diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/AvatarAppearance.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/AvatarAppearance.cs
index 3a0b861ee8..c5d9641da7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/AvatarAppearance.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/AvatarAppearance.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
+        // this is viewer capabilities and weared things dependent
+        // should be only used as initial default value ( V1 viewers )
         public readonly static int VISUALPARAM_COUNT = 218;
 
         public readonly static int TEXTURE_COUNT = 21;
@@ -319,19 +321,30 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             // made. We determine if any of the visual parameters actually
             // changed to know if the appearance should be saved later
             bool changed = false;
-            for (int i = 0; i < AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT; i++)
+
+            int newsize = visualParams.Length;
+
+            if (newsize != m_visualparams.Length)
             {
-                if (visualParams[i] != m_visualparams[i])
+                changed = true;
+                m_visualparams = (byte[])visualParams.Clone();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < newsize; i++)
                 {
-// DEBUG ON
-//                    m_log.WarnFormat("[AVATARAPPEARANCE] vparams changed [{0}] {1} ==> {2}",
-//                                     i,m_visualparams[i],visualParams[i]);
-// DEBUG OFF
-                    m_visualparams[i] = visualParams[i];
-                    changed = true;
+                    if (visualParams[i] != m_visualparams[i])
+                    {
+                        // DEBUG ON
+                        //                    m_log.WarnFormat("[AVATARAPPEARANCE] vparams changed [{0}] {1} ==> {2}",
+                        //                                     i,m_visualparams[i],visualParams[i]);
+                        // DEBUG OFF
+                        m_visualparams[i] = visualParams[i];
+                        changed = true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
-
             // Reset the height if the visual parameters actually changed
             if (changed)
                 SetHeight();
@@ -389,7 +402,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             }
 
             s += "Visual Params: ";
-            for (uint j = 0; j < AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT; j++)
+            //            for (uint j = 0; j < AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT; j++)
+            for (uint j = 0; j < m_visualparams.Length; j++)
                 s += String.Format("{0},",m_visualparams[j]);
             s += "\n";
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLClientView.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLClientView.cs
index 1004be6393..40ebed1ea8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLClientView.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLClientView.cs
@@ -3533,7 +3533,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
             AvatarAppearancePacket avp = (AvatarAppearancePacket)PacketPool.Instance.GetPacket(PacketType.AvatarAppearance);
             // TODO: don't create new blocks if recycling an old packet
-            avp.VisualParam = new AvatarAppearancePacket.VisualParamBlock[218];
+            avp.VisualParam = new AvatarAppearancePacket.VisualParamBlock[visualParams.Length];
             avp.ObjectData.TextureEntry = textureEntry;
 
             AvatarAppearancePacket.VisualParamBlock avblock = null;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
index b7dc3354c5..d4965ea575 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 sceneObject.RootPart.ApplyImpulse((vel * sceneObject.GetMass()), false);
                 sceneObject.Velocity = vel;
             }
-        
+
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IAvatarService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IAvatarService.cs
index cda7113a4f..8412c35db5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IAvatarService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IAvatarService.cs
@@ -162,10 +162,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Interfaces
             }
 
             // Visual Params
-            string[] vps = new string[AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT];
-            byte[] binary = appearance.VisualParams;
+            //            string[] vps = new string[AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT];
+            //            byte[] binary = appearance.VisualParams;
 
-            for (int i = 0 ; i < AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT ; i++)
+            //            for (int i = 0 ; i < AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT ; i++)
+
+
+            byte[] binary = appearance.VisualParams;
+            string[] vps = new string[binary.Length];
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < binary.Length; i++)
             {
                 vps[i] = binary[i].ToString();
             }
@@ -265,10 +271,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Interfaces
                 if (Data.ContainsKey("VisualParams"))
                 {
                     string[] vps = Data["VisualParams"].Split(new char[] {','});
-                    byte[] binary = new byte[AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT];
+                    //                    byte[] binary = new byte[AvatarAppearance.VISUALPARAM_COUNT];
 
-                    for (int i = 0 ; i < vps.Length && i < binary.Length ; i++)
-                        binary[i] = (byte)Convert.ToInt32(vps[i]);
+                    //                    for (int i = 0 ; i < vps.Length && i < binary.Length ; i++)
+                    byte[] binary = new byte[vps.Length];
+
+                    for (int i = 0; i < vps.Length; i++)
+
+                    binary[i] = (byte)Convert.ToInt32(vps[i]);
                     
                     appearance.VisualParams = binary;
                 }