tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post8154091795862162227..comments2024-03-24T21:18:50.209+01:00Comments on Black Dragon Viewer: Black Dragon Viewer - Update 2.4.4.7 "Occluding Ambience"NiranV Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02599413268681962701noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-85722191315592117752018-02-06T08:23:52.380+01:002018-02-06T08:23:52.380+01:001. The "installer" is just a self-extrac...1. The "installer" is just a self-extracting WinRAR, it does however create shortcuts that is unless the very release you installed didn't have it because i fucked it up in that particular release... which really shouldn't happen as i'm using a default WinRar packing profile which always automatically sets it to create a shortcut making it impossible to miss unless i don't somehow select the profile. You might want to try a newer release.<br />2. Not actually a typo, the ' isn't used in the UI other than for clearly "quoting" something, i'll have it fixed or changed regardless.<br />3. That is on purpose, radio buttons should not look different, they kinda destroy the streamlined UI skin. Radio buttons had a separate texture for quite some time and it looked simply ugly.<br />4. Local Chat chatbar does not change, yes. This is actually the wanted behavior, the IM/Conversation window doing it is what i consider a bug. I'll look into that too.<br />5. I'm not sure i want that. A better place to suggest would be Linden Labs, this should if at all a baseline feature.<br /><br />Though why are you answering to a 2 year old post?NiranV Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599413268681962701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-16798095692620660802018-02-05T22:22:27.820+01:002018-02-05T22:22:27.820+01:00Hi Niran. I kept getting told by friends that Blac...Hi Niran. I kept getting told by friends that Black Dragon viewer is great for SL photography so I thought I'd give it a try. For various reasons, I just can't get comfortable getting used to it after getting used to the flexibility and scale of customizations available in Firestorm, so I probably won't switch. I don't expect you to make any changes based on that, but I thought I'd send you a few objective, unbiased issues I found while trying it. It's up to you if you want to address them, but I felt like I should leave them here.<br /><br />1. When running the installer, it just extracts the files. It doesn't put a shortcut on the start menu or desktop. I ran the "installer" twice to make sure it wasn't a one-off issue.<br />2. Small typo in Preferences: "Mute viewer when its minimized" -> "it's"<br />3. In preferences, radio buttons are rendered as checkboxes (confusing UI).<br />4. When setting the chat text to 'Small', the text in the chat box (the input field) doesn't scale down with it.<br />5. When using chat, Ctrl+Backspace doesn't delete whole words, unlike other native input fields.<br /><br />Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-85593075703455948822016-01-19T07:47:02.276+01:002016-01-19T07:47:02.276+01:00Kk thx :3Kk thx :3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-63040555144915307292016-01-19T04:14:55.465+01:002016-01-19T04:14:55.465+01:00Texture Trashing is a problem that cannot be fixed...Texture Trashing is a problem that cannot be fixed as it is a feature of every Viewer. You can only delay it but not prevent it from happening.<br /><br />You can close all group chats immediately after they open up.<br />You can increase the system/texture memory setting.<br />You can stay away from high resolution textures.<br />You can change a specific setting to make all textures load on only half their original resolution.<br />To name a few.NiranV Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599413268681962701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-3732673417513335262016-01-19T02:52:44.561+01:002016-01-19T02:52:44.561+01:00Is there something I can do to fix that?Is there something I can do to fix that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-91309105856771467562016-01-15T03:12:18.257+01:002016-01-15T03:12:18.257+01:00Not reproducible, therefor unrelated to dynamic le...Not reproducible, therefor unrelated to dynamic level of detail. What you are seeing is simply texture trashing, which can also cause sculpts to go into a broken/derezzed looking state since they are just textures.NiranV Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599413268681962701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-56128084754912048812016-01-15T02:26:47.420+01:002016-01-15T02:26:47.420+01:00I'm having a tiny problem with dynamic level o...I'm having a tiny problem with dynamic level of detail I have it off so things will be fully rezzed at all times but now I noticed that objects are unrezzing and only rezz when I hover my mouse over it but as soon as I'm not hovering my mouse over a object it quickly goes back to being unrezzed :< Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-61935503893420968532016-01-04T20:36:27.352+01:002016-01-04T20:36:27.352+01:00Please read:
Update 2.4.4.4
Update 2.4.4.5
as well...Please read:<br /><a href="http://niranv-sl.blogspot.de/2015/11/black-dragon-viewer-update-2444-cutting.html" rel="nofollow">Update 2.4.4.4</a><br /><a href="http://niranv-sl.blogspot.de/2015/12/black-dragon-viewer-update-2445-going.html" rel="nofollow">Update 2.4.4.5</a><br />as well as the official guide:<br /><a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Avatar_Rendering_Complexity" rel="nofollow">Avatar Rendering Complexity</a><br />and for some pictures and examples:<br /><a href="http://modemworld.me/2015/12/01/black-dragon-2-4-4-4-jelly-babies-and-graphics-presets/" rel="nofollow">Inara's Viewer Review</a><br /><br />There's also a topic on the Forum:<br /><a href="http://niransviewer.freeforums.org/i-see-dead-people-t268.html" rel="nofollow">Forum Post</a><br /><br />There was also a comment related to it in previous posts:<br /><a href="http://niranv-sl.blogspot.de/2015/11/black-dragon-viewer-update-2444-cutting.html#comment-form" rel="nofollow">Update 2.4.4.4 Update Section</a>NiranV Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599413268681962701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-33128915589964507482016-01-04T17:59:50.762+01:002016-01-04T17:59:50.762+01:00P.S. The problem above occurs when I look at my al...P.S. The problem above occurs when I look at my alternative avatar or other people avatars by black dragon so it does not occur when looking at my own operating avatar. However it's important to look at my alternative or other person's avatar when taking a snap shot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001894160739107360.post-68049950989422104422016-01-04T17:49:53.354+01:002016-01-04T17:49:53.354+01:00My avatar corrupts to all body green or blue when ...My avatar corrupts to all body green or blue when using both 2.4.4.6 and 2.4.4.7, however no problem in 2.4.4.1. And it occurs in some avatars but does not occur in others. Does it occur when exceeding the number of attached items? Anyway no problem in 2.4.4.1. I don't test it in viewers between 2.4.4.1 and 2.4.4.6 as I don't have them. This is my review. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com