▄ RETIRED AVATAR ▄
Despite my best efforts and lots of work fixing bugs, this avatar never was received well. There will be no more updates and no support. It is a fully featured avatar in this state, however.
Honestly just go get the open pony.
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SPARKLE PONY AVATAR FULL RELEASE IS HERE
Enjoy automatic redelivery if you bought the beta!
A menagerie of new things are brought with the full release of the avatar! Including but not limited to:
-BoM compatibility & tutorial
-Updated Mesh & weighting
-Updated animations
-Updated AO/HUD with completely new scripting
-30+ expressive animations
-4 rigged manes
-5 rigged tails
-Impoved wings & horn
- Bento fitmesh avatar
- BoM Compatibility
- Can fit unrigged pony items with a little modding
- 30+ animations in HUD
- Modding resources
Yes, it's a beta, however..
Lovely effort on a Bento pony. But for a beta, the price is a bit steep even for being reduced by 30%. The price could be reasonable if you put out a demo version so they can play with the AO given certain lacking features due to being a beta, it's useful to see what the known issues are before dropping a grand down on anything that's not finished.
While there are thought out, admirable features such as the tintable pattern layer, there is a factor all pony creators take into account. No-one buys the avatars for the whole avatar sadly. People buy the EP for the head, animations and modding, and it's been at the top for a very long time but people are craving for something better. They buy the Neigh for the body, and they buy the alicorn mod for the wings, etc. So for the most effective sales, it helps to have a full avatar be compatible with other models. While I understand it's hard to do with a full body AO and the new feature of Bento, I've seen and have a couple of sets of Bento wings for example that have their own AOs and animations without affecting the rest of the body, making them compatible with other avatars. I'm hoping the same, or similar, can be done with heads.
With expression states, I'd love to see multiple ear positions and being to adjust. Other than that, it's already known about eye states, expression strength, etc, and I love seeing the mouth move during typing, lol! I do like many of the sit positions, and while you can select from a number of AO notecards like the EP and Neigh, I'm not able to switch between animations within that card, like different sit positions within the same AO for example. Also, I'd like to be able to view animations without taking them out of the AO, plus to use the dances, the AO must be off.
Other than that, this is wonderful to see!
Wonderful but...
I wanted to give this five stars but it has no eye states you cant make your pony look really happy, sad or even just close there eyes. I do understand this is in beta to I hope it get put if when the full avatar is finished.