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Mesh Deformer Update 2013-2

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There isn’t much happening on this project. But, there is lots of talk. Oz Linden is talking with management about assigning staff to the project. That discussion should be happening this Friday. Next week we will learn whether he got the help he wants.

Jeans without Alpha Layer
Jeans without Alpha Layer

In the mean time new people have been posting in the JIRA item STORM-1716 – Mesh Deformer for tailoring mesh clothing. This has become a rather large JIRA entry. So, users are getting hit with the problem the Lindens had, the thread is just too long to read. The result is important information is over looked by the people just joining the discussion. They are clueless and that annoys those that have followed the project for the last year. That results in lots of bickering and short tempers.

The thread is a good example of why the Lindens made the JIRA Change and closed down the BUG Reports and JIRA in general. Just try to get the latest information out of the 1716 thread. It is a pain and it doesn’t work. I read the thing because I want to distill the information out, know what is happening, and hopefully keep my readers informed. 

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Save Some #SL Prim Count

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Indi on Plurk pointed to an article by Bryn Oh, a well known artist in Second Life™ sharing tips on saving prim count (Land Impact) cost. Check it out: Prim reduction trick. This is about redoing prim counts for prim objects and mesh objects. Plus: Bryn Oh’s blog is pretty awesome and worth checking out.

#SL Mesh Upload Problem

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Some people have run into a problem uploading mesh. There is a JIRA filed on the problem: SH-3055 –[PUBLIC] Cannot upload any model (*.dae) file; “xxx failed to upload, see the log file for details”. There is a fix making its way through QA. See the preliminary build in Simon’s repository: 266471. I understand this … Read more

#SL LIQUID MESH is it a Real Solution?

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JD Lewellyn tipped me about an announcement by RicoRacer Flux about a new release of mesh clothes named: LIQUID MESH. The release is timed for today, December 1, 2012. The basic take away is: Good but over hyped.

Redgrave Store

According to the announcement:

Really simple! Our new LIQUID MESH products automatically adjust to your body shape! That means no more changes to your shape needed!

But we went even further. The mesh also follows certain body shape sliders. That means you can even kind of resize our products along with your shape which is not possible with any other mesh till now.

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…with LIQUID MESH you can adjust your mesh now also with sliders for:

Body Fat

Legs:
– Leg Muscles
– Butt Size
– Saddle Bags
– Knee Angle
– Foot Size (to change pants cuffs width)

Oddly they did not include a link to their store. I forget links too, so I won’t complain too much. I’ll just be more determined to try and remember to put my links in my articles.

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