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Firestorm Changelog

What's new in Firestorm 5.0.1.52150

Dec 15, 2016
  • Visual Outfit Browser (VOB) feature from Linden Lab:
  • VOB allows you to use the Appearance floater to capture/upload/select images of your outfits and save them alongside the outfits in a new Outfit Gallery tab.
  • New Avatar Render Settings feature under World menu:
  • Lists all avatars you have chosen to fully render or never render.
  • Right-clicking on one or multiple avatars allows direct changing of the setting.
  • Improved Asset Blacklist:
  • Temporarily blocked objects are now shown in the Asset Blacklist floater so they can be removed.
  • Fixed the crash when leaving an area where many objects were blacklisted.
  • Added an option to rerender temporarily derendered objects after teleport or after end of session or to perform manual rerendering via the Asset Blacklist floater.
  • Added button to clear all temporarily derendered objects to the Asset Blacklist floater.
  • New option to log autoaccepted inventory to nearby chat:
  • Preferences -> Privacy -> General -> Log automatically accepted inventory items to nearby chat.
  • Status bar improvements:
  • Added an FPS meter and seconds to the clock.
  • New option to render friends only:
  • World -> Show Friends Only.
  • You can now resize the Movement controls:
  • Avatar -> Move Controls.
  • Attachments ghosting after teleport fixes:
  • Ghosted attachments are those that appear attached, but others don’t see them.
  • This fix will not 100% eliminate the bug (that will need a server-side fix), but the frequency of the bug should be much reduced.
  • For when things do go wrong, added a new “Refresh Attachments” feature — in cases where an attachment is ghosted, it will attempt to reattach it:
  • Avatar -> Avatar Health -> Refresh Attachments.
  • RLV updated to RLVa-2.1.0 and many RLV bug fixes.
  • Project VLC from Linden Lab:
  • QuickTime has been replaced with LibVLC support for the Windows and Linux versions of the viewer, as Apple recently announced they are no longer supporting QuickTime for Windows and will not be offering security updates.
  • Firestorm is now DPI-aware — no more tiny user interface and font on high-resolution monitors.
  • New font! — Google Noto:
  • Preferences -> User Interface -> Font.

New in Firestorm 4.7.9.50527 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • KDU updated to version 7.8,
  • RLVa updated to v2.0 — http://catznip.com/index.php/RLVa_2.0_Release_Notes. The main changes in this update are:
  • Added RLV 2.9 camera commands/restrictions (vision spheres not yet included due to time constraints but coming soon!).
  • Formalized documentation of the nine existing RLVa-specific commands and restrictions
  • Added five general new commands, 12 new camera-related commands and 14 extensions to existing commands.
  • Fixed a number of issues relating to folder locks (@unshared/sharedwear/detachthis/etc.).
  • Creators/scripters, please read the full release notes at http://catznip.com/index.php/RLVa_2.0_Release_Notes.
  • For photographers — new option to disable default eye movements and blinking.
  • For builders — new option to show parcel boundary lines when building above ground level.
  • For combat — avatar hitboxes are now colored in the same color as on the minimap to distinguish between friendlies and enemies.
  • Inventory — new filter to search inventory items by transferable permission.
  • UI — new look to the pie menu and login screen.
  • Windlight — the cloud density setting now updates correctly, resulting in better-looking clouds.
  • OpenSim — increased the maximum sound length to 60 seconds; improvements to var region handling, fixed IZURLs in Inworldz.
  • Many crashes fixes, bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Firestorm 4.7.7.48706 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • Skinning and translations;
  • New features and fixes for builders and scripters;
  • Improvements to audio and voice;
  • KDU updated to 7.7.1 (thanks to all of you for your donations!);
  • New features and improvements for OpenSim;
  • Loads of new features and fixes in communications, navigation, groups, inventory, appearance, avatar,

