{"id":447,"date":"2015-10-12T20:38:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avastar.online\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2015-10-12T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:38:18","slug":"install","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/reference\/install\/","title":{"rendered":"Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"symple-box  blue center \" style=\"text-align:left;\"> \n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/119024293\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"install-avastar\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">About this Document...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span6\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Content:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Download Avastar<br \/>\nInstall Avastar<br \/>\nInitial Check of operability<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span6\">\n<p>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Video:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Video guides you through the process from downloading Blender up to verifying that you have installed the software.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What does Avastar provide?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<p>Avastar basically supports the creation of animatable Models (Avatars&amp;attachments) and the creation of animations. Therefore the tool adds various functions and <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">user interface elements<\/span> to Blender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<p>The full functionality of Avastar can be a bit overwhelming on first sight. You should be prepared to spend some time and patience to get it all working nicely for your projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What does this Document provide?<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">abstract:<\/span><\/strong> I show you how you can install Avastar on  or newer. We provide a short video which shows the installation process step by step. <\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><div class='et-box et-warning'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>We expect that you have basic knowledge about Blender.<\/div><\/div> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><i class=\"fa fa-battery-0\"> <\/i> Prepare<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Install Blender for Avastar-1:<\/strong><\/span> Ensure you install at least .<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Install Blender for Avastar-2:<\/strong><\/span> Ensure you install at least  (which is also our recommended version of Blender).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Purchase Avastar:<\/strong><\/span> If you already have purchased Avastar, you will find all released updates of the software in your Machinimatrix Download folder (see next step)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Note<\/span><\/strong>: Avastar-2 is still in development and very unstable! Please use it only for testing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Q: What do i need to get started ?<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<ul>\n<li>Get Blender from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/\" target=\"null\" rel=\"noopener\">blender.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Make yourself familiar with Blender!<\/li>\n<li>Purchase Avastar from the <a href=\"http:\/\/slurl.com\/secondlife\/Jass\/145\/193\/25\">JASS-shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>or Purchase Avastar via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.machinimatrix.org\/checkout?add-to-cart=17701\"><i class=\"fa fa-paypal\"> <\/i> Paypal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<h3><i class=\"fa fa-battery-1\"> <\/i> Download<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Download <\/strong>the Avastar zip file and place it anywhere on your local disk, and remember where you placed this file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"symple-box  black none \" style=\"text-align:center;width: 70%;\"> \n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> Do not ever unpack the zip file!<br \/>\nUnpacking the zip file will result<br \/>\nin installation failures!<br \/>\n(See also below)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Q: Where is my download ?<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<p>During your purchase you have received a download link.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<div class=\"symple-box  blue center \" style=\"text-align:left;\"> <strong>JASS Shop Purchase:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You received the Download link on the local Chat window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<div class=\"symple-box  blue center \" style=\"text-align:left;\"> <strong>Paypal purchase:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You received the download link via E-mail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>If you are a registered user &#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>then please login now. Then open the download link that you got from us. You will be automatically forwarded to your <a href=\"\/my-account\/products\/\">product download page<\/a> and your new product will be listed there.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>If you are not a registered user, &#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>then you still can open the given download link. You will then be redirected to a temporary download page from where you can download the software.<\/p>\n<p>However, the download link will become invalid 8 days after purchase.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Q: Where does my software run?<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<p>The Avastar Addon runs wherever Blender runs. You only have to ensure that Blender is installed properly. Then the Addon will be working as well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Q: Expand Addon or keep the zip file?<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<p>Blender Addons are always installed in zip format.\u00a0All attempts to install the unzipped files will fail. So to ensure that your computer does not unzip the file after download, please review your browser settings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"symple-box  blue center \" style=\"text-align:left;\"> We suggest that you set your Browser to always ask you where to download, so you can specify where the zip file shall be placed. And then you also should set your Browser to never unzip your downloaded zip file after download.<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">For Mac Users:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIf your Browser automatically expands the Zip file during download, then please do this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the safari preferences<\/li>\n<li>On the General tab:<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck &#8220;Open safe files after downloading&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Q: Is there an Archive of older Releases?