Second Life Bits Week 38 #2

Halloween Images

Halloween is coming. With that comes lots of events and photo contests. While no contest, Linden Lab is asking that people add Halloween images to their official Flickr page. The Lab says your image “…could be featured in an upcoming email or banner campaign.”

Halloween 2015
Halloween 2015

Sansar Real Name

Inara and Ciaran are speculating on the real name the plans to use for Project Sansar. See Inara’s article and her speculations in: Possible contender for Project Sansar’s name?

Sansar Login Screen - Sept 2015
Sansar Login Screen – Sept 2015

Second Life Payment Information

If you use a payment method other than PayPal or Skrill, the Lab is asking that you re-enter your card information. If, your card information was last entered before July 7, 2015. 

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Alchemy Release 3.8.2

A new release of the Alchemy Viewer is out. The announcement is here: Alchemy Release 3.8.2. The highlights of this version are: OpenSimulator Support Build tools improvements Second Life 3.8.2 Base and library updates Update to the Visual Studio 2015 toolchain for Windows Support for up to 2 gigabytes of texture memory New features: Add … Read more

Comparison: Mesh Bodies

The site MeshBodyAddicts.com has new reviews and comparison charts of the mesh bodies available in Second Life. So, if you are shopping, this is a good source of information. See: Reviews: Isteni, Tonic & Dude SLink! As of now there is no Render Complexity Information in the reviews. With the Complexity Feature on the way … Read more

Server Updates Week 38

Both the main and RC channels are getting updates this week. This is a step up as several of the past weeks we have only seen one or the other get an update. Two packages are going into the RC channels. Main This update package has the Navmesh fix (BUG-9504). No other change is listed. … Read more