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Physics Object “Name Space” This will display the name of the currently selected Atom. You can rename it here as well. VaM Atoms are made of two significant parts. The Atom Control and The Physics Object. The “Atom Control” (Green Square) is the node that you select and gives you access to...

Physics Control “Name Space” This will display the name of the currently selected Atom. You can rename it here as well. VaM Atoms are made of two significant parts. The Atom Control and The Physics Object. The “Atom Control” (Green Square) is the node that you select and gives you access...

Atom Animation “Name Space” This will display the name of the currently selected Atom. You can rename it here as well. The following settings relate directly into the recording and playback of scene Animations inside VaM please see Scene Animation for more detailed information. ”Armed for...

Atom Move “Name Space” This will display the name of the currently selected Atom. You can rename it here as well. X,Y,Z Movement and Rotation are the same as standard Unity. Assets aligned in Unity will enter VaM aligned the same. Every atom in VaM can be moved or rotated by grabbing...

Atom Control “Isolate Edit This Atom” Opens an Isolated Atom Edit window with options for disabling other atoms in game to make it easier to edit the selected atom. "Name Space" in the corner of "Isolated Atom Edit" displays the name of your selected Atom “Freeze Physics: Freezes...

Scene Audio The Scene Audio Control panel is where you add any audio files that you want to have access to in your scenes. To load an Audio file using an address the format should be similar to this: C:/Virt-A-Mate/Custom/Sounds/Test/015.wav ”URL” Here is...

Scene Miscellaneous ”World Scale” This is very useful while playing in VR scaling you much larger or smaller than the assets in your scene. It defaults at 1 scale which is 1 to 1 with the VaM atoms. You can shrink to .01 or grow to 10X using the slider. The effect is not as noticeable while...

Scene Animation Triggers ”Add Animation Trigger” ”Remove All Triggers” For an introduction to Triggers please see MacGruber's video: VaM Basics: Triggers If you find it helpful please show him some support on his Patreon.

Scene Animation Edit These settings are used to set the length of a new animation or to edit the length of an existing animation. The following three buttons are used to edit down the length of a captured animation. ”Animation Start Timestep” This setting allows you to set where you want...

Scene Animation Control ”Link to AudioSourceControl (audio drives time) “ Off by default. Turning this on will link the targeted audio source to your scene animation player. So that when triggering the audio it will start to play the scene animation and vice versa. ”Audio Source Control Atom...

Scene Animation Scene Animation refers specifically to animations on Person Atom Controls or Atom Controls captured within your scene or driven by the scene animation timeline. This is separate from the Built-In animations available on the Person Atom, any script driven animations like...

Scene Add Atom Atoms are the persons, objects, environments, and tool set offered in VaM. Atoms in a scene often show as a green squares in Edit Mode, but some atoms have other shapes, like a person (person shape) or a subscene atom (flag). These lists are not editable, you cannot add, remove...

Scene Lighting Scene lighting is taken from the HDRI backgrounds included with VaM. There are 29 available choices accessed from the ”Global Illumination Sky” dropdown menu. The lighting from this only affects atoms built into VaM. it will not affect geometry brought in with an...

Select The Select Panel is used to view and select from any of the components within your scene. It is also accessed from the Base UI “Select” button. The Left hand side “Atom” panel lists all the nodes within your scene. “Filter” Write the name of your target to...

Navigation The Navigation tab is mostly for VR players and has little effect or difficult to use effectively when playing on Desktop. These buttons are used specifically for possession. “Possessing” Is one of the core features of VaM animation. A powerful way to animate...

Main UI - User Preferences Performance Tab Performance 2 Tab Navigation Tab VR 1 Tab VR 2 Tab Misc Tab Security Tab

User Preferences / Security Tab The security tab is where you can choose what content is allowed to run within VaM. By default all of these options are Off. This information is initially presented to you on the “First TIme User Startup Page” and you must opt in before running any third party...

User Preferences / Miscellaneous Tab “Confirm Load” Toggling this on will give you a pop up warning when loading a new scene. “Hide Exit Button” Hides the exit button on the Base UI. “Auto Freeze Motion/Sound On Switch To Edit Mode” Toggling this on will automatically toggle the...

User Preferences / VR2 Tab “Leap Motion” specific options As of the 1.21.0.4 update the Leap Motion dll was updated to the Gemini compatible version which brings better tracking. If you are using Leap Motion, please update to Gemini. "Enabled" New with 1.22. A user preference to enable...

User Preferences / VR1 Tab “Mirror to Desktop” Toggles the view from your VR headset to display on your Desktop. “Head Collider” Toggles the collision of your VR headset On/Off. “UI Side: Left/Right” Allows you to swap the side that the “Main UI” is displayed. VR Only. Main UI...