AvaTAUR Creator Pack

Ava (Ae-va) is a Tauric Quadruped on an adventure through the digital world. With four on the floor, these swift creatures will find their way across the galaxies and into our hearts.

Loosely based on the "Chakat" and "Foxtaur" species by Bernard Doove.

What is a Creator Pack?

Depending on your chosen tier, this package includes the Substance Painter, Photoshop, Rigged FBX, and High Rez OBJ files for the project. This pack is used by creators to make custom textures, clothing, renders or edits of the AvaTAUR.

Texture Creation:

• Substance File. Includes the body, hair, body options, and quest versions. (NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN PACK)
• Photoshop File. Includes the body, hair, and body options. (NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN PACK)

Clothing / Render Creation:

• FBX Files. Includes the body, hair, body options, and quest versions. Fully Rigged and all Blendshapes are included. (ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE MAIN PACK)
• High Resolution OBJ sculpt of the Main Body. (NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN PACK)
• Blender File. Includes the main body. Fully Rigged and all Blendshapes are included. (NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN PACK)

But Why?

We are trying something a little different with this release. The base model does not include the substance painter file. Instead, that file is HERE in this pack. This seems tedious to have to make two purchases for one model, but hear me out.

Normally bases only have one main package for everything. This is great because it's all in one place and easy to get to, but when a commissioner wants to commission someone for custom textures, the only legal way to do it is for the creator to ALSO purchase the whole model just to make custom textures. On the flip side, the commissioner originally paid for a Substance Painter file they never intended to use.

We want to ease that gap just a little. By splitting these out, customers can save a small amount on the full pack, and creators don't have to purchase the full package.

How to Use:

Quest Conversion:

The AvaTAUR now has a Quest Compatible version that can be uploaded! The Creator Pack now contains an additional Substance File that you can use to convert your custom textures to Quest.

1. Open the "AvaTAUR Quest" substance file.
2. Import your body textures, roughness, and normals and place them into the Properties of the "Main Body" layer.
3. Repeat this for the Hair and Eyes.
4. Export like you normally would.

Custom Clothing Prefabs:

The "Space Uniform" can be used as a template for how to create custom clothing prefabs for the AvaTAUR. This template already accounts for Breathing, Breast Size, and World Dynamics.

Requirements:

• Only one mesh.
• Maximum two physbone components.
• Breathing, Breast Size, and Belly Size blendshapes should be named identical to the AvaTAUR base.

When making content for this template, the "Generic Number" is what slot it takes. So if there are multiple outfits using slot number 1, then the end user will need to rename them to another slot number.

The AvaTAUR base is fully compatible with VRCfury, you're more than welcome to ignore this system and use VRCFury prefabs.

Terms of Use:

These assets are provided on a royalty-free basis for personal use while adhering to the following restrictions.

1. You may not sell, share, or redistribute these assets, even if modified or in parts.
2. You may sell exports of your edits, but do not share the full project files.
3. You may upload these assets to a virtual game platform or simulation (such as VRChat) so long as all assets are unable to be downloaded under normal means.
4. You may not sell 3D prints of these assets.
5. Group purchases are not available for these assets. Each user must purchase these assets themself.
6. You must acknowledge the original author of these assets in all verbal and written communication.
7. You are not permitted to remove any built in copyright information in the assets.
8. If these assets or any derivatives are displayed publicly, (Streaming, Social Media, Advertisements, ect), you must credit the original author of these assets.
9. You may not use these assets for any harassment, obscene, or racist purpose.
10. You may not use these assets for the promotion of any alcoholic beverages, tobacco, gambling, or unlawful activities.

These assets are non-refundable and provided "as is" with no warranty or guarantee that it will fill a specific purpose.

The owner of these assets is permitted to update these terms of service or to terminate the use of these assets at any time.

"Halp!"

If you happen to find yourself with two left feet during the setup process... well, that's probably intended.

Jokes aside, if you need any help, if you have any suggestions, or find any bugs, please head over to the Virtual Limbs Discord group and send me a message! I'd be happy to help.

All future updates on will be included in this single purchase.

6/2/2023 Updates:

A BLEND file was added to the package as well as a new FBX file. The photoshop file no longer creates seams along the edges of the AvaTAUR. (6/11/2023) Edited more seams manually, there should be no more left.

11/22/2023 Updates:

The "AvaTAUR Quest" substance file has been added to the package, this will allow you to convert your textures to the merged Quest version. The main substance painter file has been updated to include a flat chested version.

1/2/2024 Updates:

The "Clothing Creation" has been renamed "Clothing / Render Creation". This tier now includes all of the FBX files necessary to make renders of the model. Including all of the hair.

Known Issues:

• The Substance files provided in this pack were made with Substance version 2023. Unfortunately that means these files cannot be opened in earlier versions. We do not have control over this.

Credits:

Eslar - https://eslar.gumroad.com/l/hxlDG

• Substance Painter Fur Brush and Filter

♡ Bananabeans - For trudging through all of these UV maps.
♡ TheCatnamedFish - For setting up the substance file.
♡ T0X - For converting the substance file to photoshop.

Virtual Limbs

If you're interested in this kind of content, or want to see what others are doing with the AvaTAUR, the Virtual Limbs group is dedicated to those with extra limbs, eyes, heads, ect!

We also have a VRChat Group: