Release Notes/Second Life Beta Viewer/2.8.0

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Release Notes for v2.8.0 (235292) - Second Life Beta Viewer

Released July 14, 2011

Installer Downloads

Windows | Mac | Linux

Feature Highlights

Region Environment Settings - Enables region managers to customize water, sky, and day cycle environment settings for their regions.
Hiding avatars and restricting avatar sounds - provides additional parcel controls over avatar visibility and emitted sounds.
Search Button on Bottom Bar

Crash and Performance Fixes

SH-1650 [PUBLIC_JIRA_USERS] Widespread crash-to-desktop via llvertexbuffer.cpp(1005) - "memory allocation for vertex data failed" or Render Pool 15
SH-1903 [PUBLIC] Basic Shaders On chokes framerate in 2.7.4
STORM-1352 [crashhunters] Crash in LLNearbyChatScreenChannel::showToastsBottom()
STORM-1368 [crashhunters] Crash at [0] LLPreviewNotecard::saveIfNeeded(LLInventoryItem *) [secondlife-bin llpreviewnotecard.cpp]
STORM-1372 [VWR-24099] [crashhunters] Crash at [1] LLTemplateMessageBuilder::nextBlock(char const *) [secondlife-bin lltemplatemessagebuilder.cpp]
STORM-1423 [VOICE-3] [crashhunters] LLVivoxVoiceClient::stateMachine()
STORM-1439 [EXP-825] [crashhunters] Crash in LLToolPie::handleMouseUp
VOICE-3 [PUBLIC] [crashhunters] LLVivoxVoiceClient::stateMachine()

Bug Fixes

EXP-961 [PUBLIC] Keyboard definition file keys.xml contains invalid XML markup
SH-1838 [PUBLIC] Black Screen when I enable Lighting and Shadows
SH-1897 [PUBLIC] Formerly visible windlight clouds are no longer displayed
STORM-323 Redundant popups
STORM-787 Mute Gestures Button
STORM-1103 Nearby sidebar minimap should be optional
STORM-1334 Console debug data scrolls away too quickly and is hard to read
STORM-1345 Use colour picker for sky colors
STORM-1350 [VWR-25480] Worldmap: Partial region name search UI bug
STORM-1392 Add Nearby Voice to the Communicate menu
STORM-1393 Missing Object/Prim count in Second Life 2.7.4 (233201) Jun 17 2011 21:33:05 (Second Life Development)
STORM-1396 [STORM-787] (mute gestures) also mutes sounds from objects
STORM-1406 [ENG LAYOUT] Viewer - Overlapping text in Input/Output devices preference
STORM-1472 Favorites folder in inventory does not translate properly
STORM-1480 Searching in the world map clears the destination arrow but not the destination beacon
STORM-1484 No way to apply changes in estate settings like Allow public access or Allow Voice Chat after merging WLRS

Translation and Localization Updates

STORM-457 There is no space char after [AGENT_NAME] in 'conference-title-incoming' for Japanese language
STORM-1302 (ALL LANGS) [TRANSLATED BUT IN ENG] (Spanish) Side Menu > Gente tab > MIS AMIGOS tab > buttons "Call", "Share" and "Teleport" and their tooltips
STORM-1326 [ALL LANGS] (Spanish) [HARDCODED] Selling land, advice with "Anyone" in English.
STORM-1327 MULTIPLE LANGS (Spanish/German) [FORMATTING] Overlapped text in About Land Window when the land is for sell: "Los objetos se incluyen en la venta"
STORM-1452 Debug settings -- TRUE/FALSE name (not label) translated in foreign languages
STORM-1462 [TRANSLATED BUT IN EN] ALL LANGS - Untranslated "Cancel" button on Edit Pick page
VWR-25660 (Spanish) [TRUNCATION] Construir > Seleccionar la Herramienta de construcción > Herramienta Editar: button "Desenla"
VWR-25681 [DE] BESCHR is displayed for each slider in the Edit Physics panel
VWR-25879 (Spanish) [MEANING] Yo > Preferencias > Colores: "Activo" should be "Activa"
VWR-25880 (Spanish) [MEANING] Yo > Preferencias > Colores: "Inactivo" should be "Inactiva"
VWR-25881 (Spanish) [Regression: MEANING] Yo > Preferencias > Sonido y Media. "Música en streaming... Activados" should be "Música en streaming... Activada"
VWR-25943 [TRUNCATION - SHORTEN OPTION] Mundo > Foto > VISTA PREVIA DE LA FOTO. "Calidad de la imag" should be "Calidad de la imagen"

Source and Build Changes

STORM-1446 Sockets not correctly set to non-blocking on Windows
STORM-1447 Switch from grep -v setenv to <filters>setenv</...> available in the latest autobuild.

Known Issues

Floaters Disappear When Editing Group Roles in Attached People Side Panel

VWR-25821 Editing Group Roles causes portions of the UI to disappear - The problem occurs when attempting to edit Group Roles with the People panel attached to the sidebar. The workaround is to use the |<- icon to tear the People panel from the sidebar prior to editing Group Roles.

Frame Rate May Drop Significantly with Basic Shaders On

SH-1903 Basic Shaders On chokes framerate in 2.7.4 - Basic Shaders default to On for class 2 and higher hardware. If you find that your FPS is slower than usual, you may notice improvement by turning Basic Shaders Off... go to Me > Preferences > Graphics > Advanced, and de-select 'Basic Shaders'.

Vertex Buffers 'On' Results in Severe Performance Drop on MacBook Pros

SH-2038 Severe performance drop on MacBook Pros - The workaround is to disable OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects. To do this, go to Me > Preferences > Graphics > Hardware, deselect the 'Enable VBO' check-box, click 'OK' to close the pop-up, and click 'OK' again to save your changes and exit Preferences.

Shiny Metal Texture Renders Improperly with 'Lighting & Shadows' Turned On

SH-1912 Shiny metal texture characteristics entirely lost when Lighting and Shadows turned on - If this problem manifests on your system, go to Me > Preferences > Graphics > Advanced, and de-select 'Lighting and Shadows'.

Supported Viewers

With this release, we support Second Life Viewer versions 2.7.4 (235167), 2.7.2 (233432), and 1.23 (1.23.5), and Second Life Beta Viewer version 2.8.0 (235292). For more information, please go to the Supported Viewers wiki page.