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Second Life Viewer 2 - Released March 31, 2010

Please see Known Issues for important information and limitations.

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Detailed Release Notes - 2.0.0.203055

Key 1.xx PJiras Addressed

New Features & Improvements

724 Votes - VWR-812: Ability to add alpha to base avatar skin (see Wearable Alpha Masks)
542 Votes - VWR-1449: 3 New Avatar Layers - 2nd Tattoo layers between existing skin/tattoo layer and clothing layer (see Wearable Tattoos)
145 Votes - VWR-16455: Allow inventory pointers to no-copy items
45 Votes - VWR-9287: Building hotkeys to select next/previous prim in a link set
15 Votes - VWR-12631: Provide a setting to limit the maximum size of objects displayed on the minimap
13 Votes - VWR-10311: Enable LipSync by default

Bug Fixes

79 Votes - VWR-5474: secondlife:// URLs not working any longer - even on the SL-Website
35 Votes - VWR-138: Animation Priority not working correctly, Can't create new AOs
35 Votes - VWR-4887: Windows pop up strangely distorted/deformed
28 Votes - VWR-9065: (intermittent) Right Click > profile on avatar does not display profile
27 Votes - VWR-6432: Space Navigator operation with vehicles is broken
14 Votes - VWR-13996: Avatars completely invisible when first in sight, except for attachments

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-8008: Drop-down to select preset aspect ratios in texture preview floaters
VWR-8393: Have build scripts copy fmod from an external location
VWR-8436: Middle mouse paste / primary support for Linux client
VWR-9287: Building hotkeys to select next/previous prim in a link set
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 movement, not jump/flyup
VWR-12385: Building hotkeys to include next/previous prim in a link set
VWR-12631: Provide a setting to limit the maximum size of objects displayed on the minimap
VWR-12748: Increased MiniMap zoom range
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)
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 sleeker, 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.
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
Difficult to navigate pie menus have been replaced with new context menus that make more options available to you

New Experimental Functionality

Deferred Rendering is new in Second Life Viewer 2, but please keep in mind that it is only experimental at this time and is not officially supported. So, while you are welcome to file bugs against this new functionality, Support will be unable to assist you with any questions or problems you may have with it.

Viewer 1.xx 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-4106: Mini-map beacon icon doesn't display correctly when beacon is above or below the camera
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-8617: Missing / incorrect LSL keywords TEXTURE_MEDIA and TEXTURE_DEFAULT
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-9352: Prim falls to 256m height when moved out of world
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-11100: Space Navigator left button toggles flycam effects when the window is not in focus
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-12696: Minimap object overlay blurred, or only rendered within a restricted area after resizing the floater
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-13483: KDE 4 applications don't recognize secondlife:// urls
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-13996: Avatars completely invisible when first in sight, except for attachments
VWR-14267: Clicking send in an IM window does not add the sent text to the line editor history
VWR-14278: Gesture auto-completion adds uncommitted suggestions 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

Known Issues

Possible Texture Loading Issues when Switching Between Viewers

Intermittent texture loading problems have been seen when transitioning between Viewer 2 and other official Second Life Viewers. If you experience this issue, the problem may be resolved by clearing your cache and re-logging into Viewer 2 using the following the process:

Go to Me > Preferences
Select the Setup tab
Press the Reset button
Logout and log back in

Possible Temporary Corruption of 1.23 UI if Viewer 2 Installed in Same Directory

Installing the 1.23.5 Viewer over Viewer 2.0 may result in a temporary corruption of the 1.23 UI. This potential problem can be avoided by installing Viewer 2.0 in a different directory - this is the default behavior of the Viewer 2 installer.

Possible Configuration Issue when Creating Groups

When creating a new Group, attempts to set the Content Level may fail.

Disabling JavaScript Removes Links from Search Results

When JavaScript is disabled, Search results are not presented as live links. Re-enabling JavaScript will correct the problem.

Potential Shared Media Issues

Possible crash of Shared Media instance when using input type="select".
Setting a "click to" action in the Build tool may break Shared Media interaction.

Hiding Language Preferences from Scripted Objects

In 1.23 you could opt to hide your language preference from objects via a check-box on the Preferences > General tab. In Viewer 2, this capability has been moved to Advanced > Show Debug Settings. In the Debug Settings dialog, select 'LanguageIsPublic' and set the value to 'False'.

Profile Picture Rendering

Profile pictures in Sidebar > My Profile and Sidebar > People do not fully render and remain blurry.

Avatar View in World Map

In the World Map, the point of origin for the avatar field of view does not remain stationary as the avatar turns, but rotates at a distance away from the avatar position, going nearly out of view at times.

Communication Window Shortcut

In Viewer 2, there is no Communication window. As a result, CTRL+T is no longer a functional keyboard shortcut. CTRL+H still functions as in 1.23.

Bumps, Pushes & Hits List

The Bumps, Pushes & Hits list will not populate under the following conditions: 1) When the floater is open, and 2) When the estate allows damage.

HTTP_USER_AGENT Reporting Problem

The Second Life webkit no longer reports "Second Life" in HTTP_USER_AGENT.