In an effort to improve Second Life, a new version is planned for release on Wednesday, January 25, 2006, pending final verification of all fixes. The grid will be down from 7am PT/SLT to 12pm PT/SLT for the update to Second Life 1.8.2. A new viewer will be required for this update.
Release notes will be finalized on Tuesday. The initial list is as follows:
Second Life 1.8.2
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Minor Features:
* Avatar LOD system
** Improves viewer performance by selectively culling the display of attachments to agents a certain distance away from the person viewing them
** Uses the Preferences > Advanced Graphics > Avatar Detail slider to determine which attachments will be displayed
** Avatar Detail Slider is now set to 50 (medium setting) providing a mix of performance enhancement with mid-level detail
* Texture Cache Size setting in Preferences > Advanced Graphics has been deprecated in favor of Graphics Card Memory
Bug fixes:
* Resolved an issue with incorrect L$ amount displayed in Classified Ad dialog
* Minor UI tweaks for Classified Ad tab in Profile
* When entering a complex sim, newly created objects no longer take a long time to appear
* Minimize and Close buttons no longer in wrong location for windows
* Fixed an issue causing large textures to be reloaded in some scenes