Release Notes/Second Life Beta Viewer/2.0/Advanced Info
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Detailed Release Notes for Viewer 2 Final Beta 203233
New Features and Improvements
- Viewer 2 default installation path set to be different than 1.xx viewers
- Help > About Second Life > Credits have been updated
Bug Fixes
- CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+A avatar texture debugging menu broken
- Flickering Text in Chat History (When Name Selected)
- Beacons are not shown when beacons floater is minimized
- Can't Select Last Character In Chat Window
- Second Life Viewer 2.0 Menu "Styles" broken for products / interface / usability (llDialog)
- Buttons on the Home/Web sidebar panel are cut off on right edge
- Group creation process ignores group options set prior to creation
- Object Profile back button fails in default window mode
Translation and Localization
- Variable in translated startup notification (offline notifications) toast
- Snapshot floater, all pull-down menus become transparent
Detailed Release Notes for Viewer 2 Beta 202934
Crash Fixes
- [Crash] Crash at LLRemoteParcelInfoProcessor::processParcelInfoReply(LLMessageSystem*, void**)
- [Crash] Viewer crashes consistently, in Linden Homes region
- [Crash] Crash on LLTexLayerTemplate::render [secondlife-bin lltexlayer.cpp:1898]
- [Crash] Crash in LLView::drawChildren()
- [Crash] Crash when clicking and dragging root folder of object contents in build floater
- [Crash] Crash in LLFlatListView::selectItemPair
- [Crash] Crash at LLTextureCache::updateTextureEntryList [secondlife-bin lltexturecache.cpp:847]
- [Crash] Crash at LLTextureFetchWorker::callbackCacheRead [secondlife-bin lltexturefetch.cpp:1321]
- [Crash] Crash when invoking a login slapp after login
- [Crash] Crash when clicking on member's section of Oskar Linden Fanclub
New Features and Improvements
- Upgraded the Vivox SDK 3.1.0001.8181 - Reported, by Vivox, to address the three most common causes of voice crashes
Bug Fixes
- VWR-17119: Macintosh shortcut for "Nearby Chat" menu item is incorrect
- VWR-17127 (Partial Fix): Object hover tips no longer show price, description or owner
- VWR-18349: Numbers in edit Appearance are not shown anymore
- Coalesced objects do not show the proper icon in inventory
- Canceling a Land Sale to Specific Person Allows Land to be Set For Sale to Anyone Briefly
- Create SL hand logo icon for Viewer Home panel
- Transfer rates: default and cap should match viewer 1.23
- Viewer dimensions on first-run
- In-world Browser blanks out at credit card entry
- Nearby chat flickers when top line fades out
- Resident name tabs are blocked in the Conversation window
- llDialog window appears out of viewport if UI scale > 1.0
- Tabbed IM window loses focus if close any tab by Ctrl+W
- navigator.platform is blank on Mac viewer
- Public voice not working (for Singapore)
- Two context menus for empty group search results at once
- Inventory SP: context menu for empty search result contain inappropriate items
- Size of description field in the Classified Info panel is much lesser than should be
- Offers embedding into IM windows
- Resolving offers
- Reverse buttons order in the inventory offers
- Reverse buttons order in the friendship offer
- Accepted friendship notification shouldn't spawn chiclet
- Accepted/declined inventory offer shouldn't spawn chiclet
- Offers logging
- Vertical tab labels should be left-aligned
- UI slider tracks turn light grey when in focus
- Entering a Classified with a banned keyword doesn't publish, and doesn't let you edit
- Do not spawn IM chiclet for "drop on avatar" inventory offers
- llDialog in 2.0 viewer has different text limits than in 1.23 viewer
- Appearance reverts to an old outfit while attempting to wear new outfit
- Assert Failure in LLFolderViewFolder when select inventory folder after moving item between folders
- Clicking the plus button in the Places side panel only lets you add landmarks not folders
- SLapp mute or unmute links do not indicate their action
- Can't delete non-links from COF
- Can wear non-links in COF
- Embedded offer panels aren't reshaped by height on IM window resize
- After copying an item of clothing, changing texture on copied item also changes texture of original
- Profile Real World description gets messed up if out of the old characters' number limit
- No indication about new message/offer if IM window is open but not in focus
- Can't tell which object is selected because highlight color == select color
- Change agreement text on TOS
Translation and Localization Updates
- Include language in user-agent string
- Long location may overlap content type in the Classified info panel
- L$ kaufen window (Buy L$) needs translation
- Attachement points need localization
- Hardcoded "You paid ...... L$... " - message needs translation
