Difference between revisions of "Release Notes"

Revision as of 11:42, 29 November 2007

What do the numbers in a release version mean?

E.g. 1.x.y.z? And why is it sometimes 1.x.y(z)?”

These version numbers follow a common convention in software engineering of four numbers. The common definition of w.x.y.z-style release numbers is major.minor.patch.build; using that terminology, Second Life has only had one major version change - from 0.x beta to 1.0 release. As Second Life is a constantly evolving service and platform rather than a traditional monolithic software application, we have no current plans to increment the initial number.

Prior to 1.15, Linden’s interpretation was to use the second field to denote a substantial new feature or sizable release - for example, 1.14 had render pipeline improvements, 1.12 had groups and estates improvements, 1.11 was a revamp of the UI layer, 1.10 introduced flexies, and so on. The SL History Wiki http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/Release_Notes has unofficial archives of the release notes. In between these “major” versions were other releases - some big, some small, some optional, some mandatory, some server-side, some viewer side, noted by changes to the third field (e.g. 1.13.1, 1.13.2, 1.13.3, 1.13.4).

Recently, we switched to having the second number (e.g. 1.17) denote an update which required a new viewer to go along with a server-side software update. Viewer versions which are optional are denoted by the changes to the third digit (e.g. 1.17.3). Therefore, it’s now possible to tell that any version in the 1.17 lineage (1.17.0, 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.3) can be used with the grid until 1.18 comes along. (This also has the advantage of eliminating the unsavory task of deciding when a release is important enough to merit a big version bump!)

The final field always represents a unique build number, which denotes internal changes only. Various iterations will be seen while a version is in beta (e.g. you might see 1.18.0.1, 1.18.0.2, 1.18.0.4 posted for the Beta Grid), but the official releases will only use the first three digits to have meaning (e.g. 1.18.0). Some parts of the Second Life UI and Web site show the last digit in parenthesis to emphasize the, er, parenthetical nature of that field - it shouldn’t be important.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.5(3) November 29, 2007

New features:

New inworld search via the 'All' tab
- Includes improved search functionality on land parcels, profiles, groups, wiki documents, events, classifieds, and some individual objects
- Classifieds are returned both within and next to search results

Changes:

slurls with 3 slashes (secondlife:///app....) are now highlighted in the text window
UI elements placement/sizing updated to accommodate localized versions of Second Life viewer
Korean text displays correctly on Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5)
Permissions dialogs are now throttled to avoid griefing

Fixes:

Public source bundle not getting all ares libs
VWR-2959: Windows (Visual Studio) solution file refers to a non-existing project "build_all"
VWR-2551: Error in macview.xcodeproj -- invalid dependencies
VWR-2856: libs package missing c-ares
VWR-3073: Right-clicking someone's attachments to view profile loads (???) (???) instead
VWR-592: crash in LLTemplateMessageBuilder::addString
VWR-2826: Several problems on handling Japanese input (and possiblly Chinese/Korean also)
VWR-2834: Builds fail on 1.18.4.0 with no mozlib
VWR-2030: Avatar only turns half-way in Appearance Mode
VWR-2803: Lag Meter network ping metric doesn't account for residents outside the USA
VWR-3311: Web UI elements' focus rectangle are offset from their displayed position

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.4(3) November 7, 2007

New features:

Help > Lag Meter; monitors Client, Network and Server lag and reports possible causes

Changes:

Visual changes in preparation for a forthcoming release of new in-world search
- Opt-in and opt-out checkboxes for Resident Profile, Parcels, For Sale Objects, Not For Sale Objects, Regions, and Groups
About Land description field is now a three-line text box
Minimap indicators for "above" and "below" updated
- After the next server update, friends will appear in a different color

Bug fixes:

Fixed a sculptie LOD issue
Fixed region Mature setting reverting to PG after Estate/Region changes
Fixed several UI elements
Fixed new group not appearing in group window until relog
Fixed Trash folders in user inventory
Fixed missing line of information on land sales
Fixed parcel listings showing [AREA] instead of parcel size
Fixed bad teleports from landmarks
Fixed up/down arrows for Repeats Per Face
Fixed a viewer nested message crash
Fixed a viewer crash with editing classifieds
Fixed a viewer crash when pressing Ctrl-F with a minimized Search window
Fixed secondlife.log spam when group info window opens
Fixed Publish on Web not saving for parcels
Fixed missing dialog for Publish in Classifieds
Fixed updates for Land and L$
Fixed invisible sculpted prims when sculpted texture contains alpha
Fixed scope of drag-select with locked objects
Fixed link order of drag-selected objects
Fixed Accept Notices flag in Group Panel General tab not saving value
Fixed Linux viewer preferences for choosing the cache location or chat log location
Fixed Apply button disabled after setting group preferences
Fixed Apply button failing to grey out after selecting 'List Group in Profile'
Fixed filename filter for Linux/GTK file picker
Fixed Linux/GTK file picker not remembering most recent directory
Fixed channel argument in Linux client
Fixed muted particles not clearing
Fixed Show in Search option not carrying over to copied object
Fixed muted users disappearing from Active Speakers
Fixed Mature content flag when searching All
Fixed viewer crash when pasting/typing UTF8 text in the object For Sale price box
Fixed Gesture Editor sounds not initialized
Fixed Group enrollment fee accepting floating point
Fixed 'Quiet Snapshots to Disk' and 'Disable Camera Constraints' not persisting across sessions
Fixed dot characters in various fields
Fixed a crash on startup (due to empty list of rewritten login URIs)
Fixed a Viewer crash while trying to rez an object
Fixed a crash when editing classifieds
Fixed Land & L$ fields no longer update
Fixed a crash by minimizing the search window followed by Ctrl+F
Fixed parcel option doesnt save publish listing on the web setting
Fixed texture editing user interface is confusing
Fixed can't set Repeats Per Face with up/down arrows
Fixed Auction ID and Land Description Overlap in the 'About Land' window
Disabled Add to Outfit and Replace Outfit options on the top-level Clothing folder
MISC-567: Multiple system folders (e.g., '100 Lost and Found Folders') in inventory
VWR-2471: SL-viewer chrashes after opening the 10th group-info-window
VWR-2444: Menu background colors aren't settable in colors_base.xml
VWR-2291: LOD defaults are now too aggressive in RC 1.18.3
VWR-2283: Some changes to groups cannot be saved
VWR-2116: Viewer crashes when starting a new Group IM session under Japanese UI
VWR-2104: long avatar names overflow on the chat history window volume control/muting section
VWR-2065: Custom Snapshot setting do not save for next Snapshot
VWR-2041: Allow using voice component on another computer
VWR-1945: toolbox floater displays window elements incorrectly when minimized then moved.
VWR-1944: Active gestures sometimes fail to show in the Active Gestures list
VWR-1888: Characters missing in IM window
VWR-1724: HUD zoom snaps back after selecting another HUD object
VWR-1695: llGiveInventoryList objects spam the owner with messages when the recipient is in Busy mode
VWR-1590: Keyboard changes inventory selection after right-click
VWR-1562: llassert(mNumDescendantsSelected >= 0) with crash and loop. (Debug build)
VWR-1448: llSetText on non-root prims is unreliable (including after relogs)
VWR-1408: Online status viewable via Groups even if 'Make my online status visible only to my Friends' is set
VWR-1399: Client crashes when viewing details of an empty proposal window
VWR-1096: llPlaySound does not play whilst in HUD depending on HUD attachment point
VWR-1045: Client crashes with no warning when uploading corrupted TGA file
VWR-851: Viewer Crashes in high texture environments when moving or when panning with camera.
VWR-813: Recent Items tab shows folders with no matching items
VWR-738: SL crashes when loading with a GTK_IM scim module
VWR-379: Fix shell scripts to use bash and not sh when appropriate.
VWR-333: 'Unable to load gesture.' or 'Gesture is missing from database.' on login
VWR-315: Script changes in the editor may be cancelled because of lag

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.3(5) September 28, 2007

Changes:

Changed Bug Reporting links to http:// instead of https://
Build mode no longer automatically turns on beacons
Removed 'Ping User' in statistics window (was returning 0, as userserver no longer exists)
Removed 'Open' menu option when clothing is selected (as 'Wear' is available)
Added minimize button to Inventory
Updated voice components to improve quality and address VWR-1532
Added name of viewer release channel to embedded browser agent ID string
Reverted map beacon behavior (per VWR-2270)

