The main channel’s version remains #18.08.24.519036. No roll this week.
Tralala’s Diner
Seems there was a glitch last week. So, this week the RC channels are getting the real version #18.09.04.519319.
To quote from the Deploys thread, “NOTE: The expected version wasn’t updated last Wednesday. The correct version is scheduled to be deployed this week 9/12 (18.09.04.519319).”
In the Server-Scripting UG Simon Linden said, “… there isn’t much server news this week. Our update to the main channel today (9/11) was canceled when we found a minor issue with the version on the RC servers. Those will get updated tomorrow. I don’t think there’s anything visible in those changes.”
Monday was a US holiday, Labor Day. So, scheduled things are off this week. As of 9:45 AM this morning and 3:45 PM this afternoon there is no Deploys thread post in the forum. However, my mainland home region did restart this morning.
Sea Life
There probably was no roll and this was just a 2-week restart for performance’s sake.
RL pulled me away today and I missed the Server-Scripting UG meeting… 🙁
This week has seen discussion on the ARC/ACI values and how broken they are. See the SL Forum thread: Rigged mesh LoD bug. I knew ARC/ACI weren’t all that accurate. But, I thought they were reasonable comparisons. I still believe once up on a time they were. But, in light of this new information I can’t prove that.
ARC = Avatar Render Cost
ACI = Avatar Complexity Index
Comparing ACI in LL, FS, and BD viewers
The purpose of ACI is to influence users and designers to buy and create more efficient mesh content. Something along the lines of Consumer Reports, but free and in your face.
A couple of things have happened that has not only changed ACI’s usefulness but distorted it and pushed us away from its goal. Possibly even making it counterproductive
Yesterday I couldn’t make the user group meeting, RL lunch meeting. So, I’m relying on Inara’s coverage and the Deploys thread for what came out in that meeting.
Searching for Light in the darkness
There was no roll planned for the main channel. My main channel home region did not get a restart. It continues to run version #18.08.10.518612.
AFAIK, the RC channels did restart all updating to version #18.08.24.519036. This is some backend change needed to get the new land auction system working.
By meeting time, the Voice RC viewer had promoted to the main viewer, 5.1.8.518593. They have already found one new bug. Still, voice should be better on this version.
The RC version of the Animesh was waiting for a merge with voice, but, in the meeting, Kyle Linden told us it had passed Q&A and should be up on the Alternate Viewers page by the time you read this.
Let me tell you the story ♫♫
So, you may see some frozen characters scooting around the grid, which is what you see when you do not have an Animesh viewer and look at Animesh.
The Love Me Render RC viewer needs to update with voice. We’ll likely see that this week, 35.
Next week another Maintenance RC viewer w/bug fixes should pop up on the page.
The main channel will update to version #18.08.10.518612. This version will allow notices you neither accept nor decline to hang around until the next login.
Blue Steel, Le Tigre, and Magnum channels will continue to run version #18.08.10.518612. No rolls.
And no Server-Scripting UG meeting this week.
Ceka Genesis
Viewers
The main viewer is version 5.1.7.517973 released in week #32.
Second Life Animesh Viewer version 6.0.0.518579 – Released in week #33.
Second Life Bugsplat Viewer version 5.1.8.518305 – Week #32.
Second Life Love Me Render Viewer version 5.1.8.518751 – New this week. This version focuses on Rendering fixes to the Viewer. Release Notes
Second Life Voice Viewer version 5.1.8.518593 – This is a new update to version 5.1.8.518310, which was released in week #32.
Second Life Project 360 Snapshot Viewer version 5.1.6.515934 – Last updated in week #10.
Second Life Project Bakes On Mesh Viewer version 5.1.7.518013 – Released in week #32.
Second Life Project EAM Viewer version 5.2.0.518362 – Released in week #33. This is the Estate Access Management viewer.
Some points in the listing lead to speculation the iOS and Android support would be a server side render streamed to the devices. A Bright Canopy sort of thing. If that is the direction, would it be a monthly charged service or a Premium benefit?