- Hardcoded ".... paid you...... L$... " - message needs translation
- While loading Second Life several messages need to be localized
- Hardcoded Group Invitation, Group Roles: The group roles need to be localized
- "Save" button on notecard needs translation
- Hardcoded Side bar: Place Profile > Parcel - Rating: Voice: Fly: Push: etc. need translation
- Hardcoded Bubble shown when you mouseover on script within Contents is in EN (task inventory)
- Side bar: Profile > Picks > "Edit Pick" - "(will update after save)" needs translation
- Hardcoded Side bar: Profile > Picks > "Save Pick" - "Pick" needs translation
- Side bar: My Appearance > Wearing tab link location needs translation
- Bubble shown when you mouseover on system folder within Inventory > Library
- Hardcoded Inventory > Library > "Accessories" folder
- Menu Preferences, Tab Chat: Show IMs in: and (requires restart) need to be localized (panel_preferences_chat.xml)
- Hardcoded Abuse Report: After sending an abuse report, there is a popup window stating that the report is sent/uploaded
- Build menu tab titles need to be reworked for multiple languages
- Side bar: People > Profiles teleport button is truncated
- System message when receiving inventory offers: The item term needs to be localized
- Mein Profil - Auswahl (My profile - picks) "(will update after save)"
- Hardcoded Menu Einstellungen, Tab Erweitert: "MiddleMouse" needs to be localized
- Block List - type shown after name is truncated when the name is long
- Side bar: People > Recent - Time truncated
- Remove "ScriptToast" notification in xui/en and all localizations
- Talk button is truncated "Sprechen"
- Nameless string: Nearby Media> Detail window - "Nearby Media" "Show:" and "On other Avatars"
- Nameless string: Preferences > Chat : "Show IMs in: (requires restart)
- Hardcoded System message when loosing connectivity needs to be localized
- Hardcoded Inventory, Filter-popup: Title isnĀ“t localized
- Inventory, hovertext of system folders: hovertext isnĀ“t localized
- Re-design Receiving Landmarks
- Menu Einstellungen, Tab Sound & Medien: Stummschalten, wenn minimiert is truncated
- Media Nav bar (Media Control)
Detailed Release Notes for Viewer 2 Beta 202711
Crash Fixes
- VWR-16965: [Crash] Crash in LLPanelNearByMedia::draw
- VWR-18239: [Crash] Crash when clicking and dragging root folder of object contents in build floater
- [Crash] Retrieving "Recent Items" when logging in for the first time with new build, crashes viewer
- [Crash] Crash in script limits processing
- [Crash] Random crashes under Kubuntu Karmic Linux 32-bit
- [Crash] Crash in onWearableAssetFetch
- [Crash] Viewer crashes at llcommon/llworkerthread.cpp(323): ERROR: LLWorkerClass::checkWork: ASSERT (workreq)
- [Crash] Getting a lot of warning spam before crashes in ati drivers
- [Crash] Crash in LLPluginClassMedia::idle
- [Crash] Assertion failure LLWearable::setVisualParam passed invalid parameter index
New Features and Improvements
- Chat History needs clearer mechanism for getting profile
- Undocked camera and movement floater positions should persist across sessions
- Add maturity icons to About Land
- Building grid is now red, but a white grid is easier to see
- Add the ability to open accordions via the "Enter" button, like folders' behavior
- Buy Lindens and Nearby Media are both marked with "Play" buttons
- 'Land for Sale' icon should always be visible
- Add more gpus to gpu_table.txt
- "Auto renew each week" checkbox is displayed in the Classified Info from other resident profile
- Fields location, content type, category, description in the Classified Info panel have no labels
- Assigned picture is stretched in the Classified Info panel
- Reverse button order in Inventory offers
- Reverse button order in friendship offers
- Accepted friendship notification shouldn't spawn chiclet
- Accepted/declined inventory offer shouldn't spawn chiclet
- Offers logging
- Clean up fuzzy type in Buy L$
- Store shared media cookies per user instance rather than per viewer
Bug Fixes
- VWR-16964: Nearby Chat window does not become translucent upon losing focus
- VWR-16967: Dynamic screen width disrupts scripted HUD positions
- VWR-16976: 2.0 viewer framerate is significantly lower than 1.23
- VWR-16978: 'Inspect' is missing from Viewer 2.0
- VWR-16985: Media streaming still plays even when disabled in Preferences
- VWR-16988: llInstantMessage() Chat not shown in Chat
- VWR-16992: Viewer 2.0 reveals media urls to anyone, even if URL is set to be hidden on land settings
- VWR-17011: Voice notifications steal keyboard focus by default / Pop-ups (that replace the blue ones) should not steal focus
- VWR-17061: Inventory folders revert to default "sort" with each login
- VWR-17074: When UI scale is set to 1.40 notices appear off the edge of the screen
