Kokua Viewer

Kokua 3.5.0 is released. If you track version numbers you will notice this version, Kokua-3.5.0, is less than the one used for development. Kokua-3.5.1 will stay as the development version and have Server Side Avatar Baking merged in. Communications ... [More] Hub User Interface (CHUI) is a significant feature provided by the Linden Lab folks. Kokua main [...] [Less]

A crash to desktop is corrected. Additionally, a merge to LL viewer-development is applied to rule out upstream code correcting the crash. This crash occurred when a user received an instant message (IM) with the conversations floater closed. A quick flash of the incoming IM notification would occur but, the Chat button inside the toolbar [...]

Merge of Communications Hub User Interface (CHUI) is complete and made available for testing. This is an experimental viewer so, please review our testing best practices here. Please give this viewer as much use as possible with attention to recently ... [More] added client AO and windlight capabilities. Also, regression testing of media and sound streaming is [...] [Less]

The code base is up to date with Linden Lab (LL) viewer-release 3.4.5. Viewer animation override (AO) has been ported from Teapot and Firestorm viewers. Thanks to Tank Master for some firestorm smoke lifting and Key Gruin, Marcus Llewellyn, and Nebadon from OsGrid for testing. For those interested in additional information about use of the [...]

Secondlife servers provide a default Invisible Avatar as inventory item Library->Body Parts->Alpha Masks->Invisible Avatar. On Secondlife it is easy to use this invisible avatar alpha mask with a rigged mesh avatar to make the underlying ... [More] mesh visible. OpenSim does not provide this in its OpenSim Library. There are iar files that can be used to [...] [Less]

If you don’t need or use mesh upload this crash fix release isn’t needed. Download link.

I had planned that Kokua-3.4.4-r5 would be the last in the 3.4.4 releases but, some “It doesn’t feel right merges” with LL’s viewer-beta 3.4.5 caused me to change my mind and make another release of Kokua-3.4.4. The Advanced Build Tools floater has a layout design from Imprudence with some bits from Firestorm. The Advanced Tools [...]

The Communication Hub UI  has Instant Messaging , Chat,  and Voice controls in one floater as was done in version 1 viewers. Inprudence users have asked that Kokua implement the Imprudence UI for communications. I would like comments from Imprudence users about this interface . This merge affected many parts of Kokua code. Please test [...]

Kokua-3.4.4.25633 is updated to Linden Lab(LL) viewer-release 3.4.4 which  has many crash fixes and appears to be, with an update of libraries, a stepping-stone release for server side baking. There have been comments in internet relay chat (irc) rooms that Kokua and all Third Party Viewers(TPV) will no longer work after LL completes work on [...]

Using Kokua Beta 3.4.2, some opensim grids experienced texture range message spam as outlined here. With test assistance from Marcus Llewellyn (osgrid region owner)  we determined that lindenlab (LL) viewer-beta 3.4.3 no longer caused grid console ... [More] message spam. Earlier today LL merged viewer-beta to viewer-release. So, that code is now go to go for third party viewers. [...] [Less]