#vrchat-general-2
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Kept your avatars?
Weird... quest kinda just came out of nowhere... didnt it? I dont remember such a game changer.
There’s no such thing as a quest account. It’s just an Oculus account, able to log into Quest or Oculus Home on PC, but not on Steam. Once upgraded/merged, it can log in anywhere and also gains the ability to upload content.
Honestly at this point I probably wouldn’t even bother merging your oculus account, unless you want your Facebook account tied to your VRchat account at some point in the future. I would just straight up make a VRchat account without linking it to anything.
Still able to move freely between any platform
^ thats what i did when the new trust system came out
i did a vr accont, but i cant loggin, just in the steam account, i dont know why ... 😠
have the issues been resolved?
perhaps try again @north steeple ?
is anyone.. knowledgeable with vr headsets and could recommend me with something?
whats your budget?
$1,000
Valve index
thank you!
hello! is there a good place to ask if people recognise avatars here or on the internet?
im sure either works
Hello all
"Do not provide false information or intentionally hide information when creating an account with VRChat." What does this mean? I don't think I provided any info when I made my account besides an email
Age and name I believe
Is that in tos? Not a lawyer, but I guess "providing false information" could be taken as "impersonating someone", and also lying about age to play if under the minimum age.
Fairly sure they didn't ask for any of that, either, they might now though.
Impersonation is covered a few other places, but I guess so
Probably also just legal speak ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Its in the community guidlines anyway and not the Tos
So big odds its indeed the not lying about your age or w/e
nice they fixed the issues
welcome!
Welcome
CHilloutVR
that a knock off game do not play it
That pisses me off > : (
you hate CHilloutVR
Well YTF us there a knockoff anyway!
Ogs are best
Chill out vr is actually very well maintained. its like. how fortnite was, to pubg basically. personally, i believe there should be more games like vrchat, in the vr space. The more options the better.
no is don't
Bruh the what?
why is vrchat called vrchat when you can mute people?
Huh 
Why is a telephone a telephone when you can just not pick up calls?
What is that logic? 😄
I literally got muted by 4 people in murder
I mean. if your mic was loud, or you were being obnoxious it happens dude lol
cant really complain, muting is a feature in almost every game with multiplayer
Maybe should question what you did to get that many people to mute ya my dude
oh
I'm not so sure right now
also if you mute someone
are they stuck muted by you?
Until they unmute you, the mute stays yes
ok
i've got 4 avatars that have been deleted and i can't unfavourite any of them, i've been having this problem for a while now
also has anyone made a smileghost avatar yet?
How much while we talking here
I finally got logged in again, but my favorite avatars were missing.
I wonder if this means I have to start being trusted all over again...
wut
The servers are having issues. They do this for all sorts of reasons, most often far more mundane than “being hacked”. Most of the time, it’s just hosting issues.
Also, when that accidentally ban happened a few days ago all 100 or so of my avatars got set back to pvt. So its possible that your creators got hit with the same thing and they didn't notice.
I only found out because someone randomly told me on discord
That’s odd, I got hit with it and my avatars were not set to private
Yes
How??
can someone tell me where I can get devil may cry or dante avatars in worlds
please lmk
Vive tracker shoes - does anyone use some sort of plate with a screw that attaches to shoes? I've seen 3d printed ones. Trying to a camera mount flat plate that works with shoes if anyone uses them
@rigid zephyr I just do this works perfectly and was free https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/442444657428004866/748650600513929306/image0.jpg
playing with shoes on
absolutely disgusting
I mean if they dont have straps
hi unfav unavail avatr no wok?
sad
can someone tell me where I can get devil may cry or dante avatars in worlds
please lmk
I have straps. Putting them around arch of foot and stepping on them is uncomfy. Old tennis shoes way more comfy
Feet pillows
Unavailable avatars can be unfavorited.
Just select the avatar, the preview won’t change and it won’t give you any sort of feedback that you have it selected, the previous avatar will still be shown, it just looks like you can’t select it but you can still press the unfavorite button and it works.
Thanks Svel uwu Wish it would be fixed tho
@vocal shard ^
Hgddfngdxse
curious If anyone knows how to do this or if is it possible but can I have a friend on Discord talk in my microphone so people on VRchat can hear my friend on Discord?
possible but you have to know how to route audio
you can likely achieve this with voice meeter
hmm what is voice meeter? this is first time I hear this
A sound mixing application for Windows.
It makes several virtual soundcards and allows you reroute your audio in more ways than Windows allow.
Audio programs need to stop trying to look like real devices. So much bad UI design.
hey can anyone help me with some emote things XD i am trying to get some dances to activate but they just cancel out after a second XD
yo legit how long does Unity/VRChat SDK take to unblock you from publishing your skin
I got it for the first time yesterday
Becoming verified by the trust system is based on reaching a not time based trust score, which's exact algorithm is unknown to prevent exploitation.
You presumably need to play the game in a normal manner with your VRChat account, walking around, meeting people and also making some friends. Idling won't help.
According to many responses in this discord, a rough estimate would be ** 20-40 hours**, but big exceptions are possible.
Make sure you are not using a steam or oculus account and continue playing the game until you get a notification or e-mail.
http://help.vrchat.com/kb/article/27-why-cant-i-upload-avatars-or-worlds-yet
Every time I see this post it has more things underlined and more in bold
yo
a pretty popular issue I guess... lol
can i get some help with that emote issue XD
cause that is one that is bugging me to be honest XD i cant figure out why it is not working

ohh
you can link it after the fact
It's 5 seconds. 
You don't
Become VRChat developer in order to bypass slow mode on the official VRChat discord. Long con.
Hi, I was wondering if it were possible if I can talk with the VR and chat Discord team or someone from the vrchat team? I would like some basic information on a subject and I would like to talk privately. thanks 🙂
I don’t know if they do that but you can try your luck with hello@vrchat.com
Ah Okay thanks
Oh, moderation
That is for more then just moderation 
But I’m guessing it it’s not for “hey what’s up”
It absolutly is
Doing it
check the list of categoryies 
Oh, you mean the hello mail
Well, i guess it's more for like stuff that's not a support or moderation thing but still something you wanna let them know.
