[Legacy vs Reborn]

if efficiency , less lag and mesh optimization is something that is important to you, then Reborn would be the choice of those 2. If you currently wear Maitreya, maybe the free LaraX upgrade is also an option for you

[CasperVend/CasperLet alternatives]

MD Labs is a great vendor system, too and lets you import your data easily 

[High to low poly versioning and texture question]

your high poly model does not need UV's at all. only the low poly model does. 

usually I even delete all UV's from the high poly before baking if there are any, just to avoid any errors. 

[LaraX?]

2 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Right now clothing for LaraX are hot sales items because 1.) a third of the female avatars either have LaraX or can get it with a redelivery, and 2.) there aren't many clothes available for it yet. Creators who are offering LaraX sizes are probably doing pretty well right now. Classic Lara sized clothing are still highly available, both in stores and in user's inventories, so there is no mad rush to buy more.

I think we'll need to see how sales level out a few months from now to see if LaraX use will fully replace classic Lara, but I expect than when users compare which body looks better in a bathing suit, lingerie, or even a tank top, most are going to go with LaraX.

Cinderella has more going for it than being a roleplay outfit that fits LaraX, btw. It has a fun interactive aspect that we seldom see outside of stripable clothing, in which the outfit can change with a magic wand or at the top of the hour (ie. at midnight).

Oh for sure! It’s the new shiny thing atm, time will tell how things will develop. 
personally I can’t afford to go on with both versions but nothing is ever carved in stone for me. I will adjust if needed 

[LaraX?]

On 12/13/2023 at 8:33 PM, Dafadilia Wayfarer said:

 

...Now I truly hope that LaraX takes off as big as the original Maitreya Lara, but I also hope that creators realize in future still creating for the original will also be lucrative for them. ...

an insight example to that assumption from one of my latest releases ( Cinderella ) that is available for Lara as well as for LaraX. It's just one release and just my store, but to me this already gives a pretty clear direction. As I sell per body, it's easy to see: LaraX sales were overall by far the strongest in this release, followed by Reborn, Lara sales are way in the back of the tail.

As I said, one release of one creator is certainly not representative, but also what bodies are most worn, going by various stats, does not neccessarily represent sales either. Those vary a lot from brand to brand depending on so many different things like style, customer base, pricing,  marketing etc. 

[If you could have one outfit magically ready for LaraX right now, show us the one!]

On 12/1/2023 at 8:47 PM, Katherine Heartsong said:

...I'd like to be able to have a magic wand....

I created one! if it only could also change clothing from one body to the next..

[LaraX?]

27 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

It was either in this thread or the share thread, I can't remember. But  me and another were going on about your interactive bikinis.. 

Is there any chance of those coming in the future for the new body?

I love your interactive things.

happy you enjoy them!

new interactive ones will be coming a little more towards spring and yes absolutely in LaraX and PetiteX sizes ❤️

[LaraX?]

1 hour ago, Zalificent Corvinus said:

 

I'm not the only one saying it, but apparently it's "wrong" to say :

 

"If you don't make clothes for the body I wear,

I have no reason to shop in your store."

 

that's perfectly fine! Not a single person has disagreed to that.

[LaraX?]

1 hour ago, Zalificent Corvinus said:

If a creator decides they will ONLY make items for bodies I do not wear, and WILL NOT make things for the bodies I DO wear, how exactly are their products "useful" to ME?

And why should I give that creator any money?

 

No one at any point said you should buy things that are useless to you and that are not for your body or “ give them your money” period. 
telling a creator literally what they made is”useless” is a totally different thing . 

I am pretty sure I made myself clear by now and most luckily understood . Of course there will always be different opinions and such that see nothing wrong in telling a creator (or any person for that matter) that what they made is “useless”. At this point I am bowing out of this discussion . 

[LaraX?]

there is absolutely nothing wrong with customer feedback. in fact (at least to me) it's very welcomed. it's always a matter of tone and how you phrase things. There is literally no need to be rude about it, like there is also no need to tell any creator that their things are "useless". 

 

1 hour ago, Fionalein said:

... I am yet again surprised how many SL creators are completely alien to this idea taking it for.an insult.

