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A bit of a weird unwrap for the face & skull but I want it in such a way that hood designs that are symmetrical can use either “half” maps, and share textures between the left and right side or use “full” maps (I think it’s especially important for the rather large diffuse + alpha mask).

I’ve also unwrapped and cleaned all the metal parts and the zip channel.

(I still don’t have a place for the KDC logo…)

I really think I should STOP tweaking at this point.

So tomorrow, UVMapping and maybe crease work on the high-poly.

And finding a place for my logo…

I’m not really happy with the density on the face, but I’m not sure what to do about it.

~2800 triangles seem reasonable… But using them “better” would be nice…

I made a handful of weird little cube mesh when I was building the school and decided to make them available to anyone 🙂

If you enjoy building in SL, you should definitely check out those little helpers: They are very efficient, low LI and don’t crumple into nothingness from ten meters away.

You can grab them from the Main KDC Store freebie tables.

I’ve done more work on the Lattice cage rewrite. I’m changing the “one notecard for all settings” to the method I’ve been using recently based on notecards names rather than their content. I’ve also ditched the original “time unlock” that the lattice cage originally had and merged the function with the new TB time padlock system.

If config.max-locktime is non-zero, the cage will “rewrite” all locks as time-release padlocks and override their delay if necessary.

If you have a moment, come visit the Dead Realm ground level! all snowed in for the season!

Aparently I haven’t noticed all those slight clipping points. I don’t think it truly matters since this is the high-poly model, but I’ll fix it anyway.

Those wider seams are a bit better looking and I figured out a nice little trick to make the bump map a little less jagged.

I’ve flattened the chin to make it easier to fit, I’ve also settled for a simple metallic zipper at the back. And also found a good way to install the padlock.

This solves most of the problem I had with this design. Yay!

I’ve played with a few ideas for a new hood over the past few days.
This looks um… okay I guess? I’m trying to get a fairly clean shape that will shade smoothly.

• Product pictures are done.
• Changed a few sounds for custom ones.
• The special vendor is finished and functional,
• Replaced the particle effects with better ones.
• Added a “visibility light” mode.

I think tomorrow or friday I’ll put together the FINAL versions of each alarm, after that It will be ready for release.

“Carried away”

But I believe I’ve successfully scratched this itch. Each of the style has a custom alarm sound, blinking LEDs and is fully tintable and adjustable. I’m wondering if I should add a flashlight feature too…