avatar-general

[loud yarrow]

?

[strong shell]

check the vrctraders discord in #community-servers-old , expect to pay a few hundred dollars

[loud yarrow]

nu not like that

i have a avatar for pc only

and i would like to have it a quest avatar

[neon finch]

I can get paid that much money for that?!??

I need to get my profile setup on VRCTraders already

[strong shell]

well that's probably a lot cheaper for sure indeed, but still vrctraders might be a good place for that

[sick oar]

when will the Vrchat Physics Bones be available?

[strong shell]

only vrchat knows

[loud yarrow]

i cant find anyone TVT

[silk grotto]

Does anyone know of a unity prefab that has VRChat's height measurements? So I can easily measure my avatar's height before importing.

[loud cape]

@silk grotto Unity just uses standard meters

a default cube in unity is 1m x 1m x 1m

[silk grotto]

Uh duh ok thanks

[loud yarrow]

Ugggh i cant find anyone to help meee

[loud cape]

@loud yarrow did you post a commission request on VRC Traders?

[loud yarrow]

nu its not a commision

i want somebody to make this one pc avatar quest compattible the owner of it said it was fine

[loud cape]

any kind of paid work you want done is a commission

[loud yarrow]

i cant find anyone that the thing

[loud cape]

you didn't even post lol

it's on you to post the request

[loud yarrow]

oh

oops sorry

ill dot that now

[unreal pelican]

It would be nice if they could re enable mesh colliders. Never understood why they removed them. Removing potential for creativity is never good in a game with creation as a key aspect. We can already use performance filtering and safety to deal with anything else that is used too much on avatars. When used correctly, mesh colliders can actually be much better for performance. Currently, for any shapes that aren't just cubes or spheres you have to use more than 1 collider.

[humble delta]

Hey, pretty sure Cats makes the newest 2019/SDK combo angy but I was hoping to confirm this with someone else. Anyone else having that issue?

I mean the VRC panel thinks my model has over 2 billion polys lol

[neon finch]

You just need to autofix the errors at the top of the list and it will go to its actual poly count and not the 32 bit integer limit

Should be a funny error at the top of the list in the builder tab inside the vrchat control panel

talking about mesh read/write

[humble delta]

Yeah, will try that if I see it, just finished reinstalling 2019, bout to load up a project

HOLY COW

That worked. Feeling pretty dumb that I ignored the auto fix things and focused on trying to figure out the 2 billion poly issue lol

thank you ❤️

[neon finch]

You aren't dumb, just learning

Now you know

[unborn parrot]

I'm looking for someone to make A avatar for me!

[agile solar]

Try VRCTraders.

[strong shell]

Vrctraders is a good option as Artemus said #community-servers-old and expect to pay a few hundred dollars

[agile solar]

^

[neon finch]

(Oof I discovered there was a help channel bleh)

[neon finch]

Is it true I can get a dl link of an avatar I uploaded with Future Proof Publish on? If so how would I get that said dl link?

[karmic totem]

Pretty sure that is not a thing other than the against TOS ways that are not worth the time

[neon finch]

Pretty sure you can make API requests you just can't do it too frequently

I don't really know though so thats why I am asking

[karmic totem]

You can't pull an already uploaded avatar from the servers and reuse it in Unity, you need to have the original files on your computer to work on it

[high spear]

lmao There are ways to get your own avi back

Unethical to tos methods

[cedar hazel]

I swear ive been in this disc 3 days and ive already seen several people ask about downloading avatars because they lost the files
Just dont delete your assets 😅 and dont rip someone elses if they didnt publish the assets

[sterile beacon]

whats the best place to download vrc avatars and how do i install them???

[strong shell]

If you mean buy vrc avatars, booth, vket and gumroad

[sterile beacon]

no

free

[strong shell]

you can clone the free avatars available in-game

those are free to use

[fluid grotto]

Can we get some tooltips for the Calm/Excited and Shy/Confident sliders? It's really not obvious what they do

[neon finch]

i think both are how or what way the model/avatar's eyes are moving or how many times it blinks or looks around

or at least that's what i'm getting from the doc site, i'm not too 100% either of what they do

[upbeat crescent]

calm redirects gaze less often, excited redirects it more often.. shy tends to direct gaze away from the observer, confident directs it towards the observer

[neon finch]

thank you, you probably described it way better than i could. i'm not really good at explaining

[neon finch]

Thankfully I haven't actually lost any assets but I was just asking out of curiosity

[cedar hazel]

would be kinda cool if there was some way to back up your project to your vrchat account

but i cant imagine the hosting would be cheap

[neon finch]

Backing up projects and assets is important

I can maybe see VRChat one day doubling as a hosting service

Kinda makes sense

[cedar hazel]

thats basically what it already is tbh

[neon finch]

Well yesss

nevermind its 4am i just woke up

[nimble glen]

@compact pasture Yes. My cloth skirts are more floaty in populated worlds it seems. In my home world alone with 90fps, they work as intended. It's the same set up for this skirt I've used for over a year now. I would say this is a bug because I can't fix it if it's 2 different speeds dependent on fps. Another issue I had is when I toggle them off then back on, the cloth gets really messed up. I need to reset or recalibrate my avatar.

[neon finch]

Hmmm maybe u could detail ur findings and make a support ticket #vrchat-support , id reccomend getting videos of what you mean by it being weird in popular worlds as opposed to empty ones and how it breaks when toggled

[nimble glen]

Yeah. Might do that.

[neon finch]

you arent modding vrchat right?

[nimble glen]

No. I'd rather not do mods.

[neon finch]

ok good

it breaks stuff and vrchat isnt obligated to fix anything mods break

i think if they fixed something for a mdo maybe it would break on vanilla

idk

[indigo oracle]

guys is there any runtime animator controllers that has different animations others than the weird default ones i could get for free?

[graceful nest]

what's weird about the default ones

[lapis zodiac]

How do I switch build to android without loosing all my dynamic bone scripts for when i switch back

are they saved on the scene, the prefab, the fbx?

[graceful nest]

Depends where you save them

I think they just need to be removed when uploading

Just save a scene or prefab of your avatar and make a copy without dynamic bones that you upload

[vagrant maple]

Can sb help me with the Vr chat SDK ???

[agile solar]

Well, depends on what you need help with.

[vagrant maple]

yea sooo this

i i wanna upload it says

A VRC_SceneDescriptor or VRC_AvatarDescriptor is requierd to build VRChat SDK Content

i think i got do import to vr caht with the Vrm right ???

[quiet blaze]

Hey all, besides my post is there a way I can better toggle when an avatar goes into T-Pose? I need to detect T-Pose and would like to toggle when someone enters and exits T-Pose. Here is a post about it if I could have your upvote: https://vrchat.canny.io/avatar-30/p/feedback-add-tposeikpose-variable

The problem is that the animator layer is continuously running even when you're not calibrating. It'll only apply when you do indeed go into T-Pose or IK-Pose.

[spare canopy]

at initialization the t pose controller will override animations in the gesture layer, could use that to your advantage there enabling a subanimator until it drives a parameter in gesture, at which point the avatar is fully calibrated
con: you probably are going to have to weight FX controller to 0 because it overrides gesture layer with WD off. so you might not be able to animate in FX until after calibration is done

context, this is the problem we ran into with physics where fullbody users would have the physics init in their gesture layer completely skipped/muted because of calibration, so having a subanimator infinitely try (until it’s successfully enabled) to weight a 0-weight layer in gesture with a layer weight control to 1 (said layer is animating a float to 1.0) was the solution, you can apply the same concept possibly

[quiet blaze]

Thanks for your feedback, I will give it a shot.

