Beta Release Notes
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Release Notes for Second Life 1.16.0(6) May 25, 2007
Changes:
- Updated Korean language files
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 1.16.0(0) May 4, 2007
New Features
- Voice in Second Life
- Beta test of integrated voice capabilities within Second Life
- See http://secondlife.com/community/bhear.php for detailed information
- 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 the FAQ and detailed information
Changes:
- Voice changes since last voice beta release:
- Active Speakers window opens via the 'Speakers' button and shows all active voice speakers in a channel
- Also enables volume and mute control by individual speaker
- Mute settings for voice only are now available via the Active Speakers window
- Avatar 'pie menu' mute option still mutes both voice and text chat simultaneously
- This will change in future releases
- Active Speakers window opens via the 'Speakers' button and shows all active voice speakers in a channel
- Alt-Left and Alt-Right switch between tabs in IM
- Ctrl-W closes one panel in IM
- Ctrl-Shift-W closes all windows
- Inventory sort optionally sorts system folders on top
- Busy mode declines notecards and textures, and accepts other inventory transfers silently
- Offline IMs from objects include object name, owner, type and SLURL
- L$ displays 'Loading...' if balance is not yet retrieved
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a client crash when deleting objects from inventory
- Fixed '... has left the session' when leaving group chat after talking
- Fixed failed email when no subject is included
- Fixed closing an inventory folder while selecting inside moves selection to My Inventory
- Fixed build if llmozlib disabled
- Fixed avatar name not remaining within background box
- Fixed graphics cards with unlisted memory sizes defaulting to 16MB
- Fixed Alt-WASD camera controls while sitting
- Fixed first digit in Pay dialog cannot be deleted
- Fixed minimap not opening on first login
- Fixed 'Use Selection for Grid' referencing edge of region and not reference prim
- Removed avatar eyeball shader
- 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-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-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-429: add scons option making FMOD optional
- VWR-414: 8-bit character in llagent.cpp comment confuses Japanese text editors
Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.0(1) April 20, 2007
Bug fixes:
- Improved performance of inventory operations
- Removed First Land filter in Search
- Improved recognition of some processor types
- Fixed extra face when using hollow with path cut
- Fixed a way to teleport to Orientation Islands
- Fixed right-click on your own avatar if you have a HUD attachment
- Fixed llSetText appearance on HUD attachments
- 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
Release Notes for Second Life 1.15.0(0) April 17, 2007
Changes
- Inworld rating system has been removed
Bug fixes:
- Fixed list selection triggering when mouse-up occurs over scrollbar
- Fixed Get Top Scripts not sorting on refresh
- Fixed a simulator crash related to group messages
- Fixed alphabetical sorting of groups on profile
- Fixed display of group voting history
- Fixed group chat not reopening when user relogs or closes chat session
- Fixed ability to start group messages and multi-user conferences
- Fixed cutoff of Help -> About Second Life text
Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.1(2) April 13, 2007
Changes:
- 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 will cause some content (which used this bug to imitate cel-shading) to look dramatically different
- Larger debug beacons (View > Beacon)
- You can now set the beacon size in Preferences -> Adv. Graphics (Range is 1-127)
- Groups are now searched with an index (refreshed daily)
- Searches are done against the full text of the group, including charter
- Clicking on a group found via search still shows up-to-date information
- Added 'Add as Friend' button to profile
- Added |< and >| buttons to scroll to the ends of IM window conversations
- Added parcel flag for Mature Content
- Parcel searches use the parcel rating instead of the region rating
- Groups list window taller and resizeable
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 several versions many builds ago, but not documented. These will now appear correctly in the script editor.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed OK button not enabling after editing profile
- Fixed pie menu options shifting position when right-clicking avatar
- Fixed a sim crash related to group messages
- Fixed combo box not closing after hitting Tab
- Fixed gap with combo boxes on bottom of the screen
- Fixed combo boxes not closing when hitting button
- Fixed proposals being created with incorrect information
- Fixed agent information not displaying for land/objects
- Fixed group information for members/roles not loading
- Fixed IM window showing all users in bold
- Fixed font of Bumps, Pushes, Hits window
- 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 overlapping text in proposals in group info window
- 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 avatar reverting to default appearance
- Fixed broken embedded landmarks when editing their notecard
- Fixed display of Terms of Service
- Fixed a case where you could not modify your modifyable 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
Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.1(1) April 2, 2007
Changes:
- Users are now notified if they are the only ones present in a group or conference session
Bug fixes:
- Fixed: VWR-130: llimagejpeg.h remove jinclude.h
- Fixed: VWR-200: money(); events in a linked sets fail to trigger
- Fixed: VWR-243: Sort inventory System folders to the top
Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.1(0) March 23, 2007
Changes:
- Teleport Home disabled for new users on an Orientation Island
- Share With Group disabled after object is deeded to group
LSL changes:
- 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
Bug fixes:
- New groups are instantly searchable
- 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