Mkay, got my butt into early mesh stuff. \u00a0I remember that I used to say mesh was going to be easier than sculpties and far more efficient. \u00a0Holyfriggncrapinablender was I right! XD<\/p>\n
So, early stuff… I wanted to see what it would be to replicate and possibly even improve upon something I already have inworld. \u00a0Something easy… Something like the picket fence around my yard. =^-^=<\/p>\n
So… Here… =^-^=<\/p>\n
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Now, all’s not perfect. \u00a0Details are kinda like this….<\/p>\n
Lower Fence: 4 prims (2 sculpted + 2 box)\r\nPhysics Weight = 4.0\r\nRender Cost = 138\r\n\r\nUpper Fence: 1 mesh (5 prim equiv)\r\nPhysics Weight = 0.4\r\nRender Cost = 32<\/pre>\nSooooo… For 1 more prim, I get a far prettier looking fence with less lag. \u00a0Why I lost that prim, I dunno. \u00a0Server load? \u00a0(O.o)<\/p>\n
Either way, the new fence stays square to the tips instead of coming to toothpick points. \u00a0The boards are UV mapped to different portions what can be a simple pre-existing\u00a0flat texture… So, they mostly look like different and separate pieces of wood. \u00a0And the physics bounding box is actually a box, just one, instead of two boxes and two crushed spheres. (^_^)<\/p>\n
While I can probably get quite grumpetty over it costing me 5 prims for something that’s 75% more efficient… It’s a pretty fence. \u00a0I just may keep it*. =^-^=<\/p>\n
(* Or re-up-load it once beta is over and the possibly delete everything… )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mkay, got my butt into early mesh stuff. \u00a0I remember that I used to say mesh was going to be easier than sculpties and far more efficient. \u00a0Holyfriggncrapinablender was I right! XD So, early stuff… I wanted to see what … Continue reading