Release Notes/Second Life Beta Viewer/2.2.0

To learn more about the Viewer 2 series of Second Life Viewers, see the comprehensive [Notes for Viewer 2.0.0 (203055)].

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Release Notes for Second Life Beta Viewer 2.2.0 (210127)

Released September 23, 2010

Installer Downloads

Windows | Mac | Linux

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Crash and Performance Fixes

• VWR-21153 [crashhunters] Intel 965 Crash in glCopyTexSubImage2D
• VWR-21454 Crash when enabling Lighting and Shadows
• EXT-7543 Crash in LLRenderPass::pushBatch
• EXT-8101 [crashhunters] crash in LLVOSky::calcAtmospherics()
• EXT-8304 [crashhunters] crash in LLKeyframeMotion::deserialize
• EXT-8339 Tons of media llinfos log spam after TP
• EXT-8447 Crash at LLTextureCache::writeEntryToHeaderImmediately(int,LLTextureCache::Entry &,bool) [secondlife-bin lltexturecache.cpp]
• EXT-8533 Embedded browser takes a LONG time to load http://join.secondlife.com
• EXT-8596 crash at LLTextureFetchWorker::doWork(int) [secondlife-bin lltexturefetch.cpp] line 1061
• EXT-8597 [crashhunters] LLVorbisDecodeState::initDecode()
• VWR-22640 Crash in LLVOAvatarSelf::getAttachedPointName()
• VWR-22603 [crashhunters] LLViewerInventoryItem::updateServer(int) [secondlife-bin llviewerinventory.cpp]
• EXT-8673 UDP texture loading is slower in 2.x viewers than 1.23.5
• EXT-8727 [crashhunters] LLAppearanceMgr::updateClothingOrderingInfo(LLUUID, bool) [second life unknown]
• EXT-8730 Crash at llrender/llimagegl.cpp(157) : error ERROR: checkTexSize: wrong texture size and discard level: width: 512 Height: 512
• VWR-20899 Potential memory leak in LLFlatListView::addItem
• VWR-20946 Windows binaries we create for Snowstorm crash on launch...
• VWR-22113 crash hunters - crash, possibly on exit when disconnected
• VWR-22435 Investigate texture related network traffic between viewer 2.x and 1.23.
• VWR-22813 Crash at [1] LLImageBase::allocateData(int) [secondlife-bin llimage.cpp]
  
