Emerald Viewer

This page is a collection of my articles on the GreenLife Emerald Viewer, which later became just the Emerald Viewer.

In the Summer of 2010 a scandal broke that resulted in the Emerald Viewer being banned from Second Life. The Emerald Viewer was the most popular viewer in Second Life. Lots of drama surrounded the scandalous issues. Exactly what was true or false will probably never be known. That the scandal reached into Linden Lab, that residents were betrayed, and narcissistic personalities were revealed is pretty well known.

The Emerald Viewer was replaced by the Emergence and Phoenix Viewers. The Phoenix Viewer is considered the descendant of Emerald. Some members of the Emerald Development Team formed the development team for Phoenix. Some members of the Emerald Development Team were banned from Second Life.

When I moved my blog to this new site I chose to keep these articles as a sort of viewer history.

Emerald Viewer Build 2165

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Update: June 25 – New version 1.4.0.2270 Emerald Viewer version 1.4.0.2165 is the actual version number on the Modular blog. The web site, forum, and blog at Modular have changed. The new alpha and beta versions are available via the blog. See: http://blog.modularsystems.sl/ To access the rest of the Emerald information start at the web … Read more

Emerald Viewer Build 2100

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Wow… a few days of RL work and I’m left behind. Emerald has a new beta release out. Yay! Build 2100 is out. The exporter has been improved and is not supposed to crash. I’ll have to try it and see how it works. I have original builds in SL that I would like to … Read more

Emerald Viewer Update 2047

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Another beta version was released May 31. I’m just seeing it. They are much better about posting their change logs over at Modular Systems. One interesting change is the inclusion of negative chat channels… for those of us that deal with HUD’s and other scripted items that must communicate, this should make testing easier. If … Read more

Emerald Viewer 2012 Beta Released.

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Today Modular is announcing the release of a new Emerald Viewer Beta version. Yay!!! \o/ 5/30 – Emerald Beta build 2028 is out. I don’t see a date or any new information at Modular. The Google wiki is not up to date. So, I’ll have to dig through the forums to find any new news. … Read more

Things Around Second Life and OSGrid

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Both Second Life (SL) and OpenSim (OS) are advancing; changes, updates, events, people. Several are small things that I doubt deserve their own post but are worth noting. Also, I’m part of a Myst-Uru fan community. So, some things come from far outside the normal SL/OS circles.

Where is the Emerald Viewer?

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If you are following this blog you know KirstenLee is updating her viewer faster than I can keep up with. She has also written about what a hassle it is working with some of the new 2.0 viewer code. I have no doubt the Modular people working on Emerald have several challenges adapting all their … Read more

Using Emerald Viewer to get to Arda Grid and Beyond

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The Arda people put step-by-step instructions on their site. See: How do I Login to Arda Grid If you need detailed step-by-step instructions use the link above. Below I’ve provided the quick summary. Also, this type of setup works with the SL viewer. Be warned that both the SL and Emerald viewers have some grid … Read more

Greenlife Emerald Viewer Review – Continued

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Viewers are changing rapidly and there is lots of new information and mis-information. For Combat RPG’s some of the information is critical. (Continued from GreenLife Emerald Viewer Review) Update 12/3/09: This viewer updates rapidly. I have made several posts here about the different features being added to Greenlife Emerald viewer and provided reviews. There is a … Read more