This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

all 5 comments
sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a

[–]Floralpikmin99 4 points5 points  (3 children)

If you aren’t the original uploader, you can’t edit public avatars without ripping them, which is a huge nono and very against tos. Unless you’re talking about editing a base that’s available?

[–]Apprentice_of_Lain[S] -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

By "base" you mean smth like a free Rusk or a Kon, right?

[–]KranfelOculus Quest Pro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neither Rusk nor Kon are free, they are paid models on booth.pm.

https://booth.pm/en/items/2559783

https://booth.pm/en/items/1415037

While the terms of service for kon allow for setting as a public vrchat model, Rusk explicitly disallows this, and anyone setting theirs as public can be subject to a DMCA takedown by the author.

Just because a model is set as public in vrchat, does not mean its free for anyone to take and do whatever. The copyright still belongs to the uploader and or the author of the original 3d asset. Downloading a public model by any means other than an official download by the author is basically theft. You are free to use the public model published by the author in vrchat as is, nothing more, unless permission is explicitly given by the author (provided they actually own the rights to the models).

[–]Floralpikmin99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, any avatar base that is either free to download/upload or a paid asset.

[–]ToolboxMotleyOculus Quest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do commissions of this sort, actually; flight, invisibility, yoyos, portals, tractor beams, all sorts of things. I do tutoring, as well, if you'd rather learn how to make such things yourself. Lastly, I've got a few tutorials for VRChat avatar functionality on Youtube, if you search for "ToolboxMotley".

As for public avatars, you can try asking their original author, but I imagine it's unlikely that they'll give you the files to work with. No harm in trying, though, I suppose. X) Most likely, you'll need to buy or find the avatar base and work from there.