Raikou Katana - Glowing Lightning Katana with Draw / Sheathe Toggle, 3 Colors (Azure / Violet / Gold) [VRChat, Modular Avatar]

Made with AI assistance (3D model, textures and this text were produced with AI tools).

RAIKOU KATANA

A 3D katana for VRChat avatars: a drawn sword for the right hand and the same sword sheathed at the left hip, switched with one Expression Menu toggle. The black sheath carries glowing lightning-bolt lines and the blade edge glows (lilToon emission, works in worlds without AudioLink); a short light trail follows the blade tip while the sword is in hand and moving. Pick one of 3 colors.

FEATURES

- 3 colors (one prefab each): Azure (cyan glow) / Violet (violet glow) / Gold (gold glow + gold fittings) on a black-lacquer sheath; an in-game "Katana Hue Slider" shifts the glow color

- Hand sword attaches to the humanoid RIGHT hand and the sheath to the Hips bone with Modular Avatar (Bone Proxy). The sheathed sword sits in the same left-hip sheath as the empty sheath you see while drawn (one position, hands stay free). One menu toggle draws / sheathes (Bool "Katana/Hand" + Float "Katana/Hue" hue slider, 33 bits of parameter memory, saved, default sheathed)

- Real 3D shape, measured: blade about 0.70 m at 100% scale, sword in hand 17,229 triangles, sheath about 7,544, whole prefab 42,002 triangles (only one copy of the sword is visible at a time)

- 6 materials per color (1 trail renderer "Trail_Tip" (0.45 s) - delete the child "Trail_Tip" if you do not want it)

- Size and position: change the Scale of the prefab root (tested: 100% on Shapell, about 50% on Rukko)

- Original model, textures and materials, lilToon

IMAGE 01 NOTE

The picture shows lightning arcs around the blade that were added for the image. They are NOT in the product (the product has the glow lines and the short blade-tip trail). Images 02-06 are shot without effects.

REQUIREMENTS

- Unity 2022.3.22f1, VRChat Avatars SDK 3.10.5

- Modular Avatar 1.18.7 (NDMF 1.14.8), lilToon 2.3.4 - NOT included in the package, install them first

- No Poiyomi, no VRCFury, no AudioLink needed

Other versions are not tested.

WHAT YOU GET

- RaikouKatana_v1.unitypackage (45 files: FBX, 3 prefabs, 18 materials, 11 textures, animations, FX animator controllers)

- README in English and Japanese (install, adjustment, performance numbers, terms)

Files are delivered individually (no zip).

INSTALL (about 2 minutes)

1. Download RaikouKatana_v1.unitypackage. 2. Import it into your avatar project. 3. Drag ONE RaikouKatana_<Color> prefab onto your avatar root (Humanoid avatar). 4. Build and upload. Modular Avatar attaches the sword and sheath and adds the menu.

PERFORMANCE - PLEASE READ

- This is a HEAVY accessory. VRChat counts disabled objects too, so both copies of the sword count: +42 renderers, at least +42 material slots, +42,002 triangles, +1 trail renderer. On the VRChat PC rank table (Poor limit: 24 basic meshes, 32 material slots) this alone puts an avatar in Very Poor (source: creators.vrchat.com/avatars/avatar-performance-ranking-system). Users who hide Very Poor avatars will not see it. Merging the meshes would help and is not done in this version.

- Quest / Android: NOT confirmed. Do not assume it meets Quest limits.

COMPATIBILITY - PLEASE READ

- Humanoid avatars only (right hand + Hips). No avatar-specific presets.

- Checked in Unity (Modular Avatar build) on two avatars: Shapell (100%, no change) and Rukko (prefab scaled to about 50%).

- Your avatar may need a size/position change (the README explains it).

- Same sword model as the shop's other katana ("Sakura Katana" / "Raikou Katana" share one katana.fbx): they differ in finish, effects and menu, not in shape.

- No PhysBones: the sheath and cord do not sway.

- PC: the Unity build and a clean-project import (Missing 0, Console errors 0) were checked. Uploading to VRChat and using it in the VRChat client was NOT tested by me. Quest was not tested.

TERMS

Use on your own avatars (public or private), streaming and videos. Do not redistribute, resell or share the files, even if edited. No refunds for digital goods; please back up your project before importing.