It looks like they moved their three emails to a ticket system
Didn’t know about that, neat
Hiiiii
anyone hop ina call with me and help with vr chat model
Can someone message me that's incharge of bans? Was falsely banned.
why would you message that on discord and not a support ticket tho
Answhere has been given in #vrchat-general-1
so i still cant unfavorite an unavailable avatar any fix to this ?
how?
Is anyone here familiar with making characters full body ready and doesn't mind helping me fix my broken model? I'd have to do a call and screen share the problem I'm having
[Update 8/6/2020] (Avatars 3.0 info / current state of "RIG HACK" fixes):
*With the new FBT head-locked binding method the "Shoulder Flop Fix" of lowering the viewball is no longer recommended (However if you need it you can still use this fix with VRChat's launch commandlin...
I just got back into playing VRChat, and got told that "I sounded like a ***ing trnny and to 41% myself. Later some other guy started yelling at me calling me the t-word and being really obnoxious and in my face about it. It felt very threating and made me a bit uncomfortable. I honestly expected better of this community, but after running into way too many people like this, I'm starting to develop a pretty low view on it.
welcome to vrchat
41%?
Whats that mean
41% of trans people in some study reported them having attempted suicide at some point in their lives. It was just a mean way of telling me to kill myself.
Yikes
@vocal shard it's okay sweetheart 💮 💙 💮
Sometimes people on the platform can be very mean
I'd recommend avoiding public instances and sticking with friends
Or not the popular wotlds
Of course my DMS are always open to listen even if I'm a bit busy
Thanks for the offer @upbeat thistle. I'm going to be alright.
sounds like you just ran into the wrong group of people
always avoid people when they start up trouble, never try to fight back even if they're being serious or trolling
you'd be an idiot if you tried to argue against idiots
No wonder im an idiot
By any chance does anyone know where to get a wolfboy base asking for a friend
that's how i have it setup now too, @languid beacon . But i think using a plate with the 1/4 screw could improve tracking if the shoe laces aren't in the way
also does anyone have tips on improving tracking for the vive trackers? like how to setup the usb dongles? I have them on the underside of my desk at hip level pointing towards me, but someone told me that the tracking is better if you point the top of the usb dongles directly at the trackers, by placing them at a level pointed down
As long as three IR sensors get hit, it knows where it is. 4 for redundency, more than 4 doesn't really help
Heyyy I have a question
Is there a way to make vr chat 3rd person on my laptop? I think I did it before but don’t remember how
Ah, so you know what button to press to make it happen in some games
❤️
any one down for vrchat
Hey uh is there anyone that can make quest compatible avatars?
hello
anyone have any world recommendations for like,mini games or something fun like that??
The devouring feels like a different game
Mmm....Idk any other games lol
okok ni prob@vocal shard
There is a Tron game but only works in VR
Death run
Or a game world where it's like Mario Kart
Star wand
hmm,maybe im gonna check out the star wand,or dat the devouring later 👍
uwu
anyone else having issues downloading maps?
@nova lance sometimes i do
I mean, right now
I can't join on friends because I can't download the map/s they're on
ahh,yeah,sometimes im also like that,so i restarted the game and then it works fine again (srry my bad english😂)
good idea, I'll restart the game
Anyone been to the new MMD Dance Stage world?
I haven't! Also, how is everyone?
One of my Avatars doesn't dance, and I wonder if it's because it's a 3.0 avatar
Maybe I should have posted this question in one of the Avatar 3 channels
Yeah, 3.0 avatars have a different animation controller, and isn't compatible with custom animations made for 2.0 stations
ok so i'm getting annoyed with a pop-up menu the bug menu...how can i get rid of that?
meow
Heyo 
Can I connect Leg Tracker from Hive to Rift S?
this ^
yes
Yes but you will also need the vive basestations
pog
But nobody came
Anyone wanna play? I'm super lonely, all my friends ditched me, or my group of friends. I must be a bother, im feeling kinda down, I might play guitar for u? Please someone play with me T.T
Play in public worlds
There are too many ppllll
makes me crash so easily
._. Then get a better PC or go to worlds with low population
;-; I guess ppl dry rn.. damn this vrc server is only good at 5 am lmao
?
?
Seriously... just play on random worlds with low population
I dooo
and nothin
;-; I guess ppl dry rn.. damn this vrc server is only good at 5 am lmao
Technically its always 5 am somewhere in the world at all times, so someone will have those 5am thoughts all the time
my avatar shows up as an error bot, but only for myself, it shows up fine for others 
worked fine yesterday morning and start having problems last night
cleared cache, happened to someone elses avatar too now
all drives still have a lot of space left
@wary hollow I dont think thats true
caps at 23gb for me
I have had vrchat cache over 70gb of content on my drive before
Yeah VRChat tries it's best now to keep the cache size to 20 GB or close to it.
It was possible for the cache to be much larger then this though in the past.
Would be nice if you can assign a limit like download limter for models
You can
I am getting a 1TB ssd so it wont be that much of a problem anymore
with symbolic link
whats that?
I am not downloading a 3rd party program. Thats not a vrchat feature
its with CMD
It means to reroute the folder - app thinks it is there but it is not.
its basically redirecting a folder to another location. I've done it to the mods folder of Euro Truck simulator 2 because I use quite alot of mods and the mod folder is only on the C drive
thats awful
Not a fan of CLI, huh?
personally, Theres just some standards that I think modern apps should follow
this would be one of them
Modern problems require modern solutions so open the command prompt (CMD and write a few lines
heya guys
It is one of the sins most of apps do - stick everything in it's AppData folder... And that folder is on C drive and gets usually pretty big.
this is actually the only app that causes problems
Agree i hate that it kills having a small SSD
Solution: Symlink whole AppData!
most apps that dont know how to handle their cache well just let you choose where to save stuff from my experience
not really a lot of programs write to C/ without asking or even if they are installed on other drives
Well technically the AppData folder is for program caches.
no one said it wasnt
@devout berry Good idea
but if the app has retarded cache management it doesnt deserve to be there
@west yoke But some apps go overboard on caching
Guys does the devouring have any jumpscares
@vocal shard there are zero image based jumpscares that are shaking in your face with massive loud sound. There will be things that can happen as a surprise but most of its focus is on stress, anxiety and atmosphere.
so for most people it'll be mild horror and for some people the atmosphere can have a lot of pressure on you
but we don't invade your eyes with google images if thats what you were asking about 🙂
its more in line with games like resident evil and amnesia
different sections with a different set of rules to figure out all linked up in a semi open world
If you want more details, there's a FAQ sheet here:
https://twitter.com/LakuzaVR/status/1293656349969129480?s=20
||sex|| 😔
aite
Well that was outta nowhere 
having tension and good atmosphere is better in my opinion then jump scares it keeps you stressed i agree that why i enjoyed you world more then other ones.
