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.


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
NPCfile pathexplanation

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

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Find this information under Cheat Sheet: Head.

Skin definitions

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 \

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