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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Genesis Change log R11
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Genesis Release 1.10.1089
Genesis Release 1.10.1089
This release brings the viewer in parity with the Nightly Builds.
NEW
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| WebRTC controls |
- WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) is now fully implemented. This version of Genesis supports both WebRTC and the deprecated Vivox system. Future releases will remove Vivox making the viewer run even better!
- New Feature: Ability to restrict upload textures to 1024 (10L$) so that a texture of any size will resize to a maximum of 1024, via the checkbox on the upload floater. Otherwise textures beyond 1024 and up to 2048 (40L$) will be supported when left unchecked. (Default is unchecked, ie 2048 uploads enabled).
- Added, calculation for upload fee depends on image resolution.
- Added the new library commands needed for Combat 2.0 to LSL. [Fidget].
- User Interface for WebRTC voice controls [Shep]
FIXES
- Fixed artefacts (jagged edges) on uploaded images.
- Updated Openjpeg to 2.5.2 to fix errors in partially decoding jpeg 2000 images.
This is a test build and mileage will vary until finely tuned. Users may experience problems with old skins.
- Fixed Voice visualiser for WebRTC (Voice dot).
- VLC for video updated to 3.0.16
- User Interface: Font scaling overhaul [Fidget]
- Fixed. Some of our LSL script library was out of date. [Fidget].
- Added debug: VoiceNoiseSuppressionLevel (Default 4). 0 is off, no noise cancelling, 4 is maximum noise cancelling.
Users who already have background noise cancelling microphones or software, may wish to disable this to prevent two 'systems' fighting it out, resulting in the first word they speak being clipped. Those with standard setups will benefit from leaving this setting enabled.
The value from 1 to 4 dictates how aggressive the suppression should be. You need to find your own sweet spot. Everyone's microphone and room acoustics differ.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Genesis Change Log R10
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The way voice works in Second Life will change soon. You will need a WebRTC compliant viewer to hear other residents. WebRTC will replace Vivox.
Genesis Nightly 1040 and above supports WebRTC.
See the story: Big updates coming to Voice in SL
February 4th, 2025 (1085 / 1087)
- JPEG2000 omits uploader information. fixed.
- glTF Material classes added. (Graphics library transmission format). PBR etc.
November 7th, 2024 (1084)
- Fixed artefacts (jagged edges) on uploaded images.
October 9th, 2024 (1082)
- Updated Openjpeg to 2.5.2 to fix errors in partially decoding jpeg 2000 images.
This is a test build and mileage will vary until finely tuned. Users may experience problems with old skins.
- New Feature: Ability to restrict upload textures to 1024 (10L$) so that a texture of any size will resize to a maximum of 1024, via the checkbox on the upload floater. Otherwise textures beyond 1024 and up to 2048 (40L$) will be supported when left unchecked. (Default is unchecked, ie 2048 uploads enabled).
October 5th, 2024 (1078)
- Minor edit to credits.
September 26th, 2024 (1074)
- Added support for 2k resolution images bakes for mesh.
- Added, calculation for upload fee depends on image resolution.
Caveat: Temporary workaround: You may need to set GenxDecodePartialImage to False to render 2k images.
September 25th, 2024 (1071)
- Fixed Voice visualiser for WebRTC (Voice dot).
- Added WebRTC logo to viewer startup (Right hand side of where the user inputs their name).
- First test of Non-Friends attenuation for WebRTC in the hopes we can keep this Genesis feature after Vivox becomes deprecated.
September 24th, 2024 (1065)
- Fixed version number: We forgot to set Nightly's from 1.9.x to 1.10.x after the last full release.
September 21st, 2024 (1064)
- Minor change to team profiles.
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| WebRTC controls |
- VLC for video updated to 3.0.16
- User Interface: Font scaling overhaul [Fidget]
- User Interface: WebRTC voice controls [Shep]
September 11th, 2024 (1054)
- Added the new library commands needed for Combat 2.0 to LSL. [Fidget].
- Fixed. Some of our LSL script library was out of date. [Fidget].
September 5th, 2024 (1042)
- WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications)
- Added debug: VoiceNoiseSuppressionLevel (Default 4). 0 is off, no noise cancelling, 4 is maximum noise cancelling.
Users who already have background noise cancelling microphones or software, may wish to disable this to prevent two 'systems' fighting it out, resulting in the first word they speak being clipped. Those with standard setups will benefit from leaving this setting enabled.
The value from 1 to 4 dictates how aggressive the suppression should be. You need to find your own sweet spot. Everyone's microphone and room acoustics differ.
September 3rd, 2024 (1040) WebRTC early testing.
- WebRTC first implementation with caveats:
- Voice indicator in SL is currently always red.
- Person to Person private calling is not yet supported.
- NonFriendsAttenuation is yet to be implemented.
The viewer should correctly detect and switch from Vivox to WebRTC. Additionally the new voice system is handled internally meaning no more external routines handled by SLVoice.exe once WebRTC goes live.
You can test WebRTC at regions, "WebRTC Voice 1" (through 4)
- Fixed Autobuild again.
September 2nd, 2024 (internal)
- Initial WebRTC voice system to replace Vivox voice services, successfully tested in Genesis. Now testing coexistence of both services.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
WebRTC voice testing in Genesis Gateway
As part of the testing for the forthcoming big changeover from Vivox Voice services to WebRTC, London City Genesis Gateway region supports WebRTC beta deployment from Linden Lab.
Residents are encouraged to test their voice out with friends, in our Gateway region and check that their viewer is WebRTC compliant.
Genesis Viewer Nightly builds already support WebRTC.
Hop over to London City Gateway and check your viewer http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City%20Gateway/91/13/23
Known issues on the LL end that they need to fix:
- Mute/Change gain of others doesn't work
- Inconsistent behaviors for P2P/Group/Ad hoc calls between WebRTC <> Vivox regions
- Voice dot falsely appears if voice is disabled at login
- Echo sometimes heard going back to public voice from parcel with private voice set
- Sometimes voice goes to headphones while other sounds go to speakers
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Genesis Viewer, Release 1.9.1032
We very much hope that our current Genesis testers will continue to use the Nightly Builds. It is thanks to your testing that we can find and fix issues quickly. Those people using the Nightly build will always get features and fixes quicker than the Releases. This release build is identical to the Nightly build of the same number.Genesis Viewer, Release 1.9.1032 (August 2024)
Main changes since: 1.8.957
For a log of all that has transpired from the last Release, please see the Nightly build notes listed immediately below this story.
This will be the last release version that still contains the original Vivox voice system before it is replaced with WebRTC.
New:
This feature permits the users to reduce the volume of nearby avatars who they are not friends with. This makes it easier to hear your friends in busy voice places.
Open the Quick Pref for Sound (Bottom Right) and use the "Non Friends Att(enuation)" slider to reduce the volume of non-friends.
(Can also be applied in Active Speaker floater).
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- Additional 'Contact Set' preference options.
These control how the contact sets colors are displayed for the avatar: Tag, Local/IM chat, Radar and Nearby Voice window.
Preferences: Genesis > Contact sets.
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- Particles slider in QuickPrefs previously offered zero then 256 as its first increment. It can now be increased in 64s, i.e. 0, 64, 128, 192 etc. This is a good feature for admins who want to easily detect particle griefers without running the risk of their GPU being overtaxed.
- Added Crashpad to help diagnose issues for users wherelogging is unhelpful or non-existent. Limited to 24mb. Privacy: Please note this does not store or send information to us. To share your dump file, you have to manually email it to us. Even when you do, it does not contain any sensitive information, only details of the driver versions the program is using and information about the operating environment.
- Refinement of ability to temporarily derender assets from the pie menu ('more'option). Previously an asset was permanently blacklisted until removed from the mute menu. Temporary blacklisted objects will be cleared from the blacklist upon teleport or on the next session.