Anyone wanna play? I'm super lonely, all my friends ditched me, or my group of friends. I must be a bother, im feeling kinda down, I might play guitar for u? Please someone play with me T.T
nvm, im going to bed
nighty
Stay safe and have a lovely year @vocal shard and im sorry about your friends I'm here for u if u need me👍
This isn't me saying the game shouldn't be in beta, more just for a conversation topic.
How much do you think needs to be added to VRC for it leave beta and become a fully released game?
More or less needs more internal work then external.
I wouldnt be surprised if its an eternal beta like some other games tbh
In the end its just a label anyways
Honestly it kinda feels like one of those games.
Doesn't really change anything imo
Its better to keep it in beta than to release it broken. Plenty of devs have done that already... and we know how well that can go
symlinks are easy enough to make@hollow sluice
they're glorified shortcuts
lots of apps don't let you choose where they cache stuff and there aren't many ways to change that, but this is an easy one
Hello, someone in a public world someone stole my avatar. He managed to copy my private avatar. It is a paid for avatar on booth and I think he managed to copy my scratch build avatar that I switched to before I blocked and reported him. Is there anything I can do?
you sure he didnt had the same model?
No, it was my own custom model
then go to #moderation-reports and report them their. These idiots should just leave
its sad that they think the only way to get attention is by hacking
Contact the person who you bought it to see if they set ripping protection in cats. Never used it but i know its there in blender
Literally it's sad to the end lzuna
cats has ripping protection?
From what i seen, people who put that protection on, itll completely mess up the rig and model.
Yeah it does. Again, never used it and tested it but id assume it works to some degree
hi
yoyoyoyoyoyo
It's probably not very good
bad username
O
How do u stop crouching im using the oculus quest
if youre standing, adjust your height in the settings. If youre sitting, press seated play in the quick menu
roomscale crouching
damn its my first week on vrchat
and theres all kind of people
i met an 8 year old boy from the phillipines and a 35 year old woman from america
@regal furnace Script kittes not hackers
also why is literally noone wearing a vr headset
not any better
are there lobbies that are vr only
laserdome probably
@jaunty oasis Dont remember seeing that in blender neat but idk they usually rip the fbx from the game files or download it via the cloud and use tools to unpack it
so its not easy to stop them
@cobalt badge VR users are very common weird you didnt run into any
eu servers innit
i think
im dumb help
how can i join actually good worlds
not foreign people making my screen dizzy and blasting music
there is no server choice in game everyone on the same server not world tho
ahhhh
are there lobbies that are vr only
@cobalt badge don't think so there's only worlds that are pc/vr only and don't allow quest users
gotcha
@cobalt badge sadly some public worlds have trash tier models that annoy you with screenspace shaders
yeah
how do you guys find actual good worlds
i just go on the "worlds tab" on the menu and just scroll through the pages
but when i join a world im usually the only one there
it says "313" users and i wanna join different lobbies instead of making a new one
@wary hollow last time i used cats, i saw that, but again, never tested it. And i am no expert at avatars at all lol
@jaunty oasis I will look in it thank you for pointing it out 👍
Cats protection was somewhat useful a long time ago, but now there are methods to rip the model with blendshapes included, which completely negates cats protection 🤷♂️
The best way to deal with rippers, is to just stay silent and report the user. Most of the time, their account will be banned in a matter of a few days.
It's not a crash as such, but I've lost all of my favorite avatars, three times now. Is this going to be a regular thing? Should I not even try to keep favorites?
Thats not a normal thing since like, 2018. No idea what could be causing that
I realize the servers have been up and down in the last couple of days, so I waited a while to mention it, to see what else was going to happen. It seems more stable now.
never lost my fav list before? course its not something i use really but still
is it just me or are the servers extremely slow currently?
just you
same here, something happens with VR Chat servers, i guess...
@cobalt badge Thats the router transmission band does not have to do with speed unless you internet is faster then what 2.4ghz can allow
Stupid question, what does IK stand for
inverse kinematics
It means that when you move your hand in VR all the bones of your avatar move with ya in a 'natural' way
Stupid question, what does IK stand for
@merry parrot it could also mean ' I know' in text language
Interdimensional Knowledge
😔


IK animation is the reverse of Forward Kinematic animation.
In forward kinematics, you start from the root of your skeleton, and bend each joint from the centre out. It's simple but very rigid. It's kind of like operating a crane.
In inverse kinematics, you are able to move a given bone to a specific point and it will "pull" the rest of the chain with it based on a set of specified rules. It's far more complex, but allows you to do things like snapping hands to objects or feet to the floor.
Ayako do u still have that leg problem with your avatar?
yup
Thats it
I think i found something to fix it
I'm snapping my finger
and still waiting for VRChat team to fix it
but im not sure
hm?
You mean the knee knocking issue on 2.0 avatars?
No, this is a different issue
Ah ok.
What is the issue?
it occured after the fixed the knee-knock issue
i'll post the video in #avatar-help
I don't get the knee thing. Created by a patch that claimed to fix that exact issue, when I'd never noticed it beforehand. >_>
its for desktop users
AV3 avatars don't get the issue even with the exact same rig. Makes no sense to me.
the feet goes back to the default position
I see, It's either the animation or how your hip is angled
Ayako can i DM you the solution to possibly fix it? but i don't know if it will fix it. I'm sorry if it doesn't fix it @final sierra
A pretty good update
indeed hero
indeed friend!
is this the discord to find friendos on vrchat?
still waiting for a crouch function smh
cause if you're sitting, and you wanna pick up something off the ground, short of changing to a smaller avatar you're just screwed
it is indeed Cupcake
Space darg works pretty good for that
Aye guys
Still waiting on the Local crouching arm twist issue
oh an update
Aye Ice
yay!
somehow my wish had been granted again lets see if it fixed anything
Anyone wanna meet me in a room?
speaking of the quick menu, is there a way to disable gestures whilst navigating the action menu? there's some effects in avatars i have that i can't lock by disabling gestures whilst using them because the effects stop playing when i touch the joystick, which i need to do to lock gestures
they didn't break it this time atleast
they only fixed issues from the past updates
@wary hollow The patch mentions that analogue behaviour has been adjusted on the fist gesture. Seems like something worth checking out.
