Viewers

General Viewer Information

Notifications Viewer

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Busy Bunnies
Busy Bunnies

The Second Life Notifications Viewer version 3.8.5.305555 is now a release candidate (RC). This is the version that provides a new Notifications floater that separates incoming notifications into Categories. It provides, according to the Lab, a better way to view, interact with, prioritize and manage incoming notices for busy residents.

I haven’t tried this one yet. I am looking forward to it. Now that it is an RC version I may install it. I’ll wait a couple of days to see if it installs itself as I have use RC’s checked.

RLV Update Week 40

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RLV

Marine Kelly has updated the RLV Viewer which is now version 2.9.14. There are some fixes for RLV bugs. None of it seems earth shattering to me.

See: RLV 2.9.14

Playtime
Playtime

These changes will be making their way into other viewers, but it takes some time.

Updates have been a little slow coming because Marine was working on RLV related products. Check her blog for information on those (use link above).

Second Life Viewers

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Yesterday (9/30) and last Friday we got some updated viewers.

Wooden [Quench me]
Wooden [Quench me]
The main viewer is now:  3.8.4-305119. This viewer was the RC Mesh Uploader Viewer. It has the changes to the uploader that allow it to handle more than 8 materials. But, there are some gotcha’s in the viewer. See my article: Second Life LIMITS (link not available as I write this – look on the home page and scroll down), the article explains a problem with mesh upload.

RC Second Life Maintenance Viewer version 3.8.5.305531 – Release Notes: Big batch of Maintenance work to improve performance, fix bugs, address feature requests and give Second Life love. There are 97 fixes and additions.

Project Azumarill Viewer version 3.8.4.304871 – No change.

Project Notice Viewer version 3.8.4.305083 – No change.

Project Quick Graphics Viewer version 3.8.4.305380 – No change.

Project Oculus Rift Viewer version 3.7.18.295296 – No update – yet…

CtrlAltStudio Viewer 2015 to 2016 Plan

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There are some dates for Rift delivery, a SDK 1.0 December 2015. Don’t confuse the DK1 and 2 with the SDK’s that have been coming out. The consumer CV1 Rift will finally be delivered, sometime in Q1 2016.

My avatar has Oculus Rift before I do!
My avatar has Oculus Rift before I do!

David Rowe believes the Lab will finalize their Rift Viewer when the consumer Rift has a release date. When that happens he plans to stop development of the CtrlAltStudio Viewer. Until then he says;

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Second Life’s Jelly Babies – BUG?

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The coming Quick Graphics Viewer now in RC has some odd behaviors. Well, it is an RC version, so no surprise. One of the ideas with this viewer is to reduce render lag by telling the viewer to avoid rendering complex avatars. These are avatars with lots of high polygon count attachments and large textures that require lots of computer power to render.

The Candy Princess - by Bewitched Difference @ Flickr
The Candy Princess – by
Bewitched Difference @ Flickr

There is a setting in Preferences* that lets you set a personal limit for what you want your viewer to render. Any avatar over that limit will render as a jelly baby. But, if you change the setting to NO LIMIT you’ll find there are still avatars that render as jelly babies. What’s up with that? 

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