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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.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Black Dragon Viewer 64x - Update 5.1.1 "Probing Dragon"

Did i not release a 5.1.0 blogpost? Wow.


Anyway, here is 5.1.1 and it brings a good chunk of fixes for a lot of your issues! Yay!

NOTE: Make sure you fix your light count setting as instructed in the video, also CLEAN INSTALL the viewer, that means MANUALLY deleting everything in the Viewer folder and then installing the update, this gets rid of leftovers and ensures you get the same Viewer as everyone else. (Looking at you people that still have unsupported language files)


20 comments:

  1. Question, So RLV is gone completely on 5.1.1?
    Just trying read everything about the update and I did not seen that information.
    If you could help me out thank you!

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    1. RLVa has been gone since 5.0, so yes, its gone for now

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    2. can u please put the older version 6.6.9 back?

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  2. The damn problem of the cache being emptied at each logout continues. It's sad that such an annoying problem is treated as something normal and my request for help is ignored. I give up.

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    1. That's neither normal nor ignored. I just can't do anything about it. I don't know whats causing it. The blog isn't exactly the best place to ask for this either. Debugging this requires sitting down for possibly some hours and going through a lot of possible causes and finding the issue is not guaranteed.

      Have you tried contacting me on Discord instead and showing some will to sit down for possibly hours on end with no solution?

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  3. Thanks! This update is working well for me and I'm enjoying using it. Rendering seems much faster, lighting gives consistent results.

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  4. how do i get my SSAO to work i cant get it to work

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  5. How can I protect folders in this viewer? I seem to be accidentally deleting things and I could really use that feature.

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  6. I'm having an issue where my view starts loading, then just dissappears, tried redownloading C++ 2013 and the 2015-2022 version, restarting pc, with no luck.

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  7. is this being filmed in SL, it may be a stupid question but how are you talking and arm movements working in unison?

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  8. i just had to update my blackdraggon because it wouldn't let me log in like 2 days ago and my graphics are terrible with this update and i have no clue what it is , i've tried everything and nothing seems to work even tho my pc inst compatiable with blackdragon the old viewer was perfectly fine for me having a ''geforce 1030'' and i wasnt having any problems now my rendering is horrible and graphics look cartoony and the full resolution my windlights look terrible, i follwed the instructions by putting the hdr to zero. still no luck. even takin my pics in ultra was no problem with the my old viewer i was using is there any way i can get the old viewer back without the hdr probe?

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    1. No. Have you tried resetting your settings? You might have busted settings.

      Also rendering is horrible and graphics look cartoony (when they really look almost identical) is hardly descriptive of the issue. Comparison pictures, videos, anything that shows what you are talking about could be helpful to determine what the issue is.

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    2. yea i've reset my settings if deleting my folder for blackdragon is what you mean ? and what i mean by my graphics, is the resolution not fully there , its not realistic at all as it use to be certain objects are not fully rendered and blurry textures , my windlights still seem to be fully bright and rezzing colors on my objects from the sky that make the image not look right if that makes sense im tryna best decribe my problem the best way i can . so how could i reslove this problem because i use black dragon for content and products i sell on secondlife and not being able to take pictures how i use to is affecting that.

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  9. the reflection color on my objects from my windlights are on my objects is what i mean ,and thats with the space ambient off and the probes to a zero .

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    1. Thats normal, PBR introduced actual environment reflections tht reflect the sky, regardless of settings.
      Textures not fully loading is usually a sign of your texture memory being full.
      Unsure what you mean wih the resolution isnt fully there, i need a picture, sys specs and some general info , like what resolution you are running vs wht resolution the picture is taken at

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  10. hello im not sure to understand i have that release : Black Dragon 6.6.9.50830 (64bit)
    4.3.2 - Kneading Dragon
    and i see in here thye latest release is : Black Dragon Viewer 64x - Update 5.1.1 "Probing Dragon"
    do im under an old version ? wich one is the right one 6.6.9 or 4.3.2 ?
    Thank you

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    1. 6.6.9 is the LL code version it is based on, 50830 is the git commit it is compiled on.
      4.3.2 - Kneading Dragon is the viewer specific version. The version of Black Dragon.

      I go by Black Dragon version. The linden code version number is just there so people can see what LL version this is based on.

      5.1.2 is the latest version currently.

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    2. Does anyone have the install for BD 6.6.9?

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    3. i need that version as well

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  11. how do i download this version?

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