[opensource-dev] Mesh support current status???

[Daniel]

The official answer continues to be mesh will go live "when it's 
ready".  As far as official links, there is latest mesh viewer
build at:   
http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/mesh-development/latest.html
It can only be tested on mesh enabled regions of the beta grid (aditi), 
most of which are named Mesh Sandbox nn, where nn = 1 to about 36.  You 
can also look at the JIRA Mesh Beta project: 
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CTS for status.

 From personal experience importing models, the state is "basic mesh 
import works in most cases given a "clean" model to upload".  What is 
left to do is reduce the frequency of bad uploads, some of which is not 
LL's fault, it's due to bad source models.  Also things like the upload 
cost and prim equivalence need to be determined.  I have made a full 
body mesh avatar:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Experimental-Mesh-Avatar-Female-Boxed/2059187 
with custom skin weights and UV maps.  Some of the joints could move 
better, but that's more due to my limited experience than anything 
else.  On the whole it moves and looks pretty well, showing that nice 
replacement avatars are quite possible in the hands of experienced creators.

I have no better idea than anyone else on when beta will be complete, 
but my best guess is a couple of months.  It's basically working right 
now, but I think they want the UI and costs done, and an acceptably low 
level of failures before going to Agni with it.  There are other nice 
features tied to the Mesh project besides mesh objects: shadows and 
projected lights, and 64 meter prims.  I think they very much want the 
package to get out, but not in a buggy form.  There are future 
improvements to mesh that are not part of the first release, too.  
Server side support for mesh has to be done also, but I have less 
visibility on that than the client software.

> From: Robert Martin<robertltux at gmail.com>
> Subject: [opensource-dev] Mesh support current status???
>
> Does anybody have a WORKING link to what the current state of mesh is?
> Im particularly interested in what work has been done on Mesh based
> avatars. Bonus if somebody has an idea as to if we will have mesh on
> the main grid before say third quarter this year.
>