Comments on Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?TypePad2011-06-16T09:00:02ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/06/second-life-viewer-dramatically-improves/comments/atom.xml/shockwave yareach commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e894460ea970d2011-06-20T20:00:37Z2011-06-20T20:00:37Zshockwave yareachI love the shadows, personally. And the drop in my FPS is nothing as bad as what friends have reported...<p>I love the shadows, personally. And the drop in my FPS is nothing as bad as what friends have reported -- maybe a mere 20% loss. </p>
<p>The only negative I have is that the new viewer did something the previous viewer never did -- crashes after 2 hours of use. While it's nice to relive those 1.18 days, I've grown accustomed to remaining logged in long enough to get something done. I hope a bug fix comes out soon because I do like the shadows a lot.</p>Carlett Resident commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e89439b98970d2011-06-20T17:12:30Z2011-06-20T17:12:30ZCarlett ResidentOch vi ses i Second Life :)<p>Och vi ses i Second Life :)</p>Carlett Resident commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e8943998e970d2011-06-20T17:10:41Z2011-06-20T17:10:41ZCarlett ResidentThank you Vanadis! I will follow your suggestions, which I never tried.<p>Thank you Vanadis! I will follow your suggestions, which I never tried.</p>Vanadis Falconer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f4ecc1c970b2011-06-20T11:07:14Z2011-06-20T11:07:14ZVanadis Falconerhttp://vanadisser.blogspot.com/And one more thing - shut of nametags! -They eat videocard and memory.<p>And one more thing - shut of nametags! -They eat videocard and memory. </p>Vanadis Falconer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f4ecab8970b2011-06-20T11:05:58Z2011-06-20T11:05:58ZVanadis Falconerhttp://vanadisser.blogspot.com/Have a iMac myself, MacOs needs two things to work properly without overstress the card. 1) Clear cache before every...<p>Have a iMac myself, MacOs needs two things to work properly without overstress the card. 1) Clear cache before every start - MacOS security settings dont allow viewer to empty cache. 2) Enough empty space on the hard drive for "virtual memory" minimum -110-140 GB - check that with "Activity control". In general 30% of the harddrive must be empty for a Mac to work properly.<br />
And I use Onyx to clear "divx-cache" at least once a month- on my blog(use Google-translation) I have several posts aboutto get a Mac work well together with Second Life.</p>Ener Hax commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e893f2258970d2011-06-19T21:14:51Z2011-06-19T21:14:51ZEner Haxhttp://iliveisl.comnice on the screenshots - how was performance such as frame rate? did it feel about the same or better?...<p>nice on the screenshots - how was performance such as frame rate? did it feel about the same or better?</p>
<p>looks like a huge improvement! =)</p>Melissa Yeuxdoux commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f45dde5970b2011-06-18T15:20:06Z2011-06-18T15:20:06ZMelissa Yeuxdouxhttp://vidasegunda.blogspot.com/Hmmm... turning off all media at least slows the RAM grab down considerably. Streaming media on the (32-bit, all there...<p>Hmmm... turning off all media at least slows the RAM grab down considerably. Streaming media on the (32-bit, all there is for the official client) Linux client notoriously doesn't work on 64-bit Linux (some say that you can install the 32-bit gstreamer libraries, but I must not be doing it right.) I have to wonder whether the client gets into some nasty loop that allocates RAM repeatedly in the presence of streaming media if it doesn't have the libraries it expects?</p>Melissa Yeuxdoux commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f455366970b2011-06-18T12:50:48Z2011-06-18T12:50:48ZMelissa Yeuxdouxhttp://vidasegunda.blogspot.com/Well... for me it allocates all available RAM, slows to a crawl, and then crashes, just like the new Firestorm...<p>Well... for me it allocates all available RAM, slows to a crawl, and then crashes, just like the new Firestorm and Kirsten's client. I will be firing it up repeatedly, and perhaps after a few hundred dumps LL might do something... though OTOH, the thread on Kirsten's forum at <a href="http://www.kirstensviewer.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1465" rel="nofollow">http://www.kirstensviewer.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1465</a> includes a message from someone who says Soft Linden has officially said LL doesn't care whether the SL client runs on 64-bit Linux or not; bugs filed on the JIRA for 64-bit Linux issues will be ignored--so perhaps I've been thrown under the bus.</p>Hanno Tietgens | Xon Emoto commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0154331267e8970c2011-06-17T10:45:34Z2011-06-17T10:45:34ZHanno Tietgens | Xon Emotohttp://www.buerox.de/campus3D/Hamlet, last week, my V2 experience (on MacBook Pro) was a bit better than what you described, but actually, I...<p>Hamlet, last week, my V2 experience (on MacBook Pro) was a bit better than what you described, but actually, I had to use Phoenix to really rez that sim you tested and the crowd. This week, I started right out with what you call a 'sweet new feature', shadows. </p>
