Replacing beginner's avi

[Sassanach7]

Please forgive my noob question but I purchased a complete avatar, opened the box, added contents to the inventory, clicked 'wear' and...nothing. My avi is still in her beginner's body.

Am I doing something wrong or have I missed a step or two somewhere along the line?

 

[Kelli May]

That depends a lot on which beginner av you are weaing and what exactly the 'complete avatar' consists of. Some beginner avs have full mesh bodies which will hide any system layer-based avatars you add. You could be changing a lot of things, but it's all going on under the layer of mesh you are wearing.

Does your Inventory show the new items as worn but you can't see any changes on your av, or does nothing actually happen? Look in the inventory folder for the new avatar. Anything you are wearing will be highlighted (bold text) and say '(worn)' or '(worn on <somewhere>)' after it.

It'll also help if you could tell us what kind of avatar you've bought (mesh, system layers, just skin and shape?), and be sure you have unpacked it properly.

Another option would be to right-click the folder for the new avatar and select 'Replace Current Outfit' rather than 'Wear', assuming you want to remove everything else on your avatar.

[Sassanach7]

All good - sorted. I think it was just a bit of lag at the time