• v1.4.0-beta.8 dead7af537

    Slipstream Beta 1.4.0.8
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    sky_line released this 2026-10-23 22:59:40 +00:00 | 328 commits to main since this release

    Slipstream Beta 1.4.0.8 -- v1.4.0-beta.8 (dead7af537).

    Linux x86_64 (glibc >= 2.38, x86-64-v2 CPU): *_x86_64.tar.xz
    Ubuntu 24.04+ / Debian 13+ / Mint 22+: *_amd64.deb (sudo apt install ./)
    Windows x64 (unsigned; SmartScreen: More info > Run anyway): *_Setup.exe installer, or *_win64.zip to unpack anywhere

    Changes since v1.4.0-beta.7.

    Fixes

    • #1000: CEF media plugin crash on Linux (uninitialised VolumeCatcher::pimpl) (b5bf9a12d2)
    • Fixes #969: Links tab dock shows Object + Contents panels for a picked link (f45c406b5b)
    • #966: Frame timings page in Improve graphics speed + performance captures for bug reports (8b8acbe4b9)
    • #902 look-at diagnostics: F32Seconds -> float in the ?: of the age fields (build fix) (eed7dad723)

    Other changes

    • #998: bloom keep-colour slider + hue-preserving highlights in Graphics > Advanced (under Bloom threshold) (dead7af537)
    • #998: HDR bloom saturation preserve (Keep saturation slider + hue-preserving highlights mode) (34d029a669)
    • Glow: scale legacy glow by base-colour brightness instead of masking only black (98df3e61d8)
    • Glow: black texels of a glowing legacy face don't bloom (an eye's pupil on a glowing iris) (ab4eded8b6)
    • Projector ambiance: shadowed only under GI by default (RenderVKProjAmbianceShadowedMode auto) (6111089cf4)
    • #966 (1.4): frame timings' upscaler field without DLSS (release/1.4 has no DLSS path) (4e451ebd7a)
    • Sun/moon shadow maps: receiver fit -- no flickering acne wedges on flat ground in the far cascades (2a1d9d95f2)
    • #971: the network draw distance never exceeds 512 m (e40f272a6d)
    • #971 Advanced graphics: Load neighbouring regions within (SLNetDrawDistanceMax) slider + effective-value readout (1de87daf7e)
    • Weather: wind direction variation (WeatherWindDirVariation, wdirvar= tag key) (22bf47ee0e)
    • #966: Frame timings keeps its scroll position across the live refresh (462758a3f7)
    • #966: Frame timings page stops sampling while the window is minimized (90fd24712a)
    • #902 helper bridge: retry UNAVAILABLE on a backoff, do not time FIND out before login is done, reset the attach budget when ready (d6bc671ce2)
    • #902 look-at sync: per-remote diagnostics, rejected-line counts, stuck-motion watchdog, bounded backlog wait (a934e23932)
    • atmosClassic() (atmos[8].w) and aoSample's ao_up.x were run-time tests, so every lit kernel compiled both lightSurface sky paths (PBR + legacy, classic vs linear) and all three AO upsample paths, and NVIDIA sizes registers for the worst. Both are now constants of the setting-specialization sets (RenderVKSpecPipelines; constants 18 / 19 in clean_frame_info.glsl, SPEC_SKY / SPEC_AOUP in kSpecTable): the lit FS, deferred uber + split kernels, water and the per-pixel particle shaders of a set compile only the live path. (833d6f4f54)
    • With sun / moon shadows off (the setting, the bound spec key's sun 0, or the sun below the horizon: mShadowOn), no shadowed projector records (DEFER_FLAG_PROJ clear) and no merged RT shadow frame, the split's shadow resolve decoded the whole G-buffer only to store the sun visibility the sun-off path computes -- the cloud layer's transmittance -- for the combine to read back (~0.8 ms at 4K on a GTX 1080). (ef1133d0bf)
    • The cluster weld searched its spatial grid for every candidate of every re-skinned character every frame (c_cl_sk_weld ~1.29 ms on the 5090, plus the rest-pose evaluation and grid insert in the pre-skin). The pairs only depend on the rest pose, the weights and the cut; a cluster keeps its arena slot while it stays in the cut, so an arena vertex is a stable id for a weld candidate. (87f5535680)
    • Attached animesh: make mVKCharUpdateFrame public (read via LLVOAvatar* from LLControlAvatar) (26ba6dafee)
    • Attached animesh: same frame as its wearer (update order + GPU follow) (b8fb7ba222)
    • #489 note 1: Received Items shows even when it is empty (1a7e49a3f4)
    • #489 note 1: Received Items is an ordinary inventory folder; the inbox pane is gone (f286b1a494)
    • #489 notes 2/3/5: welcome screen choice presets console chat, click-through, Contacts in Conversations (830bb16a23)
    • #489 note 3: People button can open Contacts inside Conversations (7bad65abae)
    • #489 note 5: console style nearby chat -- persist, fade, lines, size, background settings (e790436d01)
    • #489 note 2: click-through nearby chat message cards (d1e9d65c31)
    • #489 note 4: nearby chat message cards stay / fade times in Preferences (71bfde7cbe)

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