Fixes:
- Updated runtime libraries (DLL's) that had caused login issues for some users when their computer's version was older than the library the viewer was built with.
- Fixed aspect ratio in snapshot, i.e. the saved output now matches preview.
- Fixed: Material folder name (llbadfolderlookup), the code was not included in the last release.
- Inventory can now edit/save and manage Material Assets.
- Fixed info freeze about Computer and Operating environment in "About Genesis" menu.
- To fix the 'hover/flight at login' issue, the debug value for Nimble now defaults to True.
- Updated terminology for region maturity ratings to bring us in parity with all other viewers, replacing PG with General and Mature with Moderate.
- Fixed bug where the viewer forgot if you had the favourites bar enabled. It now remembers and persists to next session.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Genesis Change Log R9
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Nightly Builds
August 24th, 2024 (1.9.1032) Release Candidate
- Preparing 1.9 Release.
- Updated members and contributors credits for 'About' floaters.
August 22nd, 2024 (1026) Release Candidate
- Potential Release Candidate as the final Vivox version before WebRTC supersedes.
August 22nd, 2024 (1025)
August 22nd, 2024 (1021)
- Updated DLLs are now included in the Genesis folder.
Out of date DLLs was causing a Quit to Desktop on login for some users. Our build environment uses a more recent DLL than some users have installed on their computers. This update to the build environment happened after version 1005 was compiled.
- Added Crashpad to help diagnose issues for users where logging is unhelpful or non-existent.
- Crashpad is configured to use no more than 24mb of disk space. Enough for approximately 12 dump reports to diagnose issues. These files are stored under the logs part of appdata/roaming/etc. It is up to the user if they want to manually share these reports or not. No data is collected by anyone automatically and dump reports are only about DLLs in use by the viewer anyway.
- New Feature: Additional 'Contact Set' preference options, to control how the contact sets are displayed in the avatar Tag, Local/IM chat, Radar and Nearby Voice window.
- Removed Builds, 1007, 1010, 1012, 1015, 1017 for failing QA
August 18th 2024 (1007)
< Investigating: Quit to desktop bug after 'loading world' message on this build for some users >
- Contact sets extended to 9 (was 3) - per Shep.
- Resolved a show stopper issue with WebRTC:
The ProvisionVoiceAccountRequest cap request gives unexpected response.
June 8th, 2024 (Internal)
- Test refs/heads/439-implement-webrtc-which-will-succeed-vivox
June 1st, 2024 (1005)
- To fix the 'hover/flight at login' issue, the debug value for Nimble now defaults to True.
May 30th, 2024 (1004 )
- Starting implementation of WebRTC in viewer, the replacement for Vivox (Voice Chat).
- Particles slider in QuickPrefs previously offered zero then 256 as its first increment. It can now be increased in 64s, i.e. 0, 64, 128, 192 etc. This is a good feature for admins who want to easily detect particle griefers without running the risk of their GPU being overtaxed.(debug value: RenderMaxPartCount)
February 27th, 2024 (Nightly 1001)
- Removed FriendsBoostLevel debug and from settings.xml. Superfluous setting for vivox friends volume boost.
February 26th, 2024 (Nightly 999)
- Reworked 'hearing voices', the ability to change the default incoming voice volume to make your friends louder than non-friends in busy places.
This now works by attenuating non-friends instead of boosting friends volume which caused distortion under certain conditions.
Related debug value: NonFriendsAttenuationLevel
You can access this setting from QuickPrefs Volume:
You can still adjust individual volumes for residents via Active Speaker or by clicking the chevrons in Local Chat box.
Fixed: Genesis 997 forgot if you had favourites bar enabled or disabled and would set to disabled. It will now remember the setting. The default setting for new install is off.
February 10th, 2024 (Nightly 997)
This feature has been reworked in Nightly 999. You only need to set the attenuation level for non-friends.
