vString Essentials and Revo BOM updates

 No matter what you do, you end up breaking something. With the Revolutions update released on Wednesday, I thought I had hammered everything down only to find out there was another texturing glitch. Having spent most of yesterday tracking things back I re-released the 5.11 Version this afternoon.

Touching wood... these should now be stable and fully operational.

Now... second part of the release today was what this post should be about.

vString XL, XXL, X_X and X-Loons have been updated to Version 5.1. The materials glitch that occasionally happened has now been repaired and is working correctly on the Omega Versions.

However you now get Baked on Mesh versions too.

It almost seems weird to think this, but Violet Studios first released vStrings back in 2011... that is now a decade ago and I have constantly strived to keep them fully up to date with all the latest. Back then I started with sculpts, then moved to mesh, then broke ground with the first fitted mesh versions on the grid with physics in the Revos, then materials and now today we have the Baked on Mesh versions.

Thanks for being with us for the last decade on this project and as always, as it has been for 10 years, the updates are free.

Pop in to the vString Store in world, go to the redelivery terminal and grab yourself an update!

Hemi

vString Revolution 5.1 Update

 Just a quick update. A number of intermitted bugs were found in the coding for the Omega and BOM releases of the Revolutions. These issues have now been addressed.

Updates are as always free in store.

Hemi

Fusion Faun Hooves now available

I have had many people ask me for these over the years and I finally thought I would give these a go.

The Faun Hooves are actually very thin and almost stick like hooves. Even Skizma considering their size were quite well built. These are designed for slim to medium avatars.
You get a full compliment of Fusion compatibility as always, plus they are available as Stand Alone versions too for use with other mesh bodies / the stock SL avatar.

As with all Fusion Hooves, you get three layers (Skin / Clothing / Tattoo), Daily hud and Designer HUD's for the stand alone versions and free updates.

They are 600L$, and demos are available to try before you buy.

Enjoy!

Fusion Ultima Drider

Sometimes, things go according to plan. Other times, things just tend to happen. This one falls in to the latter category.

That is exactly what it looks like. It's a Drider.
It is also not exactly the regular fare for SL when it comes to Driders.

This is a full on Fusion Ultima Drider, built in Fitted Mesh.
It features functional legs pain stakingly weight painted to give the best illusion of independent movement. Highly detailed spider body with multiple zone texture areas, 22 two tone body textures, Abdomen overlay with 4 choices of textures. Legs and Abdomen are separate texture zones too. It comes with highly detailed materials.
The Human side matched in perfectly to the Spider body, comes with all the usual Fusion Ultima Benefits including clothing, anatomy etc. It also comes in two version - Blending in or no blend giving you choice to use the skin of your choice.
The Upper body and breasts are regular Fusion Ultima models from the Genesis body, which also means you can customise both of these areas with your choice of Breasts and upper bodies from the Fusion Range.

The Photo Shows the body using the LTX Kalis Cyber Latex outfit in black, which is not included.

Demos are available so you can try before you buy. The Full body is 2000L$ - some would say that is a steal at that price considering the detail work thats gone in to this.

Already own Fusion? Don't worry. I did a Pix n Mix Torso only too. That is 1000L$ and will match to your existing Fusion parts!

You can find the Drider in the Fusion Main stores (Pheadra and Deaths Head) and in the Demon Studio too.

Enjoy!

Tudoto 1.01 Release (Fusion Ultima Integration)

As always I love to listen to customer feedback and at this time I have been working through some updates to Tudoto. The 1.01 release comes with minor fixes throughout the body however most significantly, Tudoto now comes, as you can see above, with a Fusion Ultima ready Torso as a new bonus item.
Customer had given me feedback that they would love to use Fusion Ultima upper bodies and breast with Tudoto and who am I to argue.

This is a free update so if you own Tudoto, go grab a copy!

Fusion Ultima In Store

That sums it all up really.

A little information for you though.

Firstly, Balloon Doll is not updated yet - it is finished but requires some additional scripting work to complete. It shouldnt take too long though.
I am going to be working on two elements over the new week. Namely the VSXR Ultima functional Anatomy and updates to the Style Heels to make them full compatible with Ultima.

