#vrchat-general-2
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MIDI SUPPORT YES
meh
BLESSED BE YOU, BASED DEVS
OSC too, so you can set up a button to be pressed on your phone.. and affect your world

what are these safety and security fixes, what is the point of patch notes when you only get to read the cover

If you're clever I'm sure you could set up Alexa/Google Home to interact with VRChat 🙃
Lol Tupper what did you said about 'buttons' again? =D
oh my
They're purposely left vague Elen.
Now only to find enough hours to do that
am still waiting for the bandwidth usage to be fixed so i can speak, hear and download avatars again
"Bandwidth usage"?
right let me explain tupper
That's almost always due to your home connection-- our servers have been pretty stable and haven't had issues
Isn't there a thing about that, something about bad routing to aws or something
Yeah, there's not much we can do about shoddy routing. :S
what sort of things can you do with this midi support? i have a midi keyboard
Probably play the piano
yes 
before the update of adding the fancy cameras and such i was able to speak, hear and download avatars all at the same time with my crappy 3.15Mb/s download (300kbs)
You can create a MIDI keyboard in your world. So you could play instruments, tell objects to go visible/invisible, etc.
or imagine secret funktions which are hidden in midi triggers
that's very useful for musicians actually
but when the update came for the cameras and such it's no longer possible
3Mb is plenty
Unfortunately our minimum specs require a "broadband internet connection" which is typically used to refer to connections of >= 25Mbit
3Mbit will present some.. issues
The camera update didn't really do much that increased bandwidth usage.
it decreased fps though. 😉 (Which got fixed)
well if you watch a stream and do something else
@wide quail i only use vrchat 🤷🏻
well if the camera update did apparently nothing i can refer you to some of my friends that will tell you other wise as i was like i said able to speak, hear and download avatars all at the same time at the cost of positional updates
What I want is single avatar downloading but that would be pretty low on the board to-do.
that's another thing, if ONE avatar is downloading in a small room i lose connection which was never an issue
complaining here is going to achieve nothing. If you are below the minimum specs the devs aren't going to support you
you should give an option to select the uspeak bitrate for lower connections at best
tidus if i dont complain then no one will know my issue, instead of hiding in a hole about it
Elen, have you tried contacting support@vrchat.com?
Also when will we will be able to connect our VRC worlds and website with IFTTT :^)
but doing it here isn't going to do anything. Thats why they have the canny
Oclac, I'm pretty sure with a OSC companion app of some kind you could probably do IFTTT right now
VRChat plus IFTTT would be pretty neat
24k is low, but could be halfed, for really extrem cases, better having a cringy sound than nothing? on demand of course
PLAYMAKER WHEN TUPPER

Now you say it, IFTTT has options to connect OSC products so it can really work
Ow boy
@fresh tiger SOON (TM)
i have not, no, but more than likely you wont be able to do anything for me as my internet provider are, excuse my language "fucking arseholes" 3.15Mb down and 0.35Mb up... please end me
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
yup, not much the devs can do about shitty internet
TUPPER TELL US HE'S WRONG
They're doing more advanced Triggers.
the exchange is 3miles away and the cable is good for 2miles and farmers like to dig where the cable is layed
Why do farmers even still farm
trying to play an online game with less than 1 mb upload speed is asking for a bad time
Can someone mute this guy^? TY
@fresh tiger Chill a bit, ty
i live in scotland btw
in the middle of the country heh
He probably wont reply but it's not, I swear my useless VRChat account on it.
but i will write and email about my issue so lets see what happens
I mean, you can write them, but don't expect much. Minimum specs exist for a reason
True Tidus, but you know, it's also a forward thinking, it force you to optimize and squizz and use every trick to maybe in the futur make it work on your fridge, you smart watch etc, so much potential (nah i don't beleive what i just said)
what
it takes me 1hour to 1GB
KB/s? r u srs?
Now lets see how hard it would be to make an ismple IFTTT for VRC 
yes tidus
Who needs to finish up there school exam projects anyway
So these new midi updates
that is how SHITTY BT broadband is
do they allow note velocity and stuff to pass through or is it just on and off?
there was a time when the cable was not connected it had been cut but was still touching somehow still worked
in 6 places
I honestly don't see how you are expecting a decent online gaming experience with those speeds
oh i kick ass online
i have learned to adapt to lag
insert bane meme here
min spec for Battlefield games is less than my internet
because BF doesn't download stuff all the time
you're only transferring positional and ability data
true
I know you're not U.S., but FCC defines minimum broadband speeds as 4Mb/s and 1Mb/s upload
i wish i had that
i wish i had 700KBs download cause it would double my speed
i would happly accept donated internet speeds if it were possible
I feel privileged with my FTTH
better internet than 99% of <insert any country here>
yea guys if you ever feel like your internet speed is too slow just remember my internet speed and feel lucky for what you have
@floral aspen Actually the definition changed a few years ago. 25Mbit is considered broadband.
