[opensource-dev] Mesh viewer source code
Nyx Linden
nyx at lindenlab.com
Fri Oct 22 15:06:52 PDT 2010
Library source code is now up as well! the repositories are listed below:
http://bitbucket.org/lindenlab/glod
http://bitbucket.org/lindenlab/colladadom
http://bitbucket.org/lindenlab/llconvexdecompositionstub
Let me know if there are any questions!
-Nyx
On 10/22/2010 11:43 AM, Nyx Linden wrote:
> Sorry for the delay, there's been a few build and licensing issues
> that have cropped up recently that have made it difficult to get the
> source code published for the mesh viewer. That being said, the source
> is now public, at the following repository:
>
> http://hg.secondlife.com/mesh-development/
>
> Please note that there are still some build errors on some platforms,
> but there have been a few requests that we release the source even
> before these issues are fixed. I'll be focusing on getting these
> errors fixed tomorrow, so if you encounter specific build issues,
> please let me know.
>
> There are a few new libraries that are linked into the viewer - the
> source code for these will be released soon. The new libraries are:
>
> glod - level of detail library we use for auto-generating different
> levels of detail. Based on this library:
> http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~graphics/GLOD/ We have some tweaks that make
> it work with our system, and will be releasing the source shortly.
>
> collada - we're wrapping the standard collada libs with some code that
> makes it work with our viewer. We'll be releasing the source to our
> modifications shortly.
>
> Convex decomposition stub - We're using havok to decompose meshes into
> multiple convex hulls in our official release. However, to support the
> development of a fully open-source solution, we're releasing the
> source code to the "stub" (non-functional) version of the library
> we're providing to compile the mesh viewer. This stub should have all
> the relevant information necessary to start development of a new
> convex decomposition library. We hope to have the source up shortly.
>
> I'm very interested personally in seeing a fully open-source convex
> decomposition library created to work with our mesh source code, so if
> anyone would like to get started on this, please let me know and I'll
> do what I can to support such an effort!
>
> Please note that the current state of the code isn't fully stable -
> initial builds have reported a linking issue on linux, and a crash on
> windows. I'll be working to resolve these issues ASAP, but if you have
> any specific information on how the build is breaking, please let me
> know! This will be our primary repository, so check back for updates
> and build fixes :)
>
> Thanks everyone for your patience on waiting for the code!
>
> -Nyx
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