ToM

"Tabby-on-Machine. ToM doesn't talk much, but his kitty friend more than makes up for that in personality."

Features

• 17.6k Polys (13.7k for Quest version)
• "Good" performance rating on PC
• Quest version with "Medium" rating
• 4K source textures
• Avatar Dynamics and Physbones
• Fully animated cat companion (toggleable)
• You can pet the cat!
• Gesture-controlled facial expressions (+ extra "apps" for the screen) (PC Only)
• Facial expressions + special screens for death, power off, AFK, and overlay open. (PC Only)
• 3 Alternate fur patterns for the cat
• Eject-able and grabbable floppy disk with 8 random skins (Random skins are PC Only)
• Working power switch with avatar dynamics

Includes

• Blender Project Files
• Fully Configured Unity Package
• Photoshop and PNG Texture Files
• Alternate Blender and Unity files Optimized for Quest

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 3.7.0 or newer)

Optional

• Blender 3.6 LTS 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 - 8/23/2023

• Initial release.

Patch 1 - 4/28/2023

• Prevent cat from grooming while speaking.
• Decrease cat sleepiness while speaking.
• Add global toggle for sound effects.
• Update SDK to 3.4.2

Patch 2 - 8/17/2024

• Re-bake cat normals with 16-bit height map for smoother gradients.
• Update to Unity 2022.3.22f1
• Update to VRC SDK 3.7.0
• Replace constraint and shader-based hiding with VRC head chop component for hiding cat in first person.
• Add cat jumping/falling animations.
• Add cat tail physbone.
• Adjust transition time on cat emotes.
• Move all non-hand-related layers from the Gesture animator to the FX animator.
• Adjust bounds on skinned mesh renderers.
• Add custom sitting layer that doesn't lock tracking when seated in FBT.
• Remove interruption sources from gesture emotes to prevent WD issues.
• Move cat pet contacts to neck to prevent unwanted oscillations.
• Remove transitions relating to levelness check from petting states to prevent logic loop.
• Change mipmap filtering to Kaiser on all textures as per SDK recommendation.
• Unlocked all poiyomi materials to prevent incompatibilities with newer package versions.

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 personal 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 and your kitties in virtual reality!

Feel free to share your creations with me at @lackofbindings.bsky.social or the official Discord!