Actually yeah, mid-range DSL is around 3Mbit 😃
damn
and DSL is glorified dial-up, to ditch a ton of technicalities
this is where I got the info from
see what is actually funny there is fiber optic south of me a mile away
Gaming is considered "moderate use", which is 12-25Mbit
and they cant section it off
These numbers are rough guidelines
"apparently" in 2020 the UK is getting a minimum of 10Mb up and down
i highly doubt it
anyways time to write this email
Uk in 2020 :^)
Yes they will at least if the want the EU funds ;)
Used to play with 200kb/s for several years, now I have 200/100mbs. Feels incredible.
nothing compared to the people who get 900 on up&down. 😩
the city I lived in before I moved had 1Gb/s internet
I'm just glad I don't have to leave my pc on overnight to patch games anymore 😭
i could have gigabit... could beeing i would need a shit ton of money 
hi i run a gaming-focussed ISP in aus, i promise one household doesn't push anywhere close to 12mbps for gaming traffic. downloads? sureeee. but if we only really see 400mbps of real traffic on peak for 75-100k-ish players on every game server you can think of...
numbers don't match up mr. pai
Pai wasn't chairman at the time FCC established those standards, TBF
keep in mind that "gaming" nowadays also includes downloading lots of content
thanks to Steam and etc
yeah
that's actually reasonable but my problem is NBNCo in aus is pushing the same bs
@safe prism go to sleep. 😉
also keep in mind that the people who made those standards are probably hella old and out of touch
i'm american i'm not sleepy
For some reason I already did the update but now I can't see anyone in a world at all. Is there something I'm missing?
i've got 1000/35 and my network idles at like 10-15mbit usage
wait what, it IDLES at 10-15?
damn, whats your ISP Tupper?
comcast 
They need to update too @open oriole
😦
What do you mean
There's Muncip fiber within like 4 blocks of my house but im just a bit too far
@open oriole you're up to date, they are not, you will not see them until they do
Hmm... okay...
But I went into a public world I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who did the update
But I'll check again
Download: ~180 Mbps
Upload: ~20 Mbps
At normal usage within the house
Welcome to Dutch internet providers
Nvm I got it
@lilac swan still doing that haha i want to download the new deus ex game i bought but its gonna take 6 nighttime downloads haha
Seriously guys add an ingame messaging "god mod" for admins telling everyone to update ;), it's getting old
They can message everyone
cool but did they ^^
did i mention that there are parts of scotland that dont even have internet cables down
I said can.
that's how shit our providers are
yes i got that ;)
also alt f4 still crashes the game and not closing it
Got a friend in Scotland who unfortunately has to deal with that aswell
haha
I lived in rural Texas for most of my life. No cable out there. Had to deal with shitty satellite internet
no it wouldn't. The latency would kill you
you'll get 400ms to everything
welp
you think you're laggy now? Satellite is worse
one of the major links between west aus to southeast asia and slightly beyond gets cut by accident every 3 months :^)
gaming was not possible for me on satellite internet
i think i'd travel to the nasa station and borrow their internet for 5mins to update everything and leave lol they got like 90Gbits + there
wont help
i could probably annoy everyone even more here
90Gbits to their own servers. 😉
no download server will give you that bandwith 
my set up is entirely wireless
hahaha
keyboard, mouse and wifi
and i can still outplay other people haha
get a 100g bilat with google and amazon and then you can download everything at 90gbps sure :^)
bilat?
ohhh
my avatar is taking soooooooo long to upload
and then you realize that half of the global bandwidht is used for P and spam, way to go Humans =P
logging on into vrchat, a notification greets me with
You have access to your custom world thing.
what does that mean
That you now cna upload worlds and avatars
VRchat does randomly what i was hoping for Guildwars2 to do for like 3 years. I might have to pay a visit to the piano world now
who needs midi when you can emulate keypresses anyway 
it's more for VR users i'd assume
how so 😄
in both cases i play on my midi keyboard
only thing that propably will change is a better inputt response
yes, for example the piano simulation world
additionally to keyboard hook's it can now also implement the midi thing
but a lot of keyboard players have already played with a midi keyboard using a translation programm turning the midi messages into keyboard key presses 😄
a midi message?
Live shows will be bit more interesting I bet
i dont think that piano it self is benefiting most from it
but rather objects and other stuff
like a light slider, or even full controll for a light show
imagine a world actually implementing a DJ deck
i wonder how getting a midi keyboard works
?
Midi keyboards are legit keyboards with an usb plug
or midi outputs
You just get a program and tada you cna read what is being pressed
and you use a interface to translate it to a usb midi device
Could also use OSC and just use a phone/tablet
a midi message has a very big advantage over normal keyboad key events tho, and that is a velocity value
its not just 0/1 but a lot more states
does vrchat accept the velocity component?
touch sensitivity is just one thing it can be used for
but knobs or faders are the other thing it can be used for
which would add a really nice controll surface
alright I cant tkae this
for example for meeting / podcast worlds
im headed home early to paruse through this update
so like, are these security fixes substantial? i get that's a broad question but i'm hoping that we'll see less theft
"Many safety and security fixes have been implemented" from the patch notes. Since they specifically used the word "many" I would assume so.
How long do I have to wait to publish a model?
Being allowed to upload is based on reaching a certain trust score which's exact algorithm is unknown to prevent exploitation.
