New Second Life Windlight release - 1.18.6.75762
The First Look release of the Second LifeWindlight project has been updated with a number of bug-fixes wrapped up in a tasty new First Look viewer. What the heck is Windlight all about? Check out our feature on it here.
More details and a list of fixes and changes after the fold. Major highlights include some fixes for nVidia and ATI under Windows Vista, fixes for tree lighting and vanishing geometry, and an otherwise unmentioned merge with the new authentication/login system in the 1.18.6 code-branch.
The First Look browser is a beta-test browser that runs against the main (Agni) grid. If it eats your inventory, your files and your dog, that's at your own risk. The viewer is available from the First Look downloads page right now. We recommend the use of a download manager to save download time - it can cut 90% or more off the overall download time for many users.
Changes for this release:
VWR-925: WindLight: Enabling Atmospheric Shaders disables shader water on various NVIDIA GPUs
VWR-3162: WindLight: Objects, avatars, and water sometimes disappear after zooming camera
VWR-3258: WindLight: Performance drops and triangle rendering glitches on some ATI cards with VBO on
VWR-3287: WindLight: Tree lighting appears uneven and harsh during certain times
VWR-3418: WindLight: Intermittent colored screen flashes that sometimes happen with mouse clicks
VWR-3590: Using NVidia drivers 169.09 BETA and ATI drivers on vista cause Windlight to render shiny objects as either invisible or transparent
Crash on mac when editing appearance
Bogus "computer does not meet Second Life's minimum system requirements" warning from Windlight
Debug setting RenderGlowMinLuminance values are now clamped properly.
There are presently 203 open Windlight issues, up only one from 202 last release.
