{"id":4676,"date":"2018-10-27T17:33:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T17:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avastar.guru\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2018-10-27T17:33:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T17:33:33","slug":"4676","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/2018\/10\/27\/4676\/","title":{"rendered":"Avastar-2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<h2>Avastar-2.5 is out<\/h2>\n<p>We are very proud to finally publish a new Avastar release. We have been working on this since April-2018. The release contains various small fixes and some bigger ones as well. In very short terms we have improved&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image723-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image723-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image723-1.png 454w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image723-1-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Welcome to Avastar-2.5 (27\/Oct\/2018)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We are very proud to finally publish a new Avastar release. We have been working on this since April-2018. The release contains various small fixes and some bigger ones as well. In very short terms we have improved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The overall precision<\/li>\n<li>The Support for Male characters<\/li>\n<li>The Binding to non default shapes (appearance sliders)<\/li>\n<li>The weight copy tools (it looks a bit more complicated, but it is really much more intuitive now)<\/li>\n<li>The user interface<\/li>\n<li>The Documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below you find a list of the most important fixes and improvements since Avastar-2.4-1. If you want to see the full list you can find this in the detailed Release log<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Weight tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>X-mirror allows the creation of &#8220;maps on the other side&#8221; where applicable<\/li>\n<li>The weight tools have now their own panel (more intuitive than before)<\/li>\n<li>Now all parameters can be set before calling the copy tool (instead of changing in the operator redo panel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Bind tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The binding tool now uses the same function as the weight copy tool to be fully compatible<\/li>\n<li>Unbind now allows to restore the original mesh (as it was before the binding)<\/li>\n<li>Binding does no longer add small vertex shifts depending on the appearance slider settings<\/li>\n<li>Bind tool now much more robust when binding to non default slider settings and\/or to Male characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Developer kit Manager<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Developer kit Manager now also supports imported rigs with up-axis = Y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Animation<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bones can now be locked reliably (added to animation but not moving)<\/li>\n<li>BVH Loop calculator now takes care of the rule about first frame plys 3 times<\/li>\n<li>The bone hierarchy on the green animation bones can now be completely reorganized (user customizable)<\/li>\n<li>Only the animated bones are exported<br \/>\nIn previous releases we exported all bones which made the animation files unnecessarily big<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Collada<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The exporter now creates empty weightmaps for unweighted bones in parent hierarchy (SL needs that)<\/li>\n<li>Mesh exports no longer depend on male\/female settings and slider values(shape)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Miscellaneous<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A collection of other important fixes and improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We fully reworked the Spine bones controller (fold\/unfold have moved to the Rig Control panel)<\/li>\n<li>Hip Compatibility mode now also takes care of the Volume Bones<\/li>\n<li>Apply as Restpose no longer modifies the joints<\/li>\n<li>Meshes now have an Addon Revision number (custom property)<\/li>\n<li>Long Tool tips are much improved<\/li>\n<li>Mesh Info panel can auto update or update on demand(good for huge meshes)<\/li>\n<li>Creation of tinies and giants has been simplified a lot (you only need to scale the armature in object mode)<\/li>\n<li>Male characters now work as smooth as females \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>Freezing can be undone now (CTRL-Z) without destroying Avastar data structures<\/li>\n<li>Editing Bone roll did not propagate to Defrom Rig when creating joint edits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Known issues (well&#8230;)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>These have been recognized but we did not find the time to fix or improve them for Avastar-2.5<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bone constraints should all be labelled with AVA* but some face bone constraints are not following this convention<\/li>\n<li>Animation retarget bone guess tool does not recognize finger bones (missing feature)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please report as soon as possible when you find any other issues in <a href=\"https:\/\/support.machinimatrix.org\/tickets\" class=\"symple-button default blue   \" target=\"_self\" title=\"Visit Site\" style=\"border-radius:3px\" rel=\"\"><span class=\"symple-button-inner\" style=\"border-radius:3px\">Our Ticket System<\/span><\/a>\n\n<p>For more information checkout our <a href=\"https:\/\/avastar.guru\/avastar-2\/release-changelog\/\" class=\"symple-button default blue   \" target=\"_self\" title=\"Visit Site\" style=\"border-radius:3px\" rel=\"\"><span class=\"symple-button-inner\" style=\"border-radius:3px\">Release Changelog<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avastar-2.5 is out We are very proud to finally publish a new Avastar release. 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