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Life 9
Life is a collection of plugins intended to essentially awake a character, let him/her come to life. Central part so far is the audio-synchronized breathing, which can be used to drive complex animations.Another tiny maintenance update, sorry about that. However, when our Supreme Lord (MeshedVR) reports an issue, you fix it...especially, if that version is supposed to be shipped with the next VaM version :PChangelog Fixed silent exception / log spam issue with DriverThrustSFX when not all SFX audio sources are connected. Thx @ Meshed for report...
Life 8
Life is a collection of plugins intended to essentially awake a character, let him/her come to life. Central part so far is the audio-synchronized breathing, which can be used to drive complex animations.This is just a tiny maintenance update: Making sure breathing morphs are reset to default when disabling/removing the plugin. This is to avoid unnecessary dependencies to my Life VAR. Since Life is now used in the new VaM 1.20 default scene, this becomes more relevant, a lot of people might use that scene as a basis for whatever they are doing....
Essentials v5 - SuperShot/SuperVideo
These are your most essential MacGruber tools in a convenient single VAR package.Version 5 fixes PostMagic support and has some smaller new features for SuperShot and SuperVideo. Check the version 4 post for more details on what this plugin package is good for.Changelog for Version 5 SuperShot: Fixing compatibility with PostMagic. Note that screenspace post-effects can behave differently when applied at higher resolution. SuperShot: Clear selection while taking screenshot to avoid UI elements in the camera image. SuperShot: Screenshots can be t...
Essentials v4 - SuperShot/SuperVideo
These are your most essential MacGruber tools in a convenient single VAR package.Version 4 introduces two new plugins, SuperShot and SuperVideo, which replace the old SuperResolution plugin and bring a huge amount of improvements over the old plugin.Overview SkyMagic: Allows you to create cubemaps within VaM to be used for customized global illumination and ReflectionProbes. This can immensely improve shiny materials like metal, latex, leather, etc. SuperShot + SuperVideo: Take ultra-high resolution screenshots or use super-sampling to for your...
Essentials v5 - SuperShot/SuperVideo - Download
MacGruber.Essentials.5.var (via MEGA)This is an EarlyAccess release! Download will be available for free under CC BY-SA license after August 30, 2020. You are allowed to reference these packages in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence. Links to my Patreon are always appreciated.Unchanged from Essentials.3: MacGruber.SkyMagicDemo.1.var (via MEGA) MacGruber.SkyMagicDemo.1.var.depend.txt (via MEGA) MacGruber.SkyMagicImporter.3.zip (via MEGA) (Unity Plugin) SkyMagicGuide.3.pdf (via MEGA) (Tutorial)
Monthly Report: July
Time for another monthly report! This time there is also a poll at the end, I would appreciate if you could take the time to answer it!I'm posting a report like this near the end of each month, reporting on what I worked on behind the scenes and what the vague plans for the next month are. It is intended to help you decide if you want buy-in on the coming month or not.IdlePoserThis month I released another IdlePoser update, focusing on debug rendering and UI, trying to make it easier to use. This was in response to feedback that the plugin ...
Life - IdlePoser v4 - Tutorial
The tutorial was updated with new screenshots to match the new UI and and cover the new features. Also added 2 more pages giving some background on Bézier curves and a tips & tricks section. I hope it helps a bit those who had trouble understanding how the plugin works.Find it here: https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/idleposer-introduction.632/
Life - IdlePoser v4
IdlePoser is a solution for idle animation, part of the Life plugin collection. This new update brings a number of usability improvements and some new features: Improved curve debug render, now with colors to highlight the different state groups! Transitions can also be rendered now. Improved Bézier evaluation using Bernstein polynomials for better performance. Various UI improvements, most notably a new menu tab bar that replaces the clumsy dropdown menu. Implemented a checkbox in the play menu to pause animation. This allows you to save anim...
Life - IdlePoser v4 - Download
MacGruber.IdlePoser.4.var (via MEGA) MacGruber.IdlePoserDemo.4.var (via MEGA) This is an EarlyAccess release! Distribution is NOT allowed before July 5, 2020. Afterwards this will be under CC BY-SA license. However, you are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence.Dependencies for Demo MacGruber.Life.7 (via Virtamate Hub) MacGruber.Essentials.3 (via Virtamate Hub) NoStage3.Hair_Wavy_Bob.1 (via Virtamate Hub) VamXFan.Sudio_Photo_Env.1 (via Virtamate Hub)
Monthly Report: June
Hi! I'm posting a report like this near the end of each month, reporting on what I worked on behind the scenes and what the vague plans for the next months are. It is intended to help you decide if you want buy-in on the coming month or not.As indicated in the release of IdlePoser v3 last week, I will continue working on that. There are various improvements I have in mind. Probably only one or maybe two of those will make it in the next version: Arc-Length-Parameterization. Yesterday I started on implementing Arc-Length-Parameterization. On...
Life - IdlePoser v3 - Tutorial
Since the response to IdlePoser was a bit slow, I assume it might not be clear for many what it can do and how to use it. Hence a short 7 page tutorial!The tutorial is a free download....shameless advertisement for IdlePoser, which is still in EarlyAccess. As usual, it's released under CC BY-SA license.https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/idleposer-introduction.632/
Life - IdlePoser v3
In the last few weeks I continued working on my idle animation solution, called IdlePoser.After the prototype released a few weeks ago, it's time to make a proper release. There have been countless bug fixes and usability improvements. Morph capture and debug rendering have been implemented. Obviously I also spend some time on a demo scene and making a video. However, it's still a standalone plugin, it is still not properly integrated into my Life plugin suite.It's important to understand that the demo scene/video is NOT showing a s...
Life - IdlePoser v3 - Download
MacGruber.IdlePoser.3.var (via MEGA) MacGruber.IdlePoserDemo.3.var (via MEGA) This is an EarlyAccess release! Distribution is NOT allowed before July 5, 2020. Afterwards this will be under CC BY-SA license. However, you are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence.Dependencies for Demo MacGruber.Life.7 (via Virtamate Hub) MacGruber.Essentials.3 (via Virtamate Hub) NoStage3.Hair_Wavy_Bob.1 (via Virtamate Hub) VamXFan.Sudio_Photo_Env.1 (via Virtamate Hub)
Tutorial: Custom Audio for Life 7
This tutorial gives you an introduction on how to add custom breathing audio and matching animation data to the Life#Breathing plugin. Adding audio to the plugin is a bit complex and most importantly, very time-consuming. This is because we want our animations nicely synchronized to the audio, which requires some data that can’t be gathered automatically.The tutorial covers: Some free software needed: Audacity, Unity, Notepad++ Where to get good audio? (spoiler: ripping audio some video most likely won't do) Adding your audio to the JSON ...
Tutorial: Custom Audio for Life 7 - Download
CustomAudioLife.v7.pdf (via MEGA) CustomAudioLife.v7.Unity.zip (via MEGA) CustomAudioLife.v7.Source.zip (via MEGA) This is an EarlyAccess release! Distribution is NOT allowed before June 19, 2020. Afterwards this will be under CC BY-SA license. However, you are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence.
Life 7
This is just a tiny free update for those of you who would like to add custom breathing audio. It is adding the breath debug tool mentioned in the custom audio tutorial. This allows hot-reloading the JSON database without having to rebuild the AssetBundle and manually queuing of specific audio files. Also fixes the rhythm damping setting in the Life01 scene.Download MacGruber.Life.7.var (via MEGA) Download under CC BY-SA license. You are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence...
Monthly Report: May
Hi! I'm posting a report like this near the end of each month, reporting on what I worked on behind the scenes and what the vague plans for the next months are. It is intended to help you decide if you want buy-in on the coming month or not.This month quite some time went into an unplanned project...which is Meshed's new hub site, of course. It's probably going public in the next few days, you probably saw the announcement on Discord. Many of the major VaM creators had already been involved, participating in various discussions and ...
Life - IdlePoser Prototype
Life is a collection of plugins intended to essentially awake a character, let him/her come to life. Central part so far was the audio-synchronized breathing, which can be used to drivecomplex animations. This month I started working on an idle animation solution, called IdlePoser.Today I'm releasing an early standalone prototype of this, more like a proof of concept. I recommend to not yet use it for larger scenes, as the file format might still change. Also this will be properly integrated into Life at a later point.Current Features State...
Life - IdlePoser Prototype - Download
MacGruber.IdlePoser.2.var (via MEGA) Requires MacGruber.Life.6.var This is an EarlyAccess release! Distribution is NOT allowed before June 8, 2020. Afterwards this will be under CC BY-SA license. However, you are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence.Edit: Fixed a file reference issue, if you downloaded already, please re-download. Thx @ orpheus_reup for pointing it out.
Essentials Plugin Package v3
These are your most essential MacGruber tools in a convenient single VAR package.Overview SkyMagic: Allows you to create cubemaps within VaM to be used for customized global illumination and ReflectionProbes. This can immensely improve shiny materials like metal, latex, leather, etc. SuperResolution: Take ultra-high resolution screenshots using VaMs build-in screenshot tool. This improves image quality a LOT, especially shadows and hair. It is the de facto standard for VaM screenshots. FrameRateControl: This plugin allows more fine control over...
