Mesh

Today’s meeting had a good turnout, about 37 people. Of course with that turnout comes a number of people that have not been regularly attending and the newly frustrated without a clue that want to have things fixed. I’ll skip all that boring stuff and get to the interesting items.

Mesh Cost

For many this is the only issue left with mesh. Mesh cost is complex. New mesh builders that have yet to learn the tricks and complications of Prim Equivalency (PE) are shocked that some factors of mesh can cause cost to double, triple, or more.

The Script Hit

The thing one has to consider is which of the three primary cost factors, Streaming, Physics, or Simulation weight, is controlling your cost. Your PE is going to be the highest of the three. Adding a script can affect the objects tier cost. However, adding a script only affects your Tier Cost when the objects Simulation Weight is the controlling factor. So, one has to consider all the factors to get the best PE/Tier cost.

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Listening in the Mesh Volunteers Group I heard someone has mesh avatars ready for sale. You can get a free demo (L$0). Visit Yabusaka to find them. Walk straight in the main door and past the teleport sign and group join. You’ll see three mesh avatars that will be for sale.

For now these are demo versions only. For SIM’s sake do NOT rez them in the sim. You will probably break them and have to get another copy. Take them to a mesh sandbox to try them out, which means you MUST BE in the Volunteers group to get into the sandbox. You can avoid joining that group by teleporting to NEO Aquel, which is a regular region that is mesh-enabled. Since these mesh avatars are already uploaded, you do not have to be mesh enabled. ALSO… you must have a mesh capable viewer. You can download that from the Volunteers’ page (236285).

There is a newer viewer that appeared Sunday. A post by Nyx Linden points to it. Post – Viewer Download (237157) It is not clear which one Mesh Volunteers should be using. I am going with the newer one. I wrote this article while using the older one. As I was finishing, the post popped.

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OK… it’s not their first announcement of mesh. But Thursday’s late afternoon post gives us more information about Linden Lab’s plans and timing.

What is Mesh?

I’ll say the majority of residents are asking, what is mesh? I’ve seen questions asking, how does mesh differ from sculpties? The Lindens have an answer in their announcement: Mesh Update: Part Deux.

If their definition-explanation works for you, great. It is definitely a non-techy answer. If you want to see MESH in Second Life, press Ctrl-Shift-R. It is a toggle, so press again to turn off Wireframe. If you are wondering how people figure out or remember all the keyboard shortcuts, see: All Second Life keyboard shortcut keys. Remember. There are different shortcuts in Third Party Viewers (TPV).

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Surely you have heard Mesh has made it to the main grid. To see some mesh open the World Map and search for ‘mesh’. You’ll see the mesh sandbox regions listed. You won’t be able to get in or see mesh until you do a couple of things.

You need to read the Mesh Volunteers Group instructions to get access. You’ll find that you need a particular viewer too. Download the Mesh Test Viewer here. This is the viewer candidate that will soon become part of the beta viewer for SL. So, use it and find as many bugs as possible.

You’ll also find that you must join the Mesh Live Volunteers Group. This group must be your active group to have access to the Mesh Sandboxes.

Mesh regions on ADITI

Now that we are seeing mesh on the main grid some have wondered what would happen to the mesh regions in the Beta/Preview grid, ADITI. After all, soon all the regions on ADITI will have mesh. Charlar Linden says they plan to keep the mesh regions in ADITI for the foreseeable future. That doesn’t mean forever, but it does mean they will be around for some time. The Lindens are hoping residents will continue to upload and test mesh in the ADITI mesh regions.

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Linden Lab Offically announced the roll out of mesh to the main grid this morning, 11:32 AM PT/SLT. See the announcement here: Mesh Update.

There are requirements for being able to upload mesh and the ability is limited for now. The first requirement is to take an Intellectual Property Rights tutorial in the form of a questionnaire. You can find it here: Your SL Dashboard.

You must have Payment Information on File (PIOF). This is so that they have positive proof who you are for IP Rights enforcement.

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