![[RUF] Sparkle Pony Avatar BETA](https://slm-assets.secondlife.com/assets/26733965/lightbox/RainbowPon.jpg?1593311943)
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This is a full bento cartoon pony avatar that is a collaboration between RUF and GlitterGarbage. It is fitted, though some SL bones don't handle correctly on quads. There are 4 included shapes to show the capabilities of the fitmesh handling in this avatar.
The mesh included is: a body with marking layer, mare and stallion heads with marking layers, 2 unrigged manes, 2 rigged tails, an unrigged horn, and both rigged and non rigged (closed) wings.
You will also receive an AO with expression handling, a color change/alpha HUD with simple/advanced controls and booty mark applier, and complete modder's resources for this avatar (UVs, textures, mesh dummy, appliers)
Do you have non rigged pony items you want to use on this avatar? Well, give it a little turn and a slight resizing and it will fit. Use the advanced alpha features to make sure the item fits perfectly!
And now, for a limited time, you can get this avatar at a low price while it is in BETA. Some things remain incomplete (mostly HUD beautifying and more animations) and will be fixed for a full release. You may also send me information on bugs, as well as suggestions for this avatar. Everyone who purchases this BETA will get the full avatar at no extra cost to you! So what are you waiting for?
-=BUG FIXES AND CHANGES IN 2.1=-
It was brought to my attention that the appliers were broken. There are new applier scripts and relays in 2.1. These appliers will NOT work on previous versions.
-=CHANGES IN BETA 2.0=-
-BENTO EYELIDS!!!! OMG
-Mod resources including mesh dummy and textures
-Updated color HUD to have advanced color/alpha sections and a booty mark texture applier.
-New AO with updated eye and mouth expressions and blinking on/off
-Weights have been updated. You can now be a fat and/or wonky pony.
-Seams in the cell layer are fixed
-Mouth animations have been fixed
-Wings have been separated into their own objects and the tattoo layer combined
-Your choice of open, closed, or auto wings
-Jittering in the AO have been fixed
-Added pink eye texture that somehow got lost, oops
-Fixed 'halo' effect on the markings textures
-A lot of other minor things that I have totally forgotten
A shoutout to Tapple Gao for her wonderful help on coding the HUDS.
- Bento fitmesh avatar
- Easy to mod
- Can fit unrigged pony items with a little modding
- 'Marking' layer that can be textured separately
- 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.