- VWR-17124: Asset UUID can be copied from non-FULLPERM assets by turning on Admin mode
- VWR-17145: Classifieds are missing click-through data
- VWR-17156: My Landmarks search doesn't auto expand folders of found terms
- VWR-17341: Resident name tabs are blocked in the Conversation window
- VWR-17714: Cannot copy Group names from side panel
- VWR-17878: Scroll bar resets to near the top of Inventory search
- VWR-18013: Strange date format in group members table
- "Stop Flying" button isn't displayed after standing up
- Debug Permissions flags are truncated in Build Tools
- Group Info: Avatar name should end with ellipsis if it doesn't fit free space
- Nearby Chat floater should turn semi-transparent when it loses focus
- Apply button remains active after Applying changes
- Tabs in Tabbed Instant Messaging do not auto focus the text field when clicked
- Lag meter: Colons missing when first opened
- Bad label positions on REGION/ESTATE / Ground Textures
- Should not be able to start a call when voice is disabled
- Fast Timers: Minimize and Close icons do not work
- Movement & Camera controls should have window titles
- Advanced Water Editor: Inconsistent font for "Water Presets:"
- Click and hold the left mouse button doesn't let you browse tabbed IM floater
- Unhelpful tooltip for Partner and Group links in Profile
- Edit Linked Parts (from menu) appears to have no effect
- Set default Preferences
- Texture Preview floater doesn't resize to match the aspect ratio of the viewed image
- Viewer freezes when teleporting to region SkyBeam
- My Landmarks: Context menu of edited Landmark title is overlapped by edited Landmark title
- My Landmarks: Context menu items for edited Landmark title are inoperable
- No feedback provided when accepting a friend request
- Side panel list view toolbars are missing background art
- Preferences vertical tabs don't align to tab container
- Groups accordions should all appear on-screen without scrolling (open accordion should fill space)
- Add the "Map" item to the people context menu
- View/preset camera icons are gray-scale when selected should show color version
- Right click - Copy Asset UUID, copies null key to clipboard
- Minimizing the Conversations floater leaves a tiny floater on HUD space
- No way to collapse/expand accordions on My Landmarks panel
- Lack of Highlighting Makes Selected Me > Preferences Tab Difficult to Identify
- Beacons show even if they're "disabled" and remain in that state until relogging
- Emotes "/me says ..." out of context when nearby chat or group chat window is expanded
- New user - missing folders are not handled correctly
- IM window vanishes when trying to drag notecard to IM chat bar with second inventory window open
- Voice indicator is placed in the next row for Avaline callers
- Object dialog looks corrupted after attempt to resize it
- Invalid ellipsis usage for resident names in the IM tabs
- "Archived Notice" field not cleared when looking at notice list of another group
- Viewer locks up consistently on the same sim
- "Close" button on the Create Landmark panel is out of panel
- Misleading Active Voice Indicators in Group Chat Window when Speakers are in Spatial Chat Only
- The Speak button label hides after the width of the bottom tray is decreased
- Title of 'Speak' button is absent after the viewer is resized
- My Inventory Filter entries are ALL CAP
- Characters in Inventory Filter appear behind X
- Notifications button falls under side panel
- IM window drags off screen after side tray is open and closed
- Group member status list is sorted by name instead of date
- Right-clicking a link in a long description (one viewable only via 'more') opens the URL
- Mouse scroll-wheel does not scroll world map region list
- Auto-population includes sub-folders even when they are not aren't outfits
- Widen the Group Info panel accordian to avoid horizontal scroll
- View Profile: Hand-pointer shown when hovering mouse above homepage that isn't a valid URL
- Resizing viewer 2 redraws maturity icon in location bar when it shouldn't
- Auto-population: Created outfits copy sub-folder contents as well as immediate folder contents
- Event details shows maturity incorrectly
- Event Details floater needs labels and clean-up
- Duplicated 'user online/offline' toasts after coming back to Viewer
- llDialog window appears out of viewport if UI scale > 1.0
- Only first recipient from ad-hoc conference is added to recent speakers
- Chicklet in Conversations Window for Conferences has a Tiny Hotspot
- Conversations window auto-resizes when new conversation starts
- Destination Guide In-world Does Not Match Web Site
- Voice notifications appear un-docked in the top left corner of viewport
- Useless area on Place Profile panel
- Trash button in people panel remains enabled after removing last friend
