0.7.6 Release - Revision history

Justincc: /* Changes */

2014-01-25T00:14:25Z

‎Changes

Justincc: /* Friends/Profiles */

2013-11-28T00:06:59Z

‎Friends/Profiles

Justincc: /* Requirements */

2013-11-08T23:31:23Z

‎Requirements

Justincc: /* Known issues */

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‎Known issues

Justincc: /* Avatars */

2013-10-15T00:55:30Z

‎Avatars

Justincc: /* General */

2013-10-04T22:23:17Z

‎General

Justincc: /* Teleport */

2013-09-27T22:48:40Z

‎Teleport

Justincc: /* General */

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Justincc: /* General */

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‎General

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 * There is now a [Hypergrid] configuration section in bin/config-include/*.ini files for standalone and grid.  Here, a HomeUri and GatekeeperURI can be set which will apply to all other sections unless specifically overriden.  The previous configuration arrangements where these settings were made separately in all relevant sections will continue to work.  See [[Installing and Running Hypergrid]] for more details.
 * Hypergrid agent teleport efficiency improved.
 * Stricter checks now made on HG inventory giving and object taking if OutboundPermission is set to false in config.
 * Assets used in light projection, particle projection and collisions sounds now gathered when transferring objects across the Hypergrid.
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 === Physics ===
-* A very large number of improvements were made to the BulletSim physics engine plugin, including improvements to avatar movement, collision detection, integration with relevant LSL script functions, linksets, megaregion support, mesh, physical objects, physical properties, terrain, vehicles and volume detect.  It should general perform better than the OpenDynamicsEngine plugin and has much better behaviour in many situations (e.g. vehicles).  In this release it is not yet default and has to be switched to explicitly in config.
+* A very large number of improvements were made to the BulletSim physics engine plugin, including improvements to avatar movement, collision detection, integration with relevant LSL script functions, linksets, megaregion support, mesh, physical objects, physical properties, terrain, vehicles and volume detect.  It should in general perform better than the OpenDynamicsEngine plugin and has much better behaviour in many situations (e.g. vehicles).  In this release it is not yet default and has to be switched to explicitly in config.
 * The land_collision LSL event is now also triggered on physics collisions as well as land_collision_start and land_collision_end.
 * An osGetPhysicsEngineType() OSSL function to allow scripts to determine what physics engine they are running under.

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 === Friends/Profiles ===
-* The previously external osprofile module is now an optional module in the OpenSimulator distribution.  This provides viewer 1-like user profile support and also adds some further changes to make it more Hypergrid friendly.  Currently, this is configured by setting a ProfileServiceURL in the [UserProfiles] section of OpenSim.ini which points to either the standalone server or to a robust grid service.  See OpenSim.ini.example for more information.
+* The previously external osprofile module is now an optional module in the OpenSimulator distribution.  This provides viewer 1-like user profile support and also adds some further changes to make it more Hypergrid friendly.  Currently, this is configured by setting a ProfileServiceURL in the [UserProfiles] section of OpenSim.ini which points to either the standalone server or to a robust grid service.  See OpenSim.ini.example for more information.  This is not enabled by default.
 * Friendship termination fixed where the terminatee is in the same simulator as the terminator.

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 * .NET Framework 3.5 when running under Windows.
 * At least Mono 2.4.3 when running under Mono (Linux or Mac). Mono 2.6.x and Mono 2.10.x onwards work well. Mono 2.8.x versions are reported as less stable in some situations.  OpenSimulator should also run under Mono 3.0.3 and later although, as with Mono 2.10 and earlier, there are still issues when running under the optional new sgen garbage collector.
 == Backwards Compatibility Notices ==

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 == Known issues ==
 * Arbitrary key:value storage for regions has not yet been implemented for SQLite or MSSQL.  This is necessary for temporary attachments settings to be persisted.  This functionality is considered experimental.
 * Regression in RLV functionality where objects given via the llGiveInventoryFolder() function with a folder name with the format #RLV/~gift are still placed in the #RLV folder but now with the name still as "#RLV/~gift" rather than just "~gift".  This is being addressed in http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6311.  Any help from viewer developers on this would be much appreciated.

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 * Experimental feature added to throttle rezzing of avatar attachments when a user logs in or changes outfit.  This is to avoid CPU spikes on busy sims for avatars with a large number of high prim attachments.  This is controlled via the ThrottlePer100PrimsRezzed attribute in [Attachments] in OpenSim.ini or via the “debug attachments throttle <ms>” console command line.  This is not active by default.
 * Avatars now roll when flying.
-* Avatars can now here chat that originates from neighbouring regions if they are within range.
+* Avatars can now hear chat that originates from neighbouring regions if they are within range.
 * Added avatar picker search HTTP capability.
 * Console “kick user” command now only kicks the user if the name is an exact match, rather than a fuzzy match (e.g. “kick user tiny tom” will no longer also kick user “tiny atomic”.

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 =Release Notes=
 == General ==
-Welcome to OpenSimulator 0.7.6 release candidate 1, an open-source multi-user 3D virtual environment and metaverse server platform.
+Welcome to OpenSimulator 0.7.6, an open-source multi-user 3D virtual environment and metaverse server platform.
 As ever, OpenSimulator is a highly complex piece of software.  Various usage scenarios (standalone, grid, hypergrid, etc.) in combination with different dependencies (e.g. different versions of mono on Linux/Mac) can sometimes produce unexpected or unstable behaviour.

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 === Teleport ===
-* New teleport protocol version "SIMULATION/0.2" introduced and active by default.  This is significantly different from the old "SIMULATION/0.1" version and should be more efficient.  Simulators providing the "SIMULATION/0.2" protocol will automatically fallback to "SIMULATION/0.1" if the destination simulator does not support "SIMULATION/0.2" (i.e. OpenSimulator 0.7.5 and before).
+* New teleport protocol version "SIMULATION/0.2" introduced and active by default.  This is significantly different from the old "SIMULATION/0.1" version and should be more efficient.  Simulators providing the "SIMULATION/0.2" protocol will automatically fallback to "SIMULATION/0.1" if the destination simulator does not support "SIMULATION/0.2" (i.e. OpenSimulator 0.7.5 and before).  If necessary, the simulator can be forced to provide only "SIMULATION/0.1" when it's a destination by setting the ConnectorProtocolVersion in the [SimulationService] config setting of StandaloneCommon.ini or GridCommon.ini, and request "SIMULATION/0.1" of destinations when it is a source by setting MaxOutgoingTransferVersion in the [EntityTransfer] section of OpenSim.ini.
 * Fixed problems on some meshes never being seen on the destination region after a teleport.
 * Reduced the incidence of an avatar losing its appearance when teleporting between regions.

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 Welcome to OpenSimulator 0.7.6 release candidate 1, an open-source multi-user 3D virtual environment and metaverse server platform.
-As ever, OpenSimulator is a highly complex piece of software. It's very likely but not guaranteed to work and various usage scenarios (standalone, grid, hypergrid, etc.) in combination with different dependencies (e.g. different versions of mono on Linux/Mac) can produce unexpected or unstable behaviour.
+As ever, OpenSimulator is a highly complex piece of software.  Various usage scenarios (standalone, grid, hypergrid, etc.) in combination with different dependencies (e.g. different versions of mono on Linux/Mac) can produce unexpected or unstable behaviour.
 If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.7.x, make sure to read the [[0.7 Release]] notes. There have been extensive changes in OpenSimulator from 0.6.x to 0.7.