[spare canopy]

look at “world physics” package by vrlabs and ignore all of the physics stuff, only the gesture layer and the subanimator it controls... you can probably delay an animation in FX until calibration is done for sure

[quiet blaze]

I'll definitely check it out. It sparked my interests that since we're dealing with weights, the system is modifying the weight of the TPose layer. I noticed that the proxy_tpose animation clip doesn't really have a reverse setup. It's all looped. I just cloned proxy_tpose and added a new property to toggle my object. It successfully shows and then hides my gameobject along with the T-Pose transformation, just literally built and tested in FBT.

But yeah I am also building the layer you explained and also pulling the VRLabs World Physics to apply that for future cases.

[spare canopy]

maybe you can animate a float in tpose directly and then have a 2nd layer of tpose checking for that float to be 1.0, and if so, drive a parameter

[quiet blaze]

Is there a param I can reference for the current weight? I am searching through right now.,

[proven jetty]

Yea just click your avatar in the unity hierarchy and click add component (in the inspector on the right) then type VRC Avatar Descriptor and add it, make sure to set the grey ball in your head, its your POV

[wide goblet]

I haven't done much modelling but I would love to make a model of this character in VRChat. The head is supposed to be a pattern of shifting and twisting lines and patterns, a bit like a fractal. What would be the best way to do something like that? I feel like it might be best done with shaders?
https://www.brandonsanderson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/pg341.jpg

[wide goblet]

I'd imagine I'd like it to look something like this in motion. I'm just not quite sure how where you'd start with something like this. I can't imagine this being easy to do with meshes. Optimally, I'd love to just have some math and have it trace a line in the air following that, but I could see that getting expensive quickly.
http://dgruwier.dk/pattern_rotating.gif

[pastel mulch]

Excuse me, can I ask for some urgent unity help?

[gleaming epoch]

Go!!!

[pastel mulch]

I need to make an avatar that changes color

[gleaming epoch]

Of what?

[pastel mulch]

With the 3.0 menu

The color of a simple material

I'm using Poiyomi

[gleaming epoch]

Of your skin, clothes? Then you need to make an animation with the default material & the new one

[loud cape]

@pastel mulch are you just trying to change the hue?

[pastel mulch]

No, the situation is that the color must change with the blendshape

[loud cape]

what blendshape

one you are animating, or one used by the Lipsync or blinking system

[pastel mulch]

I made an animation of this character from JSaB turning into his evil form, so I need to change his color from blue to pink

[loud cape]

then just do that in the same animation?

[pastel mulch]

The problem is that I don't know how

[loud cape]

you can just animate the RGB value, or the hue shift

try this

[pastel mulch]

But how if Poiyomi is locked?

[loud cape]

go under Color adjust in Poiyomi

enable ti

it

[pastel mulch]

But how will I export it?

[loud cape]

right click on the Hue shift property to mark it as animatable

a little clock icon will show up

[pastel mulch]

How do I mark it as animateable?

[loud cape]

you right click on it

[pastel mulch]

Okay

But there's a catch

My character's skin has emission

[loud cape]

you can also hue shift the emission

[pastel mulch]

And rim lighting too?

[loud cape]

if it also has a hue shift option then yes

mark all of those as animatable

then find a hue shift value that makes it the color you want

and add all of those properties to your animation

[pastel mulch]

BTW, do I need to post a screenshot of the avatar to give you an idea of what I'm working on, or would that be shameless self-promotion?

[loud cape]

go for it

move to #avatar-help

[pastel mulch]

Okay!

[loud cape]

@neon finch what do you mean by tools

you can add whatever you want to your own avatars

they won't do anything but sure you can add one

unity particle systems

[gleaming epoch]

A repost from today. Because the people in US where sleeping 💤 So the last view days i've seen people here on the server are having problems with simple object toggles.😩 Creating the animation etc. So i decided to share my Unity package which includes a finished build for toggles. Also some extra tools. Latest SDk/Unity2019. More details on https://github.com/GPSILVER47/VRChatAdvancedPack2019.4.29f1 YouTube tutorial included. I think it would help creators, that are new into Avatar creations. Some of you also asked me to share it. Here it is!

[loud cape]

not sure what you mean by that

yes

[pastel mulch]

I moved it with the pic

[loud cape]

well

the parameter you use to enable it must either be one of the built in one like GestureRight, or a custom parameter which you specify in the Expression parameters file

all of those are synced over the network

local parameters in animators are not synced

[tacit venture]

Would anyone here know anything about animation importing from a blender FBX?

[neon finch]

I need some help with weapons how do you make a sequence where you use the expressions menu to trigger and spawn the weapon on your back then use a gesture to hold the weapon like the rock and roll gesture? I see them a lot in Genshin Impact avatars.

[loud cape]

@neon finch 3 states in a triangle

off, holstered, and held

[neon finch]

Is is gonna be about animation?

And how do I make it that the sword won't come out unless it's toggled in the Expressions menu?

[loud cape]

yea, you need animations for every state

@neon finch make a Bool parameter, and make a toggle controlling it

[neon finch]

Like even if I do a rock and roll as long as it's not toggles in the expressions tab it won't activate

[loud cape]

use that parameter to enable it

[neon finch]

In the FX layer or actions layer?

[loud cape]

after you have the animations, the next part is the logic to trigger each stage

you'll be using the GestureRight parameter and your toggle parameter

FX layer

none of this is affecting object transforms

only stuff getting enabled and disabled

also

as for the grabbing part

you'll be using a parent constraint for that

to be able to switch what object the gun is parented to

[neon finch]

Parent constraint?

[loud cape]

a parent constraint is a way to make some object behave as it was parented to something else

but while not being parented to it

the fun part is that you can specify multiple sources for it

each one has a weight value from 0 to 1

so you can animate those weights to pick what object it should be "parented" to

[leaden lily]

Quick question. What is the meaning behind twist bones on an armature? I think I have an idea but I just want to be sure on it.

[neon finch]

Noice I copy pasted your instructions and will be trying them out later, I wanna play some vrchat right now xD 6 hrs of non-stop blendering and unitying xD

Thank you again @loud cape

[loud cape]

@leaden lily look at your right hand. palm up, arm extended

now, rotate your wrist along the axis of your arm

you can see your forearm also twists

[leaden lily]

I'm doing it in real life now XD

oh yeah, I see what you mean

[loud cape]

yep

if you were to just rotate the wrist bone on your model, there would be a sharp pinch and twist at the wrist

the game's IK reduces that by actually rotating the lower arm bone

[leaden lily]

Ah

[loud cape]

however

twist bones can help further

[leaden lily]

Nice. Thanks for the explanation

[loud cape]

np

physical explanations almost always work well lol

[leaden lily]

indeed

[crude bolt]

Hii, I just found this discord, I'm trying to learn how to make avatars and I'm looking for someone to bounce questions off of. Is there anyone here willing and able?

