Release Notes/Second Life Release/3.7.27.300242

Release Notes for v3.7.27 (300242) - Second Life Viewer

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Second Life Release Viewer version 3.7.27.300242

Released on March 30, 2015.

[ Windows | Macintosh | Linux]

Release Notes   This release is primarily a change to the tools we use to build the viewer (to Visual Studio 2013, Xcode 6.1, and some other tools improvements). One hopes that this will improve performance and stability; it will certainly help developers work more efficiently to fix problems and implement new features. Contains an update to login screen reverting to single-button.

Resolved Issues   MAINT-4530 Viewer verification (code signature check) fails on OSX 10.9.5 MAINT-4790 Login screen with single Login button MAINT-4843 viewer-tools-update viewer does not start on Windows 7. MAINT-4845 viewer-tools-update viewer does not start on Linux MAINT-4860 Cannot run viewer on Linux MAINT-4876 Linux viewer unable to connect to voice chat MAINT-4995 Show favorite locations on login screen does not work consistently MAINT-5008 [TOOLS-UPDATE-RC] The world can become completely whitewashed, blackwashed, or a mix of both depending on which direction the avatar is facing and the location. Does not repro on the 3.7.25.299021 official release. OPEN-282 Unify Thread Local Storage support OPEN-295 Update Windows installer script in viewer-tools-update (VS 2013)

Known Issues   MAINT-3198 Legacy bumpiness renders funny on HUD faces with custom alpha mode MAINT-3213 Brightness and Darkness legacy bump maps render incorrectly on Intel GPUs.