Now make a plain-over-the-top-of-the-previous-version install. The system really isn’t designed for that. If, like mine, they all use the same settings because I am the sole user of this computer with SL then you can reuse the single backup with each account for the global settings. It is however necessary to backup each user’s avatar login account. But, be warned, your per-avatar-settings do not get backed up if you are logged off. Open Preferences (Ctrl-P) -> Backup (tab). If whether you still have 4.4.0 or have updated to 4.4.1 doesn’t make a difference on this point backup your settings. If you have a problem, you are part of the ‘some.’ Recommendation So, how will you know which you are? Only by testing. users have a problem and others with the apparent exact same systems don’t. That means some XP, some Vista, some Linux, some Mac, some etc. When the dev’s say they don’t know that means they cannot find a reason nor can they see a pattern. But, some percentage of people will have a problem if they do that. In general some percentage of people will have no problem if they install over the top of the old program and do nothing else. The FS Wiki does address Mac and Linux more specifically than I did.īut, do you need to do a clean install or not? And if so why? I’ll give you my take on those questions. Like which viewer to install first and which to install last. There are issues that are not addressed in the Firestorm Wiki’s version of how to do a clean install. I wrote that for those of us that run more than one viewer. On the matter of clean installs, sometime ago I wrote Second Life Clean Install. Going from 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 or 4.4.2 requires a clan install, or so says the team. Clean InstallĬlean Installs can be a PITA. In any event Jessica says they can’t block by grid. But, they would probably still waste bandwidth. They don’t have the stats servers to be overloaded… or maybe they do. Unfortunately it blocks this version when you attempt a login on other grids too. The team built this ability for them to block their viewers.
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