Known issues:

Sculpted prims with alpha in the sculpted texture are invisible
The command line option "-drop" does not work on Linux or OSX clients.
VWR-2268: Role Description causes Apply Changes, Ignore Changes, Cancel alert even if you don't have rights to change
VWR-2551: Error in macview.xcodeproj -- invalid dependencies
VWR-2404: lossless texture compression on small textures not lossless
VWR-2552: Telehub gui very broken in RC

LSL changes:

Ability to get details about an object by object key:
- list llGetObjectDetails(key id, list params)
  - id = the key of the object to get info about.
  - params = a list of the object details requested: [OBJECT_NAME, OBJECT_OWNER]
  - returns a list of values in the order requested: [ "Object_Name", <the UUID key of the owner>]
    - OBJECT_UNKNOWN_DETAIL Returned by llGetObjectDetails when passed an invalid object parameter type.
    - OBJECT_NAME Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's name.
    - OBJECT_DESC Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's description.
    - OBJECT_POS Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's position.
    - OBJECT_ROT Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's rotation.
    - OBJECT_VELOCITY Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's velocity.
    - OBJECT_OWNER Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's owner's key. Will be NULL_KEY if group owned.
    - OBJECT_GROUP Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's group's key.
    - OBJECT_CREATOR Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's creator's key.

Bug fixes:

Fixed default eyes appearing gray
Fixed viewer source linking error
Enrollment fees are no longer displayed with decimals
Fixed inworld map region search failing if a space is included after the region name
Fixed Appearance editor preview squares after changing tabs
Fixed a bug with LODs for sculpted prims
Fixed flexy causes llTargetOmega child objects to not rotate
Fixed an incorrect Support link
Fixed clipboard capture on login screen's config info
Fixed web browser widget shows up blank when connecting via https
Fixed doubleclicking text entry fields should select a single word first, then the entire field
Fixed items renamed from Recent Items not displaying the correct name in All Items
Fixed physical memory calls with more than 4GB of memory
Fixed viewer crash by clicking Connect button repeatedly
Fixed crash in viewer when receiving bad HUD Effects
Fixed a Linux client crash
Fixed client on 64-bit Linux systems that cannot find their GL drivers
Improved Linux client threading
Improved client performance after closing an inventory folder with a large number of items
VWR-2487: Covenant Details between live version and release candidate version
VWR-2275: Linux 1.18.3 Won't Link
VWR-2152: Possible crash in llviewerobjectlist
VWR-2144: Client crashes when deleting unsaved gestures
VWR-2036: Build tools floater does not remember its position on restart
VWR-1987: Segfault on startup if audio doesn't initialize.
VWR-1976: Solaris' fprintf segfaults on NULL arguments
VWR-1968: Possible crash in llmultigesture.cpp
VWR-1951: Hide Particles is not working from the View > Beacons menu item
VWR-1942: An error in the do-while example of the LSL Scripting Guide could cause infinite looping.
VWR-1892: Use pkgconfig for more libraries in the standalone build
VWR-1891: Detect a Debian bulid-host, as is done for Fedora
VWR-1880: Modify "Ctrl-F" to call Search/Replace Dialog when invoked inside Script Window
VWR-1872: An attempt to fix the "empty inventory trash" crashes
VWR-1861: Renaming items in inventory folders does not update item sort order
VWR-1823: Bad typecast for 64 bit systems, llagent llfloatercustomize
VWR-1808: Possible crash in llviewerobjectlist
VWR-1761: Group Invite Suggestion--add 'view group info' to invite dialog box
VWR-1743: LLFloaterGroups source code inconsistencies
VWR-1736: Add a Invite to Group option to the Avatar Pie Menu
VWR-1722: Profiles are editable in two places (including Search browser)
VWR-1721: GUI quirk in groups
VWR-1714: Folders flashing in Inventory window with Filters and 'Always show folders' checked
VWR-1699: Sculpt map preview inaccurate
VWR-1647: "Show end of last IM conversation" in Preferences/Communication automatically remains checked after OK-ing unchecked
VWR-1640: login retires cause LLFrameStatView::setup() to seg fault
VWR-1638: confused viewer - displays login and regular menus and buttons
VWR-1567: Change the default item name for "snapshot to inventory" to something more usefull than "snapshot"
VWR-1566: An attempt to fix the glDrawRangeElements crashes (refcount LLDrawInfo )
VWR-1564: Viewer crashes when started with the "-local" argument.
VWR-1460: Can not see permissions of objects in Buy Contents window when item has long name
VWR-1398: Appearance editor's previews do not render correctly (1.17.2)
VWR-1372: Sculpt prim topology reverts to sphere unexpectedly
VWR-1230: Text highlighting in Chat History window is cancelled when history scrolls
VWR-1225: Embedded notecards not functioning
VWR-1187: Profile > Classifieds tab shows confirmation dialog when no changes are made
VWR-1079: Group Notice dialog: message text can't be copied and pasted
VWR-942: logRanOffEndOfPacket is too terse when it logs packet data, add some more info
VWR-866: Sculpties suffer HORRIBLY from JPEG artifacts
VWR-819: Open the "More>>" section of the edit tools by default and persist it across sessions
VWR-749: Bandwidth indicator: Kbps, should not have capital k
VWR-493: Statistics bar, Packet Loss: % sign is doubled
SVC-493: Objects with "Linden" in their name can't be muted
VWR-423: Selecting group charter text causes Apply/Ignore/Cancel popup even if the text wasn't changed
VWR-240: Cannot input Japanese characters from keyboard on Linux
SVC-300: Spam upon TP out of Help Island Public, per calling card and landmark

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.2(0) August 10, 2007

Bug fixes:

VWR-1936: Line editor history missing from First Look: Voice
Adjusted thread priorities and buffering algorithms in SLVoice to improve performance on low-end machines
Added a DC bias removal filter to SLVoice, which should remove "popping" artifacts heard with some microphones
Fixed: Audio devices added to a system after launch of client do not appear in the device menu
Fixed: The first time opening the prefs window after launch kicks the user out of their voice channel

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.1(2) August 2, 2007

New Features:

In-World Voice Chat
- In-world Voice Chat is now part of the main viewer.
- You can see and manage all voice settings in Edit > Preferences > Voice Chat.
- Voice is off by default. To enable (and disable) voice, visit Edit > Preferences > Voice Chat and check/uncheck the box beside "Enable voice chat".
- A voice set-up wizard appears during first voice use to help residents set up voice and adjust their mic volume and tuning. You should run the voice set-up wizard even if you only want the ability to hear others and do not wish to speak.
- Push-to-Talk is part of the Voice feature. Push-to-Talk is ON by default, which means Resident mics are OFF by default.
- Speech gestures for voice are included in the Library, in Gestures > Speech Gestures. These gestures need to be activated in order to work; they are off by default.
Streaming video support for Linux client.

Changes:

Shortcut keys for menu items in the Client & Server menus are now disabled if the menus are hidden.
Text from objects can be muted.