You presumably need to play the game in a normal manner, walking around, meeting people and also makeing some friends. Idling wont help.
According to many responses in this discord the typical time it takes seems to be between 20-40 hours but big exceptions are possible.
Make sure you are not logged in to your steam account by accident and play the game until you get a notification or e-mail.
http://help.vrchat.com/knowledge_base/topics/why-cant-i-upload-avatars-or-worlds-yet
Kinda sucks cause I have 200 Avatars and am sick of filling my account with them just to add to my world.
😭
Alright thank you, yeah I was logged into steam for a long time, and I've been wanting to know how to make models, and i made one and I haven't been able to upload it! Thanks a lot1
Yeah avatar folders would by nice, or at least a favorites menu. world owners have it hard 😛
why do people have so many of them
do you even play as them or just let them rott after initial creation?
it's nice to have a hand full to chose from
Oh hey Steam released the beta for the new chat.. and look who's in the top of the friends list playing their favorite game https://steamcommunity.com/updates/chatupdate (mouseover favorites)
but when i hear of people, having 50+ avatars... (Not including avatar world makers)
hundreds of players use my avatars daily. So they are being used. Secondly I do switch to a good amount of avatars as I get requested to show off my stuff. I'm kind of known for a lot of my avatars on top of being a world creator.
Right now I'm working on making an avatar with a built in character creation that lets you change between hairs styles etc on a single avatar.

Every example has them 
What I do is reupload my main avatar to shove it to the front of the list for easy access
i'd just kill for 4 rows and ability to hide the defaults or something. 😦
or a private tab and public tab
so ones i have set as private can aka personal ones can be scrolled easier
Folders would be nice
Folders would require information such as a text file stored on PC or database to remember what's in it.
Well its probably just some list of keys already. a json list would not be a huge difference
If that was possible and they let us have a world that could generate a text document/file that stores data man that'd be great. Imagine a home world like the default VRCHome that let you move furniture or toggle different wallpapers. The document would load when you spawn setting it how you want.
can't you already do programming like that?
As in make scripts that VRC has whitelist that allow it? Don't think so.
When they mentioned home is like an apartment I was thinking of it having like a bathroom with a tub and shower lol
best i can think of is
object and world sync so when you load in. you can flip a few switches on the wall to set your room up how you like it each time. And then people loading in see the set up
@royal pond well, set your home to a map that hast thoose 
@ruby needle I was gonna make one actually haha
👌 
hey guys
hello
So,I was locked from uploading content and taking avatars from private worlds. I've not been kicked from any world, blocked by anyone or reported by anyone I spend time with or know. So what exactly happened?
probably had an avatar with too many polys
nope
shrug
at least u aren't temp banned/ip temp banned by a hacker
I have a papryus that lets me know when someone tries to modify my files
wait does the content lock now also prevent you to take avatars from a private world's pedestral?
I don't even know you.
Yeah cool, I've never seen or met you, so you could be lying.
@ruby needle just means if someone makes something private only they can see that stuff
Um
Preoblem with your statement is, I stick to friends+ worlds
and none of my friends have blocked me
Or arte you saying the system is flawed
and random blocks count
you can block ppl from anywhere if you look em up
Ok?
So you're saying VRChat can punish you
if people just block you for no reason

people do that
not is a single person does it no
the routine isn't that stupid cus a random block here and there just happens for some
those deus vult people block most lolis
Well then VRChat needs to come up with a better system, this one is ripe with abuse and broken.
I don't use Loli avatars...
as long as people dont have VR crashers or flashbangs, I leave them alone
So uploading for other people is bannable?
im still confusion on this topic
unless its just frowned upon or something
frowned upon due to security risks
but I have had people upload for me, albiet i know them outside vrchat and changed passwords after they used it
but still frowned upon nonetheless
Logging in someone else's account flags you as alts of each other. if one gets banned both will be banned. so its a very bad idea.
If you do comissions, send them the unity package and let them upload it themselves.
@languid beacon What if i have 200$ worth of assets i dont want people having?
Don't send it to them?
Keep em in a drive or dropbox
You can export your own custum unity package having only what they need.
Il just wait for this gifting thing
Although im not sure how the gifting would work if you pay someone
i could just send it and never get my money
that may not be for assets or the works
putting items into a unity package works better
Well it's the same risk as always, no?
no
especially online
I wouldn't even upload anything till they pay you for your work
I let them play with it and find stuff they dislike before i take payment
newer models arent like that tho
Comissioner should he paid before delivery in my book. I've always both paid first and asked to be paid first.