Still no mention of fixed example controllers for AV3 though.
What changedddd
breaking the game
did you even launched the game? did it crash on launch? is it unplayable because of this update? did they break/remove components?
Controller bindings, Hip issues, Tip toes. That's basically it @vocal shard
anyone wanna meet in the court room?
@ruby burrow hmmm neat i did try the beta didnt notice any change i will check this out soon report back.
it sorta fixed the issue
Mhmm. I'm not quite sure what they mean by "blending when it should not have been"
leg/feet still goes to default pose though 
o3o
posting the video on #avatar-help
yh it is smoother but still going back to default😔
Ooh
😔.
feels bad
This community gets really mad after each update lmfao uwu
literally
once.. upon a time.. it was all normal
they just want something to do during the quarantine @vocal shard
whats normal
oh the legs
you can change that by adjusting your idle standing animation
Hmmmn I guess, idk im bored now
wait what
Tupper coming in cultch
hi :3
huh, you can't rebind the controls for desktop mode? 🤔
You cant?
well, when I open the bindings menu it just shows where each button is, and that's it
well Ruuubick said its the auto-footstep
but I'm using AZERTY, having to switch to QWERTY each time I play VRChat sucks
which can be disabled in SDK 3.0
I just went from the HTC Vive to the Valve Index. I love drawing on vrchat more than anything, and I'm not a huge fan of having to hold the pens the entire time I draw... Miss being able to grab it with trigger and then it stays attacked to my hands. .. Any idea on how I can set that to happen with my Index finger controllers?
Thanks in advance! @ me 😎 👍
can't you just use the vive controllers? or did you sell them/swap out the 1.0 basestations with the 2.0's?
@broken plover I like the feel of the index controllers a lot, plus after 1000hrs on the vive wands the TouchPad have worn down a lot to where it's not the most accurate.
Curious of what hip snap is, I've had FBT for a long time, but never heard of that the term till now?
I'm just like why can't they have the trigger on the index work the same as the vive wand when it comes to items snapping in your hand...
ah makes sense. Yeah but sadly I don't think its possible to make it a one time press instead of having to hold the pen the whole time
Well, that's just silly lol. Why would a feature on a vive wand not work on an Index when they both have triggers..... Like what's the point in taking that feature away?
I guess its because the index controllers have a sensor instead of a grip button, and theyre more like the oculus controllers anyway (I think you have to constantly hold the grip button there too?) and to make it more immersive they made it so you have to grab the controller to grab objects ingame
My wife has oculus controllers and they snap to your hand just like the vive wand. Just dissapointed it's more uncomfortable for drawing, not sure why they don't give us the ability to have the pens stay put in your hands...
There's gotta be a way to remap it somehow... Just shocked I'm the only one who doesn't like it that way
Anyone having issues loading some avatars in the new update? Some load as fast as usual. Others don't load at all.
the cache won't clear for me, anyone else having a problem??
yes @lean igloo
some private avatars are error bots, do you get the same problem??
Also using build and test for worlds seems to load the old world from cache
Cache wont clear for me either. Gonna have to do it manually.
I just spent all this time since the update trying to figure out why my world wont change in game but its just the update broke caching and i had to clear it manually
Everything in cache loads now really fast but rip Build & Test
servers are dead atm lol
Oof
Hi
i am constantly downloading my home world over and over
downloads the world, black screen then starts the dl again gg
Please clear your cache and try again: Settings > Advanced > Clear Downloaded Content Cache
anyone know why my cloth physic mesh doesn't appear in game? (it works in unity) think i fixed it
@placid umbra i need to get into a world before i can even do that, i did it manually
been sitting here for 30mins now loading my home world and the default home
Can you try opening the Task Manager and checking the Network tab? Let me know if it looks like you're actually downloading, or if you're loading from cache
11mbps yep
Close VRChat completely, navigate to C:\Users\Name\AppData\LocalLow\VRChat\VRChat, then delete the "HTTPCache-WindowsPlayer" folder
yay it worked for me ty @placid umbra !!!
lucky
wassup
try deleting the C:\Users\Name\AppData\LocalLow\VRChat\VRChat folder if you migrated your locallow folder to a another drive
i have that sym linked so it does not take up space on my OS drive, i wish you could set up your cache folder instead of it being forced into the where the OS is
its still doing it with a fresh install @placid umbra
yea vrchat is broken for me
dont start drama here
go to the canny and put a post up
this is would be called drama to them so dont
clearly you didn't witness when 3.0 came out
i wonder if the game works from oculus library
Hey guys. I just got my Rift S today. And hopped on VR Chat. I can't seem to actually get to one of the portals. It shows me the arc and my character walks to the end of the arc. But it can't reach the portal itself. Any ideas?
Yes it works on the Oculus Library.
IPromo you are using holoport movement, I would recommend going into settings in game and turning that off so you can walk around manually, it’s pretty weird with entering portals.
If you do want to keep using holoport you have to make your avatar stop moving while it’s standing inside the portal.
Where in the settings do I change that.
