Feather and Fur Maps and Materials for Viwi

Hi there!

This lovely aftermarket accessory for Mos' Viwi base by Matrices! It is maps for https://normalizedcrow.gumroad.com/ feather & fur shader to make your Viwi FLUFFY!

https://mmmos.gumroad.com/l/Viwi This asset is for the Mos Viwi base. This asset does not contain anything from the Viwi base unitypackage and is the custom material and the map for the shader that I made only.

WHAT YOU GET IN THE PACKAGE

ViwiFeathersandFurMaps-byMatrices.unitypackage - Has the 3 materials pre-setup with the settings already set for you. Just switch out the Albedo textures for your own.

There is also a bonus included bitmask with some (not all!!!) clothing items included. The following clothing items have been masked because a client has sponsored/paid for them so they get to be included! Clothing masks can be complicated to set up, the shader author has a tutorial for it, so please know it requires adding the bitmask animation to the clothing toggle so it animates the fur and the clothing at once.

Bitmask Clothing item

0 ✔️Hood for longsleeve shirt (the neckline area only)
1 ✔️Hat
2 ✔️ Longsleeve Shirt
3 ✔️ Bracelet (from Polycrow's shredcore set)
4 ✔️ Crop Top
5 ✔️ Cargo Pants (from Polycrow's shredcore set)
6 ✔️ Collar (from Polycrow's shredcore set)
7 ✔️ Shredcore Tee (from Polycrow's shredcore set)

❌The following that came with the viwi are NOT bitmasked (yet, someone may pay for/sponsor them if they choose, and I will update the file when that happens)

❌Shorts
❌Jean Shorts
❌Bikini top
❌Bikini bottom
❌Compression pants

Because this is a bonus item please know clothing masks can be complicated to set up, the shader author has a tutorial for it!! But please know it requires adding the bitmask reference animation to the clothing toggle so it animates the fur and the clothing at once. I can't really offer support for the bitmask stuff. Sorry!! You're getting fur maps, not animation support.

REQUIRED ASSETS

Mos' Viwi base of course https://mmmos.gumroad.com/l/Viwi

NormalizedCrow Feathers & Fur shader https://normalizedcrow.gumroad.com/

Optional stuff

Highly recommended https://twistedsorrow.gumroad.com/l/qcdlta Fur card set "I" if you want a scruffier look like my personal coyote. Make sure "alpha is transparency is set on Twist's image file, then switch the image out in the "Cutout" module of the shader.

ABOUT THIS ITEM

This file contains three .mat material files for easy dragging and dropping on your avatar. Three .png and .asset files for the Parameters. Three .png and .asset files for the Coat direction. And three pre-baked optimization textures, which you should be able to re-bake if you like.

HOW TO ADD

Video tutorials by the shader author can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvFP_khHFrk&list=PL8qseEavOSUAz-Lj4z-7nzOWb5K6y5jb_

1: Have your Viwi already set up in your scene.

2: Install the NormalizedCrow Feathers & Fur shader if it is not already in this project.

3: Install the .unitypackage for this asset.

4: Drag and drop the materials found in "Edits by Matrices > Texture Stuff > Viwi Fur" onto the Body Mesh, the Toony Tail mesh, and the Hair mesh if you choose to use it there.

5: Do any shader-required tasks, such as baking and applying the bind poses for the meshes (if you don't do this everything won't look right!). The shader should prompt you with a small dialogue at the top of it, so be sure to check! Refer to the video tutorial from the shader author if you are new to this shader!

6: Optionally switch out the Albedo textures for your own. To do this click on the material, then place it in 2 spots. At the top in "Coat and Undercoat" under the "Color" module. And again at the very bottom in "VRC Fallback" so people who have your shaders hidden will still see you as a textured avatar. For the hair, change the color "Tint" to a color that matches, or set the Tint to white and drag in your own hair image texture.

7: Remove or set "editor only" to the following modules on your Viwi to prevent conflicts.

Note: Since the feather and fur shader will not be using these hue sliders (for the body and for the tail) and you are changing the shader these don't need to be taking up your menus. And even though you are not technically changing the eye shader, for some reason leaving the Body Hue slider behind and swapping the shader out makes this module do funny stuff, so best to just set the eye color you want in the eye shader itself rather than depending on that slider.

7: Upload your Avatar!

Note: No refunds, its a digital product!

Note 2: Works best with the eyebrows or eyebrow dots painted on your Albedo texture instead of using the mesh ones included with the model. The eyebrow dots look fine (shown in photos) but texture looks better, that's all!

Note 3: If you edit this texture, you may have to take it into a 2d image editing program to correct stray tufts due to the Viwi's touching UV islands! The Viwi has extremely close UV islands for some reason.