Creators are not "alien" to this idea. We face "feeback" in rude and entitled ways on daily bases . Yes, it is part of a creators life, and yes creators also need to grow a thick skin. But again, nothing of that justifies such behaviour imho.

 

 

 

[LaraX?]

15 minutes ago, Anna Nova said:

So you all think I should buy things to help the poor creators, even if I have no use for them (for bodies I don't want to own)?  Or if they contain technology, like V4 autohide, that actually makes the item unusable?  Or perhaps because they have a history of leaving their customers in the lurch, like a certain body creator?

Not gonna happen.

If you want me to buy it (that is spend my SL allowance on it) then it has to suit me.  And that is all I said.

I think you don't have to buy a thing that doesn't suit you. And while not buying, at the same time you could have chosen to be kind instead of condescending.

[LaraX?]

On 12/2/2023 at 8:19 AM, Anna Nova said:

 

I encourage you to get tough with the Creators too, they want our money, they have to suit US.

I would encourage everyone to rather be kind than "get tough" with the creators. cause honestly, they do not have to suit anybody. the amount of bodies and mods dropping left and right on top of arrogance and entitlement that is brought to us creators on daily bases, makes it more than hard to find the joy in creating. most creators actually use SL for their hobby, and their creative outlet. 

Being supportive, encouraging and motivating to creators , does way more than "getting tough" on them. 

For many daily life on its own is tough enough, there is literally no need to add "extra toughness" to it. By doing that you will mostlikely ensure to not get what you might have originally wished for. Kindness is free and a choice. 

[LaraX?]

On 11/25/2023 at 10:19 AM, Marianne Little said:

I have heard that creators complain about the rigging. The information we got now, was that the rigging ifor LaraX s changed, so it is easier to rig for.

I can understand that. And if the difference is really big, maybe many creators will drop Lara.

Maybe a creator with the new dev kit can comment on the rigging? Is it much better now?

@Salt Peppermintyou are a creator?

the previous kit was great and easy to work with already. What many creators seemed to have trouble to understand is that it was not an issue of the kit before that made things difficult, it was the body itself . the issues we faced were not because of some flaws in the kit. It was the weight distribution and to eb excat the amount of influences per bone on the body itself and that is something that has been fixed for LaraX (and the reason for some of the previous clothes not working on the new body). So now some might feel it's techinally easier because there is less trial and error. The new kit comes with its own pro and cons but the weights are definitely smooth and easy to transfer, so that bottom line it is easier to get a better fit. (just for different reasons)

[VAMPIRES!]

with the huge amount of vampires here, I think I need to make more vampire clothing... I smell some opportunities 😃

[LaraX?]

2 hours ago, Orwar said:

   Whilst that makes sense, if a store decides to drop Maitreya for example, then that would make it so that anyone who uses Maitreya exclusively would never have a chance to become a customer, and those 5% of their existing customers are gone, and thus probably wouldn't participate in any future polls that store owner makes.

 

I believe that goes for any body a store decides to drop. In the end no one is able to cater to 1726378 bodies and their mods, especially if you work on your own. So you have to pick whatever works for your store and mostly for personal health. If a body is popular but you don't enjoy creating for it, don't do it. Frustration will creep in so fast and will be overwhelming.  And if that means that a certain body is not supported and you won't have those customers, then that's exactly that and it's perfectly fine imho.

[LaraX?]

general stats about "grid snapshots" as in what body is worn most often , do not really say anything about how different stores sell certain sizes. Sales depend on so many different factors and a lot on the store's style as well as customer base and what kind of people they draw in. Which is why some stores have similar stats to certain body sizes and some absolutely not. Some sell Lara so well that it everyting after only comes with a gap (salewise), some sell other sizes way better up to the point that they could drop selling Lara at all. Same goes for male sizes . Because some stats say Gianni is before Jake, it does not mean that stores have the same experience in sales. going by those general stats, GenX is barely to be found. Must be all ghosts shopping in my store buying  GenX sizes, cause I certainly can't complain about those sales . I would have never kept body support if it would be just 5% of less. So I can only encourage each store to collect their own stats and focus on those.

[LaraX?]

