Announcing Unlocked Avatar Scaling: Expanding the Roblox Universe

EchoReaper · October 23, 2018, 2:30am

It really depends on the package. For some of the existing organic packages, once you walk around with 100% anthro for a while and switch back to 0%, they look like chibis. Somewhere in between 0% and 100% looks better for these. For packages like the redcliffe/overseer knights in the OP’s screenshot, they look pretty decent with 100% anthro (ignoring animations). Roblox, uh, has a lot of work to do in figuring out what kind of packages to avoid (e.g. plaid+brown jacket due or the ones copy+pasted from the Unity asset store), but the scaling itself looks decent with the right packages.

DerpyMcDerpell · October 23, 2018, 3:04am

I hope players will get used to Anthro. It truly has potential. uwu

Aurarus · October 23, 2018, 7:37am

I like the emphasis on congruency between old and new models rather than a complete rejection of a distinct past artstyle
I think vertex deformation on R16 limbs is the ultimate end for avatars feeling as congruent as possible. Going back to 6 parts and perhaps a joint/ “segment” system inside each part- idk.

Maximum_ADHD · October 23, 2018, 12:19pm

I noticed that my character’s shoulders are a bit more bulky.

BeforeAfter

This might be due to the change in how avatars are scaled, but I think the artist-intent joint locations have something to do with it as well. I’m hoping it’ll adjust itself when the CoolKid McAwesome bundle gets some adjustments.

HorrorTM · October 23, 2018, 6:58pm

I already know what i’m going to be rockin’ when these guys come out.

Intended_Pun · October 23, 2018, 7:26pm

It will probably drain your wallet bone-dry.

chesse20 · October 23, 2018, 9:27pm

First rthro outfit released to public for free and it has a few issues:

hats still dont properly scale to the rthro heads, and rthro hats dont scale to normal heads either, so theres not a lot of backwards or forwards compatability
Theres no preset costume for the outfit, so you have to equip every body part and animation manually

Looks good for a free item other than those issues

dragonfrosting · October 23, 2018, 9:44pm

You can find it under Costumes > Preset Costumes, but equipping it from there will overwrite your whole appearance.

chesse20 · October 23, 2018, 9:45pm

It wasn’t there when i first made the post, it must have just been hotfixed

Extuls · October 23, 2018, 9:45pm

Took a copy of the same package @chesse20 did, but didn’t obtain it for about 10 minutes. It only finally appeared on my avatar page while I was writing this. Why did it take so long to appear on my avatar page even though it said I owned it on the package’s page?

Edit: It still doesn’t show as a preset costume for me, but in my post what I’m describing is that the individual parts wouldn’t even appear for ~10 minutes.

Edit 2: I’m not sure how easy it would be to display the animations with a different rig, but why do the animations intended for Rthro show on a standard R15 body? It seems more appropriate to use an Rthro body.

IceTaurus · October 23, 2018, 10:02pm

I was honestly hoping that the necks being attached to the head was a mistake in the initial model that was released, but every leak I see shows the necks attached to the head instead of the torso. Are we expected to just not want the characters to look up, or is decapitation part of the new vision?

HorrorTM · October 23, 2018, 10:04pm

didn’t even think about that one, good point

X_Z · October 23, 2018, 10:09pm

Normally I’m in favor of controversial updates, but I’m kind of on the fence for this one. I can see its possible potential, but again I can see its drawbacks. This would be A LOT better if we had bendable meshes imo.