Release Notes/Second Life Release/1.14

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