Second Life 1.8.2.8 release scheduled for Wednesday, February 1, 2006

In our continuing effort to improve the Second Life experience, Second Life 1.8.2.8 is scheduled for release on Wednesday, February 1, 2006. The grid is scheduled to be down from 7am to 12pm PT/SLT. An update will be required to use 1.8.2.8.

The release notes are as follows:

Second Life 1.8.2( Jan 27, 2006
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* llDialog now displays a message showing from where the dialog originates
** When triggering an llDialog event on an object called "Object" owned by "Karen Linden," "Karen Linden's Object" will be indicated as the originator of the dialog
* Classified Ad locations now are shown with more precision on the World Map
* Debug > Show Updates option is once again functional
* New "recommended" Graphics Card Memory setting displayed for some system configurations
** Graphics Memory Size is determined by two things:
*** The amount of memory your graphics card has (VRAM)
*** The amount of system memory you have (RAM)
** A system that has lots of VRAM but little RAM, we will recommend a lower setting than your actual VRAM to improve performance:
*** For a machine with 256MB VRAM and 256MB RAM, the recommended Graphics Card Memory setting is 128MB

I've included the latest draft of the release notes here. Pending final verification, this is what will debut tomorrow:

Second Life 1.8.2(9) Jan 31, 2006
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* Tab and enter once again move cursor through fields in Edit pane
* llDialog now displays a message showing from where the dialog originates
** When triggering an llDialog event on an object called "Object" owned by "Karen Linden," "Karen Linden's Object" w
ill be indicated as the originator of the dialog
* Classified Ad locations now are shown with more precision on the World Map
* Debug > Show Updates option is once again functional
* New "recommended" Graphics Card Memory setting displayed for some system configurations
** Graphics Memory Size is determined by two things:
*** The amount of memory your graphics card has (VRAM)
*** The amount of system memory you have (RAM)
** A system that has lots of VRAM but little RAM, we will recommend a lower setting than your actual VRAM to improve
performance:
*** For a machine with 256MB VRAM and 256MB RAM, the recommended Graphics Card Memory setting is 128MB