Outside of that though, Ultima is now in store.
If you already own Fusion or Pick n Mix elements, or the Revolutions / Wideloads, wear your updater. Ultima parts are now fully deployed.

Demon Studio - Iconica Horns Now Available

Iconica are very large Captial style horns that represent a bit of a departure for me, in that they are actually beautifully detailed, but very simple.
No metal or blades or gems etc. Just straight up, get the point horns.
But with a little bit of a twist.

As you can see, these are Omega and ADV ready. Where the horns join the head, there is a flesh sleeve that wraps on to the horn, and this sleeve is actually SL UV compatible with the Avatars head, to match up.
Out of the box they work with Violet Studios ADV appliers for skin, and they also include a simple HUD you can wear that will, with the Omega Installer from Omega that costs 99L$ and works with all Violet Studios Products like Fusion etc, you can use Omega appliers too.

If you dont want that though, I have also included a second version which doesnt need skin appliers but uses bones instead.
You get the usual suspects though. Regular or Tones Versions, Materials enhanced, U3 ready with 140+ textures to play with for the bone, and the Materials applier system ready.

And they are just 200L$...

Enjoy!

LTX Rebooted with ADV / Omega Materials

Since the early days of Violet Studios there has been in some form or another, a LTX Store, however the current store and product line was opened in 2010.

LTX was always about providing the highest quality latex outfits, and since it arrived on the grid, we have always been in the top 10 Latex Fashion creators, providing innovative and realistic items which has gained us a very strong user base.

Times change though, and while LTX has progressively been updated and improved over the years, its not changed enough and the product lines have stagnated somewhat while I have been focusing on other projects. Until now that is with the 2016 LTX Reboot.

So whats new with this upgrade?

Firstly, as you can probably see, the 2010 marketing and branding has been redone and not before time too. This is significant because while LTX has improved, for reasons I forget I never did the marketing saying to myself “I will do it next week”.  As a customer though you probably have been unaware of exactly what has been changing and while I put out information, I didn’t exactly make it that prominent.

Now, you have the full information available.

Then, there is the buzz word of the moment, and probably the biggest single change for 2016. Materials.

Materials have been around since 2013, however I have not exactly jumped on the bandwagon with it before this point. The reason was simple. Mesh bodies haven’t exactly taken off until the last few years and as such the need for doing materials wasn’t there. On top of that, Materials were somewhat ahead of their time. Todays graphics cards are more than capable of handling the extra rendering requirements of materials, however only a year or two back they weren’t.

All LTX Outfits and Skins now feature beautiful and exquisitely detailed Specular and Normals Mapping to provide rich shine, light reflection and bump mapping.

Included with each item, you get our in house ADV Mesh body appliers and now Materials Appliers which work straight out of the box with Fusion and other Violet Studios mesh capable products.

However, and a first here... you also get Original Omega Advanced Appliers too with texture and materials.

In addition if a product comes with prim accessories they are now also materials enhanced, and the “out of the box” Opera Ballet Shoes have been reworked in pure mesh and have materials.

For implants I have also been busy. Firstly is a move away from our original approach to Lolas originals and tangos. Previously we made these with a script install where you had to put a script in the breasts. For 2016, no need for that. The appliers now work out of the box with no need for an install. In addition, each outfit now comes with vString 4.5 Materials appliers too giving you additional depth and detailing on your vString Implants.

On the LTX and Rubber Skins, these have now been upgraded to ADV2 specification. They come with the ADV Omega ready hud, integrated implants appliers, vString Materials appliers and of course, they have a choice of different materials setting available.

If you own one of these skins already, just wear the Updater (if one is in the box) or if you have the Implant Applier HUD, just wear that - the ADV2 spec items will be sent to you.

Finally, a move I have had planned for a while now. LTX now has a brand new Studio on Deaths Head custom built to reflect the new style of LTX and I am quite pleased with that too.

As such the link to the store on the right has now change.

