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Firestorm Releases 4.4.1

2013/06/272013/06/27 by Nalates Urriah

About 21 hours ago the Firestorm blog announced the release of Firestorm Viewer version 4.4.1-34164. From the teams point of view this is a MUST UPDATE TO release. If you are running the newest version of Firestorm 4.4.0, you STILL need to update to the new viewer.

A number of users have reported problems with the 4.4.0 viewer that have kept them from using it. The team has made every effort they could in the time frame available to fix problem discovered in 4.4.0. They believe they have fixed the majority of problems blocking use of 4.4.0. So, 4.4.1 should work for you.

CtrlAltStudio Viewer

2013/06/26 by Nalates Urriah

I am always cautious when testing new viewers. I’ve taken time to ask around to see who knows Strachan Ofarrel or has heard of CtrlAltStudio Viewer. Basically: no one in my circle of friends.

You can find the support blog for the viewer here: CtrlAltStudio. There it shows the developer as David Rowe. I suppose that is a RL name.

The CtrlAltStudio blog has been around since March 2013. The rez-day for Strachan Ofarrel is in 2006.

None of this means the viewer is safe. We have had enough rip-off viewers that one has to be careful. I can’t say it is or is not safe.

Second Life Materials Bugs

2013/06/26 by Nalates Urriah

I’m enjoying the new Materials enabled SL Viewer. But, some people are running into problems. Here is what’s coming up:

Whirly's Example - Notice the red colored area. — Whirly’s Example – Notice the red colored area.

MATBUG-171 – Shiny objects or objects with reflections look shiny white. Description: When I activate the Advanced Lighting model in the viewer for the materials features, all shiny objects and objects appear shiny white as if glow was very high. — ATI Radeon HD 4870 OpenGL Engine 2.1 ATI-1.6.36

Firestorm Update 2013-26

2013/06/24 by Nalates Urriah

If you are wondering why Firestorm does not yet have materials and releases I expected didn’t make it out last week, it is the CHUI (Chat Hub UI). Getting the CHUI code from the Lab to work with the Firestorm code is a challenge. It took the Lab about a year, hearsay on my part, to … Read more

Kokua Viewer Update 2013-25

2013/06/22 by Nalates Urriah

The Imprudence-Kokua people have released Kokua Viewer version 3.6.0-28975. This version has the Materials System updates. Plus several other feature updates.

Chat got a rework of the newer Firestorm chat.

New Point-At and Look-At options were added. Top menu, Develop->Avatar->…

The Build Panel got Copy/Paste for prim dimensions, rotation, and location, which I think is a big thing. The base code for that feature came from the Zen viewer with tweaks from Firestorm added.

Materials Released

2013/06/19 by Nalates Urriah

Latif Kalifa added a comment to my ‘news’ post this morning that Materials released just after my posting. The version for the main viewer is now: 3.6.0-277516. See the official announcement here: Get the New Materials Viewer Today! Check out Torley’s new video about Materials. [youtube. keFfqiDqnJg] Torley’s bear is the wrong color… for Torley. There is a … Read more