#vrchat-general-2
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Performance is performance
dynamic bone effects performance
Removing it would be dumb
With that logic we could have argued because we have a limit for particles they should be removed from all other limiters
even better, use the average performance score instead of lowest
Keep dynamic bones in the ranking system so that I can only show them for friends.
There’s a dynamic bone limiter, which I use. Blocking very poor avatars just because they attempted to use lots of dynamic balance is pointless to me
Bahka, what thing counts worse then what though? if everything is the same then its even more flawed then RN
Is the dynamic bone limiter per avatar, or for the whole area?
per avatar
Even better it’s per avatar and per animation frame
Ah that's fine then
wait what?
If you’re under the limit you’re fine if an animation put you over the limit they disable until you’re under the limit again
What do you feel is a fair max for a normal avatar?
Can we modify that limit? I forgot
We can modify the limit but it’s in a config file
@tacit plank Yeah, it's in the menu
Tbh what we got now... For public atleast
Because recently I saw an avatar with 3500 bones, 849 of which had a dynamic bone scripts. And 28 colliders lol
In client you can simply turn the limit on or off but you can’t modify the values
I'm just waiting for VRChat to decide on dropping custom name tag's tbh.
I thought you could, but maybe the value wasn't editable.
Let people earn vanity name plates.
Yeah it’s kind of hidden away but the toggle is in the client menus
Get em at events or something
Is there a json for it?
I love anything but the current use for nameplate colors
@languid beacon Does it show the number in the menu?
Yes
I just wanna have a red name plate
love anything but the current nameplate draw call
Ah, I must have assumed you could change it then
Polygon limit file was nice. I'm not sure if it even exists anymore though
The second they introduced the ranking system I was instantly ranked trusted
I like the nameplate icons, I just want to get rid of the friend icon showing even when the menu was closed their name plate is already yellow get rid of the icon
Those worlds I made paid off
They had the ranking system in place like a year before the colors were visible
I used to check it manually
Did you know trusted used to have the yellow border?
ah veterans, good times
Or veterans sorry thank you
Yeah yellow was veteran, I got that rank 1500 hours of playtime ago lol
Did you know veteran is still around the client just shows them as trusted
Please put in more, just to give me something to do
And when I showed at some friends they all pointed at my name and went "HOW?!!"
bruh how much do you play holy
Should have kept veteran tbh, made no sense in removing something because "it was the top rank and made people upset" That just makes the next one down the same thing imo.
Let me prestige and go back to visitor lmao
People got wayy to butthurt over the vet rank
the reason It was removed is it had no actual difference between trusted except bragging rights
Was a bit pointless tho, even more so then trusted
yoo wanna be new user again yes please
Probably insecure
Imagine that in real life lol. "Oh i'm mad at you because you play piano more than me, time to break your fingers"
And the dude like shows up at your house with like a baseball bat xD
creating an account
I would prefer it if you couldn’t give lower features to higher ranks
the stupid checkbox for the terms and conditions is unclickable
It had no difference in functionality at the time, but lets agree now that "trusted" people are not trustworthy at all
lul why adeon?
hey guys 🤠
OK that’s a pretty big bug
anyone else have the same issue?
:excellent:
:excellent:
i even opened the terms pages and scrolled all the way to the bottom, because i wondered if it was tracking that
Dang it no more nitro perk lol
What...what are you guys doing?
"Trusted" became too easy to get. Even veteran didn't take much
happy 4th of july
:/ so i just want to start playing but since it won't let me check the stupid box
awe man :/
Are you in VR or desktop Starco
desktop
lol
Well I've got like 50 hours, a bunch of friends and several avatars uploaded. I guess I need a few hundred more hours before I go from blue to something else?
So it doesn't have much of a meaning. Trusted users will probably become trustworthy again when the mods start moderating. Because getting to high ranks while breaking rules would become a challenge
Can anyone else reproduce the issue is is the first I’ve heard of someone not being able to check the TOS checkbox
Wait Star have you tried to maximize the window?
no. i'll try that
Also @hot sedgeco Could you print screen the box showing the checkbox that you can’t click
wait it was maxed already
Probably, yeah. But 50 hours is like a week of playing lol
Either way if this is true it definitely needs a bug report because you’re the first that’s actually come here saying so Most people probably just silently give up
You can in #user-support-old
game window? but i'm not in the game, i'm on the create account page
yeah
Which one are you using?
actually maybe the browser's the issue? i'm on chrome
Yeah it’s a browser
and dont use ad blocking software, some sites might behave in weird ways
However chrome works for me so that’s even more bizarre
i have been burned by ads in the past
Chrome does the strangest things to different users
not making an exception for vr chat
Their website doesn’t have ads but OK nice flex
Like sketchfab DIES in chrome but in opera it loads the site flawlessly
allow VRChat, refresh, accept ToS, disable it again
ok the page is taking forever to load
Give it time
thats because the ads are loading
Lmao
are there ads in-game
If that doesn't work just pop into another browser and try with that
also you can use a controller with this right
holy thats actually a really good idea
DON'T
thanks getting to work rn
time to make some moneyyy

Get back here!
Nnnnice
yes
Um start with the hub, and get used to the controls and menu system
When you're ready, there are quite a few worlds out there for you to explore.
um what app do i use to launch this
the vrchat app
You can choose a world to go to by opening the menu, choosing the Worlds tab and then pick your flavor!
do i download it on their website?
