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Niran, in the latest 4.1.4 version - is the double-click to TP on permanently ? I cant find the check box to turn it off in settings anymore.
Otherwise fabulous.. enjoying this version and looking forward to next ones too.
Otherwise fabulous.. enjoying this version and looking forward to next ones too.
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LL moved it from being an actual option to be a movement action, it needs to be bound/unbound in Keybindings now (same with double click autopilot). They did this to allow binding it to other keys than just double click mouse. Some people may want it on right or left click (this means it includes the left-click MMORPG style movement as well).
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Black dragon added a pose creator and exporter to the latest release. It exports in a format that can be imported into second life. The poses have to be created from scratch to avoid any copying of existing poses.
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The 5.0 beta of Black Dragon is out:
niranv-sl.blogspot.com
This is the PBR beta.
Black Dragon Viewer 64x - Update 5.0 Beta "Probing Dragon"
6 long months has it been and its finally here! The PBR (beta) update! Thanks to everyone who has been testing this as we went from a barely...
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This is the PBR beta.
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New update is out:
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Please don't link direct links. They WILL break.
Direct links go to the file itself which will be deleted whenever a new update comes out. Link to the download page instead.
Speaking of *snip*
Download Page
Direct links go to the file itself which will be deleted whenever a new update comes out. Link to the download page instead.
Speaking of *snip*
Download Page
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Astonishingly enough, Black Dragon is faster than FS with the same graphics settings. However, I wish I could adjust my own camera presets like I can do with FS and the official viewer.
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Niran posted a blog post today announcing the release of a new version of his viewer.
More importantly however he talked about the declining money stream coming from Patreon, and that the project is dying due to that.
To quote him: " Anyway, here's something less positive to say:
A while ago i was contacted by a long time patreon patron who was unhappy with the lack of communication (assuming they meant the Viewer not getting updates nor messages on Discord) who ultimately ended his patronage after 4 years.
Let me say that i feel you.
I'm sorry for the lack of updates and communication. Life has been steadily getting harder and you aren't the only one who dropped out of Patreon. Over time the amount of people subscribed to Patreon has steadily declined to the point i could no longer keep up with the increasing demands of my dirty capitalist country so for several months now i've been falling short on cash, at first i was able to churn through with some saved up money but it never recovered and i was eventually forced to make a decision, either end it here or find another way.
I was determined to make it work somehow... it's only a couple eurons missing right? So i started taking comissions after several people requested them, told me i should do comissions because they are eager to pay for my work. So aside from working on the Viewer and my other million projects as well as juggling real life and friends, i'm now also juggling comissions to earn that little bit of missing cash.
This took away time from the Viewer obviously, which resulted in the development getting slower and slower and more and more comissions had to be taken to make up for the steadily increasing lack of patreon funds. This created a death spiral, more comissions, less development, less patrons, less money, more comissions and so on...
I didn't say anything because i didn't want to worry anyone nor do i want to beg for money, after all if people don't want to support me anymore then that's their choice and a completely legit reason. No one is forcing anyone to support me but as much as i don't want to say it, the Viewer does depend on me and i depend on this money... and with the grips tightening to the point that i feel like i can no longer offset the missing funds and with that one message giving me a big wake up call, i think it might finally time to say it: I do not think i can make this work much longer, the next month might already not work out anymore. So unless this somehow stabilizes again we will soon have to switch from very little communication to no communication... as in shutting the light off.
I hate saying this but: the Viewer is dying.
Patreon is what kept the Viewer alive. Everyone who financially supported me kept this Viewer alive several many more years than anticipated. Thank you everyone for that.
(For anyone interested in the exact numbers, 400 was chosen as the Patreon "goal" because it covers the mandatory health insurance (265€ / ~310$) and internet provider cost (55€ / ~65$). That is with conversion from $ to € that was enough.)"
This is not the first time the project was at a similar point. In the past however there was always a way found to move on.
niranv-sl.blogspot.com
More importantly however he talked about the declining money stream coming from Patreon, and that the project is dying due to that.
To quote him: " Anyway, here's something less positive to say:
A while ago i was contacted by a long time patreon patron who was unhappy with the lack of communication (assuming they meant the Viewer not getting updates nor messages on Discord) who ultimately ended his patronage after 4 years.
Let me say that i feel you.
I'm sorry for the lack of updates and communication. Life has been steadily getting harder and you aren't the only one who dropped out of Patreon. Over time the amount of people subscribed to Patreon has steadily declined to the point i could no longer keep up with the increasing demands of my dirty capitalist country so for several months now i've been falling short on cash, at first i was able to churn through with some saved up money but it never recovered and i was eventually forced to make a decision, either end it here or find another way.
I was determined to make it work somehow... it's only a couple eurons missing right? So i started taking comissions after several people requested them, told me i should do comissions because they are eager to pay for my work. So aside from working on the Viewer and my other million projects as well as juggling real life and friends, i'm now also juggling comissions to earn that little bit of missing cash.
This took away time from the Viewer obviously, which resulted in the development getting slower and slower and more and more comissions had to be taken to make up for the steadily increasing lack of patreon funds. This created a death spiral, more comissions, less development, less patrons, less money, more comissions and so on...
I didn't say anything because i didn't want to worry anyone nor do i want to beg for money, after all if people don't want to support me anymore then that's their choice and a completely legit reason. No one is forcing anyone to support me but as much as i don't want to say it, the Viewer does depend on me and i depend on this money... and with the grips tightening to the point that i feel like i can no longer offset the missing funds and with that one message giving me a big wake up call, i think it might finally time to say it: I do not think i can make this work much longer, the next month might already not work out anymore. So unless this somehow stabilizes again we will soon have to switch from very little communication to no communication... as in shutting the light off.
I hate saying this but: the Viewer is dying.
Patreon is what kept the Viewer alive. Everyone who financially supported me kept this Viewer alive several many more years than anticipated. Thank you everyone for that.
(For anyone interested in the exact numbers, 400 was chosen as the Patreon "goal" because it covers the mandatory health insurance (265€ / ~310$) and internet provider cost (55€ / ~65$). That is with conversion from $ to € that was enough.)"
This is not the first time the project was at a similar point. In the past however there was always a way found to move on.
Black Dragon Viewer 64x - Update 5.4.4 "Volumetric Dragon"
Open your ocular receptors for they will be chromatically aberrated with this minor increase in numerical versioning. For eons have people d...
niranv-sl.blogspot.com