Alpha HUD

The Alpha HUD allows you to remove parts of your body that poke through mesh clothing. To do this, a script within the HUD makes a change to portions of underlying texture making those parts of the mesh body invisible.

In essence, it trims bits and pieces of your body so it can fit into clothing that might not otherwise be possible. (That’s a bit difficult in real life, though sometimes going on a diet can help!) This virtual weight loss and body trimming feature makes the clothing possibilities nearly endless. For example, clothing made for Maitreya, Belleza, Slink and others that fit reasonably close out of the package can worn by Viva. Of course, you should try the demos first, but you will be surprised how much clothing is available for Viva.

Making Alpha Selections

When you click on the colored areas of the mannequin, you’ll see them turn black. At the same time, you’ll see that part of your mesh body disappear (see illustration above.) If you want the body part to reappear, turn it back on by clicking the same area again. The black is removed and the body part becomes visible again.

Buttons on the Alpha Screen

You can rotate the mannequin to side or back by clicking the rotate buttons. The view indicator on the bottom, middle of the component indicates whether you are on the right or left sides of the body or the back.

The "Reset" button removes all of the invisible areas from your body and resets the mannequin by removing all the black parts.

You can select a group of alpha areas all at one time by clicking the buttons: chest, belly, back, etc. Click them once, to make the area invisible. Click them again brings back the visibility.

The one area of the mannequin that a bit difficult to reach is the underarms, and there is button to help in that regard. You can use the "Underarm" button to turn off or on that area of alphas.

(The Level 2 version adds a "save" feature which allows you to save a group of alphas for a particular mesh item. The Level 3 version has the save feature plus an autoloader which automatically loads the alphas when either an outfit or an item is selected.)

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