Release Notes/Second Life Release Candidate/1.21

Release Notes for Second Life 1.21(0) August 21st, 2008

New features:

• The option in the Tools menu > Recompile Scripts to support compiling of scripts in Mono vs. LSL
  • NOTE: This requires a region running server version 1.24 & higher to work

• Moderation for Group Text and Group Voice
  • NOTE: This requires a region running server version 1.24 & higher to work
  • This viewer introduces the feature of "moderated" voice & text conversations. (All previous versions of Second Life have included an "open" form of voice and text conversations.)
    • Moderation is only available in Group text and Group voice chat, for any formal Group in Second Life.
    • Moderation does not apply to any type of conversation (either text or voice) in Local Chat proximity or one-to-one conversations
    • Moderation does not apply to any type of ad hoc Group conversation, either text or voice.
    • When a particular conversation is moderated, Residents will see new UI elements in the Communicate window that reflects the "moderated" conversation they are in.
  • There is a new ability 'Moderate Group Chat' available to the Roles in Groups
    • Moderator is an ability that is automatically part of the Group Owner and Group Officer roles, but can this be changed or added to other roles
    • The Moderator ability can be seen and managed in the existing Group Information window
    • A moderator does not have the ability to create other moderators during a conversation
    • The moderator ability is a permanent ability (until changed by a Group owner, officer, etc.).
    • Only the moderators will see the new Moderation controls during applicable Group IM/Calls.

• A new UV-picking feature that allows a prim to report where on its surface/texture it has been clicked.
  • NOTE: This requires a region running server version 1.24 & higher to work
  • This project adds the following new LSL commands:
    • llDetectedTouchUV() - returns the UV coordinates of the point touched.
    • llDetectedST() - returns the surface coordinates of the point touched.
    • llDetectedTouchFace() - returns the face of the point touched.
    • llDetectedTouchPos() - returns the world coordinates of the point touched.
    • llDetectedTouchNormal() - returns the surface normal of the point touched.
    • llDetectedTouchBinormal() - returns the surface bi-normal of the point touched.
    • These commands are valid in the events touch_start(), touch(), and touch_end(). in the case of touch(), where events are triggered as long as the mouse is held down - each event has the current surface point data (allowing grabbing, sliders, levers, and all sorts pseudo GUI builds.)
    • IMPORTANT: NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY
      • Only avatars who click on an object from a supported viewer (version 1.21.0 or higher) will be able to pass the coordinates of their mouseclick to the LSL call.
      • If an avatar clicks on the object with an older viewer, the coordinates passed will be reported as -1,-1
      • Scripters take note! You can build your scripts to detect the value -1,-1 as an "Undefined" touch. The creator of such objects must decide how to handle, message to, or warn avatars who are not running a supported viewer for their content.