[lunar halo]

anyone know if its possible to have a sub emitter stay active after its parent has been ticked off? trying to create a dart gun but I want the dart to stay in whatever it sticks in after I've put the dart gun away. but ticking off the parent particle makes the sub emitter tick off as well

[low whale]

Yeah, it's called a broken subemitter or buffer particle. After setting it up as a subemitter you can just drag it outside of the parent particle system's hierarchy

[lunar halo]

oooooh okay I thought it had to be in there to work, thank you!

[low whale]

It forces it to be a child to set it up but then lets you drag it out for whatever reason

[lunar halo]

okay perfect thank you much

[low whale]

np

[sleek hill]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[floral moth]

I require some help or info. So I am converting an old avatar into the 2019 variant, while also shortening the stature to better fit my fullbody tracked body type. Unfortunately, once all the other pieces have been added, the dynamic bones seem to be missing on the new fbx. The calculations are there in the previous model (which is to the left of the new one for copying settings), but there's no components for dynamic bones. Can anyone help?

[proper crest]

omg i didnt realize there was a cynthia model on the vrmod site

YES!!

[neon finch]

Umm you know that website is full of avatars directly ripped from players in VRChat, right?

[proper crest]

oh...

sorry...

welp guess not using that

im new to VRchat still since I played it recently

is it forbidden i assume to use avatars from that site

[neon finch]

Basically yeah

Wouldn't want to end up getting your account perm banned because the avatar you downloaded ended up being someones private that got ripped

[proper crest]

i wont use it dont worry im sorry

[floral moth]

Need help switching to android to upload an avatar in the 2019 version. It says "Switching to Android:AndroidPlayer is disabled

[neon finch]

you forgot to download the android module for 2019.4.29f1 so go back to the dl page for that unity and get it

also can u get a snip or screenshot of that error 4 me

[floral moth]

honestly forgot that the android sdk is not just for vrchat.

wait, they're set for api levels, not the unity version

[neon finch]

whatever you just said sure

[floral moth]

can't send photos here

[neon finch]

dms

[calm sonnet]

hey wondering if you can put sounds on quest avis?

[neon finch]

If there is a way its not intended, but your ok with audiosources on quest worlds

[calm sonnet]

no sorry

[distant cargo]

i have no clue what’s wrong but i’m trying to convert my vroid to a vr chat avatar but it keeps saying sdk 2 or sdk 3 has not been imported when it was the second thing i installed after unity

[neon finch]

when you created your unity project, the first thing you imported was the VRC SDK?

[distant cargo]

yeah

[neon finch]

Also what version of the sdk is this?

[distant cargo]

the one from the very chat website sdk 2

this is my first avatar and it took me all day to get modeled so i don’t want it to go to waste

[neon finch]

and you are in a unity 2018.4.20f1 project?

[distant cargo]

yeah exactly that version

[neon finch]

You need to use an older sdk

the newer ones are built for 2019.4.29f1

including the ones up now

on the website

[distant cargo]

ah where do i get an older one

[neon finch]

i can send the most recent 2018 ones

[distant cargo]

yes pls

anything to get this to work

[neon finch]

check dms

[strange surge]

Would someone be able to tell me at what distance you can no longer hear someone within VRChat?

A better wording. If I am speaking within VRChat, how far away in meters does one have to be from me to where I will not be heard.

[foggy pelican]

This is entirely dependent on the world.

[solemn jacinth]

Heya! Is it possible to change the tweening for shapekeys/blendshapes? Specifically for visemes and blinking.

I make fairly cartoony avatars, and part of that is that instead of having a fully modeled mouth, I actually have mouth shapes drawn onto faces and those show via the shapekeys.

I was hoping to make it so that the transition between between the shapekey being on and off was instant rather than semi-linearly.

oh

this is the wrong channel.

whoops.

Moved to the help channel.

#avatar-help message

[lament lantern]

What's the usual size of a VR chat avatar? Im just trying to see if my avatar is larger than the typical model.

[neon finch]

I'd say if its over 50MB in post all compressed you need to work something else out to get it lower

you meant filesize right not literal size?

[wintry glade]

Too bad Fred isnt in the SDK anymore 😔

Literal size it depends on who your around, but most people stay between 5ft-8ft

[lament lantern]

Yes filesize thank you

[loud cape]

@lament lantern download VRWorldToolkit to see the breakdown of your avatars file size

also, enable Crunch compression on your textures

[hasty hemlock]

didn't cross my mind to use a world tool an avatar but that makes sense

[serene bloom]

How many avatars do you need to upload to get know user?

or is there a condition about how to get it ( example must be able to see on quest or like dont have over 10K tris)

[strong shell]

You just need to play for a while

[serene bloom]

I have over 400 hours xd

[strong shell]

Private worlds don't count

Also being idle does not count

[serene bloom]

yeah I know

and I spent a lot of house in public

the thing here my friend was like me.

and then he just uploaded an avatar and he got known user

and I did uploaded one and it did no happen

tho his avatar was quiet lot better than mine.

[strong shell]

You probably just need more time etc

It's not a fixed number and can vary per user

[neon finch]

how do i uh

how do i avater

[modern mango]

Hello, I'm new to VRchat and looking to upload myself an avatar, does anyone have a bit of advice or maybe a tip or two to push me in the right way?

Im currently just wondering what SDK i need to use with this avatar, Im assuming 2 because its 2+yrs old

[hasty hemlock]

you probably want to grab SDK 3 as sdk2 is not getting any new feature updates

[modern mango]

Noted, was just curious as the model is fairly old

I need to use Dynamic bones and Cubed shaders, once I find out what they are

[hasty hemlock]

the age of the model file doesn't have much to do with which SDK you use unless it's like a Unity package with a Avatar including the Avatar descriptor

[modern mango]

Sweet, thank you

[hasty hemlock]

guess now my question is what are you trying to upload

[modern mango]

An avatar for me to use later on

Its a package I believe

Yea it is a package

[hasty hemlock]

do you have a link to it so I can go check which SDK to to install

[modern mango]

I do, where can i pop that?

[hasty hemlock]

but it should probably say on the page you grabbed it from which SDK to use and I suppose here or pm

[modern mango]

It just says VRCSDK

No numbers

[hasty hemlock]

then I guess SDK 2 if it came out before SDK 3 to require clarification? as any modern package would say SDK 2 or 3

[modern mango]

Got it, the package did come out 2+ yrs ago, i did say

Thanks for the info btw

[hasty hemlock]

cool hope that goes okay

[vagrant maple]

can sombody help me with posting

there a no erors nothing but i Cant Klick the post butten

[modern mango]

my monke brain is fried

[modern mango]

I opened unity but the vrchat sdk tab doesnt exist

[hasty hemlock]

you need to import the SDK first before the avatar

[leaden lily]

Yep. I would remove everything then reimport sdk and shaders first

then avatar

[modern mango]

I havent imported the avatar

"Assembly 'Assets/VRCSDK/Plugins/VRCSDKBase.dll' will not be loaded due to errors"

I believe im missing something stupidly obvious

but brain scample egg

[hasty hemlock]

did you grab the SDK 2 from the vrchat website as you wouldn't want to be importing old versions of it by accident

[leaden lily]

is this transferring to 2019 unity?

[modern mango]

got VRCSDK 2, using unity 2018.4.20f1

using an older model, because that's just what my package is

[hasty hemlock]

you need to use Unity 2019 if you grabbed the SDK off the website

[modern mango]

Ah.

