And here we are with another update.
This time fixing ... actually just the same as always, fixing reported issues. Just making sure the Viewer is in a decent shape before I start merging the all the latest code from LL and bringing it up to date. Been kinda delaying that because it will definitely break a lot of things again.
Anyway, enjoy being able to bind double-click teleport as action via the keybinding system, it comes as default (for all newcomers) but you'll need to bind it yourself (or reset the keybindings if you are using the defaults).
There isn't much interesting to say about this update other than a new button to revert the poser to the initial pose and the ability to "overdrive" sliders by typing in numbers bigger/smaller than their min/max values allow.
Also the TPV meeting this week was highly... productive! We discussed one whole feature, given its not going to be forgotten again we might get llSetAnimationOverride into the Viewer in the not-so-distant future, which will ultimately mean I can finally work on a Viewer-side AO. Until then its just about nagging LL more so they don't forget.
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Since version 4.0.2 there's one particular item that always renders wrong to me, it's Lunar's Mumu socks and it utilizes alpha layer I think to print patterns over the socks.Behavior is bit wonky to describe, viewer initially decides to render it as if has no alpha channel to render it in full color of the pattern color(alpha pattern), but then if switch to other color via HUD it renders only the pattern layer correctly and decides to not render the base layer making it partially invisible. Since I have no idea if viewer will render other items wrong to me, I always try out new version and check if socks displays fine and always go back to version 4.0.1 because it doesn't. I wasn't sure if this is something worth mentioning because it seems niche if it was only for the particular item but thought you might be interested in checking it happens to other items too.
ReplyDeleteWeird, there has been no changes in rendering from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. The first update introducing rendering changes was 4.0.3.
DeleteI bought the demo and took a look how it works, i can't see the issue but i can imagine whats happening. The socks use two layers (one solid for the base and another small onion layer ontop for the patches) what's happening to yours seems to be that for some reason the base layer has been set to alpha mode "Blend" making it an alpha, which is cut away (occluded) by the patches onion layer which also is alpha (rigged alpha will cut alpha away, kinda like invisiprims did). I didn't see a way to do this in the HUD so i suspect this somehow happened due to a known random bug where some of your items are falsely set to "blend" (which is the default fallback if it is for some reason unknown), interacting or selecting these objects in this bugged state will "update" them and apply these changes unintentionally, this can break no-mod items like these socks. No idea why 4.0.1 doesn't show this, you might have just been extremely unlucky and having this bug trigger every single time when logging in with a newer version but i highly suggest updating to the latest version, clearing your cache and getting a new copy of the object to make sure.
Since the last update I have seen the gray avatars. I put to see all avatars in preferences. Any suggestions for what it could be? Thanks
ReplyDeleteGrey avatars should be people you ignored/muted. Check if they are muted, jellydolled people are green and impostored (max avatars) are simply 2D sprites of their avatar.
DeleteMy graph is high, I put it to see all avatars. These gray avatars are not blocked
DeleteDid you make sure they are also set to render always? right click - render avatar - always.
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ReplyDeletehi im new to black dragon and have a problem when logging in my screen is spinning and even after restarting it still does . What can i do to fix then issue?
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a controller (or something that is detected as such) plugged in, either unplug them, recenter them (make sure all joysticks are centered and dont have any drift) or go into Preferences - Camera - Configure Flycam Controls and turn it off or reconfigure it there to have a bigger deadzone that nullifies your stick drift.
DeleteHi there!. I realised I have still got an older version of black dragon and decided to try and update today. I download it and install it into the folder where my older BD viewer was but it doesnt seem to overwrite?. And after I install it, it gives me a Microsoft warning about it being dangerous because of the link or something. Well i know it isn't dangerous so I try to run it anyway and nothing happens. When i start up Black dragon its still the older veiwer. Im not sure whats going on. D:.
ReplyDeleteAny help appreciated.
The package should always be automatically force overwriting whatever is in the folder, if you choose the right folder that shouldn't be a problem. Delete the old version and reinstall the new version in the same folder to make sure it isn't windows permission system fuckery that's doing this. Also the desktop shortcut is not updated if you change the install folder so double check you are actually installing in the right folder (you might have installed one in the Program Files x86 folder and the other into Program Files), to be sure, delete the desktop shortcut as well so it creates a new one.
DeleteShould the Viewer not start up and bring up no error message after successfully installing and attempting to start it (given you made sure you are really starting it, from its folder to be 100% sure) its most likely because you are using the AVX version and your CPU has no AVX support, in that case you will need the non-AVX version.
