Archive for May, 2020

Is this post long enough yet?

Probably not, so here is the changelog:

• New ring model with proper LODs and a lower complexity.
• New piercing tool model & textures and lower complexity.
• Optional “pull” facial emote for Legacy avatars, bento heads and M4 venus heads.
• Support for generic lock accessories (ex: tag plates)
• Removed the ability to use weights and locks at the same time.
• Weights have been changed to function as generic lock accessories (need to be exchanged).
• Piercing tools have also been changed in an incompatible fashion (need to be exchanged too).
• Touch routing: only one clickable zone now.
• Reduced overall texture usage.
• Slightly reduced lock scale.

Send me the weight and piercing tools for replacement in a folder with a message, I’ll send you the updated versions as soon as possible!

I initially hadn’t planned on remodeling the rings themselves, but they had a pretty high complexity, probably due to the twisted sphere that I was using for the bead. The new mesh is virtually identical, it uses the same textures and are a bit more optimized. The rotation point is also offset for ease of use.

I’m almost done porting the code of the nose ring (for starter), I’ve added the option to play a frown animation when being pulled by it too, but I haven’t done an “universal” bento version yet.

I figured I would try a quick test render, but it is still pretty messed up because of the 4 way symmetry. I ended up roughly modeling the handle serrations, it isn’t so much that they are important, but I still need to have “something” there, just to complement the normal map.

Geometry is pretty messy still, but I’ll fix that once I break symmetry.

I’ve been working hard on a much needed update to the TouchBound piercings line, here are a few pictures of the new set of plier I’ll be releasing soon to replace the much outdated ones I currently sell.

There’s going to be a few changes code wise, which I believe are for the best:

• Weights will be recognized as standard accessories, and usable on other products. Why? Why not!
• Other accessories will now be compatible with the piercings (such as tag plates).
• Clicking the right area on each ring won’t be needed anymore (just one touch zone).
• It won’t be possible to use padlock AND accessories at the same time (in line with the rest of the TB products).
• Piercing tools & weights will have to be updated (slight protocol change).

I just pushed version 6 on the updater. The patch corrects a problem with M4 Venus for users that tried to use the “shape 2” variant with the hood.

Animations should be detected properly now, sorry that I did not notice this earlier, I don’t use shape 2 and naively assumed they shared the same animations.

What’s new?

Version 3 brings all the padlocks that had not been updated to the latest version of the code it is all backward compatible, no critical bugs have been fixed (or found) and a few improvements have been added:

• Locked activation is now available on all locks that did not previously have it (manual).
• A minor hovertext sticking issue has been fixed.
• All locks now have a “public” configuration flag, default to off (manual).
• When first attached, locks will default to the HUD, and should be properly oriented.
• The heavy-duty padlock mesh has been updated with better LOD models and a few visual tweaks.

Lock API

All lock & key objects now respond to a couple of link_message commands, to make the life of 3rd party scripters easier:

• SetScriptState – Puts the script in a “locked” mode, the lock will disable itself and ignore all interactions, (useful if you want to put the lock inside a cabinet and prevent clicking it when the cabinet is closed)
• SetLockTime (time release locks only) – allows a 3rd party script to set the time of the lock, will also update the LCD display.

Check the relevant wiki pages for more informations.

This one is actually based on one of  the references that started the entire project, I thought the exposed knife gate design was interesting.

It looked so good that I NEEDED to make a script for it.

And I HAD to make a little video of it too!

I don’t know! That’s aparently the name of this piece. And I’m not sure what it is for, other than holding the shaft packing tight.

I took the weekend off this week to get some R&R but I still started working on this a bit too late during the day.

This uses way more polygons than the gearbox I made for the large pipes and I ended up beveling those supports (it just doesn’t look right without it), the shaft also has to be a separate object to allow it to move up and down through the wheel that will sit on the very top (muh realism…).

I’ll try to get it down to 1LI, if I can… it isn’t even a big part, I don’t know why I went overboard on it like that.

I just updated the KDC Shoin Highschool uniform with a set of alpha masks that are compatible with Avatar 2.0 when used with the “Bake on Mesh” textures.

The package also includes unscripted versions of the regulation uniforms. (if you are using the BoM alphas you probably won’t use the slice hiding script anyway)

Use the  Marketplace re-delivery to get your update, if you purchased the uniform from the Main Store, drop me an IM and I’ll send you the update as soon as I can!

Enjoy!