<p>SL had basically become just another window on my desk to work in (shared with so many other windows taking me into various OpenSims, Olive, Wonderland, Kitely, Unity etc etc). Now for the first time in a year or so, I took SL to full screen and wandered around, just for the fun of it. </p>
<p>Yes, it's a dramatic improvement. I'd compare the immersive effects to those I experienced at the launch of spatial voice and Windlight. </p>
<p>And know what I like best? This comes almost as a surprise, with little public noise and agitation on the sides of Linden Lab. Their communication is vastly improving, too. Becoming sort of ... humble, but effective ;)</p>Carlett Resident commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f3f1b0d970b2011-06-17T08:58:06Z2011-06-17T08:58:06ZCarlett ResidentConsidering my physical location (Italy), a 7Mps connection speed (quite stable) and a good backbone towards San Francisco, I am...<p>Considering my physical location (Italy), a 7Mps connection speed (quite stable) and a good backbone towards San Francisco, I am impressed by the shadows and the faster rendering myself but the lag in resource-consuming locations remains on my iMac (mid 2010). Performance is much smoother and faster on a PC (Alienware Aurora).</p>
<p>As long as LL continues to port a Windows application to the Mac OS instead of writing one specifically for the Mac, we will continue to have the same problems. And have our graphic cards tested to the limit and broken after a while.</p>
<p>Besides, antialiasing does not work (even with shadows off) and I cannot get the fullscreen view I get on other browsers. For some reason, LL removed it from the releases of V2.</p>
<p>Shadows are definitely a plus for realism, but they come at a cost. </p>
<p>Not to mention that I find V2 GUI bothering.</p>Ignatius Onomatopoeia commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0154331049f2970c2011-06-17T00:57:51Z2011-06-17T00:57:51ZIgnatius Onomatopoeia http://iggyo.blogspot.com/Had a great experience with the latest download. To reduce lag, I had to dial graphics back to medium on...<p>Had a great experience with the latest download. </p>
<p>To reduce lag, I had to dial graphics back to medium on my MacBook Pro--2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB Ram. Draw distance was set fairly high (I forgot to turn it down). I lost the shadows I had been seeing when I turned down graphics, but we had about 20 avatars present and there was not a gray soul in sight. Been a while since that happened. Everyone rezzed in after about 2 minutes.</p>
<p>Looks like LL is getting something right again. Might even be time to go driving the Linden roads.</p>
<p>Nice work.</p>Adeon Writer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892fc704970d2011-06-16T21:30:45Z2011-06-16T21:30:45ZAdeon Writer@Vanadis: It's also the SnowCrash way of doing things. Traditionally, it was rude to log-in or out except in the...<p>@Vanadis: It's also the SnowCrash way of doing things. Traditionally, it was rude to log-in or out except in the privacy of one's own home. :)</p>Arcadia Codesmith commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f3c5b4d970b2011-06-16T20:21:28Z2011-06-16T20:21:28ZArcadia CodesmithI didn't notice any significant performance difference on my desktop system. Couldn't get shadows working, but depth of field was...<p>I didn't notice any significant performance difference on my desktop system.</p>
<p>Couldn't get shadows working, but depth of field was fun to play with. I'd like to have more fine dynamic control over the feature... more like a high-end 35mm camera and less digital point-and-shoot.</p>Vanadis Falconer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892f810f970d2011-06-16T20:12:44Z2011-06-16T20:12:44ZVanadis Falconerhttp://vanadisser.blogspot.com/Your place to log in to is a terrible place to start on. Myself I always log into an empty...<p>Your place to log in to is a terrible place to start on. Myself I always log into an empty room. Then I start to search the inventory, i write for example "wet" "free" "car" boat" etc, this realy speeds up. The view you reach after 10 minutes takes me less then 2-3 minutes. Now I can tp anywhere and its a matter of seconds before the "new place" is fully loaded.<br />
