New Second Life Windlight release: 1.19.0(79674)

The First Look release of the Second Life Windlight 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. Mac Users are urged to update to 10.5.2 - twice, apparently to get the proper drivers installed and running. Mostly the fixes this release are somewhat pedestrian, but it is good to see them all the same, despite the fact that the Linden Lab blog post didn't list all the changes.

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 [some of these were not listed]:

• iMac ATI 2400 water is checkerboarded

• Crash when tracking avatars

• Give Day Cycle Editor a Help Button to Clarify Usage

• Map is drawn too large when Second Life window is not maximized

• VWR-3140: WindLight: "W" for West absent in Mini-Map and World Map

• VWR-3195: WindLight: Water doesn't stop moving when Wave Direction is 0.00

• VWR-3215: WindLight: Build tools > Texture tab shows Glow value for objects you can't modify

• VWR-3241: WindLight: Particle density is much lower than main viewer's at equivalent settings

• VWR-3708: WindLight: Shiny invisiprims appear see-through

• VWR-3882: WindLight: Sky Mesh Detail should be High @ Ultra, and needs a "?" description too

• Windlight: HUD - alpha textures and settext incorrect

• Default presets can be edited

• DEV-9079 Find On Map, then Stop Tracking removes dot from minimap

• DEV-8210 VWR-3807: WindLight: Nighttime Brightness does nothing/Non shader night is too bright

• DEV-5546: Windlight: Horizon not flat when viewed from an altitude

• DEV-10067 new debug setting RenderUseCleverUI [this would, presumably be an alternative to a stupid UI?]

• DEV-5544 windlight12@72977 Water changes are not seen WITH A CLASS 1 CARD

• DEV-5564 WL r72977: Invisible attachments are viewable on AVs while underwater

• UI problems on MBP

• Flexi optimizations

Known issues [these were not included in Linden Lab's blog post]:

• DEV-2853 VWR-1979 - Memory leak with 8600m GT on MacBook Pro

• DEV-2876 VWR-1749: Second Life viewer client freezes on MacBook Pro

There are presently 235 open Windlight issues, up 12 from from 223 last release.