Bugger

[hasty hemlock]

like it's going to break if you use the most recent SDK in 18

[leaden lily]

Yep

[hasty hemlock]

and no you cannot grab the SDK off of the avatar

[modern mango]

I've no clue how to do that and did not attempt such

[hasty hemlock]

so I'd suggest going and grabbing the 2019 Unity version if this is your first avatar

[leaden lily]

And another friendly reminder to use the 2019 SDK if you go to Unity 2019.

[hasty hemlock]

as I would not recommend trying to bum a 2018 SDK 2 off of somebody

[modern mango]

ok

[hasty hemlock]

https://docs.vrchat.com/v2021.3.2/docs/current-unity-version

[modern mango]

I've barely a clue what to do, the model is from dec 2019

thanks

[hasty hemlock]

a link that contains the link to the correct Unity version

the age of your model shouldn't matter too much it's just need to make sure like your unity is current

[modern mango]

got it

man these long downloads suck

[hasty hemlock]

yup

[modern mango]

man my poor ssd

Finished, latest unity acquired

Where do I go from there?

[hasty hemlock]

download the latest SDK 2 off of the website

[modern mango]

I got that, from the vrchat site

[hasty hemlock]

then you should be able to import the Avatar package now?

[modern mango]

Do i need to import the sdk2?

or do i just dive in with my package

[hasty hemlock]

yes need to import the SDK first

[modern mango]

got it

Unity is just taking its time opening

[hasty hemlock]

yup

[modern mango]

not too used to the application, just attempting to upload an avatar at 1am due to boredome

Sdk is in, now going for the package

the files exist in it, but it shows nothing visually

(as in the window thingy)

[hasty hemlock]

any errors popping up or just nothing exciting happened

[modern mango]

Component at index 2 could not be loaded when loading game object "Main camera". removing it

I think i used the wrong type because i dont have the hub

[hasty hemlock]

did you grab the unity off of the link I posted earlier

2019.4.29f1.

[modern mango]

yup

brb

taking 7 years to initialise the project

[hasty hemlock]

yeah it just takes a while unfortunately so I'd suggest getting a cup of tea or something

[modern mango]

Neat.

Is that like, a performance thing? Or just the usual

[hasty hemlock]

I'm not quite sure just it did that when I tried?

[modern mango]

eh its nearly done

there we go

god dragging stuff in is even worse

Same error as last time, odd

Same error as last time, odd

Component at index 2 could not be loaded when loading game object "Main Camera". Removing it

[hasty hemlock]

question does the error message show red or yellow

[modern mango]

Yellow.

[hasty hemlock]

then you don't need to worry about it

[modern mango]

Neat

but like, the avatar doesnt show

the assets do, just no render of it exists

Not a clue if thats just me being paranoid or if its a later step

[hasty hemlock]

question does like a cube show up correctly

[modern mango]

Ive no clue how to add a cube

Shall i add an asset?

[hasty hemlock]

would you mind taking a screenshot of your Unity at the moment

[modern mango]

Im unable to send it here, I assume a dm or somewhere else?

[loud cape]

#avatar-help

can post images there, but not here

[modern mango]

Splendid

[hasty hemlock]

yeah we should probably move there

[modern mango]

👍

[bleak swift]

Is anyone else getting a crash error when trying to upload an avatar? I've tried both Avatar 2.0 and 3.0 and neither work. One of them was one that was uploading just fine the other day, but now it won't

The error it gives me is oeeae20bqd82

I've looked up the error online but there's nothing about this error

Oh wait there's a help channel

[fluid grotto]

Is there a way to detect if you've jumped in real life vs jumping with a button? since IsGrounded stays true

[mortal temple]

sorry if this isnt the place to ask but where can i go to find someone to make me an avatar :c

Also is there a legal way for me to redownload my own avatar i created a while back? I lost the unity file for it when my old pc was stolen

[loud cape]

VelocityY?

if the velocity is above a certain threshold

and maybe using the GestureRight?

idk

[fluid grotto]

Yeah VelocityY doesn't budge when I jump in real life

curiously, it does change remotely, but not locally

[neon finch]

VRCTraders discord, its in #community-servers-old

[mortal temple]

thankies

[late sand]

Why does Unity 2019.4.29f1 crash when trying to upload an avatar and such? I'm so confused.
Do some people have a similar problem like this?
I already figured to Read/Write for the avatar and such and I thought that's what caused it to crash. But not really?
It still crashes even if I try to upload it.

[fluid grotto]

I've run into this issue if future proofing is enabled in vrc control panel settings. try disabling it

[late sand]

Aye! Thanks. I'll check that out in a bit.

[late sand]

It worked! Thank you very much.

[young sorrel]

I believe there may be a bug with a conversion from 2018 to 2019 unity. I changed nothing with the avatar itself, but it will spawn in with no clothing for a split second as if the states aren't being read.

All defaults are left blank in the parameters, there are clothes that area set to ON by default by animation states in the animator.

Nothing in the animator parameters is checked either.

It doesn't occur in unity when playtesting, but only on world join, doesn't happen on calibration either or avatar switching.

[neon finch]

u followed the offocial migration guide??

make sure u just imported over the new sdk not delte the old one first

[young sorrel]

Yeah I did

[neon finch]

Something in your avatar or project probably is causing problems in post

[vivid palm]

does anyone have a good radius recommendation for audio sources that have talking?

[young sorrel]

I've checked the animator over and over with playmode and a 3.0 emulator and can't replicate the issue.

[neon finch]

might have to make a whole new project and only import the neccessities

and then slowly add whatever to see what makes things break

[young sorrel]

That may be the case, hoping it's not

[sudden quiver]

Anyone know how to fix the new issues when using the new unity?

[pliant cobalt]

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[low whale]

5 Near, 10-15 Far.

[fluid grotto]

0 near for accurate falloff

[low whale]

0 near if you want people 3 feet away to barely hear it

[lunar halo]

anyone know how I can get a sound to play at the point of collision of a particle? for each collision and not just the first one... I cant seem to figure it out

actually nvm I think I found a way

[fluid grotto]

That just means your curve is too sudden

[low whale]

You can't use a custom curve with near and far though, with near and far you just get the stock inverse square falloff. If you check 'use audio source volume curve' you can set a custom curve with min and max though, which is what I do, and is better.

[lunar halo]

nvm I didnt figure it out. doesnt want to inherit the subemitters location...

[rigid bronze]

Anyone know why my rig decides to crumple up into a ball when I go into VR? Rigging editor is all green, and I've reimported the avatar in Unity about six times today.

[fluid grotto]

TIL it overrides curve. I’ve been placebo’d

I thought it would just fit your curve to near and far

[rigid bronze]

Sorry, fighting with my KVM switch

[low whale]

The position of a particle is not the position of the game object, the actual particle system. There's nothing that would tell a sound source to emit from where a specific particle is. In order to have sound come from the point of collision you would have to set up a physics simulation using something like a configurable joint/rigidbody (with VRLabs' world physics package to fix mirror and remote sync issues)

That way the actual object would be moving, with the particle system and audio source attached to it

[spiral sequoia]

So, is there any way to commision an avatar?

[loud cape]

yes, VRC Traders #community-servers-old

prices vary a lot depending on what you want

[spiral sequoia]

I want a monke with different customization options. Is that gonna be expensive?

