Second Life 2.1 Viewer Shadows & Projectors

SL 2.1 Shadow Controls
SL 2.1 Shadow Controls

I had to do some searching to find out how to turn shadows on in the current SL Beta 2.1 viewers. The former instructions found on New World Notes, or Gwyneth Llewelyn’s SL 2.0 Beta still running too slowly on your Mac? No worries! are a bit out of date. It is easier now.

Juicy Bomb’s Second Life 2.0 Shadows instructions are good… plus all the cute clothes are fun.

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Kirsten Viewer Install Tips

Kirsten Viewer
KirstenLee Viewer Shadows (29)

Kirsten’s viewer is a rapidly changing and is a bleeding edge viewer. Things that worked well in a previous version may not work in the latest version. Also, the default install process sometimes works well and sometimes it does not work so well. So, knowing the tricks and gotcha’s is essential for those using Kirsten’s Viewer.

Niran put up a post on Kirsten’s forum with a load of tips and tricks. Niran´s Guide for Kirstenviewer

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Kirsten Viewer S20 (29) Released

Kirsten released a new viewer version today… well yesterday now that I’ve been playing with it for hours. I’m always eager to see Kirsten and Emerald releases. Mac users can use this release too.

New World Notes has a machinima video up showing a unique use of Kirsten’s shadows, Playing With Kirsten’s Second Life Shadows It is one of the really neat displays of shadow use, shown below. See NWN for details on the machinima.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGr2X1GFLk]

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Second Life Viewer 3rd Beta Release

On July 7 Linden Lab released another Beta version of their new viewer. (Second Life 2.1.0.206543 Beta Viewer) They say this version is more stable than the current standard 2.0 viewer and they think it is good idea for everyone to update… They could use lots of bug reports, so if you are into helping out… go for it.

This seems to be the only viewer update available this week. Kirsten, Emerald, Imprudence and Hippo don’t appear to have new releases out, this week.

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