I guess il do that instead
and do fixes if there asked
i have trouble with the idea of sending a package that can be sent to anyone else
i sell em for like 200$ and dont want it being sent for free to other people
well in most cases after they pay for it, the files are technically theirs per ownership
or use paypal's services fee so they cancel the transaction and eat the fee for them
so they'd be free to share after they buy it off you
That would be like saying someone buys a game from gamestop but gamestop says they can't let a friend play the game
I would have to charge more
i have 50$ + of shaders on a model
it just doesnt make sense to me
full body custom models go for about 300. Going any higher and you'd lose business
still though, once the avatar is made and the transaction is finished, they'd be able to share it if they want
Sounds kinda fishy
I know there is an avatar thats got hearts and music to it thats spreading around
300 is on the cheap side depending on quality
that was someone's custom avatar
That's why, if you wanna counter it, you put up commissions on a public avatar lobby or something
Id rather be frowned upon , the likely hood of me being banned isnt to high because i dont hack
Well if they pay for a comission they can do what they want with it right? it's theirs
they payed for a model
not my assets
it would be way more expensive to give them everything
aye, your assets you keep to yourself
I guess I don't understand what you mean by assets.
but the model itself would be free to share
her shaders, bone presets, hair, eyes, fingernails, clothes
etc
swords would be questionable unless you made them yourself
but most people who make swords have their name on em
Yeah I'm not seeing the separation. In my mind, that's all part of the model you are giving them, so you should ether charge more, or not include them.
And make sure you only use purchased assets that you have a licence to distribute & profit from
oorrr, I have noticed. people tags on commissions, like "made by" or "made for ,by, "
That wouldnt be a bad idea
some people even use the avatar pictures to do it
"avatar created by - for -, if anyone else is seen using it please report"
so in this case it would be "Avatar created by Whiisper for Mama Mercy, if anyone else is seen using it please report"
Soooooo apparently ppl have no music/sound in clubs e.o its not only me. What happens 😮
*happend
that would work but if sent them a project
they could easily remove it no?
i do trust the people i upload to
so i guess its okay
If you give people the project, they can essentially do whatever they want with it
They can remove any watermark you put on
They could also add crashes and i get all the blame
isnt this the opposite of solving a problem?
this is super risky buisness now
why would they even add this
case 1 you made the model from scratch then you remain the only owner of the right, unless you say so and people basically pay for the right to use it. Case 2 You make some modifications on someone else property without permission and make money from it then you are in trouble. @silent wolf
If its a model that says it can be used for vrc
"p
i change it dramatically so its fine
it goes from regular girl to full on demon mode
we good
if the creator say you can make modification and use it in vrchat, then and only then it is fine
making modification without the express authorizations is not ok, from a law pov i mean
fair use and intellectual property is not something to play with, it could cost you a ton of money at the end.
I dont really know how they could find out
so uh
good luck
and the models arent even visually the same so telling the models apart is impossible
People arent gonna buy models from me just to tell a deviant art creator i used his 1 hour project model
they use mmd so its not considered there work either and they arent aloud to sell it
you never know
I could just say i created a model exactly the same using mmd
there isnt any copyright on there stuff
Il be fine Kane
😃
If there is a download i can do anything there rules dont mean anything its just for themselves to feel better
Deviant art and mmd dont state anything that they say is true
no copyright doesn t mean no property right
your choice i guess
You can go in vrchat and complain to alot of players
i change models
people just upload them
most rules say re distriution is fine if its changed
it's not fine
you don't know that
lol
you can educate whoever you
you have no idea what my models even are and if there aloud in vrchat or not
so what does it matter to me
if you catch me in game come talk with me and then we can actually have a discussion about something that matters for now it doesnt.
just remember that someone at least took the time to tell you the risks, for the rest it's up to you. For a real creator you're a case of easy money, 1 lawsuit 1 juicy pack of free money
Ive heard these risk along time ago
lawsuites are not easy though
And you often dont gain any more from it
Deviant art creators wouldnt file a lawsuit its to much work
and if you get money-- you still need to pay your lawyer and shit 😂
lawsuits require money for both parties involved..... that's why not everybody does them
in most places private use isn't even illegal without permission
and for a good reason, it's literally impossible to prosecute more often than not anyway
You also need to have lost something to sue...
Cant sue for emotional damage~
oof
@rapid heath depend where you live, here it's free for these small cases - @umbral reef depend where you live too. Not true in EU.
Still, you do not have damages
Need to find the information
Have taken legal action before towards the user using it
(Via certified and signing mail)
And cant even sue over the country borders so...
Its as useless as it can be the small claims court for internet things
intellectual property and prejudice you should google that Oclac.
Just because you can sue for something does not mean its a proper reason to do
But if you make something you have an insta free copyright onto it
If you want to sue with that copyright... Well goodluck its hard to gain money
the reason doesn't matter, your rights do
You need to sign it up first and have it be cofirmed and everything to get any cash really
Yea--
Say that to the normal joe trying to sue an ISP or Apple for fucking them over
Or that poor person being bullied legally by a rich cuck
And legal things are a god awefull pain when it comes to going over country borders
Kane you ever wonder why no one has heard of any lawsuits as a direct result of content used in VRChat? Its because 1. Its a legal gray zone that isn't easily enforced, and 2. Its not worth the trouble of a lawsuit because the damages you'd receive (if you can even prove that there are damages) would be negligible
ppl would spam the shit out of that stuff to hold back more relevant proceedings
@umbral reef depend where you live maybe, here it's just a question of filling 1 page worth of paper and you're set.
Im all for rights of creators and there are plenty of laws that protect when it comes to websites (contacting the website owner to even getting it taken down by there host...)