You use Steam? Because it's there as well.
you actually can't download it from their website anymore. Oculus Home, Steam, or Viveport are the only download sites now
after you get out the tutorial world join a world called "the great pug" to meet @inner cape
bruh
dammit. i actually hate steam
then don't use it, you have 3 options
I ditched the pug
huh wonder why they removed it
black cat is my best friend now
Ghost...are you sure...the pug didn't ditch YOU? @_@
X doubt
Black Cat is nice but kinda big
that's the whole point, mic
Black cat is too spread out.
gachiBass
The Black Cat isn't as big as the pug.
The only thing I like about black cat is I can throw axes at randoms trying to have a drink
vrchat is free right
People forget the pug is like 4 floors 😛
Yep
Yes, VRChat is free, ad-free, and unmonitized
Its more spread out is the thing.
Free so far.
it'll always be free. it might be possible to pay for things in the future.
pug has a lot of floors but they are small as hecc
oi
I just had an evil idea.
Create an avatar that has mirrored surfaces... BECOME THE MIRROR.
Good luck
Mirror scripts (actually, all scripts) are stripped away from avatars by both the uploader and clients 😛
too bad that does not really work anymore
Thank god 😄
i don't want a viveport account 😦
You can use a very reflective surface
HAHA get spammed !
Just stand there for like 5 minutes and when there are enough people, run off to the side while giggling
You dont need a viveport account
if you can manage to do a reflection as a shader on an avatar, it will work, but those can only be so good.
@snow wadi That's where all the VR guys have their GPU's screaming "I have to render it HOW MANY TIMES?!?"
Depends what kind of reflections
Render moar, you GPU twit!
mirror scripts are separate from and don't need reflection probes
@languid beacon Uhh not all, otherwise things like your avatar descriptor won't work. :P
ummm it's trying to make me use steam. how do i stop that
well, they are stripped out of your upload and replaced with their own sanitized copies
but yes you are right
i was talking about the reflective surface you could try to use for reflective mirror wannabe avatar
i keep meaning to try but have never gotten around to it, if you make a empty script called "Dynamic Bone" I wonder if the server will strip it out and replace it with the real one - even though you may not own it.
I'm unsure if they actually get uploaded, but the way it works is by name reference.
Cameras seem to work reliably as long as it's a private upload
So the answer to your question is yes
I've gotten third person working reliably but the avatar MUST be private or it breaks
It never uses what the avatar bundle provides, just the name.
so i can't get around linking steam to this?
oh was expecting it to do some other checks but guess that makes sense, it would be unnecessary
Yup Bahka.
why..
why do you not like steam?
Steam is not required to download or play the game, but Steam is required to download the Steam version.
oh you dont need steam to be linked, just use the account created on their page
I didn't think Viveport needed steam, but I've never touched the Viveport version
I know 100% for sure the Oculus Home version does not need Steam installed
Maybe you like Facebook more than Steam? 👼
wut
be careful what you answer
(this choice will impact your gameplay)
Steam <( )> Facebook
Oculus is owned by Facebook, was my joke
He seems very persistent on not wanting to install Steam so he's probably one of those types that hate Valve for some reason, so I figured, hey, try the Oculus Home version, no need to install a Valve Product. Just install a Facebook one. I'm being a smartass. And now I'm explaining a joke. Look what you've done to me.
tfw download oculus software just to play desktop vrc FeelsWeirdMan
how can i use oculus software on desktop? it says i have to have it...
you can
run it without a headset
you can play thr desktop version of vrc from the oculus software
I was only halfway joking though, as far as DRM clients go, Steam is way more lightweight than Oculus Home, lol
and steam vr crashes way more
oh wait thats not a positive
how do i run it? it just says purchased now
If you're running the desktop VRC version out of Oculus' software I don't believe the VR layer or Oculus Home runs at all.
yeah but Oculus Home version has some annoying bugs in desktop mode, it really wasn't made with desktop users in mind
By Oculus Home I specifically mean the Oculus Home home environment; do you just mean the launcher?
what bugs?
there's bugs with gestures
never noticed any
i forget what they are specifically
my gestures work just fine
inb4 doing finger gun on both hands crashes entire lobby
nah it's something like "hands always stuck as open hand on desktop version of oculus home"
maybe they fixed it
haven't had that
cool
or maybe never noticed, I don't have custom emotes set to open hand
i can use a controller with vr chat right?
@kindred pulsar I should warn you if you do plan to eventually get a headset, that if you get a HTC Vive or a Valve Index, using SteamVR is required for all games. If you get an Oculus, Steam is also required for most good games.
pc gaming without steam isn't really... a thing... for the last decade or so
steam is required for games 🤷
epic games store would like to know your location
I mean I knew someone who just by luck was only into Blizzard, Origin, and Uplay games, so they never had steam. but it seems so crazy to me.
no please don't take my unreal engine subscription no please nooooo

i don't understand why you all love steam
Steam is required for VR, basically
why do you dislike it?
why do you like it?
bruh
because we dont see what is so wrong about it
Because it provides a lot of free services, the alternatives lack loads of those things.
yes the chat function is kind of wonky, but the rest is ok
hes delusional, take him to the infirmary
three out of the 4 biggest headsets require Steam
is this an adequate explanation lol
That also, Steam has done a lot of awesome stuff for VR.
the one headset that doesn't require Steam is made by Facebook, and there are more anti-facebook people than anti-steam
now that we explained why we like it, could you explain why you dislike it?
um it says select right to continue
wha
I suppose it depends if they hate Valve in general, or just their Steam product. Would they use other Valve products, and just not Steam, etc
I don't meet many anti-valve people so I don't know where they stand on things like that
I am against some of there things but its more like me disliking google for being google while also praising loads of these shit
I mean, I hate Facebook. I've never made an account and never will. Oculus is my favorite headset. I have no problem using it and supporting them.