• STORM-180 Viewer crashes on login in Japanese locale

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Enhancements

• DEV-47845 Develop system for specifying alternative physics shape representations for prims
• STORM-128 No (easy) way to see who has permission to 'See my online status', 'See me on the map', or 'Edit, delete or take my objects'
• STORM-132 Scroll bar resets to near the top of inventory search
• EXT-5553 Improve alpha mask ('fast alpha') heuristic
• EXT-7060 Default auto alpha masking to ON for deferred rendering (only deferred rendering)
• VWR-22385 Allow user to upload baked textures while editing appearance when they save their outfit
• EXT-7406 Outfit Edit > Add items > List view should show only original items, not links
• EXT-7565 Would be nice to preserve selection while switching between folder/list view modes
• EXT-7593 Selection is reset in the My Outfits list if switch between Wearing and My Outfits tabs
• VWR-22354 Update place of Friends cards synchronization if necessary.
• EXT-7796 During editing outfit, Preset Views in Camera controls should be disabled
• EXT-7951 Mini-Location panel appearance design issues
• EXT-7963 Edit Outfit > Add More > Do not switch to next item type after add/replace
• VWR-22454 Can't teleport multiple friends (like you could in 1.23)
• VWR-22645 Provide a confirmation dialog while removing items from 'My Landmarks' and 'My Inventory' lists
• VWR-22547 Code improvements: Update a way in which Nearby people list is controlled depend on its visibility to user
• VWR-22473 Add option to take off wearables via "Wearing" Tab
• VWR-22298 Context menu items for multi-attachments
• SNOW-188 Allow panning of the mini-map
• SNOW-586 Add option to align textures across planar-mapped parallel faces
• SNOW-610 Option to sit down, right where one is standing at the moment. (V2 dupe of SNOW-397)
• SNOW-624 Make Snowglobe (1 & 2) compile with Boost 1.42
• SNOW-683 Port of VWR-8276 to SG 2.0: Turn off swirling lights for scripted objects
• SNOW-734 Show inspectors for avatars on the MiniMap
• SNOW-98 Dockable and detachable windows
• STORM-185 Edit Outfit panel: do not scroll worn items' list to the bottom after add/replace
• STORM-186 "Take Off - Remove from current outfit" menu items from gear/context menu should behave in the same way
• STORM-86 As a User, I want the ability to double-click on the land I can see inworld and teleport to that spot so I can move around more quickly and easily.
• STORM-93 Appearance > 'Wearing' tab: Add Take off / Detach function to the gear menu
• STORM-94 Increase minimum width allowed for undocked panels
• STORM-98 Update art for People and Groups default/placeholder icons
• VWR-13221 SNOW-188 - Allow panning of the mini-map
• VWR-17653 Unable to view profile from minimap
• VWR-20694 Snowstorm Sprint 2: As a User, I want to undock tabs from the Viewer sidebar so that I can control what tabs are displayed and organize them on my screen in any way I want like I could do in 1.23.
• VWR-20713 Snowstorm Sprint 2: As a User, I want the ability to double-click on the land I can see inworld and teleport to that spot so I can move around more quickly and easily.
• VWR-20734 Change parcel properties to default to "on" in the location bar.
• VWR-20752 Snowstorm Sprint 2: As a Builder, I want the ability to align textures across planar-mapped parallel faces. This will help me build faster and spend less time tweaking my textures on a linked build.
• VWR-20945 Change Menu Bar Background Color for all Second Life Project Viewers
• STORM-128 [Usability] No (easy) way to see who has permission to 'See my online status', 'See me on the map', or 'Edit, delete or take my objects'
• VWR-22162 I can't add negative signs to TWIST in Edit Mode
• VWR-22700 As an engineer, I want to see unit test execution results in TeamCity build results, so that I have instant feedback into test results as builds are executed, and so that I can provide visibility into unit tests that I add to the code base.
• VWR-22723 Add More category picker defaults whenever a clothing item is removed
• STORM-106 Automatic language translation of chat messages
• VWR-22901 Backwards compatibility for multiattachments

