Server
The main channel is getting a restart but, no new package.
Wednesday the RC channels will get a new package and be restarted.
The server changes are stated as:
Second Life News 2017 w05
Sansar Poll
Over on New World Notes Hamlet is talking a poll about when Linden Lab will try to entice (nudge) Second Life users to try Sansar. Please click over and take the poll. See: When will Linden Lab “nudge” Second Life users to use Sansar?
Second Life Third-Party Dev News 2017 w04
The Third-Party Developers meeting was last Friday. The video is here: Second Life: Third Party Viewer meeting (27January 2017). 54 minutes.
Following is my summary of the video.
There are 2 project viewers in Lab’s pipeline. They are not yet published as RC viewers. Soon.
Second Life Bento 2017 w04
The Bento Project User Group has changed to the Bento Developers User Group. Discussion is about Bento problems being encountered.
I’m still a bit loopy recovering from pneumonia. I messed up the video of this meeting. Oops.
One of the problems is the BVH animation files. The SL viewer-server upload of BVH runs an animation optimization process. Movements smaller than a certain amount are removed. This is creating a problem for those animating the new facial bones. Small movements are needed for subtle facial expressions. The BVH process filters them out.
Second Life News 2017 w/04
I haven’t updated the server/viewer information since week #1. Blame bacteria, I do.
Server
This week the main channel got a server update. The RC channels run the same package, no new package.
AvaStar 2.0 Beta 29
Machinimatrix has a new beta release out. You can get it on your product’s page… may be.
My page still shows 2.0-beta-23 as the main candidate (green new). But, we’ve been warned not to use that one… Below with a red test button is 2.0-beta-29. Seems there is a 2.0-beta-28 some think doesn’t work… I’ve never seen it. To see some releases you apparently have to have an open trouble tickets… why? Gaia says so you can see if your issues have been fixed… So, I suppose the rest of us can forget working with Bento for now…
If you are somewhat confused, join the crowd.
The read-me file link doesn’t seem to work correctly. So, I can’t see what any differences from previous versions and 29 are.
The Trouble Ticket system has been fixed to allow some previously blocked file type to upload.