Chase01

Judging by the traffic there, it doesn't look like everyone's fully bought in. Anyone wanna start the clock on the server shutdown?

Yea, most of us that had TMP already moved on to other bodies (i.e. Maitreya, SLINK, Belleza, etc) and this is clearly reflected in polling done at the time. TMP was my second body (1st was SLINK Physique) and even though I preferred the look of Belleza's body over Maitreya I was afraid of being in the same position as I was with TMP and that was not finding enough content rigged for it. I waited for roughly 6-months or so after the public release of the dev kit (and this was a long time after the body had been released) before moving on to Maitreya. By that time, it was still extremely rare to find something rigged for TMP from a top tier creator.

While I can understand the frustration, this isn't a whole lot different from a landlord offering a fully furnished rental unit and that is extremely common. Most interior designers will have the client purchase the items directly from the creator and then move them into place for the client. If you really want to protect yourself, sell your product with no copy permissions, but I'd wager that would do more harm then good.

I think most people already switched years ago (myself included). The original body was in BETA for something like 5-6 years! During that time, communication was nearly non-existent and there were 1 (maybe 2) updates during that timeframe.

The OMEGA version will allow you to use that skin on other OMEGA compatible heads/bodies but bear in mind that not all skin creators offer an Omega version. If you do purchase an Omega skin, you will need their HUD for both the body and head (additional cost). If not, just make sure the skin you are looking at is compatible with both Maitreya and Catwa. Most skin vendors will sell the body and head appliers separately. If the vendor does not sell the body appliers directly, they will generally include a NC with the demo as to which vendor sells the matching body applier.

I can tell you that my slimmer shape did not have very good results with the deformer. In fact, it was the opposite. I struggled to fit anything rigged for Maitreya with that shape. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the deformer is not included with the demo, most people will never realize what will fit or not fit until its too late. I suspect that the creators did not want people to have the option to test the deformer because of how spotty the results are. Instead, they'd rather you take their word for it and given their track record that might be hard for some to do.

Agreed. That is one good reason why this body should have Omega support. Having that would have alleviated the direct support this body now requires.

That's where this body will fail. As I've said before, I think most people could overlook some of the nuances of the body and HUD but when it came down to it, product support was abysmal and I suspect this time around will be no different. The lack of OMEGA support is just plain stupid and for a lot of reasons.

They also have options for muscularity which is also nice. AMD also had a belly option.

As someone who changes their shape often, I'd love to have a function that allowed me to save the numerical data and then quickly re-apply them to another shape without having to export/import. Whether or not it's possible is another story. 😊

The new body looks really nice but then again so did the old one. I think a lot of people could ignore (even to some extent) all of the nuances that plagued the original body, but one thing that could not be overlooked was the lack of support from top tier creators. The mesh deformer that is included with the body (not available to demo) helps, but it is not the solution. The HUD has been improved, but I still experienced a considerable amount of lag (the old HUD was notoriously laggy) when interacting with Alpha layers and other core functions. There didn't appear to be a save state option either (but don't quote me on that) which is rather disappointing. I am going to advise people on a budget to hold off for now.

Not common at all. I applauded them for trying to do something different, but sometimes different isn't always better. After all the criticism their HUD system received, you would think that they would have either improved on it or ditched it outright.

Weeeeeee!!!

There have been more than a few instances where I didn't even finish a project before I am ready to move onto something else. That might not make sense to some, but the decorating in itself is the activity I enjoy. Right now, I have a platform set up with a few mini vignettes complete with walls, doors, floors, and windows etc. I can create a lot of very distinctive rooms and appreciate them independently of each other.

Looks s@xy in black! I love the dark theme. Is there an add-on for Firefox that anyone is aware of?

The survey results that MeshBodyAddicts released will probably give a better indicator of what people are using, but I own Freya, Isis, Physique, HG, TMP, and Lara. Lately, I have been using Lara. You just can't beat product accessibility when it comes to Lara, but I do like having options if I want to create different looks.

The servers go down and this is what we're told haha

PLEASE, LET ME IN .... LOL

Just to piggyback off of what Little said; the economic climate for many businesses in SL could be quite different if a lot more users created saleable content. Competition is good, but just imagine what would happen if consumers had even more outlets to buy goods or services. In these types of communities, it is generally assumed that a larger portion of that community will consume content rather than create it.

So are you saying the body would be missing (invisible) because of too many HUD's connected to one point on the body? Please elaborate....

THANK YOU! I always wondered why that would sometimes happen. This totally makes sense. *(I'd like your post twice if I could!)* xD

It just wouldn't be a proper post from Klytyna without mentioning the Madlanders. lol <3 ^_^