Beta Release Notes

Release Notes for Second Life 1.16.0(6) May 25, 2007

Changes:

• Updated Korean language files

Release Notes for Second Life 1.16.0(5) May 23, 2007

New Features:

• Sculpted Prims
  • Sculpted Prims are a new primitive type that uses a texture to control its 3D shape
  • See http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims for FAQ and detailed information
• Add "Mute" button to block unwanted notecards, landmarks, and textures

Changes:

• Improved muting of particle systems

LSL Changes:

• New function: [llRegionSay]()
  • Allows object to communicate region-wide
  • Does not allow communication on channel 0
  • This is intended to reduce simulator load by eliminating the need for relay objects

Bug fixes:

• Text for several alert messages has been updated
• Fixed positioning of maximize button when minimizing both script and lsl window
• Fixed positioning of LSL help window after minimizing/maximizing main script window
• Fixed group chat IM showing sender as the only participant until someone responds
• Fixed group chat IM reopening with an error when sending a message after user closes group chat
• Fixed '... has left the session' when leaving group chat after talking
• Fixed failed email when no subject is included
• Fixed object loss occuring when taking an item
• VWR-657: Beta -> Linux -> Startup -> Crash

Release Notes for Second Life 1.16.0(0) May 4, 2007

New Features

• Voice in Second Life
  • Beta test of integrated voice capabilities within Second Life
  • See http://secondlife.com/community/bhear.php for detailed information
• Sculpted Prims
  • Sculpted Prims are a new primitive type that uses a texture to control its 3D shape
  • See http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims for the FAQ and detailed information

Changes:

• Voice changes since last voice beta release:
  • Active Speakers window opens via the 'Speakers' button and shows all active voice speakers in a channel
    • Also enables volume and mute control by individual speaker
  • Mute settings for voice only are now available via the Active Speakers window
    • Avatar 'pie menu' mute option still mutes both voice and text chat simultaneously
    • This will change in future releases
• Alt-Left and Alt-Right switch between tabs in IM
• Ctrl-W closes one panel in IM
• Ctrl-Shift-W closes all windows
• Inventory sort optionally sorts system folders on top
• Busy mode declines notecards and textures, and accepts other inventory transfers silently
• Offline IMs from objects include object name, owner, type and SLURL
• L$ displays 'Loading...' if balance is not yet retrieved

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a client crash when deleting objects from inventory
• Fixed '... has left the session' when leaving group chat after talking
• Fixed failed email when no subject is included
• Fixed closing an inventory folder while selecting inside moves selection to My Inventory
• Fixed build if llmozlib disabled
• Fixed avatar name not remaining within background box
• Fixed graphics cards with unlisted memory sizes defaulting to 16MB
• Fixed Alt-WASD camera controls while sitting
• Fixed first digit in Pay dialog cannot be deleted
• Fixed minimap not opening on first login
• Fixed 'Use Selection for Grid' referencing edge of region and not reference prim
• Removed avatar eyeball shader
• VWR-38: Magic Opening Folders
• VWR-42: llSetSoundQueueing() is broken
• VWR-71: Tabulating and moving by word (Ctrl-left, ctrl-right) off-by-one errors in scripting editor.
• VWR-136: Seg fault in llpolymorph.cpp
• VWR-148: llListStatistics tooltip wrong
• VWR-165: First Digit in the 'Pay' dialog does not erase without entering more digits
• VWR-166: moving of open folders in the inventory to an other indentation level leaves the contents on the previous level
• VWR-326: Allow a 'limit texture recieving' in the client
• VWR-346: Selecting Client>Character>Flush Animations immediately crashes 1.14.0.x
• VWR-379: Fix shell scripts to use bash and not sh when appropriate.
• VWR-429: add scons option making FMOD optional
• VWR-414: 8-bit character in llagent.cpp comment confuses Japanese text editors

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.0(1) April 20, 2007

Bug fixes:

• Improved performance of inventory operations
• Removed First Land filter in Search
• Improved recognition of some processor types
• Fixed extra face when using hollow with path cut
• Fixed a way to teleport to Orientation Islands
• Fixed right-click on your own avatar if you have a HUD attachment
• Fixed llSetText appearance on HUD attachments
• Fixed About Land reporting the wrong parcel when teleporting between estates
• Fixed a source of stalled Pending Uploads
• Fixed Texture Repeats Per Face rounding incorrectly when tabbing between fields

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.0(0) April 17, 2007

Changes

• Inworld rating system has been removed

Bug fixes:

