Meownyrn Cat V2 Avatar

The Meownyrn Cat is a fluffy race of cat-like avatars made from the ground up for VRChat. Originally launched in 2022, the base has several updates including in Cat V2 overhaul, Catgen V1 alternate version, and PhysBones support. The Cat V2 update adds extra customization, clothing, general model improvements, and easier re-texturing! All updates, including the V2 overhaul, are free for current owners.

Try in VRChat:

• Water's Edge (world)
  https://vrchat.com/home/launch?worldId=wrld_884d2ff1-71bd-491d-b8a6-f35e21c70285&instanceId=0
• Cat V2 Demo with All Accessories (very poor rank):
  https://vrchat.com/home/avatar/avtr_53261087-792c-44c7-bf75-469a212cde7e
• Cat V2 Normal Setup (medium rank):
  https://vrchat.com/home/avatar/avtr_f2d269f1-26d2-46d4-877c-5206cd206327
• Catgen V1 (medium rank):
  https://vrchat.com/home/avatar/avtr_0e693352-2100-4b43-9431-2d3cc0aa7a1d

Cat V2 Features:

• Clothes - Sweater, shorts, shoes, hat, kigu
• Accessories - Collar, glasses, stockings, wings, stopwatch
• Props - Minigun, glock, chips bag
• Hair - Short, mop, and long hair
• PhysBones - Ears, tail, whiskers, hair, nose, cheeks, butt, chest, toes, and some fluff tuffs
• Contacts - Nose boop, head pat, working stopwatch buttons
• Customization - Species blendshapes (dragon, wolf, and fox), thin/thick slides, pantigrade/digitigrade, face customization, and body customization
• Gestures - 27 facial expression combinations, full VRChat visemes, and ear/tail/whisker idle animations
• Tracking - Optional face and eye tracking with VRCFT (optimized for HTC Vive Pro Eye with face tracker, but the FBX has extra blendshapes for ARKit and Quest Pro)

Catgen V1 Features:

• Features - Removable visor that can be grabbed or toggled off to reveal the Meownyrn Cat V1 face
• Gestures - Additional 16 facial expressions and full vocal visemes for the visor
• Contacts - Visor nose boop
• Customization - Robotic/fluffy tail and robotic collar toggles
• Catgen FBX is currently based off the older Cat V1 model, so textures will need to be converted back to V1 state using the included conversion tool. Some customization from Cat V2 may also not be present on Catgen V1.

Included Cat Files:

• 12 premade designs: Bubbles, Falmyr (dragon), Stormpaw (wolf), Healyx (fox), Lilly (tiger), Meow, Shadow, Demeow, Pali, Chester, Mittens, and Snowy
• Ready to upload PC and Quest Unity Packages for VRChat
• Substance Painter, Photoshop, Gimp, and Krita texturing files
• Blender texturing tool (free alternative to Substance Painter)
• Conversion tools between Cat V1 to Cat V2 textures

Included Cat + Catgen Files:

• All of the base cat files above plus the following.
• Full Catgen avatar with grabbable/toggleable visor
• 6 premade armor designs and Raymond design
• PC VR and Quest Unity Packages (same performance ranking as cat)
• Substance Painter, Photoshop (Gimp export), Gimp, and Blender texturing files for Cat V1 body, and Catgen V1 robotic parts

Applications:

• VRChat's Creator Companion / Unity3D (required): Free application used to upload all VRChat avatars found in game. Please see VRChat's documentation: https://vcc.docs.vrchat.com
• Poiyomi Toon Shader 8.1 or newer (required for PC package): Free shader for VRChat avatars. Please download here: https://github.com/poiyomi/PoiyomiToonShader
• Substance Painter 2022 or newer (optional): Paid application used to re-texture the avatar in both 3D and 2D. For long-term use, it is recommended to get the perpetual license via Steam instead of the more expensive monthly subscription. Learn more at: https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d-painter.html
• Photoshop (optional): Paid application that can be used to retexture the avatar in 2D. Krita or Gimp are free alternatives. Learn more at: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
• Krita / Gimp (optional): Free alternatives to Photoshop. Learn more at: https://krita.org/en/ or https://www.gimp.org
• Blender 3.6 or newer (optional): Free open source PC application used to model and texturing the avatar. Blender 3.0 available via org webpage or Steam for free: https://www.blender.org

Tutorials: https://frostkittypaw.gumroad.com/p/meownyrn-cat-v2-tutorials

FAQ: https://frostkittypaw.gumroad.com/p/meownyrn-cat-v2-faq

Update Log: https://frostkittypaw.gumroad.com/p/meownyrn-cat-update-log

Terms:

• You may edit and upload the avatar base to social platforms (i.e. VRChat, Resonite, etc.) for personal use as a private non-clonable avatar. At this time, only VRChat is officially supported. The user is responsible for meeting terms of service for the platform.
• You may use the avatar base as a personal avatar/mascot for video content (i.e. YouTube videos, Twitch streaming, etc.).
• You may retexture or modify the avatar base for commissions as long as all parties have purchased the avatar base. Once per purchase, please contact FrostKittyPaw via email or Discord for a $10 discount code. This referral program replaces the old "FBX Only" tier as the tier caused too many issues. Purchases made with the discount code will have access to the Unity files like usually and is intended to help onboard more retexture artists.
• You may sell original accessories (i.e. original clothing) for the avatar as long as the accessories do not include the avatar base.
• You may not remove the watermark from inside the chest of the avatar, or claim the avatar base as your original creation. For retextured or modified avatars, you may modify the watermark to include your credits as well. Please note that the watermark is setup to be locally hidden for the avatar wearer in VRChat via the "IsLocal" parameter.
• You may not re-sell, trade, or redistribute any part of the assets.
• You may not use the assets for commercial purposes or political campaigns. 

Contact:

@FrostKittyPaw on Twitter/Discord. The best way to get in contact or reach out for help is by joining the Meownyrn Discord server at: https://discord.gg/fxqYUZfyUd. Please setup your Discord profile before joining so you are not automatically kicked by bot protection. I respond mostly in evenings or weekends (USA), but I have always responded in less than 24 hours so far (*knocks on virtual wood*).

Special Thanks:

• Locomotion Menu (CC4.0) - https://github.com/Dervali-git/VRC-Tips/blob/main/LaySittingPrefab.md
• Music - https://youtu.be/Ssvu2yncgWU
• Kittz (@Kittiah) - Thank you for the Substance Painter license and all the support!  <3
• KRA Z Agent J - Testing, filming, and love <3
• Big thank you to the original Catbot buyers and all the support from the Meownyrn Cat Discord server! I can't do it without your inspiration.