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Bug Fixes

• DEV-52379 The viewer is not successfully caching object geometry data
• DEV-52939 Viewer's object geometry cache files are not limited in number, and can also be incorrectly cleared with the VFS cache}}
• VWR-19831 EXT-2707 - VWR-17212 / VWR-19831: Coalesced objects do not show the proper icon in inventory
• STORM-133 Scroller doesn't follow the cursor if cursor is being moved by keyboard arrow buttons
• EXT-5609 Script dialog opens undocked in mouselook mode.
• EXT-6912 Deferred Rendering - shiny objects look like a projection instead of a reflection
• VWR-22618 Can wear a link even if baseobj is in trash, if link is in a folder being worn
• VWR-22655 Initial preferences are "G" but allow me to enter Moderate regions.
• EXT-7149 Objects with white color and varied texture do not appear shiny with deferred rendering
• EXT-7154 Darkness bumpmap looks like lightness bumpmap when deferred rendering is enabled
• EXT-7161 Fullbright has no effect on shiny & bump mapped prim while Lighting and Shadows are enabled.
• EXT-7162 90% transparent textures are invisible when Lighting and Shadows are enabled
• EXT-7179 Wireframe mode is mostly useless in trunk (204029)
• VWR-21265 Projectors don't work well when pointing toward the sun
• VWR-22651 My Landmarks: "Show on Map" context menu item is enabled while "Map" button is disabled for selected landmark.
• EXT-7380 'Call' and 'Group Call' verb buttons remain enabled on avatar/group profile page after Voice chat was disabled in 'Preferences'
• EXT-7397 Decoding textures get stuck in REQ status
• EXT-7399 2.0.2 with http textures loads textures slower than 1.23.5
• EXT-7461 Move/remove deferred rendering UI from prefs
• EXT-7462 Disable spotlight support by default
• EXT-7473 There is no "Share" menu item in the "gear" menu for Inventory SP
• EXT-7479 Only bumpmaps of type Brightness or Darkness load on 2.0.2 (205107)
• EXT-7668 No item is selected in the FlatListview when clicking on particular item
• EXT-7676 Gear menu for 'Add Wearable' panel doesn't correspond to spec
• STORM-91 Corrupted vertical scroll bar appears on 'Edit Outfit' panel if height of 'Add More' panel was changed
• EXT-7899 Color picker and Texture picker remains open after Edit Outfit is closed
• EXT-7901 Can no longer click on certain http:// URLs
• VWR-21266 Avatar names everywhere should display in teal and only underline on hover
• EXT-8043 Notifications stack over docked 'Move' and 'View' floaters
• VWR-22665 Show Advanced Menu item is located in the menu it toggles
• VWR-22670 Group Profile: "Invite" button is cropped from left
• EXT-8179 Group profile: 'Save' button remains disabled if state of check-boxes was changed during refreshing of 'General' accordion
• EXT-8188 Edit Outfit: navigation using keyboard is broken in the accordion
• VWR-22619 Items in "Add more" panel are not sorted by name
• VWR-22643 Unexpected camera zoom occures if scroll location history drop-down list by mouse wheel
• EXT-8230 MissingString triggered by "Media Perms Owner/GroupAnyone" strings
• VWR-22668 My Landmarks: 'Collapse' item doesn't appear in gear menu if expanded folder was selected
• VWR-22635 'Trash' button remains enabled after item was worn from 'My Inventory'
• EXT-8259 Profile "More" link truncated to just "M"
• EXT-8283 Renamed 'no-copy' item disappears from Edit Outfit list
• VWR-22628 'Add More' panel items aren't sorted by clothing type after it was opened by 'Replace' item of context menu
• VWR-22639 Unnecessary empty space in the New Group Panel
• EXT-8300 Creator's icon overlaps description text on object's mini-inspector
• VWR-22630 ESC will not de-focus the sidebar
• EXT-8360 Wearable name change does not propagate to edit outfit or wearing tab
• VWR-22620 Error not handled gracefully in landmark creation
• EXT-8398 Resident icon is shown separately from SLURL in chats and toasts
• VWR-22610 Edit Landmark: Unable to input milti-line text in the My Notes field
• VWR-21527 Start location field cleared on login
• EXT-8465 Text selection is often unreadable
• VWR-22617 Item does not accept name change unless Enter is hit
• EXT-8525 ellipsis are broken on the Favorites bar (trunk)
• VWR-22607 'Wear' button is disabled for outfit, which consists of body parts only
