Difference between revisions of "Release Notes/Second Life Beta Viewer/2.4.0"

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

Release Notes for Beta 1 - Second Life Beta Viewer 2.4.0 (215891)

Released December 3, 2010

Installer Downloads

Windows | Mac | Linux

Feature Highlights

Reorganized and Improved Preferences: We’ve reorganized the preferences tabs, and added a couple of new ones, in an ongoing effort to make Preferences more intuitive and easier to use.
Graphics Improvements: We've made improvements in antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, and snapshots.
Support for External Text Editors: If you’re a scripter, you'll now be able to use your own text editor for scripting. There's more work to be done to improve the user interface, but we're hoping you'll be pleased with this new feature.
A Background Auto-Updater: With the auto-updater, the Viewer will check to see if the version you're running is the latest, then download the new installer automatically in the background, while you continue to use Second Life. On your next login, you'll be offered the opportunity to install the new version.

Crash and Performance Fixes

DN-192 [crashhunters] LLVOAvatar::clearNameTag
DN-203 [crashhunters] LLIMModel::LLIMSession::onAvatarNameCache
ER-281 Object cache limit is too low in the viewer
SH-173 [VWR-22868] Development Viewer freezes just after startup / greedy with file handles / "WARNING: ll_apr_warn_status: APR: Too many open files"
SH-188 Crash at LLTexLayerSet::setUpdatesEnabled(int) [secondlife-bin lltexlayer.cpp]
SH-346 [VWR-22811] Crash at LLImageGL::createGLTexture(int,unsigned char const *,int,int) [secondlife-bin llimagegl.cpp] line 1259
SH-353 Viewer crash when disabling Anisotropic Filtering
SH-358 [crashhunters] LLPipeline::renderBloom crash on Windows -- high occurrence on all cards
SH-392 Antialiasing + OS X 10.6 causes Viewer 2.3 to render the screen as a white "glow"
STORM-95 Upload hangs client
STORM-105 As a Developer, I want to create a Performance Data Tracking system so I can get a baseline of current performance before switching to a new lib
STORM-341 [crashhunters] LLFilteredWearableListManager::populateList() [secondlife-bin llfilteredwearablelist.cpp]
STORM-404 Viewer crashes if try to create new group while data about previous group is retrieved
STORM-424 [VWR-23459] Viewer compiled against Boost-1.42 crashes when certain command line options are given
STORM-439 [VWR-23239] Memory leak in LLUIString
STORM-452 [crashhunters] Crash in LLAgentCamera::resetView()
STORM-472 Crash decoding jpg image
STORM-548 [VWR-23444] Double clicking a hint X button crashes the viewer
STORM-559 [crashhunters] LLSideTray::showPanel(std::basic_string,std::allocator > const &,LLSD const &) [secondlife-bin llsidetray.cpp]

New Features and Enhancements

ER-219 Add an asynchronous api for the region debug console
SH-335 Create a debug tool to track memory availability
SH-410 Opaque Water project version 2.0
STORM-52 As a Scripter, I want to use my own external script editing tools that provide more functionality than the inworld script editor
STORM-102 As an Event Host, I would like to be able to have Daily and Monthly logs of my chat and group/private IM's so I can easily have records of any issues that may happen on a particular day without having to search the whole chat/group logs for a specific day
STORM-103 Add chat/IM history update
STORM-143 Make the history search look for the previous chat log, no matter when it was
STORM-477 Add test code for LLDir::getNextFileInDir()
STORM-535 PLEASE allow adjustable transparency of "Nearby Chat" window, Chat History and Chat "Toasts" in Viewer 2.0!
STORM-560 Add Preference that allows users to select default behavior when pressing letter keys
STORM-566 Add new tabs to Preferences
STORM-569 Add a Preference to enable Viewer UI Hints
STORM-570 Layout cleanup in the General tab of Preferences
STORM-571 Move voice prefs currently located in Advanced to Sound & Media
STORM-572 Layout cleanup in the Sound & Media tab of Preferences
STORM-575 Layout cleanup in the Chat tab of Preferences
STORM-576 Add a Preference to allow users to enable double-click to teleport or use auto-pilot
STORM-582 Take movement and camera control preferences from Advanced and move them to the new Move & View tab
STORM-583 Move colors-related preferences to the new Colors tab
STORM-585 Layout cleanup in the Privacy tab in Preferences
STORM-586 Layout cleanup in the Setup tab of Preferences
STORM-587 Layout cleanup in the Advanced tab of Preferences
STORM-588 Add a Preference that allows users to run multiple Viewer instances
STORM-589 Add a Preference that allows users to display the grid selection drop-down on the login screen
STORM-590 Add Preferences to enable the display of the Advanced and Development menus
STORM-592 Color swatches have a lot of unused and uncustomizable space beneath them. Make it customizable
STORM-616 Add a menu item for the (relatively) new Sit Down option

