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and rig the the second life avatar, as well as how to make it a true, functional, viable alternative to the painfully outdated system avatar.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
Awesome
I bought this a while ago but forgot to leave a review (oops).
This avatar is amazing. It's by far the best of its kind at the moment. Any time there is an Avi 2.0 in a sim/club, it really stands out from the crowd of outdated LL avis. Whether you are going for an anime look, or just want to stand out, this will definitely work. For being the best of its kind, the price is rediculously low, as are the clothes for it. It's super easy to set up. She looks curvey and toned, and doesn't deform (especially around the shoulder area) like the standard LL avis do when using an AO. Overall it's an amazing avi, and at 300L you can't go wrong to give it a try.
That said, there are some areas that could be made even better.
-Facial expressions/blinking. I read that this was on the "to to list", which is great. Her face is very pretty as is, but without any expressions or blinking, she can seem a bit emotionless/robotic.
-More customization. All the avi 2.0's look pretty much identical, except for skin tone and hair. More makeup options, and body options (breast size, height, weight) would add some diversity to them.
-Bigger variety of clothes. There is a very limited variety of clothes for them. It IS slowly improving as more designers make stuff for them, and I see some more "official" stuff has been added to the store, which is great. =3
Other than those three things, everything is great (imo).
LL body replacement c; w/ good avi head too!
this is so awesome :Q_
i can fit almost all my mesh clothes.
not too mention its soo smooth. iloveloveloveit
i use this also with my m3 head.
Lots of potential here!
I had fun playing with this avi, imagining where this idea could go in the future. The body looks great! The face, is a little young for my taste and the skin is not very detailed. I think a hq skin/makeup would make all the difference. They eyes are too big in my opinion. While I'm not exactly ready to replace my personally customized avi for this one, I am satisfied with my purchase and had fun with my 300L :) Looking forward to future developments from this talented creator!
Avatar 2.0 by UTILIZATOR
I love the low script count and the smoothness of the skin and clothing. I'm not really digging that I can only wear mesh clothing and hair with it. I can't get makeup to show on it either to change the lips or eye makeup. Nail resizing doesn't seem to work either. It's fine if you just want a low script count avi in some mesh clothes. The price is also very good. This is in beta still so I hope any changes can fix the issues mentioned.
Great avatar
This is, by far, the best product I have ever bough on Second Life.
I do have one concern, however, with the newest update. With the 1.8 version, it was flawless. No seams, broken mesh, anything. But after I updated it, there was this very annoying seam on the neck just under the jaw that wouldn't go away no matter what I did. I was just wondering if maybe it was my game, or if other people were also experiencing this?
Nonetheless, great purchase; I would recommend it to anyone that plays Second Life.