I have tried figuring it out. But I can't find the setting.
game does the same issue from the oculus library @placid umbra, i cannot play the game anymore
Might be an issue with symlinks, would be helpful to know if temporarily removing the symlink solves the issue
@safe nova Make sure this checkbox is off to disable holoport movement
it was fine before the update a few hours ago
@covert chasm I can't even get to that menu
You can't open the Settings menu?
i'll try and see if removing the symlink works but if it dont amma have to try and find a relic of a video to make that symlink again cause i dont know how to do them
does anyone use playspace mover with index controllers ?
you should be able to just move the symlink somewhere else as it's basically a shortcut
then move it back after testing
Ok, I'll note that
i'll try and set up that link again to test it
i love you tupper
write that down write that down
ah yes prepares 20 button gaming mouse
right i have recreated the link
lets test shall we
@placid umbra i recreated the link and it works
so is there desktop button binding now?
i am in my homeworld
and i have my output logs again haha not seen those things in a year
so it broke old links but new ones are good
then again my sym link was from windows 7 so it was an amazement that it worked as is haha
So I open the game via steam and input my birthdate, and it says 'cant verify account. please fill out valid data for each input.' but like I did didnt I?
what did you input?
I'm still kinda amazed that symlinks are the only way to choose where the game stores it's data.
its just how games work i guess
if i had a choice i'd force my appdata into a larger drive if i could
It's an old gripe, but no other application I've ever used tries to put tens of gigabytes of data into the AppData folder, and expects to keep it there for days or weeks at a time.
The next largest app using that space, is a little under 100mb.
right now to put that code back into the launch settings to allow my cpu to use all its cores and threads to vrchat... gotta get my fps man
aside from birthdate is there suppose to be some other credentials to input that arent showing for me?
I'm intending to upgrade my C drive soon, but I've been stuck with roughly 10gb of space on my C drive for the last two years. I have to purge VR-Chat's cache at least weekly. Sometimes twice weekly. It just seems like such a senseless waste of VR-Chats bandwidth. Constantly downloading the same worlds and avatars on a daily basis for no good reason.
nice
I'll confess, that I've been aware of symlinks and could likely have followed a guide on how to apply one at any point, so my own issue is one that could have been circumvented.
So it's partly just stubbornness on my sentiment that no one should be expected to do such a workaround.
out of curiousity: Have you ever run Adobe AfterEffects?
because... AE dumps tens and hundreds of gigs of cache into AppData D:
AppData is where MS tells developers to store data, so that's where we store data
it would be nice to have a "helper" or function to remap that, though. Won't argue that
I've not no. Obviously I've not used all programs. Does it keep it there for weeks/months at a time though? And need to re-download it frequently via the internet? Because I feel like there's surely a relevant distinction there.
i offered but tis up to you i suppose
Yeah, annoyingly appdata is where everything goes and it's on my small ssd
time irrelevant
I mean imagine if Steam Workshop did the same. Half a terabyte of mods crammed onto your C drive, no choice in the matter. It'd be a nightmare.
@pseudo basalt you want the video?
Nah, i know how to symlink
okie
I just windirstat'd my AppData-- MS flight sim is storing 150GB in my Roaming folder 
which is what its supposed to do, but...
It's just been such a common issue for so many users, and I don't understand the reason for inflicting it.
Might as well just move appdata somewhere else entirely
But won't that make apps slower
depends on the drive you move it to
Well, i only have a boot ssd and a storage hdd
Microsoft tells developers a lot of things. In this case it's a guideline, not an absolute rule that must be followed regardless of context and despite blatant drawbacks.
I keep reading about how to log in via a steam account but I can't seem to actually do it.
Well, these kinds of directories are also easier to get
Since they're defined by the system
A way to set a custom cache path would still be nice tho
VR-Chat's bandwidth is a precious commodity (same for many users own bandwidth). It's one of the core reasons on why we ended up with inaccurate sluggish IK for the majority of 2019, trying to minimise bandwidth spent on tracking. So barring some technical obstacle (which given symlinks working shouldn't be a problem?), forcing the VRC cache onto the C drive just seems flawed even from a financial standpoint, even aside from user convenience.
I'm curious how much each cost actually stacks up. Transmitting a users tracking data over a months time, or having them redownload the same worlds and avatars four or more times in that span.
(Obviously everyone has tracking to transmit, and only a portion of users routinely clear the cache, but even so. It surely can't be a negligible amount once you total it up.)
so since it seems there is a username length limit how should I shorten mine?
I have a steam account already and I was trying to use it, but that didnt seem to work, so what do you mean by 'transfer' if not making a vrc account and merging them?
@vocal shard They are intending to add intercollision for avatars. It's in progress far as I understand.
Biggest reason I can see for adding it, is one less reason for people to stray into the murky waters of modded clients. >_>
bulk storage and transmission of mostly-static files is exceedingly cheap
real time networking is not
you can figure that out just by poking around a few sites 🙂
answering squishy's question from above
we made a change a while ago that prevents portals from spawning if they're incorrectly too close to you
I don't mean the storage though, I mean the bandwidth spent repeatedly transferring that data. Or I'm I missing something about how that works?
edited it for you squishy 😛
@vocal shard get tagged
Hmm
If you want to make a report of a security exploit or user harassing you @vocal shard , please see #moderation-reports
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♥
Understood, please still report malicious users to our Moderation team via #moderation-reports .
tup u on pubcrawl later?
Oh well. I suppose in a few years we'll escape the era of people still having 64gb / 124Gb boot drives, and this problem will go away that way.
Has just seemed so unreasonable for the longest time, to expect users to resort to hacky windows solutions to resolve it.
Even if they get banned, banning on a f2p game that doesn't ban ips when it bans is useless. They will be back up at it in 2 minutes after the first ban. Not an issue with just this game, but with all f2ps that do this..
That chat is aids lmfao
I'm just stating facts
Thankfully, the change to block 200mb+ avatars was a good move. I just don't get why avatars are that big... They are larger than 2 of my worlds combined...
Not hating
(Again, recognising that my own problem is stubbornness. For the playerbase and casual users in general though, it seems wrong.)
If you think that vrchat don't IP/HWID ban you're wrong. :)
o3o How do people get alts and get back on? Do they replace their pcs and internet provider with each ban?
It's spoofable.
it's easy to fake either
uwu
people who want to be malicious, will be
^
But your sentence is enough to prove that you're speaking without actually having any infos on the subject. :)
you can't stop them, you can only take away exploitable things from them
Anyways, going back to vrchat :D
like adding portals to safety settings
Vrchat, just like every developer, try their damn hardest to stop exploits and hacking/cheat, but there is always a work around to something.
The bans do at least discourage the more casual majority of edgy client users.
