secondlife / secondlife/viewer

Textures console reports more textures in a scene on Mac than on Windows.

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Description

Environment

7.2.2.18475198968 - 2025.07

Description

Textures console reports more textures in a scene on Mac than on Windows.

Reproduction steps
  • Start 7.2.2.18475198968 - 2025.07 on a Windows machine
  • Set draw distance to 128m
  • Log in at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bug%20Island%202/128/100/24 and face North.
  • Open the texture console (ctrl+shift+3)
  • Note the number of Textures at the beginning of the 3rd line.
  • Repeat the above steps on a Mac.
  • Compare the number of Textures between Windows and Mac

Observed: The number of textures reported on the Mac is 3-4x the number reported on Windows. (e.g. 6187 on Mac, 2168 on Windows)

Expected: The number of textures should be similar. Probably not equal, but close.

Notes: This was found while testing https://github.com/secondlife/viewer/issues/4794



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Start by reproducing the issue with the listed 7.2.2.18475198968 steps on Windows and Mac, then compare the texture-console counts. Trace how the console gathers and reports textures on each platform; done means the reported counts are similar under the same scene and settings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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