Cheat Sheet: Body

Which body parts are where?

Summary

Last documented edit: January 06 2024 by manavortex

This page lists various properties of the player body. Use the Table of Contents or your browser's search (Hotkey: Ctrl+F) to quickly find what you're looking for. Any links will lead you to additional context.

You can find the list of skin tones, hair and facial expressions under Cheat Sheet: Head

The details on arms can be found under Cheat Sheet: Arms

Wait, this isn't what I'm looking for!

When editing body mods, you need to edit both the mesh and the morphtarget.

There is no dedicated guide yet, but you can refer to A new head for V.

For a list and explanation of body mods, check the Overlay textures by framework page.

While you can use this information to show/hide parts of the player body via chunkmasks, you might consider using ArchiveXL tags instead.

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Player Base Body

male body	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\t0_000_pma_base__full.mesh	t0_000_pma_base__full
female body	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\t0_000_pwa_base__full.mesh	t0_000_pwa_base__full
female body, big boobs	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\t0_000_pwa_base__full_breast_big.mesh	applied by morphtarget
female body, small boobs	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\t0_000_pwa_base__full_breast_small.mesh	applied by morphtarget
female body, flat feet	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\l0_000_pwa_base__cs_flat.mesh	l0_000_pwa_base__cs_flat

Seamfix meshes

These meshes cover up seams at arms and shoulders, where the mesh edges might show gaps.

male body	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\t0_000_pma_base__full_seamfix.mesh	t0_000_pma_base__full_seamfix
female body	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\t0_000_pwa_base__full_seamfix.mesh	t0_000_pwa_base__full_seamfix

Body tattoos

Female body gender

	Component
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\tattoos\tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_01.mesh	tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_01
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\tattoos\tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_02.mesh	tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_02
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\tattoos\tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_03.mesh	tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_03
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\tattoos\tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_04.mesh	tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_04
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\tattoos\tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_05.mesh	tx_000_pwa_base__full_tattoo_05

Male body gender

	Component
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\tattoos\tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_01.mesh	tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_01
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\tattoos\tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_02.mesh	tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_02
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\tattoos\tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_03.mesh	tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_03
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\tattoos\tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_04.mesh	tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_04
base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\tattoos\tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_05.mesh	tx_000_pma_base__full_tattoo_05

NPC bodies

You can find NPC bodies in the following folder:

base\characters\common\base_bodies

NPC	file path	explanation
man base	base\characters\common\base_bodies\man_average\t0_000_ma_base__full.mesh	average body type, male body gender
man big	base\characters\common\base_bodies\man_big\t0_000_mb_base__full_hql.mesh	Sumo body type
man child	base\characters\common\base_bodies\man_child\t0_000_mc_base__full.mesh	Used for all children, regardless of body gender
man fat	base\characters\common\base_bodies\man_fat\t0_000_mf_base__full.mesh	fat citizens
man massive	base\characters\common\base_bodies\man_massive\t0_000_mm_base__full_head.mesh	Used for Sasquatch and Adam Smasher's 2020 appearance
woman average	base\characters\common\base_bodies\woman_average\t0_000_wa_base__full_hq.mesh	average body type, female body gender. Boob and foot submeshes included.
woman small	base\characters\common\base_bodies\woman_small\t0_000_ws_base__full.mesh	???

Head

Find this information under Cheat Sheet: Head.

Skin definitions

For a list of #skin-tones-by-index, see Cheat Sheet: Head

Skin materials are defined in the individual body files. For their paths, see Player Base Body.

You can find the definitions in the localMaterialBuffer. Each material overrides the following properties locally:

• Normal (bump/height map)

• Albedo (diffuse/complexion)

All other properties are pulled from a .mi file in the following folder:

female body gender	base\characters\common\skin\character_mat_instance\female\body\
male body gender	base\characters\common\skin\character_mat_instance\male\body\

Body: material instances

The names of the body's material instance files are identical to those used by the player head. Find them under Head: material instances.

Making Body mods

If you want to make a body mod, you need to modify the following files. Please do clothing modders a favour either fit your body to vanilla proportions, or register a tag for ArchiveXL: body mods and refits right away!

Female body gender

Head:

base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_female_average\h0_000_pwa__morphs.morphtarget base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_female_average\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead.mesh

TPP Body:

base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\t0_000_pwa_base__full.morphtarget base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\t0_000_pwa_base__full.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\l0_000_pwa_base__cs_flat.mesh

TPP Arms:

base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\arms_hq\a0_000_pwa_base_hq__full.mesh (only used in character creation) base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\arms_hq\a0_000_pwa_base_hq__l.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\arms_hq\a0_000_pwa_base_hq__r.mesh

FPP Head + Body + Arms:

base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\fpp\n0_000_pwa_fpp__neck.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\fpp\t0_000_pwa_fpp__torso.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\fpp\a0_000_pwa_fpp__full_l.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\fpp\a0_000_pwa_fpp__full_r.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\fpp\l0_000_pwa_fpp__cs_flat.mesh

Male body gender

Head:

base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_man_average\h0_000_pwa__morphs.morphtarget base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_man_average\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead.mesh

TPP Body:

base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\t0_000_pma_base__full.mesh

TPP Arms:

base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\arms_hq\a0_000_pma_base_hq__full.mesh (only used in character creation) base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\arms_hq\a0_000_pma_base_hq__l.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\arms_hq\a0_000_pma_base_hq__r.mesh

FPP Head + Body + Arms:

base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\fpp\n0_000_pma_fpp__neck.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\fpp\t0_000_pma_fpp__torso.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\fpp\a0_000_pma_fpp__full_l.mesh base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\fpp\a0_000_pma_fpp__full_r.mesh \