This Primstar-2 update comes with following changes:
NEW: Support for Blender 2.63
FIX: Syntax Error in LSL generated Scripts (Multi Part Export)
QUICKFIX: Bake tool Maximum 10 parts displayed(1) (needs improvement)
(1): The number of baked parts is NOT(!) limited. Only the number of displayed parts is limited to 10. It turned out that the Bake button would be no longer visible if the number of parts exceeds a certain screen height dependent value (Blender does not support a scroll bar in popup windows)
!!! Remind: This is an early access version !!!
Remind that Primstar-2 is not yet fully developed! When you install the module, then you will find an appropriate notification in the module details:
The warning will be removed when the final Primstar-2 release is published (and you will find it in your update folder as a regular update as soon as it is available)
Change Details:
The Multi Part Exporter currently allows to export all textures and Sculpt maps and it generates an LSL Script Please always check for changes in the Primstar-2 documentation!
I already purchased Primstar-2: You find the new update in your Jass-Inventory folder.
Ipurchased another Jass product: If you have already purchased Jass-Pro or Jass-Magic, then your old purchase gets fully taken into account.
I want to buy Primstar-2: You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Primstar-2 vendor.
Currently Avastar has a few open issues with precision. We are still working on fixes. Please continue reporting any issues. Every test case can help us to isolate the problems.
it ispossible that the new update only works on Blender 2.63 and newer versions fo Blender. Please report if you find issues on Blender 2.59 up to Blender 2.62
Ask Gaia Clary in Second Life, or send email to mailto:gaia.clary@machinimatrix.org
Have Fun
Gaia & Magus & Domino
Purchase questions
I already purchased Avastar-1: You find the new update in your Jass Download folder.
I want to buy Avastar-1: You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Avastar-1 vendor.
We have found some serious issues with precision regarding rigged meshes. For example rigged attachments may get attached slightly away from their expected location on the character.
This issue seems to appear only if you create attachments for your SL Avatar. As long as you work with full characters and as long as the charater attachments use the same armature as the main character, these precision issues are either neglectable or do not show up at all.
Our current experiments point to some scaling issues with the Blender Collada exporter. We still need to find the cause of the problems. We will release a fix as soon as we got it. Sorry, there is no time estimate available for when the problem will be solved. Please be prepared for a few weeks.
Note: The roll out of the blender 2.63 support is not affected. So you will get Avastar for Blender 2.63 within the next few days.
Hi. We originally planned to publish the Avastar and Primstar addons for Blender 2.63 just in time. But unfortunately some recent changes in blender stopped our addons to work.
We have fixed the issues yesterday and are now testing the addons again. That will probably take a couple of days.
Please be aware of that if you plan to upgrade to Blender 2.63. I will notify you as soon as the new Primstar/Avastar updates are ready for publishing.
Today we celebrate Primstar’s first Birthday and we want to thank all of you who have helped to fund the development of Primstar-2 by purchasing the early access offer or one of the Jass products. Now we want to invite you to celebrate with us. We have prepared 2 specials for you:
Birthday discount(1):
If you have not yet purchased Primstar-2, then we give you a discount on any Primstar-purchases until end of april:
Update from Jass-Magic: 500 L$
Update from Jass-Pro:2000 L$
New Purchase: 3500 L$
(1): The discount is only valid for L$ purchases.
Lotterie:
If you have already purchased Primstar-2 then you have the chance to win a voucher of value 6000 L$:
All you have to do is to visit our Jass Shop. There we have placed a drop box left to the Primstar-2 vendor where you can drop a notecard with your personal wishlist for “a better Primstar-2″.
Each entry that has been dropped until end of April-2012 will participate in a lotterie. You can win one of 10 Vouchers of value 6000 L$. These vouchers can directly be used to order a free license for Avastar-1 (or Primstar-2, transfer of the Voucher to another resident is possible)
Note: You can drop multiple notecards into the drop box, but only one of your drops will participate in the lotterie. You also can left click on the drop box to get a template notecard.
We hope you enjoy our offer. And we look forward to see all your suggestions coming into the drop box.
Dear members of “blender primstar/jass” and “blender avastar”.
We found that our chat groups have been massively disturbed by spam messages. These activities started around september 2011. We repeatedly asked to stop these activities in our groups and ejected the responsible spammer.
Public enrollment closed
But recently we have seen an increase of Spam activities. All our attempts to stop the spam have been unsuccessfull. So the only remaining alternative was to replace the open enrollment to our chat groups by an automated group joiner.