New in Firestorm 4.7.5.47975 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • Linden Lab New Features and Improvements:
  • Project Importer:
  • This feature modifies the mesh importer to (optionally) improve debug output, perform name-based LOD association, and handle models with many materials.
  • Using these new features, models with more than 8 unique faces can be imported.
  • Gone are the days of importing complicated meshes in pieces with “some assembly required”.
  • At import, these models are automatically split into pieces so that each satisfy the current face limits for a volume.
  • The same limitations on LODs and materials remain in place (e.g. your low LOD mesh materials must be a subset of the full LOD materials).
  • LODs and Physics reps can now be explicitly associated with a given mesh in the full LOD model using name-based matching.
  • By properly naming the meshes in your lower LOD meshes and physics reps, you can avoid issues with ordering of the meshes within your DCC tool and other material mismatching errors.
  • An ImporterDebug option has been added to the settings.xml file which, if enabled, causes more information to be output during import than you can shake a stick at.
  • The extra output can be very helpful for diagnosing authoring errors (e.g. violating the material subset constraints mentioned above) and pinpoint what needs to be fixed in the source model for successful import.
  • NOTE: Material names are sorted alphabetically upon importing a model from the 3D modeling program of your choice, and may not retain the order they had in the original model.
  • If material order is important to your model, you must name them accordingly.
  • You can visit the Knowledge Base article for more details.
  • Project Notifications:
  • The Notifications Project is an improvement for sorting your notifications.
  • This new feature is based on your feedback: a notifications floater with four tabs sorting your incoming notifications into System, Transactions, Invitations, and Groups and allowing better interaction with them as well.
  • Those who deal with high volumes of money transactions, group notices, group invites, or inventory transfers now have a better way to review their messages and identify which notices need immediate attention.
  • If you’re a merchant who pays close attention to your daily sales or someone who is active among your private groups, a better way to sort your incoming messages is now a reality.
  • A special thank you to Aki Shichiroji for the initial feature design.
  • Firestorm specific improvements to Project Notifications:
  • Allow listed group notifications and invitations to open the original notification on left-click - requested in FIRE-17214
  • Improved display of condensed group notices and show group name instead of sender name - requested in FIRE-17213
  • Notifications list floater remembers the last selected tab after a relog - requested in FIRE-17230
  • Lots and lots of Maintenance fixes
  • For the full changelog, visit the official release notes: http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/firestorm_change_log_4.7.5.47975

New in Firestorm 4.7.3.47323 Beta (Aug 18, 2015)

  • Linden Lab New Features and Improvements:
  • Tools Update:
  • This is primarily a change to the tools we use to build the viewer - to Visual Studio 2013, Xcode 6.1, and some other tools improvements.
  • This should improve performance and stability.
  • It will certainly help developers work more efficiently to fix problems and implement new features.
  • Two important aspects of this update are that:
  • The Windows version of this viewer will not install on Windows XP systems, regardless of the Service Packs also installed.
  • Previous versions of the release viewer would install on Windows XP system which had Service Pack 3 installed.
  • For further details about the Tools Update changes, please see Inara Pey's review
  • Oz Linden, Callum Linden, JJ Linden, Nat Linden, Aura Linden, Richard Linden, Maksyms ProductEngine, Mnikolenko ProductEngine
  • Contributions from Cinder Roxley (Alchemy Viewer), TankMaster Finesmith (Firestorm Viewer), Sovereign Engineer (Alchemy Viewer)
  • Firestorm specific changes from Nicky Dasmijn, Ansariel Hiller, Tonya Souther
  • Read the complete changelog by going to this address http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/firestorm_change_log_4.7.3.47323

New in Firestorm 4.7.3.47321 Beta (Aug 17, 2015)

  • New Features And Improvements In This Release:
  • This page shows all changes since the 4.7.1.45325 Beta Release.
  • If you are updating from an earlier version then 4.7.1, see HERE for previous release notes.
  • For a summary of all the major new features and improvements in this release, please
  • see Inara Pey's Firestorm 4.7.3 blog post.
  • Linden Lab New Features and Improvements:
  • Tools Update:
  • This is primarily a change to the tools we use to build the viewer - to Visual Studio 2013, Xcode 6.1, and some other tools improvements.
  • This should improve performance and stability.
  • It will certainly help developers work more efficiently to fix problems and implement new features.
  • Two important aspects of this update are that:
  • The Windows version of this viewer will not install on Windows XP systems, regardless of the Service Packs also installed.
  • Previous versions of the release viewer would install on Windows XP system which had Service Pack 3 installed.
  • The Mac version of the viewer will not install on any version of OS X below 10.7.
  • For further details about the Tools Update changes, please see Inara Pey's review
  • Oz Linden, Callum Linden, JJ Linden, Nat Linden, Aura Linden, Richard Linden, Maksyms ProductEngine, Mnikolenko ProductEngine
  • Contributions from Cinder Roxley (Alchemy Viewer), TankMaster Finesmith (Firestorm Viewer), Sovereign Engineer (Alchemy Viewer)
  • Firestorm specific changes from Nicky Dasmijn, Ansariel Hiller, Tonya Souther
  • Project Layer Limits:
  • This feature changes the logic for what limits are enforced on clothing worn by avatars.
  • Previously, we restricted avatars to 5 items per type of each type of removable clothing wearable such as shirts, pants, jackets, tattoos and alpha layers.
  • With this viewer, we instead enforce a total limit of 60 wearables of all such types combined.
  • So if you really want to you can wear 60 tattoos as long as you wear none of anything else.
  • These changes do not apply to body part wearables (skin, shape, hair, eyes), for which the limit is still one of each, and do not affect attachments, for which the limit is still 38 total.
  • Vir Linden
  • Lots and lots of Maintenance fixes:
  • Too many to list them all here.
  • See the full change log for details.
  • Highlighted fixes are listed below.
  • Vir Linden, Simon Linden, Andreyk ProductEngine, Mnikolenko ProductEngine, Maksyms ProductEngine, Ruslan ProductEngine
  • FIXED Fixed prim faces with opaque diffuse maps with material set to ALPHA_MODE_BLEND being invisible:
  • This fixes BUG-6187
  • Ruslan ProductEngine
  • FIXED Fixed certain pathcuts made to a cube causes some faces to not react to sunlight or local lights:
  • This fixes FIRE-12401 and BUG-7829
  • Ruslan ProductEngine
  • FIXED Fixed linked HUDs attached directly from inworld are invisible:
  • This fixes BUG-2301
  • Andreyk ProductEngine
  • FIXED Fixed pose balls are sometimes invisible after standing up until zooming camera closer:
  • This fixes BUG-4529
  • Ruslan ProductEngine
  • FIXED Fixed the World Map not showing land for sale price tags for Zindra-Continent Adult Mainland properties:
  • This fixes VWR-29236 and FIRE-6885
  • Mnikolenko ProductEngine
  • Read the full and detailed changelog for this release by following this link http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/firestorm_change_log_4.7.3.47321

