This summary is published every Monday and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:
- It is based on my Viewer Round-up Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware) and which are recognised as being in adherence with the TPV Policy
- By its nature, this summary will always be in arrears
- The Viewer Round-up Page is updated as soon as I’m aware of any releases / changes to viewers & clients, and should be referred to for more up-to-date information as the week progresses
- The Viewer Round-up Page also includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog.
Updates for the week ending: 2 September, 2012
- SL Viewer updates:
- Beta version rolled to 3.4.0.264194 on August 30 - release notes
- Development: rolled to 3.4.1.264186 on August 30
- Mesh Deformer updated to: 3.4.1.264215 on August 31
- Firestorm released version 4.2.1 on August 27, before withdrawing it and rolling to 4.2.2.29837 on August 28 – core updates: pathfiinding, Flickr snapshots upload, mute Group Chat, RLVa 1.4.7, client AO improvements, OpenSim improvements – release notes - my 4.2.2 review here
- Kokua made pre-release 3.3.4.23783 available on August 30 – core updates: media fixes
- Zen Viewer rolled to Zen version 3.4.1.0 on August 28 – core updates: sound explorer added; LSL fix for (llTargetOmega() (spinning / rotating objects); angular velocity for vehicles fixed; updated HyperGrid support
- Cool Viewer:
- Stable branch rolled to 1.26.4.28, on September 1- core updates: improved mesh uploader with male / female shapes radio button; numerous 3.4.1 backports and updates (incl llTargetOmega() for spinning / rotating objects); added work-around for disappearing / non-rezzing attachments following log-in / TP;
- Experimental release rolled to 1.26.5.7 also on September 1 – core updates as per 1.26.4.28 plus fixes
- Release notes for both
- GroupTools rolled to installer release 2.2.10.0 on September 2
Related Links
- Viewer Round-up Page (list of Viewers / clients & links to download pages)
- Index of Round-up summaries
Cant wait to see Niran’s update, those nasty bugs that Cool viewr and Zen already fixed are some of the most annoying ones as for the rest all is working perfect!
Beta Viewer 3.4.0 is still being ‘fixed’, but they have finally got a decent set of translations out for the Chinese viewer version in dev. And let’s not talk about the broken login screen in Viewer 3.4.1
We’re probably going to see a few rapid-fire updates over the next couple of weeks. Not sure when stuff will filter through to the release viewer – I’ve heard speculation that updates to that are pending sorting various issues out (including the pathfinding tools).