Spell Effects — Cast fire, ice and thunder from your avatar's hand [VRChat / Unity / Modular Avatar] (Free trial available)

Spell Effects is a Unity editor extension that lets your avatar cast fire, ice and thunder from its hand. Pick your avatar, choose the hand, the spells and the size, and press one button. In VRChat, open the menu (R key on desktop) > Expressions > "Spells" and turn on Fire, Ice or Thunder. The window can switch between English and Japanese.

No avatar models are included (tool and spell effects only).

Free vs Full

• Free trial: watch recorded frames of the three spells inside the tool window. It does not include the spell prefabs, and works without Modular Avatar. Nothing is added to your scene or avatar.
• Full: add the spells to your avatar (right or left hand, size), turn them on from the VRChat menu, remove them, and change the size later.

Importing the Full version over the Free trial replaces it.

What it adds

One object, "KL_SpellEffects", under your avatar: Modular Avatar components (Bone Proxy, Menu Installer, Menu Item, Object Toggle, Parameters) and three particle effects. No new files are made; Modular Avatar builds the menu and animation when you upload. One Int parameter (KL_Spell, 8 bits), not saved. One Ctrl+Z undoes it.

Tested before release

Made by Kotokoto Lab, an independent creator. In VRChat: fire, ice and thunder were turned on one at a time on a free avatar loaded as a local test avatar with the SDK's Build & Test. Tested on 3 free avatars: attaches to the hand bone, no double install, one Ctrl+Z undoes it, and after the same processing as upload (NDMF) the menu and parameter are there. Prefab files stay unchanged.

Notes

The Full version needs Modular Avatar. If the avatar already has a parameter named "KL_Spell", the spells are not added. PC only (not shown on standalone Quest). Humanoid avatars only (hand and middle-finger bones are used). Up to 300 particles and 3 particle systems for all three, within VRChat's PC "Good" rank; other particles on your avatar count too. Turning one spell on turns the other two off. Prefab Mode and Project prefabs are not supported; use an avatar placed in a scene. The tool pauses in Play mode.

Requirements

Unity 2022.3 (tested on 2022.3.22f1), the VRChat SDK (Avatars) and Modular Avatar.

How to install

1. Download the .unitypackage (Free trial or Full) and drag it into the Project window, then click Import.
2. Open Tools > Spell Effects. The window has an "English" checkbox at the top.

Terms

OK for personal and commercial use. You may stream and record with an avatar that has the spells. Do not redistribute or resell the tool itself (files, spell textures, prefabs), or give away or sell avatars that include the spells. Use at your own risk.

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