Eventually they get fed up of relying on a slow VPN and making new accounts, and either restrain themselves or go to other social VR platforms to complain about the VRC.
I know eventually with enough bans and stuff they'll get turned off but yeh
You can also just walk backwards to not go through a portal. ez fix
Can't you just block those people that do such things?
Then leave the world and send a message to moderation@vrchat.com with video proof
I'd strongly suggest not to do that.
Rain Clouds, can you plz stop type and just concentrate on record the evident and send it to the moderator?
i mean, he's probably not wrong
it took them ages to fix clients changing your avatar into a self crasher, and that was pretty dire
I never go into publics, but even if so for some people who play their pc can barely run vrchat, much less run it while its being recorded in the background lul
all because they didn't want to touch old client while new one was in beta and well, fair enough
but portal spam has been a thing for as long as i remember
what's the point of reporting if they'll come back 10 minutes later
moderation only means anything if there's something to lose
the concept of bans doesn't quite matter as much in f2p games
Its what I just said
Reporting has definite value to the game/community as a whole, but it offers little to no immediate solution or incentive to those dealing with the issue at the time.
I'm not saying don't report, I'm saying don't expect it to fix your problem
They do what they can though. Even if a few can bypass an IP ban. Action being taken still helps, and does deter some from do the same things as well
It is something I know the team is working on. It's just unfortunate that it's been such a long running problem.
portal spam will be fixed when portals will be in safety settings
not when all the spammers will get banned
they can only abuse things the game already allows
if you could execute code remotely and literally do whatever you want, it'd be a different story
but that's not the case, it's just existing things getting exploited
Safety settings for portals does seem very logical. Fits the purpose of the system.
that's probably the most reasonable idea I ever heard about it
it's been thrown around for a while
I'm hoping for some broader solution to neuter the capabilities of clients entirely, but that would be an ideal shorter term solution that wouldn't be out of place later on after the real problem is solved.
are we able to ban the MAC address? 🤔 :))))
it can get spoofed
only stops casual clients
if someone really wants to ruin your day, there's not much to do to stop them
This stuff is part of why I said the inter-collision stuff between avatars is a worth while addition, since far as I've seen it's ironically one of the bigger factors luring people towards exploring and normalising client use.
Someone starts off just wanting to touch some anime tiddies with nothing else in mind. They seek out mods to do this. Before long they're teleporting around as well, or reading out the names or other details of everyone who enters the instance, enjoying the extra power. Then comes the lines about "I only ever crash bad people". Then comes using it for pranks, or stretching the definition of "bad person" to "slightly irritating person". Whatever comes past there I don't know because I'll distance myself from them. But is something I've seen first hand.
It is tempting im ngl
I'm glad avatar collisions are coming. Another good benefit to avatars 3.0
It is?
Yeah
u3u Scratch what I said
There's a whole bunch of stuff thats coming this year due to 3.0
A dedicated avatar physics system, avatar to avatar collisions, and world collisions.
And a bunch of other stuff that was teased, but I don't know what it does
One less exploring the dark alleyways of highly dubious programs and stretched excuses.
Lol
u3u I would say why not allow others to use the non bad clients but then again that would rise issues of what client is good and bad and stuff
world collisions ? what about huge avatars inside small rooms
But if thats so something I would really wish for is an anticheat that scans your game files before launching
Yeah. That becomes it's own difficult moderation issue and resource drain in itself, and further fragments the community.
A lot of client stuff is well... Hacked together. So even if it's good intentions, can't guarantee it won't break stuff
VR-Chat as a whole, needs to maintain a relatively level experience for players. Too many variables only results in more bugs and obstacles to development.
You can't trust these 3rd party hacks either. What's to stop the kind of person who makes these clients, from sneaking spyware into them that scans for personal and credit card information?
Certainly not the presence of morals, can guarantee that much.
Modded SDK? A plugin that requires you to enter your full username and password to use. What could possibly go wrong there.
Thats with anything you download really
you also have to watch out for anticheats that are over reaching. What was it? valorant's recently? it was all over the news that it was flagging things from other programs and games
Norton is bae
Very true, any program you install can theoretically do any number of things. But who do you trust more. Something developed by a registered software developer accountable by law. Or something developed by "DarkEdgeYolo69", anonymous over the internet, with a known record of being an asshole for fun and personal gain?
DarkEdgeYolo69 sounds like a fun guy
sounds like a veteran coder
id trust him with my homework folder any day
anyone having slower loading times in vrc sinc the new update
I seem to be softlocked in the load screen once every half hour or so.
vrc just gets slower and slower all the time, i just accept it as part of life now.
i was loading worlds alot faster then i was befor this update now its not even half the speed i always dl at
another qwality to life updat in the books yaay
In order to fix this, you should clear out your cache manually.
how is a server-side backend issue related to the client cache?
VRChat 🤷♂️
Seems to be a problem which is being looked into.
@vocal shard lmaaaao true
Yeah people think I’m being paranoid for not using SDK’s I get given. (and I get given them A LOT) It is so easy to mod one to just harvest the username and password you type in, people should never trust them.
wait, there are people thinking that those modded sdk's don't harvest your account credentials?
I’m saying there’s people that don’t even consider it a possibility
wow
You’re not allowed to distribute the SDK because it’s a rights issue. But the practical reason you shouldn’t do it is because you are literally trusting someone else’s executable code with your username and password.
not only that but you're also trusting those people to have done a pentest against their own modifications which most of them probably havent
yeah i personally prefer keeping my credentials for myself
I prefer not even knowing my credentials

There's no real reason to use a modded SDK anymore.
Back in the time, oh lord don't get me started with all the limitations we had to bypass to even get something worth animating
But nowdays ? Just use the official one.
"Had to" the state at that point was just sad. (Sad as in how much people gave a damn about modding the hell out of it.)
after the 20k limit was gone I see no reasons why people use them
Audio bypass mainly.
Did you know that you could have technically be banned for modifying it? 
☝️
Well, if vrchat wanted to enforce that, it would've been easy back in the time.
if polycount > 20k => ban
It would have needed to be done at the start, sadly.
Cus after a while it just... was not really possible to basically wipe half the userbase.
Yup
But well, the game is currently getting better and better which is honestly amazing.
