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Release Notes

Singularity 1.8.4

14 Nov 2013

Singularity now supports display of object materials and the enhancements to the particle system (glowing and ribbon particles). This release also adds a native Windows 64-bit support and a host of new features and bug fixes:

  • Merged support for materials and the new particle system capabilities. Enhanced and improved the performance of these features. (Shyotl)
  • Added setting 'SHAlwaysSoftenShadows' to soften shadows when SSAO isn't enabled.
  • Materials UI (Lirusaito) with some enhancements from Firestorm (Cinder Roxley).
    • Thanks to Ansariel for fixing a bug before it ever plagued us!
  • Freeze avatar while selecting attachments (Lirusaito, originally by Chalice Yao)
  • Support for variable-size regions for AuroraSim and (upcoming) OpenSim. Based on Firestorm version of the patch. (Lirusaito, Latif)
  • Added a menu toggle item at Advanced > UI > Show FPS. (SLB Wirefly)
  • Advanced -> Rendering -> Animate Trees re-enables Linden trees waving in the wind. (SLB)
  • Improved the reliability of the texture cache. (Shyotl)
  • Spanish translation updates. (Damian)
  • French translation updates. (Nomade)
  • Clicking on clock toggles display of local time. (Lirusaito)
  • Added support for GetMesh2 capability allowing for faster download of meshes. (Aleric)
  • Ability to show Whisper, Chat and Shout range rings on the MiniMap. (SLB)
  • Rings can be toggled by right clicking on the MiniMap
  • Made the chat rings aware of OpenSim chat range settings. (Lirusaito)
    • Thanks to Diva Canto for serverside support!
  • Implemented right click option on MiniMap to hide or show objects. (Jayden Beresford)
  • Added MiniMapPrimMaxAltitudeDelta and MiniMapPrimMaxAltitudeDeltaOwn debug settings which allow customization of which objects are shown on the mini-map based on proximity. (Lirusaito)
  • Fixed an issue with teleport failures and saving scripts taking a very long time on OpenSim regions run in the same simulator instance such as mega-regions (Aleric)
  • Allow typing grid login url directly into the grid field on the login panel without the need to open the grid manager. (Lirusaito)
  • Added Google Breakpad crash reporting system. (Latif)
  • By default the viewer will ask if the crash report should be sent to the Singularity Development Team in case the last run has crashed. This behaviour can be changed in Preferences -> General -> Crash reports where it can be permanently disabled or enabled. We encourage the users to send in these reports and help make Singularity more stable.
  • Use built-in web browser for displaying chat logs, making it cross-platform. (Lirusaito)
  • The old way is available for use on Windows via a checkbox in Adv. Chat UI
  • Fixed crashes on copy/paste operations on some Linux desktops (Aleric, Latif)
  • Focus depth of field under cursor in flycam. (Adeon Writer)
  • Several improvements of the instant message panels. (Lirusaito)
  • Add silent keep/discard inventory offer buttons adopted from Phoenix code. (SLB)
  • Audio engine improvements and bug fixes. (Shyotl)
  • Backported fixes for crashes when using the latest ATI drivers. (Siana)
  • Native 64-bit Windows support (Latif)
  • Thanks to Sovereign Engineer for providing some of the prebuilds used in the 64 bit Windows builds
  • Known limitation of the Windows 64 bit viewer is the lack of support for the Quicktime plugin which means that certain types of parcel media will not play. Streaming music and shared media (MoaP) are not affected and will work fine.
  • More Opensim conformity (Lirusaito)
  • Added camera presets to the quick preferences panel. (Lirusaito)
  • Allow ctrl/shift-scroll wheel to adjust camera offset. (Lirusaito)
  • Can be disabled with SinguOffsetScrollKeys debug setting (Sovereign Engineer)
  • Smooth mouselook zoom from Exodus (Lirusaito)
  • Alt-right clicking in mouselook bring up menu. Can be disabled with LiruMouselookMenu debug setting. (Lirusaito)
  • Shift-clicking in the center, “hole”, of the pie menus now returns to the previous pie menu when there is one, otherwise it closes the menu. (Lirusaito)
  • Context (dropdown) menus can now be used instead of pie menus. Setting is in Preferences -> System. (Lirusaito)

The Singularity development team would like to thank everyone who has helped make Singularity better by testing alphas, reporting bugs, and suggesting great features.

