The Taper

NOTICE: as of 10/10/2024 ToS changes now prevent me from selling this product on Gumroad. it is now available at https://zarphus.itch.io/the-taper
if you already bought this, you do NOT need to buy it again. i can still offer support and updates to existing owners, i just cannot sell new copies here.

--I have also been forced to remove several words from the original description as overbearing censorship has been applied to even the descriptions, as a result, some information on this page may no longer be entirely correct. please visit the above link to see it correctly--

The Taper is an adult modeled and prepared asset, compatible with most VR avatars. it has a focus on prehensile interaction and slitplay, while still being fully compatible with current systems.
NOTE: VRCFury is *REQUIRED* to use this asset! many parts will not install or function without it!

Includes:

• Drag and drop install: just put it into the root of your hierarchy, position and scale it as desired, and you're done!
  optional: use alpha textures or remove geometry from base avatar to show depth inside the slit region.
• Uses SPS, a free penetration shader alternative. fully compatible with TPS, partially compatible with DPS. (DPS without VRCfury update will not perform penetration animations)
• Two orifices, and one penetrator, with built in haptics support via OSCgoesbrrr and Intiface.
• Several adjustment blendshapes to help better fit the mesh to your avatar body
• Desaturated textures for easy recoloring in your photo editor of choice
• Custom fluid particles.
• Menus, penetrators, orifices, custom animations, and parameters are already set up and will automatically install on upload via VRCFury.
• Textures and blendshape to remove the medial ring, if desired.

You may not Distribute or resell the package, or any of its components.

if you use this asset in content such as renders, videos, or streams, i ask that you credit me somewhere within the content, description, or tags.

DO NOT UPLOAD PUBLIC VERSIONS, AND DO NOT USE THESE ASSETS IN INSTANCES THAT ARE NOT PRIVATE. MISUSE OF "THINGS GUMROAD WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO LEAVE IN AN UNLISTED PRODUCT DESCRIPTION" CONTENT MAY LEAD TO BEING BANNED FROM SOME SOCIAL VR PLATFORMS.

ANIMATION TIP: for some animations to work, the following conditions must be met:
- Both users must have eachother's avatars fully shown, including animations, lights, and shaders.
- Both users must have avatar interactions enabled
- Both users must be using SPS or TPS. (the 'upgrade legacy haptics' feature of VRCfury will also turn DPS into SPS automatically, if the other user has an older DPS avatar.)
- DPS objects found in VRC worlds do not support AV3 interaction and will also be unable to activate the animations.

note: if your avatar has heavily blurred weight painting, or unusual proportions in the hip, groin, and upper leg regions, it may not work correctly in some positions, and may require alteration of the mesh or vertex weights in order to avoid visual issues. i'm afraid i cannot help with this directly. a good test is to make sure the groin region does not stretch and move around when you move one leg around in a significant way.

Note: There's a known visual bug with gesture manager and av3.0 emulator where on some avatars, blendshapes preview at 300%. this does not happen in-world.