New in Firestorm 4.7.145325 Beta (May 4, 2015)

  • Firestorm New Features and Improvements:
  • Merge up to Linden Lab viewer 3.7.26 codebase
  • Firestorm 4.7.1 is fully merged up to the 3.7.26 Linden codebase, plus some cherry picked fixes from 3.7.27 and 3.7.28
  • TankMaster Finesmith, Ansariel Hiller
  • Vivox updated to version 4.6.0017.21209 for Windows & Mac
  • TankMaster Finesmith
  • cURL updated to version 7.38.0 for Windows 64bit
  • cURL release notes
  • Nicky Dasmijn
  • cURL updated to version 7.38.0 for Linux 64bit
  • Tonya Souther
  • Updated llqtwebkit for Linux x64 to make the inbuilt browser work again
  • Nicky Dasmijn
  • Updated Growl libraries
  • Nicky Dasmijn
  • Updated libraries for the new uriparser
  • Nicky Dasmijn, Tonya Souther
  • No RLVa update this release
  • Firestorm 4.7.1 is still using RLVa-1.4.10a, API version number 2.8.0
  • RLV Fixes:
  • NEW Reimplemented the @adjustheight command using LL's new hover functionality
  • Kitty Barnett
  • FIXED Fixed avatar coordinates being shown in the statusbar when RLVa showloc restriction is set
  • This fixes FIRE-14988
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Coordinates of objects in hovertips are now hidden if RLVa showloc restriction is set
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED “Notes” indicator in radar is now hidden if RLVa shownames restriction is set
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Fixed avatar icons showing in V3 chat history under RLVa ShowNames restriction
  • This fixes FIRE-15342
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Fixed Minimap in standalone radar still showing under RLVa showminimap restriction
  • This fixes FIRE-15346
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Fixed inventory items could be moved out of locked RLV folders via “Move to Default Folder” option
  • This partially fixes FIRE-15499
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Fixed picks can circumvent RLVa @showloc restriction
  • This fixes FIRE-15556
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Made avatar names in nearby chat respect RLV shownames restrictions
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED Fixed being able to cheat around RLVa @editobj restriction
  • This fixes FIRE-15653
  • Ansariel Hiller
  • FIXED RLVa fix for give to shared folder
  • Sovereign Engineer (Alchemy Viewer)
  • FIXED RLVa fix for properly unwearing items
  • Collect all items to be removed and update in one batch
  • Only batch wearables for now as attachments might need some special care in terms of RLV
  • Sovereign Engineer (Alchemy Viewer)

New in Firestorm 4.6.9.42974 Hotfix (Dec 13, 2014)

  • FIXED Fixed voice getting broken after a teleport on OpenSim grids
  • The Linden lab voice fixes included in Firestorm 4.6.9.42969 release to hide avatar location after a teleport to prevent “map stalking” caused voice to often break after a teleport on OpenSim grids.
  • Users logged into Second Life grids should notice no change in voice behaviour between 4.6.9.42969 and 4.6.9.42974
  • This fixes FIRE-15122
  • FIXED Fixed an RLV bug with the @getattach command
  • This bug caused querying the attachments at Center 2 to return no results instead of 0 or 1
  • Running @getattach without any attachment spot was returning a partially wrong list: Center 2 was omitted, rendering the list of attachment spots short by one and returning wrong results for these attachment spots: center 2,top right,top,top left,center,bottom left,bottom,bottom right,neck,root
  • This caused some RLV scripts to break
  • This fixes FIRE-15110
  • FIXED Fixed bottom toolbar buttons showing in mouselook
  • This fixes FIRE-15101
  • FIXED Fixed object view not working correctly
  • This fixes FIRE-15085
  • FIXED Fixed a crash when editing Quick Preferences
  • This fixes FIRE-14471

New in Firestorm 4.4.2.34167 (Aug 14, 2013)

  • Disables the Firestorm 4.4.1 extra logging feature