But within VRC its a grey zone and you dont obtain damages
^
And again--
Just because you can and that its an option does not mean its practical able to be done
You'd have to actually prove in court that there was damages against you. Good luck actually proving it
I been in the shoes before where i was legally right but could not do shit 
VRC devs are asking you not to do it because when one of your customers gets hit with a 4 year ban, so will you, and when you tell them what happened, what are they going to say? If they let you back in, that's the same excuse every hacker will use.
no it's not a grey zone in VRChat, they are quite clear about that, one complaint and your avatar is shut down
Really?
yes
its a legal gray zone
Id love to see any time that the VRC team took down an avatar because of legal reasons
as would I
ask an admin or a mod
I aint pining them LUL
yeah, let me just ping a mod for some petty shit
The staff themself wont comment on shit like that and big odds would not even know if they are within this discord
And the chat mods do not handle VRC game things most of the time
it's in compliance with the laws...why would they if not for that...
To be fair--
It would be just a remove, wait 20 seconds, reupload kinda thing
Um. The devs are here. They run the discord... they've commented in this channel.. they are the red names. Two are reading this.
but yes, up to you guys ;) , i do my models from scratch so, not a personal issue for me
Adeon check how much i talk within this discord--
I know that.. But mentioning them for pitty things like this is a dumb thing to do
You should only mention them for big proper emergencies
Like there servers being on fire
if we were to ping them for this, they'd just tell us not to ping them for this kind of stuff
And then really on fire as IRL
there is patents on stupid stuff like the loops sonic run trough
oh yes i just thought they were saying this is some fan discord
so if you make something like that simmilarly like you
yourself*
you can still be fucked
at least in your world
👀
but ey throw in a passive agressive smiley
:)
oh no, IP business shenanigans
see the thing is, I've seen several sonic worlds ripped straight from the games. Nothing has happened because the devs aren't here to enforce the law. If the companies want to they can file a cease and desist, but they aren't going to file a lawsuit because it isn't worth it. And VRChat is a small community so big companies won't even see it
worrying over IP stuff is pointless
also i doubt a random mmd model maker could fill a lawsuit for something they put up for free download
VRC aint legally responsible for the stuff ya upload
Atleast with the avatars it is super clear as you even mark the stuff you upload as yours
shit, I have to worry about that kind of stuff for my project.
why is that Pr2?
at best they would tell you to shut it down
you really think they'd fill a lawsuit on you?
they would end up losing money
Just because you can download something for free does not mean it is unlicenced and you can do as you please.
look at all the fan games that get shut down. Companies file a cease and desist letter, they don't go straight for the lawsuit because they know they wouldn't get anything out of it
@languid beacon just because you ripped assets off of other models and put them into one doesnt mean you can sue other people for using it
Big odds you even get thrown out of court if you did not submit a Cease and desists first
@jaunty apex of course yes
European and American lawyers do not like it if you just want to grab money instead of applying your rights so~
well thats the case for every mmd model
lol, mmd models
@jaunty apex but you also don't know the licence of the content you ripped, while they cannot sue you, you don't have the right to use it, either.
Not to mention like I said before, you would have to prove legally that there were monetary damages incurred against you. No one is selling these assets and making money off of them and them being used in VRChat isn't going to interfere with sales so a case like this stands a good chance at getting thrown out
funny because most of the assets are ripped off of other games
@Tidus big games companies put their popularity in the balance too, will enforcing the removal of x asset from the game make them a bad name etc... . For an Indie creator or an Artist it's a question of survival, not exactly the same.
most mmd model makers dont actually do anything
they rip stuff and claim it as their own
so they can't use the "you have no right to use this"
i know
japan is serious when it comes to IP
And do they get reallly bad pr for it? Not really... Because if you talk to much shit they just cut you out
@jaunty apex They can most certainly can say it, and it's true, you don't have the right to use it. They just have no grounds to stop you, because it's not theirs either.
i mean look at Vrchat and people crying because the bad hacker STOLL their avatars, how funny is that, not even theirs in the first place.
^
Gotten shit for using other peeps there things
Gave out shit for peeps using my things
Was powerless against peeps using my things
And for VRC avatar
Used an model that could be allowed for it
Fixed up parts of the model and added my selfmade animations with self made objects to it
Also got that nicked so i also know how that feels~
everything i make is either made by me or WTFPL'd and given out WTFPL'd.
meh, im the type of person that makes something and then releases it publically
Kane whatever you are talking about doesnt make any sense
People put 30+ hours into an avatar its there avatar
its like saying using unity assets to make a game doesnt count as a real game
asset flipping :<
same would apply for modelers who use parts of other models and use a program to make models
they aren't sculpting anything its all base models
actually the stupidest person ive ever heard talk in this discord
I model crap all the time, dont care if someone rips it.
sure Pr2Hack if you have no problem with your creation that's more than ok
but some do care and depending where you live there is laws to protect them, which is ok too.