Some eyecandy for you... There is a lot more in store, but these are the PG models.

Scalez Mesh Bodies Update & Omega Bridge Update

Following on from the Release of the ADV2 Skin Series is the update to Scalez which will allow you to use ADV2 Make up appliers on the Scalez Macro / Micro Bodies.
Simply wear your updater to get the latest product.

Please note... Hippo Redelivery Terminals in world are now sadly broken. Hippo has been informed about this over a month ago, and they have done nothing. I will be moving over to Casper Vend shortly.

In the same vein as the Scalez Update was a minor "whoops" moment. When I released ADV2, I should have sent out an Update to the ADV to Omega Bridge too to cover the new make up appliers.
In the midst of the chaos though... I forgot.
Version 1.2 of the Omega Bridge is available in most stores now and is as always free.

Hemi

Hanabi Worxx 2.0 Store Relaunch

When Violet Studios Opened back in 2009, I have always had close friends and fellow builders working with me in collaboration.

One of the oldest of these business partners was theDandelion, owner of Hanabi Worxx.

Sadly earlier this year, she decided to leave the grid, partly to focus more on her commercial artwork, and partly for reasons outside of her control.

As you may have noticed a few weeks back, the Hanabi Worxx store closed down and Violet Cybernetics moved up there however the plan was never to completely close the store down.

In our last conversation outside of SL, Dande transferred the rights to her store to me, and gave me licence to recreate her products and at the time I had decided to bring back a small number of her best sellers.

Recreating Hanabi Worxx is however a far more complex and convoluted task than it may sound. The Hanabi Worxx product lines were by todays standards very old, if still brilliant.

The process of recreation has taken me longer than I thought.

The first job really was to take a look at the complete store and its products, and which products should be recreated and which should go.

After a great deal of deliberating, I can confirm that all mesh outfits,  Clothing, a number of avatars and other the Hanabi VSX items sadly will not be coming back. However there are many products that are.

Introducing Hanabi Worxx 2.0

Hanabi Worxx 2.0 takes the original spirit of Dande’s store, and bring it in to the modern mesh era.

This initial release features many products you will be familiar with, but with a whole new twist to them.

As this is a PG blog, I cant show you everything picture wise, but I can give you a breakdown.

Moon Stomper 2.0 take what was a classic design from Hanabi and utterly turns it on its head. The original versions were prim and sculpt. The new ones are single piece fitted mesh. Featuring complete Violet Studios Texture reworks built from scratch, they include full materials support too, as well as Unlimited 3 Cyber integration.

Price is 500L$

Bulge String 2.0 at first glance is almost the same as the original, but that is just skin deep. Again, this new Version come in 4 piece mesh, with easy manual adjustment for the side belts now included. Unlike the original “multi vendor” options, you get all 11 Basic strings in one pack with Unlimited 3 control, plus you get 8 new Rubber textures for the bulge.

Price is 300.

Nightmare Tail 2.0  -This tail should be very familiar as it is just a straight conversion, however where it is different is the fact you now get full Headmaster 4 textures with 72 different tail hair textures on offer. At 300, this is very neat.

Hanabi Insanity Make up Line – As with all Hanabi Worxx skins, they came with integrated make ups in the skin, however I have recreated 5 of Dande’s best make ups in the new ADV2 Make up style.

Price is 150 each or 500 for the fat pack.

Drenai Avatars – I loved these original avatars. The updated 2.0 Avatar brings all new tech. First you get all 3 primary avatars (Tiger, Panther and Leopard) in one box, you get ears, horns and tail as per the original. Hooves now include the Skizma Fitted Mesh hooves, with clothing layers. You also get hair, eyes, shapefile too. Most important though, these are ADV2 Spec. That means you get implant appliers for Tangos, vString, Icon and Ecorp. You also get ADV2 mesh body appliers with Materials support, and as per ADV2 specs, these are compatible with Omega Advanced. Price is 1600.

Just need the skin update for the Drenai? Then that is available too. You get the same ADV2 specs, with the skin (including the reworked and improved face) – price is 600 for all 3 and will bring your Drenais up to date.

