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This is a collection of may articles on the Dolphin Viewer.
This is one of the younger third party viewers (TPV). It is similar to Imprudence and Phoenix. The user interface is based on the series 1 viewers. The code is a blend of old series 1 and new series 2.
It has many of the neat features found in TPV’s. The Dolphin Viewer blog is good about explaining the new features in each new release.
Today we got a new release of Dolphin Viewer 3. If you have an ATI/AMD video card, you may want to avoid this release or read carefully before attempting to use the new release. Texture Compression A new feature was added to help those with lower end graphics cards, those with less video RAM. Just … Read more
Innula Zenovka post a link on SLUniverse to an Question and Answers page where Oz Linden answered residents questions about the new TPV Policy. Cummere Mayo start the thread here. See: Questions about new TPV policy. (Questions only please.) The most controlversal and misunderstood part of the policy is the idea of what is meant … Read more
There is a new version of the Dolphin 3 Viewer out. Dolphin Viewer Download. This version of the viewer removes Qarl’s Mesh Deformer. You probably know that Mesh Deformer 0.2 is out and is included in some viewers. Nirans ran into some problems getting it to work. It seem Lance did too. With some question … Read more
A part of the Server/Sim/Scripting User Group meeting was taken up with discussion of the viewer policy changes. It seems some of the changes have been in the works for some time. Now that they are on the verge of being implemented the Lab made the public announcement. Viewer Identification Tags Tankmaster Finesmith said, “So, … Read more
I saw today that Linden Lab has announced revisions to their Third Party Viewer policy. The Firestorm/Phoenix tema has already posted a reaction. They are also planning to discuss the changes at their next Phoenix Hour, planned for Feb. 28 at 2 PM SLT/PST. I think Jessica phrases their take on the meaning of the … Read more
A new version of Dolphin Viewer 3 (DV3) is out. This one has a power user feature for inventory, show/hide links. I’ll get to that. The ability to change LookAt is added. There is drama there. New inventory API has been added. This is the one that sort of breaks V1 viewers that have not … Read more
A new version of the Dolphin Viewer 3 (DV3) is out. This release includes code from the Lab’s Shining branch and version 3.2.6. The fixes from the Shining branch should correct OpenGL compatibility problems for those with newer graphics cards. The compatibility issues have been around since mid 2011 and became a serious problem for … Read more
This release has a couple of notable changes. The ability to set a default material for prims you rez has been added. The feature is from the Firestorm Viewer code. And the new V3 avatar button now works in Dolphin. The Dolphin Viewer Forum is here. The release announcement page and link to the download … Read more