[frail heron]

Hey, how do you export blender shaders as a texture?

[loud cape]

that's called baking

[buoyant moss]

Hi

[frail heron]

but how

[loud cape]

could you give me a bit more context as to what you're trying to do here? what your model looks like in blender vs unity

[lunar halo]

so entirely not worth it, got it 😄

[frail heron]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/834216712327921666/875179392878407711/unknown.png I want this but as a texture

@loud cape

[loud cape]

was this something created using nodes?

[frail heron]

yep

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/834216712327921666/875179496087642143/unknown.png

[terse thicket]

Are vrchat Chairs broken? a lot of my own avatars and avatars from other people are having issues with repeating animations while sitting in world chairs

[loud cape]

yea so in that case you'd bake it to a texture using Cycles

[buoyant moss]

Anyone know where I can get a Tails and Omega avatar from Sonic the Hedgehog?

[loud cape]

https://youtu.be/2ClzsuExtCo

[buoyant moss]

Is that where I can get one?

[loud cape]

no, replying to Capt above

[buoyant moss]

I see.

[loud cape]

if you're looking for avatars, #avatar-search-old is the place

if you want something commissioned, VRC Traders in #community-servers-old

[buoyant moss]

I already wrote there

[loud cape]

then be patient lol

[buoyant moss]

Okay

[lunar halo]

another question, is it possible to have a particle that is only visible to the user? like a laser pointer only I can see

[opaque moon]

hello dm

[low whale]

Yes, by using the IsLocal parameter in a transition https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/animator-parameters#parameters

[lunar halo]

aaah thank you I always wondered how to do that

[strong shell]

If it's from scratch, expect a few hundred dollars

[marsh trellis]

does anyone have the spider avatar where you can switch between human and spider if you do can you dm me

[neon finch]

whta the difference between avatar sdk 2 and 3?

[strong shell]

sdk 2 is outdated, old, and not updated anymore

use sdk 3

[calm sonnet]

can you put mirrors on a quest avatar?

[strong shell]

unlikely

[calm sonnet]

why?

[strong shell]

because the quest has weak AF hardware so it is very limited

[calm sonnet]

hmm your right

[last minnow]

@plush hawk why?

[echo tartan]

the av3param grounded doesnt like flightcolliders ono

if youre colliding, it is true T_T

[neon finch]

it doesnt allow u to upload the mirror shader on quest avatars

I tried trust me

[echo tartan]

and even if u force it, it would just render with the fallbackcolor shader ;D

[north pawn]

Can someone send me a downloaded version of vr chat please?

[strong shell]

download it on steam it's free

[north pawn]

can someone send me a meowscles avatar?

[strong shell]

[flat bloom]

@void mauve that shits crazy aha

[void mauve]

why did you ping me here?

wouldnt it fit better to ping me in the other channel?

[sand sinew]

does anyone know where I can find a rusk avatar 3D model?

[karmic totem]

From the author of it https://komado.booth.pm/items/2559783

unless you want to use one already uploaded, which there are some, people have pointed out the world, just search for rusk on this discord

[cinder juniper]

I and a few others seem to be having issues with certain animations while the avatar is sitting in a chair

[hard briar]

Am I suppose to use the 2019 sdk now for uploading stuff?

[lunar halo]

I have a mesh on my avatar parent constrained to my hips but it still rotates based on my head turning left to right?

[neon finch]

Pretty much, yeah.

[hard briar]

Fuck

Welp time to reuploa everything again

[neon finch]

You don't need to do that tho

[hard briar]

...

[neon finch]

Your previous uploads on 2018 work fine

[hard briar]

no no

I mea I have to restart to put the thing in first

[lunar halo]

yea I was still uploading on 2018 for a week after 2019 came out

[neon finch]

If you want to update your avatars furthermore then yeah migrate to 2019

[hard briar]

Since im uploading 20 models rn

So I have to restart it so it wont be wonky without putting it first

[neon finch]

oh well just finish doing what your doing now

[hard briar]

too late

i restarted

[neon finch]

bruh

[hard briar]

:stare:

[neon finch]

welp

[hard briar]

It wasnt working anyways

Says i gotta use 2019

[neon finch]

https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/migrating-from-2018-lts-to-2019-lts

[neon finch]

Its only a very aggressive suggestion

[hard briar]

Unity 2019.4.29
?

Unity 2019.4.29
?

[neon finch]

Yup thats the one

[hard briar]

i can just use it the same way right

Put sdk, poiyomi, dynamic b-

....

I realize my mistake.

[neon finch]

yup maintain the same importing order

[hard briar]

I forgot the fucking bones

i keep forgetting the BONES.

[neon finch]

yeah thats a problem

[hard briar]

Welp

At least I know how I fucked up

Welp time to upload 20 models onto the thing

[terse mica]

I was curious, is it possible to have a HUD for your avatar that only you can see?

[mystic socket]

anyone active

[terse mica]

I guess not really

[plain sorrel]

Is there a fast way to rig models without mixamo?

[burnt halo]

How do I duplicate my project for migration to 2019 Unity?? It says not to export as a UnityPackage but that’s all I could find when searching how to do it

[foggy pelican]

Copy project, paste it somewhere else, and just call it "2018 backup" or something

[burnt halo]

Ahh okay, I think it’s working. Thanks so much

[neon finch]

Hello I need some assistance. So I download a Genshin Impact character from the official bilibili website and it's a MMD model. It has it own bones already and I was just wondering how I would make it work in VRchat? I tried uploading my first model but his shoulders are moved forward and that the legs are criscrossing line the dance move and whenever the avatar talks it's so exaggerated.

How do I fix this?

[agile solar]

Did you ask in #avatars-mmd?

[neon finch]

Ooh I haven't I'll try to ask there

[wheat rover]

im on the new unity version and my viewpoint ball is just not showing up

its completely invisible

when i click edit i get no arrows to set its position

im so lost LOL

[burnt raven]

you just have gizmo's disabled https://nyanpa.su/i/7rZ61vKR.jpg
top right corner of scene view

[wheat rover]

oh thats what it is?

ah ur right

i just used an empty objects location to set the viewpoint but i'll remember this

thx

[toxic forge]

so i have textures in blender from MMD that are .bmp. I need to convert them so they work in unity. theres a button in cats that says convert all textures to png, but when i press it it says converted 0 textures. can anyone tell me how to get it to work?
help! these .bmps have special channel properties too them so i need this tool to work because i assume it knows what to do to convert them correctly. i cant just open it export it as PNG
either that or somebody please walk me through gimp because these textures have like alpha, but not in the alpha channel, like if i just convert this to png it will erase the data.

i can make it a cookie in unity and it works but the color is inverted so.... it doesnt work

[strong shell]

why can't you just convert it to png what are these "special channel properties" ?

bmp doesn't support alpha

are you sure that's a bmp

[graceful nest]

Yes. get a screenspace shader and put it on a sphere or something that covers your viewpoint, then put the object on the player local layer
Or find some hud shader like this old one https://vrcat.club/threads/errors-hud-shader.2210/

[sand sinew]

hey how do I download 3D models from stetchfab?

[valid patrol]

No, other than by yourself and I think some blender plugin that does the same thing

[terse mica]

I’ll take a look and that and give it a shot. Thanks!

[hard briar]

If it locks items in the upload process, will they be locked in place or still have physics

[hasty shale]

Does anyone know a site / place I can get free to use animations to use as emotes for my avatar?

[lilac belfry]

For dynamic bones in hair, is it best to have the root be the head, or each first bone in the hair?

[lilac belfry]

Also, is there any way to make the bones have different settings the further down they go?
For example, I want the hair to move less near the roots, but more the further down the hierarchy it goes.

Actually, I may have found that. (Inert Distrib?)

(Or Stiffness Distrib)

[floral moth]

Anyone know a good way to weight paint for dynamic bones?

[strong shell]

weight painting is a 3d modelling thing, "dynamic bones" is a unity plugin that is applied to the bones of your 3d model

you are mixing up the concepts

[floral moth]

Yes, i know. But you use weight painting on bones and then set them up using dynamic bones to make them act realistic

I know what i'm talking about

Weight painting, especially in blender, allows you to move any part of the mesh (as long as it's parented properly to the bone) around using the bone. With dynamic bones, they move in accordance to Unity's physics engine. To make it realistic, there is a tenchique to paint them. I am asking about any good technique, as I am still having a bit of trouble with it

[burnt halo]

Please help! I just downloaded Unity2019 yesterday and was able to reupload one of my projects no big deal, but now whenever I make a new one and try to upload it, the program comes up with a thing saying “Unity has crashed. Cannot find a fix.” I’m so confused?

I just downloaded a completely new thing off of Gumroad and it did this. It even did it to another one of my 2018 projects when trying to reupload it in Unity2019.

I’m worried it’ll keep doing this and I won’t be able to make custom avatars anymore : (

[floral moth]

did you follow the current "update to 2019" tutorial that vrchat made?

did you skip any steps?

like opening the old project in the 2018 version using Unity hub (which is the only way to open unity properly now), then importing the 2019 sdk, then opening the project in the 2019 version?

@burnt halo

[burnt halo]

I think I missed the importing of the 2019 sdk witihin the 2018 project.

Does that affect newer projects in 2019Unity too? Because it still has the same crash when I add on one.

[floral moth]

nope, you can create new projects in the 2019 version, but the 2018 versions need the 2019 sdk to update

[fluid grotto]

Yeah put the new 2019 SDK in the 2018 project, it preps it to convert correctly

Not needed for fresh projects - you can uninstall 2018 once you no longer have any 2018 projects to upgrade

[burnt halo]

Alright, I'll try that later. Thank you so much!

[safe falcon]

is it nessecairy to update unity 2080 to 2019?

[lilac belfry]

How do you make particles lose their rotation over time upon collision?
Trying to make some flower petals land on the ground and settle, but they keep rotating on the ground.

[low whale]

You can use rotation by speed on a curve instead of rotation over lifetime

[lilac belfry]

It doesn't seem to be changing anything. I thought it would though

[low whale]

Show me how your curve is set up

[neon finch]

It isn't neccessary but it is really reccomended to use 2019 from now on for any new projects and uploads

I can think of maybe one excuse to use 2018 still but thats it

[fluid grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/well-waiting-caddyshack-gif-5385414

[neon finch]

Importing vroid models into unity since I heard from a few that UniVRM breaks in 2019 but even then u can get ur vroid avatar to a fbx

So its like a half excuse

[karmic totem]

You can use Cats Blender Plugin to work with Vroid avatars, I never once used a special plugin for Unity to work with VRoid

[neon finch]

Looking for someone who can make a knife or gun for my avatar

[bold jewel]

try VRCtraders. it will cost you though

[fluid grotto]

That’s if you just want to convert the model but lose all the actual features

VRM format is more than just the model

[indigo oracle]

guys when i put sdk 3 onto unity 2018 it doesnt pop up that window up is it because now vrchat uses 2019 or its just a glitch

[neon finch]

No its not a glitch its something the engineers purposely put into the sdk to remind anyone still uploading on an outdated unity version to upgrade as soon as possible

I don't believe it stops you from uploading but you should really upgrade your Unity Engine to 2019.4.29f1 and dont forget to dl the android target support for it too

[toxic forge]

They're tears/crying textures. Open them in a preview or gimp they're just white and brown. But put them on an mmd model they're transparent and translucent. Same data can be seen when I make it a cookie in unity. But how do I convert that data into a png

Because unity can't read the data the same way MMD can it just looks white and brown lmao when set to a regular image type. there's no alpha

I can't even select the brown outside and delete it because still it's like the tear in the middle is pure white. THERE IS no different colors visible Defining any alpha or translucency. It's just like fricken magic or something.

I can post pics in a different channel if you don't believe me
And yes it's .bmp

[floral moth]

anyone know how to weight paint only on the vertex group and not remove from other vertex groups?

[loud cape]

@floral moth you would end up with weights that don't add up to 1

the weights will either be normalized automatically on export/unity import

if you want to turn that off temporarily, it's Auto normalize in the top right under Options

[floral moth]

right, got it ty

[marble shard]

is there a reason for a model apperrantly being incredibly high poly when it's actually low poly?

[neon finch]

you mean when its 2.417 or something plygons?

mesh read/write is disabled so enable thst in the fbx exporter settings

[marble shard]

ooohh

is that what also causes vrchat to crash when loading the model?

[neon finch]

uhhh it shouldnt even let you upload the model if you havent changed it to enable

[marble shard]

where can i find the settings?

i am using the new 2019 version

[neon finch]

should be in the same place it would be on 2018

i have a google form thing in my about me on discord that i believe has instructions on it

somewhere on there

or not google form google docs

[marble shard]

coulf you find it?

[neon finch]

im on mobile and I cant see about mes for some reason one second

[neon finch]

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13XRGqFW0ym-EGzpvBEKk3bglmKUYH9S3Et9TtAQhX6E/mobilebasic

Its in there and i did it in 2019

[marble shard]

aight thx

[neon finch]

Asher avatars where to find it?

[sterile glacier]

Anyone want a girl 3.0 avatars

[sand orchid]

Damn, i need to get into learning blender and oculus medium to start making avatars

theres not enough good male avatars out there

[eager horizon]

Oculus medium? What is that?@sand orchid

[sand orchid]

like blender but for vr

[dapper hearth]

Can I use animation states in the t-pose layer to forcibly change the avatar's posture even if the user is in full body?

[strong smelt]

Does anyone know how to make vroid avatars not look terrible? haha

[torn locust]

Step 1: don't use Vroid

There's a lot of good free or very cheap models on Booth :3

[lunar valve]

is there a direct link for the sdk that works? when I try to login at the site it sometimes just loads forever without ever working...regardless if I use firefox or edge

(asking for the avatar sdk3)

[strong shell]

I don't think so

[lunar valve]

well shucks, guess I'll spend the night with broken unupdated avas that have no eye tracking

[neon finch]

I can just dm you them if you trust me enough

I probably shouldn't be sending them anyway butttt you kinda need it sooo

[steel thistle]

I'm currently making an avatar to use, but I was wondering if it was possible to add a collider that played a sound whenever it collides with another persons hitbox

[graceful nest]

I think you could do that with particles

[wispy talon]

Hey guys how much would it be for a custom avatar based on a model?

[neon finch]

On a model you have the files for?

what do you mean by this 'model'

[wispy talon]

based off a model of an avatar I found, I can't upload a picture do you mind if I dm you what model I'm referring to?

