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AvaStar 2.0 Beta 29

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Machinimatrix has a new beta release out. You can get it on your product’s page… may be. My page still shows 2.0-beta-23 as the main candidate (green new). But, we’ve been warned not to use that one… Below with a red test button is 2.0-beta-29. Seems there is a 2.0-beta-28 some think doesn’t work… I’ve … Read more

Second Life: Project Bento goes GOLD

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This morning about 11:30 AM The Lindens announced Project Bento is now live. The main Linden viewer has updated to include Bento. Firestorm has talked about releasing their Bento capable viewer next Monday the 12th. I suspect if things go well for them they will release an update. But, FS is picky about quality, so there could be delays. Still I’ll bet on next Monday.

The Firestorm viewer is used by half to three-quarters of SL users. The Linden viewer is used by a quarter to a third of SL users. So, until Firestorm adopts something many developers and merchants consider too few people as being able to use the feature to justify releasing products using the feature.

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Blender 2.78 Released Today

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A new Blender release is out: 2.78. You can download it here: Blender 2.78 download. There are new features that will help Second Life users. The full list of features is here: Blender 2.78 Release Logs. Interesting ones for SL users are: Viewport Rendering – Improvements in texture display Cloth Physics – New Dynamic Base Mesh and Simulation … Read more

Blender 2.78 RC2 Released

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The announcement is here: Blender 2.78 RC2. Earlier this month I wrote Blender 2.78 Release Candidate is now available. It gives you a bit on what is in this release. We are nearing release of the final 2.78 version. AvaStar is now on alpha release 2.0-23 for Blender 2.77… If you are confused by the version … Read more