Second Life MOAP Tutorial

Update 2015/10: Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) is replacing Webkit, the engine MOAP uses. Media should now be HTML5 compatible. Avoid Flash & QuickTime. Click the CEF Tag below this article for more information.

I’m just learning, so this is not the most complete tutorial on Media On A Prim (MOAP). This is what I have learned in my first few steps. Hopefully it will save you a few gotcha’s. Also, this is not a newbie’s tutorial. I’m assuming you know basic building. But, even if you are new, you should be able to stumble through this tutorial without much trouble.

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nVidia 196.75 Problem

WARNING

Word is out that the nVidia 196.75 driver update has been suspended. Use of the driver reduces fan speed and can allow the card to overheat and fail. This can damage the card and other parts of the computer.

See ZDNet.

nVidia Future

nVidia is suffering from serious mismanagement according to industry pundits. Several of the top of the line video cards, 260, 275, 280, etc. are being End of Life rated. This leaves the field open to ATI.

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Second Life Viewer 2.0 Beta Review

Snowglobe Viewer 2
Dynamic Shadows

Update 3/5/10: Many people are reporting much worse performance with 2.0. This has to do with Texture Memory, a graphics setting. See links below for more info.

Original Post

The viewer is out and people are playing with it. I’ve had some time to use the viewer. There are things I like and things that really suck. I believe the adoption of this viewer as the standard Second Life viewer will push many longer time residents to use third party viewers.

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Snowglobe Viewer Out

Snowglobe Viewer
Snowglobe Logo

Rumors are a new version of Snowglobe will be released… any minute now…

Snowglobe 1.2.4.3007, November 18, 2009 is the current stable release.

Snowglobe Release Candidate 1.3.1.3125, February 5, 2010 is the current advanced version.

Snowglobe 2.0.0.0, February 22, 2010 is apparently the rumored new Snowglobe.

Snowglobe Viewer download page.