Cheat Sheet: Body

Summary

Last documented edit: January 06 2024 by

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.

Player Base Body

Seamfix meshes

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

Body tattoos

Female body gender

Male body gender

NPC bodies

You can find NPC bodies in the following folder:

base\characters\common\base_bodies

Head

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:

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 \