Disclaimer

Black Dragon is MY Viewer, i decide which feature i want to add and which to remove, i share this Viewer to show the world that user base size is not important, i do rate quality by effort, thought and love put into the project, not some rough estimated numbers. I consider feature requests only if i you can name proper valid reasons i can agree on. It is my (unpaid) time i'm putting into this project, i'm not here to cater to every Joe's desires.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Black Dragon 64x - Update 3.9.8 "Visualizing Dragon"

Fixes: *exist*

Me: I WANT YOU!

Bugs: *shaking in fear*



So many updates and so many fixes in such a short time, whats happening? I don't know but i'm in a damn good mood!


Fixes for starting on crashup when a controller is plugged in, fixes for crashing when editing linden grass/trees, fixes for snapshot tiling issues (both to disk and inventory, both color and depth shots), fixes for Deferred Rendering failing when SSR is on but everything else off, fixes for some fullbright objects being immune to haze, fixes for the Fixed Environment window becoming unusable when changing the windlight preset outside of the window while its open and fixes for the Viewer trying to start a conversation with that "None" group no one's talking to.

This update also sees some love to the Build window, people finally annoyed me enough to go about adding next/previous link/face/prim buttons, the grid options have all been moved into the Grid Options window which has now been renamed to Build Options and got a couple more build related options that are lesser used and buried in the menus. The main build/edit window has had the Only My Objects and Only Physical Objects options moved to Build Options too and instead has gotten Show Selection Outlines and and Snap to Grid option as checkbox now as replacement. Show Selection Outlines has also been added to Preferences - Viewer ... because apparently it was missing!

Also shhh: Quit Viewer shortcut has been removed for those that may or may not have accidentally quit the Viewer by hitting CTRL + Q (instead of Shift + Q for rolling the camera) with the "Do you want to quit" dialog disabled. No more accidentally yeeting the Viewer!


Also a big shoutout to Boston Blaisdale for making this incredibly good tutorial video about Black Dragon:


And another big shoutout to this video made by Phat Cat in Black Dragon with the help of the Poser/Animator:

I like this one, despite all the flaws and limitations SL has, this has quite something to show!



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14 comments:

  1. PhatcatWednesday, February 10, 2021

    Thanks for the shout-out! :D
    Lukaskw Resident and Frostae Resident were my cameramen for this.
    Lukaskw did the sweeping shots and the smooth camera and high FPS kept things looking great, even with effects popping off.
    Frostae used your rigging system to make the spaceships move(attached to his avatar) in ways impossible with normal lsl functions.

    Keep up the great work, Niran!

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  2. AnonymousTuesday, February 23, 2021

    I'm kind of sick and tired of nudes.
    I'll watch the videos... BDV is different and SL is hard and complex enough to make another viewer with different stuff in different places, it is not there and is not intuitive... and is the reason why is not the number one.. and SL complexity in every way of the word is the reason why people doesn't stay.

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    1. NiranV DeanWednesday, February 24, 2021

      I'm not sure if thats compliment or a complaint. What's the issue?

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  3. UnknownMonday, March 01, 2021

    This is an amazing tutorial, though i seem to be having some random troubles with my viewer, i keep freezing every 3 seconds or so and my lag meter keeps on jumping around between bad and immaculate.... this has never happened before and redownloading dosnt seem to fix it. is there anything i can do ?

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    1. NiranV DeanTuesday, March 02, 2021

      Check your harddrive, this is most commonly an issue with it being faulty or being overused (by something else)

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  4. Jabriea MontagueSaturday, March 06, 2021

    how can i download it on a mac

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    1. NiranV DeanSaturday, March 06, 2021

      The same way you do it on any other platform. You won't be able to use it without a windows emulator though.

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  5. Rancid StarburstWednesday, March 17, 2021

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  6. Rancid StarburstWednesday, March 17, 2021

    Will we ever be able to save custom poses as BVH files? I like your poser, I really really WANT to sell the poses that I myself make with it, because I absolutely HATE those crappy and overly priced poser HUDS on Marketplace that still have ugly limitations with joints. Yours is perfect, and I love it. I also want to be able to make couple poses too, and be able to pose a friend or loved one with me some how.

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    1. NiranV DeanThursday, March 18, 2021

      When i get around to do the Animator you will be able to export poses (only as .anim though). You will however not be able to poser others, this is something LL does not allow me to do.

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  7. NetsuFriday, March 19, 2021

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  8. SWEET ThingsMonday, May 17, 2021

    thanks

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  9. AnonymousSaturday, September 03, 2022

    So i jus did the update from the 29th but it not allowing me to right click at all and when i tryin it change the viewing of black dragon and I’m not able to add on clothes or anything

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