Aura Grove

pretty floaty island for parties have fun :3
It features some real cozy atmosphere in a bioluminecent forest, and a tree that turns into a stage.
Likely to be the squishyfamily’s party world for the forseeable future!

Made in collaboration with the amazing beans Bwibble and Sapphire.

Running Shows In the World

To run shows in the world you need some kind of DMX Lighting control software, and some video to run on the screens.

As long as you cover up the DMX area with something black, you can run any kind of video in the world, but I highly recommend doing re-projection on the videos to make them match the screens better.

Here is where you find the video player!

Running Videos

The UV itself (slightly transparent so you can preview visuals through them).

What it looks like in game.

If you want to play fullscreen video, here is a simple mask to cover the grid node so the lights don’t go crazy.
and here is a mask that covers everything that isn’t visuals

Here is an example of what your stream might look like in the end.

Holograms

The world also supports holograms! To learn more ask Squishy in the discord :3

Running Lights

To control the lights, you need to know what DMX is, and preferably have a dmx console of choice that can output to artnet.
You’ll also need VRSL’s artnet grid node or an alternative like the Furality Grid Node

Personally I’m my cat uses DMXcontrol 3 controlled by a APCmini for the DMX, and a mix of HeavyM and Milkdrop for the visuals, but there are likely better and more intuitive solutions ^^,

For programming shows the world supports MIDI DMX, so with the FNode and a midi loopback you can get 0 delay on the lights when programming! (beware that that is local only, so you can’t run shows that way, only program them!)

Patch sheet

This is the current patch list! Double check the discord for downloads and more recent updates. Are the fireworks here yet?

Patch Sheet
Fixture IDModelMode‘DMX AddressComment
1VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.001Circle overhead 1
2VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.014Circle overhead 2
3VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.027Circle overhead 3
4VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.040Circle overhead 4
5VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.053Circle overhead 5
6VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.066Circle overhead 6
7VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.079Circle overhead 7
8VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.092Circle overhead 8
9VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.105Circle overhead 9
10VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.118Circle overhead 10
11VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.131Circle overhead 11
12VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.144Circle overhead 12
13VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.157Left Leaf 1
14VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.170Left Leaf 2
15VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.183Left Leaf 3
16VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.196Left Leaf 4
17VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.209Left Leaf 5
18VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.222Left Leaf 6
19VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.235Left Leaf 7
20VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.248Left Leaf 8
21VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.261Left Leaf 9
22VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.274Left Leaf 10
23VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.287Left Leaf 11
24VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.300Left Leaf 12
25VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.313Left Leaf 13
26VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.326Left Leaf 14
27VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.339Right Leaf 1
28VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.352Right Leaf 2
29VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.365Right Leaf 3
30VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.378Right Leaf 4
31VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.391Right Leaf 5
32VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.404Right Leaf 6
33VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.417Right Leaf 7
34VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.430Right Leaf 8
35VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.443Right Leaf 9
36VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.456Right Leaf 10
37VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.469Right Leaf 11
38VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.482Right Leaf 12
39VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘1.495Right Leaf 13
40VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.001Right Leaf 14
41VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.014Tree Opening 1
42VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.027Tree Opening 2
43VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.040Tree Opening 3
44VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.053Tree Opening 4
45VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.066Tree Opening 5
46VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.079Tree Opening 6
47VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.092Tree Opening 7
48VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.105Tree Opening 8
49VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.118Tree Opening 9
50VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.131Tree Top 1
51VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.144Tree Top 2
52VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.157Tree Top 3
53VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.170Tree Top 4
54VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.183Tree Top 5
55VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.196On Stage 1
56VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.209On Stage 2
57VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.222On Stage 3
58VRSL Moving Head13-CH (13-Channel)‘2.235On Stage 4
59VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.248Floating Lights Stage 1
60VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.263Floating Lights Stage 2
61VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.278Floating Lights Stage 3
62VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.293Floating Lights Stage 4
63VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.308Floating Lights Stage 5
64VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.323Floating Lights Stage 6
65VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.338Floating Lights Stage 7
66VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.353Floating Lights Stage 8
67VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.368Floating Lights Stage 9
68VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.383Floating Lights Stage 10
69VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.398Floating Lights Stage 11
70VRSL LED Bar15-CH (15-Channel)‘2.413Floating Lights Stage 12
71VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.428Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 1
72VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.433Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 2
73VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.438Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 3
74VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.443Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 4
75VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.448Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 5
76VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.453Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 6
77VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.458Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 7
78VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.463Circle on the trees around the dancefloor 8
79VRSL Blinder5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.468Stage spotlight(invisible)
80VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.473Tree opening led 1
81VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.478Tree opening led 2
82VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.483Tree opening led 3
83VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.488Tree opening led 4
84VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.493Tree opening led 5
85VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.498Tree opening led 6
86VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.503Tree opening led 7
87VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘2.508Tree opening led 8
88VRSL 6×4 LED Block5-CH (5-Channel)‘3.001Tree opening led 9
89TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.006Laser Left Leaf 1
90TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.037Laser Left Leaf 2
91TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.068Laser Left Leaf 3
92TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.099Laser Left Leaf 4
93TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.130Laser Opening 1
94TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.161Laser Opening 2
95TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.192Laser Opening 3
96TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.223Laser Opening 4
97TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.254Laser Right Leaf 1
98TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.285Laser Right Leaf 2
99TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.316Laser Right Leaf 3
100TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.347Laser Right Leaf 4
101TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.378Laser Floor 1
102TS Laser V331-CH(31 Channel)‘3.409Laser Floor 2
103Aura Grove 14-CH (4-Channel)‘3.440Floating Lights Stage
104Aura Grove 22-CH (2-Channel)‘3.444Leaves/Screens
105Aura Grove 31-CH (1-Channel)‘3.512Fireworks!