-Smart way to do things -it´s a womans way to do things :)</p>Adeon Writer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0154330f2650970c2011-06-16T19:40:28Z2011-06-16T19:40:28ZAdeon Writerhttp://www.twitter.com/AdeonWriterGood to hear it, Hamlet. You aren't the only one to report improvements. I don't see a difference on my...<p>Good to hear it, Hamlet. You aren't the only one to report improvements. I don't see a difference on my machine, so I'm thinking only certain PC configurations were being limited, and now the playing experience is more level.</p>Rusalka Writer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892f49b2970d2011-06-16T19:21:28Z2011-06-16T19:21:28ZRusalka Writerhttp://www.loreleiarmstrong.comAnother nice thing I notice is that the new viewer recognizes my video card and logs me in with my...<p>Another nice thing I notice is that the new viewer recognizes my video card and logs me in with my graphics settings on High. Usually I got the lowest possible settings with any major new viewer, with the accompanying noob messages with everything I did. With this one I actually backed down my draw distance to hide a neighbor's unattractive building and return my home's faux ocean view. I can tell they put a lot of effort into making this viewer work for those of us on laptops— even Macs! Just as I had been contemplating getting a desktop, SL suddenly works beautifully on a MacBook Pro.</p>Doreen Garrigus commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01538f3c1801970b2011-06-16T19:15:31Z2011-06-16T19:15:31ZDoreen GarrigusI love it too, Hamlet. Isn't it beeeyooootiful?<p>I love it too, Hamlet. Isn't it beeeyooootiful?</p>jjccc coronet commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0154330ef112970c2011-06-16T18:51:59Z2011-06-16T18:51:59Zjjccc coronethttp://www.youtube.com/user/jjccccchttp://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/mesh-development/rev/232988/index.html Link for mesh viewer this one sorta works woohoo antialiasing dont work though it crashes the viewer<p><a href="http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/mesh-development/rev/232988/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/mesh-development/rev/232988/index.html</a></p>
<p>Link for mesh viewer this one sorta works woohoo<br />
antialiasing dont work though it crashes the viewer</p>Carrie Lexington commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892f1bfc970d2011-06-16T18:38:00Z2011-06-16T18:38:00ZCarrie Lexingtoni cannot log on with the new SL viewer. i downloaded it and when i go to open it, i...<p>i cannot log on with the new SL viewer. i downloaded it and when i go to open it, i get a while screen which i inevitably have to 'force quit' to get out of. i can use the SL development viewer, which is fast and great, but i don't understand why the beta viewer doesn't work.</p>
<p>i'm a Mac user. </p>Ignatius Onomatopoeia commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892efa40970d2011-06-16T18:04:55Z2011-06-16T18:04:55ZIgnatius Onomatopoeiahttp://iggyo.blogspot.comI'll let you know after our VWER meeting today--should draw at least 30 folks. I never encountered the problems you...<p>I'll let you know after our VWER meeting today--should draw at least 30 folks. I never encountered the problems you reported last week (?) and I've been using Viewer 2.6x.</p>Lukas commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892ee668970d2011-06-16T17:47:06Z2011-06-16T17:47:06ZLukasI'd suggest verifying that the graphics settings on the viewers for the before and after shots are the same. One...<p>I'd suggest verifying that the graphics settings on the viewers for the before and after shots are the same. One thing that I immediately noticed was the lack of Windlight clouds on the screen captures of the 2.7.1 viewer.</p>Hitomi Tiponi commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892ea422970d2011-06-16T16:45:46Z2011-06-16T16:45:46ZHitomi TiponiThere were many server changes over the last week as well - with changes to improve group chat (yes, it...<p>There were many server changes over the last week as well - with changes to improve group chat (yes, it is much better) also speeding up many things on the grid. Why not go back and download the 2.6.9 version from the Snowstorm builds (it won't require you to auto-update) and compare it immediately after using Viewer 2.7.1 to rule out any bandwidth/server/cache issues. As always some Viewer versions work on some machines better than others - but the mesh-based code of 2.7.1 does seem quite decent.</p>
<p>LL are progressively improving many features in the Grid and the Viewer - most of which are not reported.</p>
<p>P.S. Still no story on Firestorm yet?</p>Rusalka Writer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef014e892ea1fa970d2011-06-16T16:43:43Z2011-06-16T16:43:43ZRusalka Writerhttp://www.loreleiarmstrong.comI have shadows on a MacBook Pro. I thought it would never happen.<p>I have shadows on a MacBook Pro. I thought it would never happen.</p>Rusalka Writer commented on 'Latest Second Life Viewer Update Dramatically Improves My Second Life - How About You?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0154330e64d0970c2011-06-16T16:37:57Z2011-06-16T16:37:57ZRusalka Writerhttp://www.loreleiarmstrong.comExcellent. I commented here and in the forums that the new Search viewer made my experience vastly better. Off to...<p>Excellent. I commented here and in the forums that the new Search viewer made my experience vastly better. Off to download this one. Whatever the last year's problems were, I think they're solving them.</p>