Bug fixes:

VWR-1797: Remove mention of "Live Help" from Crash Logger
VWR-1732: Pressing Enter, with multiple inventory objects selected, crashes viewer
VWR-1729: indra/lscript/lscript_compile/indra.l: avoid yyunput hack on Windows build
VWR-1723: Possible crash in llvopartgroup
VWR-1706: Minor quirk (and cleanup) in llfloater.cpp
VWR-1705: indra/lscript/lscript_compile/indra.y: disable compiler warning #4065 for 'switch' statements
VWR-1704: indra/llui/files.lst: delete llhtmlhelp.h entry
VWR-1698: Clean up parcel flag manipulation
VWR-1655: Script Warnings/errors window is hard to resize, resets size after closing tabs.
VWR-1646: Possible crash when login server is unavailable.
VWR-1626: Patch to avoid IM window from resizing when sessions open or close
VWR-1613: Overuse of virtual
VWR-1612: LLRenderPass::Pushbatch and LLViewerImage::addTextureStats tuning
VWR-1586: Mismatched delete in llviewerparcelmgr.cpp
VWR-1578: Two quirks in IM regarding "xxxx is typing"
VWR-1471: Inspect (Pie menu > More > More > Inspect) shows nothing on first use when "only select own objects" is enabled
VWR-1470: Buttons (IM, Teleport, Profile, ...) in friends list are disabled when opening friends list window
VWR-1468: LoginPacketNeverReceived dialog text is incorrect
VWR-1462: Order of right-click menu on Inventory is confusing
VWR-1453: A few old-school changes for llviewerregion.cpp
VWR-1434: Null pointer crash when terraforming
VWR-1406: Unchecking "Go Away/AFK when idle" has no effect in 1.17.2.0
VWR-1382: Some scripted objects are highlighted in red while pressing Alt with tools open
VWR-1381: libpng12.a for MacOS X is missing in 1.17.1.0 and build fails.
VWR-1358: Physical objects remain red if tools window is closed while holding Alt key
VWR-1358: Physical objects remain red if tools window is closed while holding Alt key
VWR-1353: Misleading variable names in LLTextEditor
VWR-1344: Reverse order of popups, so that new ones appear underneath existing ones rather than on top.
VWR-1318: Selecting Cancel while saving a snapshot to disk still triggers snapshot gesture
VWR-1314: Multiple selection then individual deselection of attachments broken
VWR-1294: Possibly threads not fully cleaned up at end of program
VWR-1289: On logging in, sound volume for stream is low, despite the actual setting in the music control
VWR-1282: Better error handling when fonts are missing
VWR-1270: Script error window keeps reverting to a very small size
VWR-1246: Mac: File menu > Snapshot to Disk lists wrong shortcut key
VWR-1105: Set internal limit of particle count to max value from GUI preferences.
VWR-1092: Disable mouse hover text on HUDs, since it always only shows the owner's name and generally gets in the way of HUD functionality.
VWR-727: Torn of IM windows should be minimizable (was re: VWR-233: ... resizeable and minimizable)
VWR-447: Allow minimized windows to be repositioned in client
VWR-353: Rebake command - add a keyboard shortcut and put in tools menu
VWR-349: Change keyboard shortcuts, because entering { [ ] } on German and some other international keyboards (AltGr 7, 8, 9, 0) triggers Rendering Features accelerators Ctrl-Alt-7, 8, 9, 0 (previously resulting in unstable viewer)
VWR-238: Permissions of Roles and Rights in the german version are mased up.
VWR-102: md5 slow
SVC-371: Fix the legibility and grammar/consistency of the new llOwnerSay implementation
SVC-193: llParticleSystem - halo of rogue particles around original particle system after 1.15 update* SVC-373: Deleting a script's code results in a non-existent file and "missing from database" error
Fixed preference for showing or hiding server combo box was not preserved
Fixed residents with negative L$ balance can't purchase items set for sale "Original" or "Copy" that are being sold for L$0
"Copy SLURL to clipboard" is now enabled for an avatar's current coordinates
Macintosh viewer now correctly opens the map and selects the destination on a SLURL request
Leading and trailing spaces are now automatically trimmed from parcel media URLs
Corrected the spacing of the yellow "next dialog" chevron (was partially blocked by the Mute button)
Corrected the error message shown when adding 11th Estate Manager
Added CPU detection for Intel Core Duo/Solo and Intel Core 2 Duo
"Set Window Size..." setting is now correctly resumed after being minimized
Added link to Qa wiki in the viewer bug reporter menu.
Updated text in Second Life Crash Logger with new support portal information
Corrected an issue with UI font scaling in the bug reporter window

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.0(6) July 11, 2007

Changes:

Message system changes to support transport via TCP (HTTP) as well as UDP.
- More details are available here: http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/12/21/a-big-change-youll-barely-notice/
- And here: http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/06/25/dia-de-la-liberacion/
German language added to the Windows installer
Updated translations for German language viewer
Updated translations for Japanese language viewer
Updated translations for Korean language viewer
Viewer "channel" (Release, First Look, etc) now visible at login in the lower right corner next to the version number

Bug fixes:

Fixed SVC-286: deleted fully-permissive objects owned by others skip trash
Fixed SVC-251: Death teleport fails when teleporting to a home point you no longer have access to
Fixed MISC-273: Enrollment fee is incorrectly deducted if you belong to max. # of groups and try to join new ones

Release Notes for Second Life 1.17.3(0) July 5, 2007

Changes:

Added muting for permissions requests
Added viewer channel info to Help > About Second Life...

Bug fixes:

SVC-21: Request for making identification of llOwnerSay messages possible
VWR-1418: Progressive memory consumption (leak) since 1.17.1
VWR-1410: Quirk in net.cpp
VWR-1351: Violation against the conding standard in llfloaterchat.cpp
VWR-1203: Avatars eyes are constantly crossing in 1.17
VWR-1184: [Linux VWR] Signal 7 (SIGBUS) Error (caused by libtcmalloc)
VWR-1147: A patch set is provided to add an optional 'Confirm Exit' pop-up window for most user client exit methods. Prevents the 'Accidental Quit'.
VWR-605: Include the SL date & day with the time
VWR-561: Blurry arrows in camera control and other graphics issues
VWR-53: Inconsistency in order of AV texture layer between the upper and lower body
Fixed Top Scripts window not refreshing when button is pressed while Top Colliders list is still open
Fixed odd text overlay on About Land > General tab
Fixed format of llOwnerSay chat text

Release Notes for Second Life 1.17.2(0) June 27, 2007

Bug fixes:

VWR-1369: Creating, re-rezzing, then editing an object results in a viewer crash

Release Notes for Second Life 1.17.1(0) June 22, 2007

Changes:

VWR-650: Make "Give money" permissions look different than the other permissions
VWR-427: Added new menu item: Tools > Edit Linked Parts
VWR-79: PNG image support submission
Sculpties now include a one-time explanation the first time a sculptie is created.
Client and Server menus now have a one-time dialog box to explain what they are.
"Skip 'Show next time' Dialogs..." button added to Preferences > Popups tab to skip all one time dialog boxes.
Added Japanese and German language installers (Windows only)
The version of Mozilla used in the client is updated to 1.8.0.12
F1 help now opens an external browser to the Second Life support web site.
F1 Help will now open an external browser to language specific support websites for Japanese, Korean and Portuguese based on client's language.
Delay added to folder opening while dragging items in an inventory window with a vertical scroll bar.
Default messages for postcards are replaced when adding text.
In the Inventory window the Filter menu is consolidated into the File menu.
The sculptie texture picker UI has changed to differentiate it from the surface texture picker.

LSL changes:

Added support for alternate sculptie edge stitching.
VWR-68: LSL constant expression folding and proper constant parsing

Bug fixes:

Fixed MISC-217: Accounts with negative L$ balance can't buy L$0 freebie
Fixed SVC-306: Objects are visible at <0,0,0> (sometimes before moving to their correct position)
Fixed SVC-225: Searching for Classifieds with blank field results no results
Fixed VWR-1296: Minor memory leak in lltexturecache.cpp
Fixed VWR-1223: Camera Controls keyboard shortcuts broke
Fixed VWR-1221: Possible crash in llfloaterland.cpp / line 1556
Fixed VWR-1217: Built-in avatar animations stop suddenly, rather than fading out. (jerky head movement)
Fixed VWR-1203: Avatars eyes are constantly crossing in 1.17
Fixed VWR-1170: LLMuteList::loadFromFile() improperly parses the mute list returned from the service
Fixed VWR-1140: About Land floater is not resizable, ban and access lists too small
Fixed VWR-1049: Trivial sizeof() miscalculatuion results in incomplete copying of CPU Brand ID string in CProcessor::AnalyzeAMDProcessor()
Fixed VWR-1044: Unchecking "Go Away/AFK When Idle" doesn't work when manually setting Away status
Fixed VWR-944: Boost inclusion is inconsistent
Fixed VWR-941: Reading length data for a four-byte Variable template message misstores the length
Fixed VWR-938: ELFIO is technically optional, make this easy to capitalise on
Fixed VWR-876: sculpt texture map does not load or low priority when the texture itself is not visible in viewer frame or not cached
Fixed VWR-873: Dead members "eVertexDataMask;" in various objects
Fixed VWR-856: llvfs.cpp: possible loss of memory blocks in LLVFS:audit()
Fixed VWR-822: "Create new..." clothing buttons don't auto-wear items
Fixed VWR-796: llStopSound() not working
Fixed VWR-746: Incorrect menu item referred to when member of maximum number of groups and a group invite is received
Fixed VWR-660: When turning off Flexible Object rendering, flexible objects become permanently invisible
Fixed VWR-652: A harmless compiler warning in indra.l.cpp
Fixed VWR-606: Some source files (llprocessor.cpp and llsdserialize_tut.cpp) contain non-ASCII characters
Fixed VWR-597: Abuse report tool should autofill abuser name when reporting an object
Fixed VWR-560: Crash in llscrolllistctl.cpp when sorting scroll list
Fixed VWR-459: Unicode supplementary characters typed in from keybaord are not handled properly on Windows (and potentially on Linux)
Fixed VWR-446: Automatically start renaming new user-created assets and automatically select new user-created folders
Fixed VWR-383: Chat logs do not have timestamps
Fixed VWR-364: Viewer memory leak
Fixed VWR-287: Inconsistent behaviour between agent_slide_left / agent_slide_right, and the rest of the movement functions.
Fixed VWR-251: Keystrokes are eaten by IME when no text input is possible, on Windows using Japanese
Fixed VWR-248: Inexplicable folding of Avatars such that they are walking around with their heads up their arses
Fixed VWR-247: Viewer generates undesired dialog when IM comes in while minimized
Fixed VWR-227: If a Find/Search returns no results, the results list is still focused and an attempt is made to select the first result anyway.
Fixed VWR-218: SConstruct script makes many assumptions that are invalid outside LL
Fixed VWR-213: Calling DestroyWindow with NULL window handle (win32 version)
Fixed VWR-207: Textures become increasingly blurry over time on systems with > ~2GB RAM
Fixed VWR-143: Compiler errors in llwebbrowserctrl.h
Fixed VWR-132: seg fault in lldrawpool.cpp
Fixed VWR-119: Zero missing in Sub-unit snap grid. for small fraction like 1/16 and 1/32
Fixed VWR-101: Get rid of "Return All"
Fixed Inventory's "Recent Items" tab settings not persisting across logins
Fixed line breaks showing up as * in various windows.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.17.0(12) June 13, 2007

Changes:

Inventory transfers
- Auto-accept inventory and auto-preview texture/notecard/landmark are now separate preferences.
- Viewing an embedded notecard or landmark no longer adds it to your inventory.
- Muting the sender of notecards, inventory, textures, etc., now removes all blue pop-ups in the upper right corner from that sender.
- Offline inventory transfers and group invites now include the name of the item or group, along with group role, in the email.
Added "Clear Browser Cache" button to web prefs.
- This only affects the embedded browser, not any other browsers installed on your system
Embedded Mozilla browser now supports cookies.
Preliminary support added to the Windows installer for selecting a language (English, Korean)
Closing a changed Classified now confirms changes

Bug fixes:

Fixed a client crash while in startup
Fixed group chat reopening with one message and an error after closing group chat
Fixed "Stop All Animations" when stuck in an animation after teleporting
Fixed group messages to allow the use of UTF8 characters
Fixed "Show Owners" from automatically turning on again
Fixed an issue with "Release Controls" when an object is taken and rerezed.
Fixed an issue with texture picker not displaying any results unless inventory had been shown
Fixed chat history to not show muted resident chat
Fixed "Mute Resident" button, now opens the user picker
Fixed group ability settings for group owners in German language viewer
Fixed embedded Mozilla browser to work with HTTPS sites (affected Windows only)
Notecards no longer display the "Keep" and "Discard" buttons when opened from inventory
Acquired date is now set for items dragged from the contents of a container prim
VWR-1040: crash when opening several gestures quickly
VWR-966: Minor memory leak in llfloaterpreferences.cpp and a tiny leak in llstatup.cpp
VWR-908: Various memory leaks in the group dialog
VWR-871: More bad f00d: Two minor (or inconsequential) misses of initializing object members
VWR-870: Memory violation through uninitialized variable (invisible or unrendered flexis)
VWR-869: Possible hard-loop (endless, viewer-hang) in script editor
VWR-827: Toruses are borked after making/editing sculpted prims
VWR-823: Two unintialized variables in lltexturefetch.cpp
VWR-822: "Create new..." clothing buttons don't auto-wear items
VWR-810: Destructor forgets to delete mFloaterContros member in llui/llview.cpp
VWR-809: Destructor fails to clean up global menus in llviewermenu.cpp
VWR-808: Incorrect cleanup in message.cpp
VWR-807: Forgets to delete gToolInspect in lltoolmgr.cpp
VWR-804: Quirk in llviewerwindow.cpp
VWR-805: LLCurl not properly cleaned up
VWR-765: Cannot open embedded notecards in other notecards when Automatic preview of new notecards/textures/landmarks is off
VWR-409: New Feature -> UI -> Dialog -> Buy Copy/Contents -> Default Action -> Cancel
VWR-682: Text Editors should try to preserve X cursor position
VWR-671: Line editor history for recalling previously typed lines
VWR-648: Texture picker should highlight the texture in the swatch
VWR-412: Object editing arrows hidden but clickable on objects you can't edit.
VWR-364: Viewer memory leak

Release Notes for Second Life 1.16.0(5) May 23, 2007

New Features:

Sculpted Prims
- Sculpted Prims are a new primitive type that uses a texture to control its 3D shape
- See http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims for FAQ and detailed information
Add "Mute" button to block unwanted notecards, landmarks, and textures

Changes:

Improved muting of particle systems

LSL Changes:

New function: llRegionSay()
- Allows object to communicate region-wide
- Does not allow communication on channel 0
- This is intended to reduce simulator load by eliminating the need for relay objects

Bug fixes:

Text for several alert messages has been updated
Fixed positioning of maximize button when minimizing both script and lsl window
Fixed positioning of LSL help window after minimizing/maximizing main script window
Fixed group chat IM showing sender as the only participant until someone responds
Fixed group chat IM reopening with an error when sending a message after user closes group chat
Fixed '... has left the session' when leaving group chat after talking
Fixed failed email when no subject is included
Fixed object loss occuring when taking an item
VWR-657: Beta -> Linux -> Startup -> Crash

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.3(0) May 22, 2007 (Server-Only Update)

Bug fixes:

SVC-213: llGiveInventoryList not creating a folder to place items

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.2(0) May 18, 2007 (Server-Only Update)

Changes:

IMs and emails received when inventory is given now include the item name, owner, position and SLURL.
- This is useful to track down spamming objects.

Bug fixes:

SVC-85: Friends online in the grid does not reflect who is actually online
SVC-138: Land sales search sorting doesn't work
MISC-37: Continued breakdowns in group notice popup functionality
Teleporting to Help Island no longer allows you to teleport back to Orientation Island
No-copy objects that fail to rez now reappear in inventory (may require a relog)
Scripted attachments work again correctly on group land
Fixed a bug where email sent by script with an empty subject would fail (valid per RFC2822)
Fixed several server-side memory leaks, and changed to new memory allocation library
Fixed several server-side crashes

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.1(3) May 14, 2007

Changes:

Soft shadow for text is now an option available via the text style flag
Expanded Tools->Report Bug to include additional information and links
Alt-Left and Alt-Right switch between tabs in IM
Ctrl-W closes one tab in IM window (Ctrl-T closes IM window)
Ctrl-Shift-W closes all windows
Inventory system folders may be sorted to top
Busy mode declines notecards and textures and silently sends all other transfers to Inventory
L$ balance displays "Loading..." (instead of a blank) when first checking your balance
Minimap is enabled when Second Life runs for the first time
Texture transfers are limited to 5 items per 10 seconds

Bug fixes:

Fixed windows maximizing when opening other windows
Fixed floating text inworld (original hard shadow restored)
Fixed LSL Help window restoring when clicking on script editor
Fixed LSL Wiki Help window forgetting its size
Fixed Ctrl-W closing the floater instead of one IM panel
Fixed a client crash when deleting an object from inventory
Fixed avatar eyeball shader
Fixed closing an inventory folder while selection is inside moves selection to 'My Inventory'
Fixed nametag text leaving background box while moving
Fixed graphics cards with unlisted memory sizes defaulting to 16MB
Fixed right-clicking on self failing if you are wearing a HUD
Fixed llSetText appearance on HUD attachments
Fixed Alt-WASD behavior when sitting
Fixed first digit in Pay dialog cannot be erased
Fixed reference ruler measuring to region edge instead of reference object
Fixed permissions on group-owned object's script when group member clicks New Script
Improved detection of Linux video memory
VWR-38: Magic Opening Folders
VWR-42: llSetSoundQueueing() is broken
VWR-71: Tabulating and moving by word (Ctrl-left, ctrl-right) off-by-one errors in scripting editor.
VWR-136: Seg fault in llpolymorph.cpp
VWR-148: llListStatistics tooltip wrong
VWR-154: typo in en-US/floater_mute.xml 'Resident' not 'resident'
VWR-155: typo in en-US/floater_mute.xml 'Resident' not 'Person'
VWR-165: First Digit in the 'Pay' dialog does not erase without entering more digits
VWR-166: moving of open folders in the inventory to an other indentation level leaves the contents on the previous level
VWR-192: textures in windows only stretches horizontally
VWR-326: Allow a 'limit texture recieving' in the client
VWR-346: Selecting Client>Character>Flush Animations immediately crashes 1.14.0.x
VWR-379: Fix shell scripts to use bash and not sh when appropriate.
VWR-414: 8-bit character in llagent.cpp comment confuses Japanese text editors
VWR-415: Definitions of WM_MOUSEWHEEL and WHEEL_DELTA need conditionals (on Windows)
VWR-429: add scons option making FMOD optional

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.0(2) April 25, 2007

Changes:

Improved Help menu with links to additional resources
'Add as Friend' button added to Profile
Added buttons to the IM window to scroll to the first and last tabs
Added parcel flag for Mature Content
- Parcel searches use the parcel rating instead of the region rating
Share With Group checkbox is cleared after object is deeded to group
Groups list window taller and resizable
Residents are now notified if they are the only ones present in a group IM or conference session
Rating system removed from Profile
Group Search improvements
- Searches are done against the full text of the group, including charter
- Search index is updated daily; new groups may take 24 hours to appear
- Clicking on a group found via search still shows up-to-date information
Alpha textures sorted more accurately
- Example: the hollow inner surface of a sphere will no longer draw on top of the outer surface
- This change may cause content using alpha textures to appear differently
Larger debug beacons (View > Beacon)
- You can now set the beacon size in Preferences -> Adv. Graphics (Range is 1-127)

LSL changes:

LSL Wiki browser embedded in the viewer
- When editing a script, select a keyword, then select Help > LSL Wiki Help. in the Script window
New function: string llStringTrim(string src, integer trim_type)
- STRING_TRIM_HEAD: trim all leading spaces in src
- STRING_TRIM_TAIL: trim all trailing spaces in src
- STRING_TRIM: trim all leading and trailing spaces in src

Notes:

LSL Wiki is not editable from within the Second Life viewer
PARCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_ALL_OBJECT_ENTRY and PARCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_GROUP_OBJECT_ENTRY flags

 were added to llGetParcelFlags()/llSetParcelFlags in a previous release, but not 
 documented. These will now appear correctly in the script editor.

On systems with ATI Mobility X300/X600/X700 graphics cards, when upgrading from a previous

 version of Second Life, sound may be disabled on the first run of the viewer. It 
 should function correctly on the second run.

HUD objects may temporarily appear in the wrong position following a region crossing.

Bug fixes:

Removed First Land filter in Search
Improved performance of inventory operations
Improved recognition of some processor types
Fixed About Land reporting the wrong parcel when teleporting between estates
Fixed a source of stalled Pending Uploads
Fixed Texture Repeats Per Face rounding incorrectly when tabbing between fields
Fixed objects appearing in two places while moving in editor
Fixed a client crash with some mobile ATI chipsets
Fixed button images when first running SL
Fixed selecting group roles not updating UI
Fixed avatar names not appearing when Show Avatar Names Temporarily is enabled
Fixed New IM showing (nobody) for group names
Fixed task email failing between regions
Fixed broken embedded landmarks when editing their notecard
Fixed a case where you could not modify your modifiable object
Fixed attachments disappearing a minute after teleport
Fixed ability to set Mature on parcels in non-Mature regions
Fixed saving changes to notecards in contents
Fixed HUD positioning guide misaligning when UI Size changed
Fixed a case where no-copy objects could be lost during rez
Fixed textures in windows only stretching horizontally
Fixed texture animation rotation changing when Flip is enabled
Fixed erroneous 'User has left this session' messages
Fixed display bug with a cube with Path Cut Begin/End set to .150
Fixed disappearing alpha HUD prims
Fixed menu bar processing keystrokes when moused over
Fixed detached IM windows not resizing
Fixed animated textures when using llSetColor, llSetLinkColor, or PRIM_PROPERTIES
Fixed HUD object movement when logging in at a no-script area
Fixed HUD objects not loading new textures
Fixed HUD objects becoming invisible the first time they are attached from inworld
Fixed 'IM All Contacts In Folder'
Fixed a viewer crash in the name cache
Fixed Undo resetting position only on root prim
Fixed Texture Picker search not showing results
Fixed IM window reverting to default size
Fixed overriding stand-up animation freezing you in place
Fixed Appearance mode showing back of avatar
Fixed: VWR-14: Inconsistency with reading binary data in llpolymesh.cpp
Fixed: VWR-45: trivial patch, initialize variables
Fixed: VWR-94: Buffer overflow in decoding image.
Fixed: VWR-97: Several iterator bugs in llmessage
Fixed: VWR-100: Messages form OpenJPEG only in debug mode
Fixed: VWR-109: Characters from fallback fonts don't scale properly
Fixed: VWR-123: OpenJPEG meta decode, Second Life patches
Fixed: VWR-130: llimagejpeg.h remove jinclude.h
Fixed: VWR-144: HUD and possibly other alpha touch area problems
Fixed: VWR-188: Patch: Refactor options handling in SConstruct
Fixed: VWR-198: Missing line of code in source on FFSAVE_WAV
Fixed: VWR-200: money(); events in a linked sets fail to trigger
Fixed: VWR-261: lldir_mac.cpp @brief description is wrong

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.0(1) March 30, 2007

Fixes:

Fixed: When going to recent items tab in inventory, inventory contents do not download
Fixed: Crash in llvlcomposition
Fixed: VWR-200: money(); events in a linked sets fail to trigger
Fixed: VWR-109: Characters from fallback fonts don't scale properly
Fixed: VWR-100: Messages form OpenJPEG only in debug mode
Fixed: VWR-97: Several iterator bugs in llmessage
Fixed: VWR-45: trivial patch, initialize variables
Fixed: VWR-14: Inconsistancy with reading binary data in llpolymesh.cpp

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.0(0) March 27, 2007

New feature:

Linux client features embedded Mozilla

Changes:

Texture Pipeline Architecture
- Significant redesign of texture pipeline
- Improved texture caching
- Unlimited texture cache size
- Cache location can be changed
- Textures from last scene are pre fetched, improving loading speed of inital scene
Render Pipeline Architecture
- Significant changes to render pipeline
- Introduction of Vertex Buffer Objects for improved stability
- Better batching of geometry for improved render performance (on some systems)
- Alpha sorting changes to improve performance
- Modified texture animations to use hardware acceleration
- Light objects now affect themselves.
  - NOTE: This may cause some objects that are lights to 'wash out' requiring some content to be adjusted
Setting an object for sale enables 'Buy Copy' by default instead of 'Buy Original'
User inworld money transaction history floater removed
- Transaction history can be viewed via secondlife.com
Moving your avatar no longer deselects objects in build mode automatically
Removed old reference to Announcements forum in a login error message
Added Port setting in preferences to specify UDP port (ala -port argument)
Added setting to change cache location
Added 'Empty Lost and Found' option
Added 'Use Custom Port' option to Preferences to specify network port
Objects set for sale are Buy Copy by default (instead of Buy Original)
Increased Classified's maximum L$ payable from 99999 to 999999
Added '?' button next to Partner field explaining partnering
- Added display that shows intersection of prims with translation plane when building.