This is the current patch list! Double check the discord for downloads and more recent updates.

Expand for the full list.

Or if you just want a spreadsheet:

If you’re looking for fixture definition files, I have a repo at my github!
Feel free to grab whatever you need there, or contribute your own so we have a more complete library!

Custom fixture 1, The LED matrix bars hovering on stage

Address 0 (3.440): Forward/backwards adjustment 0-255
Address 1 (3.441): Down/up/tilt 0-127 controls height, from 128-255 it transitions into a tilted mode
Address 2 (3.442): Scale 0-255
Address 3 (3.443): Shape, transitions between zigzag at 0, circle at 64, default shape at 128, and giving the tree eyebrows at 255.

Adding 0 and 1 as pan and tilt makes for a fairly intuitive control of the position, and I’ve added the other 2 to beam controls so I have easy access to sliders for them

My fixture profile: (dmxcontrol3)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<device type="DMXDevice" dmxaddresscount="4" dmxcversion="3" ddfversion="0.3">
  <information>
    <model>Aura Grove 1</model>
    <vendor>Squishyfamily</vendor>
    <author>Squishy</author>
    <mode>4 channel</mode>
    <comment>u cute</comment>
  </information>
  <functions>
      <position>
      <pan name="forward" dmxchannel="0">
        <range range="360"/>
      </pan>
      <tilt name="up" dmxchannel="1">
        <range range="360"/>
      </tilt>
    </position>
    <zoom name="size" dmxchannel="2" defaultval="0">
      <range mindmx="0" maxdmx="255" minval="0" maxval="200" type="linear"/>
    </zoom>
    <iris name="shape" dmxchannel="3" defaultval="50">
      <range mindmx="0" maxdmx="255" minval="1" maxval="100"/>
    </iris>
  </functions>
</device>

Custom fixture 2, leaves around the stage

Address 0 (3.444): Forward/backwards adjustment 0-255
Address 1 (3.445): Down/up/tilt 0-127 cotrols height, from 128-255 it transitions into a tilted mode

My fixture profile: (dmxcontrol 3)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<device type="DMXDevice" dmxaddresscount="2" dmxcversion="3" ddfversion="0.1">
  <information>
    <model>Aura Grove 2</model>
    <vendor>Squishyfamily</vendor>
    <author>Squishy</author>
    <mode>2 channel</mode>
    <comment>u cute</comment>
  </information>
  <functions>
      <position>
      <pan name="inout" dmxchannel="0">
        <range range="360"/>
      </pan>
      <tilt name="updn" dmxchannel="1">
        <range range="360"/>
      </tilt>
    </position>
  </functions>
</device>

Custom fixture 3, fireworks!

Address 0 (3.512): Fireworks amount and intensity
0-50 : Off
50-255 : Intensity

Do you want to help out? We’re collaborating in the discord!

Vrchat Link:

Aura Grove