avatar help

[tigress1991]

hi ive looking to buy a mesh avatar but can some one tell me wot mesh is

[Rolig Loon]

Mesh is the capability to bring 3D models, known as meshes, created in third-party tools into Second Life.  In fact, though, every object in SL is created as a mesh, essentially a 3D shape bounded by an arrangement of triangles.  Most of the things you see around you in SL were made by SL residents like you, using primitive mesh building blocks (prims) that you can create with the Build/Edit tool in your viewer. 

The fancier, organic shaped objects that people refer to as mesh now, however, are more detailed, complex, and realistic than those made with ordinary prims.  Designers can use external software tools to design avatars and other content for use inworld.  Avatar designs can be joint-rigged, allowing natural-looking animation without a need for extra scripting.  Your own avatar --- every avatar in SL -- is a mesh object.  We always have been.  The difference now is that independent designers can create custom-made mesh avatars, so we don't all have to use the basic one that we were "born" with as SL residents.

So, that's probably more than you wanted to know, but you did ask..... :smileywink: