avatar-quest

[robust whale]

Yep, I've used it for that as well; I made a jar of dirt (from Pirates of the Caribbean)

[primal oriole]

one other thing a friend of mine found an avatar that worked on their quest that somehow supported texture switching and asked me how and I dont know. Some kinda hack like atlasing + UV switching areas?

[robust whale]

oh you can do texture swaps via material swaps or animated UV offset. I'm actually using both on an avatar I'm uploading rn :>

both work perfectly fine on Quest and PC. I'm not really sure how else you'd do it lol

[mossy marlin]

anyone have that link for making an avatar quest

its like.. vrcquesttools

[mossy marlin]

For ppl who stuggle transfering to quest

if ur confused its vrcquesttool

https://github.com/kurotu/VRCQuestTools

there

it works wonders

[nocturne agate]

is sure?

[mossy marlin]

Yeah, i used it. it doesn't cover everything but with a pc only avatar, it gets it down a lot, lets you go through all the physbones, colliders. lets you choose what u want on the Quest version.

[dapper fable]

Can some one tell Me how to get a base shape from vrchat?

[wide heart]

What?

[dapper fable]

A avatar model that į can use how do i get it from vrc

[wide heart]

You don't get them from vrc, you get them from websites like booth or gumroad.

[dapper fable]

Oh

[mild pagoda]

Thing I noticed on a quest avatar
How are some creators able to make a quest compatible world constraint using physbones? I know that using a single mesh particle would work as well but I do want to keep the avatar perf high

[ashen latch]

how i fix this

im try make it questy

T-T" making quest avatar is hard

[patent narwhal]

click on the "auto fix" and see what happens

[random comet]

The issue is there's no VRCExpressionParameter asset assigned in the avatar descriptor

[full bear]

How much would it cost to get a custom avatar of myself?

[finite flower]

Depends who makes it, can range from 60 too 500+ usd

[full bear]

I would but I only have a quest

So I was willing to pay I just need a price

[finite flower]

Be careful though

[full bear]

🧑🏽‍🦲

[finite flower]

Lots of scammers here

You will get dm’d endlessly about scam model makers

I don’t trust this dude

New profile

No PFP

Poor grammar

[full bear]

I ain’t with the cash up front if they trust me they get the money but if they don’t then no money and no avatar win win

[finite flower]

Yeah

[finite flower]

Fair

[full bear]

Yeah

[finite flower]

But the best way to know is seeing their “portfolio “

It’s very obvious

[full bear]

I have no reason to lie😭

[finite flower]

They do

He knows I see him

[full bear]

It’s money after or at the same time

🧑🏽‍🦲🖐🏽

[finite flower]

Yuh

Right. Sure

That’s what they alllll say

your pfp is likely a stolen model

[full bear]

Damn 💀

Guys calm down

[finite flower]

riggghhhtt, you have the classic scammer pfp

t pose stolen model

[full bear]

Not to much on me wtf I’m trying to help you 💀

[finite flower]

they're a scammer, another server confirmed it

[full bear]

Nvm bruh

[full bear]

💀

[finite flower]

its just an alt of another dude who tried lol

[full bear]

Dude what?💀

[random comet]

oh wow, you got a t-posing avatar in your PFP. you look even more convincing!

[finite flower]

LOL

[full bear]

I’m saying

💀

[random comet]

certainly all credible artists do that!

[full bear]

Real talk I’m finna go watch amazing digital circus again

Byeeeee ✌︎('ω')✌︎

[ocean nest]

i got hacked anything else that gets sent isn’t me

[shy burrow]

need help lol

[jagged sequoia]

lower the resolution on some of your textures

[shy burrow]

i found

em ty !

❤️

[robust whale]

If you still have access to your account change the email and password. If you can't do that, disable your account and/or contact discord customer support with the email that you created this account with

[ocean nest]

I have ownership of other servers

Also it seems like they stopped because it ran out of servers

[robust whale]

Just change your email and password and disable your account to force them to log out

Then enable your account again

Don't delete it, disable it

I believe that's still an option

[ocean nest]

It is

But anyways thanks

[upbeat wind]

uuuuh hello?

I cant seem to make toggles on VRchat

does someone knows why?

[magic slate]

can you explain what you mean?

[nimble prairie]

Ur gonna have to be more specific

[dull crown]

Help.

somebody

anybody.

[magic slate]

show the avatar stats maybe? We can't figure out much from just that message

[azure folio]

Hi guys. I´m having a big issue with this situation. I attempted following some tutorials for some solutions.. At least the shader solution I already know. The big issue is whenever I go to blender to attempt using Cats plugin It just doesn´t show up. I need It to decimate a bit in order to reduce some triangles. I attempted withouth the cats plugin and got the conflict with key bindings. Even thought I didn´t decimated the hand or the head. Litteraly the clothes are part of the body. It doesn´t have skin in some parts as the arms or the legs and the clothes do the job as if they we´re the body so I dunno if that´s affecting. The model has wings and a tail. When I go to fix the pelvis angle by changing rotation of the feet the feets just go into the opposite facing direction that they should be on puting rotation to -180. The skinned meshes issue I think I might be able to do something about It, But I do feel some conflict when It comes into fixing the material slots quantity. I think the very poor perfomance is due to all those other errors but I don´t have much knowledge about It.

I want to upload It throught android build to be used in quest. I could use a hand in this case really. I don´t have idea about what to do at this point.
This is a customized model I requested 2 months ago to someone that delivered me today. I want to fix this stuff to be able to upload It. I really didn´t wanted to say this.. But I do need some guidance.

It keeps the same angle pelvis error wether I change the rotation to -180 or -360 and normally stays on 0 with the error and -360 pratically equal. I dunno if It has something related with fixing that error

The most important right now is getting a way to reduce triangles and discovering how to deal with material slots. But I really don´t have a clue.

[magic slate]

you're not going to fix that error in Unity.

[azure folio]

Last time before I comissioned to the author It was the same pelvis error and triangles thought he said he didn´t saw anything wrong with It. I really dunno if explaining to him he´ll do something about It.

I know It´s on blender

[magic slate]

without seeing it I'd guess the upper leg bones are upside-down

[azure folio]

Would you accept a request of mine just to show you on a call of a screen share in order for you to give me some advices on how to deal with It? I don´t ask too much. Just advices. I´ll try do the rest alone searching throught tutorials and stuff.

[magic slate]

I don't really do that and definitely can't at the moment, but this channel can be quite helpful.

and honestly, the leg bone thing is minor compared to the rest of the work you probably need to do , that material slot thing is a problem

[azure folio]

Sure. I´ll be waiting if someone else could advice me in that case.

Some helpfull tutorials would also be a great advice in this case.

I don´t have much experience on this so I really need some with good explanations.

The feet are in normal direction at 0. So It´s more 1 thing I don´t have a clue.

[arctic slate]

id ask in #1138520828556890214

[junior palm]

Kk

[untold blaze]

I need avatar like this

[steady idol]

#1138520828556890214

[scenic summit]

Everyone gets sent there but no one is helped ( almost no one )

[steady idol]

its literally just make a thread there

[arctic slate]

most dont get helped because they're asking for someone to make something free or they're looking for something that doesnt exist

[patent narwhal]

or something that they could easily type and find in prismic's avatar search world

[arctic slate]

honestly hate that world most avatars in there aren't meant to be used by other's/public in general or are ripped :/

[scenic summit]

Yeah

[robust whale]

for bought avatars I can see that being an issue, but it usually doesn't add avatars that lots of people aren't using anyways, and also if it's a bought avatar and it's public against TOS that's the fault of the person who uploaded, not prismic

the YAAS world though does seem to get avatars that are "private" public aka set to public but usually only shared between friends

like I had an avatar that was just meant for me and my partner, so we were sure nobody else had it. It still ended up on that search world

I just ended up uploading it to their account instead

[arctic slate]

prismatic's world lets you search by description, avatar name and creator name so alot of people tend to use avatar's that arent meant for rando's to use. ive personally had alot of banning issues and hate DM's because of avatar's i share between friends and family members being used by randoms that found it in that world which is the main reason i h8 it

