Viewers

Oz Linden was crashing so the meeting got a late start. Then only ran 20 minutes. Not anything new to talk about. But, there is an alarming change from the Beta Server group I’ve included as the last item in this article.

Aim

The RC Second Life Maintenance Viewer version 4.0.4.314579 has been promoted to the main release. This is the viewer that has a collection of fixes; crashes, memory leaks, input/cursor issues, graphics bugs, invisiprims, formatting, notifications, profiles lockouts, and more.

The invisiprims fix is a reversion back to previous behavior before a change broke them. There is a plan to do something with invisiprims. So, expect a future change. My advice is stop using them. We have better ways to accomplish the purpose they served.

The Second Life Quick Graphics Viewer version 4.0.4.314426 – is said to be nearing release. Oz says they only need to merge it up to the current main viewer version. If it continues to work well with the merged in fixes from 4.0.4.314579 then it is ready to roll out. I would expect the Lab to hold off until week 20, but they want QG with its Avatar Complexity Features out on the main grid.

Second Life Project Bento Viewer version 5.0.0.314884 – This viewer has updated from 5.0.0.313876 since I last reported. Oz tells us they are close to opening up use of the viewer on AGNI, the main grid. That means we can start importing ‘Bento’ animations to the main grid.

I think this is going add complexity to the animation market and the Second Life™ learning curve. For most of us, there will be little or no change. But, special avatars will need special animations. My little Fae Dragon avatar by Grendel in 2008 is now way out of date, being all sculpty and old skeleton animations. I am expecting some awesome new dragons.

Still my little Fae dragon is only 82k ACI, which is about the average of most of my new outfits.

Then there is the Second Life Project Oculus Rift Viewer version 3.7.18.295296 viewer, which has been going to update ‘soon’ for well over a year. Oz says they are working on it and is expecting an update ‘soon’. I think that they pulled people off the 64-bit viewer and kept people on the Rift viewer, says something.

The Lab is adopting the name ‘Jelly Dolls’ in place of Jelly Babies in the RC viewer menus. The babies name is trademarked. Legal is telling Oz to stay away from using that name. So, now the Lab is changing.

New RC Coming

A viewer version that has been on the shelf for some time is becoming active. This RC viewer deprecates the old inventory API’s. Once in place and tested a time will be set for when the server side of those API’s will be removed.

More pages… links below.

Servers

The main channel is getting a new package. This is the one running on the RC channels last week (17), which consists of a crash fix and improvements. The RC channels will continue to run the same package. So, they won’t be getting a restart.

.✩ Aura ✩.

Viewers

The main viewer remains 4.0.3-312816. No update for a couple of weeks.

RC Second Life Maintenance Viewer version 4.0.4.314579 – This version did update this past week from 4.0.4.314012.

RC Second Life Quick Graphics Viewer version 4.0.4.314426 – This version has NOT updated since last week.

Second Life Project Bento Viewer version 5.0.0.313876 – This version has NOT updated since last week.

Second Life Project Oculus Rift Viewer version 3.7.18.295296 – This version has NOT updated since forever.

The Third Party Dev’s meeting should be this week. But, the agenda page is still only showing 4/22 as the next meeting.

Last week’s report: Second Life News 2016 Week 17. More details on the viewer changes are explained there. Nothing new to report today.

Servers

There was a server roll to the main channel. This package has a fix for BUG-11163 llHTTPRequest – returns 400 from some sims and not others and minor internal improvements.

There is no new package for the RC channels. They are running the same package as the main channel.

No word on whether we will have a new package rolling to the RC channels next week.

Viewers

In the article on news from the Third Party Viewer Dev’s meeting I mentioned the current viewer versions. Nothing has changed since yesterday. See: Second Life Third Party Viewer Meeting 4/8.

Servers

There is no roll to main server channels this week.

The RC Channels all get the same package, a maintenance fix.

• Fixes BUG-11163llHTTPRequest returns 400 from some sims and not others
• Minor internal improvements

Nothing there that will affect most of us. But, we probably use something that uses the llHTTPRequest function, so indirectly we are affected.

❉ I❤Flowers ❉

Viewers

The main viewer from the Lindens is version 4.0.3-312816, aka HTTP RC or co-routines. This is a change from version 4.0.3.312684 of last week. I didn’t notice the update as I have been using the RC HTTP version of this viewer for some time. I found it to be an improvement over the previous default viewer.  Continue reading →