Chimera AQUA

"A black-ops military frame, designed for deep-sea sabotage and and other naval operations. Though some have been repurposed for scientific and ecological tasks."

Features

• 16.9k Polys (14.7k for Quest version)
• Good performance rating on PC and Medium on Quest
• Optional cut-down extra Quest version with "Good" rating (for fallback use) (9.9k tris)
• 4K source textures
• Avatar Dynamics and Physbones
• Custom sitting and lying animations
• Individually toggleable accessories: Bottles, Pouches, and Knife
• Grabbable Knife with Contact Sender and Receiver in the blade.
  • Grab with left or right hand, forward or reverse grip, stick it in place in the world!
• In-game glow color adjustment controls
• Built-in Audiolink with pathing textures for ORL, Furality, and Poiyomi shaders.
• Gesture-controlled facial expressions.
• Included VRCFT Unified eye and face tracking shapes (limited set since jaw is jaw-flap).
  • Included custom VRCFury VRCFT animator (based on work by ADJerry91)
• 1-1 compatibility with the Quest version where possible, all accessories, ET/FT, and knife mechanics included where possible.

Includes

• Blender Project Files
• Fully Configured Unity Package
• Photoshop and PNG Texture Files

Buy with confidence, try the avatar first in my VRChat avatar world.

Requirements

• Current Version of Unity 2022 for VRChat (2022.3.22f1 or newer) for Windows
• Latest VRChat Avatar SDK 3 (VCC Avatars SDK 3.7.5 or newer)

Optional

• Blender 3.6 or newer (only required to customize models)
• Photoshop CS6 or newer, or other image editor that supports PSD files (only required to customize textures)

Patch Notes

First release - 5/30/2022

• Initial release.

Patch 1 - 6/11/2022

• Add optional Fallback-compatible Quest variant.
• Enable Luma skin by default so it is more likely to be seen with animations disabled.
• Added fake Luma skin to Quest version (just standard emission).

Patch 2 - 6/12/2022

• Update Furality Aqua shader to v1.2.2.
• Fix "Audio Reactivity" conflicting with "Zones" as per latest Furality Aqua shader docs.
• Add dedicated directionality map for Furality Aqua material.

Patch 3 - 8/22/2022

• Fix errant vertex on Quest version when specific combination of clothes are active.

Patch 4 - 3/2/2023

• Update to VCC.
• Optimize texture import settings for VRAM usage.

Patch 5 - 4/2/2023

• Remove duplicate textures for Quest version in favor of platform-specific import setting overrides.

Patch 5.1 - 4/12/2023

• Update License.

Patch 5.2 - 7/6/2023

• Convert pose library to pose assets for newer versions of blender.
  • Blend file now requires blender v3.3.x

Patch 6 - 2/26/2025

• Complete overhaul of knife.
  • Add ability to grab with left hand and reverse grip.
  • Add ability to stick in world.
  • Add sound effects.
  • Add hit particle effects.
  • Add more tags to blade contact sender.
• Face Tracking:
  • Add (limited) set of VRCFT Unified shapes and optional prefab for face/eye tracking.
  • Update face expressions logic to allow for disabling of animations (for VRCFT).
• Model:
  • Adjust armature and weights to move ankles down for better FBT.
  • Combine quest and fallback quest body into main blend file and remove unnecessary blend files.
  • Update quest version to take advantage of VRC constraints.
  • Merged Face in with all body variants.
    • Added face material slot so you can still apply custom shader to just the face if desired.
    • Used freed up material slot to add unlit face background material to Quest version so it looks nicer.
  • Adjust weight painting and triangulation around thumb to help prevent clipping.
• Materials:
  • Replace SCSS materials with ORL Standard.
  • Remove Aqua shader and replace with AL + theme colors.
  • Added optional Poiyomi variants of materials.
  • Remove all material swap animations in favor of animated material properties.
  • Add tiled detail maps to main material for some nice added detail.
  • New occlusion bake to fix various seams and artifacts.
  • Pack textures via blender compositor.
    • Blend file now requires blender 3.6.x
• Other Fixes / Improvements:
  • Update to Unity 2022 and latest SDK
  • Add layer to restore shoulder guards if clothing pack hides them.
  • Rename ch_harness to ch_bottles to fix conflicts with clothing pack.
  • Update sitting layer to not lock tracking while in FBT.
  • Re-organize physbone components.
  • Disable tail floor collider when not grounded.
  • Reverse direction of pressure gauge animation (now goes down when speaking).
  • Refactor PSD files to be slightly more GIMP-friendly (no clipping masks).

Patch 6.1 - 2/26/2025

• New thumbnail and scene to render your own in the blender document.

Patch 6.2 - 2/27/2025

• Fix jaw flap without vrcft installed.
• Fix jaw animations for gesture emotes not working with vrcft addon installed.

License

The assets are provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind. In no event shall the author be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, arising from, out of or in connection with these assets.

Rights

• ✓ You may edit and customize for your own personal use.
• ✓ You may edit and upload for private use onto VRChat, Chillout, Resonite, and other social and game platforms.
• ✓ You may edit and upload as public/cloneable onto VRChat and other social and game platforms, however:
  1. You must include a link back to my store page that is clearly listed somewhere.
  2. The platform in question must have a reasonable level of security to not leak source assets.
• ✓ You may edit and re-purpose for use as a VTuber or other virtual avatar, as long as credit clearly listed somewhere.
• ✓ You may purchase and edit this model as part of commission work, as long as at least one copy is purchased per user involved.

Restrictions

• ✗ You may NOT use to promote any form of hate speech, through your own actions or through modifications to the avatar.
• ✗ You may NOT resell or redistribute the model or parts, even in heavily modified form.
• ✗ You may NOT claim the model as your own work
• ✗ You may NOT use the model or assets for any commercial purposes.

Looking forward to seeing you in the ocean depths!

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