- Two context menus for empty group search results
- Failure to bake on first login with standard wearables
- Enabling Admin mode allows "Dump baked avatar textures" to work - no matter what you are wearing
- Login location defaults to My Home
- Linux updater for Viewer 2 not invoked properly
- Nearby Media Popover: make padding consistent
- Lower shared media's default PluginInstancesCPULimit to improve overall framerate on low end machines
- llDialog in 2.0 viewer has different text limits than in 1.23 viewer
- Assert in LLFolderViewFolder when select inventory folder after moving item between folders
Translation and Localization Updates
- VWR-17120: Snapshot > "Save" and "Save As" needs translation
- VWR-17220: Switching language in preferences creates new calling cards folders for each language
- VWR-17485: Build Tool > "Stretch (Ctrl+Shift)" is truncated in Japanese
- VWR-17487: floater_world_map.xml - translation not shown
- VWR-17514: About Land > Object > "Type" is truncated in Japanese
- VWR-17938: People > My Groups displays English string when no groups added
- VWR-18034: My Profile - "Picks" button is truncated in German
- VWR-18046: Event > Details - "Maturity Rating" is truncated in Japanese
- VWR-18224: Media/Play pause are truncated in French floater
- VWR-18253: Sidebar: Place Profile > Parcel - "Rating:" is truncated in Japanese
- VWR-18254: Sentence in Object Profile panel is truncated in German
- Duplicated xui xml IDs
- Hard-coded xui xml strings
- On Build > Object menu, Take is hard-coded
- Right-click Object > Sit Here and Take are hard-coded
- sidepanel_task_info.xml needs translation
- notifications.xml "MINSPECS" needs translation
- panel_teleport_history.xml needs translation
- Creating a new wearable in a localized viewer appends localized wearable name with English word "New"
- Busy response in llviewermessage.cpp need translation
- System message "Teleport completed from"c
- Tab Chat - Font Size and Font Colors (panel_preferences_chat.xml) needs translation
- Side Bar > Place Profile > "Estate" (panel_place_profile.xml) needs translation
- Side Bar > "About Land" and "Region/Estate" buttons inside "Place Profile " needs translation
- Side Bar > Place Profile > "Region" (panel_place_profile.xml) needs translation
- In the IM window "Pay" (panel_im_control_panel.xml) needs translation
- Mini-map context menus need translation
- Conversations window has English title
Detailed Release Notes: Viewer 2 Beta 202291
Bug Fixes
- Updated the Vivox Voice SDK to 3.1.0001.8016
Detailed Release Notes: Viewer 2 Beta 202174
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New Features and Improvements
- VWR-812: Ability to add alpha to base avatar skin
- VWR-3725: Please add resize option to the SEARCH window UI
- VWR-7800: Joystick / SpaceNavigator. Camera should remain in position when exiting flycam mode into avatar mode
- VWR-8393: Have build scripts copy fmod from an external location
- VWR-10311: Enable LipSync by default
- VWR-10636: Hyperlinks in alert dialogs should be selectable (clickable)
- VWR-10717: Right Space Navigator button should toggle fly in avatar movment, not jump/flyup
- The Vivox SDK has been upgraded to v3.1.0001.8181 - Reported by Vivox to resolve the three most common causes of voice crashes
- Viewer hyperlinks now have different text than the actual URLs
- Preferences have been re-worked
- Changes are now saved only when 'Ok' or 'Apply' is clicked
- Preferences now includes the UI Size/Resolution scale (see Preferences > Skins)
- Changes are now saved only when 'Ok' or 'Apply' is clicked
- The Group creation confirmation dialog has been improved
- Added easy way to copy URLs from viewer chat
- Changed auto-populate value in Buy L$ window from 1000 to 2000
- The Viewer can now display script usage information
- Avatar and Group names can now be copied via a new right-click menu associated with the avatar or group name
- The About Second Life window now uses the new URL hyperlinking features
- Pie Menus have been replaced with Context Menus
- Search has been redesigned
What You'll Notice First
- The UI has a sleaker, more polished look
- The Top Bar has been redesigned to provide more browser-like functionality
- Menus have been rearranged to group like functionality
- A browser-like Navigation Bar has been added to simplify teleporting to other locations
- A Home button has been added to make returning to your Home Location easier than ever
- There's a new Favorites Bar that you can use to enable one-click teleporting to your favorite destinations
- Search now has the power of Google behind it
- Buying L$ is quicker and easier than ever
- Nearby Media Controls and a Master Volume slider have been added for easy control of sounds and any media that may be playing nearby.