Hey NiranV, on my desktop I installed 4.05 but it seems to not load evox Bom heads on it. I've cleared all BD files, reinstalled it (both versions) but the same issue keeps repeating itself. Not sure what may have caused this, but luckily I had 4.04 on my laptop still (As your links have expired), transferred the .exe to my desktop and installed that and that cleared the issues. Just thought I would flag.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a random occurance, nothing in the Viewer has been changed that affects how textures are rendered or loaded (or received), only SSAO shaders were touched. I'd highly suggest trying 4.0.5 again and simply clearing cache.
Deletedoes this viewer works for windows 11? i tried to download and it wont let me
ReplyDeleteIt should, that's either an issue of your antivirus, your windows defender or your browser, you need to whitelist the file/download or disable them until you are done.
DeleteHi there, I was trying out Black Dragon the other days and sadly it wont work with my RX Vega 56 under Windows 11, had the same issue with the LL viewer for a while until they updated it again, until then i had to switch to Linux for the SL stuff.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping the next BD update will fix that ,given that, i presume, it is base on the LL Viewer source code.
So my question is if you got an estimate for when the next Version of your viewer will be released, because I really wanna use it but for now cant.
Good question, I do not know. I haven't started on it yet, usually when i start its coming out quite fast unless problems arise. Been planning to get working on an update sometime this month.
DeleteNo hurry, good things take a while. Surely will be on the lookout for it ^^
DeleteI really love this viewer! I miss the "search area" in the toolbar, in any update would you be able to put this option?
ReplyDeleteArea Search is not planned, its often abused to cheat in hunting games and is also very laggy (spams the region with an extreme amount of selection-info-requests per object/prim), unless we get some proper way of doing this in a batch it won't happen. LL has already been informed about the request of such a feature.
DeleteHi, i take a Photography and i no cant upload to my profile.
ReplyDeleteKnown issue, unknown cause however.
DeleteHai! Loving this viewer since Ive tried it. Its fast become my regular viewer. Question on something I just recently noticed..Tho not sure if it was something I did, or a change in controls. Didnt see it in bugs or elsewhere, sorry if its been asked already...
ReplyDeleteWhen I click my left mouse button, its rotating the camera some, or it turns me in the direction I am pointing at. I dont want that! lol In firestorm I know its the "avatar rotation" or "turning to selected object" But I just click the ground, example to activate a paddle to swing...it turns the camera. Its it something in keybinds that changed? I cant figure it out!! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!
Sounds like a controls issue.
DeleteOne of two things probably, make sure NONE of the controls have LMB (Left Mouse Button) set unless you actually want said action to be bound to LMB. Also make sure that the MMORPG style click-to-walk is not enabled (which will also change how the camera work and make left-click drag anywhere turn your camera).
Great! Thank you so much...I will def try these, tho now Im thinking it IS that MMORPG click walk. Might have been the only thing I didnt try of course lol. Thank you so much again! <3
DeleteBlah...tried and failed lol...I must of done something and I dont know what. I will keep playing around. Thank you for the suggestions tho!
DeleteHey, i got a weird issue, the not riggeds attachments on my HEAD (glasses, bangs, etc) seem to just fly over the head after a tp, it's weird. Even a reset attachement don't fix it, only a relog o.o
ReplyDeleteThis is fixed with 4.0.6 Beta
DeleteI really need help. I have installed black dragon on 2 computers
ReplyDeleteI have checked the nvidia graphics and tested everything, it is correct, but I don't know why my skin has no light when the sun shines on it.
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There is no help to be had, lighting (windlight) has been completely revamped with the introduction of Enhanced Environment Project.
Deletewhere is the download ?
ReplyDeleteOn the right side
DeleteHello :) i love your viewer, i would like to ask a thing, i see near the names, some symbols, some users have the green one with a star in it, i have a red symbol with "!" inside. sorry for my bad english
ReplyDeleteThat's the new performance display, it shows you at a quick glance how good avatars are optimized. From green for good to yellow to red for bad.
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ReplyDeleteHello Niran. I can't open my inventory folders, they are there but can't open them. I tried waht once you said me but not works. Can you help me?
ReplyDeleteThat's because there is nothing in them, sounds like your inventory isn't loading at all. Did you try a relog (on a different region, empty one 100% not lagging), cache clear sometimes can help too
Deletehello can I have the link of the last update please I did not find it ... thank you in advance
ReplyDeleteTop right on the blog there's a download link "Download Black Dragon", it always goes to the latest one.
DeleteHi, i'm using an intel graphics card, my black dragon viewer worked fine for months, and I could take amazing pics, but recently, when I open the same black dragon for a pic, it says "defered rending unavailable" and my screen jus looks weird, I rebooted my laptop many times, emptied the cache, but nothing seems to work, did you change something on it? I want to know how I can fix this, or can I have the link to an older release... Thank you
ReplyDeleteIntel GPU's have always been unsupported. Nothing has changed about that. Unless you have one of the very latest Intel GPU's deferred will simply not work (shaders won't compile).
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