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I finished all the textures (excepted one really) for the cuffs yesterday and did some experimentation on specular maps. I also cleaned up the model for upload in SL. I’m spending the day doing system upgrades on my servers and will get back to the cuffs tomorrow.

Now that my normal maps are all nice and clean, behold!

Now to get all the textures ready.

I’ve been silent for the past days while I was finishing the unwrapping and spent last night rendering the different textures for the leather cuffs.

I also had a long hard look at the normal map… it’s not very good. I have a pair of screenshots to illustrate it, but basically the edges are scattered with “glitch streaks” (let’s call them like that) that are, I believe, due to the hard edge they are sitting on. It’s not a big deal, really but it means that I have to go touch up the normal map by hand in Photoshop to rub those imperfections out. That takes time as there is a lot of them.

I’ve been on a roll today so I’ll try to keep on going until I’m too tired (I will then post another update).

Here is another little update. I’m not really satisfied with the triangle count with the rivets and all the other metallic parts and I think the inside is still getting way too much attention. I tried something a little different this time and fused the strap to the cuff’s surface where I could, we will see if it leads to a better result.

Well, not really, Unwrapping went particularly fast today and I’m recycling a lot of material settings from the posture collar. The high-resolution model is almost done. On a side note, I’m thinking about having metallic parts on a separate texture sheet, there is no need for these to have a unique texture for each project, kind of wasteful. That’s also why the D-Ring is still missing, I already have one in SL that will work just fine.

Now that we have a fancy leather posture collar, wouldn’t it be nice to have a matching set of soft leather cuffs? I’m going heavy on the padding for this design, not only because i like my cuffs comfy, but it also makes the process of adjusting to your avatar much simpler.

I’m reusing the same strap size, hardware and general proportions that I used on the bridle and on the posture collar, easier to match it all.

For those interested, here is the recorded session on twitch.tv

I just released a big patch for the stuffed ballgag, there isn’t many changes in term of useability, excepted that you can change the colors even if it’s locked now (That should help you Tia :p) and that it’s now running the latest code base, which means it will be updated with the rest, when I make general improvements to the system.

I just updated all the ankle cuffs and the elbow cuffs to the latest code revision.

If you want to get it you now have 3 options:

• Inworld: KDC main shop
• PrimBay
• The SecondLife Marketplace

Enjoy!

The RLV activator was pretty much the oldest pieces of software in the TouchBound system and hadn’t been changed since the first release.

The “2.0” replacement now sit on the HUD and is designed to blend into the viewer3 interface.
It does the same RLV detection functions as the original with a big bonus: It doesn’t need to self lock like the old one used to.
As an added bonus, clicking the “TouchBound” button open a menu that allow you to quickly access the documentation wiki, but also to select a “presentation pose”.
Presentation poses are high priority full avatar animations that allow you to momentarily stop your avatar from moving to ease the clicking of attachments. The animations are simple, unobstructive and stop as soon as you try to move. The Activator HUD also allow you to drop-in your own animations.

I have several bug fixes to release for most of the TouchBound products, so the next updates will progressively include the new Activator HUD.