Singularity 1.8.3

This release brings fixes for a couple of crashes and several other improvements:

  • Much improved Collada exporter, which now has the ability to export textures, apply texture parameters such as repeats, offset and others to the exported UV map, combine prim faces with the same texture and color into one submesh and optionally skip transparent faces (Latif)
  • Restored Teleport, Pay, and Log buttons in the IM window (Inusaito)
  • Spanish translation update (Damian)
  • Fixed a crash in audio code (Siana)
  • Fixed a crash when RLV is enabled and viewing inventory was forbidden (Aleric)
  • Made the map dot color for everyone else customizable (Inusaito)
  • Fixed a problem with long teleports in OpenSim (“4096 bug” SVC-2941 FIRE-11593 ) (Latif)
  • New debug settings (Inusaito)
  • ResetViewTurnsAvatar allows preventing avatar turning when camera position is reset after zooming (addresses VWR-27956)
  • LiruNewMessageSound allows users to mark a specific chat session important, so “ding” sound is played for every message, not just when the conversation first starts.
  • NewIMsPerConversation when set will count number of new IM conversations, not just total number of new IM messages when the communicate window is closed.
    • NewIMsPerConversationReset allows new IMs button’s visibility to be reset when the communicate window has been opened and closed
  • LogShowHistoryLines allows setting the number of lines displayed in a new IM window from the previous conversation (Aleric)

Big thanks to everyone who has helped make Singularity better by testing alphas, reporting bugs, and suggesting useful features.

Singularity 1.8.2

This is a maintenance release that brings several fixes and improvements:

  • Fixed issues with the German translation where login notifications appeared as ‘[FIRST] [LAST] is online’ instead of showing the actual avatar name. (Melanie)
  • Updated Spanish translation. (Damian Zhaoying)
  • Adjusted handling of the export permissions. On Opensim, if the grid does not support explicit “export” permission, it now follows the rules that the original Imprudence exporter had. (Aleric)
  • On Windows, audio volume control for plugins is now working allowing gradual falloff in volume for prim media objects that are farther away. (Shyotl)
  • The crash when opening Bumps, Pushes, and Hits floater has been fixed (Inusaito)
  • “Show profile” button added on teleport and inventory offer notifications. (Inusaito)
  • Ability to show only legacy names for speakers (in Adv. Chat->Chat UI preferences). (Inusaito)
  • Legacy (pre-multiwear) wearables on some grids showed as (body part) shapes. Clothing (not body parts yet) now show with a (new) red question mark icon in the inventory, and can be used again. (Aleric)
  • When uploading animations, save the values for ease-in and -out parameters, for future uploads. (Inusaito)
  • Disable/Enable UI shortcut changed to Ctrl-Shift-F1 on Linux since the default Ctrl-Alt-F1 is used for switching virtual consoles. The same has been done for the other ctrl-alt-F# shortcuts on Linux. (Inusaito)
  • Added the ability to save textures from the inventory menu. (Inusaito)
  • Added an option to open inventory folders in a new separate window. (Inusaito)
  • Added an option to show landmarks on map (Inusaito)
  • Imported changes from Linden viewer to introduce consistent ground texture generation and fix crashes in mesh upload (Sovereign Engineer)
  • Added an option to hear speakers at the same volume unaffected by position (Tigh MacFanatic)

Again, we would like to thank everyone who has helped make Singularity better by testing alphas, reporting bugs, and suggesting useful features.

Singularity 1.8.1 - Prim Media

This release brings the ability to see and interact with shared media (also known as MoaP - media on a prim) thanks to Shyotl. Autoplay of shared media is disabled by default and can be enabled in Preferences -> Audio & Video by checking “Automatically play prim media” option.

