In our continuing efforts to improve the Second Life experience, we will update the Second Life grid on Monday October 24, 2005 from 6:00 AM PT to 2:00 PM PT. During that time Second Life will be unavailable.
The release notes for the new version are as follows:
Second Life 1.7.0
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Major Features
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- Simulator Performance Improvements
* Simulators can now handle many more users without running slowly
* The simulator now attempts to run at a fixed frame rate (45 frames per second) which is the same as the physics frame rate. This means that if there are a large number of scripts on the simulator, the frame rate will stay the same, but all of the scripts will run less frequently/slower, improving overall performance.
* Major redesign of the way objects are transmitted from the simulator to the viewer.
- Added Multi-Select in Inventory
* Most inventory operations (move, delete, drop in world) can now be done on multiple inventory items at a time.
* Ctrl-Click & Shift-Click are both supported.
- Added eight HUD attachment points
* Attachments appear in the Users Heads-Up-Display (HUD) and not in the world.
* These attachments can only be seen by the person wearing them, not by other residents.
- Full Bright Objects
* Full-bright objects/faces/textures do not give off light in local lighting mode but appear lit.
- Improved World Map
* More details for each square tile. World map shows satellite view of objects in color.
* Less server load to generate the map.
* Auto-complete when typing in estate name, landmarks and friends online.
* Removed the drop-down list from the Map Region Box, because it has too many regions in it for a menu.
- Residents can no longer be negatively rated. Old negative ratings have been removed.
- The land sale tool has been reorganized.
* Land can no longer be sold for L$ 0 to anyone. You must set it for sale for a specific person.
- New "Open" window to interact with object contents and unpack boxes
* More intuitive way of opening boxes.
* Only available when object is rezzed in-world (replaces 'Rate' on pie menu when right-clicking an object).
* Replaces using "Edit" window to view object contents and unpack boxes.
- Added a "Publish on to web" checkbox to the Resident Profile UI and Postcard Dialogue UI
* Controls whether information can be seen on the Second Life web site. (Profiles are always visible inside Second Life.)
* Future updates to http://secondlife.com/ will enable items selected for publishing to appear there.
- Residents can create classified ads in the "Profile" window.
* Ability to advertise for a fee; includes image, location & information.
Minor Features
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- Added a clear cache button to the Preferences->Network tab
* Click the button and then restart the client to clear the cache
- Added "Build" button to the Toolbar
- View->Leaders has been removed.
* See the SecondLife website for Leader information.
- Enable Windows XP Limited User Accounts the ability to run Second Life
* Admin and Power Users are still required to install Second Life.
- We now ask on a client crash if its ok to send in your crash report, rather than on install
- Improved region crossing when wearing attachments, both in mouselook and normal view modes
- The behavior for music player has changed.
* If you click play, music will begin playing and will autoplay when you enter a parcel with music. If you click stop, music will stop and will not autoplay.
- On receiving an item, the dialogue box now distinguishes between objects and avatars
- Added ability to rotate and position subsets of linked objects
Script Changes
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- Added llSetPayPrice
* Users can now set the default pay price and the quick pay button values via the script llSetPayPrice function.
- Improved llRequestSimulatorData
* Added DATA_SIM_RATING to query the rating (PG or MATURE or UNKNOWN) of a simulator.
- Added llGetInventoryType
* Gives users the ability to get the type of an inventory item.
- Added Full Bright option to llSetPrimitiveParams
* Usage:
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FULLBRIGHT, {side}, {enabled});
* Enable full bright for an entire object:
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FULLBRIGHT, ALL_SIDES, TRUE]);
* Disable full bright for face 2 of an object:
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FULLBRIGHT, 2, FALSE]);
- Added llSetPos, llSetRot, llTargetOmega, llSetPrimParams support for attachments
* Attachments can now be scripted to rotate and move.
- Added llEscapeURL and llUnescapeURL
* These functions can be used to handle URLs. Spaces can be escaped to "%20" for example.
* Usage:
llEscapeURL(string url);
llUnescapeURL(string url);
- llSetPos() can now move objects up to 768 meters high (instead of just 512)
Bugs Fixed
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* Objects no longer move when scaling w/ grid snap
* Edit camera no longer jumps when zoomed in on prims
* Leave group confirmation window is now modal
* Uploading image files without an extension no longer causes a crash
* Stop button in 'New Gesture' window is fixed
* Objects are no longer sometimes auto-returned to trash
* Move inventory window is now modal (prevents crash)
* Selection silhouette now outlines all prims
* Parcels now correctly count their objects after a subdivide and subsequent join
* UI is disabled in High-resolution snapshots
* Mac OS X: FileVault-encrypted accounts play UI and user sounds
* You can always reduce group land contribution to 0
* Movies no longer appear on texture if url or auto-scale option changes
* Group signup fee is no longer ignored if the group is open enrollment
* Touch events no longer make objects draggable by owner
* Gesture wait time constrained to 0-3600 seconds
* Installer no longer pauses without message for 3-4 seconds
* Bandwidth is set on first login based on download rate
* Title of buy panel and blue messagebox for seller & buyer now all contain object name
* Avatar skin and clothing permissions work around
* Edit window tab pane bounding box no longer extends off the window
* Force parcel ownership can no longer cause incorrect object returns
* Residents can no longer delete their Trash folder
* Deleting a script in an objects no longer set the object to non-phantom
* Name bubbles now correctly fade at a distance
* Locked objects can be unlocked
* Typing sound and animation are no longer played when chat bar gains focus
* High-resolution snapshots now set a 'wait' cursor
* Mute audio setting is remembered after minimizing and restoring the viewer
* Money transfers now fail if not acknowledged by both the viewer and the simulator
* Calling cards are no longer listed as (no modify) (no transfer)
* Base64 encoder/decoder understands Unicode
* llSetText, llSetSitText and llSetTouchText can now display unicode
* Telehub Coverage colors are no longer different on Mac and Windows
* Wear Clothing Now feature now working in Buy Contents box
* Scaling root object of shared drawable no longer scales child objects
* Create menu now has same options as right-clicking folders
* Individually uploaded media maintain their proper capitalization
* Feedback returned when someone accepts your calling card
* Multi-colored items no longer are turned one of the colors if selection of new color is cancelled
* Cursor no longer incorrectly indicates you can touch objects behind a transparent object
* Tube sides are now the same on Mac and PC
* NVidia 5x00 cards now show the difference in shiny levels
* Can no longer accidentally move objects while in mouselook
* Improved ability to teleport after quickly crossing several region boundaries
* TargetOmega rotation no longer stops on selection.
* Textures in Library show for new users in texture picker
* Moving no-copy objects to inventory and ignoring pop up no longer causes a crash
* Mouselook view no longer blocked by head attachments at sim borders crossing
* Particles behind your camera do not slow FPS more than those ahead
* Messages sent to vendors about purchased "objects" now give name of item
* Pie Menu disappears when detaching clothing