- Menus have been rearranged to group like functionality
- A new Sidebar puts access to your Profile, People, Landmarks, Inventory, and Appearance, right at your fingertips
- The Landmarks panel includes your Teleport History, which will allow you to quickly and easily return to prior destinations - across multiple sessions
- The Landmarks panel includes your Teleport History, which will allow you to quickly and easily return to prior destinations - across multiple sessions
- Difficult to navigate pie menus have been replaced with new context menus that make more options available to you
- The UI has a sleaker, more polished look
Bug Fixes
- VWR-138: Animation Priority not working correctly, Can't create new AOs
- VWR-2242: Specially formatted .BVH file can cause avatar distortion
- VWR-3595: "Second Life requires True Color (32-bit) to run in a window" message is incorrect
- VWR-3819: Script Editing Undo is Unreliable
- VWR-4057: Multi-line chat display bug - first character in line missing
- VWR-4887: Notecards/Texture windows don't open completely when opened from inventory
- VWR-4955: Local Chat doesn't show end of last conversation
- VWR-5474: secondlife:// URLs not working any longer - even on the SL-Website
- VWR-5717: Selected Text is not replaced by Input text when Japanese IME is on
- VWR-6432: Space Navigator operation with vehicles is broken
- VWR-8454: PARCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_CREATE_GROUP_OBJECTS not highlighted in script editor
- VWR-8773: Closing parenthesis ")" breaks urls
- VWR-8885: Move character/*.xml files to source bundle
- VWR-9065: (intermittent) Right Click >profile on avatar does not display profile
- VWR-9069: Region variable says 'Region Name' in AR if no object is selected
- VWR-9194: Entering then leaving mouselook re-enlarges and minimized window
- VWR-9248: On Mac: the "--url" option causes a command line parsing error
- VWR-9377: Mapping will default to leave exact sim name listing first. (Searching Gar forces Gar to come up and not Garden of Dreams)
- VWR-9620: send_parcel_select_objects in newview/llfloaterland.cpp uses the wrong datatype for the ReturnType field causing a warning
- VWR-10829: Linux Viewer: CLICK_ACTION_PAY shows CLICK_ACTION_PLAY icon
- VWR-11128: Python not always detected by develop.py
- VWR-11172: A source coding mistake prevents number-pad keys from specifying Ctrl+digit shortcuts on Windows
- VWR-12533: Linux viewer build for OpenAL fails during packaging unless FMOD library is available
- VWR-12569: A comment in lluistring.h contains undefined UTF-8 code sequences
- VWR-12587: Cmake install target has a hard coded secondlife-bin reference remaining
- VWR-12617: Poor type name that violates Coding Standard breaks compatibility with system header files
- VWR-12620: Viewer build fails on Linux when compiled with -O2 (--type=Release)
- VWR-12691: Dangerous macro leads to possible wrong code
- VWR-12763: non-portable printf specifier used with size_t causes FTBFS on 64bit (due to -Werror)
- VWR-12995: FTBFS: error: format '%-3d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'size_t'
- VWR-13202: Right clicking mouse triggers arrow key control events
- VWR-13816: Resizing the Search Window Causes the Results to Refresh back to First Page
- VWR-13947: Viewer gpu_list.txt does not include some recent NVIDIA graphics cards
- VWR-14087: Add GeForce GT 120 to gputable.txt
- VWR-14267: Clicking send in an IM window does not add the sent text to the line editor history
- VWR-14679: SLURLs and teleport Links not parsed properly
- VWR-15549: A fast double-click on an object with the "Pay Object" click action set, can result in multiple super-imposed payment floaters
- SVC-3871: Crash of viewer when clicking on ghost objects at (0,0,0) on a sim
- Restored folders still have 'Purge Item' and 'Restore Item' options
- URLs in chat log are terminated incorrectly when there is a newline in chat
- Link-text in notecards should only become underlined upon mouse hover-over
- Clicked tab should be displayed when 'Ignore Changes' is selected in group info window
- Second Life icon poorly positioned in OSX Viewer Installer
- Help->About Second Life doesn't differentiate between 32- and 64-bit Vista
- Inventory> Search Recent Items highlighting incorrect characters
- Viewer crashes on startup if installed into a custom folder with Korean, Japanese or Chinese characters in path
- Modify Mac LLFastTimer to use Intel PMU
- Selected objects / primitives should be greyed out when nothing is selected
- UI scaling does not affect fallback fonts until restart
- Keyboard shortcuts on OSX viewer are overridden by default OSX shortcuts
- Invite to group, search by name will not show resident if their first name is two characters
- Gstreamer Disabled on 64-bit Linux
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