This page shows all changes since the 4.7.7.48706 Release.
If you are updating from an earlier version then 4.7.7, see HERE for previous release notes.

For a summary of all the major new features and improvements in this release, please
see Inara Pey's Firestorm 4.7.9 blog post.

• The Http Project
  
  These viewer changes are a complete replacement of the under the hood HTTP infrastructure.
  They provide improved performance and stability by replacing the self deleting responders with coroutine implementations.
  These coroutines also provide a finer grained concurrency allowing the Viewer greater control over the numbers and types of HTTP requests that can be simultaneously outstanding.
  A considerable amount of deprecated and unused code has also been removed from the viewer.
  
  These changes impact all areas of the viewer that use Sim Capabilities.
  This has resulted in fewer problems with high volume operations like loading inventory, and has significantly reduced certain kinds of load on the simulator hosts (leaving more time for actually simulating).
  It's also made the viewer code easier to maintain and extend.
  
  A nonexhaustive list includes:
  Asset upload (Images, Meshes, Animations)
  AISv3 inventory manipulation
  Viewer Managed Marketplace
  Simhost event polling
  LSL script compilation
  Experience management (blocking, allowing, creating)
  
  Linden Lab presentation video on Coroutines & the HTTPAdapter
  Rider Linden, Nat Linden

• Voice Improvements & fixes
  
  Fixes for a number of Voice quality and connection issues on both Windows and Mac
  
  Fixes include:
  
  • MAINT-4477 - SLVoice process continues after logout
  • MAINT-4600 - Some Residents using Voice Server Version: Vivox 4.6.0009.20030 have constant problems with voice breaking up and voice quality. This does not reproduce on the previous voice versions 4.5.0009.1786 or 3.2.0002.104265
  • MAINT-4911 - After teleporting from Region A to Region B, voice sometimes stays connected to local voice chat on Region A until you relog
  • MAINT-5049 - Avatar Loses the Voice Dot
  • MAINT-5050 - Buddy and Group WARNING in Secondlife.log
  • MAINT-5051 - VivoxProtocolParser WARNING messages in logs
  • MAINT-5053 - The Sound and Media Setting Panel Does Work as Expected for Voice Device Tunning
  • MAINT-5061 - Voice calls unavailable in viewer 3.7.27.300324
  • MAINT-5190 - [Vivox 4.6.0017.21209] SLVoice crash on USB device change
  • STORM-2109 - Avatar Does not leave previous area voice during a race condition
  • VOICE-2 - VIVOX acting up
    
    Bjoseph Wombat - Vivox

• Lots and lots of Maintenance fixes
  Too many to list them all here.
  See the full change log for details.
  Highlighted fixes are listed below.
  Nat Linden, Callum Linden, Simon Linden, Oz Linden, JJ Linden, Ruslan ProductEngine, Andrey ProductEngine, Mnikolenko ProductEngine

• Extensive reworking of how mini profile icons are handled
  These fixes drastically reduce how much texture memory mini profile & group icons use, thereby reducing the frequency of “texture thrashing”.
  Andrey ProductEngine

• Viewer now warns user if Trash is overflowing
  When Trash capacity reaches 5000 items, the viewer will prompt the user to empty Trash.
  InventoryTrashMaxCapacity may be changed in debug settings.
  Andrey ProductEngine

• FIxed having to open About Land twice to get parcel ban timings to load in parcel ban list when banned names are not cached
  This fixes FIRE-17408 and BUG-10831
  Mnikolenko ProductEngine

• Fixed the viewer allowing you to locally retexture anyone's content including attachments
  This fixes FIRE-17370 and BUG-10779
  Mnikolenko ProductEngine

• Fixed being unable to texture meshes with spaces in the material names
  This fixes FIRE-17400 and BUG-10434
  Andrey ProductEngine

• Fixed CTRL+Z not working on no-mod objects
  This fixes BUG-10855
  Andrey ProductEngine

• Fixed No copy/Yes transfer clothing and body parts not being transferable directly from inventory
  This fixes FIRE-14661 and BUG-7337
  Andrey ProductEngine

• Removed the obsolete “Always allow 'create landmark'” group ability from viewer UI
  This fixes FIRE-17690 and BUG-11348
  Mnikolenko ProductEngine

• Fixed lowering Cache Size and relogging resulting in many corrupted textures
  This fixes BUG-11331
  Andrey ProductEngine

• Fixed attached lights still rendering from blocked avatars
  This fixes BUG-10759
  Mnikolenko ProductEngine

• Fixed being unable to add a space before closing curly brace in chatbar, notecards & scripts.
  This fixes FIRE-17922 and BUG-11570
  Andrey ProductEngine

• Fixed Save button not activated if spelling corrected in Notecard and no other changes made
  This fixes STORM-2094
  Contributed by Jonathan Yap

• Fixed Minimap not longer remembering zoom setting between sessions
  This fixes STORM-2088
  Contributed by Jonathan Yap

• Merge up to Linden Lab viewer 4.0.4 codebase
  Firestorm 4.7.9 is fully merged up to the x.x.x Linden codebase, plus some cherry picked fixes from .
  Ansariel Hiller, Nicky Dasmijn

• Updated KDU to v7.8
  KDU v7.8 release notes
  Nicky Dasmijn

• Windows - Updated CEF to version 1.5.3.FS6-(CEF-WIN-3.2526.1366.g8617e7c) (Chrome 47.0.2526.80)
  Nicky Dasmijn

• Linux - Updated CEF to version 1.5.3.FS8-(CEF-LINUX-3.2526.1366.g8617e7c) (Chrome 47.0.2526.80)
  Nicky Dasmijn

• Updated SlPlugin for Windows 64bit
  Nicky Dasmijn

• Windows 64bit - Curl updated to version 7.47.0
  Nicky Dasmijn

• Linux 64bit - Curl updated to version 7.47.0
  Nicky Dasmijn

RLVa has been updated to version RestrainedLove API: RLV v3.1.4 / RLVa v2.0.3.50527
Full RLVa 2.0 Release Notes
Awaiting blurb from Kitty
Kitty Barnett, Trinity Dejavu (Catznip Viewer)

• Fixed give to #RLV folder from another agent being broken when clicking “Accept” instead of “Show”
  This fixes FIRE-17732
  Ansariel Hiller

• Translation updates and improvements
  German - Ansariel Hiller
  Polish - PanteraPolnocy
  Japanese - Hiroshi Kumaki

• Localization fixes
  PanteraPolnocy

• Cleaned up Japanese panel_preferences_backup.xml
  Ansariel Hiller

• NEWAdded a new option to disable default eye movements and blinking
  Before and after enabling the option
  Preferences → Firestorm → Avatar → Disable random avatar eye movements
  Kadah Coba

• NEWAdded threaded filepickers for snapshot to disk
  On earlier viewer versions, when saving a snapshot to disk, if you waited too long to choose your save location in the Windows file picker, the viewer would disconnect.
  You can now take as much time as you like choosing where to save your snapshot.
  Avatar → Snapshot → Save to Disk
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed the “Enable highlighting of selected prims” setting sometimes reverting on relog
  This fixes FIRE-17951
  Preferences → Firestorm → Build 2 → Enable highlighting of selected prims
  Kadah Coba, Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed chat in console sometimes not showing if floaters get minimized
  This fixes FIRE-18007
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed IM messages not displaying in the conversations window if they were sent when the conversations floater was minimized
  This fixes FIRE-18019
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed the icon not flashing in taskbar when receiving IM with unfocussed window
  This fixes FIRE-18245
  Preferences → Notifications → People → Flash the app icon when receiving a message and Firestorm is not in focus
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed the status text from “Sharing” an inventory item not obeying the “Use Legacy File Name format” setting
  This fixes FIRE-15138
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDBetter handling of non-existent chat log location
  If chat log location is set to a path that doesn't exist, chat log location is now reset to default
  This fixes FIRE-18247
  Preferences → Network & Files → Directories → Conversation logs and transcripts location
  Kadah Coba

• FIXEDFixed legacy group search only returning the first 20 results
  This fixes FIRE-17955
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed URLs in group notices sometimes opening up a blank place profile window instead of the webpage URL
  This fixes FIRE-17995
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed the per group snooze duration not working from the chiclet context menu
  This fixes FIRE-18167
  Ansariel Hiller

• IMPROVEMENTImproved the look of the Pie Menu
  
  • The pie menu rings now look smoother.
    
  • Added NiranV Dean's outer ring sub menu visualisation from Black Dragon viewer - If you do not like this effect, it can be disabled via Preferences → User Interface → 2D Overlay → Enable outer ring shade.
  • Added a new popup effect with animated labels - If you do not like this effect, it can be disabled via Preferences → User Interface → 2D Overlay → Enable text animation
    
  • Phoenix and Latency skins use the old Pie menu layout by default
    Preferences → User Interface → 2D Overlay → Use Pie Menu
    Ansariel Hiller

• IMPROVEMENTNew look for the login screen
  If you prefer the old login screen layout, you can set the debug setting FSUseLegacyLoginPanel to TRUE
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed opening Preferences from the login screen breaking the login page layout
  This fixes FIRE-17518
  Ansariel Hiller

• NEWAvatar hitboxes are now colored in the same color as on the minimap
  This allows those using avatar hitboxes in combat to recolor the hitboxes for friendly and enemies.
  
  This is in priority:
  

1. Special mark color
2. Contact set color
3. Special avatar color (friend, muted, etc.)
4. Default minimap color
   This feature was requested in FIRE-18207
   Developer → Render Metadata → Avatar Hitboxes
   Ansariel Hiller

• NEWAdded AVX2 support on Windows for self-compilers
  To compile the viewer with AVX2 support, add –avx2 to your configuration commands
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFirestorm can now be compiled using gcc 5.1.1
  This fixes FIRE-17488
  Nicky Dasmijn

• FIXEDMany MANY crash fixes and general performance improvements
  Big thanks to everyone who submitted their crash reports last release
  Nicky Dasmijn

• FIXEDFixed the “Face reference data corrupt for rigged type 21” crash
  This also fixes the “Face reference data corrupt for rigged type 16: Index incorrect” crash and the “Index out of bounds” crash
  This should fix all the crashes under FIRE-12456
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed a crash in LLPanelPlaceInfo::displayParcelInfo
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed “Internal Error”/“Uncaught Exception” crash when pressing modifier keys on Mac
  This fixes FIRE-18016 and STORM-2127
  Cinder Roxley (Alchemy Viewer)

• FIXEDCrashfix - enable_object_edit() crashes when called without being logged in
  This fixes STORM-2098
  Cinder Roxley (Alchemy Viewer)

• NEWIncreased sounds length to 60 seconds on OpenSim
  This feature was requested in FIRE-17812
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed the minimap property lines being corrupted on OpenSim with VarRegions & the associated viewer crash
  This fixes FIRE-17419
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDFixed spamming the region with MapBlockRequest messages at certain map zoom levels
  This fixes FIRE-18295 and Mantis 0007906
  Ansariel Hiller

• FIXEDForced HttpPipelining off on OpenSim
  This fixes FIRE-17287
  Ansariel Hiller

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