Automatic Group Joiner
We have meanwhile installed a Group joiner in the Jass-Shop. Here new members can instantly join our chat groups again. If you are not a group member, but want to join, then all you have to do is visit the Jass shop, then click on one of the group joiner panels. (look at the right side when you enter the shop)
After a few seconds you should get an invitation from “Boticita”. You then can instantly join the group and access it right away and start chatting. we have taken precaution that Albsalgar Magic will not be able to rejoin via the group joiner.
Bot messages in the group
Boticita is our new automatic Bot system. Boticita will take care of a lot of things. She will also occasionally show up in the group chat. Please note thather sole purpose is to organize and to inform. She will not be able to accept friendship offers. She will not react on IM’s etc. Please be patient with her, because she is an automated robot.
A word about spamming
We have by now understood that Linden Labs does not help us to stop spammers from doing what they do. We have been reporting Albsalgar Magic many times and never got any response or feedback.
We also have detected a few bugs in the Group Chat system of Second Life which make it possible for Spammers to keep on spamming although they have been ejected from the group and even muted. There is absolutely no way to protect ourself unless the bugs get fixed.
Apologize
So even with all our precautions we will most probably see spammers again and again. But now we can at least have a little control. Please understand that we take care, but we are blocked by our service provider to become efficient.
Today we released another Avastar update. We tried our best to ensure that this Avastar release should work from Release 2.59 up to 2.62.
Here are the changes since the last update:
NEW: added Targetless IK posing system on all bones (1)
NEW: Weight copy now has the option to use a continuous sub-mesh interpolation
NEW: Apply mirror modifier if it exists before mesh export
NEW: Scale applied before export of mesh (2)
IMP: Modifier aware mesh info panel
FIX: resetting distance constraint no longer necessary when scaling armature
FIX: fixed the visibility of motion transfer ui
GUI: moved expressions into object properties tab.
GUI: moved Hand posture into object properties tab.
GUI: moved animation export into render tab
GUI: bone names for weight adjust now searchable menu from vertex groups
FIX: fixed visual glitch with blender 2.62 with properties and default labels
FIX: fixed parenting with automatic weights (3)
IMP: improved the accuracy of the bvh loop calculation
FIX: squashed may other smaller bugs
New: Mesh Tools:
Purchase questions
I already purchased Avastar-1: You find the new update in your Jass-Inventory folder.
I want to buy Avastar-1: You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Avastar-1 vendor.
Other Questions
Ask Gaia Clary in Second Life, or send email to mailto:gaia.clary@machinimatrix.org
Have Fun
Gaia & Magus & Domino
!!! NOTE: There is more to come. We decided to add some more features before release. Keep tuned !!!
(1): Targetless IK also has a new UI (panel) for
adjusting the chain length, including rapidly setting it to the parent/whole limb/COG
increasing and decreasing the chain length intelligently skiping over locked bones
switching to either have the tip of the chain free or ‘clamped’ (keeping angle constant).
(2): Scaling no longer needs to be done manually.
(3): Now only usual SL bones are deform bones by default. Thus automatic weighting only affects the SL bones. In previous versions automatic weighted meshes got partially transparent when worn.
Our Jass product series is based on Blender 2.49b. Until recently Blender-2.49b has been the only Blender version that was capable to create fully functioning exports for Second Life mesh builds. And it was the only Blender for which a fully working Sculpted Prim support was available with Primstar-1 and the JASS product series.
By now the situation has changed in several ways:
With Blender 2.62 we again have a full Support for Second Life Meshes. So if you are doing Mesh creations, all you need is Blender 2.62 and you can do Mesh development.
With the availability of Second Life mesh support, we now have a very good alternative to Sculpted Prim creations. So you now have the choice to go with Mesh or to go (or keep) with Sculpted Prims.
With Primstar-2-dev-260 we provide full support for Sculpted Prims based on the Blender 2.5/2.6 series. So you can now fully work in Blender 2.62 without any drawbacks.
Taking all of this into account, we no longer see any benefit for you to use the Jass-products. Especially it does no longer make sense to continue the maintenance of Jass-Pro and Jass-Magic. In fact there has been no update for both products since about one year and we have only provided very few new tutorials for this product series within the last 6 months.
Cleaning up
And on top of all of this Blender 2.49 has not been developed further since about 2 years now and it is obviously at end of its lifetime.
So we have decided to clean up a bit. And here is our roadmap for the next 12 months:
1-April 2012: The free Jass-Magic bonus package will be dropped from new Primstar-2 purchases (as its no longer needed as fallback)
1-June 2012: Jass-Pro and Jass-Magic vendors will be removed. Jass-Pub will keep available as a legacy software but without warranty.