Bug Fixes

DN-132 DN-11: As a landowner I should be able to see both usernames and display names in the top scripts list so that I can know if someone is overusing region resources
DN-141 llGetDisplayName (and other new LSL fucntions) doesn't register (highlight in red) as an internal function in the script editor
DN-154 Display Names only shown in Nearby Chat History when a user logs back in even if Usernames were shown in Chat during previous session
DN-181 Chat & IM logs saved in unreadable .llsd instead of .txt
DN-188 Inspectors and Profile images not available in IM history or local chat history
DN-189 ??? Showing in tooltip over profile image in IM history
DN-190 Last name resident shown in title of IM Conference Window with no Display name
DN-199 Confirm LSL functions tooltips have current valid descriptions
ER-281 Object cache limit is too low in the viewer
ER-290 New motion prediction in the viewer has avatars settle a bit too deeply underground when the simulator is paused, also no angular velocity damping
ER-301 Adjust bandwidth throttles on server
EXP-195 Custom login progress screen blurry when first presented to user as the image fully loads
EXP-421 Notifications tab in Preferences not working properly
EXP-428 Display of llDialog, and some other dialogs that should not be suppressable, is broken
SH-115 Investigate texture related network traffic between viewer 2.x and 1.23
SH-178 As a non-god, I don't want to see admin options and be confused about them, but as QA I still want to be able to access admin options as non-god
SH-270 As a SL user, I want my speaker order settings to persist between sessions
SH-281 Snapshots now include viewer chrome and side panel
SH-325 Add terminal / to SearchURL in viewer settings.xml
SH-412 Viewer window blinks on sidebar expand/collpase when automatic positioning is ON
SNOW-140 Forced updates not working on Mac
SNOW-643 Water flickers and disappears in patches (Snowglobe 2.0 clone of VWR-12984)
STORM-36 As a User, I want to control how long a chat toast appears before it fades. Please add fade time back to Chat preferences.
STORM-138 [VWR-20756] As a Content Creator, I want llTextBox input support in llDialog windows so users can input text into the space allotted in that floater
STORM-143 Make the history search look for the previous chat log, no matter when it was
STORM-173 As a builder, I want to have a menu item available so that I can return object more easily to their owner
STORM-184 Save is enabled for outfits consisting of original items
STORM-194 'Show' button of inventory offer doesn't open 'My Inventory' SP if attachments from 'Cardboard Boxbot' were shared
STORM-224 Change label "Fabric" to read "Texture"
STORM-255 As a user i would like to disable incoming group/im toasts from showing up
STORM-258 [NAME] text instead Users name is shown when user recieves offer friendship
STORM-261 In V2.2.0 Script Editor, cannot see any line numbers other than the current one
STORM-263 Cog button in lower-left of sidebar panel does not close popup menu on second click
STORM-270 'Favorites' folder doesn't get re-ordered if reorder landmarks on Favorites bar
STORM-281 World Map FOV frustum is offset when UI size != 1.0
STORM-283 Unable to drag some objects from Library into COF folder
STORM-284 The "+" sign appears when user tries to drop a landmark to Favorites bar from in-world object contents
STORM-287 Unable to drag outfit folder from Library into COF folder
STORM-293 Friend permissions icons overlap long names on 'My Friends' tab
STORM-294 Selection goes out of Favorites overflow list if scroll it by keyboard
STORM-296 Cursor doesn't change when trying to drag and drop non-landmark items into Favorites folder
STORM-297 "<nolink> " text appears in confirmation message, if there is "<" symbol in Landmarks name
STORM-303 Favorites folder content isn't refreshed while re-ordering landmaks
STORM-306 Water flickers (turns briefly black) if atmospheric shaders are disabled
STORM-311 "Share" button is enabled if select non worn wearable and wear it
STORM-316 Debug: Inventory.Folders by Name/Sort by Date/Sort by Name/System Folders to Top Do not apply and settings changes do not persist after relogging
STORM-318 The Advanced menu can not be activated under Linux
STORM-322 Group Member Search: gives more entries than the search string suggests
STORM-335 Group name SLURL isn't clickable in the About Land > General tab
STORM-344 Speak button label is shrunk when bottom bar has enough space for displaying full Speak label
STORM-350 INVENTORY ICON for SOUND type item showing as TEXTURE ICON
STORM-390 "Place Profile" appears instead of "Resident Profile" after clicking on user name in NearBy Chat Toast
STORM-400 Trash button not responding on People > My Friends tab
STORM-402 People you interacted via IM chat floater are not shown in Recent tab
STORM-417 [SNOW-140] Port to SG 2.0 : Forced updates not working on Mac
STORM-418 Develop > XUI > Save to XML and Develop > XUI > Load from XML do nothing
STORM-419 [SNOW-422] Port to SG 2.0: <anonymous> ' is used uninitialized in the function in lldarray.h
STORM-420 [SNOW-322] Port to SG 2.0: Improve double-click handling of the MiniMap
STORM-422 Disable crashlogger via client parameters
STORM-423 Wrong string raw_file in strings.xml for RAW file
STORM-426 Menu button looks as being pressed while its menu is displayed by another control
STORM-432 Trash button in People > My Friends tab can be moved
STORM-450 Incorrect help contexts for Sidebar People tab
STORM-451 URL-like object name is displayed as HTTP url in the llGiveInventory discard notification
STORM-454 Z coordinate still wrong after supposedly fixing "VWR-17028: World Map in the Viewer2 needs a way to type in region coordinates"
STORM-456 Two space chars are presented in 'conference-title-incoming' text for Polish language
STORM-459 Delete outfit confirmation message doesn'r appear if use context or gear menu on 'My Outfits' tab
STORM-461 SP icons are shown in the Mouselook mode
STORM-480 Clean up LLDir code
STORM-482 Local chat bar limited to 254 characters
STORM-488 Place profile opens if click on object SLURL in the plain text chat log
STORM-489 Context menu for HTTP url opens if right-click on URL-like named object
STORM-501 [VWR-17751] Script-editor shows ERRORS in the wrong line with Viewer 2.0.0 Beta
STORM-517 There is no warning message that viewer requires restart for taking effect while changing language
STORM-530 Drop-down menu can not be opened by 'Down' keyboard key if bottom menu item was selected before
STORM-536 Unable to scroll to collapsed accordion tab with keyboard arrows in Places SP > My Landmarks
STORM-556 People Filter is discarded after docking People floater
STORM-572 Layout cleanup in the Sound & Media tab of Preferences
STORM-577 Classifieds description limited to 64 characters
STORM-578 SLURL font color in the nearby chat toast doesn't respect Chat preferences
STORM-580 Changing IM font color Preferences doesn't affect IM/Group chats
STORM-582 Take movement and camera control preferences from Advanced and move them to the new Move & View tab
STORM-654 Person to Person chat logs are not created if Display Names are off
STORM-667 Nametag barely readable due to poor contrast
STORM-671 duplicated XUI ID in floater_preferences.xml, Duplicate node exists: id=pref core.audio[label]
STORM-672 duplicated XUI ID in panel_preferences_graphics1.xml
STORM-674 2 duplicated XUI IDs in panel_preferences_color.xml
STORM-716 Dropdowns (combo boxes) open when a modifier key is pressed, blocking use of shift and ctrl keys

