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Release Notes for Second Life 1.20(5) May 1st, 2008
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Changes:
* Rename link to "Forgot your name or password?" on client login
* Allow the background color for Inventory treeview control to be set in colors_base.xml
* Added nVidia MCP78 to gpu table

Fixes:
* Fixed: VWR-6674: Basic shaders setting causes world (or sea) to go black
* Fixed: VWR-6402: llTargetOmega resets prim to ZERO_ROTATION
* Fixed: VWR-1843: Inappropriate to offer a default folder name with non-ASCII characters for Make Outfit
* Fixed: VWR-5869: Broken BVH Animation upload causes dialog / interface error, and crash
* Fixed: VWR-6668: Eliminate inconsistent help text for Preferences > Graphics panel
* Fixed: VWR-6603: Immediate crash when upload image .jpg
* Fixed: VWR-6343: 1.20 causes fatal driver instability with some nVidia drivers
* Fixed: VWR-6368: Camera reset when build floater closes
* Fixed: crash from glMapBuffer returning 0
* Fixed: crash in LLVOVolume::sculpt - newview/llvovolume.cpp
* Fixed: crash in LLFace::renderSelected.
* Fixed: crash in LLImageRaw::copyLineScaled
* Fixed: crash in LLImageBase::generateMip
* Fixed: crash after quitting to desktop.
* Fixed: 1.20 consistently crashing with ctrl-alt-T in ReleaseNoOpt
* Fixed: text colors for Script Errors/Warnings are illegible
* Fixed: Primary clicks toggle flycam with Mighty Mouse
* Fixed: Voice waves render choppy
* Fixed: Multi-prim attachments appear to be exploded when worn.

Localization Fixes:
* Fixed: Added new translation strings for German, Korean, Japanese
* Fixed: put cleanly-formed Portuguese files (Beta) back into the viewer
* Partial Fix: VWR-6608: Revert Japanese and Korean translations of Joystick Monitor, due to monospace font which cannot display them

Release Notes for Second Life 1.20(4) April 24th, 2008
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Changes:
* Change llLoadURL to open pages in external browser in 1.20.

Fixes:
* VWR-6286 - changed the method LLControlGroup::loadFromFile to only load values of settings that are persistent
* Instant Crash on Editing Appearance
* Crash in LLFloaterIMPanel when starting conference
* Crash on LLVOVolume::sculpt - newview/llvovolume.cpp

Release Notes for Second Life 1.20(3) April 23th, 2008
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Fixes:
* Fixed: removed mac release notes dialog from LLAppviewer::init
* Fixed: Scrollbar channel missing in 1.20
* Fixed: VWR-5080: Certain color combinations hard on visually impaired (and the not-visually-impaired)
* Fixed: VWR-2404: lossless texture compression on small textures not lossless
* Fixed: Window opens large, then small, then large on startup
* Fixed: Imposters sometimes render without attachments
* Fixed: VWR-380: Resized Flexible Prims Render Improperly
* Fixed: Yellow edit outline detached from selected prim
* Language tweaks to World Map UI
* Fixed: Help > Tutorial makes the world disappear
* Fixed: Help > Tutorial kills the keyboard. 
* Fixed: VWR-5869: Broken BVH Animation upload causes dialog / interface error, and crash.
* Fixed: VWR-6275: Character runs when not supposed to.
* Fix for vibrating name tags.
* Fixed issue with mozilla scrollbars
* Fixed: Background and Foreground color are the same in all scroll lists

Localization Fixes:
* Fixed: main Toolbar will not match to its Korean localization xml
* Fixed: erroneous German translation for Active Speakers

Release Notes for Second Life 1.20(2) April 18th, 2008
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Changes:
* Record Movie to Disk option missing intentionally removed (VWR-6315)
* Color changes to improve text contrast in title bar, scroll bar and menu highlight (VWR-5080)
* Updated disabled button art
* Updated login/teleport progress screen art and colors
* Set the top-level 'opaque' parameter to false in menu_viewer.xml