Well my facebook hate goes far enough that i wont use oculus stuff even
too comfy for me
I dont see them as two companies and more as one. I am forced to use Watsapp and thats it 🤷
but you have an oculus, oclac
I won't call off all flavors of pop-tarts because they make strawberry
🗿
I just won't buy strawberry
I dont ghosto
Meh not using a product because of the company but not the product quality or stuff itself is a pretty lame idea but that just me.
I got a vive as i vote with my money
wow strawberry man?
Man Screw strawberry
You indirectly promote there behavior unless it hurts there end line.
That is done by not using a product or not buying it.
it tastes like medicine
got oculus but that was before facebook, dont look at me
I've only recently got my Rift S; It is definitely a good starting point to get into VR... But I'll end up moving to Vive once Cosmos launches.
I can see individual pixels with the Rift S and it bugs me :< Stupid eyesight.
got DK2 before facebook, got CV1 after facebook
Yo, is there a way to change the controller scheme on vive? Gestures activate too easily with the default one.
I mean that basically what the other guy is like " I don't wanna use steam so I just won't play VRChat " which is kind of lame
am still gonna buy a quest as well
it says press right
There is vive advance setting
yikes don't know what pop tarts are those but if they taste like medicine, something is really wrong there
Cough medicine in snack form
vive controllers are jank, Index needs a revision. i do find lighthouse better technology, but Oculus wins in creature comforts
creature comforts
@vestal sleet Well only reason i do not use a company if there main focus is greed and they often break ethical human rules... So i still get to use most services. And else il go out of my way to still hurt there endline but blocking all data for example on me for a service.
the vive app doesn't show the store
Kitten VR... the worlds fluffiest VR headset
Meh it is up to you
Put it on the cat and watch it go
the vive controllers are and will always be jank, but now you can get index to replace em
I'd wear it and sneeze constantly and still use it
Index controller at having issues
And the fact that they take long time to ship if u order now zzzzz
the index controller will break into 7 peices if you almost look at directly while thinking negative thoughts
One thing I do like about Index headset - the front panel has an extension hidden beneath it... meaning people can mod the crap out of it... You could make it..... do stuff.
Is it that cheaply made?
the valve shipping center is on fire currently, so it make sense
It's been dropped from 3 feet on carpet and broken
damn
Just look up people comment on the thumb stick clicking issue aside from it built quality

I've banged my Rift S controllers into walls, computers, coats, doors, ceilings and pretty sure I hit a bird once
Not like I can get the index in Canada anyway, but I probably would still jump ship to index cuz wand suck ass
i've seen at least 4 different my controller broke into peices posts on reddit
people were so hyped for index, thought it would be the new era, new perfect vr
Ya that really scare me how fking broken the index is @languid beacon
I don't want to hate on Valve Index, I really want this headset, but man, am I glad I'm far back in the queue
The index tech is good , but the quality feel rushed
Index is good and probably the best headset to date but it has its disadvantages for sure.
they probably weren't using the protective case for them
F for our people who take one for the team and are early adopters
please stay in queue so I can get a later revision, thanks
Some people really complain about the Index controllers.
I am a rather careful person tho so I don't think I will break it
But I would get a revision one anyway *cough Canada plz *
F Lexz F Tiara
pls keep buying and funding VR so I can buy a better headset that comes after index in a few years
🗿
No joke, 100% serious, not trolling: All the negative reports of Valve Index have had me considering getting a Quest instead
more fov better
Why not go further - take Go instead?
Well specifically I want to get into making Quest content for VRC
Yeah I'm glad I didnt get the controllers yet.
oh my, vive wants me to get a payment plan
I routinely fixed any issues with my vive controllers by banging them on shit
xD
You can't even drop the index controller lol
can i get around this
Buy one on Amazon?
yeah, people keep saying "my index controller broke when i dropped it" how did you drop it
The quest is good but the computing power is kind of lame for a game as intensive as VR chat especially since people avatar are super unotipmized imo
just dont drop it 4Head
Things fall, people make mistakes, but there should be s certainl amount of structural integrity
They probably put their controller on something that wasn't a hand.
gachiBass
do you guys have to have a monthly plan to use vive
How do you drop a strapped controller...
I've NEVER dropped any controller and had it break
Well I was going to get a quest and use it as a wireless pcvr headset, i've heard reports the latency is really negligable
The thumb stick thing is inexcusable
@languid beacon Gotta use a sideload program for that though
Just buy the Vive and don't do a payment plan...
um i can't move forward on vive
Huh
i have oculus+vive hybrid tracking, i'm used to jank
well, thank you all for your feedback regarding the valve index controllers, ill report back to gaben
Does rift S work with lighthouses nearby?