<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<p>Yes, we keep older releases available for the case where you find something broken in the newest product release. The older releases are collected in a <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">the_archive<\/span><\/em> sub folder within your Download Folder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"symple-box  black center \" style=\"text-align:left;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">You can only see the_archive folder when you have registered an account on the Machinimatrix Blog and when you are logged in to your machinimatrix account!<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Q: What does the Avastar Filename say?<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<p>we are often asked why the zip file is named as it is named. There is a reason. Here is the explanation:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>avastar-M-m-rrrr_blender-B-bb.zip<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">avastar<\/span><\/strong>: the product name<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">M<\/span><\/strong>: The major product release<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">m<\/span><\/strong>: The minor product release<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">rrrr<\/span><\/strong>: The product revision number<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>B-bb<\/strong><\/span>: The earliest version of blender supported by this particular addon version<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Usually you are safe to download the zip file with the highest available product revision number.<\/p>\n<p>Only if you encounter a bug in Avastar you should consider to switch back to an older Avastar release by installing that over your current release. There is no need to uninstall first!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3><i class=\"fa fa-battery-2\"> <\/i> Install<\/h3>\n<p>We expect that you have successfully installed Blender and Blender works properly. Now start Blender and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Disclaimer...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\nThis guide describes the official installation process for Blender Addons. If you use any other installation strategy you are completely on your own behalf. And we can not support you when you end up with broken functionality!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you fail to install as described here, first check with the SL Chat Group <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Blender Avastar<\/em><\/span> and only if that does not help then please report back to us.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span12\">\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to File -&gt; User Preferences:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19738 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.machinimatrix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Image002.png\" alt=\"Image002\" width=\"202\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span12\">\n<ul>\n<li>Proceed to the &#8220;Add-Ons&#8221; Tab<\/li>\n<li>At the Bottom of the Tab locate and click &#8220;Install from File&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19748 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.machinimatrix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Image003.png\" alt=\"Image003\" width=\"553\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span12\">\n<ul>\n<li>A file selector opens.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to where you have stored the <strong>avastar-m-vvv-rrr_blender-B-bb.zip<\/strong> file<\/li>\n<li>Select the zip file<\/li>\n<li>Finally click &#8220;Install from File&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-041.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-606 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-041.png\" alt=\"reference-041\" width=\"692\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-041.png 692w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-041-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span12\">\n<ul>\n<li>Select the zip file and Press the &#8220;Install Add-On&#8230;&#8221; button<\/li>\n<li>Back in the Add-Ons Tab type &#8220;avastar&#8221; into the search field.<br \/>\nAs you type you will see that the list of displayed Addons shrinks and quickly you can find the Avastar-module:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-042.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-042.png\" alt=\"reference-042\" width=\"692\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-042.png 692w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-042-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Some details ...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<ul>\n<li>If the Avastar Addon Panel is collapsed, then please expand it now to see the Addon details. Please take a closer look! You find some important information here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><strong><strong>Note<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>:<\/span> You find a link to the Avastar Documentation and to the Bug tracker here. And you can set some Addon preferences for your convenience.<br \/>\n<strong>Important:<\/strong> Please make use of the documentation! This will save you (and us) a lot of time!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<ul>\n<li>To enable the Addon you must check the checkmark at the top right corner of the panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><strong>Note<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/span> If you use a Blender prior to 2.71 and if you can not enable Avastar at this stage, then please ensure that the path to your Blender application folder only contains ASCII characters (the US alphabet). This issue has been solved with Blender 2.71.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<ul>\n<li>In the last step you <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Save User Settings<\/strong><\/span> as your new default settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Note<\/strong>:<\/span> If Blender sends out any error messages after you saved the user settings, then please restart Blender now. In most cases the error messages stop showing up then.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span12\">\n<h3><i class=\"fa fa-battery-3\"> <\/i> Verify<\/h3>\n<p>You can verify that Avastar has been successfully installed by navigating to the new Avastar menu entry in the Add section. Please ensure that you are in Object mode as that is the only mode from where you can add new Avastar characters:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-043.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-043.png\" alt=\"reference-043\" width=\"692\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-043.png 692w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reference-043-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen you click on Avastar, a new Avastar mesh character will open up for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span12\">\n<h3><i class=\"fa fa-battery-4\"> <\/i> Welcome to Avastar<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">Congratulations! 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