A new viewer (version 1.18.3(5) apparently) is available as the official viewer release now, although there are a number of known problems with the operation of the viewer software.

There are 66 listed bug fixes in this release. A full list of the known issues, changes and fixes is included after the fold.

Changes:

• Changed Bug Reporting links to http:// instead of https://
• Build mode no longer automatically turns on beacons
• Removed 'Ping User' in statistics window (was returning 0, as userserver no longer exists)
• Removed 'Open' menu option when clothing is selected (as 'Wear' is available)
• Added minimize button to Inventory
• Updated voice components to improve quality and address VWR-1532
• Added name of viewer release channel to embedded browser agent ID string
• Reverted map beacon behavior (per VWR-2270)

Known issues:

• Sculpted prims with alpha in the sculpted texture are invisible
• The command line option "-drop" does not work on Linux or OSX clients.
• VWR-2268: Role Description causes Apply Changes, Ignore Changes, Cancel alert even if you don't have rights to change
• VWR-2551: Error in macview.xcodeproj -- invalid dependencies
• VWR-2404: lossless texture compression on small textures not lossless
• VWR-2552: Telehub gui very broken in RC

LSL changes:

• Ability to get details about an object by object key:
• list llGetObjectDetails(key id, list params)
• id = the key of the object to get info about.
• params = a list of the object details requested: [OBJECT_NAME, OBJECT_OWNER]
• returns a list of values in the order requested: [ "Object_Name", <the UUID key of the owner>]
• OBJECT_UNKNOWN_DETAIL Returned by llGetObjectDetails when passed an invalid object parameter type.
• OBJECT_NAME Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's name.
• OBJECT_DESC Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's description.
• OBJECT_POS Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's position.
• OBJECT_ROT Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's rotation.
• OBJECT_VELOCITY Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's velocity.
• OBJECT_OWNER Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's owner's key. Will be NULL_KEY if group owned.
• OBJECT_GROUP Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's group's key.
• OBJECT_CREATOR Used with llGetObjectDetails to get an object's creator's key.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed default eyes appearing gray
• Fixed viewer source linking error
• Enrollment fees are no longer displayed with decimals
• Fixed inworld map region search failing if a space is included after the region name
• Fixed Appearance editor preview squares after changing tabs
• Fixed a bug with LODs for sculpted prims
• Fixed flexy causes llTargetOmega child objects to not rotate
• Fixed an incorrect Support link
• Fixed clipboard capture on login screen's config info
• Fixed web browser widget shows up blank when connecting via https
• Fixed doubleclicking text entry fields should select a single word first, then the entire field
• Fixed items renamed from Recent Items not displaying the correct name in All Items
• Fixed physical memory calls with more than 4GB of memory
• Fixed viewer crash by clicking Connect button repeatedly
• Fixed crash in viewer when receiving bad HUD Effects
• Fixed a Linux client crash
• Fixed client on 64-bit Linux systems that cannot find their GL drivers
• Improved Linux client threading
• Improved client performance after closing an inventory folder with a large number of items
• VWR-2487: Covenant Details between live version and release candidate version
• VWR-2275: Linux 1.18.3 Won't Link
• VWR-2152: Possible crash in llviewerobjectlist
• VWR-2144: Client crashes when deleting unsaved gestures
• VWR-2036: Build tools floater does not remember its position on restart
• VWR-1987: Segfault on startup if audio doesn't initialize.
• VWR-1976: Solaris' fprintf segfaults on NULL arguments
• VWR-1968: Possible crash in llmultigesture.cpp
• VWR-1951: Hide Particles is not working from the View > Beacons menu item
• VWR-1942: An error in the do-while example of the LSL Scripting Guide could cause infinite looping.
• VWR-1892: Use pkgconfig for more libraries in the standalone build
• VWR-1891: Detect a Debian bulid-host, as is done for Fedora
• VWR-1880: Modify "Ctrl-F" to call Search/Replace Dialog when invoked inside Script Window
• VWR-1872: An attempt to fix the "empty inventory trash" crashes
• VWR-1861: Renaming items in inventory folders does not update item sort order
• VWR-1823: Bad typecast for 64 bit systems, llagent llfloatercustomize
• VWR-1808: Possible crash in llviewerobjectlist
• VWR-1761: Group Invite Suggestion--add 'view group info' to invite dialog box
• VWR-1743: LLFloaterGroups source code inconsistencies
• VWR-1736: Add a Invite to Group option to the Avatar Pie Menu
• VWR-1722: Profiles are editable in two places (including Search browser)
• VWR-1721: GUI quirk in groups
• VWR-1714: Folders flashing in Inventory window with Filters and 'Always show folders' checked
• VWR-1699: Sculpt map preview inaccurate
• VWR-1647: "Show end of last IM conversation" in Preferences/Communication automatically remains checked after OK-ing unchecked
• VWR-1640: login retires cause LLFrameStatView::setup() to seg fault
• VWR-1638: confused viewer - displays login and regular menus and buttons
• VWR-1567: Change the default item name for "snapshot to inventory" to something more usefull than "snapshot"
• VWR-1566: An attempt to fix the glDrawRangeElements crashes (refcount LLDrawInfo )
• VWR-1564: Viewer crashes when started with the "-local" argument.
• VWR-1460: Can not see permissions of objects in Buy Contents window when item has long name
• VWR-1398: Appearance editor's previews do not render correctly (1.17.2)
• VWR-1372: Sculpt prim topology reverts to sphere unexpectedly
• VWR-1230: Text highlighting in Chat History window is cancelled when history scrolls
• VWR-1225: Embedded notecards not functioning
• VWR-1187: Profile > Classifieds tab shows confirmation dialog when no changes are made
• VWR-1079: Group Notice dialog: message text can't be copied and pasted
• VWR-942: logRanOffEndOfPacket is too terse when it logs packet data, add some more info
• VWR-866: Sculpties suffer HORRIBLY from JPEG artifacts
• VWR-819: Open the "More>>" section of the edit tools by default and persist it across sessions
• VWR-749: Bandwidth indicator: Kbps, should not have capital k
• VWR-493: Statistics bar, Packet Loss: % sign is doubled
• VWR-493: Objects with "Linden" in their name can't be muted
• VWR-423: Selecting group charter text causes Apply/Ignore/Cancel popup even if the text wasn't changed
• VWR-240: Cannot input Japanese characters from keyboard on Linux
• SVC-300: Spam upon TP out of Help Island Public, per calling card and landmark