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and rig the the second life avatar, as well as how to make it a true, functional, viable alternative to the painfully outdated system avatar.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
- Whats New in 1.9 -
"for me", this is atm the Best and "very well" Rigged Mesh Avatar in SL
since 1.9, i can use my LL Head, because the eyes working perfect now THANKS ^^
i have bought other stuff from here and all is very nice and easy to use YoY
(awesome Notecard and Blog info's too)
Please get your 1.9 update, in short from the update notecard (2012-03-04 20:25:46 note card)
Reshaped head.
No more joint offsets.
Fixed the ground sink glitch.
Lifted neck line
Changed how the foot and leg areas are hidden, you can now wear high heel shoes with sculpted/mesh feet. Due to this change, you wont be able to wear sneakers for now but im going to make a pair of socks that hide the missing area below the ankle.
Smaller hands.
Feet on the stockings are now automatically shown and hidden whenever you hide your feet using the HUD.
Reorganized the contents of this package, Added a bonus item box.
All kinds of other small fixes to the mesh.
One of the best mesh avatars out there, despite a few minor points for criticism
This is one of the best mesh avatars in SL, period. Is it the best one? I don't know. It could be, especially given the extremely competitive price. It's rigged *VERY* well, which shows great attention to detail.
Are there any points for criticism? Yes, although they are minor. Let me mention them:
1. The face for the arms' texture could extend a little bit beyond the wrist and slightly into the hand. That would enable wearers to easily wear attachments like bondage mittens that stop at the wrist. The way it is now, I had to craft some prim-based extensions that I attached to the forearms just where the arms' faces ended in order to avoid having transparent gaps between the arms and the mitts.
2. The lower legs' texture face end a bit too low - in the middle of the ankle. This makes positioning and resizing of tight-fitting boots more difficult (depending on the construction of the boot).
Other than these really minor points for criticism, it's a great avatar.
Very nicely done.
I have to say that the avatar was constructed quite well. The fluid body texture is really pretty. I love that most of my mesh fits the avi and that not very many actually need an alpha. It's awesome!
A few problems, though:
1) You can't change the facial features. That's an issue with most full body mesh avi's anyway, but it might be nice to have at least one where you can change the facial structure a bit to be more unique. I tried different shapes and the body conforms, but the face never changed.
2) OMG... Makeup? Unfortunately, the makeup in SL is tattoo layers applied to the LL Avatar body. So, everything I have is not usable. -_- I scoured the MP and haven't found anything that would remotely resemble makeup. It might be nice to have some.
3) More alpha choices. I mean, what if I wanna wear a dress and the bottoms of my boobs poke out? Need an alpha that cuts just across the middle of the breasts. Also, shorts. Need shorter leg alphas. Same thing with the arms. Just a couple of tweaks, really.
Other than that, best 300 L$ I've spent in a long time. I'm gonna have to get some pictures with this avi. xD
I love it but.......
.....since she doesn't blink, I've been using it minus the head and using my regular LL avatar head ^^
And it hasn't been easy matching the skin texture to my regular avi either but maybe a collar or a top with a collar or a necklace will make that line go away :P
Anyway for 300 i think it's fairly priced. Thank you Utilizator and I can't wait for an updated version <3
Great avatar for great price.
I had a little problem with showing eyes and shoes both in the same viewer but i have to say that for this price is this avatar perfect.
LOVE THIS! Never Going Back!
I absolutely love this avatar and I don't think i'll ever go back to my linden avi again. My only concern is will there be more skins made as this one looks rather young and will you be making more invisible sections on the hud? The invisible bodyparts hud is awesome! But there really needs to be more sections. Most dresses/shirts start right above the boobs but the only section you can turn off up top, takes out the whole chest/shoulder section of the body. Really needs to be a section that takes out from midway the breasts, down to the bellybutton, so you can wear corsets as well. Also, i've spent the better part of the day trying on all my normal linden avi clothes and some demos of ones I found on MP and have a list of things that would fit this avi nicely. Who should I send a notecard to? Again, love this avatar and can't wait to see how much more wonderful it may get in the future!