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

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

IWhen 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.

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

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.

Arms

The player base body does not come with arms attached — this makes it easier to switch out the different kinds of cyberarms.

Arms are using different meshes for the first person perspective. You can usually find them near the regular meshes in a subfolder with the name fpp.

There's no easy way to hide arms. For more information, check ArchiveXL tags

You can look up the component names and their properties in the .ent files per body gender in these folders (the file names will start with a0_):

	Folder or .ent files	Component names
Default (female)	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_female_average\arms_hq arms_full is only used by character creator!	a0_001_pwa_base_hq__full a0_001_pwa_base_hq__full left_arm right_arm a0_000_pwa_base__fists
Default (male)	base\characters\common\player_base_bodies\player_man_average\arms_hq arms_full is only used by character creator!	a0_001_pma_base_hq__full a0_001_pma_base_hq__full left_arm right_arm a0_000_pma_base__fists
Mantis Blades (female)	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_003__mantisblade\entities\a0_003_wa__mantisblades.ent	a0_003_wa__mantisblade_upperarm_left a0_003_wa__mantisblade_upperarm_right
Mantis Blades (male)	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_003__mantisblade\entities\a0_003_ma__mantisblades.ent	a0_003_ma__mantisblade_upperarm_left a0_003_ma__mantisblade_upperarm_right
Gorilla Arms (female)	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_005__strongarms\entities\a0_005_wa__strongarms.ent	a0_005_wa__strongarms_holstered_r a0_005_wa__strongarms_holstered_l a0_005_wa__strongarms_l a0_005_wa__strongarms_r a0_005_wa__strongarms_photo_mode_r a0_005_wa__strongarms_photo_mode_l
Gorilla Arms (male)	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_005__strongarms\entities\a0_005_ma__strongarms.ent	a0_005_ma__strongarms_holstered_r a0_005_ma__strongarms_holstered_l a0_005_ma__strongarms_l a0_005_ma__strongarms_r a0_005_ma__strongarms_photo_mode_r a0_005_ma__strongarms_photo_mode_l
Rocket Launcher	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_006__launcher
Monowire (female)	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_002__monowire_whip\entities\a0_002_wa__monowire_whip.ent	a0_002_wa__monowire_whip_l_cableless a0_002_wa__monowire_whip_r_cableless
Monowire (male)	base\characters\cyberware\player\a0_002__monowire_whip\entities\a0_002_ma__monowire_whip.ent	a0_002_ma__monowire_whip_l_cableless a0_002_ma__monowire_whip_r_cableless

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