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AutumnRose Perl
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Join date: 16 May 2008
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05-16-2009 19:54
Ok when I logged in the other day I noticed that if I dont have a certian viewer by5/21/09 I will no longer be able to play. How can you tell what version your viewer is. I want to update but dont want to if I dont have to. Can any one please tell me how to find out. Thanks in advance.
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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05-16-2009 20:00
Ok when I logged in the other day I noticed that if I dont have a certian viewer by5/21/09 I will no longer be able to play. How can you tell what version your viewer is. I want to update but dont want to if I dont have to. Can any one please tell me how to find out. Thanks in advance. I saw that too wonder if it affects 3rd party viewers? my guess is it is for the new adult stuff to find out the viewer you are on, when SL is open (doesn't have to be logged into world) go to help, about second life, it will be the first line _____________________
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Viktoria Dovgal
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Join date: 29 Jul 2007
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05-16-2009 20:08
It's for the HTTP bug fix. Official viewers older than 1.21 will be borked by the change. Unoffical viewers based on the older stuff have already been patched to deal with this, go grab a recent Nicholaz or Cool build or something like that if you want or need to stay behind.
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AutumnRose Perl
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Join date: 16 May 2008
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05-16-2009 20:20
Thank you for your help I will be checking this out to make sure I dont need to update. I just wanted to make sure that I dont miss out on all of my fun due to a simple update.
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Buster Sideshow
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Join date: 25 Aug 2008
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05-17-2009 00:56
https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/technology/blog/2009/03/09/supported-viewer-versions
Above url explains everything. |
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Kidd Krasner
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Join date: 1 Jan 2007
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05-17-2009 05:21
I saw that too wonder if it affects 3rd party viewers? my guess is it is for the new adult stuff to find out the viewer you are on, when SL is open (doesn't have to be logged into world) go to help, about second life, it will be the first line If you're not logged in, you don't even need to do that. The viewer version is in the lower right hand corner of the screen before you log in. |
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Brenda Connolly
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05-17-2009 07:27
At least people will have something to scream about besides Adult Content.
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Boy Lane
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Join date: 8 May 2007
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05-17-2009 07:48
That's a technical issue that gets finally fixed and a positive step. As is the release policy that LL laid out in their blog.
It doesn't really have much of an impact tho. You will still be able to use older (pre-windlight and pre-voice even ) viewers that work better on older hardware in the future. The 1.20 (and 1.21) version was not exactly a good release and is no real loss. Also there were a number of other security patches that are not included in older, not updated viewers and you should not use them in your own interest. What old versions will still work (incl. security fixes): Nicholaz 1.18.0.6 Old School (pre-voice) Nicholaz 1.18.5.3 Bleeding Edge Cool Viewer 1.19.0.5 Nicholaz 1.19.1.4 Eye Candy (Windlight) Cool Viewer 1.20.17.0 (Windlight) Please add if you know more. _____________________
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3D Scientist
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05-17-2009 07:52
At least people will have something to scream about besides Adult Content.  |
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Shane Roxan
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05-17-2009 08:14
At least people will have something to scream about besides Adult Content. I though we were supposed to scream while enjoying adult content |
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Void Singer
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Join date: 24 Sep 2005
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05-17-2009 08:19
If you're not logged in, you don't even need to do that. The viewer version is in the lower right hand corner of the screen before you log in. nice to know, too bad I skip the ogon screen automatically. _____________________
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Shayla Carter
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05-17-2009 12:39
I have the Nvidia 5500....does that mean SL wont work for me?
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Skell Dagger
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Join date: 26 Jun 2007
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05-17-2009 12:50
I have the Nvidia 5500....does that mean SL wont work for me? The minimum requirements are the 6600, but that's not to say you're completely out in the cold. I'm no tech (others here are, and will probably be along to help in more detail soon) but I'd suggest one of the third party non-Windlight viewers (lower graphical demands), such as Boy Lane's Cool Viewer. _____________________
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Void Singer
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05-17-2009 17:43
http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php The minimum requirements are the 6600, but that's not to say you're completely out in the cold. I'm no tech (others here are, and will probably be along to help in more detail soon) but I'd suggest one of the third party non-Windlight viewers (lower graphical demands), such as Boy Lane's Cool Viewer. I'll second bot of those sentiments... I have an ATI AIW 9200 (128mb) that still works on sl.. but you have to seriously set the settings WAY down, also runs on a 700mhz machine, with only 384mb ram under XPpro (athough you really have to tweak it to remove most unneeded running processes.) _____________________
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Milla Janick
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05-17-2009 17:53
I have the Nvidia 5500....does that mean SL wont work for me? It'll work. _____________________
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Boy Lane
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Join date: 8 May 2007
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05-19-2009 00:04
I've made a small update to the old CV 1.20.17.0 and it will also continue to work after 21 May.
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AutumnRose Perl
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Join date: 16 May 2008
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05-22-2009 01:19
I've made a small update to the old CV 1.20.17.0 and it will also continue to work after 21 May. Thank you so much for your response. I am checking it out now. Thank you. |