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== Known issues ==
== Known issues ==
* Curl crash: spurious crash, no repro steps: {{JIRA|SNOW-2}}
* Curl crash: spurious crash, no repro steps: {{JIRA|SNOW-2}}
* {{jira|SNOW-2}} - Snowglobe sometimes crashes fetching textures (problem in libcurl)
* {{jira|SNOW-48}} - Large textures sometimes appear fuzzy and not fully loaded
* {{jira|SNOW-18}} - On main login screen, when updates are available, the update and release notes are un-clickable
* {{jira|SNOW-14}} - Entering fullscreen sometimes makes rendering very dark/black. Relog corrects problem.
* {{jira|SNOW-22}} - False warnings for some platforms not meeting minimum spec
See the following for more:
*  Full list of postponed issues in Snowglobe
*  Release notes for the Second Life viewer version 1.23


== New in Snowglobe 1.0 ==
== New in Snowglobe 1.0 ==

Revision as of 11:14, 22 June 2009

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Release notes for Snowglobe version 1.0:

Known issues

  • Curl crash: spurious crash, no repro steps: SNOW-2
  • SNOW-2 - Snowglobe sometimes crashes fetching textures (problem in libcurl)
  • SNOW-48 - Large textures sometimes appear fuzzy and not fully loaded
  • SNOW-18 - On main login screen, when updates are available, the update and release notes are un-clickable
  • SNOW-14 - Entering fullscreen sometimes makes rendering very dark/black. Relog corrects problem.
  • SNOW-22 - False warnings for some platforms not meeting minimum spec

See the following for more:

  • Full list of postponed issues in Snowglobe
  • Release notes for the Second Life viewer version 1.23

New in Snowglobe 1.0

Below is a list of features new to Snowglobe 1.0, relative to the Second Life viewer version 1.23

  • Faster in-viewer map using the Amazon S3 repository tiles. Map textures fetched using a new, general-purpose HTTP texture fetching mechanism (see HTTP Texture) which will see more widespread use in later versions.
  • New texture caching mechanism
  • AimeeT's two Minimap changes:
  • Mm Alder's babble loop beta->default: VWR-10311 and VWR-13260
  • Easier build system: VWR-12758
  • Allow XUI to specificy tooltips for combo box list entries: VWR-13177
  • AimeeT's combo to preview textures at common aspect ratios: VWR-8008
  • RobinC's 64-bit Linux fixes: VWR-12763