LL has announced that they will be restarting the Grid from Tuesday through Thursday to update the server software to 1.25.5. This includes a fix for the “crash on attach” bug.

Do check the sim version (via SL menu “Help” > “About Second Life…”) and look for the line that says “Second Life Server 1.25.5.xxxxx” (where xxxxx are numbers). If it says 1.25.4.xxxxx, it’s still on the old code.

Once the sim you’re on has been deployed with 1.25.5.xxxxx, it’s safe to AIR-Rez your Signature gear again. Yay!

Luv, Lulu

Because the Update Switch still appears to be a mystery to some, I’ve made it even simpler.

If you’re updating from a previous version, you will now always get “HUD + gear” by default. That means, you need to run setup again (since the gear is a new version), and activate any plugins you have. You will no longer get the option for “HUD only” (which was the source of confusion – you can’t update to a newer version if the HUD doesn’t contain the gear!).

Now you will only get the option for “HUD only” if you click the switch and the cuffs you are wearing are already the latest version. Choosing “HUD only” will allow you to skip the setup/activation process by transferring your existing gear into a blank HUD.

For more info, see this.

Good news: The recent Server 1.25.4 (the SL software that a sim runs on) rollout across SL means a lot less Mono errors (though Signature gear will auto-recover with Smart Reset).

Bad news: Server 1.25.4 has a bug that sometimes might crash a sim when an object attaches itself to an avie. This obviously affects Signature gear.   (EDIT: Currently it seems like it’s less than a 5% chance, nothing to be overly alarmed about).

Good news: The Lindens are aware of this and are fastracking the fix. Molly Linden tells me they expect this to take “at least a couple of days” as they work out a fix and plan the rollout. They’ve got this on their internal JIRA. Also, if you crash, just log right back in immediately – the sims reboot a lot faster these days because they’ve optimized the simstate file.

What you can do before they fix this:

1. Don’t air-rez the cuffs/gags unless you really have to. Just keep them worn. Or just wear them straight from inventory (cuffs v2.1.0 onwards, on HUD 5.2.1).

2. AFTER SETUP or ACTIVATION, CLICK THE RED-DOT on your HUD to save your setup (even before you click the “cuff wear” or “gag wear” at the end of setup). Otherwise, if you crash, SL will rollback your setup and you will have to setup all over again.

Sorry about this, but things happen.

Lulu Ludovico