Version 1.8.0

Release Notes

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Second Life 1.8.0(6) Dec 12, 2005
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Major Features:
* Point-to-point teleportation is now available in Second Life

- Residents may teleport freely to and from locations they are allowed to access

- The landing point on a parcel is determined by the location set by the land owner with the About Land > Options > Landing Point > Set button

- If no landing point is set on a parcel, the resident will be delivered as close to the location specified on the map as possible.

- Estate owners may choose whether to allow teleport via point-to-point or Telehubs

- Parcel owners can block teleports onto their land

- The Z coordinate is honored; teleporting (or logging in) to your Castle in the Sky will now put you directly there!

- The World Map will be centered on the teleport destination, with a button provided to locate avatar

Minor Features:
* Ripple effect for water can now be turned on in the Graphics preference pane

- Ripple water uses the graphics card's pixel shading to create more realistic looking water

- The functionality will only be available for machines with cards supporting pixel shading

- Turning on this feature will cause viewer FPS to drop to some degree, so it is not enabled by default

* Improved In-world Classified Ad System

- The new scheme features the following changes:

- The new starting price for ads has been decreased from L$250 to L$50 for a one-week run

- Dynamic pricing of ads

- The poster determines the price they pay for the posting (starting at L$50)

- Direct teleportation links are now embedded within each ad

- The list of ads can now be sorted by the price paid to post the ad (from high to low, or low to high)

- We have also improved the interface to make it more intuitive to residents

Scripting Changes:

** New LSL functions:
* llMapDestination(string simname, vector position, vector lookat)

- Shows a given location on the map.

- Works in attachments, or during touch events.

* Parcels now store look-at direction for landing points.

- The "lookat" value is currently not in use, but will be in a later version

* llAddToLandBanList(key avatar, float hours)

- Add an avatar to the parcel ban list for the given duration.

* llRemoveFromLandPassList(key avatar)

- Remove an avatar from the parcel pass list for the given duration.

* llRemoveFromLandBanList(key avatar)

- Remove an avatar from the parcel ban list for the given duration.

** Changed LSL functions:
* llAddToLandPassList(key avatar, float hours)

- Avatars can now be added to the parcel pass list with no time limit by passing 0 as the hours parameter.

** Future LSL functions:
* llTeleportAgent(key avatar, string simname, vector position, vector lookat) (?)

- Teleport an avatar at a location (requires agent permission)

Bug Fixes:
* Maximum teleport height no longer limited to 256 meters
* Telehub icon and Infohub icon both appear on Map legend -- visibility is toggleable
* Landmarks can now be created with a z value of greater than 250m
* Removed "Show Telehub Coverage" on map
* Viewer no longer becomes unresponsive the first time you open the Finder
* Show Updates debug option once again working as expected
* Resolved a crash that occurred after declining an offer of inventory
* Fixed a crash when dragging texture onto base terrain swatch in Region/Estate tools
* Fixed some simulator crashes
* Resolved a problem with textures only being decoded one at a time

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Second Life 1.8.0(7) Dec 14, 2005
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* Resolved an issue causing residents on a parcel access list to be incorrectly warned access would expire

[Note: Server side, no client update needed.]

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Second Life 1.8.0(8) Dec 16, 2005
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* Resolved a simulator crash caused by some objects that spawn other objects

[Note: Server side, no client update needed.]

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Second Life 1.8.0(9) Dec 19, 2005
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* Moved the Teleport button on the World Map back to its original location
* Unchecking "Tell me next time" no longer prevents Classified ads from being created
* Land textures should no longer load slowly
* Resolved a viewer crash when running in Full Screen mode and opening new windows with ALT-TAB