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

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 avatars:

• Rezillo Rex (4/4/24)

• Lycaon (3/27/24)

• Kudalyn Jex (3/21/24)

• 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 2022.3.6f1, Creator Companion
  

1. Create a new file with the Creator Companion (Unity 2022.3.6f1)
2. Import the clothing unity file into your project
3. Drag the clothing .fbx onto your avatar in the hierarchy
4. Add Component: VRC Fury | Armature Link
5. Add Component: VRC Fury | Blendshape Link 5a.Set "Name of skinned mesh object on avatar:" to your avatar's skinned mesh renderer. (This is usually named "Body")
6. Under Skinned meshes to link click + 5c.Open the hierarchy of the clothing and drag each object into the field under "Skinned meshes to link". (Use the + icon to create additional fields if needed.)
7. Add Component: VRC Fury | Toggle 6a.Setup a Menu Path. Examples: Outfit_Name/Outfit_Part Vanguard/Vest
8. Repeat steps 11-12 until you have the desired toggles setup.
9. Add whichever materials you wish to use by dragging the material orb onto the mesh in the 3D viewport.
10. 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. Visual setup guide: https://gyazo.com/cf1f4fe6cf018881262180607817fa27 (edited)

= 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.

• Feel free to message V_Alexander #5775 on Discord if you have any questions!

• I’m also available in my public Discord: https://discord.gg/Jwub2sfjDG

• Feel free to edit/create mods as you see fit, but DO NOT UPLOAD THE OUTFIT TO GUMROAD, OR DISTRIBUTE THE ORIGINAL FILES TO OTHERS!

-  Credits - 

• Cheradenine/V_Alexander/Darksider Alex: 3D modeling, concept, etc
• FancyCatt: Rigging, re-fitting
• Shaders: Poiyomi Toon https://www.poiyomi.com/

• FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138986071@N03/51314587525/in/dateposted-public/