I'm still a bit sad the binding menu we got today doesn't allow for re-binding on keyboard, my french azerty keyboard would've liked it
Having to swap between qwerty / azerty is a bit annoying when working on stuff :(
oof
yo where did all my fav avatars go all of a sudden
they just up and disappeared from the list when i went into a new world
just what i was about to say
Investigating some API weirdness, announcement soon.
and world favorites also
okidokis
Thanks Nyxii.
yeah slow loading times
Trade-off is no favorites for a short while so we can investigate, or you won't be able to use VRChat at all while we investigate.
Server team is all online investigating together atm though, please be patient for just a bit 
hope its solved soon
Oof, that's unfortunate
That would help. Some stuff in favorite getting deleted and some null remains.
Someone made a biiiiig oopsie 😫 👌
That's also a known issue we're working on in the pipeline, but unrelated to the current issues.
Happens.
A cog was deliberately thrown into the servers
someone spilled beans
I am not a patient man. Let me get my hammer and i'll fix it right up.
Make that four times.
i was just about to ask what happen to favorites,til i saw announcements
Lawl.
trying to talk in vrchat mic doesn't seem to be working
Mic in VRC? Or your own mic?
all my settings are fine idk what's going on
It's like trying to take off in a homemade airplane.
Vr headset or headset mic?
The icing on the cake: "There was an error loading the announcement." 😛
i mean, thats just your network lmao
did anyone elses favbourites just disapear?
They disabled it for now
yes thats normal its disabled for now
cant see any of my friends or any worlds that normal too?...
yes
@kindred prairie Means all favorites.
maybe
i know this but all of my friends and world just dissapeared
I can't even connect to VRChat at all
same
me neither
same here
Vrchat go brrrrrrr
Yeah mine was fine and suddenly its not connecting
ok so it is normal the servers crashed
so game crashed for all huh
Just launched VRChat after a lag out and now it says something about checking my connection and restarting VRChat.. Everything else works 😦
yeah
i would assume there working on some problems
Press F for vrchat
F
Imagine if you read announcements
F
so is vrchat broken again no favorites are showing for avatars and worlds
oof rip
b r o ke
i restarted my game a few times and now it works
VRChat servers Right now: FIRE
so vrc not working rn
Is anyone else having trouble logging on? Keeps saying to restart and check my WiFi
F
vr machine matha hecken broke ~~ whats new tho tbh
yeah no vrchat servers no go brr its not just favourites
could anyone recommend me any worlds with pop team epic avatars for when the servers are back up?
I'm literally sitting against a wall in the VR room right now with my 3 trackers and SteamVR still running
I'm reluctant to add to the complaint wave, but don't the VRC team enjoy having weekends too? ^ ^;
Seems such a risky time to issue a patch unless it's a time sensitive one.
The server is temporarily experiencing some issues, and the team is working on it
upload servers also down im guessing?
well ima go eat while they sort this hopefully its fixed in an hour or im bouta cry
Everything is on FIRE
Would think that even for their own sake, this would be a Monday thing.
VRChat right now: that one meme where in SpongeBob's brain everything is on fire
F
I would post a link to it but I don't think that'd be ok
@ruby burrow i dont think its a patch its an issue with the servers not a patch
Yeah I'd assume
VRChat is DOWN!? This might just be the final nail in the coffin....
hbbgbubvgvghvghgv
Anyone else cant log in?
'oh no' not like its a regular occurance, hmm
Oh, so it's separate to the cache issue? Fair enough then. Though the point does sort of still stand, given the patch a few hours ago.
VRChat says I have no internet connection lol
Getting a "Make sure your device has a working internet connection, and restart VRChat." error.
its going crazy
I'ma try it again
sunny chill bruv its not like the game closed just some server issues should be up eventually
ahhhh..
Same lol internet connection error and can’t log on
wtdf
I just had a notification for an update
F
Guys read the announcements they are doing maintenance currently
currently in squid and john's avatar world, have one person who doesnt see the worlds and cant interact in the social area and cant log in with second account
I was getting fuc ked up and out of nowhwere shit is not working no more
Still no
Dude it's Friday, don't you realize I have to check on my VR Wife!!
Error: lp0 on fire
well not maintenance well not scheduled maintenance servers crashed and they are trying to debug it
Nobody:
Vr chat: No
@stone moon nice 
sorry tupper
I was literally playing after 3 long months
People get so angery when maintenance is happening.
how will i know if my mutes are okay...
So who's attacking the servers this time?
No one?
^
This just took the worst day of my life spot!! I NEED VR CHAT.....
lol
@covert chasm tell the dashboard monkeys that they are 2.5 hours too late reporting the issues :P why again is my external monitoring more than two hours earlier detecting api issues than the vrchat-internal monitoring?
RIP the servers
or maybe some child that got called a squeaker kekw
rip vrc dead lol
Everyone loses their shit when online servers go down, can't expect servers to run forever without issues
It just became a black hole and collapsed on itself is all simple
This is literally my life. My wife is waiting for me at Club Volt right now... What am I suppose to do?????
Idk sleep
They prolly cant login either
Seperated from your children
@amber spindle be glad you don't work for my employer, having a 2-30 minute SLA here
Has anyone on the VRchat team considered replicating their server-side stuff on multiple continents?
@glacial zealot its not a patch ffs the servers crashed thats not a patch

I work for a game and we occasionally run into issues and people always freak out. I'm familiar with this. Everyone always calms down when things go back to normal though lol
@vocal shard The weird discontinuity in your dashboard is unrelated to the current issues and doesn't reflect in any of our analytics-- looks like you got some odd data for a mo'
Betas are bound to have issues. This game doesnt have a clean slate for that
RIP Servers
details for vrchat worlds are not loading
yes, let's never update again /s
Things wont go back to normal this time... This was LITERALLY the LAST straw. I'm about to go nuclear on their ass.
Time to hone my beatsaber skills whilst I'm waiting
@drowsy chasm There's server issues going on.
Watch everything go back to normal in like
dont you people get tired of complaining? theyre working on it and i doubt stupid comments are gonna make them speed things up
where’s the avatar when we need him the most 😔
@vocal shard I can completely understand about the <30 min SLA
where’s the avatar when we need him the most
Avatar list not working
30 minutes or so
just gotta wait a bit, maybe do something else. get some food or walk a bit.
