Firestorm Viewer Downloads For Second Life
IMPORTANT:
We always recommend a clean install when updating your viewer.
Please see instructions here for Firestorm.
NOTE:
If you use Norton Internet Security with Download Intelligence, please disable Download Intelligence before attempting to download. Instructions on how to do that are here.
Firestorm Viewer is certified to be free of viruses and malware.
Currently supported versions are:
Firestorm 4.4.0.33720 (Mesh, SSB, Pathfinding and Havok capable, NOT OpenSim capable)
Firestorm 4.4.0.33720 os (Mesh, SSB, Pathfinding, and OpenSim capable)
Firestorm 4.3.1.31155 (Mesh, Pathfinding and Havok capable, NOT OpenSim capable)
Firestorm 4.3.1.31155 os (Mesh, Pathfinding, and OpenSim capable)
Firestorm 4.3.0.30936 Beta (Mesh, Pathfinding and Havok capable, NOT OpenSim capable)
Firestorm 4.2.2.29837 (Mesh and Pathfinding capable)
Firestorm 4.0.1.27000 (Mesh capable)
Firestorm 3.3.0.24882 (Mesh capable)
Firestorm 3.3.0.24880 (Mesh capable)
Firestorm 2.5.2.16922 (Preview 2, Non Mesh)
NOTE Phoenix Viewer is no longer supported. However, downloads are still available here.
Windows XP 32bit SP3 and XP 64bit SP2 or later are supported. Earlier versions of windows are not supported.
Mac PPC is not supported. Firestorm 4.2.2 is the last version to support 10.5.
Current Release - Second Life Build
Firestorm 4.4.0 (33720)
NOTE: This build contains Havok code and can only connect to the Second Life grids
Windows
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SHA1 Checksum: 50f64034b07119d5ebc0af2143d5b52d50326610
Mac OSX(10.6+)
IMPORTANT: Mac OSX 10.5 is not compatible with Firestorm 4.4.0
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SHA1 Checksum: 251889a86f078f7e3f23fe0a038428fcbbde173f
Linux (32-bit)
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SHA1 Checksum: 858779c69965a8404d5211828c6a3701d8de6062
Current Release - OpenSim Build
Firestorm OpenSim 4.4.0 (33720)
The OpenSim release does not have full mesh uploading and full pathfinding capability.
Windows
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SHA1 Checksum: 1c6169f59e4dd37cc643cf9a36a123c5958f3e17
Mac OSX (10.6+)
IMPORTANT: Mac OSX 10.5 is not compatible with Firestorm 4.4.0
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SHA1 Checksum: 5f5ccd2c45e3e6372197823e14f7f3ed721ee41f
Linux (32-bit)
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SHA1 Checksum: c7cf629550c5597b9de56102d1a488e939a0cb39
Old Releases
Older versions of Firestorm are available here.
Additional Downloads to Fix Problems
All Operating Systems
Windows
Failure to launch or configuration errors at launch, please download this and install it, as your system likely needs
MS C++ Runtime Libraries.
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md5sum for AppFix.exe is abe1200dd50db8331cb69c0e94320b7e
Additional Downloads to Enhance User Experience
Flash
for all Operating Systems
Download to play Youtube videos inside Second Life. Do not use Internet Explorer when using that link. If Internet Explorer is the only browser you use, please ensure that you select
Flash Player for Other Browsers, because the Internet Explorer version of Flashplayer is not compatible with any Second Life viewer.
Quicktime
for Windows and Mac
Quicktime to play streaming videos. (iTunes is not needed)
GStreamer
for Linux only
Info for download to play streaming videos. (Please read page for info on installing GStreamer for your particular distribution.)
Growl
Linux has this already
Windows Download To get external notices about events when the viewer is minimized.
Mac Download To get external notices about events when the viewer is minimized.
DirectX Runtime
Video Drivers
Mac drivers are included with OS upgrades. However, to determine what card you have, select “About this Mac” from the Apple menu, then click “More Info”. Under Hardware select Graphics/Displays.
If you are not sure what type of video card you have, use GPU-Z found (win only) here. For linux, in a console use:
lspci | grep VGA
Nvidia Video Driver
Latest driver Last checked Jan 30- Windows: 310.90 (Jan 05) - Linux: 310.19 (Nov 16)
ATI Video Driver
Latest driver Last checked Jan 30- Windows and Linux: 13.1 (Jan 17) - Beta 13.2(beta 3) (Jan 29)
Intel Video Driver
Intel driver download page Intel does not have a universal driver set. Please go to Intel's site and select the appropriate download.
Source code