Crash Fixes:
* Fixed: VWR-6576: panel_speaker_controls.xml broken for german, korean, japanese viewers
* Fixed: VWR-3822: ATI crashes on startup when in 16 bit color mode
* Fixed: crash with attached obj using Avatar Rendering Cost
* Fixed: Linux crash parsing command-line arguments 
* Fixed: crash on LLVertexBuffer::destroyGLBuffer

Fixes:
* Fixed: VWR-6269: Text in Chat Console does not show when Communicate window is minimized having last focus on Local Chat tab
* Fixed: VWR-6298: Some RC settings don't persist properly when settings.xml is present
* Fixed: VWR-6265: Various communications preferences arent saved
* Fixed: VWR-6251: Snapshots no longer able to capture the full screen.
* Fixed: VWR-5929: Some UI translation texts are ignored because of missing names in XUI files
* Fixed: VWR-6430: Comment area of "Debug Settings" floater (dialog box) is aligned badly
* Fixed: VWR-6232: Tap-Tap-Hold Running should be an 'Advanced' character preference
* Fixed: Disabled buttons are darker than normal
* Fixed: Better distinguish button-depressed from disabled state
* Fixed: Can't drag custom colors in color picker to the color palette
* Fixed: Age Verified Account cannot access plots blocked for age verification
* Fixed: Voice can become totally disabled aftrer using multiple viewers
* Fixed: Lag Meter help and close buttons hidden offscreen
* Fixed: can not take hi-res snapshot with size bigger than 4k by 4k.
* Fixed: Unexpected text on the Build Tool's Object tab

Localization Fixes:
* Fixed: Korean files floater_buy_object.xml and panel_voice_enable.xml have a leading CRLF before XML declaration
* Fixed: Eliminate unused xml files in skins\xui\en-us and language folders


Release Notes for Second Life 1.20(1) April 14th, 2008
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Changes:
* The Tools menu now displays in the main menu when editing/creating objects.  Click on the Build button or right click and select Create.  Existing short cuts  (CTL + 1, 2, 3) all still work and will also activate the Tools menu.
* Disabled Avatar Imposters to address suspected cause of increased crashes on nVidia cards
* Allowed disabling of Joystick devices globally and selectively for avatar/build/flycam
* Backed out changes to put the Friends dropdown back on the world map.

Fixes:
* External slurls don't detect that viewer 1.20.0 is already running
* VWR-6392: Voice Chat Setup doesn't work in Preferences dialog box.
* VWR-5812: Some media sizes will be placed on the wrong size texture when played by the viewer
* Primary clicks toggle flycam with Mighty Mouse
* Logging In screen's Quit button does not exit
* crash on LLUIImageList::onUIImageLoaded
* crash on LLViewerJointMesh::updateFaceData
* Person to Person voice calls UI, volume slider overlaps end call button
* Window opens large, then small, then large on startup 
* VWR-5929: Some UI translation texts are ignored because of missing names in XUI files
* VWR-6386, VWR- 6384, VWR-6385: Clean up duplicate and malformed sibling names in en-us xml
* (potential fix) Runtime Library error after quitting SL
* Restored some missing textures

Open Source changes:
* Added 3DConnexion library export
* Updated llkdu.dll for 1.20 OSS export

Release Notes for Second Life 1.20(0) April 9th, 2008
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New features and changes:
* Updates to the user interface (UI) visual design and architecture:
** A new, lighter color scheme
** Improved UI graphics (icons, buttons, etc)
** Ability to customize text color of Instant Messages
** Enhancements to the UI texture rendering system
** Ability to reference textures by filename
** Support for non-powers-of-two textures
** Support for PNG textures

* LSL scripting for object glow!
** Script a prim's glow attribute, details here:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlSetPrimitiveParams

* Improved Joystick and 3D input device support
** Integrated a new open source library created by 3Dconnexion designed to integrate multi axis input devices with Second Life
** Joystick devices can now control the Avatar, Edited Objects, or the Flycam (View menu > Joystick Flycam)
** Added a "Joystick Setup" window to the Preferences under "Input & Camera" for adjusting multi axis input devices
** Settings are currently optimized for Logitech's 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator but should be tunable for any joystic or 3D imput device