🏃
ha
I didn't look into that but I heard good stuff about it (quest pc)
That would be an interesting kind of jank
Also it should
android sent by valve*
Rift S doesn't interfere with lighthouses
Lighthouse helps Rift S see in a dark room lol
Oh wicked; guess who's gonna drop half a thousand on stupid dongles and lighthouses.
The only reason oculus and lighthouse don't go well is because they both use IR channel
Oh that's nastaaaay
2.0 trackers are fine with oculus as long as they are kept about 5 cm away
which key is move forward? w just makes me move up
you may have a gamepad plugged in
Adeon can you DM me an image of a 2.0 tracker? Because I've no idea what either of those look like
sure
How does w go up?
oh thats a neat config
I like that setup lol
I hate shoes
The straps are stupid-expensive though
I 3d printed them
🅱osto is he one of your kind?
Some people got smart and bought book straps to use with the tracker xD
think not
ok, now steam has the game downloaded
Wait you just said you couldn't move forward
Cost me like 10$ to make
How did you move forward if the game JUST downloaded? o.o
dude its legit taking you so long to install a damn game on steam
he's not using steam
he just said steam has it downloaded
Rebuff reality had a two straps + hip stram bundle for vive trackers, i actually only use the hip one because i tied the feet trackers into my shoelaces.
Maybe he was looking at a wall and actually pressed S, thinking he's loooking at the floor and thought he's flying
bruh, wot
starco please report the progress
/json format would be appreciated
{steam:isbad {familiar-with-json:0}}
if (accessToPc == true) {
creativity.out.createMeme(this);
personal.joy++;
}

ah shit what did i start
6 minutes and I'll eject myself out of this building and sprint (at a walking pace) home... where I will put a plastic thing on my head and flail with my hands as the cat watches me in horror
ok i don't know the controls, how to i close the menu
This is all very confusing
I bet he's probably on an ipad
actually playing pokemon green
ok he is in the game, thats what matters
But which game?
:lul
inb4 hes playing recroom
These are the worst communication skills I've seen from anyone in a while
eh
how do i change my username
playing from a steam account? just change it on steam
here are the controls https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/keyboard-and-mouse
my steam username is different than my vr username
if you're playing from a vrchat account, how did you end up creating a name you want to change few minutes later
i'm on steam
(sorry, brain lag, fixed sentence, read again)
You can only change your name every 3 months...
Thankfully, this does not include creating an account.
i didn't even choose my name, i'm just named after my email...

I'm pretty sure that's your steam name.
does it have numbers after it?
The numbers aren't always visible fyi
dang
I feel bad cause I'm chuckling over this
It's only visible if the name is short
my guess is they are on a steam account. the'll need to merge their account and then they get to type a custom name.
But pointing at the person and checking their stats will show the numbers methinks
or create new account on the website and keep both :smart
you thinks right
ok now the game's not launching
wtf...
nvm it worked this time
_>;;;
This is a wild ride
give it some time
how come the search bar isn't clickable
oh my goood
lmao
this hurts on a physical level
it's not, lol
Patience is a virtue
also which search bar there are like a hundred
i'm serious, it's not clickable. the one in the menu
(obvious exaggeration)
I don't believe there's a cursor. you can just type
every time I think I'm patient and vrcd always proves me wrong
Haha, try being tech support for Second Life. You get this, only they are middle aged housewives who don't know anything about computer
you mean like the on on world search menu ?
or the log in one
the "menu" is too vague
I once was trying to help someone and slowly realized they were actually playing The Sims 2
the vrchat game menu
jeseus crice my log is filling up with errors
LUL
lol Adeon xD
Hahahahahahaha
ERR Log:
expected answer between: "log in" ; "search menu"
"vrchat game menu" not valid input
please check input for spelling mistakes and try again.
seriously is the search bar supposed to be just decoration
Could you print screen the search bar
once you click on the search bar it pops up a keyboard and you can start typing
but you dont have to use the on screen keyboard
just type
and make sure you click inside the search box, not corner or edge
lmao
5 seconds away from yeeting that boi to the moon
https://external-preview.redd.it/OZjFJpN99VLGUsVRgQN1Tp5-Fnv_c5rbz4b8RS9ErXI.gif?format=mp4&s=f90a7546ffa0be12566e555043acc9306a7935b9
dw RBMK reactors cant melt down
obligatory Chernobyl memes, forgive me
well you are in the game now, enjoy
there is a frog man following me
follow him back
both

how do i jump
space
ugh
it's not doing anything
he is in pug
What is the percent chance we're being trolled right now
waiting for you
hi
99.72
hi
i wish i was trolling
😃
ok now how do i find stuff to do
VRChat is better with friends, or aroudn other people who have VR
i was abot to say that its a troll when he mentioned the whole search thing
This is the most werid interaction I seen
does this server have one?
the search bar still doesn't work. i keep clicking on it
Nothing happens when you click the search bar. you should still be able to type into it after clicking on it. a cursor just doesn't appear
may i take your coat?
no
douh
🗿
how do i set up a gamepad to work with this
only the joysticks and start are integrated
xbox controller worked without any set up for me
@languid beacon We don't talk about the shame that was Second Life.
What are you expecting to do with the gamepad? You can't do much other than turn around and jump.
jumping doesn't work on it either
you can rotate and play around with pick up able's
y scrolling is super slow
and that smooth head turning is hilarious
VRChat is better in every way anyway
What's your VRChat name @kindred pulsar, I need to see this unfolding live
thx for the coat
you think i'm a troll though
fits like a glove

#61768 is the world i'm on
I think you got someone else's coat
not necessarily a troll, but never had this, uhhh, chain of events, before
Weird. Why did this channel just ping me?
uh does desktop have comfort turning enabled by default?
YO WTF
it actually does!
I just noticed the pfp
wait, comfort turning, no
hes playing with a controller, it is actually slow
Are we being trolled by Ghosto on a sockpuppet 🤔

alts arent allowed
wait
Wait. That's illegal!
nevermind I was confused and thought Scarco had ๖คҺқค's icon
i held a guitar and its glitching
To be fair this guy JUST installed Steam. They don't PC game
Alts not allowed? 🤔
in this case controller is better than keyboard, you can turn objects and stuff
is there a faster way to use emotes
@cold talon no
@cold talon I'm letting you enjoy my coat for now
This mouse I can be faster
😤
really comfy indeed
@kindred pulsar VRChat supports desktop, but it's not really made or polished for it. It's very limiting, and is mostly just there to get people in the door even though they can't do much without a VR headset.
I started on VR 😎
how do i get a good avatar
Make one urself newb
ow lord, we were only getting started
go to avatar worlds and find one you like. after you've been playing for a while, you'll be given the ability to upload your own, if you happen to be familiar with blender/unity
wow ok buddy o champ o pal who has vr
Huh?
"British Summer Time is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Time" Yeah... I don't see any of the VRChat events being something I can attend...
i found the water slide
that's how they always were, @faint skiff
Darn, when I started I never asked for help, I was a natural
um i'm not sliding on the waterslide
Most US players are currently spending time with their family on this national holiday sleeping
Put on my VR, when in vrc, And dabbed on everyone
almost all events are just NA/ SA circlejerk
Ur mom
We have absolutely no idea where you are
i told you the world number
Whoever finds this person first, I’ll give 5 bucks
probably the beachside house with the giant waterslides world
Must send sc
Wait is your icon really just Ghosto as a cat
prepare to give adeon 5$
61768 , as i said before
ye, made it now, i said im gonna take his coat, so i did
@languid beacon that's his cat with my coat
or rather, himself with my coat
We can't join you with a world number
he is the cat
I'm loving these tweets from Starco and hope they don't stop
I know where he is now lmao
that beach map
beach vrcd episode hecc yeah
I was wondering if they are gona add a Summer category in the World list im VRC.
but this isn't looking good tho
should boot up vrc to join em
I cant :^(
Send screenshot : 3
but setting up vr 💤
Just like Halloween and Christmas.
flying home 
Find this person, and I’ll give one dólar
just do /home
my clothes are glitching
you dropped from 5 to 1
scary waterslide ride
mine some bitcoin to get the rest
poor fag
Shut up I have VR
so do I
spent all money on vr smh
And full body
technically I do too
I would buy a quest but every store seems to be closed today
Do you hate seeing other people's avatars?
I have a rtx 2070
It's to stream the pc version wireless
i'm upside down
Ahh
wireless fullbody OP
nice bold and italic you have there
Yes
move in any direction to get up from the chair
quest + vive fullbody is cheaper than vive + fullbody + wireless
ƃuᴉʇɐɯɹoɟ lɐɯɹou ǝɔᴉu
I met a guy who hooks up his quest to his PC and can get a full PC vr experience
ok now what
yeah that's what i'mma do
what we need is the ability to run quest version of vrc on pc
the downside is no one will believe i'm on quest because i'll have a PC tag 😛
than anyone with even the shittiest pc could run it
only real downside is it still has battery time
It is not that unbelievable
I don't know, running bluestacks on windows is kind of intensive
I seen a few people who does that
the emulation of android alone is probably more overhead than the benfit of rendering a simpler enviornment
battery would be increased tho, as the pc is making the heavy lifting, quest just decodes and displays
What’s the point though?
yeah if I got a quest I'd get a battery pack for it
Wireless
yeah, wireless
ye that the issue emulating full android is expensive af
in full body, that hdmi cable is a real pain
Actually the downside would be inferior picture due to compression, battery life, latency and so forth...
Well, the quest is higher resolution, so, even with compression, it will still look comparable to rift classic anyway. maybe even better, still
If you go full on wireless than you've got alot of charging to do xD
I wish I have the wireless adopter for vive
feet trackers last 5 hours on a full charge. quest only lasts 2.5, but a battery pack can extend it to 10
I'm curious to know in reality (especially VRChat) how bad the black levels really look on the Quest/RiftS/Index vs the Vive/RiftCV1.
you're gonna become the battery man
how do i find people
with all these power banks strapped to every part of your body
Vive wireless need battery park regardless
I have a rift s, and the black levels aren't alarming as some people say.
Index's black levels are pretty much the same as CV1 with spud disabled in regedit
It has a decent black in dark area, not that dusty looking type.
due to your eyes adjusting, the blacks are better than CV1's mura >_>
Hmm, that's a little less worrying then. I really do like the empty black feeling of the OLEDs.
congrats on your good OLED, then. black levels are terrible on my rift.
Index has a god ray issue though
But your eyes would adjust to make the greys look worse as they become more sensitive in the pseudo darkness...
The Vive has black levels measured at 0.02 compared to 0.23 on the Index I think it was, quite a substantial difference.
My CV1 looks awful on default settings. had to disable spud (making perfect black as bright as my brightest pixel with spud on), and the result actually looks darker
I'm hoping the much better display (resolution, pixel arrangement, etc) is enough to offset that lack of black. The increased comfort should be a big bonus though. Wearing the Vive for 5 hours or more is... a little taxing (especially as it's one of the originals, before the 20% weight reduction).
so how do i find people to talk to
A lot of people coming from Vives say its really bad in comparison...
I've never tried a Rift so I don't have a reference point there.
they're better than some OLED headsets, put it that way
Index has a few issues but overall it's a nice headset, the price however needs to calm the heck down.
Rift's OLED's were inconsistent, they had spud calibration with bad panels, some had good black levels, some had terrible ones
Apparently the glare isn't as bad as the Vive and I don't really find it an annoyance on the Vive, so I can live with that.
have you used a LCD headset before?
The issue with the glare in the index is that, if you have a black screen and then white text shows up it has a bit of a crazy glow effect.
@languid beacon Nope, only the Vive
Ok if you've never used ANY LCD headset before it's hard to say if you'll like it or not. black levels aren't the issue, it's backlight bleed
@snow wadi Yeah, the Vive does that. Apparently it's not as bad in the Index by comparison though, so I don't think it'll worry me.
Well yeah, backlight bleed is the reason for the poor black levels...
bright objects have a glare effect
it's ignorable except in high contrast scenes
bright objects in a dark scene really glow, a lot
Also be careful, the front of the index cooks up real fast. Thankfully the heat does not reach your face.
My wmr has lcd, I dont have a problem with it tbh
I'd like to see someone heat check the Vive too, because that runs hot as well. See how that compares.
I had a lenovo explorer before the rift S, the display in that one was actually pretty ok.
i have not personally used a index however, i am just comparing Rift to DK1, which was LCD.
What I'm hearing is that they all have major issues and none of them are worth getting 😦
for what it's worth the reviews have had me hold off on index, but it had nothing to do with the screen.
The screen sounds perfectly fine, i wouldn't worry about the LCD screen or black levels at all
worry about the easy to break controllers
IIRC, there was a storm of "the controllers break so easily, look, mine are already broken!" posts when the Vive first came out too... (admittedly they didn't have thumbstick issues...)
The reason I went for the rift s was because I don't want base stations around my room, I also prefer being able to pack it up in one fell swoop when hopping between places.
Yeah there was a d still are
as someone who used a Rift for over a year now with Spud off, which is reportably has worse black levels than index, and can turn spud on anytime i want, which reportably has better black levels than index... the differences are negligable. blacks still look perfectly black as long as there's something not-black in the scene.
The difference seems to be the factthese were in literally everyone's hands a d these issues mentioned yet it's still happening
And to my surprise the batteries in the controllers are still the same ones since a week now, and it's still almost full. That's impressive.
Wmr batteries are terrible, I've changed em twice now after owning em for 2 days
touch controller batteries last about 2 weeks, assuming you play as much as i do
Also the crazy part? WMR takes 2 batteries per controller, Rift S touch controller takes ONE per controller.
Like wtf...
touch controllers Agressively go to sleep rather fast
Oh mine actually sleep and wake up real fast.
It's a smart technical design
With WMR, you leave the battery in there for just one hour that's it! Open compartments, chuck them out!
I prefer removable batteries as well, I don't like needing to wait to charge things. If i want rechargable batteries, I'll put them in. At least then I can instantly refill instead of waiting around to charge
^
that's the one reason I don't always use full body. i feel like i'm being timed while using feet trackers
And it's piss easy to replace the batteries, takes 10 seconds.
On the plus side, the Index controllers support quick-charge.
So you'd likely get enough for a session out of them in 5 minutes of charging.
I have 8 rechargeable batteries so I got my long sessions covered \o/
I'm lazy and I just buy a huge pack of single charge batteries
they have a shelf life of 20 years
Same here lol, I've had rechargables ready since the Wii era
I just plug my vive controllers in, they don't die til like 4am when I'm just chilling anyway
The adapter I have charges 4 batteries in 2 hours, and seeing the touch controllers stay for a long while without battery change that's a hell of a plus
@languid beacon Keep in mind the black levels I'm referring to are on the Vive with the pixels still on (to negate the smear issue). Weirdly enough I cannot find any reports anywhere of the Rift CV1s black levels, brightness, etc (other than 1 report that the Vive was 3 x brighter)
CV1 reports will always be sporadic as the headsets themselves are not consistent.
people have bought and returned CV1's 2-3 times to get one with good black levels
Yikes
at least with index, you're garunteed to get consistent black levels..
I mean that in multiple ways: every pixel will have the same black level
not so on rift...
Shame MVA panels aren't better at motion, I moved from IPS to MVA for my TV and desktop PC monitor and it's so much better. The black levels are fantastic.
my rift has a horizontal bar that has worse black levels than the rest of the screen
Oh god, that'd drive me insane in minutes. Luckily my Vive appears to be devoid of problems (other than weighing 20% more than the later ones...)
you can only see it dark scenes when spud is on
bright scenes, or turning spud off, it's silkky black due to it rasing every pixels' brightness to the worst pixel
and then your eyes adajust, and it looks perfectly black
really, i wouldn't worry about black levels
the only time they matter is when you have a fully black screen
and, what are you doing looking at a fully black screen
He's part of the dark side >_>
A lot of games are very dark, as in mostly black screen. As are a lot of VRChat words...
and they look fine on my rift, which has worse black levels than index x)
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I find it surprising that your OLED screen could possibly have worse black levels than an LCD. It only needs to keep the pixels one step above off to stop the smear, which shouldn't be bad at all, certainly not "grey" like many are reporting.
As I said, it has worse black levels because i have disabled spud to remove my screen imperfections in dark OLED levels
meaning, with spud on, show fully black. find the brightest pixel. that's the brightness of every pixel's 0 0 0 when spud is off
otherwise you get this crap https://us.v-cdn.net/6024342/uploads/editor/78/e9wf4vct47ya.jpg
You can actually see that on the Vive too in absolute darkness, but it's very faint and doesn't really bother me. I always called it the "starfield".
(looks less square blocky on the Vive at least)
Apparently it's just an artefact of OLED displays
yeah, disabling spud on rift actually removes that. and the result actually looks darker dispite being brighter
LCD screens don't have that at all, so even though they are brighter, they look darker
So you get just the grey from the image, rather than the black I guess. Hmm, makes sense.
I'm gonna hop onto VRC and cry about my lack of 3D modeling ability... or any ability besides programming for that fact.
@tawny ore May 2018 i didn't know anything about blender or unityi
< am a programmer, cannot model
@vestal sleet I am a programer and last may i didn't know anything about blender or unity. just try it. if you can code, you can model. TRUST ME.
I think the fact the Vive is painfully bright also makes it seem to have much better contrast levels (because it technically does). It's absurdly bright, like painfully so at times).
i mean im sure i can learn it if i put time
but then i need to put time and im too lazy
Don't listen to Adeon, it's painful. I've spent 20 hours in Blender/Unity so far and have little to show for it.
That said, I'm probably just retarded so I may not be a good example.
3d modeling, unlike 2d drawing, doesn't require artistic tallent. it's 100% technical skill, the kind of skill programmers have. you have this covered, just actually learn blender's annoying UI, and you've got it made
if (softwareInUse.contains("Blender")) {
face.initiateTears(99999, cryDuration(24,7,365));
}
probably will get one commission eventually
My cryDuration function is broken because it doesn't support leap years.
just use Epoch LUL
if you can code, the only thing keeping you from modeling is actually understanding blender's UI. you already have the kind of brain that's great at 3d modeling
Probably but I feel really, really limited/railroaded (due to my logic) when I'm learning how to use the blenders toolkit
i can't draw 2d for crap, seriously
nothing keep me from being lazy
A lot of Blender seems to be down to magically remembering what does what and unmarked keypresses, which... will take a long time to pick up unless you have a great memory.
I'm learning blender's ui as I go through making my first avatar
understanding blender's workflow is important, yes. left click places a cursor, which isn't usually what you want. right click selects things. G is reposition, S is scale, R is rotate, then X Y or Z to force that move along certain axis. then move the mouse or type a distance and hit enter.
Another issue I encountered, actually was - Does an avatar HAVE to be moulded in T-pose or is that something we can adjust/ignore?
new blender allows left click for selection now
vert / edge / triangle mode at the bottom is also important to tell blender what you actually want to select, newbies miss taht
then it's just understanding the differences between object mode (basically unity) and edit mode (editing a specific object, other objects inaccesable until you go back up to object mode)
Right, time to hop into VR
peace
I swear I want to tutor blender, but I couldn't help internet people. i have to be at a computer pointing at a screen and showing them things on keyboard
that's what screensharing is for
hehe I was about to suggest that
@tawny ore No, it doesn't have to be T-Posed, but it's easier to work on as the "parts" are then spread out and thus easier to edit without the other limbs getting in the way.
So uuuhhhh how would I send favorite avatars from my steam account to my vrchat account?
just go get it again on ur vrchat account
u can link them but idk if that carry ur avatar over
I got basically all of them from other avatars :/
and they all probably came from an avatar world
there are so many avatar worlds though
u can look for where it came from
wait really???
ya u can find the author of the avatar and go to their world
seems fresh tbh
someone turned themselves into a portal
and ran into me
but that was a fun experience

that's a new one
@turbid trellis Link your accounts, that's what I did. Everything carried over.
today is america day
Bring this back https://youtu.be/9xvqXYycBkU
You mean treason day?
Today I am going to make a grilled cheese bbq tuna sandwich
BBQ seasoned -
With some chopped or shredded shrimp
It will make a great 3D Scanned item for vrchat
With crust
And an olive on top for 3D scanning ornatation
Should I add garlic to the mixture
Need jalapeños for cosmetic coloring when it cleans to 3D scanning
might as well throw in a cup of pure MSG while you're at it
Relish will do I don’t have banana. Pepper
that sounds like an...intersting combination for a sandwich'
Grilled cheese banana sandwich
Sounds good too
But how that would process
Since it’s a paste based material
So rhebshrimps have been seasoned with thyme oregano leaves, garlic bbq rub
To make 3D models you must sometimes cook them inrl
If anything ff15 had some wonderfully textured food, now if that quality food was in vrchat ovo
Wait wtf there's a fan created cook book for the food @_@
dude
I have seen hyperrealistic food in vrchat
meat in particular
and its grim
creepy
Looks so good though!
Ive seen some hyper realistic eggplants
Talk about hyper food content.
https://vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_65602701-9365-4f3d-8c56-44b9a993f367
Various food or just the one?
Just one true god of food.
I made three grilled cheese tuna sandwiches
The third and second one are the best
Just the quality of texture; the mass of the sandwiches
The goal is not to eat but to make the sandwiches look good
I ate all three of them though
Is anyone else getting random crashes? I think it's just in one world that I was in but I was wondering if it was happening to anyone else

How you know if someone mutes you in vrchat? I muted some random and when I unmuted them they were asking why I muted them. How do you check?
Yell at them and if they dont respond its clear 👀
What? Can I get a serious answer?
There is an ear next to their name with a red cross denoting you're muted to them
No I mean how would they know i muted them
The will see a crossed-out ear icon. That way they know they've been muted.
It’s happened to me twice of people asking why I muted them and I have no clue how they knew
Ah okay, on my name?
Next to it, yeah.
On the side of the nametag, but yes
Thank you

@cloud panther if their name tag has a icon of ear with an X over it, they can’t hear you. If you mute someone, your name tag gets this icon for them
So once my Grilled Cheese Sandwiches are done.. I will put them on my Chef Kermit
This also happens when you turn on panic mode, everyone will see that you can’t hear them
Or maybe give Kermit a "Grilled Cheese Sandwich Stand"
Like a Taco Stand but it's grilled cheese accessories.
I recommend flat out blocking people instead of muting, this will make you completely vanish for them, but it’s less noticeable than muting
Just to check, a mute is only 1 way or 2 way?
gonna need to download all my old 3D scanned files.. and delete the storage ;c
1 way
Okay, thanks
These sandwiches take 2gigs out
Mute is one way. Block is two way (you both vanish for each other)
They can stil hear you if you mute them.
Okay, just wanted to make sure jic
Yeah.. it gets pretty nerve-wracking though, since there are a lot of stuff you say that interests them, yet cannot add to it because they can't hear you.
If you ever had a crush
Actually let me rephrase is.
Imagine if you had a Crush; you see her talk. Then you mute her, you don't know what she saying to you and you just look at her. Good way to use the Mute Button.
Such a womanizer move
Im sure they love that
And.. if it gets too intense for you.. you hide her avatar.
And I thought I was bad with girls
then after that.. you speak to her while she muted and hidden avatar
what
tell her good vibes, good things, she will look at you. You won't know what she saying, but you keep going with it.
Then you can unmute her and unhide her avatar after you got use to her.
I wonder if someone ever done this before and if they did, I wonder what the experience is like.
I feel like it might be an One-Sided Conversation personally
Pretty sure someone has tried and got a fat block back and ignored lmao
how about you go and do it
but I dont have a crush.
hadn't had one since in 5 years
Anyone someone will take my idea and use it to help improve themselves probably.
Pretty sure they will help themselves only to being blocked, ignored and losing all odds at speaking towards there crush lmao
Lmao mute her and have a one sided convo sounds great for ur crush i bet she will enjoy that specially during a date
but it's so cool mr mod
well, rip condom person
That was one big irony there, tbh.
But if you mute someone, it auto mutes you from them, so they wouldn't hear you anyway....
Hmm.. that didn't used to happen back in the 5.6.3p1 version. Perhaps something changed between that and 2017.4.15f1?
Well, I was told that's what happens, maybe it's not. In which case, boo to the people that told me that.
Oh nuu they should still hear you but you cant hear them
Yes. That is the result.
Hmm, I was told it initiates a two way thing. Thanks for correcting.
Can anyone help me with the dynamic bone collision question in #avatars-2-general?
pog, graf spee
Best shipgirl.
graf spee is now a shipgirl? 👀
She has been ever since she's introduced to AL. Though is isn't technically the right place to chat.
Speaking of which, I never seen any Azur Lane MMD models in VRChat at all.
i have
once. private avatar by this one guy, felt like a dream beccause i was literally half awake at the time
then passed out after making a joke about epic games buying vrc
so i can confirm that they exist, or at least one of them does
or two, or like 10 cuz him and his bf had a number of them stocke dup
Hmm.. Prinz Eugen?
i thinkkkk
Hmm.. alright. Shame, woulda loved to seen them alongside KanColle avatars.
Especially AL Yūdachi and KC Yūdachi
I'm sure you've seen Azur Lane models in VRChat
still grinding for roon in game, that mf 3 mill exp
Kizaragi is quite popular, as is that catgirl, forgot her name though.
But apparently uploading KanColle avatars is "dangerous", at least according to the Japanese

Just a few, maybe Mitsuki.. but not the other IJN avatars, like Akagi or Kaga.
I have a bunch of al models saved and their either crappy looking or too high poly
I'm too lazy to decimate
I was lucky with roon tho
Must've been a pain to look for.
nope