Translation and Localization Updates

CT-633 Translate Viewer 2.3 Set19
INTL-5 [STRINGS IN EN]
INTL-6 [STRINGS IN EN]
PLAT-40 Installing Polish Viewer ends up getting Danish
STORM-189 [TRUNCATION] many langs - select build tools dialog
STORM-190 [TRUNCATION] many langs -- "Next Owner:" in floatear_bulk_perms.xml
STORM-354 [TRUNCATION] Many Langs - build tools "Click to:" combobox
STORM-449 I18N - (NL) Resident name is shown as [FIRST] [LAST] in any notification
STORM-563 I18N - Online/Offline notifications in many langs display [FIRST][LAST]

Source and Build Changes

STORM-406 [VWR-23455] As an Open Source Developer, I would like to have the ability to use Fmod if I all ready have the needed files
STORM-477 Add test code for LLDir::getNextFileInDir()
STORM-480 Clean up LLDir code

Known Issues

Display Names and Usernames Appear as "???" DN-202 Display Name and Username showing as ??? - While we've made progress in addressing this issue, we know that there is more to do, and we plan to have a full fix in time for the release.

Supported Viewers

With this release, we support the two latest Second Life Releases, Viewer 2 Versions 2.3.0 (214726) and 2.2.0 (212097), Viewer 2 Version 2.1.1 (208043) [to be deprecated mid-January 2011], the 1.23 Second Life Release (1.23.5), and Second Life Beta Viewer 2.4.0 (215891).