  • Some of the new features and improvements include:
  • An update to Voice code by Inusaito Kanya
  • Voice Morphing (accessible through active speakers dropdown)
  • The ability to change your own voice volume from active speakers
  • Changes to UI are exemplified here.
  • Wavefront and Collada Export by Apelsin, Inusaito, and Latif Khalifa
  • Allows export of your creations into Blender, Unity3D and other modeling applications and game engines
  • Web Profile and V3 Web Search Support by Inusaito
  • Improved, more flexible, autoresponse code by Inusaito
  • Incompatible with old autoresponse code
  • Can be configured from the Adv. Chat->Autoresponse section in preferences
  • Updated SSA code
  • Support for more types of SLURLs by Swiftkill and Inusaito
  • Chatbar command added for opening SLURLs and URLs
  • Added German translation. Spanish, French and Portuguese translation updates
  • Thanks to Avination team, Damian Zhaoying, and Sel & Nom Créations
  • Performance and stability updates in the HTTP pipeline by Aleric Inglewood
  • New HTTP console displaying current status
  • Improved support for OpenSim features by Latif and Inusaito
  • Hypergrid map support
  • High altitude building
  • UI code cleanup by Shyotl
  • Preparatory materials support code by Shyotl
  • LSL editor update by Inusaito
  • Supports all the latest server functionality with help from Sovereign Engineer
  • External editor should now behave like it does in other viewers
  • Support for uploading .anim files by Aleric
  • Add wearable export/import in linden_genepool format by Aleric
  • Shapes exported in this format can be used in Blender/Avastar
  • Shapes modified in Blender can be re-imported
  • Lists of avatars names offer right click menus for performing common actions upon the selected * avatars thanks to Inusaito
  • Miscellaneous updates to the radar by Inusaito
  • RLVa implementation updated to 1.4.8 by Inusaito
  • Scripts can now be stopped and started from object inventory without needing to be opened
  • The crash upon login at Loading World when your avatar has an lsl bridge attached has been fixed by Siana Gearz with help from Ansariel Hiller
  • F1 no longer opens help (but it still opens a browser), we are thinking of picking up v3 style help but we’d need a team like Firestorm has, volunteers?
  • New keyboard shortcuts and debug settings of interest:
  • Ctrl-Shift-E to toggle edit linked parts
  • Alt-Shift-R to toggle resetting camera upon motion
  • Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C for Avatar Rendering Cost
  • RadarRangeRadius to limit the range of the radar entirely
  • AppearanceCloseOnEscape to close appearance floater with Esc
  • AppearanceSpecialLighting to toggle lighting change for appearance mode

Our skins package has been improved and added to, it can be found here. To add all the skins, extract this package into %APPDATA%\Secondlife\ on Windows, /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/SecondLife on Mac, and ~/.secondlife on Linux.

Finally, thanks to all who tested the alphas, reported bugs, and requested brilliant features.

Singularity 1.8.0 - Server Side Appearance

Thanks to grand effort of Shyotl, in this version we add support for Server Side Appearance. This, also known as Server Side Baking, is an upcoming system in Second Life which changes how avatars are displayed. Viewers which do not support this system will soon no longer be able to display other avatars, and users running such viewers will also not look proper to everyone else.

So, we ask all Singularitans in SL to please upgrade to this version, and to tell all your Singularitan friends to do so too!

Apart from that you get:

  • Mesh upload
  • Pathfinding controls for linksets and characters, added by Lirusaito
  • Setting of region windlight, by Lirusaito
  • Marketplace tab in Search
  • Portuguese translation, contributed by Knolan Falconer
  • Texture fetch responsiveness improvements, by myself and Aleric
  • Script info in About Land and the pie menu when right-clicking on yourself
  • Experimental ability to run multiple viewers with voice enabled (VoiceMultiInstance debug setting), by Latif
  • OpenSim features: export permission and ability for grids to add custom menu items, by Melanie and Lirusaito

Besides the usual suspects in the community, whom we'd like to thank, we welcome Melanie Milland as our new contributor.

Source: README.md, updated 2013-11-14