We got a new release of the SL Viewer from Linden Lab: 3.3.3 (260300). I’ve crashed it several times. So, I’m not very happy with it. I tried using the previous version at the crowded Mesh User Group. It crashed as soon as I took a picture. It also tended to ‘occasionally’ crash on exit. So, one is probably as well off with the newer one. It tends to crash on exit too.
Spell Check & Auto-Replace
This new version does not yet have Spell Check or Auto-Replace. It does have 78 different fixes. You can find the list of fixes here.
I don’t notice any control changes. But, I’m only making a quick look.
I like tight clothes. I think they look sexy on either gender. So, when making mesh clothes I like to make them tight. Of course when making them for myself based on my custom shape, getting things to fit right is not much a problem. Then there is the coming Mesh Deformer. If I want to use the Mesh Deformer to make my clothes fit should I decide to change my shape or sell them to others, then I need to use the Default Shape as my modeling base.
My Skirt Beginning
Problem
The current version of Deformer in the Deformer Project Viewer is 0.3x. A new version is in development. We’ve heard a few things about the coming 0.4 version. Hopefully it will fix some issues I am running into. But, the Alternate Deformer may be a better solution. We won’t know for some time.
UPDATE:4/2013 – Several designers are using alternate methods to make sizable clothing. The Lab is advising us not to use non-supported features, which these alternatives are. While the Lab will not deliberately break them future changes may inadvertently break them.
Today was a surprise. I tried to go to the Mesh/Content Creator User Group and the region was full. WTH!?! I had to TP into Pooley, next door to Borrowdale the usual meeting location, and see what was up. In a minute or so I realized the meeting was being moved to the border between Grasmere and Borrowdale. I flew around and was soon in the middle of a chaotic meeting as Nyx Linden built prims so we could see the region boundaries and divide up.
Surprise Crowd at User Group Meeting (60+)
With 60+ people trying to get into the meeting things were chaotic. I crashed a few times, did a Doh! by trying to take a picture (I felt so dumb), fell through the temporary decking into the sea a couple of times as Nyx moved the deck. Whatever, I survived and my SL hair doesn’t frizz.
The Alternative
By now you hopefully understand the problem the Mesh Deformer is to fix. Our mesh clothes only conform to some of our shape settings. The Deformer makes the clothes conform to all our shape settings. You can only see the Deformer work when you use the Project viewer.
An alternative to the Mesh Deformer is being discussed. One merchant is already releasing Mesh Clothes that fit and change with most of the shape settings, withuot use of the Deformer. More coming as soon as I know more. Don’t go nuts. There are some downsides and it is not a complete solution. But, it … Read more
A new version of the Dolphin Viewer is out. I have yet to try it, so I can’t say much. At first look it seems to be some fixes and little more. The announcement is here: Dolphin Viewer 3 – 3.3.10.24429. The Dolphin Viewer download.
A new post on the Catznip site announces the coming Spell Check and Auto-Replace features coming to Linden Lab’s Beta Viewer. The LL version is from Kitty Barnett and I think first seen in Catznip R6, the current release of Catznip. In the back-and-forth development to submit the code to the Lab the features have … Read more