[lost fern]

I have an issue with my model in game, i made some toggle animations to dissolve objects and everything works in the unity (I'm using the emulator), but when i upload toggle doesn't work and also the facial expressions are stuck, even tho i turned off "Write defaults" everywhere, made a mask and also made a reset layer

FIXED : Nvm, idk what i did but i checked all the stuff and masks and now it works. 🤷‍♂️

[wide solstice]

Anyone have a link to that drone prefab?

[modest torrent]

in the new update, do you need to still use constraints for world particles?

[undone bolt]

Why do the Quest shaders look so flat and boring

[loud cape]

@undone bolt they can look decent if you do it right

baking stuff helps a lot

especially AO

[undone bolt]

explain?

i don't see a slot for ao

an ao map at least

[loud cape]

that's why you bake it into your main texture

does your model have an AO map?

[undone bolt]

Nope lol

I'm using models from Halo 5 which only have a normal map, control map and diffuse

[loud cape]

do you have a Substance Painter project for your model?

hm

control?

[undone bolt]

Green and red map that changes the color of certain areas

Only works on shaders that support it

[loud cape]

sounds like that's supposed to be a combined metallic and roughness map

where each color channel corresponds to the appropriate map

[undone bolt]

It is somewhat

I'd send a pic if this channel allowed it

Anywhere I can do that?

[loud cape]

#avatar-help

[wispy talon]

hey guys I’m getting a commission done for an avatar model I found, (ear toggle on:off,tail/middle finger/facial expressions/ and pen tool) what would you say is an estimated price for this work? Is it fairly difficult to do?

[loud cape]

for just the things in bold?

or for the as avatar itself + that

[wispy talon]

Just the things in bold, the avatar isnt made from scratch or anything its based off a model I found, but they have to get the files or whatever

[loud cape]

toggles are ez, middle finger is just replacing one animation (though will need to either find or make said animation). facial expressions doesnt take long, but you should maybe figure out which ones you want. pen tool should also not take super long

overall I'd guess like 20-30$ is reasonable for that

[wispy talon]

God damn

[marsh nova]

Hey if anyone knows a place where I can get AFK avatar animations, please send me a link thanks!

[wispy talon]

I’m getting told 120-200 for everything…

[loud cape]

that's reasonable

I was saying for just those things

120-200 for an avatar with a bunch of functionality is not a bad deal

[wispy talon]

but is that reasonable for an avatar that’s already made basically? I understand creating an avatar from scratch is even harder, I just didn’t think it’d be so expensive to add on to an existing one but then again what do I know

[loud cape]

it really depends on the work done to it

texture edits are the cheapest

[wispy talon]

I just wanna make sure I’m getting what I pay for at a reasonable price, because god damn I never thought I’d pay for an avatar and have it be this much lmao

[loud cape]

if any extra assets or model edits need to be done, that takes a lot more time

[wispy talon]

Are all the things I mentioned before what you’d consider extra assets/model edits since you’re adding animation, and facial expressions?

[loud cape]

no

by extra assets I mean like clothes, accessories, hair, etc

[wispy talon]

Ahh okay

Well I’m not getting any of those, I’m basically just getting what I mentioned in bold

Hold on

[wispy talon]

I sent you DM

[stable scaffold]

Quest users see my Avatar as all black. Even though I have the shader set to Vrchat/ Mi cap

Any ideas why?

[neon finch]

Hello I have a question. You know how Genshin impact avatars have a toggle in the expressions menu to activate the weapon and it's placed on the back then use the rock and roll gesture to hold the weapon.

How do you do it?

[copper sigil]

@neon finchyou create a boolean parameter in the parameters file, then create a toggle in the menu file, then create a new layer in your controller and add the same exact parameter on your controller's parameter tab, then add 2 states on the new layer (one for default, one for weapon active), and add the arrows from any state into those 2 states, and set up the arrows to transition (when the condition is true for active, when it is false for inactive). That's it. Just watch a youtube video on it. it will show you everything in detail. https://youtu.be/ROp4GHBj1N8

There are different ways to set up the controller layer for this. They all will do the same thing, maybe stick to the style used in the video, rather than the style I explained.

[neon finch]

Ok first part solved now what about the rock and roll to trigger the sword from my back to my hand?

[copper sigil]

oh... sry, instead of the boolean parameter, just set the transition arrow to gesture left/right [whichever hand you want] equals/not equals [for active vs inactive transition] to the number to the rock and roll number (https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/animator-parameters#gestureleft-and-gestureright-values)

[neon finch]

Do I do this in the FX layer?

[copper sigil]

yeah

[neon finch]

But what if like the expression is off and I do the gesture will that make the weapon reappear on my hand?

[neon finch]

whenever you activate the gesture, the sword should also be active, and it should deactivate when the gesture isnt active

[copper sigil]

Has anyone imported vroid models lately?
For me only some visemes show up on the lip sync...
https://i.snipboard.io/C67YT2.jpg

[echo tartan]

Micap?

[late patio]

how do i make a rainbow effect on the lets say the ears or tail

[echo tartan]

shaders

[late patio]

i know that but what shader

[loud cape]

@late patio Poiyomi lets you do all kinds of things

[late patio]

so how do i make a rainbow effect

[green matrix]

Can anyone advise a good optimized shader that can be configured as a genshin and that does not depend on real time light?

[loud cape]

@green matrix can do that with Poiyomi

[green matrix]

Really? Could you show me the settings or send me some material?

[tiny prism]

how to make a baby itachi

[pale mortar]

Anyone make avatars ???

[neon finch]

anyone know a good place to buy like pre animated weapons for avatars?

[low whale]

Should be plenty on booth https://booth.pm/en
Might be some on gumroad

[neon finch]

thank you

[balmy stratus]

Does blender have particles?

[terse robin]

yes, but it's quite different from Unity

[balmy stratus]

So no point in doing them in blender since they wont come over in unity

[terse robin]

Right, not worth authoring in Blender to get particles in Unity. But particle systems in Blender can be useful for other things (e.g. if you wanted to make a strawberry you could use a particle system to distribute the seeds on the model)

[balmy stratus]

Meh

Would rather have cool flashy stuff

[worn lava]

Having issues uploading my Avatar

It keeps failing to Save blueprint

[karmic totem]

most likely you have other errors, clear console, scroll to top, take screenshot, share in #avatar-help , or alternatively, look at what those other errors are and take care of them

[toxic forge]

if youre just getting toggles added, like extra clothes and things that are already rigged and modeled then you are being SCAMMED for 120-200$ that is disgustingly overpriced i say 20-50$ MAX

[wispy talon]

This is currently what I asked for, keep in mind I don’t have the model they had to find it

1. clothes/hair/eyes rainbow/change to any color (black & white as well)
2. enable/disable tail and ears
3. middlefinger/hand tracking like peace sign/thumbs up etc
4. facial expressions with hand gestures
5. pen tool
6. fake playspace
7. dynamic bones for hair/ears/tail if possible
8. hoodie and hat enable/disable(can turn on/off hoodie or hat or both
9. sleeves enable/disable I would like to be able to enable and disable sleeves so I could have two sleeves rolled up/down if possible

[wispy talon]

Would you still say that’s overpriced because I was also told this is apparently not a bad deal

[toxic forge]

Max 100$

Not 200$

Especially if we're talking USD

[wispy talon]

well shit

[toxic forge]

Who said it wasn't a bad deal?? Because it is, sadly A lot of the community disgustingly overpays because they don't know how much they're being scammed they just think it's a normal price since the people buying don't make content. I always get told my prices are extremely cheap because people like to overcharge the hell out of unknowing innocents

Of course if you get something modeled from scratch 100% original avatar that's a couple hundred to a thousand.