Copyright laws apply towards the server it being hosted on btw--
Or atleast practical copyright law
No laws for me dont give a fuk
True Oclac
this was not supposed to be a drama talk btw, was just to inform some folks and i quote ' who don't give a fuck'
i think the argument here is weither or not assembling an avatar out of other people's individiual parts constitutes diritive work or not. I don't believe it does, but I don't know how the law works. If it does, there are specific laws and expections for things that are considered diritive works
In some cases, the dirivitive work can be copyrighted individually, by it's assembler, separate from any if it's sources. It's theirs.
Do chimera'd MMD avatars count? I have no idea.
To simplify it and in the case of Whiisper he is making money out of it. If it was just for a personal use it could be in the area you defined. But when money is involved, it's not anymore. (btw sorry for the typos, my phone is making me bleed)
Depends on the licenses for the individual parts. A lot of MMD parts are license-free or use Creative Commons or etc.
I come from another game I won't mention here where every user-generated item comes with licences detailing rules for distribution, modification, and duplication. Assembled content had the strictest licence of all it's assembled parts, ie, you could not distribute something you made unless every component was distributable, etc.
Both are still legal grey area's for most of the mmd things 
Always follow the license and if possible contact the author and ask permission for use in VRChat. They're usually happy to respond.
What adeon said is most often the normal norm for dealing with these things though
when there is no profit.
So guys Tupper is here, i thought you had some questions for him, Oclac?
Hi Tupper thanks for making VRChat. That is all o/
VRChat got 3 of my friends to get headsets
I didn't make VRChat 
Please tupper we all know you build all the AI devs and other VRC people so it looks like you are not the only person working on it 
can anyone @ me, i curious, what does clearing your cache for vrchat do?
Can i clone VRChat rename it, change the color code and make money out of it, please say yes Tupper :)
Can you do that with Blender? that's the true question to ask 🤔
:)
Best i can explain it without knowing anything about how the game uses the information really
Cache is just saved avatar information and world information. It saves it on your pc so you wont have to download it again and can load it in faster that way. It can break some loading things though because well-- Magic i guess?
FIX IT TUPPER!
If you delete your cache, things will take longer to load the first time you see each thing, because it has to DL it instead of load from your cache. I don't know what is cached to disc and what is just stored in memory, but what I've said is general enough that I could be talking about any game right now.
Also- VRC does not clear there cached things
It might be worth to clear the folder once every few months
it doesnt matter to me about downloading em again. i download maps pretty quickly. but it makes sense to clear it if i dont even visit old maps that i have been to like months ago
Well it also does not remove old map versions 👀
Oh boy! Woke up in the middle of the night again :D! I wonder what weird shit will I say!
if you have a super slow HHD, downloading can be faster than loading from cache >_>
In an ideal world every update should trigger an automated cache cleaning, based on what i've seen so far.
Cant be more odd then the average new chatter in here 👀
you've been there
Do I count as a average new chatter even though I've been here for 1 month?
I lost track how long ive joined
How dare you?!
Same
D:
kind of stopped playing this game until playmaker is out along with a particle limiter for a safety feature.
well you'll be waiting a while then
Idk about playmaker, but the particle limiter might be a thing in the future
i keep hearing playmaker mentioned here. what is it?
I love that thing
ah, flowchart scripting. neat
i have not really looked into the scripting side of vrchat yet, it's just whitelisted scripts right? can't roll your own code?
you can't for obvious security reasons @languid beacon
yeah just curious how they got things like ctf working without programming
vrchat theirselves can upload whatever they want, including scripts
oh, soulless is back
hello person I wrote one sentence to
also there was a starfox world with a flying minigame and all
that was not dev made?
nope, that's just really clever tricks
gottcha. well i'm hype for user scripting then, hope they can find a safe way to allow it, i'd be all over that stuff
you should try shaders in the meantime, it's a fun place~
i'm not artisitically inclined unfourtunaltely
it's just math
i can just code
artistic parts are for when you figure out everything ehe
I wish I didn't have as much talent. Being a Renaissance Man is hard, you never know what your thing is.
what?
ok i laughed, gj
an inside joke, I suppose.
and he upvoted himself too?
There's some truth to it though.
I've never looked at GLSL. Shaders are cool, but i like making interactive stuff with logic and etc, I'm better at it small ugly games and stuff than making pretty things
Cough Cough
indeed
He is a very good content finder
Panic.
you can do that in VRC?
its just a shader ...
So... yes?
yes i guess
Afaik any shader works but some may be heavy on performance
experiment. I already figured out how to import mesh water simulations.
hot
Very little unless you pull off some tricks
@languid beacon could you make a .bat or an exe to recursivly cleaning the VRCHAT cache folder? (easy i know <+ sorry just a random idea worth working on - and a reminder for the dev XD )
Aren't some compute shaders basically killed by the camera change?
I'm not a dev
you could be
@lethal meteor you mean something like realtime water rendering?
nah, not realtime
I import from blender :<
but you probably were thinking of vertex displacement
why do you say simulations?