Skunky 2.0 – Refreshed and reinvigorated, Skunky 2.0 features the upgraded Skunky skin, with again Full ADV2 specs (implants, mesh body and omega advanced), Mesh Ears, a recreated Mesh Skunky Tail, and the Fusion Anthro Heavy Legs. Price is 1200 or if you just want the skin only update with the same ADV2 specs, that comes in at 400.

Tattoo – With reworking, I have released the refreshed versions of the Cumoflage and Star Tattoos. These come in full tattoo layer SL body styles, and you also get ADV spec Tattoo layer appliers, which are also via the Violet Studios Omega Bridge compatible with Omega too. Priced at 150 Each these are excellent Value.

These refreshed products are in the original Hanabi Worxx store now. Customers do need to note that these are not updates. They are for the most part completely refreshed products and sadly I wont be doing update for existing customers.

Coming next is the Woolie’s Spagetti project  which should appear in store soon. This has been probably the biggest headache of the Hanabi 2.0 project but are nearing completion now.

Also the Partner to the Moon Stompers is coming with a massive style update – the Star Cat Armour.

There will also be a hand full of other items such as her hats etc.

I am hoping to have the first parts of these project out within the next day or two.

I hope you like these fresh looks at Hanabi Worxx.

Verotic / Cyber Studio - Geishya Make up

Geishya comes in 5 different colours of make ups offering unique cyber hex style blushers, with a light fresh tech eye shadow and a glossy smear style lip design.
Individual prices are 150L$ each or 500 for all 5.

Its available in the Verotic Store, or the Cyber Studio.

As with all ADV2 makeups, these make ups come with build in ADV appliers for Fusion etc, and also via the omega bridge, you can also apply these to any Omega ready Mesh Head.

Viicious Body Arts Update

Normally I don't blog about other companies products, however Viicious is a bit of an exception as its been part of the Violet Studios family since 2010.
Those who know Viicious will know there are some fantastic tattoos in there, however due to RL the store really hasnt been updated since 2011 which is a shame.

I am pleased to say though, working with Vii, we have created and updated all current tattoos in store to include ADV Mesh Appliers.
What this means is with the ADV Omega Bridge, you can use all of their tattoos, with any Fusion, Wideloads, Scalez, product, or... any Omega compatible product!

Thats quite a big list.

Check them out in world by clicking here

Fusion Male - Zerberus Demon Body & Razel Tartarus Hooves

Zerberus continues the Fusion male mesh release but with a more demonic twist offer that sought after heavy lower body design.
Featuring a unique Torso (also available from the pick n mix as a separate item), the body comes with the Gladiator Upper body and arms, and also includes male Universal basics (so if you wanted to go human using this body as a basics, all you would need is a Torso).
As with the human Fusion male spec, you get ADV applier and Omega Support built in.

The body is 1500L$, and the Pick n Mix Torso is 500L$ and its available in store now.

Not in the Mood for Heavy Demon Legs... something a little more reasonable in size?

Then you may want to look at the Razel Hooves. Designed on a similar line to the Female Hooves, you get all 5 primary body matched legs in the box, with clothing layers and all the usual Fusion features, except you dont get Stand alone legs with these.

They come in at 600L$ and are the perfect demonic companion to the Fusion Male Bodies.


Finally, I am pleased to say this finishes off the Phase 1 Fusion Male Release, however I can say that Phase 2 is already in the works and unlike Fusion female, the release will be arriving very soon.

Keep watching!

ADV Version 2 & Male Skin ADV Appliers

For those not wanting to read my Waffling, here the short version.

ADV Version 2

Since 2014, Violet Studios skins and clothes have included our ADV Mesh Applier packs which allow you to send your skins or clothes to mesh bodies.

I am very pleased to release Version 2 of our ADV Support pack, which includes the new ADV to Omega Bridge. Or in short. Wearing this new Bridge HUD will allow you to send Violet Studios Skins and clothing to any Omega Compatible Product.