• VWR-22605 Edit wearable: previous deformation value appears in text entry box if 'Esc' key was pressed after applying of new value
• VWR-22656 New title of alpha mask doesn't save if rename it from 'Editing' panel
• EXT-8540 Implement mime type override for web_browser ctrl
• EXT-8542 Avatar goes naked for a second when changing outfits or teleporting
• EXT-8545 Button art and other images are positioned incorrectly when UI scale != 1.0
• VWR-22667 Login screen contains invisible field which blocks keyboard-only login
• VWR-22661 My Appearance tab has residual incorrect mentions of "Object Profile" instead of "Item Profile"
• VWR-20156 Prim Media on HUDs has no Audio or Interactivity
• STORM-90 Only attachments are worn if multi-select items on 'My Outfits' tab and press'Wear' button
• EXT-8578 Blurry image in profile never resolves - texture queue problem?
• EXT-8579 Develop.Avatar.Animation Info should not show asset IDs
• EXT-8589 Nothing happens if choose 'Invite to Group' from avatar's 3D context menu
• VWR-22646 Search Floater - "loading" and "Done" text in lower left is cut-off
• STORM-183 Wear button is disabled when outfit1 is subset of outfit2
• STORM-124 Replace "no matches found" with "loading" in the My Outfits tab
• VWR-22625 There is no 'worn' prefix for COF items from 'My Outfits' tab if change outfit few times
• EXT-8650 Can wear multiple copies of a no-copy item via object links
• STORM-126 Offline participants of Add hoc chat are shown in Recent Tab
• STORM-149 My Landmarks: 'Cut' item should be greyed out in folder's context menu
• VWR-14569 impossible de faire une conference entre amis
• SNOW-503 standalone generate fails
• SNOW-504 Standalone builds fail as Copy3rdPartyLibs.cmake should not run on standalone cases
• SNOW-506 LLInstanceTracker<LLEventTimer, LLEventTimer*>' is an inaccessible base of 'LLEventTimer'
• SNOW-507 missing LL_TEST conditions in cmake files
• SNOW-510 can not find tut/tut.hpp
• SNOW-511 Patch for standalone build with webkit (2.0 code base)
• SNOW-514 error: 'LLInstanceTracker<LLNameListCtrl, LLNameListCtrl*>' is an inaccessible base of 'LLNameListCtrl'
• SNOW-517 viewer manifest is incomplete on 64bit
• SNOW-520 Make develop.py play nicely with express editions of Visual Studio (2.0 code base)
• STORM-169 Don't import deprecated python module sets
• SNOW-541 GSTREAMER fail to load (slplugin?)
• SNOW-543 Linux packing fixes.
• SNOW-585 Build fails when FMOD.dll is not in build tree
• SNOW-606 link phase secondlife-bin fails; supplied LL-lib libuuid.so.1 needs to be upgraded
• SNOW-649 Changeset 3349 and 3484 added unit test to llplugin but forgot LL_TESTS, resulting in a build failure in lltut.cpp
• SNOW-652 APP URI to cause viewer to chat a specified message on a specified channel can be used to cause problems for others.
• SNOW-667 Port of SNOW-93 to SG 2.0 : Automatic language translation of chat messages
• SNOW-680 Port of VWR-10854 to SG 2.0: Honour "share with group" and "allow anyone to copy" for snapshots
• SNOW-681 Port of SNOW-388 to SG 2.0: Regression: VWR-1852 - Local ruler mode aligned incorrectly for linked objects
• SNOW-684 Port of VWR-4232 to SG 2.0: Some particles don't disappear when UI is hidden
• STORM-130 Version agnostic libPNG linking
• SNOW-742 linker error when building INTEGRATION_TEST_llsecapi: undefined reference to `LLSecAPIBasicHandler::LLSecAPIBasicHandler()'
• SNOW-743 Compiler warning: 'region_access' may be used uninitialized in this function
• SNOW-766 VWR-20994 - Add a 'printbuilddirs' command to develop.py
• SNOW-793 Memory leak in LLImageFormatted::appendData
• SNOW-91 Returning 1000+prim objects problem
• STORM-101 Sidebar settings should be account specific
• STORM-108 Undocked Item Profile panel has no scrollbars
• STORM-112 EOLs are displayed as "squares" in the pick descriptions after minimize/restore undocked profile panel
• STORM-114 IM chat history log in plain text mode looks ugly when displays avatar SLURLs
• STORM-121 Unify clean up of objects on voice client shutdown so that it happens consistently.
• STORM-123 Resizing ability of nearby chatbar in bottomtray appears only after click.
• STORM-130 Version agnostic libPNG linking
• STORM-148 'Item Profile' panel isn't updated if change name of that item from 'Object contents' floater