@thorny totem you can just delete the cache folder, VRC will create it over again.
thats what blender calls it
you simulate water physics in blender and then export the water mesh as an obj with animation ticked.
for every frame, an obj is created
@languid beacon i know, was just joke worth sharing
compute shaders were faked via cameras
we only have regular ol' fragment shaders and things that render to fragments
but friends-only unity cameras scuffed the compute things, tis why you never see the massive cloud of quad particles with attraction to the hand anymore
great i can't see any of my friends cause they didn't patch the game with the new 2mb update that happened 20 minutes ago >.>
did you shrare your password, use someone else's, or use a modified client?
I wish he'd have pinged everyone. I updated and now every single world I go to is empty and I can't play with anyone because nobody got alerted to the latest update -_-
i think you can but it wont let you connect to others
heh using a portal should kick off a live update
kick off?
start.
you mean during loading times?
no you will stay connected even with the outdated client
you wont be able to see or join anyone else
you can see anyone running same client versions as you
anyoen know if theres a comunity thing in Twitch for VRchat? x3
yes vrchat is popular on twitch
@languid beacon do you still have the version that wasnt updated?
RIP
Are username changes a thing yet?
Hey how do you make the VRChat loading screen the cool portal thing? :U
There's a tickbox in the settings for that. Look for it.
"Loading animation" or something like that.
ah i ment for the comunity thing
Thanks Ghoost!

Has anyone experienced any issues with private worlds since the latest update? My friend sent me several invites and each time I joined, the room was empty
@tranquil sequoia They or you haven't updated the game yet so you are sitting on different versions.
Yep, makes sense
"You'll know you're on the latest update when you see Build Number 568. You will not be able to see users that haven't updated yet."
seems like the most llikely scenario
You got it.
Hey guys
One of my friends has a public world, made public since a long time, but now it suddenly seemed to vanish off the face of vrchat
Anyone out there with a similar issue?
so can anyone help me figure out why everyone says my mic is so quiet? my mic level is turned all the way up, and my mic is super close to my face
Did anyone get midi keyboard to work?
normally how long does it take to fully upload something on unity?
@ebon jolt That question doesnt really have an answer
it depends on your hardware and the project file
big file = long
no i mean it wont let me build and publish but i verify it like 3 days ago for my account
so like i have to just have unity up for a period of time and one day it happen?
Then you dont have upload permissions yet
Is this a world you are uploading or an avatar?
avatar
Probably upload permissions then.
If it were a world i would say its broken lighting that keeps trying to bake
ive had a similar issue.
yes i no that is the problem i am asking for how long do i need to "enjoy unity"
been playing the game for months and fully got into avatar making
Normally it shouldnt take more than 5 minutes
so if its taking longer i would say your file isnt getting accepted
ive heard it could be due to the thumbnail image, try resetting that.
ok i mean it just seem i am wasting my time on something that i have to "enjoy" to upload
i have 150 up and 200 down
If you go into your vrc sdk settings from unity, what dose it say in that dialog box?
i mean i been on unity for like 3 hours now and i have to "enjoy it more"
lol
it shouldnt take 2 hours
^^^^
And i vrc doesn't count time spent in unity
Do activities in game so you get it faster
go pet waifus
No afk stuff
i guess i get my vr on then
which may or may not be traps
Umm dont go get pet waifus
Thats the safer route
Than its dubble gae
i normally have ppl make me models but i wanted to try
And we should move to #general-media
When going more in depth on a topic its better to move in that channel, than filling the main one
And the mods approve
if only they helped me and not a random who did their job cough
????
Its not thier job to give you free stuff
or do your chores
lol
and i dont think its right to feel validated to getting help
we do it cause we are nice
nah you good just saying
Well usually the conversation should start in the right channel such as #avatars-2-general #animation etc , if the channel topic isn't quite right you can ask in #vrchat-general-2
kisses @covert chasm gently on the forehead

reeee
haha
❤ tupper thx for the info
I think the ping is ok lol people overreact way too much to pings
Besides best to keep people in the loop
Just ping everyone it’s crucial
It's fun to react to Discord pings. I expect like 80% is just people using ping memes 
Anyone that doesn’t like it there’s a mute everyone
Can i take the time to just say that people get triggered for funny reasons
Yup they sure do lol
i get triggered when people dont ask before opening the door for me when i already reached for the handle.
facts
I can see why that would be annoying if your already reaching lol
yeet
I know a fix for that
Isolating yourself in your room, works every time
ew germs
I like your solution better actually
heh
Thank you phone auto correct
aight time to vrchat and touch traps
OwO
does anyone have the unitypackage for the NoeNoe toon shader? the host for it is down
Only in VRChat can you grope guys in their late 20s and not feel gay
need gaems
i do'd a did
🙏
yeet

also i love the idea of midi
what
Dod'nt
the noenoe shader file is down
Did a do'd
apparently
oh
gonna make a world where i can secretly open a door with meme midi
the download is down
oooh
for your shader
Maybe Mega? From my experience it's fairly fast

I might be able to just host it on vrcat
Can one download it without signing in then? From my experience with forums you need an account to click attachments or links lol
no idea, I'll ask the owners
Hey, I've been having connection problems for a month now. It's not my internet because everything else works fine, I'm able to run other online games perfectly fine. So what happens is I join a world and 5 min later it kicks me off back to my hub. Any fixes or tips? Sorry for being annoying, but I just can't find an answer ;w;
Have you cleaned the cache?
