{"id":2684,"date":"2020-02-07T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:52:29","slug":"imvu-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-barrel\/","title":{"rendered":"IMVU Barrel (accessory)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f1c23752af8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f1c23752af8\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-barrel\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-barrel\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JXW35TG4n4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; font-family: serif; background-color: #E7FAEA; color: #000;\"><p>\n<i>T&#8217;was in direst of nights a plot was afoot,<br \/>\nBarrels of power under Parliament put,<br \/>\nAlas poor plotters their scheme was undone,<br \/>\nBy snitch from within who got them all hung.<br \/>\nAlight the Bonfires give praise to the King,<br \/>\nTo whose glory the people must now sing.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Twitch stream on making a small gunpowder barrel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/accessory\/\">Accessory<\/a> (can be worn similarly to a Pet!), an item that ordinarily would be a custom furniture item but instead used as an Avatar Accessory item (<i>may include off-topic chat<\/i>). To make the (gunpowder) barrel, first the default Cube is removed from the Scene and replaced with a Cylinder mesh (<b><i>Add \u00bb Mesh \u00bb Cylinder<\/i><\/b>), its properties and structure reduced to accommodate IMVU&#8217;s low-poly environment. Once done the mesh is edited and shaped by placing a limited number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/edit-mode-basics\/\"><b>Loop Cuts<\/b><\/a> that define the barrel straps and overall shape, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/edit-mode-basics\/\">Scale<\/a> being used to round the primitive to form a barrel.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><b>Design note<\/b>: to turn the barrel into a furniture item Append the mesh into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">Furniture Starter File<\/a> and Parent it to the Root node. Import this (FBX) into IMVU by deriving from the default furniture item (Mesh ID &#8216;0&#8217;).<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A basic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/material-basics\/\">Node-based Material<\/a> is added (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-materials\/\">which needs to conform to IMVU&#8217;s prerequisites<\/a>), to which a pre-made image is assigned &#8211; this appears on the object initially because all <i>Mesh Primitives<\/i> generally include a basic UV map. Its also then properly <b>UV Unwrapped<\/b> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/uv-editing\/\">UV Editing Workspace<\/a> to fit the pre-made image mapped to the object. The final step is to then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-append\/\"><b>Append<\/b> the barrel<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">Accessory Starter File<\/a> (female or male), position and prepare the mesh for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-export\/\">export to FBX<\/a>, which is imported into IMVU Create Mode and assembled before upload to the catalogue.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: c. 1 hr 00 mins (1:00:00).<br \/>\n<b>Suitable for<\/b>: Beginners.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - barrel accessory.zip\">KatsBits &#8211; barrel accessory.zip<\/a> | c. 700KB (*.blend, *.png).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=53495543\">53495543<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: see links below for more on topics shown in the video;<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/left-click-select\/\">Setting up left or right mouse click<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/smoothing\/\">What is Mesh Smoothing?<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blender-basics\/\">The basics of Blender 2.8<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/material-basics\/\">Material basics, using Nodes in Blender 2.8<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-materials\/\">IMVU compliant material names<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/mouse-emulate\/\">Using a 2-button Mouse with Blender 2.8+<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n\u2022 04:30 &#8211; start &amp; Intro<br \/>\n\u2022 05:30 &#8211; Add Mesh &amp; Editing<br \/>\n\u2022 19:00 &#8211; Materials &amp; UV Mapping<br \/>\n\u2022 39:00 &#8211; Texture Editing<br \/>\n\u2022 45:00 &#8211; Accessory Append, Prep &amp; Export<br \/>\n\u2022 52:00 &#8211; Import &amp; Assembly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,230],"tags":[575,605,203,195,194,103,648],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-accessory","tag-blender-for-imvu","tag-fbx","tag-furniture","tag-imvu","tag-materials","tag-uv-maps"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7504,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/7504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}