Some people actually think they're sooooo cool for hating on a game they always play
@modern mural See if "Awaken my POP/STARS" is available as a map
@covert chasm im talking about this one here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/659167683446571028/749095360533889124/unknown.png
@silk oyster i- wasn’t talking about that kind of avatar.. nvm. you don’t get the reference
I was scared cause I thought my skins were lost forever 

i knew tupper was into degrading
@stray shuttle ayo you good my guy
🍴
@magic magnet I do; it's a joke
i just wanted cuddles
Master skywalker, there's too many of them what are we gonna do?
Don't ask..... @somber tartan
I've never seen this "make sure your internet connection is working" error before. Thought it was Steam suddenly going "WOOPS!"
facepalm
early signs of "something is majorly fubar'd, we should look into it"
@sharp parrot Im in a public instance of my world. Literally everyone is freaking out and complaining to me like its the end of the world lmao.
Not like the first time server issues happened.
At this point I just assume hackers whenever the servers start doing things.
isnt vrc not working
Have you tried turning the game off and on again
@vocal shard 
yes
I am right now in udon bird sanctuary and I should probably be afraid to leave
Oof
You guys are like so lucky....... I wish I was trapped in VRChat...
I mute myself, I insta-crash, and now this happens.
love connection issues
Just patience 🤷♂️
I was just with two people and they chose to bite the bullet
Why is everyone crying
Anyway, I haven't opened the game yet today, just saw the announcement. Can anyone give a rundown on the extent of the damage?
its nothing new so i dont get why people still get suprised, i cant log in either but you dont see me seeing a tantrum @languid igloo
Because @pastel portal why wouldn't they
idk lol i just woke up to this
lets sing a song
let me log in reeeeeeee
@vocal shard eastern standard time, please google acronym definitions next time, i'm not an alexa
I dont know but it seems bad
Will the servers be back soon? 😦
no
Is it okay if I post a link to an image that relates to this situation?
EST was pretty obvious, frog xD
This is not okay
Guys.. They are turning everything off to trap us in the game. Just like SAO...
there are lots of other games to play for a bit
EST the end of my life....
@sharp parrot Imagine playing another game to kill time when there's server issues going down. Can't be me chief.
i only play vrc...
vrchat servers went to brazil
Why is everyone crying
@pastel portal
Because we cant do anything, or go anywhere, or see our friends. Also vrchat is down.
Guys.. They are turning everything off to trap us in the game. Just like SAO...
oh shit
if SAO was real, i'd def be in there no cap
Why is god punishing me, I just wanted to clap some anime cheeks.
hopefully vrchat doesn't become as garbage as SAO then
I can't even login to VrChat how are they trapping us in it?
if you only play vrchat, then you need something to do, bruh xD
Hey tupper, just by my own curiosity, is the problem related to the server / connectivity themself or something.. external?
vrchat died what happened
maybe some hacker is attacking the server?
its the only GAME I play
@vocal shard check annoucements
@covert chasm you're not an Alexa. You're tupperware
vrchat servers went to brazil
o server do jogo foi pra casa do caralho kkkkkkkk
@pastel portal
Because we cant do anything, or go anywhere, or see our friends. Also vrchat is down.
@modern mural Thats no reason for people to call a riot, damn bruh
😥 I was supposed to meet someone tonight
Again, get another game to play. There are plenty of free games out there
this is funnyy
@stray shuttle that vr wife booty that good?
its vrc is it really surprising that it died
The servers just a lil busted atm it’s fine @coral crater
Yes
I feel your pain @true pine I'm about to get my ass dumped for missing ANOTHER VRChat date.
Even Jesus is sad
XD
@covert chasm i meant estimation.. as in time 
@stray shuttle ggs
Crazy solution.. Roll back the update...
😡
Shut up meg
don’t make me call my dad
sorry Oum if ur in here. 👋
i guess onward is the game today
Now is the time to go clean your bedroom people
Quick idea for the dev team: when checking for a net connection, first check against http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt.
It that check succeeds, but the vrchat connection fails, throw a different error message. One about the servers potentially being down.
Darn big sad. Friend finally got index and fbt today. Wanted to celebrate
"but i need to see my vrchat gf!!!"
All we had to do was follow the refresh button!
@modern mural Thats no reason for people to call a riot, damn bruh
@pastel portal
I know, i was being facetious
I'm just here for info and I can't see it through all the complaints. @covert chasm I do not envy your position.
Tupper turn it off and back on again
just restart the servers
Some people talking shit like the admins are able to control these problems. Like God forbid something breaks down. You all will be ok. Go find something else to do/play
fr
mhm
yuh
No one can join, no one can leave.. we are starting a new series.. stranded in vrchat. First episode out soon lol
Again how are you in VRChat if you cannot connect?
🦀 vrc is gone 🦀
imagine vrchat having a stroke-
Yoooooo, yankee with no brim
@proper tendon
I'm watchin' server team work frantically while I bake lighting for my world. Envy my position all you want, just don't envy server team
imagine getting stranded with 6 toothbrushes 😂
RIP VRC
f
@stray sundial Aww. Upset you cant find any other game to play? Dont be mad at me because of your own personal problems lol
Server team best team
imagine getting stranded with 6 toothbrushes 😂
@vestal imp thats a RIP XD
I imagine these people in a situation where instead of a game server breaking it's their car, they just type their problem into somewhere and complain the whole time 😂
LOL
well its not like we can really do anything lol
imagine being stuck in a loading screen nonstop
F in chat for getting stuck with ANY toothbrushes
@tame wasp oh no the people cant drink in the void club, such a tragedy. like finding another game is so hard. people b entitled out here
We were in vrchat before the changes, unless you leave or crash, you can stay. Not the best experience, but it's something lol
Ikr jae xD
@vapid forge I've known some people who do that
@coral crater unfortunate
bruh
i dont think you understand the problem. I was supposed to meet someone tonight and was looking forward to it.
I threw a ball in beer pong and right before I found out if it was gonna go in or not, the game died, i will never know ;-;
Omg VRChat servers are down. Its the end of the world.
I almost got stuck in a room with a poly trio, tbh this is better

