This week Linden Lab opened up the Second Life 1.7 preview grid to volunteer testers. Although I'm thrilled with some of the great new features, like rotating attachments and the new HUD, that's tempered by the fact that most of my vehicles are currently "b0rk3d" by 1.7.

I'm sure it will be fixed before release -- well I hope it's fixed before release -- but at present, most moving parts on my vehicles will rotate in unexpected directions. For example, the Ornithopter's wings and stabilizers rotate right off the vehicle.

Also broken is the WARP and Infinity speed boost packs, as well as my parachutes. In any attachment where a part resizes, the part slides way out of position. Hopefully that will be fixed too.

But because I have so many vehicles, I can't test them all adequately by myself. I'm hoping people will pop into the preview and take one or two out for a spin, and maybe report new issues to me (by IM or e-mail) and report SL bugs to LL (Help > Report Bug).



You can find the test vehicles at Busy Ben's in Oak Grove. Just right-click the gigantic cube and "Buy" it for zero L$ to get copies of several vehicles and attachments. Any help is greatly appreciated!