Downloading test builds
Many developers, both inside Linden Lab and in Open Source, are constantly implementing new features and fixing problems with the viewer. One of the most important ways that you can help with that process as a user is to install and try these development viewers and provide feedback.
All of the viewers here are under active development - there may be some problems with existing features; if you want a more stable experience, use the released Second Life Viewer.
There are several places to look for viewers that need testing:
Beta Candidates
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Snowstorm Team Review Build
- STORM-910
- Text formatting issues in Land/Assets accordion
- STORM-959
- LSL multiline comments
- STORM-976
- Object muted by name still displays notification message when clicked
- STORM-1349
- Add a slider on the main viewer screen to adjust draw distance
- STORM-1581
- Graphics preferences are reset after every upgrade/reinstall to Recommended
- STORM-1615
- Please update language support for Viewer (please see desc)
- STORM-1622
- Wind eddy variation cannot be displayed on Viewer 2.8
- STORM-1642
- Typos in keywords.ini
- STORM-1647
- Orbit camera controls in the View floater are not responding
- STORM-1663
- Camera pitch limits are more restrictive than they need to be.
- STORM-1666
- Redundant "Release Notes" text near server release notes link in the About window for non-English locales
- STORM-1667
- Square brackets around of Release Notes link in the About window
- STORM-1668
- Localized strings.xml contains reference to non-existing gesture "bow1"
- VWR-10307
- [#STORM-1349] Add a slider on the main viewer screen to adjust draw distance
- STORM-1577
- Convert chat translation to third party paid translation services
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Developer Builds
Everyone may post links here to viewers that should be tested, provided the viewers are Second Life compatible and TPVp compliant when connected to Second Life.
Needs testing on different platforms. Please report results in issue comments, including specific build number tested, and the system you tested on.
Windows | Macintosh | LinuxSource: https://bitbucket.org/oz_linden/storm-280
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
- Contribution by Tonya Souther and Sione Lomu
Source: https://bitbucket.org/oz_linden/vwr-25062
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
- Add a Local tab to the texture picker that allows a local file on the viewer system to be used as a texture when building, with the option to have it auto-update when modified. The texture is only visible to a viewer on that system (is gray to everyone else)
Source: http://bitbucket.org/serpentu/storm-64
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Development Mailing List
Developers who are looking for testers sometimes make requests for testing on the opensource-dev mailing list.
Development Integration
The viewer-development source code repository is where all new Viewer 2 development is brought together. It's the best available look at what will be in the next viewer release.
This is the absolute newest version available. Note that this one may not have been tested at all yet - you have been warned.
Windows | Macintosh | Linux
Details for these builds (build logs, included changesets)
Project
Various viewer development projects working on major new features may from time to time release Project Viewers to provide early testing opportunities. You can find any that are currently available on the Alternate Viewers page.