{"id":9678,"date":"2025-03-22T16:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:40:37","slug":"toolkit-seat-node-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-seat-node-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit &#8211; Seat Node Names (Pose\/Avatar Spots)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 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-6a109470d4748\" 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-6a109470d4748\"  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\/toolkit-seat-node-names\/#seat-node-names\" >Seat Node Names<\/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\/toolkit-seat-node-names\/#seat-node-set\" >Seat Node Set<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-seat-node-names\/#seat-node-type\" >Seat Node Type<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>In IMVU <strong>seat nodes<\/strong> are a point of contact avatars use to interact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture-room\/\">rooms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture\/\">furniture<\/a> items in IMVU. They&#8217;re actually hidden from normal view so have to be secondarily indicated by a <strong>Handle<\/strong>, a graphic icon the User clicks to place their avatar. There are four node groups; &#8216;<em>idle<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>sitting<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>standing<\/em>&#8216; and &#8216;<em>custom<\/em>&#8216;, each accommodates seat-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/animation\/\">animations<\/a>, actions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/avatar-poses\/\">poses<\/a> or positions, and although they all use the same nomenclature, their set-up differs slightly depending on what they&#8217;re for and what they&#8217;re meant to do.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seat-node-names\"><\/span>Seat Node Names<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For seating to function correctly in IMVU four components are needed per &#8216;set&#8217;, a;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\t\u2022 seat node &#8211; <em>avatars default location<\/em>.<br \/>\n\t\u2022 clickable handle &#8211; <em>interactive visual aid<\/em>.<br \/>\n\t\u2022 co-op node &#8216;A&#8217; &#8211; <em>co-op position for the User<\/em>.<br \/>\n\t\u2022 co-op node &#8216;B&#8217; &#8211; <em>co-op position for a friend<\/em>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><strong>Important<\/strong>: depending on the type of product being made it&#8217;s possible to place just the seat node, IMVU will then auto-place the missing components omitted &#8211; the co-op and handle nodes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is, to use their proper naming, a;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\t\u2022 Seat<br \/>\n\t\u2022 Handle<br \/>\n\t\u2022 Catcher<br \/>\n\t\u2022 Pitcher\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seat-node-set\"><\/span>Seat Node Set<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As rooms and furniture often have multiple seats or pose spots each &#8216;set&#8217; has to be identified. This is done using a numerical append, an <em>[n]<\/em> value, that increases with the number of seat node sets, i.e. &#8220;01&#8221; for a single seat, through &#8220;999&#8221; for multiples;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\t\u2022 Seat<strong><em>[n]<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\u2022 Handle<strong><em>[n]<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\u2022 Catcher<strong><em>[n]<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\u2022 Pitcher<strong><em>[n]<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or; <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\t\u2022 Seat<strong><em>01<\/em><\/strong>(-999)<br \/>\n\t\u2022 Handle<strong><em>01<\/em><\/strong>(-999)<br \/>\n\t\u2022 Catcher<strong><em>01<\/em><\/strong>(-999)<br \/>\n\t\u2022 Pitcher<strong><em>01<\/em><\/strong>(-999)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seat-node-type\"><\/span>Seat Node Type<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As there are a number of different &#8216;types&#8217; of seat node, they too need to be identified per &#8216;set&#8217;. This is done using a label appended to each node (except Handle), either;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\u2022 *.<strong>Idle<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 *.<strong>Sitting<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 *.<strong>Standing<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 *.[<strong>Custom<\/strong>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The presence of each label type then triggers an animation or event based on that label and what it signifies;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\u2022 *.Idle &#8211; <em>auto-plays\/overrides seat type<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u2022 *.Sitting &#8211; <em>seated or sitting avatar animations<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u2022 *.Standing &#8211; <em>standing avatar animations<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u2022 *.[Custom] &#8211; <em>user-created animations<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><strong>Important<\/strong>: the &#8220;<em>Custom<\/em>&#8221; labelling is a placeholder that in practice can be replaced with any compatibly formatted word or short phrase that typically corresponds with the triggered animation or parent item, i.e. *.Deskspot, *.Swimming etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A full seat node set that triggers the default animations when the avatar is stood up might then be;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier;\"><p>\n\u2022 Seat01<strong><em>.Standing<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Handle01<br \/>\n\u2022 Catcher01<strong><em>.Standing<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Pitcher01<strong><em>.Standing<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Similarly for each type; &#8216;<strong>Idle<\/strong>&#8216;, &#8216;<strong>Sitting<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>Custom<\/strong>&#8216;. In each instance these would then be included and set up based on the product, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-furniture-poses\/\">furniture item would have nodes parented<\/a> to <strong>Root<\/strong>, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture-room\/\">room with nodes parented<\/a> to <strong>skeleton.Room<\/strong> depending on what type of interaction was needed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/seat-node-set.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/seat-node-set.jpg\" alt=\"Full Seat Node set\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>A full set of seat nodes, in the case to trigger the default &#8216;sitting&#8217; avatar animations when the seat spot is clicked by the user in IMVU (furniture item placed in a room).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[194,835,1049,776,762],"class_list":["post-9678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-imvu-toolkit","tag-parent","tag-seat-nodes"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9678","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=9678"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9702,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9678\/revisions\/9702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}