[robust whale]

if it's not meant for other people then upload it as private

just have the avatar uploaded to the accounts of people who are supposed to use it and make sure they set it to private

[wide heart]

Add a password to the avatar. There are a couple prefabs out there for it

[magic slate]

Prismatic has said they'd remove stuff on request though too

[wide heart]

Only one world. All the other worlds that use that same database don't do that

[magic slate]

this is true

[robust whale]

yeah but there's no reason to hate on prismic's

that search world works fine

they do requests to add or takedown avatars

you can also keep it from appearing in the world by putting private in the title

[magic slate]

ooh I didn't know that one

[robust whale]

i think you might have to put in brackets

i don't remember exactly but it says it somewhere in the world i believe

like [Private]

something like that

[arctic slate]

i would but spending money on vrchat for anything other then the vr gear itself is kind of stupid to me

[arctic slate]

i dont have access to alot of the accounts that i share my avatars with and i dont send files over as i love downloading malware etc and wouldnt wanna risk other peoples PC's getting ratted or something

[robust whale]

i think you can put [Private] in the title (or smth else it says it somewhere in the world) or contact prismic's discord and you can get the avatar(s) taken down

[wide heart]

They're free ones

[arctic slate]

free ones are quite easily bypassable

[coral ginkgo]

Name or description, yeah. And I also make myself very accessible for people to send avatar ids of theirs they want removed, or their entire user id if they want.

[wide heart]

The one I used doesn't seem so. The common VRChat User wouldn't do more than attempt a few passwords and give up

[robust whale]

it shouldn't be too hard to make your own

just lock your tracking with tracking control until the right password is input

and to make sure the right password is input, just have transitions that require an Int parameter to equal a certain value before moving on. Have it transition to exit if the value does not equal that value or 0 (0 not being any of the controls because you can set them to buttons which sets the value to 0 after you stop pressing the button). This essentially freezes it at each stop until you get a certain number, and if you input the wrong one, you're sent back to the beginning. This setup makes it VERY easy to control the length of your passcode. If you want to make it more complicated, you can even use letters instead. You have up to 255 inputs to play with, and an infinite length to your passcode. Just take your max input characters and raise it to the power of whatever you want until you're satisfied with the large number of possibilities

and also just realize that anything beyond 3 digits nobody will reasonably try to crack

nobody cares enough

just give it like 5 or 6 digit passcode and there's no way in hell anyone would try to crack your passcode. I don't believe you can automate the process, and even if you could, the setup to get that automatic or the work to manually brute force the passcode is too much work for anyone to care to do for one avatar

[chilly night]

Facts

[round girder]

What's the best way to make a transparent glass shader for quest? Can't figure it out

[steady idol]

you dont

quest doesnt support transparency

[round girder]

Gosh they smell lmao

[flint forge]

Using the particle shaders in the vrchat shader folder.

Example of how they look here.
#avatar-quest message

It needs to be a separate material entirely dedicated for the see-through part.

[robust whale]

Well it also has to be a particle I'm pretty sure

Like it doesn't let you use the particle shaders on meshes I think

Like even mesh particles

[flint forge]

A friend of mine uses the additive particle shader for their visor on Quest.

[magic spire]

Hey so I have a friend that can only see my vr avatars fallback avatar and not the one I want to be able to show them. Even when changing it to a quest compatbile avatar they still can't.

[flint forge]

If your "Quest compatible" avatar isn't medium or above then your friend has to forcefully show it.
This can be changed so poor avatars can also be automatically shown, but when it comes to very poor avatars they always have to be shown manually.

Also, a reminder that the performance ranking for the Quest and PC version of an avatar can be entirely different.

[magic spire]

oh ok ty i think i had told them to do so and then it worked

[gusty basin]

No matter what the fbx is, brand new unity projects, nothing added, I get the same exact errors preventing upload to quest. please help

[arctic slate]

the errors are making it look like you're trying to upload a model with an ID you dont own and doesnt exist yet

[old knot]

It’s been an issues where if you have script errors it’ll throw the blueprint id error but it’s missing or broken scripts on the avatar. You’ll just have to hunt them down

[gusty basin]

there are no scripts, its just an fbx with an avatar desriptor

[gusty basin]

no packages and nothing premade. nothing added, no packages, prefabs, shaders, absolutely nothing but a blank project with an fbx added and an avatar descriptor. I dont even open the hierarchy to reproduce this error. Just an SDK and an fbx

[gusty basin]

Just an empty unity project with the SDK, FBX with a avatar descriptor. Ive tried uploading to blueprint IDs that I own and with no blueprint ID. These avatars upload fine on Windows platform and only throw these errors on Android platform.

I just dragged a straight fbx in a blank project, mobile shaders, and try to upload it. This happens with the same fbx I have uploaded in the past successfully before this error came along, and also with an fbx that is basically just an armature. Multiple different fbx's just in case that file causes the problem and I get this same error on android only.

I googled "Native Array" and this is a feature within unity itself. I think Im just going to have to ininstall all unity versions entirely and reinstall everything because maybe a previous script has completely ruined unity's own code because no matter how many time I make brand new projects with nothing not native to vrchat added in the scene this same thing happens

[hexed canyon]

Hi there! I'm currently having an issue where between quest and pc the parameter selected on PC is 35 parameters away of what should've been selected. I've tried adding to the parameter list a fake parameter but it doesn't effect the preset list.

Has anyone had a similar experience or have any thoughts?

[gusty basin]

By the way I fixed that issue by going to the unity hub, choosing the project, choosing the 3 dots, and enabling android build support

and downloading the modules

[sage tendon]

If I upload a Quest compatible avatar will I be able to set it as my Fallback?

[kindred fractal]

You can’t set it as a fallback unless it’s optimized enough to meet fallback requirements

[sage tendon]

Where can I find said fallback requirements?

I've been looking around for somewhre that has them listed but haven't been able to find anything yet.

[kindred fractal]

Needs to be excellent ranked meaning you’d need to optimize it to that.

Here’s the diff stuff on Performance Ranks:

https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/avatar-performance-ranking-system/

[steady idol]

good or better not specifically only excellent

[kindred fractal]

Good too? Good to know. No pun intended

[steady idol]

I dont like the naming scheme of the performance ranks

it shouldve been named very good instead of excellent

[kindred fractal]

Yeah that’d prob make more sense HAHA

Excellent does sound fancy tho

Imagine they change very poor’s rank name to “shit” or something

[west iron]

never had this issue--whats the easiest way to lower the size?

[sour vault]

Lower texture resolution

[pastel storm]

Make it low poly

[errant wharf]

ANYONE HAVE A WALLY DALRING AVATAR?!?! I NEED IT ASAP! It looks exactly like this!

It has toggles for a coffee/tea mug, arm swap and more, please message me if anyone has it!

[arctic slate]

ask in #1138520828556890214

[dense saffron]

Looking for this

[arctic slate]

make a post in #1138520828556890214 dont ask here

[fresh zinc]

Can someone help me no matter what I do the mb for my avi won't go below 10 mb

[sour vault]

Remove extras, lower poly count, combine materials, lower texture resolution

[foggy terrace]

use d4rk's avatar optimizer to reduce the number of blendshapes, try lowering the texture resolution even further to 1024 or lower, or 2048/4096 if atlased, set the quality of them to Medium, if you havent, atlas your materials and textures to reduce size or join meshes and decimate to make the mesh simpler (needs blender + cats)

[robust whale]

Dissolve edge loops and don't use cats, it's deprecated and the newer one still tends to break stuff

[mystic idol]

whoever makes the first toki wartooth avi ill explode (i have mo money chat)

[primal bramble]

explode you will not* good avatars take a very long time to make

[mystic idol]

it doesn’t have to be good, the only toki avatar out there is him as a furry:(

[upbeat wind]

I followed the exact same as the tutorial

and it didnt worked

idk whats going on

[nimble prairie]

But want exactly Is t working

[upbeat wind]

thats the thing I dont know

[primal bramble]

Download blender for free, try making some clothes etc. You'll quickly understand

[mystic idol]

thank you!

[spare egret]

can anyone upload this avatar i just got please, i dont know how

[old knot]

Don’t ask in every channel bruh. You’ll get the same answer or scammers asking for your account details

[vale cloud]

If you’re above visitor rank then you can download vrchat creator companion. They have tutorials online and it’s what’s used to upload avatars usually. Dw it’s not too complicated of a process as some may think lol.

[spare egret]

ooh okay dm me the link

[molten elm]

does the vrchat mobile additive particles shader actually show up on quest now?. simple asking cause i remembered that any mobile particle shader will just go invisible. here is the post that I saw to make me question

[robust whale]

Yes it does work now

[molten elm]

awesome thank youuu

[foggy terrace]

btw, whats the name of this asset if its fine to ask :o

[molten elm]

Spray bottle for VRC!

it is a gumroad asset that is free

[foggy terrace]

pawesome, thank you

[north sand]

Hello is there a way to get anime shaders for quest

I could only find poiyomi which I can't use

[foggy terrace]

Toon Lit is as close as you can get

[steady idol]

Matcap with cel shading texture

[steady idol]

Matcap exists

[pastel storm]

Please anyone here make an Avatar for me

Please add me up

[steady idol]

Go to vrctraders

[pastel storm]

How can I find that

[pastel storm]

Any link or something

[steady idol]

#1204490664637890580

[north sand]

Cel shading?

I did this with poiyomi then it said unsupported 😂

Now it looks like straight trash

HOLYBSHIT

[north sand]

I love u

IT LOOKS GOOD

Really

Nooo

[north sand]

It's a little dark but it's still goooood

[north sand]

U gotta try thus matcap with shading texutes

It's so goood

[foggy terrace]

i must learn

[robust whale]

don't use the default ones, make your own

personally i don't like using gray for shading as it dulls the colors

i use a light purple/magenta on a white circle

white gives no change to the color on a matcap

i believe matcap lit uses multiplicitive color mix? but i could be wrong

so a light purple will darken the color a little bit and give it a slightly purple hue, which in most lights will simply look "cooler"

the average light is a yellowy off-white, since that's the color of sunlight. Given that, just using basic color theory, highlights should be yellow and shadows should be purple (opposite of yellow)

i have one that i made where the unshaded part is a very light gray (so that the highlights appear lighter), the highlighted part is yellow, and the shadows are purple

try this matcap if you'd like

[north sand]

What's the best unity to use

Because I'm using a newer one and it won't show my uploaded avatar in vrchat

[tender dagger]

2022.3.22f1

[north sand]

Do I use 3dmobile

I forgot

[summer delta]

Hi I’m new here

[robust whale]

there are only specific versions you can use

the most up-to-date one is 2022.3.22f1

[north sand]

I was using 2022.3.33f1

O think

[robust whale]

did you restart your game?

[north sand]

I did everything

My headset

And my game

[north sand]

Does 2019 work?

Last question

Do I use this

[jagged sequoia]

you use the 3D built-in render pipeline

[jagged sequoia]

https://creators.vrchat.com/sdk/upgrade/current-unity-version/

2022.3.22f1

[pliant summit]

Is anyone else having issues uploading avis?

[steady idol]

depends on what you mean by issues

[arctic slate]

it can work but it's suggested that you use 2022

[pliant summit]

Failed security check?

[arctic slate]

avatar isnt optimized enough probably

its an error you get if your stats are too high/past the limit

[pliant summit]

But I have an avid just like it and it uploaded fine, bit this one has less toggles

[north sand]

Is that for toon stuff?

/anime

[north sand]

Bro thank you everyone has been saying it looks so good

[robust whale]

yes that's what i usually use it for

mostly cartoon style

you can pretty easily make your own matcaps in blender as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruEb9mJuQpw

use this tutorial to set up the camera and sphere

then just set up your material however you'd like

for example if you want to use cel shading, try using color ramping

you can always look up tutorials

I sometimes just draw my own in an image editor/drawing software

[runic garden]

can confirm this is false. my model which is green ranked is getting affected by this bug too.
(nothing i do fixes it too)

my model is now greyed out, and people cant use my model anymore in my map.

[arctic slate]

it's the original reason you'd get this error so it isnt false but looking at how many people are getting it now it's probably a vrchat bug

[north sand]

How do I kitbash avatrs

Like js it possible to grab a head from another avatar and add jt on a different

[arctic slate]

it is just delete the body mesh from the one avatar and the head from the other (make sure both head bones have the same name) and merge them together

make sure that the meshes you use allow that though

[north sand]

Ok

Ima try it real quick

[north sand]

For some reason

I click the bones

And it selects every single bone

[arctic slate]

click the bones then press TAB

[north sand]

Is this how it should look?

[arctic slate]

unless most of those bones are for the hair you're gonna wanna delete those extra bones (only need eyes hair and head bone any others will be unnecessary

[cyan agate]

vrchat is gonna lower quest avatars max size to 5mb? how?!
an avatar creator friend told me that. i hope thats not true

[foggy terrace]

im like 99.87% sure thats fake

[north sand]

I ended up delete the body's neck and keeping the heads neck🤦‍♂️

[arctic slate]

make sure to join the verts together where the neck ends then

[vestal path]

What’s the best matcap for toon lit shading guys?

[robust whale]

it seems like there's been a recent influx of people reporting this issue.. i wonder if there's some bug with the avatar security check?

[robust whale]

depends on the style you're going for. If you want a specific style, try making your own matcap in blender

[vestal path]

Nah I’d like the anime ones

Or anime shadings

If anyone can share some of their matcap shading it would be great

[robust whale]

?

you can make one in blender..?

you can make it the same way

[vestal path]

Idk how to use blender

:.)

[robust whale]

for cel shading you would probably set up a color ramp

[robust whale]

well here is one i use for toon shading

this one i drew

[vestal path]

Ohh thanks

[north sand]

Hey

Would I delete the neck off the head or the body for the kitbash

[arctic slate]

doesnt matter though most people use the neck thats attached to the body because its easier

[north sand]

Ok thanks you

[north sand]

I'm trying tk make a demon slayer avatar without just changing the textures

So

[arctic slate]

wow thats alot of bones

make sure to get rid of unnecessary ones or you'll have a poor avatar rating

[north sand]

I'm not worried about the rating as of rn I just want my character 😂

[north sand]

Just making sure I'm doing this right so I delete everyone head and hair bone if I'm using the body?

[arctic slate]

delete all the bones on the head area aside from the actual head bone itself

[north sand]

Wowwww

🤦‍♂️

[arctic slate]

thats alright

you can make another one just click on the bodies bones press tab to go into edit mode click the neck bone select the top ball on the neck bone then press E and extend the new bone off the neck

make sure to rename the new bone to Head

[north sand]

It didn't make a new bone

But

It did extend

Wait nvm it did

Sorry

[north sand]

Ik I said last question but I delete every bone for the head that's not involved in head

[arctic slate]

no you'd keep the main body armature (like in pic) and any required to make the avatar look nice so like any on the bottom of the coat (the ones on the sleeves should be removed imo)

[north sand]

My bones don't look like that

[arctic slate]

yeah you have them in wire mode

change ur settings if you want them to look like the picture i sent

[north sand]

OOOOOO

Yikes

Can someone tell me how to merge the armature bc I feel like I'm doing it wrong

[north sand]

I lowkey luv u if this works

I just put it in unity

So

[arctic slate]

as long as you've done it right it should work

[north sand]

I tried to upload it

And it said

How do I fix

[arctic slate]

take a screenshot not a photo of the screen and show the topmost error in the console but it looks like you might have some broken/missing scripts

[north sand]

Oh

[north sand]

This is what happens

[arctic slate]

thats not the top most error

[arctic slate]

did you make sure to merge the armatures?

if you did then did you make sure to parent the head to the neck bone? (incase it didnt already do that for some reason)

[north sand]

how do i parent

Bc if I'm I'm right

Do I just drag one and place it on the other e

[arctic slate]

in blender you go to the bone menu and choose the parent to be neck

if thats already setup did you check that you weighted the head to the head bone?