2 minutes ago, Gabriele Graves said:

[2023/08/01 13:44:55]  Gryphon (Gryphon Ronas): most of them will not, no. Mesh clothes anyway. Everyting else does
[2023/08/01 19:26:27]  Gryphon (Gryphon Ronas): It's really simple....  Existing mesh clothing is not going to fit Lara X because it was made for Lara.  Everything else will be fine, Shapes, Appliers, Shoes, rings, Bom skins, clothing, tattoos, heads will still fit - yes we have been asked that a number of times. Yes of course heads will fit.  Mesh clothing probably will not unless you can use alpha
[2023/08/01 19:29:02]  Gryphon (Gryphon Ronas): No, your existing clothes probably will not fit any more than they would fit a Reborn body

These quotes are from the Maitreya Lara Friends group chat.  I imagine there are *some* Maitreya clothes that you could even use an alpha to make work on a Reborn body but nobody would seriously do that and these messages from Gryphon portray a general picture of a high degree of incompatibility unless the plan has changed in the last few days.
 

mhm it's why I think its best to see and test when it's released

[LaraX?]

What will not work are for example things like, see through boleros that are skin tight around the shoulder area. 

skin tight straps that are positioned in the previous "problematic" waist area. 

stuff like that. For many many things you can wear an alpha and won't have an issue and a some things won't even need that.

Lara X is basically the result of many many suggestions from many many creators and customers over the time to help with the rigs and the issues with weights we had before. hands and feet remain the exact same, from the official pics the wrist are a tad slimmer , subtle changes. 

[LaraX?]

8 minutes ago, AmeliaJ08 said:

... the changes to Lara X will be enough that the vast majority of Lara 5.3 content won't work for it. ....

 

 

 

well this part is simply not true. That's why best to wait until it's released and see for yourself before jumping into conclusions 

[LaraX?]

On 8/3/2023 at 1:56 PM, Maitimo said:

 

Maitreya has been very clever, giving this body as a free update to existing customers.  If Belleza had done the same with their Gen-X I think they would already be the market leader for non-curvy bodies right now.

Gen X has absolutely nothing to do with the previous Belleza bodies. it's a totally different mesh and had completely different weights. Hence different name and a new purchase. LaraX is an actual update to Lara. most of the body remains as is. there are parts of it that are being adjusted (subtle shape changes and improved weights) such as shoulders and waist area mainly. it still remains a Lara body. very different to what Belleza did

[Making Meshes for Legacy body]

for the Senra bodies, you can apply here 

 

[Making Meshes for Legacy body]

if you want to make clothes for existing mesh bodies, you would need to apply for the dev kits of those meshbodies. most of them have either a website or a discord server where you can apply but also most would want to see some mesh in your store already to approve you. you can also apply for the new Senra bodies from LL now

 

[LaraX?]

4 hours ago, Pekuru said:

Is there a ETA for this update?

not yet. but soon

 

[LaraX?]

9 hours ago, Liandra Aries said:

Well, this news has me and the girls worried.  All three of us use Lara, and all three of us have over 800 matching outfits when we go out dancing.  Now I know that we can just keep using the old body, but if it gets to the stage where the clothing creators that we use end up dropping Lara 5.3 and switch to LaraX then we will eventually be forced into LaraX as well.

The thought of having to slowly replace those 800+ outfits has me worried, some (a minority) of clothing shops will do a free update.  However, the vast majority of them will decide to cash in on the new body, release the SAME outfit with the new rig and expect people to buy it a second time.

but you do not have to replace anything. both bodies will be in your redelivery folder. save your previous outfits with your Lara 5.3 and new ones with Lara X. it's literally one click to change the whole outfit including the body and everything else you have been wearing. This got a lot easier with Bom coming out, as those layers also just save with your outfit. 

So you totally can enjoy both and keep using your 800+ outfits as you are used to. They are not being taken away ❤️

[LaraX?]

6 hours ago, Kylie Jaxxon said:

People complained about the same thing when mesh body was introduced, Bom, etc....somehow we all adapt

totally.

people seem to complain about everything and and everywhere. it's the most popular hobby .

Personally, I am super excited for Lara X and will fully support it. Going by the actual info from Maitreya and not the assumptions and specualtions allover, I think it's a great move and it was about time.