From a post on SL Universe I got a lead to STORM-83 – As a user who cannot type of [SIC] spell to save their life, I want dynamic spell check for everything I type, so I a little bit more literate. 🙂 It has a total of 5 Watchers as I write this. Several Third Party Viewers … Read more
The keyboard shortcuts in the SL Wiki have been updated to show shortcuts for version 3.2. This is the one with the new user interface. You could memorize them and remove all the buttons from your viewer setup. Not something I would do. But, there are some handy shortcuts. I’ll explain some of the ones I like.
The main viewer has moved up to version 3.2.0-244443. The Beta viewer is now up to 3.2.1-244666 (someone have a sense of humor?) And today the Snowstorm Development viewer is at 3.2.3-244722. I mostly use the Development viewer. So, I’m always unsure what the main viewer is doing or what is or is not included in it. I’ll explain what the viewers are and where you can get them and what other Linden Lab viewers are available.
Dev 244722 on ADITI
Other Viewers
The three SL Viewers listed above are the primary viewers in use by residents, excluding third party viewers. But, they are not the only Linden Lab viewers available. The above viewers are available from the main Second Life Download page. Under More Viewers (More or Alternate Second Life Viewers) is a link to the Wiki page listing the other SL Viewers and Third Party Viewers (TPV.)
This morning I found a number of the mesh creators posting about Collada upload problems. Check this thread: Can’t upload in the new viewer. Since some experienced mesh creators are having problems and it is more than one, it seems to be a viewer problem. It seems once a problem LoD version of the model … Read more
You can see the new 3.2.1 Viewer interface, if you are using the Development Viewer. It has a few problems:
Known Issues:
o The Viewer floater camera views and presets do not work.
o The Nearby Voice panel does not update to a new call or from
nearby voice info once opened.
o Viewer crashes when updating UI size in preferences.
o The Speak button is activated when dragging and dropping between
toolbars and/or moving back to the Tool Box.
o Viewer crash when moving the speak button from one toolbar to
another when there is an active call request.
o Teleport history doesn't display visited locations.
o Viewer crash when double-clicking the mini-map in People > Nearby.
o Notification and conversation chiclets overlap.
o WASD controls don't move avatar while the Move floater is in focus.
o Closing voice controls while a group or p2p call also closes the
group call/IM window
o Viewer crash after teleport
o Hitting back in the 'Create Group' panel or 'Blocked' panel
requires multiple clicks for action to occur.
I’ve done pretty well with the development viewers, until today. I installed Second Life 3.1.1 (242977) Oct 16 2011 10:50:04 (Second Life Development). I started it and crashed shortly after login. I think as soon as it tried to render the world.
Error Message
We have seen lots of viewer crashes from the OpenGL problems. Most of those have been with the new video cards and drivers. With this version of the SLViewer I got an error with my 8800 GTS and driver 270.61 (8.17.12.7061).