• Fixed list selection triggering when mouse-up occurs over scrollbar
• Fixed Get Top Scripts not sorting on refresh
• Fixed a simulator crash related to group messages
• Fixed alphabetical sorting of groups on profile
• Fixed display of group voting history
• Fixed group chat not reopening when user relogs or closes chat session
• Fixed ability to start group messages and multi-user conferences
• Fixed cutoff of Help -> About Second Life text

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.1(2) April 13, 2007

Changes:

• Alpha textures sorted more accurately
  • Example: the hollow inner surface of a sphere will no longer draw on top of the outer surface
  • This change will cause some content (which used this bug to imitate cel-shading) to look dramatically different
• Larger debug beacons (View > Beacon)
  • You can now set the beacon size in Preferences -> Adv. Graphics (Range is 1-127)
• Groups are now searched with an index (refreshed daily)
  • Searches are done against the full text of the group, including charter
  • Clicking on a group found via search still shows up-to-date information
• Added 'Add as Friend' button to profile
• Added |< and >| buttons to scroll to the ends of IM window conversations
• Added parcel flag for Mature Content
  • Parcel searches use the parcel rating instead of the region rating
• Groups list window taller and resizeable

Notes:

• LSL Wiki is not editable from within the Second Life viewer
• PARCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_ALL_OBJECT_ENTRY and PARCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_GROUP_OBJECT_ENTRY flags

were added to llGetParcelFlags()/llSetParcelFlags several versions many builds ago, but not documented. These will now appear correctly in the script editor.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed OK button not enabling after editing profile
• Fixed pie menu options shifting position when right-clicking avatar
• Fixed a sim crash related to group messages
• Fixed combo box not closing after hitting Tab
• Fixed gap with combo boxes on bottom of the screen
• Fixed combo boxes not closing when hitting button
• Fixed proposals being created with incorrect information
• Fixed agent information not displaying for land/objects
• Fixed group information for members/roles not loading
• Fixed IM window showing all users in bold
• Fixed font of Bumps, Pushes, Hits window
• Fixed objects appearing in two places while moving in editor
• Fixed a client crash with some mobile ATI chipsets
• Fixed button images when first running SL
• Fixed overlapping text in proposals in group info window
• Fixed selecting group roles not updating UI
• Fixed avatar names not appearing when Show Avatar Names Temporarily is enabled
• Fixed New IM showing (nobody) for group names
• Fixed task email failing between regions
• Fixed avatar reverting to default appearance
• Fixed broken embedded landmarks when editing their notecard
• Fixed display of Terms of Service
• Fixed a case where you could not modify your modifyable object
• Fixed attachments disappearing a minute after teleport
• Fixed ability to set Mature on parcels in non-Mature regions
• Fixed saving changes to notecards in contents
• Fixed HUD positioning guide misaligning when UI Size changed
• Fixed a case where no-copy objects could be lost during rez
• Fixed textures in windows only stretching horizontally
• Fixed texture animation rotation changing when Flip is enabled
• Fixed erroneous 'User has left this session' messages
• Fixed display bug with a cube with Path Cut Begin/End set to .150

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.1(1) April 2, 2007

Changes:

• Users are now notified if they are the only ones present in a group or conference session

Bug fixes:

• Fixed: VWR-130: llimagejpeg.h remove jinclude.h
• Fixed: VWR-200: money(); events in a linked sets fail to trigger
• Fixed: VWR-243: Sort inventory System folders to the top

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.1(0) March 23, 2007

Changes:

• Teleport Home disabled for new users on an Orientation Island
• Share With Group disabled after object is deeded to group

LSL changes:

• string llStringTrim(string src, integer trim_type)
  • STRING_TRIM_HEAD: trim all leading spaces in src
  • STRING_TRIM_TAIL: trim all trailing spaces in src
  • STRING_TRIM: trim all leading and trailing spaces in src

Bug fixes:

• New groups are instantly searchable
• Fixed disappearing alpha HUD prims
• Fixed menu bar processing keystrokes when moused over
• Fixed detached IM windows not resizing
• Fixed animated textures when using llSetColor, llSetLinkColor, or PRIM_PROPERTIES
• Fixed HUD object movement when logging in at a no-script area
• Fixed HUD objects not loading new textures
• Fixed HUD objects becoming invisible the first time they are attached from inworld
• Fixed 'IM All Contacts In Folder'
• Fixed a viewer crash in the name cache
• Fixed Undo resetting position only on root prim
• Fixed Texture Picker search not showing results
• Fixed IM window reverting to default size
• Fixed overriding stand-up animation freezing you in place
• Fixed Appearance mode showing back of avatar