8.1

8.1

Build 1818 - Ongoing

Release date	2021
Developers	Chris
New features
Chronology
Previous 8.0	Next 10.0

Purpose

Version 8.1 added D3D11, D3D12, Metal and Vulkan render hardware support.

This implied additional programmable shaders and 3D asset file formats.

Features

New features include additional 3D formats and modern shader-only render, to be made available during the v8 cycle.

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2021 December 28th

• Initial Release
• Replaced Microsoft's WinInet API

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2021 December 29th

• Fixed an issue your own CAV eventually not showing, when initially entering a world.

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2022 January 5th

• Copyright to 2022.
• Cleanup unused animation sequences during runtime.
• More concurrent and faster http(s) downloads from OP.
• Accordingly, more concurrent assets-items loaded.
• Unlock up to 1000fps.

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2022 January 15th

• Keep the 3 last animation sequences in memory for each avatar.
• Ensure render to texture to none-multisampling surface.

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2022 January 17th

• Replace Microsoft's DirectSound for sound and noise action commands.

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2022 January 21th

• Reduce count of threads spawned by sound and noise playback.
• Play audio of media by the audio module built-in the VLC SDK.
• Upsample all audio to at least 48000 / second, 2 channels, 16 bit.

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2022 January 25th

• Reimplement traditional software shadows for static models.

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2022 February 2nd

• Run longer sound and noise audio in a separate engine.
• Gracefully close the application, even if user cancels the shutdown process (not when killed).
• Use common HOR+ FOV instead of previous VER- FOV.

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2022 February XXth

• Fixed an issue with mouse focus detection on objects.
• Adjust HUD text render on D3D9, requiring accurate half-texel offset.
• Adjust avatar's auto-walk to high fps.
• Removed obsolete "Render balloons on top" in chat settings.