1-June-2012: End of Lifetime for Jass-Pro and Jass-magic
1-June 2012: Cancellation of “one on one” support for Jass-Pub customers (which was never guaranteed anyways)
1-June-2013: End of support for Jass-Pro and Jass-Magic
Your benefits
The main benefit for you will be
Better support for Avastar-1 and Primstar-2 development
More and better tutorials for Primstar-2 and Avastar-1
More Mesh tutorials
Questions ?
If you have questions about all of that, please check out our FAQ. There we will add a few remarks about why these decisions have been made and why this is for your benefit.
All we offer with our commercial products is a significant productivity improvement. There is no reason to give this away for free. Instead of giving you free trials we offer you refund within 30 days after purchase. We believe this is much better suited to our special niche products. On top of this our products are made by very few people who put a significant time into just developing and maintaining the software. This must be compensated.
Yes, for sure. Blender explicitly states that the sort of development we do is counted as “data” and can be distributed under any license we like. A detailed description of how Blender deals with addon scripts can be found here: gpl-for-artists
With Primstar-2-dev-260 we provide full support for Sculpted Prims based on the Blender 2.5/2.6 series. So you can now fully work in Blender 2.62 without any drawbacks.
Today we released another Avastar update. We tried our best to ensure that this Avastar release shouls work from Release 2.58 up to 2.62.
Here are the changes since the last update:
NEW: Bake T-pose fixed. Added parent to armature option and split off in ui to separate box
NEW: added a ‘find unweighted vertices’ button. Will report on status line and console and will drop into edit mode with unweighted vertices selected if they are found
NEW: added normalize weights button
NEW: added weight inspection and modification tool
NEW: Added mesh freeze tool with with hide option
NEW: Added Exporter Prefilter to allow SL compatible export of Avastar armatures and meshes, also works for Blender 2.62
NEW: Added “Avatar Center” attachment point with height adjustment during shape edit
IMP: Modified weight copy so that pose is taken into account (by first freezing meshes)
IMP: mesh visibility controls now in object mode for avatar selected
IMP: GUI cosmetic fixes
IMP: Make Avastar more robust against removal of elements (bones/shape keys).
FIX: fixed eye animations based on EyeTarget
FIX: Blender Python changes of Matrix implementation
New: Mesh Tools:
Purchase questions
I already purchased Avastar-1: You find the new update in your Jass-Inventory folder.
I want to buy Avastar-1: You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Avastar-1 vendor.
Other Questions
Ask Gaia Clary in Second Life, or send email to mailto:gaia.clary@machinimatrix.org
Have Fun
Gaia & Magus & Domino
!!! NOTE: This is probably the last update before we release Avastar-1.0 !!!
Blender 2.62 is out. This is the first Blender release after 2.49b which fully supports Second Life compatible Collada export files. In the “COLLADA (.dae)” export module you will find a new option “Export for Second Life”.
The most important constraints for rigged meshes are:
The mandatory set of 21 bone weight groups has to be supplied
All vertices of the meshes must be weighted.
The meshes orientation must be: (z: vertical axis | y: left-right axis)
Rotation must be applied (in Object mode)
Scale should be applied (in Object mode)
Collapsed triangles must be avoided in physics shapes
If you check this option, your rigged meshes (with or without joints offsets) will be exported compatible to Second Life as long as the meshes conform to the Second Life constraints.
Second Life now “Collada stakeholder”
In agreement with the Blender developers Second Life has become the current stake holder for Collada support. That means whatever future changes will be applied to the Collada module, it will be tested to keep the Second Life compatibility intact.
This will currently be ensured by 2 new Blender developers
Juha Mäki-Kanto
Domino Marama
Gaia Clary will keep the threads all together and help in organizing testing and documenting.
Please feel free to report any upcoming errors to the Blender Bug tracker and if you have ideas or whishes regarding Collada, then you are invited to add your comments to the discussion section of the Collada Import/Export todo page
No future for the “SL Collada” Addon
Please note that my own “SL Collada” export helper addon has become obsolete starting from Blender 2.62. And in fact it will give you an error when you try to use it in release 2.62 and newer.
Remind that Primstar-2 is not yet fully developed! When you install the module, then you will find an appropriate notification in the module details:
The warning will be removed when the final Primstar-2 release is published (and you will find it in your update folder as a regular update as soon as it is available)
Change Details:
The Multi Part Exporter currently allows to export all textures and Sculpt maps and it generates an LSL Script Please always check for changes in the Primstar-2 documentation!
I already purchased Primstar-2: You find the new update in your Jass-Inventory folder.
Ipurchased another Jass product: If you have already purchased Jass-Pro or Jass-Magic, then your old purchase gets fully taken into account.
I want to buy Primstar-2: You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Primstar-2 vendor.