LSL changes:

New script commands
- void llSetLinkPrimitiveParams( integer linknumber, list rules )
- void llSetLinkTexture( integer linknumber, string texture, integer face )
More documentation is available using Help > Scripting Guide...
The following 4 particle commands have been deprecated for some time, and are now approximated by llParticleSystem
- llMakeExplosion http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeExplosion
- llMakeFire http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeFire
- llMakeFountain http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeFountain
- llMakeSmoke http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeSmoke

Bug fixes:

Fixed texturing all sides of multi-prim object failing under high latency
Fixed sitting avatar standing when clothes are dragged onto the avatar
Fixed llGiveInventoryList spamming owner with messages
Fixed group members ability to set home to land only set to group (not deeded)
Fixed objects from library being placed back in Library after editing
Fixed loss of no-copy textures when applied to a prim
Fixed delivery of Email to IM messages greater than 998 characters
Fixed attachments leaving inventory after detaching
Fixed Alt-menu taking focus after Alt-zooming
Fixed menus not closing when something else is clicked
Fixed Friends list not showing online friends on login if 'Can see my online status' is disabled
Fixed World -> Buy Land menu failures
Fixed LSL email converting numbers in the email body to 0
Fixed focus issues when closing a window
Fixed closed status of folders when opened in inventory
Fixed a method of sitting on other avatars
Fixed double-clicking on TOS switching to a different text display
Fixed rezzed objects appearing at <0,0,0> if you have create rights but do not wear your title
Fixed Offer Teleport appearing in your own profile
Fixed Ctrl-P failing to open Preferences if Inventory has focus
Fixed ability to set sale info on no-modify items
Fixed ability to further limit permissions on items if they are already no-modify
Fixed Object Entry rules also preventing rezzing from inventory
Fixed single-click behavior for objects
Fixed object selection while crossing region boundary
Fixed textures leaving their window when resized
Fixed single items being created in tabbed windows
Fixed menus not closing when clicked a second time
Fixed resizing of landmarks
Fixed textures being applied to all sides when using Select Texture
Fixed objects not deleting if they contain no-copy items
Fixed Pay dialog while in busy mode
Fixed loss of no-copy objects when using llGiveInventory() on a busy avatar
Fixed script editor not regaining focus when function dropdown is used
Fixed opening multiple inventory items not using tabbed windows
Fixed a client crash when opening multiple inventory items (including a script)
Fixed notecards opened in a tabbed window extending outside the preview window
Fixed blurry web browser widgets when UI Scale is not 1.0
Fixed focus not moving to next window when using Ctrl-W on detached IMs or Appearance
Fixed Ctrl-W not closing snapshot floater
Fixed widget overlap in group proposal tab of a searched group
Fixed a client crash when deleting objects
Fixed Capslock key detection
Fixed context menu for items in an object
Fixed avatar animations not changing when editing an attachment
Fixed object counts in About Land changing when object loses focus
Fixed ESC key behavior (closing tools and resetting camera)
Fixed obscured status bar when debug is off
Fixed client crash in People Search with Picks tab
Fixed incorrect prim count in Buy dialog when using prim multipliers
Fixed build button on toolbar remaining disabled when Create Objects is set to group
Fixed a client crash while taking an object
Fixed a script runtime error when using a list inside a while or do-while loop
Fixed renaming a no-copy clothing item failing during Make New Outfit
Fixed objects failing to attach when selected from a distance
Fixed rare texture swapping on Mac
Fixed non-Latin characters such as Japanese Kanji appearing as small square dots
Fixed textures in the distance not reducing priority
Avatars out of view are no longer animated

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(59510) March 22, 2007

Changes:

Legacy particle system replacements
'Share with Group' checkbox now cleared when deeding objects

Bugs Fixed:

Fixed llParticleSystem( [] ) not shutting down reliably
Fixed SVC-48: llSetScriptState is failing in some tasks
Fixed SVC-47: llSetPrimitiveParameters with multiple setposition calls capped at 10m, affecting home made TPs
Fixed SVC-15: Random Prim Drift

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(59329) March 16, 2007

Changes:

Replaced deprecated legacy particle systems (llMakeExplosion, llMakeFire, llMakeSmoke, llMakeFountain)

 with llparticleSystem approximations

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(8) March 12, 2007

Bug fixes:

Fixed picks not appearing with older viewer
Fixed money() event failing to fire in a linked set

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(7) March 9, 2007

Changes:

World -> Account History opens L$ transaction history instead of US$ transaction history

Bug fixes:

Fixed a simulator crash with llParcelDetails
Fixed flex objects vanishing when LOD changes
Fixed flex objects not updating when modified
Fixed flex objects disappearing when linked
Fixed repositioning of HUD attachments when viewer is resized
Fixed objects copied to/from notecards stating they are missing from database

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(6) March 8, 2007

Changes:

Light emiting objects are now affected by their own light

Fixes:

Offline IMs now appear upon login
Fixed autoupdate on Mac viewers
Fixed Capslock key detection
Fixed llSetLinkPrimitiveParams to move specified child prim
Fixed linux client mozilla runtime
Fixed texture animations to ignore texture 'Flip' flags
Fixed animated textures with texture offset enabled
Fixed attachments becoming disembodied when attaching an object
Fixed a viewer crash that occurs when opening a script in a prim
Fixed classifieds being deleted instead of auto-renewing
Fixed jerky/stuttering physics based movement for hover vehicles
Fix for paying child prim not triggering money event.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58877) March 6, 2007

Fixes:

Fix for animated textures ignoring texture offset.
Fix for animated textures not ignoring flip flags.
Fix for light emitting objects not being lit by their own light.
Fix for Textures not being applied to the entire prim
Fix for Viewer occasionally getting stuck in drag select mode
Fix for Client crashes when deleting objects
Fix for Pay dialog is corrupted when attempting to pay while in busy mode
Fix for Not able to delete objects which contain no copy items

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(5) March 6, 2007

Bug fixes:

Fixed 'Select Texture' applying changes to all sides
Fixed textures resizing outside their window
Fixed object rezzing being affected by Object Entry rules instead of Create Object rules
Fixed drag select mode sticking after mouse button release
Fixed a client crash when viewing objects
Fixed content icon for sounds and animations added to an object
Fixed texture request for textures quickly cycling between visible and not visible
Fixed several failure cases for offline IM-to-email
Fixed retrieval of group member list
Fixed landmark resizing after tear-off
Fixed ability to delete objects containing no-copy items
Fixed single items being created in tabbed window

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(4) February 28, 2007

Changes:

Moving your avatar no longer deselects objects in build mode automatically

Bug fixes:

Fixed edit crosshairs moving while crossing region boundary
Fixed text entry in Mac/Linux embedded browser

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(3) February 26, 2007

Bug fixes:

Fixed single-click failure for objects
Fixed status bar obscured when debug is off
Fixed escape key behavior
Fixed strange object counts in About Land when no parcel selected
Fixed avatar animations when editing an attached object
Fixed Offer Teleport appearing in your own profile
Fixed incorrect date display in group notices

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(2) February 26, 2007

Bug fixes:

Clicking a menu a second time closes the menu
Fixed closing a blue dialog closes all dialogs
Fixed retrieval of archived group proposals
Fixed Ctrl-P shortcut failing when inventory has focus
Fixed objects using llGiveInventoryList spamming owner when recipient is Busy
Fixed no copy objects disappearing when given via llGiveInventory to a Busy avatar

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(1) February 21, 2007

Changes:

User inworld money transaction history floater removed
- Transaction history can be viewed via secondlife.com
Added 'Empty Lost and Found' option
Added 'Use Custom Port' option to Preferences to specify network port
Objects set for sale are Buy Copy by default (instead of Buy Original)
Increased Classified's maximum L$ payable from 99999 to 999999
Added '?' button next to Partner field explaining partnering

LSL changes:

New script commands
- void llSetLinkPrimitiveParams( integer linknumber, list rules )
- void llSetLinkTexture( integer linknumber, string texture, integer face )
More documentation is available using Help > Scripting Guide...