• STORM-149 My Landmarks: 'Cut' item should be greyed out in folder's context menu
• STORM-154 Group Call button label is cut after resizing undocked Group Profile panel
• STORM-155 Sidebar is not opened correctly if Appearance SP is undocked
• STORM-156 "Add friend" button is cut in People Profile
• STORM-157 Icon for sidebar tab looks like if the tab was opened
• STORM-159 UI: Allow item drop onto profiles
• STORM-164 Cannot compile Snowglobe OR SLViewer - Compile error in llvosky.h for Linux
• STORM-165 decode_priority clamp issue in texture fetching
• STORM-175 Fix Ping Interpolate Object Position
• STORM-176 Port of SNOW-376 to SG 2.0: Clean up handling of the maximum length of chat messages
• STORM-181 Console gets spammed with VertexShaderEnable messages making the viewer unusable
• STORM-183 Wear button is disabled when outfit1 is subset of outfit2
• STORM-192 Ctrl-Shift-W hides all chat until a viewer restart
• STORM-89 Undocked profile panels loses verb buttons after minimize/restore
• STORM-91 Corrupted vertical scroll bar appears on 'Edit Outfit' panel if height of 'Add More' panel was changed
• STORM-92 Panel state resets on dock/undock
• STORM-96 Empty space appears in the top of Home side panel after redocking
• STORM-97 Back button in the undocked Landmark Info panel moves out of panel on width resize
• STORM-99 Select button inside Resident Chooser is disabled if invoke sharing from undocked My Inventory panel
• VWR-10854 Honour "share with group" and "allow anyone to copy" for snapshots
• VWR-17801 Wrong submenu character when you right click on yourself
• STORM-118 Edit Manipulators have Wrong Orientation with Local Ruler Mode on Linked Objects
• VWR-19499 APP URI to cause viewer to chat a specified message on a specified channel can be used to cause problems for others.
• VWR-19505 Selection beam does not show on Viewer 2.0, eventhough "Show selection beam" is selected under Build>Options
• VWR-20156 Prim Media on HUDs has no Audio or Interactivity
• VWR-20583 submenu indicators (▶ a.k.a. U+25B6) shouldn't be hard-coded in context menu sub menu names
• VWR-20670 LLInstanceTracker<LLEventTimer, LLEventTimer*>' is an inaccessible base of 'LLEventTimer'
• VWR-20671 'LLInstanceTracker<LLNameListCtrl, LLNameListCtrl*>' is an inaccessible base of 'LLNameListCtrl'
• VWR-20673 Compiler warning: 'region_access' may be used uninitialized in this function
• VWR-20679 Build fails when FMOD.dll is not in build tree
• VWR-20724 Fix menus that do not have underlined shortcuts
• VWR-20747 Don't import deprecated python module sets
• VWR-20748 Make develop.py play nicely with express editions of Visual Studio
• VWR-20749 Fix compiling the viewer with Boost 1.42
• VWR-20768 (SNOW-507) Missing LL_TEST conditions in cmake files
• VWR-20770 (SNOW-649) Missing LL_TESTS condition around llplugin unit test
• VWR-20809 (SNOW-504) Do not depend on stage_thirds_party_libs for a standalone build
• VWR-20810 (SNOW-503) Quote EXE_STAGING_DIR to prevent it failing with some paths
• VWR-20815 (SNOW-511) Allow standalone builds to correctly find a system version of llqtwebkit
• VWR-20847 (SNOW-517/SNOW-543) Linux packaging fixes
• VWR-20855 (SNOW-510) Cannot find tut/tut.hpp in Standalone builds
• VWR-20926 Enable sidebar to track detaching/attaching tabs
• VWR-21060 Fix broken ability to open a side tray tab via shortcut, menu item or button outside of the Side Tray
• VWR-21585 Make all tabs support horizontal resizing
• VWR-22454 Can't teleport multiple friends (like you could in 1.23)
• VWR-22690 Saving/restoring button order
• VWR-22692 Multiattachments don't save correctly in outfits
• VWR-22695 Adding attachments messaging is inefficient
• VWR-22724 Clicking an attachment switches the Add More inventory to Flat view
• STORM-115 Honour "share with group" and "allow anyone to copy" for snapshots
• STORM-100 Docked IM window hides when try to share an item while My Inventory SP is undocked
• VWR-22975 fix native language name for Portuguese
• VWR-4214 Glow effect passes through alpha textures where alpha is actually "solid".
• STORM-117 Some particles don't disappear when UI is hidden
• STORM-116 Turn off swirling lights for scripted objects
• VWR-8885 CMAKE build hard depends on artwork files