Questions ?
Ask Gaia Clary in Second Life, or send email to mailto:gaia.clary@machinimatrix.org
Today we proudly present the Collada Export Fix for Blender 2.59, 2.60, 2.61. For more information check out the Avastar-Mesh suport page. Here is a demo video:
enjoy,
Gaia, Magus, Domino
Quicktip for the import to Second Life:
Open the Importer. You are now in the “Levels of Detail panle (1)
Check if your weights (and if you use them) your joints offsets are there (2)
Proceed to theUpload Options tab (3)
Now you are in the Upload options tab (4)
Check your weights (and if you use them) your joints offsets for import (5)
If you create giants or tinies you might need to find out their offset correction to avoid hover or sink onto the ground. (6)
If you have any questions/difficulties/remarks/bugreports… with our products then please consider to post your issue in the tracker.
Note: You can read issues without beeing registered. For adding issues or commenting, you need to register. The registration process is decoupled from the Blog registration.
Tracker start page:
Move to the “open Issues list” by clicking on Clarify:
Move to the issues by selecting them from the list.
We are proud to present you our newest product for your Second life. today we have released Avastar-1, a character creation & animation tool for Blender-2.59 and newer.
The tool is fully compatible with the Second Life character rig and adds a multitude of extras for your convenience:
IK/FK Rig
Shape Import (via viewer export)
Mocap Import
.bvh and .anim export
SL Shape Sliders support
Clothing creation (fUses the SL Standard UV Map)
Hand Morphs
…
Please check out our preliminary documentation on the Avastar page
Early access program
Avastar is currently in Beta status. We expect to release Avastar-1 by end of january 2012. Until then we have setup an early access program with a discount of 1000 L$ off the regular price.
IMPROVED: Name of Zip file now contains minimum Blender Version
FIX: Object naming not working in enter edit mode
FIX: Adding multiple UV Shapes to same Object creates broken UV maps
FIX: UV Shapes with U/V < 4 now possible
IMPROVED: Improved warning message on Addon panel
IMPROVED: UVTex layer renamed to ‘texture map’
FIX: Update image editor when bake to Image
FIX: UVTex now renamed to “texture map”
FIX: Divide by Zero error when baking planes in multi part bakes.
Please also check out the 4 new Reference videos for Primstar-2.
!!! Remind: This is an early access version !!!
Remind that Primstar-2 is not yet fully developed! When you install the module, then you will find an appropriate notification in the module details:
The warning will be removed when the final Primstar-2 release is published (and you will find it in your update folder as a regular update as soon as it is available)
Change Details:
We have added the lowest Blender Version number on which the package runs to the package name. Please update your Blender to at least this version (Blender 2.59 for now). Otherwise the package might not work.
If you want to see Multi language support then you must update to Blender 2.6
If you want to see Operator Preset, than you need to get a Blender with revision > 41833, or wait for Blender 2.61
If you want to see the same user interface as within the Primstar reference videos, you must update to Blender 2.61
I already bought Primstar-2: You find the new update in your Jass-Inventory folder.
I bought another Jass product: If you have already purchased Jass-Pro or Jass-Magic, then your old purchase gets fully taken into account.
I want to buy Primstar-2: You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Primstar-2 vendor.
Questions ?
Ask Gaia Clary in Second Life, or send email to mailto:gaia.clary@machinimatrix.org
(1): Many thanks go to “3D.Melody” for the spanish translation and “Laurent Bechir” for the french translation of the GUI.
!!! Remind: This is an early access version !!!
Remind that Primstar-2 is not yet fully developed! When you install the module, then you will find an appropriate notification in the module details:
The warning will be removed when the final Primstar-2 release is published (and you will find it in your update folder as a regular update as soon as it is available)
Change Details:
You MUST update to Blender 2.59 or newer!
If you want to see Multi language support then you must update to Blender 2.6
If you want to see Operator Preset, than you need to get a Blender with revision > 41833, or wait for Blender 2.61
I already bought Primstar-2:
You find the new update in your Jass-Inventory folder.
I bought another Jass product:
If you have already purchased Jass-Pro or Jass-Magic, then your old purchase gets fully taken into account.
I want to buy Primstar-2:
You can buy directly from Paypal (see left column of this page), or go to the Jass-Shop in Second Life and purchase from the Primstar-2 vendor.
Questions ? Ask Gaia Clary in Second Life, or send email to mailto:gaia.clary@machinimatrix.org
Bone Weight Copy is a Blender Addon for copying WEights from one Character to another. The tool was originaly introduced with Blender 2.49, but meanwhile it has been ported to Blender 2.5 (and newer up to Blender 2.62) …