No, can you teach me teach me how. Sorry, I'm not very smart.
!cleancache
You can clean cache by deleting the vrchat folder within C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\LocalLow\VRChat
oooo
now i dont need to type it
sick
@vocal shard u da man
now i know this exists
Hey, gotta give back to communities that give me awesome people to chat with 
❤
Thank you ^w^
@covert chasm Any plans to re-introduce particle/detail/etc caps on avatars, but on the instance and/or world level, instead of global? Most instances with streamers degrade to lag fests within a couple minutes.
DONT PING TUPPER!!!!
hey hey its alright
we stated before the particle limiter will be back once we get it behaving, that's still the current state of things
I don't have more info at this time though ¯_(ツ)_/¯
REEEE oh wait Tupper said it's okay...
Willl it return as a option for an instance by instance basis, so those that want to go nuts still can?
Gotta point back to my "I don't have more info at this time" unfortunately
sorry D:
buuuuuuuuut that's a good idea.
All good, just knowing that that there is some sort of plan in the works gives me hope.
I got no idea :')
That is why im asking it without an example
Can the particle limiter just block the crash particle(s)?
Open question: anyone know if it is possible to bring a spotify or other playlist into the game pre-playmaker? Currently, dancing collabs are difficult due to audio latency issues between players, and world audio is the best option atm... except for getting the songs changed on a daily basis.
gotta love when you go into a world and find your avatar, thats stolen and in their world as a pedestal
what kind of avatar
@velvet totem Make a report via the moderation@vrchat.com email and get it removed 
Doesn't that only work if you can prove it was originally yours?
Still worth attempting
I guess
If the world gets like enough reports they might look into it more carefully 🤷
I can prove it, its really easy to prove
¯_(ツ)_/¯
I need to report, thank you
I'm just going to start etching my username into the texture atlas in a really small font
Evidence matter more than number of reports
^
you can't argue the evidence if my name is literally on the avatar
but most people put the little block in the head
which is easily removed
The better you make your case, presenting evidence and such, more likely action will or can be taken.
I requested a moderator, but im assuming everyones sleeping or too busy, reporting is the best option anyway ❤
⚒ double ban
Banhammer and bansicle?
Idk why I just thought of that
You haven't heard of the kicking boots? The Spakle Stun staff? The bansnipe bow? The down time fangs? And or the slapping gloves?
The sleeper manga?
I don't get the reference I think
Helton, lay off the coffee
It's clearly too much for you to handle
I want admin rights so I can eat the bad lolis. Then boom🤛 . No more bad lolis
What do you define as a bad loli? In my eyes, lolis can't be bad
^
eat?....
Think think eating the loli is the wrong approach
You haven't had enough coffee before your heartbeat becomes uneven and you get anxiety :3 but that requires basically chugging more than a liter of it
"Eat lolis" don't tempt me now
A liter is nothing
Chug it on an empty stomach 😛
Drip brewed coffee has about 600mg per liter, so that's a shame Bahka, you can't enjoy a good cup of coffee 😦
Why not eat the good lolis?
All fun and games drinking coffee, until you find that there's a little loli in your cup
Wah?
That reminds me of several pictures
Don't tell me I'm the only one
Sadly, you are. Which brand are you buying? I need to try it
Homebrewd from a local store :uwu:
Oh, damn
wow, the world my avatar was stolen and thrown into, is just a giant twitch plug. I hate people
You should report the world
And if you're lucky, the person on twitch has a video in which he steals an avatar or admits to doing it
Yeah, we can only hope so
Super random question:
Anyone know how to make working chairs on avatars?
It was possible once, but the code has been removed from the game client, so even if you have an avatar with a chair on it, you won't be able to use the chair in game :(
It will get added again sometime in the future
I rarely drink coffee or energy drinks, so I don't have any coffee to lay off of
:feelsBadMan:
Why lie
That doesn't work anymore
You need to ve restrained
I'm just telling the truth about myself, interpret it as you want
Would be really cool to have like a mech avatar, and peps could get in
I started today with a cold espresso drink, a meal, protein powder, and a glass of cola.
I ran out of energy drinks and didn't have time to drink any more coffee, sadly
Bahkas wants ppl inside him
D O N O T
Cold espresso mhh
PULLS OUT NANO—GUN I know this won't do harm! But I'll still point it at you!
It's some iced drink from the store, they were reduced in price by like 80% for some reason, so we bought a bunch
If they ever re-allow people to create sitting avatar you can make that a reality
Damn I wish I'd stumble upon something lile that
Ice cubes made out of milch?
I want a hat with a seat on it, I could even start a taxi service or something...
Here done drinks cost 1.50 euro plus min

Or the car avatars oh my
I meant cold, there isn't really ice in it by default, it could work though
Usually the same here, but these were about 0.5$ a piece
It's just cooled down
value
That's about the same price they sell cold drinks around here
35 cents per canned cold drink
4 decree fridge, not super cold, but compared to the temperature that coffee usually has, it's basically the "ice" version of coffee
Per 33cl soda can? Around the same here
Dry ice coffee 🤔
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