Hey all,

I figured you should be kept informed of what I've been working on. On the next patch, I'm going to be putting quite a few pieces of new clothing into QA for some testing by the users. I'm not expected glitches to come up (I think I've got everything under control there) but if any do, I'd appreciate them being sent over to me. So, just so you know what's coming, and can maybe psych up the users about it, here it is!

Baggy clothing options for men!

The baggy pants attachment for women is already in production, and here's the long awaited baggy pants, shorts and shirts for men.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/James3DUtherverse/BaggySetSet.jpg

Suit jackets and wedding veils!

I made a male suit jacket for fancypants occasions, as well as 3 bridal veils of varying lengths.

http://s975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/James3DUtherverse/?action=view&current=WeddingSet.jpg

Bags for girls!

Finally got around to putting these in to try them out. 3 bag types, a messenger bag, a purse, and a little backpack.

http://s975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/James3DUtherverse/?action=view&current=BagSet.jpg

Totally awesome beards!

Over a dozen attachable beard options for men.

http://s975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/James3DUtherverse/?action=view&current=BeardSet.jpg

Male skirts!

Skirt meshes that can attach to the male models. Can be used for Kilts, robes, trannys, whatever.

http://s975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/James3DUtherverse/?action=view&current=MaleSkirtSet.jpg

Now the catch with these is that there's no menu for them in the normal character customization. Not yet anyway. For now I'm just putting them in, and getting advanced users who know how to use the Avatar override settings in the profile to test them out. See where they work, where they don't. All this will be documented in a forum post when they get patched into QA. Any questions, either from yourself or from users in world, just come ask me! Thanks

check out the forum post James has created.

http://www.utherverse.com/Forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=45847

-James

Attention Zaby Owners and Business Owners!

We have just enabled a whack load of new props for our Zaby Owners and Business Owners.

We would love to give you a list but it would be way to long. Everyone Enjoy!

You guys might want to thank "Derek" (username in world) for updating this list.

New VV Exteriors

Hey everyone so I just wanted to give everyone an update. We just finished working on a few store exteriors in Virtual Vancouver here are some screenshots.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41472687@N03/3840439750/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41472687@N03/3840439720/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41472687@N03/3839650423/sizes/o/

New Replacable Props

Hey people of Utherverse, I thought a nice heads up for new replacable props would be a good idea so here is the list:

Modern Couch

Planter Pot01

Planter Pot02

Foot Stool Modern 01

Generic Bookshelf

Modern Wood End Table

Generic Tombstone

attached is a screenshot.

Enjoy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41472687@N03/3833555149/sizes/o/

Utherverse Patch August 14, 2009

Big Big art patch:

Alright so there is a lot of new character customization that went through to this patch. New female hair and tons of facial piercings.

New maps and rebuilt maps:

Flying region - Re textured and some new geometry.

Nightcandy - Just a small tweak to the stage, we enlarged the stage.

Palace - Completely re done and looks amazing.

Roller Rink - Completely re done and looks like a real roller rink.

VIP Movie Theatre - Redesigned and looks fantastic. This region is still under construction so users will not be able to see it at the moment.

Fantasy Hotel Lobby went through a small renovation. New hotel rooms are located on the 4th and 5th floors.

Most importantly we have done lots of clean up work on the client. We have removed a ton of files that are no longer needed and compressed some files to make the client a smaller download.

Here are some screenshots of some of our new areas.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3821496622_2af3bedc88_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41472687@N03/3820788823/sizes/l/

I will keep you posted. I know there are a few things I missed and will continue to update this.

Utherverse 3D Art Dev

Starting a new blog for people who want to follow the 3D art team. Here I will try and keep the users updated on all things 3D that are happening to the game. Stay tuned.