Make PBR optional like the 3rd party viewer CoolVLViewer
Darling Brody
PBR has knocked a lot of us out of SL due to unusable frame rates of 4-6fps or worse. The choice to do a cut-over to PBR with no backwards comparability option available for people with older computers was clearly a mistake. If Phillip Linden needed to personally email us all to test the new viewer version it means we lost a lot of Residents. By the way, the new viewer Phillip asked us to try is still giving the unplayable 6fps for me.
Secondlife is NOT Fortnite; Our residents are not hardcore Gamers with the latest hardware. Secondlife was the game that until recently was still playable on 20 year old graphics hardware, which helps greatly with player retention. Lets not lose that inclusiveness! The SL Viewer has always been able to turn off features that are overly taxing for people's computers and should retain that functionality going forward, even if it means we need to include two graphics engines for a few years while people upgrade.
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Dana Enyo
Firestorm said they are keeping Version 6 available forever, and it has no PBR. Of course, you'll lose voice and any other new features as well, but maybe that's a workaround for you.
Crexon Resident
Since canny does not have a downvote option.
Heres my downvote. Im looking forward to what new things can be done using technology from this decade, not trying to cling to a past of a slowly declining user base.