A few days ago I blogged about Mesh adoption and used 1920’s Berlin as an example of a sim that wasn’t currently allowing Mesh, the reasons for which had been detailed in a blog post, which can be read here. 1920’s Berlin sim owner and driving force Frau (Jo) Yardley has been stating that the stance was not an anti Mesh stance, but merely a no Mesh yet stance, Frau Yardley made this point in the original blog post and in comments, including in my original blog post.
However, now that we have hit the new year, 1920’s Berlin is moving towards mesh adoption, slowly but surely, as they enter 1929 in their story, a new blog post has appeared saying that Mesh is coming, which can be read here. Two of the main reasons cited are that Mesh is already on the grid and that Mesh can save prims.
Frau Yardley writes: “To show you how Mesh will look in Berlin I have just placed our very first Mesh object in berlin. Go visit our old deaf Cordelia, behind Alexanderplatz Bahnhof. You know her old street organ that she has been playing for ages. I have put a Mesh version right next to it. Look at the quality and how many prims it uses, 18 vs 3! That should make clear why we really have to move on to Mesh!”
The blog post also points out how some people are going to find the transition to Mesh enabled viewers painful and how it will ruin the viewing experience for those on non Mesh viewers. However the blog post also points out that more and more viewers are Mesh capable and that it’s time for people to start moving on.
This is a welcome move from the sim and I feel they’re going about this the right way by slowly introducing Mesh, nothing much will change for quite some months I’d imagine as this will be a slow transition, but at the very least it means that people who use Mesh viewers and wear Mesh clothing, won’t feel excluded from the sim.
How the 1920’s Berlin Project will embrace 2013 is going to be interesting as all the literature is about the 1920’s and now they’re entering 1929, so next year will it become the 1930’s Berlin Project? The sim for those unfamiliar with it is a historical build, based unsurprisingly around Berlin in 1920’s, with a cinema showing 1920’s films, dance halls, living spaces and what they claim is the only 1:1 re-creation of the Brandenburg Gate in Second Life..
The 1920s Berlin Project
Travel back in time to this big city during an amazing era. Wander down Unter den Linden, explore the dirty old back streets, see a movie at the cinema, visit the museum, enjoy cabaret, dance the Charleston in a small Tanzlokal or at the gay Eldorado club in this role-play sim with a 1920s dress code (freebies provided).
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