Changes:
* Removed voice setup wizard from Viewer
* Removed "Detecting hardware" from first-use startup to save 10 seconds of start time
* Removed "Critical Message" string from startup community standards dialog
* Removed "Start Gesture" from menu bar
* Removed "do you want streaming audio" dialog
* Removed Friends dropdown on Map
* Display the Camera and Movement controls by default
* Added online offline notification to open IM windows
* One click sit not be available if you're already sitting
* Replaced "(hippos)" and "(waiting)" with "(Loading...)"
* Print the name of the missing gesture in the error message
* Double-tap forward to run 
* Adjusted the right-justified text on the splash screen 
* Ctrl-shift-1 now displays Statistics in a floater
* Login progress bar change
* Option available to turn off all group titles to make name tags smaller
* Small UI tweaks made to the "near me" floater for usability

Fixes:
* SVC-1072: Havok 4 -- Objects can exist up to 4096 meters up, but scripted rez above 1024 meters fails silently
* SVC-747: Estate Banned Residents list doesn't increment higher than 252
* VWR-5498: WindLight Release Candidate doesn't rembember correct size of IM window between sessions
* VWR-747: Texture preview should not have constrained aspect ratio
* VWR-3984: WindLight: Certain snapshot options incorrectly capture a part of the screen
* VWR-3438: WindLight: Glow (including water reflections) shows through HUD objects
* VWR-4616: Snapshot, clicking on more removes current pic
* VWR-1405: llMapDestination does not work as designed for OS X/Intel viewers
* VWR-3625: Highlights don't affect non-root prims
* VWR-2113: Mac Auto Updater "hides", giving appearance of failing
* VWR-2755: duplicate PARCEL_FLAG_RESTRICT_PUSHOBJECT line in keywords.ini
* VWR-442: Require confirmation when inviting a new group owner
* VWR-4903: Show avatar's name in the "Eject" and "Freeze" confirmation screens
* VWR-6066: "Are you sure you want to clear you browser cache" in "Perferences > Web > Clear Now" has a typo
* VWR-5656: Secondlife icon missing in Linux version 1.19.1 RC1 ?
* VWR-2600: Add option to enable Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing (FSAA) in the viewer
* VWR-3633: Avatar impostor of not-yet-rezzed avatar not appearing
* Localization of camera controls/tooltips
* Fixed: glow is rendered on property lines and selection silhouettes
* LLImageJ2C now indicates what en/decoding implementation is being used
* New messaging to inform Residents about consequences of selecting "Can modify my objects"
* Fixed: Estate tools in non-english UI cannot change maturity level of islands from PG to Mature.
* Fixed: Agent Limit spontaneously resets to zero
* Fixed: Web control code does not correctly reject sl:// links
* Fixed: Wait before printing missing gestures if the name isn't yet available
* Abrupt velocity changes of SL camera are smoother
* llMapDestination() can be used to open place dialog to teleport user without opening map
* Fixed: Cannot close Buy Land floater when (waiting for data) from web site
* Fixed: Gestures appear in random order
* Fixed: Preference Help button is not pointing to the correct url
* Added Hyperlink to MOTD.
* Fixed: Occlusion crash on SIS cards
* Fixed: VBO related crash on ATI R100 cards 
* Fixed: lowest avatar detail is higher than before
* Fixed: Avatar Impostor sprites have opaque black edges
* Fixed: Impostors tilt 
* Fixed: Impostors need to update once after they stop walking
* Fixed: Provide way to visually mute "costly" avatars (check cost: client->rendering->info displays->avatar render cost)

Source changes:
* The settings system has been significantly revamped. llcontroldef.cpp has been replaced with an XML file controlling all settings values: app_settings/settings.xml
* The command line parser has also been revamped. All but a few special arguments are now associated with control settings and controlled by the file app_settings/cmd_line.xml
* VWR-2645: Source typo RELEASE_FOR_DOWNLOAD should be LL_RELEASE_FOR_DOWNLOAD ?
* Fixed: g++ 4 viewer compile issues
* Dead code removal createLegacyWearableFromAvatar