Update on the updates!

Alright... I'm uploading demo textures for Juno Tone 1 right now... so hopefully I can start loading up the Omni-HUDs and Demo HUDs... then start packaging them tomorrow. I'd like to see this fixed (and hopefully final) update for Juno in the servers for the weekend for your updating and purchasing pleasure. You may have noticed from the HUD images that the previously separate Eyebrows and Pleasure Patches addons are now included in the skin HUDs. I will be adding the classic (non-mesh system avatar) tattoo layers for those to the skin packages too. The Add-ons will be retired... but will remain available for redelivery for those who have purchased them... just in case you have been using them with other skins or something.

It's worth noting that I am -not- changing the way the Classic Avatar (system skins) are set up. In other words, brows, makeup, body hair, beards, etc. will all still be on tattoo layers. For those that wonder why, it's just a matter of time and setup. To give you some scope...

I uploaded 470 -new- skin textures for the Juno Update, and 702 -new- skin textures for the Jupiter update... just to allow for all of the options for brows and body hair. In the HUDs, the Head, Upper Body, and Lower Body textures can be applied independently, so while it was a job to set those up and import them into SL, loading the HUD isn't too bad. However, to turn all of those textures into new system skin options would mean setting up literally hundreds of system skins for each tone. That effort would wind up taking more time than everything else I've put into this update already... so... yeah... you see where I'm going with that. lol.

Anyway... the Demo HUDs look like the image below, to make it obvious you have the demo HUD on instead of the retail HUD. I can't wait to get these done so I can roll into the Forsaken updates... because I know you are chomping at the bit for those. Ba'al & Lilith are next after those... followed by the Umbrals, Gothique, and Basilisk lines.

Male Omni-HUD...

I'm uploading the male textures to finish the code tweaks for the Jupiter Omni-HUDs now... those will look like this:




















Once that's done, I'll continue loading up the textures for Juno and Jupiter to get those rolled out... though I still have to get the Demo HUDs loaded too. These updates should be ready to roll out here in the coming week!

New Omni-HUD coming along...

As mentioned, I've been trying to wrangle all the texture options into a user-friendly, manageable package to get the revised update for Juno and Jupiter done. Things are finally starting to fall into place now. In case anyone is wondering what all the fuss is about... I'll give you an idea. Just Juno, for her 9 tones, calls for 470 NEW textures to be uploaded into SL. That's really just allowing for choosing which of 5 eyebrows in which of 6 colors you want on your face... and which of 3 pubic hairs in which of 6 colors want on your lower body. The Makeups will still need to be loaded into a HUD on top of that. And for Jupiter, instead of makeups, it's 12 beards in 6 colors! So yeah... LOTS of textures... and trying to find a way to make it easy for you to choose your options is important to Me. And now I have some idea who I'm going to do that. The Omni-HUD is shaping up something like this:




















Once I get through the set up, which will involve some code tweaking for all the new buttons, I hope to roll out Juno by Tone pretty quickly, then follow up with Jupiter... and finally be back on track for getting the rest of the skins updated as well!

Mesh Applier Skin Options...

Well I'm grinding out all these Eyebrows& Body/Hair options for the mesh body appliers... getting them set up painted on each of the 9 tones. I was thinking about just tossing more of the new Omni-HUDs into the packages to carry these options... but in the end I think I may set up a new HUD that makes it easier to see the choices and apply them. *grumbles* It'll be worth it to have the work done for when I get Mesh Bodies and other Omega compatible stuff finished (like Hooves, Claws, etc), but I would so rather be working on new stuff than updates! Can't wait to get finished with this task!

Genre: Twilight Zone Started today!

Genre's next event, Twilight Zone, kicked off today at noon, and runs until 10/12! I have a pair of skins and some horns at the event, so drop by. The build is a very cool setup for the theme... definitely worth a drop in if you love the Zone!

Look for the Sinfu; Needs Vendor on the far left from the arrival point =)

Skins Updates Oversights...

Well it turns out I didn't think through all of the ramifications of the way the Artisan skins are setup when I did the mesh body updates. Juno and Jupiter will be getting another Update during this coming week that addresses Mesh Body issues like... Make Up appliers... Body/Pubic Hair... Beards.. *cough* Eyebrows... etc. My attempt to keep things simple for set up and maximizing customization really bit Me on the arse here for Mesh... since you don't have 5 tattoo layers to play with on a mesh body... and even if you did, thanks to alpha conflicts on Rigged/Fitted mesh... they wouldn't all play nice together. So... expect the (hopefully final) update to the Artisan Skins to include a few more applier HUDs to allow for the aforementioned options either painted on the skin (Eyebrows and Body Hair at least) or in Applier HUDs.

Jupiter Skin Update Live!

Just like with Juno, hit the CasperVend Redelivery Laptop or click any vendor in the store and choose Redeliver in the menu. Follow the link to a page where you choose your Redelivery. This update includes the new Omni-HUD Applier, to which I've added Omega compatibility, as well as Slink Visage and Physique (And Slink JUST released their Male body the other day). Jupiter also got a new tone: 2.5 per popular request. More skin updates soon: Forsaken > Ba'al/Lilith > Umbrals > Gothique