release notes for new version?

could someone do me a favor and post what's new in the new version when it comes onilne? I'm working til 3:30, so i won't be in-world til 4 PM EST

Gimme a copy-paste of releasenotes.txt or something

Lf

Second Life 1.1 Release Notes
=============================

Version 1.1.7
Released November 18, 2003
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More responsive walking, especially at low frame rates.

Fixed several bugs with non-rectangular parcels that could
lead to the wrong piece of land being claimed, deeded to
a group, or released.

Various patches to OpenGL graphics initialization and
mode switching (fullscreen<-->windowed).

Fixes for some crashes on client shutdown.

The fee for listing a parcel in the Find directory has
been reduced. Also, the search panel searches both names
and descriptions.

Cancelled events no longer show up in the Find directory.

The world map has improved icons for avatars, telehubs,
events, etc.

The world map now has a legend explaining the colors used
in the background.

The world map remembers which background you last selected.

You can join land you buy from another player to land you
already own. Joining for land deeded to a group is not done
yet, sorry.

Second Life no longer plays sounds when it is minimized.

Fixes to texture animation system to make SMOOTH work
correctly in combination with parameters besides TRANSLATE.

Minor performance improvements when lots of text is on the
screen. Other minor performance optimizations.

Parcel directory fees now correctly counted in stipend
calculations.

Disabled users no longer counted in group dividends/taxes.

Fixed issues with objects becoming invisible after unlinking
or being detached from an avatar.

Fixed issues with textures sometimes not wrapping properly.

Whether objects are for sale or not survives being taking
into inventory and dropped back into the world.

Fix for crash when compiling a script that defines a list
of lists.

Fix for group panel where controls would not work correctly
for some groups.

Fix for group panel which would occasionally display 'None'
as a group member.

You can deed land to a group even if you have a negative
balance.

Fix for losing clothing icons when trading inventory folders.

Hitting 'F' for Fly while sitting no longer unseats you.

Vehicles using linear deflection can now go backwards again.

Vehicles using VEHICLE_FLAG_LIMIT_ROLL_ONLY no longer experience
a singularity when their x-axis is parallel to the world z-axis.

Vehicle vertical attractor effectiveness now approaches zero for
vehicles totally upside down ==> it will be easier for airplanes
to do a loop-de-loop.

VEHICLE_FLAG_LIMIT_MOTOR_UP has been added to the documentation.

The documentation now mentions that the VEHICLE_HOVER_HEIGHT uses
the vehicle's "center of mass" when computing where to hover.

The vehicle banking behavior now has an automatic strength decay
feature whose timescale is twice that of the vertical attractor,
which will prevent some vehicles from falling over into a perpetual
spin. The decay is reset whenever the angular or linear motor
is changed, so this decay should not be noticable for any vehicles
that are being actively steered.

noooooooooooooo!!!

noooooooooooooo!!!

The just want to take away all your fun, Kissmi.

Uh... somebody (who shall remain nameless) forgot to include this change in the releasenotes.txt document:


The range of VEHICLE_BANKING_EFFICIENCY has been
increased from [-1, 1] to [-4, 4], to allow for vehicles
that need stronger banking effects.


Now, if this person had remembered to mention this fact in the lsl_guide.html document he wouldn't be kicking himself so hard.

*kicks self*

Ow!

w00t almost all the bugs I reported seem to have been fixed! Hurray for the Lindens!

noooooooooooooo!!!

ok i'm kidding about that one. this is probably a good thing.

Fabulous, thanks so much.

And thanks, Cris, for posting this.

Aye, thanks for posting

Doesn't fix any ati bugs, but at least it's a laundry list of bugs that needed taken care of.

LF

Actually, I kinda agree with Kissmi on both of those. I liked having SOMETHING that saved me the trouble of clicking the "stand up" button. And I liked knowing if someone was trying to talk to me while SL was minimized... ah well... :^x

Oh. There goes my Avatar creating then. If you are wearing a full body suit that means to say that you cannot see a single speck of the av uncovered, there is absolutely no way that you can bring up the pie chart to select stand up. Disabling F to fly leaves me no way to unseat an avatar.

(Yeah I could script a suit, but thats not really practical now is it?).

I vote we either bring this back or at least give us an alternative, even if its CTRL + F or something.

I'm also not at all fond of the 'Second Life no longer plays sounds when it is minimized' idea. I depend on that. A lot. And I cant be the only one that has the lsl.chm file open for reference while scripting, banking on the fact I'll hear the clickety click of air typing if someone wants to talk to me.

Other than those, I endorse this product or service.

What about the "Stand Up" button in the top left of the screen?

Theres still the 'stand up' button that appears when your seated....


Siggy.

Is there? thats where my minimap is, since I mostly have my inventory open permanently on the right.

DOH

Haha... you're probably eternally cursed with always on scripted attachments too... or am I the only one who releases keys while holding a scripted object.

As I said in another thread only today, I consider myself still a newb. And now I'm proving it.

You mean to say that there's a way to do that!? Cool.

I dont suppose it happens to take you out of a motorcycle pose when you're no longer on the motorcycle?

Note to self: Move minimap

Yes, Kris. The best way to get off a motorcycle is to:
1) Press Esc to leave Mouselook mode (if you're driving in Mouselook mode), then
2) Click the Release Keys button (did they relabel that button? I can't remember) at the top left corner of your screen.

And voila! No more motorcycle sitting.

Also, remember that the Home key will also make you fly, which should still unseat you.

Hi, just discovered that SL is down and being upgraded. I just wanted to know if I need to download the new version and install it, or will SL upgrade itself the next time I am able to log in?

The status page says SL is down until 4pm PST

I haven't tried to download the new version but I guess it don't matter since SL is down anyway.