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Updated 12.29.07 4:00 PM

[3:30 PM PST] The updated Windlight viewer is now available for download as well. As mentioned before, these updates are required for anyone using these viewers. -Chiyo

[UPDATE 3:00PM PST] The Release Candidate viewer is once again available for download. The Windlight viewer should be soon to follow. This update will be required for anyone wishing to use these viewers. -Chiyo

If you missed the memo, Windlight client and the Release Candidate clients have been shutdown until further notice (see the Linden Lab blog announcement) as ofSaturday, December 29th, 2007 at 11:56 AM PST. There is however a Windlight Client alternative that works. I have been wanting to try the “Nicholaz Edition” of the Second Life Viewer for a while now, but the constant Linden Versions have kept me pretty busy, (among other things).

Today when I found out that the Windlight Client didn’t work, I went to the website and saw someone in the comments saying that this Nicholaz Edition EC-B which is his experimental Windlight Client, had been released just a few days prior, and it still worked. So I decided to give it a shot and see, since i am quite spoiled now with the great Windlight graphics and enjoy messing with the settings when taking pictures. And I am glad I did, because it was a drag and drop 5 megabyte download and Install, that seems to crash a lot less and respond much better, requiring less of my computers resources. Im going to be testing it for a few days to see what it is like, I will post updates here. Here are the download links that are also embedded in the above text. If you try it tell me how you like it.

If you are new to these, you will most likely want
the latest viewer from the BleedingEdge folder.  Be
sure to carefully read the instructions inside and
also look for the associated release-post on the
blog http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/

The server also contains source code for my builds
and on the blog you will find links to people who
do Linux/Mac builds.

Windows Direct Download Links & Client Descriptions

READ FIRST!!! (Depending On Date that you read this) 

((Note: Later versions will appear as released by Linden Lab

So it would be wise to check the folder of the client type to make 

sure that a newer client then the direct download link file 

has not been posted)) 

Old-School (Direct Download) (Old School Folder Link Here)

are viewers from the pre-Voice aera and the
versions tagged "OldSchool" or "OS" are based on the
old Linden viewer 1.18.0.

Bleeding-Edge (Direct Download) (or BS) (Bleeding Edge Folder Link Here)

is based on the Linden viewers (versions 1.18.1 to 1.18.4)

and among other fixes reverts the GUI to pre-voice.

Experimental (Direct Download) (Experimental Client Folder)

This patched version is designed to
run with SecondLife 1.18.6.76116 (Windlight FirstLook)

Here is the link to the experimental Folder

Windows Installation Instructions

Copy the nicholaz.exe file from this ZIP archive to the SecondLife
installation folder which matches the version number given above.
Usually it is something like
My Computer, Drive C, Program Files, SecondLife(ReleaseCandidate).

Then do the same with the various xxxx_xxxxx_nicholaz.xml files,
i.e. also put them directly into the SecondLife program folder
(do not copy them to skins/xui).

Right-Click your deskop, select New, Shortcut and pick the
nicholaz.exe file from the second life program folder via
the browse button (My Computer, Drive C, Program Files,
SecondLife(ReleaseCandidate), nicholaz.exe) and finish
the shortcut.

If you want the program to log you in automatically, you can
edit the shortcut and add -autologin to the end like this:
“C:\Program Files\SecondLife\nicholaz.exe” -autologin

There you are, just a double click away from a (hopefully)
better second life.

Here is a direct link to Nicholaz Beresford’s Blog

Nicholaz Edition for Mac (based on Nicholaz Source)

(All Versions) (Read attached link for installation instructions)

The Cool SL Viewer

(All Linux Versions) (Read attached link for installation instructions)