpha 8 on February 10th – core updates: et display output to 120Hz for stereoscopic 3D; slider to control speed at which turning head in Riftlook turns avatar; variable avatar walk / fly speed for SpaceNavigator (release notes)
  • UKanDo updated to version 3.7.0.27930 on February 14th – core updates: merge with LL 3.7.0 code base; merge with RLV 2.8.5.9; Options added for MUpose and OOC Brackets (also working with RLV disabled) (release notes)

V1-style

  • Cool VL Stable version updated to 1.26.10.11; Experimental version to 1.26.11.11 and Legacy version to 1.26.8.48 all on February 15th – core updates: Fitted Mesh support; backport of LL’s “Show on Map” feature in the inventory context menu for landmarks; backport of merchant outbox fixes; fixes and a speed optimization to render debug features from Singularity; FmodEx updates; code clean-up (all); fix to a materials rendering glitch from Singularity (1.26.10.11 / 1.26.11.11), crash bug fixes to the new object caching code from LL’s viewer-interesting (1.26.11.11) – release notes

Mobile / Other Clients

  • Mobile Grid Client updated to version 1.21.1207 and then to 1.21.1212 (February 16th) – core updates: connectivity issue fix for new (Z10) BlackBerry devices; fix for crash when using a mouse

Additional TPV Resources

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