Bug fixes:

Fixed taken items not appearing until relog
Fixed friends list abilities not being applied to friends
Fixed objects failing to attach when selected from a distance
Fixed replies to offline IM-to-email messages
Fixed renaming a no-copy clothing item during Make New Outfit
Fixed rezzed objects appearing at (0,0,0) if you have create rights, but are not wearing your title
Fixed modify for gestures/notecards in a prim
Fixed incorrect context menus for items in an object
Fixed confirmation dialog when uploading immages, sounds, animations, or snapshots
Fixed a viewer crash while taking an object
Fixed a viewer crash after modifying a script inside a prim
Fixed a viewer crash in People search with Picks tab
Fixed a script runtime error (list inside a while/do-while loop)
Fixed login screen not loading unless cache is cleared
Fixed Ctrl-W not closing snapshot floater
Fixed Ctrl-W not giving focus to next window
Fixed Search->Places not showing public estate parcels while on private estate
Fixed LSL converting numbers in body of email to 0
Fixed rejection of avatars as sit targets
Fixed blurry web browser widgets with UI Scale != 1.0
Fixed notecards opened in tabbed windows extending outside the preview window
Fixed opening multiple object inventory items not using tabbed windows
Fixed accidental selection of highly transparent objects
Fixed keyboard focus after selecting function dropdown in script editor
Fixed Build button in toolbar disabled on land where 'Create Objects' is set to group, even when avatar is in the correct group
Fixed Buy Dialog displays incorrect Prim Count when using prim multipliers
Fixed folders not retaining their closed status once opened in inventory
Fixed IMs of type IM_BUSY_AUTO_RESPONSE ignore mute
Fixed World->Buy Land menu failures
Fixed Friends list not displaying online friends on login if 'Can see my online status' is disabled
Fixed menus remaining open when something else is clicked
Fixed menus taking focus when leaving alt-zoom
Fixed accidental loss of no-copy textures by applying them to a prim
Fixed members of a group cannot set their home location when land is only set to a group and not deeded
Fixed sitting avatar standing up when close are dragged onto the avatar

Linux client fixes:

Added Linux embedded Mozilla client
Fixed Linux client crash on shutdown

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(2) January 30, 2007

Changes:

It is no longer possible to only search for online residents
Online status is no longer indicated in the Search -> People results list
- The online status inside the profile shows 'Currently Online' or remains blank
  - Friends can see your Online status if you give permission via the Friends list
  - Anyone can see your Online status if 'Make my online status visible only to my Friends' is unchecked

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58716) March 1, 2007

Fixes:

Fix for: Textures that quickly cycle between visible and not visible never getting successfully requested
Fix for: Textures applied via 'Select Texture' are applied to all sides.
Fix for: Object selection moves to the next sim when crossing region boundary while objects are selected
Fix for: Landmarks window can be resized
Fix for: Textures should remain within their window when the viewer is resized
Fix for: Single items are being created in a tabbed window
Fix for: 'linux mozilla embedding support should be compile-time optional'

Beta Grid Only:

Fix for: Object Entry rules block rezing of objects.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58603) March 1, 2007

Changes: (Note: this change was introduced several versions ago be we forgot to put this in the release notes)

The following 4 particle commands have been deprecated for some time, and no longer work:
- llMakeExplosion http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeExplosion
- llMakeFire http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeFire
- llMakeFountain http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeFountain
- llMakeSmoke http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMakeSmoke
- Please use llParticleSystem (http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlParticleSystem) instead.
Set the executable name back to SecondLifeFirstLook.exe (1.13.3(58537) inadvertently set it to SecondLifePreveiw.exe

Fixes:

Fixed a bug with image requests, should reduce the latency when loading uncached images
Rediced frame rate spikes when spinning.
Fixed bad normals on tapered geometry.
Fix for bump maps not taking effect immediately.
Fix for animated texture coordinates not resetting when animation stops.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58537) February 27, 2007

Changes:

Modified texture animations to use hardware acceleration
Improved framerate when rotating in certain areas that were lagging

From the main development branch since 1.13.3.2

(note: some of these were introduced in previous First Look releases)

Changes:

User inworld money transaction history floater removed
- Transaction history can be viewed via secondlife.com
Added 'Empty Lost and Found' option
Added 'Use Custom Port' option to Preferences to specify network port
Objects set for sale are Buy Copy by default (instead of Buy Original)
Increased Classified's maximum L$ payable from 99999 to 999999
Added '?' button next to Partner field explaining partnering

Bug fixes:

Fixed single-click failure for objects
Fixed status bar obscured when debug is off
Fixed escape key behavior
Fixed strange object counts in About Land when no parcel selected
Fixed avatar animations when editing an attached object
Fixed Offer Teleport appearing in your own profile
Fixed incorrect date display in group notices
Clicking a menu a second time closes the menu
Fixed closing a blue dialog closes all dialogs
Fixed retrieval of archived group proposals
Fixed Ctrl-P shortcut failing when inventory has focus
Fixed objects using llGiveInventoryList spamming owner when recipient is Busy
Fixed no copy objects disappearing when given via llGiveInventory to a Busy avatar
Fixed taken items not appearing until relog
Fixed friends list abilities not being applied to friends
Fixed objects failing to attach when selected from a distance
Fixed replies to offline IM-to-email messages
Fixed renaming a no-copy clothing item during Make New Outfit
Fixed rezzed objects appearing at (0,0,0) if you have create rights, but are not wearing your title
Fixed modify for gestures/notecards in a prim
Fixed incorrect context menus for items in an object
Fixed confirmation dialog when uploading immages, sounds, animations, or snapshots
Fixed a viewer crash while taking an object
Fixed a viewer crash after modifying a script inside a prim
Fixed a viewer crash in People search with Picks tab
Fixed a script runtime error (list inside a while/do-while loop)
Fixed login screen not loading unless cache is cleared
Fixed Ctrl-W not closing snapshot floater
Fixed Ctrl-W not giving focus to next window
Fixed Search->Places not showing public estate parcels while on private estate
Fixed LSL converting numbers in body of email to 0
Fixed rejection of avatars as sit targets
Fixed blurry web browser widgets with UI Scale != 1.0
Fixed notecards opened in tabbed windows extending outside the preview window
Fixed opening multiple object inventory items not using tabbed windows
Fixed accidental selection of highly transparent objects
Fixed keyboard focus after selecting function dropdown in script editor
Fixed Build button in toolbar disabled on land where 'Create Objects' is set to group, even when avatar is in the correct group
Fixed Buy Dialog displays incorrect Prim Count when using prim multipliers
Fixed folders not retaining their closed status once opened in inventory
Fixed IMs of type IM_BUSY_AUTO_RESPONSE ignore mute
Fixed World->Buy Land menu failures
Fixed Friends list not displaying online friends on login if 'Can see my online status' is disabled
Fixed menus remaining open when something else is clicked
Fixed menus taking focus when leaving alt-zoom
Fixed accidental loss of no-copy textures by applying them to a prim
Fixed members of a group cannot set their home location when land is only set to a group and not deeded
Fixed sitting avatar standing up when close are dragged onto the avatar

Linux client fixes:

Added Linux embedded Mozilla client
Fixed Linux client crash on shutdown

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58390) February 23, 2007

Fixes:

Fix for HUD objects being invisible on attach
Fix for HUD objects not repositioning
Fix for attachments getting left behind
Fix for flexible objects not updating on modification.
Fix for slow scrolling textures and tiny prims being invisible.
Fix for not being able to change viewer language in firstlook
Fix for Viewer crash when switching between full screen and windowes with multiple threads
Fix for additional texture bandwidth usage in First look
Fix for low detail terrain textures failing to load
Fix for picking through transparent objects.
Fix for Lighting turning bright orange or red intermittantly in rendering pipeline focus preview.
Fix for dismissing one blue dialogs dismisses all blue dialogs
Fix for Avatar not changing anmations while editing an attached object
Fix for Object counts in About Land change when floater loses focus
Fix for clicking a menu a second time not closing it
Fix for First Look viewer interacting poorly with Norton Antivirus (Note: Unless you tell Norton Anti Virus to exclude the Second Life cache directory, it will delay texture loading, but should no longer affect frame rate)
Fix for crash on 945G when editing objects.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58185) February 20, 2007

Changes:

Fixed a texture prioritization bug
Sped up texture cache maintenance on startup

Bug fixes:

Fixed accidental loss of no-copy texture when applied to a prim
Fixed incorrect context menu for items inside an object
Fixed Linux client crash on startup
Fixed Ctrl-W failing to give focus to the next window
Fixed renaming no-copy object during Make New Outfit
Fixed group members cannot set home when land is Set to group but not deeded
Lost and Found now has an Empty folder option

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58100) February 16, 2007

New feature:

Linux client features embedded Mozilla

Changes:

Texture Pipeline Architecture
- Significant redesign of texture pipeline
- Improved texture caching
- Unlimited texture cache size
- Texture cache can be relocated
Render Pipeline Architecture
- Significant changes to render pipeline
- Introduction of Vertex Buffer Objects for improved stability
- Better batching of geometry for improved render performance (on some systems)
- Alpha sorting changes to improve performance
Added display that shows intersection of prims with translation plane when building.
Objects set for sale default to 'Buy Copy' instead of 'Buy Original'

Bug fixes:

Fixed a viewer crash when taking an object
Fixed viewer not loading after logout if cache is not cleared
Closing window passes focus to the next window
Fixed blurry web browser widgets
Fixed notecards in tabbd window extending outside the preview window
Fixed web browser widgets blurred when UI scale != 1.0
Updated link to Help -> Scripting Wiki
Fixed viewer crash when opening a script at the same time as other inventory objects
Fixed Build not enabling for group members on land where only group members can build
Fixed World -> Buy Land menu failures
Fixed menus not closing when other things are clicked
Fixed objects rezed from Library, edited, and taken to inventory being placed in Library

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58018) February 14, 2007

Changes:

Removed particle throttling; while a performance win in some areas, caused too many bad artifacts

Fixes:

VWR-108 Fix for out of bounds error in avatar vertex shader attribute array.
Fix for toggling selection beam
Fix for LOD issues with small objects.
Fix for planar guide grid swimming around in local grid mode.
Fxed Texture priorities when turning around in place

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57947) February 13, 2007

Changes: Significant changes to texture prioritization

Fixes: Fix for object flicker. Fix for HUD objects not moving properly when viewer is resized. Fix for scale handles not updating on mouse drag. Fix for undo not working. Fix for dark foot shadows. Fix for tree picking alpha threshold too low. Fix for stars staying out during the day.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57876) February 9, 2006

Changes: Improved LOD and alpha sorting Improved edits reverting with linked objects

Fixes:

Fixed a few crashes
'Clear Cache' was failing if the cache location was on a changed
'Clear Cache' was not deleting the texture cache on OSX
Some Textures were never caching correctly

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57837) February 8, 2006

Fixes:

Fixed a major issue with texture requests where textures that first appeard behind you were not getting requested until you moved closer or zoomed in on them
Fixed a bug where 'skip this message' settings were not being remembered
Fixed several particle bugs, including some OSX specifix ones
Fixed several crash bugs

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57787) February 7, 2006

Notes:

This release will clear the cache on startup to eliminate potentially corrupt caches

Changes:

Reduced the frequency of drag-edit updates to reduce the likelihood of changes reverting due to missed updates

Fixes:

Fixed a bug where small flexi objects were sometimes stuck floating around an avatar
Fixed a significant memory leak
Fixed some issues with the texture cache
Fixed a bug where textures that were partially mapped to objects were not rezing
Fixed several crash bugs
Wind volume slider now takes effect immediately

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57679) February 5, 2006

Fixes:

Fix: Animating textures (using llSetTextureAnim) do not update their pixel area
Fix for disappearing hud objects.
Fix for yellow avatars on some ATI cards.
Fix for flexi LOD issues
Fix for stars visible with 'Force Sun'
Several crash bugs fixed

Fixes not specific to 'First Look'

Fix for library objects returning to library after being taken from world
Added help button for partner info in profile panel
Added inventory cache verification to reduce bugs due to cache corruption

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57573) February 1, 2006

Fixes:

Fixed: Chat text fadeout bug
Fixed: Yellow fog in snapshots
Fixed: Hardware detection incorrect for ATI X1900 and other cards
Fixed: Several crash bugs
Fixed: Missing login screen
Fixed: Avatar preview in image update missing

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57463) January 30, 2006

Changes:

Cache location can be set by residents
Textures from last scene are pre fetched, improving loading speed of inital speed

Fixes:

Fixed: Avatars seated on objects don't move with objects
Fixed: More issues with prim selection silhouettes
Fixed: HUDS with transparent textures disappear when camera goes underwater
Fixed: Slowdown rendering Alpha objects
Fixed: Client crashes attempting to move a HUD attachment

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57270) January 26, 2006

Changes: Added display that shows intersection of prims with translation plane when building. Fixes:

Fixed crash when changing lighting detail.
Fixed silhouette highlight render bug.

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57208) January 25, 2006

Changes:

IMPORTANT: 'First Look' now maintains its own settings. When this version is installed, settings will all be set to default values.
IMPORTANT: Uninstalling 'First Look' will no longer remove any user settings
More optimizations
Stability improvements

Fixes:

Fixed bright red/orange ambient lighting at night
Fixed right-clicking on avatar names
Fixed LOD flicker on trees
Fixed missing avatar from upload window
Fixed bug with HUD attachments not appearing or rezing at the correct resolution
Fixed bug wit llSetPos
Fixed prim selection silhouettes
Fixed white invisiprim bug
Fixed smoke texture bug
Fixed alpha sorting issues
Fixed Highlight Transparent

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(56900) January 18, 2006

Changes:

More framerate improvements
Improved texture LOD calculation
'Enable VBO' option now defaults to on in most cases, and no longer conflicts with similar trunk version option

Fixes:

Appearance of other avatars not changing
Shiny Brightness and Darkness don't work
Shiny doesn't work on black objects
Textures are failing to load to 100% clarity when repeats per face is less than 1.00
Low res 'cutout' images not transparent

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.1(56671) January 11, 2006

Changes:

Texture Pipeline Architecture
- Significant redesign of texture pipeline
- Improved texture caching
- Unlimited texture cache size
Render Pipeline Architecture
- Significant changes to render pipeline
- Introduction of Vertex Buffer Objects for improved stability
- Better batching of geometry for improved render performance (on some systems)
- Alpha sorting changes to improve performance
- Better particle system limits

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 The final field always represents a unique build number, which denotes internal changes only. Various iterations will be seen while a version is in beta (e.g. you might see 1.18.0.1, 1.18.0.2, 1.18.0.4 posted for the Beta Grid), but the official releases will only use the first three digits to have meaning (e.g. 1.18.0). Some parts of the Second Life UI and Web site show the last digit in parenthesis to emphasize the, er, parenthetical nature of that field - it shouldn’t be important.
-==Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.5(3) November 28, 2007==
+==Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.5(3) November 29, 2007==
 New features:
 * New inworld search via the 'All' tab
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 * VWR-2803: Lag Meter network ping metric doesn't account for residents outside the USA
 * VWR-3311: Web UI elements' focus rectangle are offset from their displayed position
 ==Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.4(3) November 7, 2007==

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Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.1(2) August 2, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.18.0(6) July 11, 2007

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Release Notes for Second Life 1.17.2(0) June 27, 2007

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Release Notes for Second Life 1.17.0(12) June 13, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.16.0(5) May 23, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.3(0) May 22, 2007 (Server-Only Update)

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.2(0) May 18, 2007 (Server-Only Update)

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.1(3) May 14, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.0(2) April 25, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.0(1) March 30, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.0(0) March 27, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(59510) March 22, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(59329) March 16, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(8) March 12, 2007

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Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(6) March 8, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58877) March 6, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(5) March 6, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(4) February 28, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(3) February 26, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(2) February 26, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.4(1) February 21, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(2) January 30, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58716) March 1, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58603) March 1, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58537) February 27, 2007

From the main development branch since 1.13.3.2

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58390) February 23, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58185) February 20, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58100) February 16, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(58018) February 14, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57947) February 13, 2007

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57876) February 9, 2006

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57837) February 8, 2006

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57787) February 7, 2006

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.3(57679) February 5, 2006

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57573) February 1, 2006

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57463) January 30, 2006

Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(57270) January 26, 2006

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Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.2(56900) January 18, 2006

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