Oh, and the cost of this... nothing. Its free.

Male ADV Appliers Released

With the release of the ADV Omega Applier Bridge, I have also been spending many hours giving myself a headache with the full on conversion of all current Violet Studios Male Skins (Human, Demon and Vampire) to our ADV Spec.

All current in store skins include Body and even face HUDs which mean with a male mesh body that is compatible with Omega, you can now use your skin.

For those customers who previously bought one of our current skins, sadly there is no way to deploy updates. In this case, you can find our “Grace” applier kits in store.

Both Human and Vampire, you will find in the relevant Studio.

For Demon, you will find the Grace appliers where the female Grace appliers are, upstairs in the Demon Studio above the female hooves.

Okay, may have gone a little in depth there, but thats the basics.

ADV Omega Applier Bridge – in a bit more detail.

I have many customers who adore their Violet Studios Skins and clothes.

Verotic  Skins LTX,  Verotic Clothing, Demon Studio or Vampire Studio.

As many of you will know, since early 2014, our female skins and clothing have included the ADV Mesh applier system and its companion scripts to convert over to other mesh body formats.

Sadly keeping up with this has been a real pig with constant development ongoing with scripting and new products, getting around to actually building new scripts to work with new bodies hasn’t really been possible.

As Fusion customers will know, on the 1.5 update we introduced Omega support on Fusion.

I was slightly laughing at this for a while. Back during ADV development, I have a specific set of ideas over what ADV should do and how it should work.

What I had no clue about at the time was Love n Lust were developing almost the same thing almost in tandem to ADV with their Omega system.

These two systems are virtually the same thing, except the reasons they were developed were utterly different.

 ADV was designed as an in house helper tool for me and our customers.

 Omega was designed as a mass market system for creators.

Omega has proven to be very popular with creators and designers.

There are dozens of companies now who use omega out of the box so to speak and many other who do similar things to what we did with Fusion, with an activator.

Which brings us back full circle to the ADV Update and what if, you could use your ADV appliers, and they would work with Omega?

Thanks to some innovative work from Omega and ourselves, that is now possible with the Version 2 ADV Update.

Firstly its free. Can’t get fairer than that.

Secondly, inside the new update, you will find there is a new object.

The ADV Omega Applier Bridge. You wear this.

Now, listen very carefully to these instructions...

1 Wear the ADV Omega Applier Bridge.

2 Wear your ADV Mesh Applier included with your skin or clothing item from Violet Studios.

3 Press the relevant button on the Mesh Applier you want send.

It’s now on your Omega compatible item!

Yeah – it really is that simple.  And... lets just be honest here...

All you have to do is look through Omega’s Supported project list to realise that ADV just went from 10 supported items, to bucket loads.

You can find the ADV Version 2 Update dotted around all the sims – easiest place to grab it is in the Customer Support Hub.

ADV Male Mesh Appliers – in a bit more detail.

Back in 2014, we released our ADV system on to the grid. The idea was simple – one applier to support many products. However this was rather one sided.

Everything we released was female, and the reason why is simple. There was virtually no male mesh products on the market at the time.

Even today, I hate to say, the markets not exactly brimmed with male products. However I may as well let the cat out of the bag.

Since last year, after the arrival of Fusion, I have had a steady and growing stream of requests from customers for a Male Fusion body system.

I cant give you an exact date, but very soon, Male Fusion will be released.

But its a bit pointless if none of my own products support this so, first step is the ADV conversion.

Expect more news on Fusion male very soon.

All Current male skins have now been updated to include Body and even face HUDs which mean with a male mesh body that is compatible with Omega, you can now use your skin.

For those customers who previously bought one of our current skins, sadly there is no way to deploy updates. In this case, you can find our “Grace” applier kits in store.

You only get the body applier with the Grace kits however a head texture (usually the clean shaved one) is included on the applier.

Both Human and Vampire, you will find in the relevant Studio.

For Demon, you will find the Grace appliers where the female Grace appliers are, upstairs in the Demon Studio above the female hooves.

Enjoy the Updates.