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Translation and Localization Updates

• EXT-6542 [TRANSLATED BUT IN EN] ALL LANGS: About land floater: Land-Info, Medien: none/none needs to be localized
• EXT-8309 [I18N] [INCORRECT DATE FORMAT] FRENCH - Place profile and Top right menu
• VWR-22613 [TRUNCATION] IT login screen - truncation in location box
• VWR-22657 [HARD CODED]? ALL LANGS Untranslated "More" link in the Residents Profiles of the French viewer
• VWR-22621 [TRUNCATION] [LAYOUT] IT - new gesture dialog - truncations, text in English, text outside dialog
• VWR-22662 IT - new gesture dialog - text outside boxes
• VWR-22382 [HARD CODED] ALL LANGS: "More" menu option is untranslated under Advanced menu (French viewer) > Shortcuts
• VWR-22285 [HARD CODED] ALL LANGS: Unlocalized keyboard keys under Advanced menu > Shortcuts (French viewer)
• EXT-8429 [HARD CODED] ALL LANGS: Chatbar - Conference call tooltip: "Conference" is not localized
• STORM-107 [I18N] [CORRUPTED CHAR IN DATE] Polish character corruption in date
• EXT-8550 Rewrite "You [ACTION] a [RESOLUTION] baked texture for '[BODYREGION]' after [TIME] seconds." for localization
• EXT-8668 [VIEWER INSTALLER] Polish and Danish are missing from the installer language list. Should be added.
• VWR-22452 [HARD CODED] ALL LANGS The word "Saved" is hard coded, in the long timestamp displayed in IM when user is offline
• STORM-107 [I18N] [CORRUPTED CHAR IN DATE] Polish character corruption in date
• STORM-153 [HARDCODE] Conference and non-existent IM session name strings are hardcoded
• STORM-189 [TRUNCATION] many langs - select build tools dialog
• VWR-21356 [TRANSLATED BUT IN EN] - all langs - EN string in inventory folder name and tooltip: "Favorites"
• VWR-22340 [TRUNCATION] -all lang- about land > objects > truncation and misalignment due to obsolete parameter overrides in language xml files
• VWR-22347 [LAYOUT] Part of the Options tab page in About Land has overlapping buttons/text (French viewer)
• VWR-22372 [TRUNCATION] My Profile - Edit - Partner: "bearbeiten" is truncated
• VWR-22408 [TRUNCATION] -all langs- Cannot shorten "Heure" in Day Cycle Editor (French viewer)
• STORM-136 [I18N] Viewer: add "language" parameter to Buy LindeX Floater's XMLRPC call
  

Known Issues     '404 - Page not found' Error Opening Help in Internal Browser VWR-21756 Pressing 'F1' or '?' when utilitzing the internal Second Life browser will result in a '404 - Page not found' error. For access to Help, go to Me > Preferences > Setup and click the radio button for 'Use my browser (IE, Firefox, Safari)'. Anti-Aliasing Broken VWR-17436 Anti-Aliasing does not work, regardless of settings in Preferences -> Graphics -> Hardware.

Supported Viewers     With this latest release, we support the latest Viewer 2 generation release Second Life Release 2.1.1 (208043), the 1.23 Second Life Release (1.23.5), and Second Life Beta Viewer 2.2.0 (210127).