KatanaSystem

A katana sword system with a long and short sword. The long sword allows holding it in two hands, while the shorter one only with one. Both swords can be held in either left or right hand, placed in the world, sheathed/unsheathed. Meanwhile the sayas can be grabbed, put into the holster, placed in the world or dropped with gravity in the world.

Both swords are curved with smooth sheathing and unsheathing animation (which is tricky to create unlike with uncurved swords) that works while the sheath is held in the other hand.

There are options in the menu to hide one or both swords, turn off sound, turn off world dropping and to respawn the swords in the sheaths

The shader used on the swords allows for easy customization and works with light volumes and in all worlds that work with other popular shaders, additionally the shader adds in dithering transparency that allows for a few animations and chromatic aberration that can be tuned or turned off. The shader does receive, cast shadows and reflect the light properly in real time lighting worlds, while a fallback with fake lighting direction is used in non real time lighting worlds.

Set up

0. Install VRChat SDK - Avatars and Modular-avatar

1. Import KatanaSystem.unitypackage

2. Drag the prefab inside the avatar

3. Adjust the position of TantoSayaHipPos

4. Adjust the position of KatanaSayaHipPos

5. Adjust the position of the swords on the right hand

6. Adjust the position of the swords on the left hand

7. Enable preview of the swords (Parent Constraint's sources) for better fine tuning

8. Make sure to return the sword to the hip (Parent Constraint's sources)

9. To resize the swords, scale the KatanaSystem prefab

For a visual walkthrough of all setup steps, please watch the tutorial video

Controls

- Thumbs up/Fist with pressure to grab the swords and sayas (sheaths) or to put back the saya

- Rock n roll to place down the swords or to drop the sayas on the ground

- Open hand and aim the tip at the saya (sheath) to sheathe the swords

- To sheathe make sure to open your hand

- You can hold a sword in each hand simultaneously

- To switch hands, place a sword down and pick it up with the other hand

- The sayas will reappear on the hip after some time after dropping them

For a visual walkthrough of all the controls, please watch the tutorial video

Info

Shader: Suikaness/KatanaSystem

Paramaters Memory used: 23

Packages used:

VRChat SDK - Avatars: 3.9.0

Modular-avatar: 1.14.3

https://modular-avatar.nadena.dev/docs/intro

Geometry:

Katana -Triangles 1068

Katana Saya -Triangles 832

Tanto -Triangles 1056

Tanto Saya -Triangles 896

Terms of Use

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You May: Modify and use the model for personal, non-commercial projects like streams and videos.

You May Not: Redistribute, resell, or use it commercially (in ads, for sale, or in NFTs) without a separate license.

Commercial Use: Requires a direct license from the author (Suikaness). Contact for details.

Rules: Do not create harmful or hateful content. Use at your own risk. The author is not liable for any issues.