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[P.0.E] - Vanguard Armor (Jacket - Harness - Pants - Vest - Boots - Armor Plates)

Added 2024-03-14 15:23:22 +0000 UTC

11 body rigs, 13 material presets, Blend files for each body rig, and a Substance Painter file for coloring.

My Vanguard outfit consists of a variety of layered clothing pieces, including a sci-fi tactical vest, a jacket, pair of pants, anthro-shaped boots with optional armor plates, and a tactical harness. It is designed to be reminiscent of far-future science fiction character concepts, and works well in both military and casual sci-fi settings! All parts were concepted + modeled by me using Blender 3D and textured in Substance Painter.

= COMPATIBILITY =

This outfit is fitted to the following 14 avatars:

Archer Canine Cyber (3/14/24)

Archer Canine (3/3/24)

Odo's Pup (2/2/24)

Tosca Rex/Rexouium Evolved (8-1-23)

Freakhound (7-19-23)
Batdal (7-19-23)

P.0.E Drakobold (Requires Creator Companion)

Ghostly Male Canine
P.0.E Acronoid Synth
Zawoo Daring Deer, Chaos Canine, Rascal Rabbit
Nardoragon
Winterpaw Canine, Feline
Nico & Jedi Kobodal
alber Hyenid
Julia Winterpaw Canine Female
Nico & Jedi Dergodal
UnlikelyFloof Floofkitty
- Blend files are included for each body fit!
- Updates are included for free, so this number is subject to increase!

= CUSTOMIZATION =

13 material presets are included for your convenience!

Black
Blue/Black
Blue/White
Dark/Blue
Dark/Green
Green/White
Orange_Black
Pink/White
Purple/White/Black
Red/White
Tan/Black
White/Black
Yellow/White
- A Substance Painter file is included for those who wish to create their own material presets!

= SETUP =

Requirements: Poiyomi (Shaders) Fury (Unity Setup, strongly recommended but not needed!), Unity 2019.4.31f1, VRC SDK3

Fury download: https://vrcfury.com/download
- Fury is used to quickly port the bones from the clothing to your avatar. Without it, you would need to migrate the bones manually.

Setup with Fury: https://gyazo.com/af55e3f99011b96841a3517bbe034eaa
Acronoid setup variant: https://gyazo.com/d8ec40b61f5767a2ccbdf272c0ff1572
Poiyomi download: https://github.com/poiyomi/PoiyomiToonShader/releases/tag/V8.1.160
- Poiyomi is required for the materials to function.

Create a new file in Unity 2019.4.31F1
Import your VRC SDK, then Poiyomi, then Fury into your file.
Import both your avatar and the clothing packages into your file.
Drag clothing into armature
Add VRC Fury (Script) component to clothing
Click + in script
Select Armature Link
Open clothing, drag hips bone into Armature link Root bone
Add VRC Fury (Script) component to avatar.
Add whichever materials you wish to use to the armor/jacket/pants.
Build/Publish the avatar, this will automatically migrate the bones from the clothing to the avatar, as well as upload the avatar to VRChat!
- Note: You will require upload permissions to import the avatar.

= PERFORMANCE=

While the outfit is joined by default to reduce mesh renderers, they are easy to separate using the included vertex groups for selection + deletion. Below are the triangle counts of each component, of which will vary based on your customization choices.

Armor Plates: 10,134 Tris
Jacket: 14,541 Tris
Pants: 4253 Tris
Boots: 5852 Tris
Vest: 8957 Tris
Harness: 9839 Tris
Total: 62,533 Tris, 3 Materials

For best performance, we recommend deleting sections of your mesh avatar hidden by the clothing, as this will reduce your triangle count, material number, and reduce possible clipping with the garment!

Note that body thickness/plus-size shape keys may not work for all avatars, given that the outfit was created with athletic shapes in mind.