One can than share the inventory item environment preset just as they would any other item. It is a new button in the environmental editor. The Team has added the ability to save Windlight Presets to inventory. But, this is a big step forward from where SL is now. So, a viewer restart is required to use a downloaded preset. A problem is the viewer won’t use a preset that is not installed when the viewer is launched. To help reduce this limitation the Team is also developing a means to allow residents to download Windlight Presets from a web site. A limitation with the Phoenix process is all settings must come from a Windlight Preset installed on the visitor’s computer. So, first… yes and no.īoth of these systems allow land owners to set the Windlight settings for use on their land. Imprudence has supported this feature since 1.3.0 released in September (see their video at the above link and covered here in: Imprudence Viewer Release and Changes – Review). Lightshare is the server side of Windlight. But, OpenSim has Lightshare, which is supported by the Imprudence/Kokua viewer. Also, the way this one works without server side support is a first. Jessica says Phoenix is the first viewer to have a parcel based Windlight feature… well… on the SL grid that is true. This is what is meant by making something fun. Plus adding the ability to share Windlight settings as a type of note card one can click on to change the Windlight settings takes most of the brain damage out of using Windlight. The Phoenix Team had to develop a means of getting this to work without server side support. It will be interesting to see how many region owners adopt it. This feature is so neat I expect many residents will use the viewer just for this feature. This too is a feature that will work only for those using the Phoenix Viewer. For now this is an experimental feature, just as the Emerald Secondary Attachment Points were an experiment. The documentation for using it is on the Phoneix Wiki. Jessica bleives this change will put Windlight into popular use on the SL grid and I agree. The Phoenix team has provided a fix that makes Windlight useful to region owners and easy for residents to use. I’ve only ever bothered for a few, very few, special builds. You then have to stop and tweak your settings. Some regions have signs and note cards to tell people how to set there Windlight for optimal viewing in their region. The implementation is so awkward to use few of us bother. Windlight is one of those great ideas the Linden Lab implemented but has never finished. There probably aren’t too many of us using Windlight custom settings. Jessica gave out the above link in the recent Phoenix Hour. The wiki page is incomplete but they are updating it and finishing. The Team is adding a change log (Dec Changes) for viewer updates. It apparently was difficult to fix and has required 4 beta’s worth of testing to get it fixed. Part of the reason this release has taken so long is a hole or exploit was found in the viewer. The other is about Display Names and more about that too. One is about the new Parcel Windlight Settings. The first ones will cover multi-wearables and inventory links. The first announcement is about the creation of a YouTube series of video tutorials in Phoenix’s Channel. Jessica Lyons talked about the coming release in ’s Phoenix Hour. See Nov 30th Office Hour & Contest info Video Tutorials Well, they say the new release of Phoenix will be out this Friday. Some time ago they said there would be one more release of Phoenix before they moved on to the Firestorm viewer, which will be based on Snowstorm code. The Phoenix team posted an announcement today.
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