Essentials Plugin Package v3 - Download
MacGruber.Essentials.3.var (via MEGA) MacGruber.SkyMagicImporter.3.zip (via MEGA) (Unity Plugin) SkyMagicGuide.3.pdf (via MEGA) (Tutorial)This is an EarlyAccess release! Download will be available for free under CC BY-SA license after May 15, 2020. You are allowed to reference these packages in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence. Links to my Patreon are always appreciated.Edit: Links fixed, thx @ tC_VR.
Monthly Report: April
Hi! I'm posting a report like this near the end of each month, reporting on what I worked on behind the scenes and what the vague plans for the next months are. It is intended to help you decide if you want buy-in on the coming month or not.Note while I will of course continue to release stuff, I will have to reduce my VaM time a bit, as the time I put in was not long-term sustainable. Most people don't realize how much time quality takes. The monthly schedule Patreon is forcing on me is not healthy, I rather release things when they ar...
SecretRoom 3: Playroom Construction Kit
SecretRoom is not just one environment, its an AssetBundle containing a kit of matching parts you can use to build your own custom playroom room. A couple of scripts help with keeping everything aligned nicely. Here is a video showcasing what can be customized.New in Version 3 New set of heavy metal handcuffs and anklecuffs with baked ambient occlusion. Of course these come with the matching hex/allen key. New hook/fixture and chain meshes. They got some more polygons and baked ambient occlusion to match the quality of the cuffs. New room scrip...
SecretRoom 3 - Download
MacGruber.SecretRoom.3.var (via MEGA) MacGruber.SecretRoomDemo.3.var (via MEGA) Dependency for Demo: MacGruber.Essentials.2.var (MEGA / Patreon) Dependency for Demo: MacGruber.Life.6.var (MEGA / Patreon) Dependency for Demo: NoStage3.Hair_Shoulder_Wavy.1.var (MEGA / Patreon)This is an EarlyAccess release! Download will be available for free under CC BY-SA license after May 9, 2020. You are allowed to reference these packages in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence. Links to my Patreon are always appreciated.
SkyMagic: Scene customized global illumination
(MacGruber Essentials Plugin Package v2)This one is NOT an April Fools post :P During the extended Easter weekend I had another attempt at my trial&error research for making custom global illumination work in VaM. I had a new idea to try. After already wasting a weekend on this back in September, this time there was glorious success!Now you can not only import cubemaps from Unity, you can also bake a custom cubemap from within VaM! This allows you to setup a scene as normal and then produce a scene specific cubemap that matches your light setup...
SkyMagic / Essentials Package - Download
MacGruber.Essentials.2.var (via MEGA) (contains SkyMagic Exporter and Loader) MacGruber.SkyMagicImporter.2.zip (via MEGA) (Unity Plugin) SkyMagicGuide.pdf (via MEGA) (Tutorial) MacGruber.SkyMagicDemo.1.var (via MEGA) (Demo Scene) Dependency for Demo: NoStage3.Hair_Long_Backswept_Pony.1.var (MEGA / Patreon) Dependency for Demo: MacGruber.Life.6.var (MEGA / Patreon)This is an EarlyAccess release! Download will be available for free under CC BY-SA license after April 27, 2020. You are allowed to reference these packages in your own VAR packages, ...
Hathor: NextGen render pipeline + RTX Support
(April Fool Joke)Hathor is a FULL replacement of VaM's render pipeline with some of our NextGen engine tech. This runs in REALTIME, actually slightly faster than a common VaM scene! More details and FREE download here: https://www.reddit.com/r/VAMscenes/comments/fsteru/hathor_plugin_for_vam_nextgen_render_pipeline_rtx/Note that this is NOT a Patreon release. This was put together with the help of several colleagues at the office, I'm just one more contributor in this.
Monthly Report: March
Hi! I'm posting a report like this near the end of each month, reporting on what I worked on behind the scenes and what the vague plans for the next months are. It is intended to help you decide if you want buy-in on the coming month or not.March has been a busy month which has seen 3 releases of the Life plugin! That was mostly because I had some vacation to burn that was left over from last year. It would have expired otherwise. Obviously, the next months won't be as busy, as there is this thing called "real life". You might h...
Life 6
Life is a collection of plugins intended to essentially awake a character, let him/her come to life. Central part so far is the audio-synchronized breathing, which can be used to drive complex animations.This version focuses on adding mouth breathing and a new orgasm system. Find a fancy video here.New features Added 36 new mouth breathing sounds! Implemented Orgasm support! Added 6 different orgasms to the AudioBundle, these are 3-8 chained breaths each. Implemented JSON scaling options to scale nose, mouth and lung animations independently fo...
Life 6 - Download
MacGruber.Life.6.var (via MEGA) This is an EarlyAccess release! Distribution is NOT allowed before April 10, 2020. Afterwards this will be under CC BY-SA license. However, you are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different licence.
