We are releasing the fifth iteration of the Viewer 1.21 Release Candidate (RC4). Please help us to identify any new bugs before it becomes an official download for Second Life.
If you have already been using the Release Candidate (RC3), you will now be required to update to RC4 with the latest bug fixes. But, participating in the Release Candidate viewers is completely optional. You may install this viewer side-by-side with the official 1.20 viewer that you normally use.
In RC4, we have repaired the most pressing bug you reported regarding inadvertent Touch_start events on mouse-clicks. A complete list of fixes is available in the Release Notes:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Release_Candidate/1.21
Please visit the Test Viewers page to download the 1.21 RC4 viewer:
http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php#download-Testviewers
We expect this to be the final Release Candidate in the 1.21 viewer series, barring any Showstoppers that you may find. Please of course continue to report new issues at jira.secondlife.com. Set the “Affects Version/s” to “1.21 Release Candidate”. We can only investigate and solve issues that are reported there.
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Ramzi Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 8 Jun 2004
Posts: 107
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10-01-2008 13:53
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Jessicka Graves
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Join date: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 58
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10-01-2008 15:25
Avatars still don't rez if you have particles turned off http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7334 Still significantly low FPS, compared to 1.20.15/16 (stated as Unable-to-Reproduce, but I'm still showing problems O.o) https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-8862 Group chat errors \o/ https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1509 (Going on our multi-year celebration 8D of this one) Menu items selected or deselected by choice is not sticking when logging on or off https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7937 Freezing and Crashing when switching from Antialiasing and/or Anisotropic Filtering. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9373 Group chat popping open, but not starting at bottom of chat https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9374 More to come... Exact same post from RC3, none of it was even mentioned at all \o/ |
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Jay Karlfeldt
Happy Scripter
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 51
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Cannot Install
10-01-2008 16:23
Downloaded 1.21 RC4, but install fails with write errors.
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Amalia Broome
Registered User
Join date: 2 Mar 2007
Posts: 108
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10-01-2008 16:24
Message I get is that there's an error with the Mozilla...what?
Can't get online now..sigh. |
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Storyof Oh
Registered User
Join date: 14 Apr 2007
Posts: 139
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10-01-2008 16:34
yes same here...
anyone know how to set non new release viewers to stay logged into sl all the time? cant find the option in non new release....and until i can install it....  |
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Kirby Burnstein
Registered User
Join date: 4 Jul 2008
Posts: 17
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10-01-2008 16:38
I can't install it either. Tons of write errors toward the end of the install process.
XP Pro SP3 on my machine. |
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Urantia Jewell
Registered User
Join date: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 22
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10-01-2008 16:44
Download and install went well for me with MAC version.
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Jay Karlfeldt
Happy Scripter
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 51
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Non Installation of 1.21 RC4
10-01-2008 16:44
Raised a ticket and tried support chat, but they do not support Release Candidate problems.
So if you want to do any scripting with Mono compiles you are stuck |
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Kirby Burnstein
Registered User
Join date: 4 Jul 2008
Posts: 17
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10-01-2008 16:56
OK, I found that, after the failed install, I had to boot into Safe Mode and log in as Administrator in order to delete the RC install folder that was left behind.
I then rebooted normally and the install worked fine using the same file I had downloaded earlier. Hope this helps someone. |
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Lapis Loring
Registered User
Join date: 21 Nov 2007
Posts: 3
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Scroll bar in search not working
10-01-2008 16:59
I just downloaded and started trying it out not bad so far, but one thing I have just noticed on this version is that the scroll bar on the "All" & "Group" tabs of the search page are not working not matter what searches I try. The scroll bars on the other search tabs do seem to work just fine. It looks like they use to different types of scroll bars.
Also just noticed that the "Showcase" tab appears to be all black, but seems to be working despite the color. (By this I mean that I can see mouse over events change the cursor, and when I click I get a landmark to come up) Hope this help you get it fixed... |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
Join date: 22 Dec 2003
Posts: 14,229
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10-01-2008 17:00
So far as I can tell, I still can't use a version of Catalyst beyond 7.11 without having distorted text in the File Edit View World menu.
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3947 Ugly font rendering in menu bar after upgrading to ATI drivers 7.12 Hardware Skinning and Avatar Cloth are both disabled unless I upgrade Catalyst beyond 7.11. _____________________
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So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan - |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 4,694
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10-01-2008 17:40
Major FPS hit this time around. (T_T)
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Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y
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Jay Karlfeldt
Happy Scripter
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 51
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Help me, please
10-01-2008 17:44
OK, I found that, after the failed install, I had to boot into Safe Mode and log in as Administrator in order to delete the RC install folder that was left behind. I then rebooted normally and the install worked fine using the same file I had downloaded earlier. Hope this helps someone. OK Kirby where is the RC install folder, I am an administrator |
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Zena Juran
Registered User
Join date: 21 Jul 2007
Posts: 473
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10-01-2008 17:46
Major FPS hit this time around. (T_T) What Imnotgoing said.... MAJOR! |
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Lailani Ginsberg
Registered User
Join date: 18 Nov 2007
Posts: 1
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Attempt to Download......FAILED.