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of 0.5 to 0.3. I have done this, because I am about to boost the volume of my friends.. |
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friends by is also located in the volume panel |
To adjust individual volumes, this can be done via 'Active Speakers' option, or by
clicking the two chevrons in local chat and adjusting individual people there.
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| Click >> in local chat to open voice panel, click the name, adjust their volume. |
- KNOWN ISSUE: Favourites bar now defaults to off on new installation. You currently need to reactivate it by going to Prefs > Genesis > Adv. Features (Display favorites bar)
- Inherited bug fix: Inventory filters can now exclude links to objects being displayed. (Further refinement from Nightly 993).
February 3rd, 2024 (Nightly 993)
- Inherited bug fix: Inventory filter to prevent links from displaying now works.
- Fixed: Boosting friends volume beyond 1.00 can cause Vivox to drop out.
February 2nd, 2024 (Nightly 989)
- Default volume for friends on voice, can now be set at a different default level to non-friends. Located in main volume settings (bottom of main gui).
Use: Handy for busy voice places. When there are a lot of people you don't know, mashing their gums and you want to talk to your mates. It is like squelching out people on a CB :)
- Updated terminology of region maturity ratings to bring us in parity with all other viewers, replaced PG with General, and Mature with Moderate.
- Materials work continues.
This replaces 986 compiled earlier today.
January 17th, 2024 (Internal)
- PBR Base textures are fine. Metallic overlays need work. Work continues.
December 19th, 2023
- Work continues on PBR rendering but several issues exist in library code and therefore in all viewers. This is slowing us down slightly as we continue to develop our own implementation.
Problems affecting PBR:
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-234706 [GLTF] [PBR] Performance unstable / massive performance loss
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-234672 [GLTF] Random stuck texture causes bad performance
December 16th, 2023 (internal)
- Testing PBR implementations whilst preserving shader settings.
November 30th, 2023 (internal)
- Render work for materials
November 21st, 2023 (internal)
- Continuing internal development of material asset rendering.
November 15th, 2023 (internal)
- RenderAttachedLights PBR.
November 3rd, 2023 (982)
Materials work for 'PBR':
- Edit floater contains PBR as texture option.
- Add Material to inventory, Create Material in inventory, Edit, Open from inventory.
- Material texture picker.
- Added Save and Cancel options to floater.
- Fixed: Material folder name (llbadfolderlookup).
- Added generic streaming dummy handler.
November 1st, 2023 (978)
- Genesis Viewer is now able to edit and save material items from inventory (in PBR enabled regions).
October 29th, 2023 (internal)
- log markers pbr.
October 17th, 2023 (internal)
- Removed "incidents" marker from splash screen until it is ready to use.
- Back end work, no front facing user discernible changes:
i. Materials need to include xxhash in licences
ii. Use xxhash instead of MD5
October 16th, 2023 (967)
- Fixed aspect ratio in snapshot, i.e. saved output now matches preview.
- Inventory can now manage Material Assets.
- Add and Edit Materials from Inventory window.
- Early preliminary PBR work, getting our ducks in a row.
PBR enabled regions will correctly send this warning to the genesis.log as the viewer does not yet have instructions on how to interpret the assets: LLTemplateMessageReader::decodeTemplate: Message #1
October 15th 2023 (963)
- Fixed info freeze on "About" menu. Tested on both AMD and NVidia. Mileage may vary on cards we haven't been able to test.
October 15th 2023 (961)
- Working on info freeze on "About" menu. Fixed for AMD, not so great for NVidia.
October 10th, 2023 (959)
- Fixed inherited bug where script error floater fails to identify owner of object with issues.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Genesis Viewer - 1st Birthday Party
We hope you will be able to join us for a Birthday Bash being held in London City, Saturday at 12pm SL time.
Great Music, Free Grog and a Concert performed by Hazel O'Connor are on the menu and we very much look forward to meeting other Genesis Viewer users. Hope you can make it!
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/102/107/23
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