-------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSUPPORTED BUILD! THIS RELEASE IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH LINDEN LAB IN ANY WAY BUT PATCHED BY A THIRD PARTY. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! IF SOMETHING GOES BADLY WRONG, RESTORE FROM YOUR BACKUPS, OR JUST USE THE OFFICIAL LINDEN BUILD IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT CHANGES -- based on Linden 1.18.5.3 -------------------------------------------- * Nicholaz BE-z2 vs. BE-z - fixed flexiprims (did not render or not render completely) * Nicholaz BE-z vs. BE-y - fixed crash with oblong scuplt maps - Henry Beauchamps AbortedTextureFetch backport patch * Nicholaz BE-y vs. BE-x - bug with up/downloading region info files (llfloaterregioninfo.cpp) - settings file now Application Data/Second Life/user_settings/settings_nicholaz_be.xml * Nicholaz BE-x vs. BE-w - linden security fix dev-21775.patch - another security patch: blacklisting unsafe UDP messages (using Henry Beauchamp's backport of the Linden patch) - new: option (ctrl+alt+s) to specifiy size of newly created prims (rather than just 0.5, 0.5, 0.5) kudos to Able Whitman - change: different name for settings file (now really settings_nicholaz_BE.xml) * Nicholaz BE-w vs. BE-v - fix: possible crash (hud attachments/pipeline.cpp) - change: backport for building up to 4096m (SL) and 100m (OpenSim only) prims - change: new icon, new title, different channel - change: VWR-5308 (performance of Wind sounds) by Gigs Taggart and Aimee Trescothick - change: changed Ctrl+Alt+F1-F9 ot Ctrl+Alt+'1'-'9' for Linux builds - change: different name for settings file (now settings_nicholaz_BE.xml) * Nicholaz BE-v vs. BE-v0 - fix: crash when accessing chat history - fix: possible crash when editing prims (VWR-3428 by Linden Lab) - new: command line argument to change window title and window icon (e.g. nicholaz.exe -customtitle Calc1 -customicon spreadsheet.ico) * Nicholaz BE-v0 vs. BE-u - new: setting to filter group IMs (see Debug Settings, Ctrl+Alt+S, _Nicholaz.Chat_IgnoreIMFromGroups) - fix: ass-tachments and orphan attachments fixed - fix: minor memory leak (by Mm Alder) - change: better message (with actually *useful* details for the "gesture missing from database" error - change: discard button for new landmarks (vWR-3161 by Henri Beauchamp) * Nicholaz BE-u vs. Linden 1.18.5.3 - change: brought back net/lag meter (vWR-3156 by Henri Beauchamp) - change: online/offline shown in IM window (vWR-1484 by Gigs Taggart) - fix: re-applied VWR-2046 (blue notification steal focus) - fix: possible crash at startup with bad shaders and renderglow - carried over almost all changes from BE-s (Linden 1.18.3 series) Main points are a couple of crashes still not fixed in the official version, more efficient memory usage, lack of hiccups and the old-style (pre-voice) GUI. Plus of course less obvious stuff that simply adds up (see below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Overview (Nicholaz Versions at large): General: - particles redone (burst rate, rogue particles, new patch by Blakar Ogre) - fixed slow multiple texture refresh (going blurry) after skin/clothes changes - fixed various "random" crashes - fixed blurry textures on low end graphics cards - possible overall performance gains - prims attaching themselves to the center of the avatar fixed - better memory usage (texture buffer, animations, sanity checking for large textures) - not affected by Linden mandatory updates (no update notices at all) User Interface (saving screen space, reverting most of the voice chatterbox): - double click action for inventory items (wear, teleport) - friend list as a separate window (and button in bottom toolbar) - groups as a separate window as in pre-voice versions - rearranged buttons in Group-IMs when is voice disabled (save vertical space) - allowing lesser minimum heights for IM view and chat history - brought back the old "New IM" tab for the IM view - "Near Me" hides chat entry when undocked and base-chat open (optional) - IM and active speakers hide voice controls when voice turned off - option to filter chat IMs from groups (ctrl+alt+s) - rearranged Gestures box in "Near Me" - swapped direction of "<<" and ">>" buttons for active speakers - option to hide the "Release Keys" button (ctrl+alt+s) - status buttons (stand up, release keys, etc.) and media buttons (master volume, play audio streams, etc) arranged differently Keyboard: - alt+esc centers camera (independent of opened windnows) - ctrl+t (show IM) fixed to pre voice behavior - ctrl+alt+s brings up the debug settings dialog - windows legacy keys for copy/paste/cut in LSL script editor and and notecard edit Misc: - various settings in Debug, Client, Debug Settings (_Nicholaz.xxx) - camping via idle/afk logoff from Client menu working again (Henri Beauchamp) - default walk animation (duckwalk) slower and more natural (Gigs Taggart) - admin mode stored across sessions (Gigs Taggart) - camera constraints stored across sessions - memory usage section in stats (shift+ctrl+1) - better info for "gesture missing" errors on startup - group changes (e.g. activating a group) wasn't updated in group window - option to set height for avatar name tags (Farallon Greyskin) - command line argument to change window title and window icon (e.g. nicholaz.exe -customtitle Calc1 -customicon spreadsheet.ico) ------------------------------------------------------------------------