10-01-2008 17:54
I am having the same Error Problem.. And can't log in.. :C *Is dying over here*
I have the options to Abort, Retry and/or Ignore. If I Abort it closes it out and I would just repeat the same process to get the same message again, or I could Retry and it doesn't work, or Ignore, and solve nothing.. Lol.. Why MEeeee! Help.. Preeze  |
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PC101 Flow
Registered User
Join date: 1 Nov 2007
Posts: 1
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10-01-2008 18:09
got thte same error opening file for writing.
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SHANNON73 McBride
Registered User
Join date: 30 Aug 2007
Posts: 1
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Abort
10-01-2008 18:25
Glad I'm not the only one. Won't download, keep getting abort message, can't get back in world.
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Jahar Aabye
Registered User
Join date: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 58
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10-01-2008 18:28
Working fine for me in Linux (Ubuntu v8.04 "Hardy Heron"
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Kirby Burnstein
Registered User
Join date: 4 Jul 2008
Posts: 17
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10-01-2008 18:40
Folks, if you are having that much trouble running the Release Candidate, which is TEST software after all, you can go here...
http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php ... and just get and use the current production release viewer 1.20.16. |
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Ramzi Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 8 Jun 2004
Posts: 107
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10-01-2008 18:53
Thanks for this feedback in the forums and on the jira, VWR-9467. We will investigate immediately!
got thte same error opening file for writing. |
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Satori Taringa
Registered User
Join date: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 13
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10-01-2008 18:54
How does one get the previous RC3 to log onto SL?
I really need to continue my Mono development... and the RC is the only way to get to it. |
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Ramzi Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 8 Jun 2004
Posts: 107
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10-01-2008 18:56
Lapis- can you tell me if you are using Full Screen Mode (ie, this is set in Preferences > Graphics > [_] Run Second Life in a window.)
There is a known major bug affecting Full Screen mode-- see https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-5749 I just downloaded and started trying it out not bad so far, but one thing I have just noticed on this version is that the scroll bar on the "All" & "Group" tabs of the search page are not working not matter what searches I try. The scroll bars on the other search tabs do seem to work just fine. It looks like they use to different types of scroll bars. Also just noticed that the "Showcase" tab appears to be all black, but seems to be working despite the color. (By this I mean that I can see mouse over events change the cursor, and when I click I get a landmark to come up) Hope this help you get it fixed... |
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Ramzi Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 8 Jun 2004
Posts: 107
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10-01-2008 19:09
Hi Jessicka, to respond to your highlighted issues:
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7334 This is a bug that affects only residents who have chosen to reduce particle counts to 0. I agree- there is legitimate reasons to do this, and cloud ruth avatars should not be dependent on it. We actually attempted a proto-fix in 1.21 RC0, but it had unforseen artifacts. So we are back to the drawing board and still designing a potential fix. It won't be fixed in the 1.21 viewer; it requires more time and testing. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-8862 We are hearing conflicting reports from Residents on this bug. For some, the Framerate has been suitably restored in later iterations, RC3 and RC4. Our internal benchmarking on multiple platforms also doesnt indicate any unsual drop in framerate. We will watch the statistical data of average framerates in the coming days to see if this is a widespread problem. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1509 This is a scaling issue with the server architecture that supports Groups. Unfortunately it is therefore beyond the scope of what a new viewer can hope to resolve. Our server engineering team continues to evaluate possible solutions in its scaling plans. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7937 This is really a feature request, rather than a bug. The Advanced menu (originally a "Debug" menu) has always behaved in its current form, and was intended for developers to tweak certain settings during a session. You are right, there are legitimate uses for persisting such settings. This will be beyond the scope of fixes we can provide in viewer 1.21. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9373 This is a new bug you reported recently. Can you post the crash log that you get so that we might investigate? https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-5529 You are correct-- this is a small but very annoying bug that has been around for a long time, at least since version 1.19.0. The good news is, our engineers recently investigated and proposed a fix for it, but it is in its testing phase and not ready for release in the 1.21 viewer. We'd ask for your continued patience while we tackle the many bugs which make it difficult or annoying to use your Second Life.. we are making progress! Sometimes not fast enough. Exact same post from RC3, none of it was even mentioned at all \o/ |
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Rita Hemingway
Registered User
Join date: 23 Sep 2005
Posts: 45
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10-01-2008 19:31
So if you want to do any scripting with Mono compiles you are stuck How does one get the previous RC3 to log onto SL? |
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Jay Karlfeldt
Happy Scripter
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 51
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Getting RC4 Installed after failure to Install
10-01-2008 19:35
1. Reboot computer because RC4 install does not finish, it is sitting there, causing problems
2. Uninstall RC3 from uninst in Second Life Release Candidate directory 3. Remove any files left and then the Second Life Release Candidate directory 4. starting from here restart the downloaded file to install. 5. Unfortunately you lose all your setups you had before, but it installs. For all those who want Mono development. |