[true ibex]

Is there a In game forced limit of number of Partical systems on an Avi?

[steady idol]

Yes and no

Theres a setting to limit particles

[true ibex]

So I take that as a no

[steady idol]

Eventually it wont upload and get security checked

[robust whale]

kinda:
there is a limit on each particle system (that you set)
there is a limit for how many max particles you can have per performance rank
people may either performance block your whole avatar or use shield levels to disable your particles
if you have too many, your avatar might fail security checks, and then it won't work at all

[true ibex]

I'm having a weird Thing where the Particles on the last two weapons on my Hierarchy break
If I change the order it's still the Last Two

It's not failing security checks or anything

My guess it some kind of Hard Limit that's not user setting controlled

[north sand]

I did it totally wrong then

[north sand]

Hey

Look

[north sand]

I think I mightve got it

[calm silo]

Has anyone else been having issues with the particle shaders?

[north sand]

Can anyone tell me why when I move my head the hair doesn't follow

[magic slate]

the hair isn't properly weight painted to a bone that's a child of the head bone

[sinful badge]

Can anyone here tell me why I am now unable to upload an avatar that was already uploaded once before for Quest using Unity 2019 but updating it to Unity 2022.3.22f1 without making any changed to the quest version makes it invalid? Also apparently there is a new error message for uncompressed size? I dont remember seeing this in the SDK patch notes. I have tried the whole uploading it to a new ID both PC and Quest. Any info on this would be great thank you in advance.

[pliant summit]

Vrchat mpds, fix your stuff, I hope shit is fixed in the next update

[north sand]

How do I fix that

[magic slate]

I'd suggest tutorials on weight painting, it's not something easily explained in text, especially if you don't already know what that means.

[foggy terrace]

avatars now have a limit to how much RAM they can use, and starting in July, anything above 40MBs will be unusable
you can reduce the amount of RAM your avatar uses by removing unused blendshapes and lowering texture sizes. make sure your avatar isnt using too many polygons either, as these will increase RAM use even further with blendshapes

[manic ore]

I got two avis with this glitch that I cannot seem to figure out why it is happening.

It is only on the quest version of the avi, weight painting in blender is fine, configuration of the avatar is fine, cant think of anything it could be

I use vrcquest tools to help convert

[robust whale]

check your weights, they may have more than 4 bones on those verticies, which isn't allowed in vrchat

in blender if you press N and select a vertex, you can see the weights on it

[manic ore]

like this?

[robust whale]

yeah, see how under vertex weights it has more than 4?

you can have 4 maximum in vrc

i believe there is a way to weight paint with this limit

like limit to 4 bones

i believe it's clamping?

i haven't used it before

[manic ore]

thats so weird, I have never had this issue before?
is this a new thing?

[steady idol]

its not new

[robust whale]

you just probably haven't had issues with this limit before

[manic ore]

do you know how I can go about fixing it? Im not sure what you meant by clamping?

[robust whale]

i'm not really sure, i just know someone offered this as a solution for someone else recently having the same issue

[scarlet dagger]

I am trying to sync toggles between quest and pc and I have no idea what I'm doing with the network id tool

[steady idol]

network id tool?

[scarlet dagger]

I'm using the world network id tool to manage the ids so that the toggles match

[steady idol]

for an avatar?

[scarlet dagger]

is that why it's not working?

:catquake:

I'm a little dumb

[steady idol]

all you do is have the parameters in the same order

[scarlet dagger]

okay, but I had that and the toggles wouldn't sync

[steady idol]

do they have synced enabled?

[scarlet dagger]

hmm, I reckon these should have sync enabled for gogoloco?

[robust whale]

no

[scarlet dagger]

okay, then otherwise, yes

[steady idol]

are they using the same parameter list or different ones

[scarlet dagger]

different list

[robust whale]

use the same ones

[scarlet dagger]

I think

[robust whale]

just

[scarlet dagger]

let me double check

[steady idol]

the parameter lists need to be identical

[robust whale]

whichever one has more use the same one

[scarlet dagger]

okay, give me one moment to see if that's the problem

[robust whale]

most people think if you have extra toggles on PC you can use a different Quest parameters list, but this offers no benefit and also will mess of the syncing cross-platform

[scarlet dagger]

okay, they're using the same list
let me make my changes and see if it's broken

[robust whale]

unintuitively, the parameters end up being sorted by type first, then order, which is why you need to use the exact same parameters

[scarlet dagger]

aha

that's goofy

I've always hated quest conversions

[robust whale]

build with quest in mind :^)

then it will be easy to convert to pc lol

[scarlet dagger]

so uh, was messing with network ids using the utility
will that break anything?

[robust whale]

probably not, that's intended for worlds though

[scarlet dagger]

cuz there was stuff in there

:catplush:

[robust whale]

ofc you can always have PC only options like constraints, custom shaders, transparency, and audio, but for things like texture size, draw calls, polygon count, and physbone transforms (or at least physbone components), try to make it more quest friendly. then it's just a matter of removing/replacing a couple PC only things

for physbone transforms, you can always use the bone merger tool in blender to easily reduce them

[scarlet dagger]

yeah

[scarlet dagger]

the menus don't have to be the same though, correctt?

[robust whale]

no

[scarlet dagger]

will vrc fury installing the parameters at runtime mess with this?

I have a prefab that uses the vrcfury at runtime installer to add parameters and animations existing lists and controllers

[robust whale]

idk i don't use vrcfury

[scarlet dagger]

well we're about to find out!

thank you anyways lol

[cosmic cradle]

can someome help me optomize my avatar so i can add clothing to my rex pls i need my stuff quest compatible if so dm me pls

[cedar crystal]

my friend is having fun making a quest avatar! 🤸

[velvet badger]

Same here, but I don't get as much errors as that, but I'll run into it eventually while playing with contacts and physbone testings.

[north sand]

How can I get particles on quest that aren't looking like boxes

[robust whale]

Mesh particles

[north sand]

That's not the problem anymore

But

[north sand]

Now it's saying failed to find entry points

[hot ocean]

Hey what are some good mobile apps to use to create an avatar cause I don’t have a pc

If there’s any oculus apps too please tell me

[old knot]

You’ll need to use a windows based platform to upload avatars with Unity. You can use a Mac based system with some work arounds but that’s a different story. I know some people that don’t have a windows pc but like a chrome book for example pay to use a “shadow pc” which is basically streaming a pc through your Chromebook

#1204506421631393913 message there’s also vrc traders where you could find someone to commission but be weary of scams. I’m not in the server but I’ve heard they do a good job to vet to people that take commissions

[proud roost]

Anyone know why this model is failing verification check?
Quest model, normally uploads fine. My thoughts might be bones, collision check, or maybe even material slots? 🤔

[magic slate]

Linux works fine too FYI 🙂

[robust whale]

Apparently mac and Linux are surprisingly simple to use, just no vcc. You just have to manually install/update the sdk/packages. Which isn't actually hard, just slightly annoying

[magic slate]

You use the vpm command-line tool: https://vcc.docs.vrchat.com/vpm/cli

[lavish ivy]

does poi toon work with quest?

[magic slate]

no

[scenic mural]

can u pls help me

with my shader problem

[magic slate]

Can you explain what you have and what's happening?

[scenic mural]

its more easier on a call

because it makes complerte no sense at all

its a shader problem 100%

none of the quest shaders work

in game

for it

just on the

unity

im just purple

its a vurith avatar

https://vulthra.gumroad.com/l/waterparkshark?layout=profile

this one specifically

the demo works fine

but idk why when i upload it

is it to do with vrfury

ive redownlaoded the avatar a thousand times

tried multiple thiongs to fix all my probelms

adn this is the one that stays

@magic slate

[magic slate]

please stop pinging me

[scenic mural]

one ping)

and you havent repsonded

so i didnt know if you where here or not

[magic slate]

That's two.

[scenic mural]

i mean yea

one was to get u to see my fist mesasge

and then the second was so u could see i told you my problem

sorry

i just didnt know if u were here or not

[magic slate]

oh I'm here, but doing other things, I have no idea what your problem is.

[scenic mural]

thats why i need to call somone to help

to show me through to upload it

its what i keep asking

to do

😭

ive been trying to fix probelms for about 26 hours now

maybe more like 20

but yea

[arctic slate]

if quest shaders "arent working" then trying a new project might help or switching unity versions

[robust whale]

oh yeah that is true, i guess i meant no official vcc

[celest plank]

hello! im having problems with toggling something on pc and then nothing happens or it toggles the wrong thing on quest, for example i toggle a sword on PC and it toggles a banana on quest. how do i fix this?

[magic slate]

You should use the same parameter list for both, otherwise things get confused.

it's actually the list and the order in the list, not just the variable names, which matter

[celest plank]

i had copied the PC avatar and the only modification i did was switch to the quest shaders and remove the pc assets, not even modifying the vrcfury toggles

[magic slate]

not sure what else would be wrong then, this is usually the problem.

[celest plank]

alright, thank you though!

[flint forge]

Did you remove any PC assets that were linked to the avatar using VRCFury?

[magic slate]

ohh I forgot fury messes with that

[flint forge]

Yeah, what I do is take those prefabs, remove the mesh renderer and just let VRCFury treat it as normal.

[celest plank]

yup!

[celest plank]

ah alright, ill try that

also sry for the ping, i forgot to disable that

[flint forge]

Make sure they are blue in the hierarchy before removing

[celest plank]

oki

[flint forge]

Means it is a prefab and won't permanently remove the mesh renderer.

[celest plank]

fixed! thank yal a ton!

[unkempt hound]

Can anyone help me find an avatar with a JDM style hoodie?

[magic slate]

#1138520828556890214

[unkempt hound]

I did, me and a few other people have been bumping my post for 2 almost 3 weeks

[stiff summit]

I need help, i need a free astronaut avatar with various space tech.....

[magic slate]

also #1138520828556890214

[rustic siren]

i literally cannot remove anything else from this avatar or she will be NAKED, textures are already down and i've used crunch compression; are there any tips and tricks to get this to just get rid of the little mb left??
this is the official sdk btw

[robust whale]

Use build size vewier to find what is causing the issue (taking up the most space) instead if blindly removing things

[rustic siren]

ill give it a try; thank you!

im dead 😭

[kind wigeon]

whyyyyyyy

[flint forge]

Crunch compression is part of why the "Avatar uncompressed size" exists, it is there to catch you abusing it, since crunch compression only lowers download size, but causes stutters and takes up the same RAM/VRAM when in game as if you weren't using crunch.

[rustic siren]

i’ve fixed it already; but thanks for the input!

[flint forge]

👍

[unkempt hound]

Can anyone take an existing avatar (like the one i am using) and add a design to the clothes on it? Like the front and back of the hoodie?

Asking because i like my avatar but i wanna add JDM car themed stuff on the hoodie

[robust whale]

Go to vrctraders

[unkempt hound]

Is that a website?

[robust whale]

it's a discord server

https://discord.com/channels/189511567539306508/1204506421631393913

[unkempt hound]

Oh ok thx

[robust whale]

make sure to ONLY accept offers from people with the authorized role

otherwise you are being scammed

[unkempt hound]

Sure

[robust whale]

unless you are asking for a free avatar

but you likely won't get a response if you ask for it for free

it won't cost that much since you're not asking for a whole avatar, just a texture edit

[unkempt hound]

Yeah

Ur gonna need to send me an invite to the server cause the google invite isnt working

[robust whale]

i just did

[unkempt hound]

Oh

[robust whale]

^

this is a link to a post in #1204490664637890580 that has a perma invite to the server

[pine quail]

do you think you could help explain what you did exactly? cuz I'm having the same problem. I could really use the help

[celest plank]

i had cloned the pc avatar, removed pc-only prefaps for vrcfury (as i was 2 lazy to make it function on quest), made a copy (file) of the materials that pc used and converted them to quest and put them on the quest version

[pine quail]

okay! Thanks lots!!

[soft hedge]

anyone else having issues with quest avatars uploading correctly but then quest users can’t see it? it’s happened to me twice now

[hexed knot]

Yup had that too rn.
That's so weird

[misty horizon]

do parameter drivers work for quest?

reason i'm asking is because on quest, some toggles for an avi I converted flash on and then back off on quest platform. when i tested these toggles, they functioned fine in unity testing and uploading quest to pc to test in game

it's not a desync issue as it's not all of the clothes that do this

[ionic zephyr]

Yes, parameter drivers work on Quest
However, if you are playing on PC, then the Quest side's parameter drivers will mean nothing, if they try to override a synced parameter
The PC side's synced parameter value will take priority

You should also use the same Expression Parameters list on both the PC and on the Quest version, because there is an issue with how parameters are handled.
They are synced by their position in the list, rather than by their name

You can however use separate FX layers. That is fine

[misty horizon]

I use the exact same parameters and fx from pc to quest

the tops and bottoms are both in separate toggles, the tops on this model use param drivers as well as bottoms, and the tops toggles show fine on quest, however the bottoms turn on and off, regardless of what is turned on or off

[ionic zephyr]

Can you show that layer?

[misty horizon]

the layers for the bottoms? or the whole fx

[ionic zephyr]

The layer for the bottoms

[misty horizon]

please do not mind the amount, there is multiple different bottoms

all toggles are done via bool

[ionic zephyr]

Oh god, that's quite a few different layers

I know you said don't mind the amount, but damn

But.. why don't you turn all of this into 1 layer?

That would make things less complicated

I can make a sketch about how I usually handle these things, if you are interested

[misty horizon]

I'm not the creator of the model unfortunately

I was just commissioned to make it quest compatible ;;

so the layer logic is theirs

[ionic zephyr]

Well if you have some experience, you can fix it still, and it would be more optimized :P

(If they don't mind)

And by some experience, I just mean being able to set things up yourself, based on my sketch

[misty horizon]

I'd have to ask them and see, as i'd have to scratch the entire model's toggles and redo 80% of all unity work of it ;;

[ionic zephyr]

How many layers are there?

[misty horizon]

80

[ionic zephyr]

Oh yeah... that's a few

That would take a few hours

[ionic zephyr]

But yeah, if you feel like it, ask them
And if they say yes, then you can reach out to me, if you want

[misty horizon]

and with multiple packages ( 5 different package variants) that would be awhile to complete ;;

thank you.. just hoping i get this issue fixed

[ionic zephyr]

At least I can tell you about the logic I'd use for just these layers

I helped someone fix their avis, that they sent over once, that had 90 layers
Which took me 1.5-2 hours
So I definitely wouldn't do that for 5 variants myself 😅

But I hope my setup will help with these issues at least (if they accept)

[magic slate]

direct blend trees ++

[patent narwhal]

what would be the best way to fake a gun bullet particle for quest

[sage arch]

Can someone tell me the contact limit on quest? please

[random comet]

https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/avatar-performance-ranking-system#android-limits

[robust whale]

16 iirc

[ionic zephyr]

Indeed
DBTs are the way

[urban mango]

Can anyone make me a transformers avatar

[steady idol]

No

Go to vrctraders

[vivid geyser]

ok so im trying to make my custom mamehinata avi quest compatible how do i keep the outline

[robust whale]

add it in blender

duplicate meshes, press alt+s and make it the size you want

then go to UVs, select all of the outlines and scale them to 0

then put them all on one material in a black pixel

[vivid geyser]

ok

[vivid geyser]

after will i have to reapply toggles i added to the model

[robust whale]

no

[vivid geyser]

ok

[vivid geyser]

i might have to accept defeat and try to tackle it another day im too dumb and inexperienced for this

[patent narwhal]

i need help... Ive made an avatar where the pc version and quest version are in different scenes in unity. When i try to upload both of them for the same avatar, it instead makes them two different avatar, and refuses to upload them for the same avatar. What do i do...

[robust whale]

Copy blueprint ID from one and paste to the pipeline manager of the other then click attach

[manic moth]

Could we get an official statement on whether or not the Quest Additive Particle shader is intentionally whitelisted now? I haven’t seen any official word on it it just kinda started being allowed one day. I’m afraid to use it my products if there’s a chance that whitelist might be revoked again in the near future.

[magic slate]

Probably make a canny for that

[high prism]

When it comes to an Albedo for Quest, how do you all manage to change the color of something white if other white elements exist?

[magic slate]

Paint just the one part?

[robust whale]

different material slot or material swap w different texture

[tiny current]

When i try to upload this avi for quest, it keeps giving the "can not save a preview scene" error in the console... any ideas?

or gets stuck on this without any logs

[robust whale]

you are in prefab mode

[tiny current]

so how do i exit

[robust whale]

the arrow

[tiny current]

Ok and now i cant upload the quest version

cuz its not present

[robust whale]

okay select it and enable it

in the inspector

click on the prefab in the heirarchy, then in the inspector click the check box next to the name

[tiny current]

like this?

[robust whale]

yes

now you can upload

[tiny current]

Oh damn it actually works

thank u!! ^^

[high prism]

Got it. Had someone help me last night basically repaint the other parts. Took us like 6 hours to fix but we got there. Thanks.

[steady idol]

It was never whitelisted but instead fixed

You could always use it but it didnt render on meshes

[maiden forge]

i know someone who can make the transformer avatar

[urban mango]

Qho

Who

[rugged bobcat]

How do I make this a smaller file size for quest? (The avatar is already a quest file)

[steady idol]

reduce the texture sizes

[magic slate]

ooh that's huge. Probably start by decreasing texture size and deleting unused blendshapes on the mesh

[rugged bobcat]

Thank you! ^^

[pastel storm]

Does anyone have boy NSFW avi I can have

[magic slate]

#1138520828556890214

[steady idol]

bold to ask for nsfw

[robust whale]

nsfw isn't allowed

you're asking in the official vrc server...

[stable heron]

does anyone convert files here and also maybe upload ill pay :p

[steady idol]

thats a very easy way to summon every single scammer in this discord

[pastel plinth]

Yeah I think so

[pastel plinth]

Hmmm

[pastel plinth]

???💯

[versed spade]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=how+to+convert+files+in+unity

[arctic slate]

convert what type of files 🤨

[pastel storm]

what are some avatars with good skirts that I can analyse next time I log on?

[foggy terrace]

the what

[reef dome]

Fear god

[warm ether]

Anyone know where to get some good male avatars

[magic slate]

#1138520828556890214

[obtuse sundial]

The type of avatar I'm wearing there. With a type of chibi look to it. Does anyone know what the name of the model is? Or at least where I can find more ones that look like it? I've tried and only found 1 other but it was someone else's avatar

[arctic slate]

#1138520828556890214

looks like the model might use the deira base

[foggy terrace]

it looks like a modified deira, yeah

[distant whale]

I have a problem every time I upload an avatar in Quest it displays as robot error in yellow despite it being optimized, does anyone have an idea please??

[pastel storm]

Does anyone know what avi this is?(the one with the red/black braids)

[steady idol]

#1138520828556890214

[pastel storm]

Ty

[steady viper]

Anyone able to offer a suggestion as to why my quest models which are fine when other people upload it, but when i do it it makes it an error bot to others but i can see and wear it?

[torn moon]

if you go to your console logs

itll tell u what issues are happening

there could be many reasons as to why an avi wont upload

[steady viper]

It uploads completely fine, but in game other ppl get an error bot while i can see it, this is on the quest side.

[wicked parrot]

they might just be falling back and not telling you?

@steady viper (i didnt reply ping and iirc editing in a ping doesn't actually ping the person)

[steady viper]

wat do u mean by that

[wicked parrot]

they might not be seeing your avatar

[steady viper]

they have me shown, i can see my quest side but they cant

[wicked parrot]

ok

youve definitely uploaded it right?

and you definitely set the build target to android right?

[steady viper]

yes ive uploaded it 6 different times now with all the same result

[wicked parrot]

try uploading a quest default robot

with some sort of small, obvious change

[steady viper]

even as stand alone quest avi other quest users cant see it

[wicked parrot]

yeah i'm saying upload a default robot as a separate avatar, with a change that makes it obvious whether or not people see it or not

if people still can't see it, then it can't be an issue with the avatar you're trying to upload

also youre not visitor right?

[steady viper]

trusted for 2 years

[wicked parrot]

i guess check your unity logs to make sure it definitely has uploaded properly

@steady viper I just logged into VRCX to maybe see if I could get more insight: can't click onto the avatar page, but the thumbnail is entirely black

The name is "Sho" but as I said i don't have more details

[steady viper]

all my thumbnails r black, im a quest converter so i wanna keep my avatars safe from rippers XD

[wicked parrot]

ah, idk then

all i can tell ya is check ur logs

[steady viper]

the problem is if it was a unity issue wouldnt i not be able to be in the quest only avatar?

[wicked parrot]

I don't know; it's worth checking

[steady viper]

which logs am i looking for?

[wicked parrot]

i'm not sure, i read something about output.log tho so maybe find that?

im just trying to make it easier for you to get help from someone else. It's usually what I do if I can't help directly.

[steady viper]

that would be helpful since i am using vcc for this as well(only reason i came here)

[steady viper]

apparently u go to the console, press the 3 dots then open editor log, to get to the logs.

[unique ferry]

I have an avatar with two different hair options that I want to make Quest compatible. One of the hairs uses transparency, the other one doesn't - how can I remove the hair that uses transparency on Quest without breaking the menu/going bald on Android when I use that hair option on PC? So that there is only that one hair visible on Quest

[magic slate]

As long as the avatar parameters list stays the same, you can do whatever you want with the Quest version.

[unique ferry]

I see, so I can remove the animation for the hair in the FX layer without breaking anything?

[magic slate]

yep, they could be totally different avatars really

[unique ferry]

That's awesome, appreciate it! <3

[vocal ledge]

im trying to upload my avi for quest, but this keeps happening

[steady idol]

have you tried looking at the console

[vocal ledge]

yeah but idk what it means

[steady idol]

then screenshot the console

[vocal ledge]

do you know what that means, it seems complicated

[steady idol]

show the entire console

thats literally just the error message telling you it failed to build

[robust whale]

Scroll up until you find the first red stop sign error

Then send that here

[vocal ledge]

these are the first things

[steady idol]

you have missing scripts

whered you get the model

[vocal ledge]

my friend bought it for me

im guessing gumroad

[steady idol]

r i g h t .

so how buying stuff for other people works is they dont send you a package
they send you it through your email address

[vocal ledge]

oh he sent me a mega link file thing

[robust whale]

Yeah if they bought it for you, they would send you a gift link, which just sends you to gumroad and adds it to your library

[vocal ledge]

oh so should i delete it

[robust whale]

Idk it seems like it might be ripped

Ask him where he got it

[steady idol]

or pirated

[robust whale]

Yeah, stolen either way

[vocal ledge]

idk whats going on one sec 😭

will i get banned for this

[steady idol]

if you just completely ignore us and upload it anyway you can get dmca'd

[vocal ledge]

oh alr i wont

[steady idol]

what did the model even look like

[vocal ledge]

how much do avis cost average

[steady idol]

yes

[robust whale]

Buying a pre-made avi is usually $30-$60 from what I've seen

[steady idol]

the average is yes because it changes between every avatar and creator

[robust whale]

A custom avi is like anywhere from $150-1k lol

They are very time consuming to make

[vocal ledge]

i deleted the unity project sry

it was just a basic girl avi

[steady idol]

avatar bases can range from free to couple hundred

[robust whale]

Oh wow

I've never seen them that much

[steady idol]

did it look like either of these

[robust whale]

For like a publically sold model

[vocal ledge]

the right one, but the hair and clothes were different

do you have a gumroad link for her?

[steady idol]

so yea thats pirated

it leads directly to a mega link

[vocal ledge]

oh

well

[steady idol]

https://foobbaby.gumroad.com

40 dollars

[vocal ledge]

tyyyyy

thats not too bad

[steady idol]

its also not quest compatible

[vocal ledge]

oop

idk its my first time uploading an avi and i just followed a video

[steady idol]

it says at the bottom it isnt quest compatible

[vocal ledge]

its fine i was just trying to upload to quest so my quest friends could see it, but if i need help when i upload it is it ok if i ping you?

[robust whale]

You can always try converting it to quest

If you feel like making a project out of it

[vocal ledge]

nope lol

i have zero experience with unity

[steady viper]

there are thousands of models out there that are already quest compatible, just gotta look around.

[green ledge]

why is the tail on my character moving in unity but when I am in the game it does not move and the ear's have contact point's on them but can't interact with the ears or anything on the character can I get help fixing this please

I use physbones for tail and ear's to move and use armature as my main root point

[wanton seal]

s

[torn moon]

there could be dozens of reasons for this

check to make sure ur animations/toggles arent disabling them by default

tick is animated on physbone component

make sure ure using the correct FX layer type (override etc.)

make sure the layer is setup correctly for contacts with the correct contact type + self contact enabled

[green ledge]

What does is animated do for the physbone componet?

[wicked parrot]

@vocal ledge also this guy is literally a quest porter, like i was trying to help him solve an issue the other day

just pointing it out

[vocal ledge]

ill learn someday

but i dont play vrchat enough rn to spend hours trying... ill proly just buy an avi with a quest version in the thing

[robust whale]

It allows transform animations to apply to bones affected by the component

If you don't do this your animations for them won't work

[green ledge]

I have it on but in game the ear's don't move they are just staying in one place

[dim cove]

perhaps you have too many physbones?

[green ledge]

i have 3

[wanton scarab]

Can I see the hierarchy??

[dim cove]

3 components or 3 physbones?
a physbone component will only work if there are atleast 2 bones.

[green ledge]

3 componet 2 physbones

[ancient halo]

What

the heck

[steady idol]

alpha blended is meant for worlds

[flint forge]

VRChat made SDK confusing, so yes, it is only meant for worlds.
What is your reason behind choosing it over the others?

[magic slate]

I'd bet the word "alpha" 🙂

[frigid hamlet]

alpha just means transparent

[magic slate]

yes of course it does

[ancient halo]

I just chose alpha because I wanted the transparency for a blushing but aperentely multiply gives the same result when displayed on another mesh

Anyways thank u both for answearing

[steady viper]

Ty XD I hate promoting myself cause it feels scummy to me lol

[wicked parrot]

there you go free promotion

[hollow arrow]

is there a chat for quest world questions?

I switch to android build target but it added a toooon of fragments to my baked lightmap

on windows worked fine

4k is the highest i can set the lightmap to

ended up being some atsi texture issue thing

[magic slate]

#world-quest

[opal laurel]

how to fix the wings for the quest

[robust whale]

Duplicate wing mesh in edit mode, then go to mesh>normals>flip

Also this is better than having backface culling disabled, which I assume you did for PC

That is an unoptimized method

[opal laurel]

in blender or unity?

[magic slate]

Blender

[solid wave]

how do I do this? after I managed to compress the avi to 10.04 mb, the error changed from 10.04 mb > 10.00 mb to 41.76 mb > 40.00 mb, now im confused what to do, been compressing stuff and it seems that there is no change what so ever

[cyan apex]

reduce resolution of textures or delete something off of it

[solid wave]

yea I just found out its the vram thing so textures are in the good and its more on the mesh issue so im reducing the number of meshes it have right now

[robust whale]

Try reducing blendshapes and poly count

Also you can try enabling mesh compression

That just rounds the positions of the vertices

[solid wave]

how can I do this?

[robust whale]

In the fbx import settings in the model tab

[solid wave]

kk gotcha tnx

[robust whale]

ok scammer

Yes you are

[cyan apex]

the crusty screenshots you stole? yea

[thick dock]

i'm on my way to convert a pc avatar that had over 100 physbones to quest. i got the physbones down to 8 and managed to get rid of all the other problematic errors, but i have no idea how to reduce this number

[quiet path]

Why does my albedo texture cease to exist when I put it on Standard Lite? It works perfectly in standard, but as soon as I switch to standard lite it just decides it doesn't feel like it today or something idk

Normal map works fine, metallic map works fine, emissions work fine, but albedo does not

This affects both the editor and in-game

Oh, I see, vertex colors are used and I have some garbage data in there from a PC optimization.

[flint forge]

That number is the amount of bones affected by physbones.
All you can really do is remove physbones or use the ignore list in the physbones to list which bones shouldn't be affected.

Otherwise you'd need to bring it into Blender and merge the bones and their weight painting, pretty sure CATS can do that in one swoop.

[thick dock]

yeah i jsut removed the physbones with the most bone transforms and got it down to 63

its tough to get an avatar on quest when there was zero consideration of optimization from the creator

[outer heath]

Hm

[lofty bison]

does anyone have a woman police officer i can get?

[arctic slate]

ask in #1138520828556890214

[pastel storm]

So I have an avatar I want to use on my quest, but it’s a pc avi. Can anyone help me convert it to android? I would, but my CC is messed up from where I had to delete it and reinstall.

[scenic summit]

any boy x femboy avis?

[grave flicker]

Anyone know where I can find any like tactical Avis that are male and not femboy?

[magic slate]

#1138520828556890214

[north sand]

What unity do I use for quest and pc avatars

[magic slate]

2022.3.22f1 but you should follow the getting started docs here: https://vcc.docs.vrchat.com/guides/getting-started

[north sand]

Oh I have it now

[cerulean turret]

"Switching to Android:AndroidPlayer is disabled" how do I fix this

[robust whale]

Install android build target. Go to file>build settings.

Then once it's installed, close out that window and only switch build platforms from the vrc control panel

[steady idol]

Or switch in build settings since you can do it there as well

[robust whale]

iirc this can sometimes break things with the sdk so it's only reccomended to switch via the control panel, which is why i mentioned it

[steady idol]

The button in the descriptor does the same thing as build settings

Which the build settings window does actually fix more than break

The one error where you are on windows but it thinks its android you can just open build settings and close it and it fixes it

[sharp saffron]

Anyone know how I can apply particle lights, for quest avatars, so I can allow my characters eyes to glow, even though they're using a matcap?

[ornate igloo]

use a Quest compatible light source, change the light color and type (Directional, Point, Area) according to your needs👌Also Keep your lightmap resolution low. Even with low lightmap resolution, lighting can look very good

Your welcome😮‍💨👌

[sharp saffron]

Not really what I asked for. I know what I'm looking for, I just don't know how to apply/add, one of those.

A friend of mine applyed a light partical system, for quest. So the light emits whatever is around that area of his avatar. And I'm trying to apply the same concept with my characters eyes. Because I would usually use a emission, but since I have to fake a animated partical with a matcap. I have to also use a custom partical light.

[ornate igloo]

Just ask your friend

[sharp saffron]

He isn't responding

Welp. I suppose I'll ask him whenever I can. I'll just stop editing this.

[timid stump]

Does anyone have destiny 2 avatars?

[magic slate]

#1138520828556890214

[hushed monolith]

Can anyone please help me upload an avatar to quest ??

[magic slate]

ask specific questions, what do you need help with?

[hushed monolith]

I’m trying to upload Kalico by Zoxl, and the file seems to be too big (11.51 MB > 10.00 MB) I really want to keep most of her clothing toggles . I figured since Zoxl is able to upload it to quest like that I could too but I’m really struggling figuring out how to optimize it . I kinda thought someone else would know how to upload her to quest

[magic slate]

Yeah you'll need to decrease the size of things, probably try starting with texture sizes. There are lots of tutorials on this.

[hushed monolith]

I’ve deleted majority of the textures except for the ones I want to keep .

[magic slate]

see also #quest-optimization

you can probably reduce the size of the textures you still have. Possibly remove unused blendshapes.

[hushed monolith]

I dunno how to do that

[magic slate]

that's why I mentioned tutorials

[hushed monolith]

Alr, I’ll search some up

Alr, I reduced texture sizes and she uploaded . But she only uploaded to PC, even though I have it switched to android

[robust whale]

Did you install the android build target?

[hushed monolith]

Yes, I have the problem solved now

[jolly heath]

LOSING MY MARBLES

I was able to size down my avatar to fit within the compressed size limit of 10, but somehow its still above the uncompressed size.

I tried uploading WITHOUT ANY TEXTURES, just the 4 skinned mesh renderers. AND STILL its above 40

I don't understand what else could be taking up so much space on this avatar :[
what are some common culprits that are responsible for this issue?

the avatar fbx file is only 8 mb

[robust whale]

try reducing polygon count and blendshapes

btw you can use build size viewer to see what is taking up the most space

also the download size and actual fbx size can differ so much

apparently my avatar's download size is less than a mb but the fbx on my computer is 38 mb 😭

no idea how that works

it's probably smth with the animations maybe

i have lots of baked animations in my fbx

[jolly heath]

thanks! I'll check this out!

[flint forge]

Yeah, animations, especially high quality ones, can take up a lot of space.

[robust whale]

that's also probably why my model takes so long to export from blender

it's baking the animations each time

[dull patrol]

anyone know this?

[robust whale]

#1138520828556890214

[dull patrol]

ohhh

sorry

[wanton scarab]

So I was cutting out the transparent mesh on this model but for some reason when I go into object mode the mesh like droops down to the center

It seems to be affected by shapekeys, does anyone know how to fix this???

[robust whale]

is it supposed to be affected by any shapekeys?

[wanton scarab]

There’s a shapekey that makes it disappear

[robust whale]

you might have to redo that one then

try going to basis, selecting the umbrella, then go to vertex>propagate to shapes

then remake that shapekey

this will apply the basis shapekey to all others

for the umbrella only

[late eagle]

Can someone help with the quest uploads,,I uploaded one of my avatars for pc AND QUEST,,The quest version won’t work,,Idk why.

Can you tell me what’s wrong,,or what I’m doing wrong about itt

I just need help on finding out why it won’t show up for quest

[deep matrix]

Hi, I'm uploading an avis for quest but everytime I upload, people see me without my shirt :/

[late eagle]

Same problem here but with the whole modell‼️

[steady idol]

not the same problem

[steady idol]

its an animation and/or parameter issue

[late eagle]

somehow is ;;

[misty horizon]

There's an upload glitch going on right now

You have to either keep reuploasing quest a million times until it shows up, or upload it by itself and then upload pc on top of it

[trail furnace]

Im unable to figure out how to make the inside of this asset not seethrough when trying to make this avatar Quest Compatible, In Liltoon and Piyomi shaders i have no issues at all with it, this specifically only happens with the VRChat Mobile Shaders. I have been scratching my head over this for a few days now.

The solutions to similar issues ive found online talk about Backface culling being enabled on the FBX in blender, but this is not the case for this one, and changing backface culling from off to on doesnt change anything either. Exporting the avatar to VRC doesnt resolve the issue either so this isnt just a bug in unity.

im still extremely new to unity and blender aswell as avatar creation so if this is extremely obvious and this is a dumb question then im sorry but i would love to learn.

Thanks in advance!

[arctic slate]

easy fix would be duplicate the hood part of the onsie/hoodie and then just flip its normals and merge it to the full outfit

[dense finch]

can someone here help me with making a pc skin quest too?

[steady idol]

just state your issues with uploading the avatar to quest instead of giving a vague question asking to ask about it

[late eagle]

oh stars

[late eagle]

Thank youuuu ^_^!!!

[coarse wharf]

How do I change my avatar, I don't mean use a different one but it says my avatar can transform, how do I do that

[arctic slate]

nobody aside from the creator will know that answer

either mess around with it more or ask the creator

[robust whale]

Each face has a direction. When the direction is facing outside for a solid object, there is no need to ever render the backside of a face, since it will always be inside the obiect. This is called "backface culling" because it culls the backface (hiding the inside). This means that you have to render only 50% of what you would before, which is much more performant. Disabling backface culling makes your avatar's performance worse as it has to be rendered twice. The better solution for smaller areas is to duplicate these parts so they have their backfaces touching, meaning like a solid object, you will only ever see the outside faces. In order to flip them "inside out" you just select the parts you want to flip and go to vertex>normals>flip. Just duplicate and flip. Then once you do this, you can enable backface culling on your shader. Mobile shaders always have this enabled since it is more performant.

[trail furnace]

backface culling was disabled but it still did this, how i fixed it was by just copying the FBX of the onesie and then deleting all the vertisies other than the hoodie then inverting the vertisies of the hoodie, then reimporting that FBX and linking it to the armature, it works but its probably really jank

[robust whale]

That is pretty much exactly what I said to do

Except that's very unoptimized

To have it on different meshes

Just combine them together

Mobile shaders cannot disable backface culling

[trail furnace]

okay ill try to merge them together into one mesh next time im working on it, ive only been learning blender and unity for like a week now and i still barely understand anything people tell me when i ask for help lmao

[split mist]

hi! would anyone be willing to help me upload my avatar as quest and pc

i would just like someone to help me on call because im a little slow

the quest and pc versions are already done idk how to make it upload to vrc thooo

[thorn mauve]

How do you change the shader that's stuck as standard?

nvm I figured it out

[thorn mauve]

go to the fbx of the thing your trying to change the material on and go to the material tab. set a material where it says none and it should change

[lofty locust]

Hii, can anyone help me with a problem im having trying to add a hoodie to my avatar?

the hoodie doesnt follow the arms/hands

neither chest

[magic slate]

how did you attach it?

[lofty locust]

adding the hoodie to the scene and moving it to the character

im pretty bad at unity 😭

[magic slate]

that won't make it move with the avatar's armature, you should look up a tutorial video on how to add clothing items

[lofty locust]

i did

they told me to unlock the prefab or something like that

but that just makes it fail when trying to upload

[magic slate]

don't do that unless you really have to and know what you're doing

[lofty locust]

okay, ill try anothet tutorial

https://youtu.be/0wxpUsqxpAY?t=57

they seem to all unpack prefab?

[magic slate]

if you never want to update your FBX file, sure, yolo. But I never recommend it unless there's absolutely no other choice.

[lofty locust]

i wont update the FBX file so im fine i think

[lofty locust]

then what's the correct way?

[toxic vale]

how do i get rid of this shader (i got my model from vroid)

[night rapids]

I've been unable to find anything usable by googling, so I thought I'd ask here: Are there any good ways to make sure physbones sync up between quest and PC versions of an avatar, when you have to remove some physbone components on the quest one. I have heard of a hack where you make the PC-exclusive ones using dynamicbone components and let them auto-convert, but this is far from optimal. I have tried fiddling with network IDs, but to no avail. Not even sure if they are supposed to work for avatars. All info on network IDs I find talks about it in the context of worlds.

[magic slate]

find the material which uses the wrong shader and switch it to one that works. you'll have to look at them all.

[lofty locust]

Shouldn't clicking select select the material with the wrong shader?

[magic slate]

Possibly yeah - sometimes you have more than one and sometimes it's not really clear which gets selected

[frozen orchid]

Is there a way to fix the soulless eyes of most public platform avatars especially taidums because that kind of bugs me and it should bug most of you

[ancient verge]

any suggestions that i should download for free or under the 40 euro

[arctic slate]

unless its an avatar you've uploaded/created yourself you cant really fix it

[arctic slate]

what?

[spiral pecan]

Can anyone make me an avatar for free

[magic slate]

why would anyone do that?

[spiral pecan]

Idk to be nice I would buy the stuff tho

[magic slate]

want to come mow my lawn for free?

[spiral pecan]

Nah

[tall gust]

I make avatars DM me if interested

[magic slate]

Be careful of scammers around here

[sage arch]

Ok so I uploaded an avatar and it said security checks failed idk what to do

[magic slate]

post a pic of the SDK control panel where it shows the stats

[sage arch]

I’m not at home right now but I will once I get back

I have had this happen before