Hi,

In order to be easily found in the avatar list, the avatar must have an icon image file and two *.cfg file.
The icon must be a png square image, by the power of two dimensions, something like 256/256. The icon must be named “ico_”+the_avatar_name+”.png”.

The *.cfg files enable additional features, such as setting a friendly name for your avatar. This name will be used by the search by name function in FaceRig avatar browser window.
In order to set a friendly name a text file named “cc_names_”+ the_avatar_name+”.cfg” must be created. This file should contain the following command line:
set_friendly_name the_avatar_name 'the_avatar_friendly_name'.
Beware of the fact the friendly name must be encompased by the quote symbol '.
In order to add a descriptive text for the avatar the following command line must be used:
set_avatar_skin_description the_avatar_name default 'the_avatar_description' where the avatar description is a text of your liking and "default" parameter represents the skin name (you can have multiple skins for a single avatar).
You can use this feature to add licensing info regarding the avatar.

With set_avatar_skin_description I was indeed able to add a description. Thank you!

I already had a 256x256 ico_<avatar>.png file and FaceRig does recognize it, but it's only displayed in the bottom list in the avatar gallery. When I select the avatar, the friendly name and description are displayed at the top, but the large icon square stays empty. Do you know how I can fill this one in as well?

Hi arc_,

Could send us your data to see what's the problem? From what you are describing it should work, so we need to take a look to see what is happening

Sure, here you go: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60681258/maidrig.zip

Thanks in advance for checking it.

Hi arc_

We looked on your data and we discovered the problem. You should remove the next command line from the cc_names_X.cfg files:
set_skin_for_avatar [avatar_name] Default Default

This command sets a friendly name for a skin, but also registers a skin for an avatar. When we register a skin for an avatar we then look for a specific icon path for the skin: ico_[avatar_name]$[skin_name].png.

So in your case, the small icon in the gallery was loaded from ico_[avatar_name].png, and the large icon from ico_[avatar_name]$default.png.

At the moment, set_skin_for_avatar command should be used only to define a friendly name for other skins than the default one. We will also think of a solution to overcome issues like the one you reported.

Thanks for sending us your data and helping us improving the custom avatar import flow. :)

I removed the line and the large icon is now properly showing. Thanks once again.

The thing is: that line is put there automatically by the import wizard. As soon as you start the program, there is already a "Default Skin" predefined which cannot be removed. And I didn't know that you should manually remove the line if you have no skins, since as mentioned, the documentation does not say anything whatsoever about the icon files and the cc_names.cfg. I hope this can be added in a future version :)