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Make avatar 2.0 Great again!
This is the long overdue fitted mesh update as well as bento face and hand rigging. You can now adjust the shape of your legs, belly and butt to make your shape more juicy. You can also adjust some of the face sliders but not all of them work. Due to the changes to the shape of the head, both old and new avatar 2.0 users that use custom shapes, will need to readjust the size, spacing and depth of your eyes for compatibility.

- About the project -

The project began with a vision of, or more like, a necessity for a better second life avatar model, one that LL failed to provide us with, or even fix any of the major flaws of the current model for years. Now that mesh is a thing on SL, we finally have the power to make that vision a reality. The main purpose of the Avatar 2.0 project was to research and develop the best possible ways to model and rig the the second life avatar, as well as how to make it a true, functional, viable alternative to the painfully outdated system avatar. So that i could apply the things i learned to my future mesh avatars. Over the time lots of new features got added and problems fixed and we are now at version 1.14

- Whats New in 1.14 -

Huge update, avatar 2.0 now partially supports fitted mesh (the whole lower body bellow the waist) as well as bento rigging for the face (not all bento features are supported due to the way the game treats custom joint positions)
Huge improvements to render weight from 32K to just 4.8K (the render weight randomly fluctuates between higher and lower numbers because the whole render weight system is garbage) as well as script optimizations.
There are now 2 versions of the body, A and B. Version A is the normal version witch is 4.8k render weight, and the experimental version B with 2k render weight witch will not work for people running the game on ghetto graphics settings.
A bunch of new features implemented such as normal/specular map support, head customization options and other neat things.
All the existing clothing have been updated to work with this new version, rez your update cards.

- About the HUDs -

The Body HUD lets you easily show and hide different body parts for use with different mesh clothing, as well as easily customize your avatar.
- Press the "Advanced" button under the figure in the main part of the HUD to switch it to Advanced mode, from here you can select what you want to hide in more detail.
- Press the gear icon button to go to the options menu to customize your avatar.
- To load a custom texture onto the body, go to the options menu of the HUD, click ADD and enter the UUID of your texture based on the given example, submit it than click load under the texture preview window.

The Head HUD lets you change your face expressions, customize the head and eyes. It also has a few extra skin customization options that the body HUD doesnt have, such as setting specular maps.
- The L and R buttons on the main part of the HUD and in the options let you select with eye you control/customize.
- Press the gear icon button to go to the options menu to customize your head and avatar.
- The options menu lets you choose different eyebrow, eyelash, skin, lip textures or load custom textures on each of the head components as well as select or load your own specular maps onto the whole avatar.
- To load a custom texture onto the head or body, go to the options menu of the HUD, click ADD and enter the UUID of your texture based on the given example, submit it and it will load automatically.

- Bonus items -

The bonus item box will now contain the older versions of the avatar as well as the UV maps and skin textures for people interested in modding the avatar.
The script commands for hiding body parts and controlling the face expressions are included as well.

For content creators that would like to create clothing for Avatar 2.0, visit this link to get the dummy mesh. https://utilizator404.wordpress.com/downloads/

Always make backups before editing, if you forgot to make a copy and screwed up, use the update card to get a new copy.

- Known bugs -

Invisible LL avatar eyelashes will sometimes show up, messing with your eyes, wear a different alpha if that happens.

If you are having any other problems, please check with the included trouble shooter notecard before contacting me or my associates.

btw the hair in the image is called Robyn and its from a store called "truth"

  • costomizable mesh body
  • HUD
  • mesh clothes
  • 4 breast sizes and 12 skin tones
  • hair not included
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Love it!
full star full star full star full star full star Posted April 09, 2015 by Reiko Zelin

There really isn't much to say. I love this so much, the flat-chest option is perfect. The only thing I'm a bit "meh" about is the head since the face is more girlish than I'm looking for (which is a personal preference rather than a design flaw) and has no expressions, but using a different alpha I am able to just use my default av head, or I use Raven's BJD mesh head for a more boyish look. Tons of options, and the most recent update makes it easier to hide more specific parts with the HUD so regular mesh clothing can be used along with the custom Av 2.0 clothes here or made by others. I frequently check for updates and I'm never disappointed! A+++++

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awesome av
full star full star full star full star full star Posted March 31, 2015 by keykey396

one of the cutest avatars i have seen,,, can wear most of the mesh dresses and clothing i have. the hud alpha mask works well most of the time at hiding parts of your body, unfortunately system clothing dose not work on this av because there is only one layer witch is used for the skin

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I love it but.....
full star full star full star full star empty star Posted March 02, 2015 by dipndog

why no expressions? cant open my mouth or nothing. i know its still in beta but come on this "beta" has been dragging for over a year!

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5 stars lovliness
full star full star full star full star full star Posted February 27, 2015 by starstruck99

I LOVE this avatar ! What a fantastic price. I also bought the Orange Nova Human mesh and this one blows it out the water for less than half the price. If you want an introduction to mesh avatars - this is lindys well spent ty xxx

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2015 review
full star full star full star empty star empty star Posted February 26, 2015 by Meanderz

Hmmm. Lovely body lovely one click breast size chooser in the hud. Hud also gives one click skin textures with 8 skin tones to choose from, lets say albino to deep med tan.

But trying to sort the eyes out GAHHHHHHH i nearly pulled my own from their sockets in frustration. The default eyes were red - RED ffs ! - with no obvious color change in the hud that i could see. Of course I tried to add normal eyes but they dont sit right. Sunk to deep in.

The other major disappointment was lip color. It does'nt matter what skin texture I tried the lip color is always far to bland. Why no easy way to color lips ? Shame 'cos head shape is beautiful.

I've read the creators blog so I'll not risk asking for help lolol. Will play around a bit more but generally I am finding avatar 2 a frustrating experience simply for lack of eye adjustment and mouth coloring . What a shame. Three stars.

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Love it
full star full star full star full star empty star Posted February 06, 2015 by Trin1

Just wish there was an easy way to make clothes for it though, like a bodysuit you could mod or something :/

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