Kokua/Imprudence Blog

Third Party Viewer developer meeting notes.

NickyP — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 04:08:01 +0000

Oz Linden is very interested in having users update to a Server Side Appearance (SSA) capable viewer. He quoted stats (number and four zeros) of users still using older versions. When first reported the issue of a non-SSA capable viewer on an SSA enabled grid was that avatars would appear grey. In the past few days an issue was found where skin and eyes became corrupted and could not recovered while using a Phoenix viewer on an SSA enabled region. Details. LL is trying to find a solution but, that is likely a one-off effort and after launch they do not intend to give any time toward solving issues with the older viewers.

LL’s server side appearance blog announcement is here.

Kokua versions 3.5.1 forward are SSA capable.

Imprudence viewers are not yet SSA ready.

LL also announced the Materials Viewer is in beta. The blog post is here.

None of those features are Kokua. The code for the materials viewer just recently became public.

Comments about materials viewer and interest in having Kokua materials capable are welcome.

Imprudence experimental 1 is released –mac version is now available.

NickyP — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:00:39 +0000

By onefang rejected:

Mac OS X Intel

Source tarball

Source repository (this release tagged as v1.4.0.3-exp1)

Original post.

Imprudence experimental 1 is released.

NickyP — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:49:24 +0000

By onefang rejected:

Release highlights:

More build clean ups.

Made the Windows installer and build system more like other OSes.

Added Windows nmake builds using Cygwin. Windows building is now fully scriptable like Linux builds. With some help from Robin Cornelius.

Added compatibility with V3 autobuild libraries.

Updated boost on Linux to 1.52.

Fixed a startup crash on recent Linux machines, thanks to Johnnie Carling.

Fixed a crash when creating a new Inventory folder, particularly when creating outfits, thanks to Kentron Katana.

Fixed shadow Frustra missing from Advanced Menu > Rendering > Info Display.

Fixed Inventory “Cut” and “Paste” deletes inventory item instead of moving it.

Fixed registering secondlife:// handler with KDE, thanks to Thickbrick Sleaford.

Various fixes to the edit tools radio button group, thanks to the Imprudence team.

Added ‘Show hidden selection’ and similar things to the advanced build options.

Added new communication channel urls to the viewer’s Help menu.

Updated the basic graphics detail sliders. Graphics cards have moved on in recent years, now we can bump the detail up more.

Removed hotkeys for obscure debugging stuff.

Updated credits.

Updated the release notes for 1.4.0 beta 1 and 2.

You can download binaries and source code from -

Source repository (this release tagged as v1.4.0.3-exp1)

Kokua 3.5.2 is released.

NickyP — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:27 +0000

Kokua 3.5.2 is released.

Release highlights:

Code base to Linden Lab (LL) viewer-release 3.5.2
Opensim Lightshare imported from Firestorm / Cinder Roxley by tx Oh.
Opensim maptile texture size increased to 1024×1024 by tx Oh.
Disable Build Constraints feature edge case failure corrections.
Linux 64 bit boost and colladadom libraries rebuilt. Driven by LL’s boost version 1.52 re-factor.

A detailed change log is here.

Downloads.

Kokua 3.5.1 is released.

NickyP — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:22:32 +0000

Kokua 3.5.1 is released. If you track version numbers you will notice this version, Kokua-3.5.1, is less than the one used for development. Kokua-3.5.2 will stay as the development version. Linden Lab Server Side Baking is in play with this release. For OpenSim users, Disable Build Constrains has been added under the Advanced menu. This feature is aimed at region operators who also build things so that the maximum prim limit can be set high in the simulator configuration and then be the prim size constraint controller. In the viewer the lower limit is zero so if the simulator limit were lowered from its present 0.001 meters very small prims are also possible. This allows large and small objects that can be transferred by the IAR/OAR procedures. For OpemSim script writers OpenSim Scripting Language (OSSL) hover text is in the viewer. This was ported from the work of Cinder Roxley of Firestorm and based on licensing we collectively owe her a beer. Likes and dislikes can be reported in comments to this post. Bugs need to be reported in our redmine bug tracker.
Downloads request have to be routed through a central wiki page because of TPV disclaimer requirements.

Please download from here.

Detailed change log is here.

Kokua added to Linden Lab Third Party Viewer list.

NickyP — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:22:22 +0000

On Tuesday April 24, 2013 we received notice that Kokua was now an approved Third Party Viewer. The Kokua TPV page is linked here : Kokua added to Linden Lab Third Party Viewer list.

Imprudence experimental release 1.4.0.3 exp 0.

NickyP — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:56:00 +0000

By: onefang rejected

Finally there is movement from the Imprudence developers with the release an experimental build called “Imprudence 1.4.0.3 exp 0″. There will be additional experimental releases based on progress and time to make them. Work continues toward a beta 3 release soon, followed by the usual release candidates, then an actual full release of Imprudence 1.4.0.

A quick summary of the changes -

Many bug fixes since the last 1.4.0 beta 2 release (see the source code commit log for details), thanks to Armin Weatherwax, Beeks, Jacek Antonelli, McCabe Maxstead, Nicky Perian, and onefang.

Ported inventory category capability from LL, thanks to Henri Beauchamp and Armin Weatherwax.

Converted to the ISS installer for Windows, thanks to McCabe Maxstead.

The removal of the translate feature (it used a Google service that was withdrawn by Google).

Added Linux build scripts (they almost work for Cygwin to, still working on that).

Simplified the build process a little, and made it more consistent.

Changed the storage methods for users passwords to patch up security a little. NOTICE – this may cause problems if you move back and forth between viewer versions. Recommend backup of your old grid_info.xml file. Storage of grid_info.xml varies depending on OS and other things. Blame onefang.

Fixed building under Mac OS X, thanks to Mimika Oh, Nemurimasu Neiro, and to team member Kentron Katana for building this experimental.

Fixed building under gcc 4.5.2, thanks to Lord Drakeo.

Added a MOAP radar, thanks to Robin Cornelius (full MOAP support coming soon).

Updated the grid list to match Kokua, thanks to Nicky Perian.

Various code and build system clean ups, thanks to the Imprudence team.

Apologies if I missed any thanks, it’s been a long time.

You can download binaries and source code from -

Source repository (commit for this release)

Kokua Beta 3.5.1 is available for testing.

NickyP — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:48:54 +0000

Kokua Beta 3.5.1 is available for testing. This has Server Side Avatar Baking (SSAB) merged into the recently released released Kokua-3.5.0. A recent question; “What does this mean for Opensim users?” and at the time the answer was hopefully it will be invisible to users. However, as Linden Lab (LL) worked SSAB they found and corrected a few client side baking bugs that had carry over to SSAB. Now the answer is hopefully improved avatar baking. Subjectively, it appears that first time res takes a little longer on non-SSAB regions. Downloads are on bitbucket.

Kokua 3.5.0 is released.

NickyP — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:21:11 +0000

Kokua 3.5.0 is released. If you track version numbers you will notice this version, Kokua-3.5.0, is less than the one used for development. Kokua-3.5.1 will stay as the development version and have Server Side Avatar Baking merged in. Communications Hub User Interface (CHUI) is a significant feature provided by the Linden Lab folks. Kokua main menu is changed to File Edit View and the camera floater reduced in size similar to Teapot Viewer. If any menu functionally is lost, please comment or file a bug report. With input from Light Drake the OpenAL Soft audio library has been updated. Nicky Dasjin provided a much needed patch to allow compiler optimization of the Linux 64 Bit version. Likes and dislikes can be reported in comments to this post. Bugs need to be reported in our redmine bug tracker.
Downloads: Windows Linux 32 Bit Linux 64 Bit
Detailed change log is here.

Kokua-3.5.1 (CHUI) crash fix

NickyP — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:53:02 +0000

A crash to desktop is corrected. Additionally, a merge to LL viewer-development is applied to rule out upstream code correcting the crash.

This crash occurred when a user received an instant message (IM) with the conversations floater closed. A quick flash of the incoming IM notification would occur but, the Chat button inside the toolbar would not flash. When the user pressed the Chat button the viewer would crash.

Updated downloads are available here.

For additional detail see the redmine tracker issue.