Published: 2011/09/28 Permalink

Singularity Viewer

Singularity Viewer is one of the viewers in the third party viewer directory. This page contains the reviews I’ve made of it.

Singularity Viewer is based on Snowglobe 1.5 code. It requires SSE2 support. If your computer is a a pre-2001 Pentium 4 vintage, it probably does not support SSE2. Some say it needs to be a 2004 vintage computer or newer. One can check by using a free little program named CPU-Z.

An odd default setting in Singularity is RLV (Restrained Life Viewer – a BDSM feature) is enabled by default.

 

By: Published: 2011/09/28 3:46 PM   Updated: 2011/09/28 4:57 PM Posted in: Second Life, Singularity, Viewers 3 Comments

Singularity Viewer Review Status

Shows Idle Time

Knowing what is going on with some viewers is difficult. Avoiding confusion as to who is doing what on which viewer and how any one viewer is coming along is difficult. It’s confusing for me. If you see mistakes, speak up.

I’ve been meaning to take a look at the Singularity Viewer for some time. I’ve used it before. But, I tend to ignore V1 viewers. Sorry, just personal preference.

You can find information on the Singularity Viewer on their blog here: Singularity Viewer.

The current version is 1.5.10. The viewer is still based on the Snowglobe 1.5 code. Mesh is being added. Download Singularity Viewer.

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By: Published: 2011/05/11 3:00 PM   Updated: 2011/05/11 12:01 PM Posted in: Second Life, Singularity, Viewers 2 Comments

New Singularity Release

Singularity Viewer is now out in version 1.5.7. It came out a couple of days ago. I’m behind on viewer reviews. There is too much new stuff to play with.

Singularity is based on Snowglobe 1.5 code and User Interface. However many of the series 2 features are being back ported to this viewer. One is boobie bounce… officially known as Enlightened Avatar Physics, which is totally NOT a sexy way to say it.

Also this viewer is supposed to be OpenSim compatible. Recently this has been problem for many viewers used on OpenSim. So, this is a big deal for OpenSim users.

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I’m not sure when I’ll get time to review this viewer. So, user comments are very welcome.

 
By: Published: 2011/03/19 7:34 PM   Updated: 2011/03/20 9:57 PM Posted in: Other Viewers, Second Life, Singularity, Viewers Leave a comment

Singularity Viewer 1.5.5 Review

A new release of the Singularity viewer is out. The Singularity Viewer download instructions and link are on the Singularity web site. Details of changes and the release notes are there too. Also the viewer has made it on Linden Lab’s SL TPV List. The viewer is in the second set of viewers where they are listed alphabetically.

Download & Install

Download file size is about 28mb. The instructions say to uninstall any currently installed version of the viewer. The uninstall program in version 1.5.3 does not clear the cache or remove the Singularity settings files. I chose to manually delete those files. The settings are in a file at and named: C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\SecondLife\user_settings\settings_singularity.xml

The cache is located in: C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\SingularityViewer\

The Program Files folder for Singularity is removed.

The install is quick and no options are offered, so it is as simple as it can get.

However, the install associates SLURL’s with the Singularity Viewer. There is no option or choice, it just does it.

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