Loss of Firestorm 5.1.2 and now BOM problems

[emilia Avindar]

This week the Phoenix Viewer that allowed so many to enjoy SL and open sims, on minimal or older equipment was blocked.  Worse, the only substitute offered has Baked On Mesh feature.  Even in the Official SL Viewer, the BOM feature caused me to no longer see texture on my Zooby animesh babies. 

Could someone offer any guidance? First of all, is there some skinning or other setting to tweak, to undo the defeat of animesh textures in the new viewers?

And how might I advise friends who need to upgrade hardware to view SL?  What is the approximate entry point for a device or laptop that will render this incredible world? I know about the Official System Requirements, but people have long gotten around the recommendations, until now.

 

https://secondlife.com/my/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US

Any anecdotal advice, whatever is appreciated.

 

[animats]

I've backed off to Firestorm 6.2.4, but that's because FS broke the "Stop" feature for region crossings.

I tried driving around the dirt roads of Bellesaria with a big truck with FS 6.3.2. The roads are not flat, and you roll some. Then, at a region crossing, you roll so bad you think you're going to roll over and try to steer out of it. Then you overcorrect. This is not fun.

Edited October 25, 2019 by animats

[emilia Avindar]

Thanks,  animats.

I went to the FS Downloads page and found the most basic download I could.

https://wiki.firestormviewer.org/doku.php?id=downloads

Now I'm using 32-bit Firestorm 6.0.2. and at least no Baked On Mesh problem. This one is working for me, here in SL, at this moment:

Firestorm Release 6.0.2.56680OS 32 bit Windows setup.exe     32-bit working on an HP core i5 with nvidia Geforce GT I haven't seen the animesh/BOM conflict mentioned anywhere else, but I use the 64-bit 6.2.4 of Firestorm also on my gaming laptop. I don't know if it will work for my friend who uses a Lenovo Thinkpad for SL...but i'll post here if 6.0.2 works for him.

 

 

 

[Luna Bliss]

36 minutes ago, animats said:

I've backed off to Firestorm 6.2.4, but that's because FS broke the "Stop" feature for region crossings.

I tried driving around the dirt roads of Bellesaria with a big truck with FS 6.3.2. The roads are not flat, and you roll some. Then, at a region crossing, you roll so bad you think you're going to roll over and try to steer out of it. Then you overcorrect. This is not fun.

No more biking through Belli for awhile!    lol