But some vrchat work on an existing model??? People like to scam.

[wispy talon]

The guy I was talking to I had DMd him and he had said it was typical but maybe try to talk them down

for 200 you should get a model textures however you want, with expressions and toggles at the minimum, heck that should even be like 150

Bold is basically what he said, he did tell me to talk them down tho

[toxic forge]

Typical didn't mean good

This might be offensive but try to avoid commissioning people who only make... Ahem.. tda thot Avatars. I fimd they're the most notorious for that

Overpriced

[wispy talon]

nah its not a thot avatar

[toxic forge]

Good good

[wispy talon]

could I dm you?

[toxic forge]

Sure

Ill have to talk more later though I'm about to get in VR

[tawny flame]

Hey I'm just looking for some resources to get better at modeling (Using Blender, Unity, and Vroid) can anyone point me somewhere to help. Also any guides on particle animations/toggles would be a humongous plus as well

[lost gust]

Blender:
Sculpting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG1IEpU5VAw&list=PLvPwLecDlWRCXSVh0nskG810BAerdz9DW
After sculpting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuQzPDs99yM&t=388s
Textures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTYustK-XBk&t=201s
Hair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqWYgrXw7Jk&t=315s

Unity: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xfXwjJzuHiarRaPwzMsYK7Nd0Qf9kud

[candid oracle]

hey, i decided to move from sdk to sdk3 with my avatar creation, i created a fresh project in unity 2018 like it said but when i import the package the sdk menu doesnt come up at the top? does anyone know how to fix this?

[candid oracle]

ahhh its still not working

i can import other packages just fine

[lost gust]

redownload SDK

[candid oracle]

i did

mulktiple times

igave up and went to unity 2019

and now its telling me to go to unity 2018

but unity 2018 doesnt let me use sdk3

[lost gust]

2018 aint a thing no more...

Are you on 29f of 2019 Unity?

[candid oracle]

then wtf was i just on huh?

now i am

im tryna get vrc lens set up

but it keeps saying to go to unity 2018

[lost gust]

VRC lens not updated perhaps? Who knows.

U sure you deleted the sdk fromm the package, imported it after deleting and downloading it and it still complains about 2018? If thats so and youre only having issues with the lens when perhaps its not updated to work with 2019. Give it some time. I dont know since I dont use it.

[neon finch]

@candid oracle delete all the sdk stuff export the entire project make a new project import sdk3 first and then u import the exported project. I had this happen to me and that fixed it one time but another time I just had to re do the entire thing

[candid oracle]

i got sdk3 working

the only thing i gotta do now is fix VRCLens

whenever i open it it’s inside my mouth

anyone know how to fix this?

[solid kite]

How would I best update my model in unity after making changes to it in blender? Because neither refresh nor reimport seem to update it. So my only solution is to completely delete it from unity and import the fbx. But that also doesn't allow to use the same vrchat avatar identifier so I'm basically uploading a brand new avatar each time.
How am I supposed to do this?

[terse robin]

it should just auto-refresh if you save over whatever you imported to Unity (it will happen when you focus unity after saving). For changes to the armature you often need to go into the import settings and toggle the rig type to "none", hit apply, and then back to "humanoid" and hit apply (and reconfigure if you did it before)

[solid kite]

Would it mess up stuff if I export my material from the prefab(fbx)

[hollow carbon]

how just how do i make avatars can find a vid on it and i just dont know

[terse robin]

no, it's common to export your materials and get them set up in unity and use the material remap in the import settings so you never really re-import the materials

[solid kite]

I also only started two days ago. I did also notice that basically everything is kinda outdated. I think the most important question is what kind of model are you starting with?

[tawny flame]

I could kiss you, thank you

[karmic totem]

If you ever unpacked the prefab in the scene, it unlinks it from the FBX file in assets and any changes made to the on disk file will no longer show in the scene. You would need to set up the avatar again in the scene with the new import if you want those changes from blender

and not unpack prefab

[loud cape]

^

can also use Pumkin's to copy over all components from the old unpacked version to the new version, which you should not unpack

[karmic totem]

I forget about Pumkin because I had it installed for so long and never used it

[solid kite]

But then would I edit the material to use the right shader?

Or do I already have to seperate that on export in blender?

[loud cape]

you already set up materials on the old one. just assign them to the new model

[solid kite]

Hmm okay

[loud cape]

in the FBX import settings, you can directly assign materials to material slots on the model

so that for every instance of that FBX you create, it'll be referencing the proper materials

[solid kite]

Import settings? I've just been drag and dropping the files into the asset browser

[loud cape]

in unity, click on the FBX, look at the inspector, and in there you'll see a Materials tab

[solid kite]

I think I'll figure it out. Thanks for the help

[mild oyster]

Is there any way I can view and unload any old version of sdk 3.0?

[fluid grotto]

Unload?

[mild oyster]

Download*

Sorry

[ripe garden]

What determines the author of an avatar? The Unity account name? The Unity project author? The username (changeable) of the VRChat account? The registered name (unchangeable) of the VRChat account?

[hasty hemlock]

one of the vrchat ones

[ripe garden]

Figured it out! It's your changeable username on VRChat. FYI for anyone else who wants to know.

[compact pasture]

is it just me or are avatars with cloth causing weird bounding box issues since the 2019 update? i'll notice that people mention my nameplate being really high up when using an avatar with cloth

[vale fox]

can i see a quck example of how to setup props on the same layer

for props that i want to be on one at a time instead of independently toggleable

nvm figured out how i could dop this

furthermore, an example for those who want to do this:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/577999283916111885/877045134297010256/unknown.png

put all of your "props off" keyframes into the same layer and make it the default, and then set up the transitions for all of your activation animations

in the menu you will want one toggle for each including the master off switch, which i just call empty hand. have them all use the same paramter, and you can just give them each a unique number. in this case i have mine indexed 0-4, with 0 for ToysOff and 4 for Pronouns

this might not be the best solution if youre not a big fan of the "empty hand" button, but if you dont mind then this works just fine

[lost gust]

Glad I was able to help! Lets keep the corona distance though 😉

[neon finch]

What do you mean by lost?

You sure its not recoverable?

[strong shell]

If you mean you deleted the file or something... I recommend you use git or some other source control software so that you don't get into a situation like this next time

[carmine grove]

I think we can all agree as long #RipperStore exist This is a major data breach for vrchat imagine paid avatars can be easily be stolen.

[strong shell]

well if they stole your avatar you can sue them or something

vrchat has stated that they can't take legal action because the avatars are owned by the users not by vrchat

and as I repeat every day when someone says this, vrchat has stated that they are working on improving security but it is likely impossible to prevent it 100% as not even billion dollar AAA companies can prevent it and people rip models from AAA games all the time.

[carmine grove]

Which is uploaded in VRC

[carmine grove]

Its sickening to se your avatars for "sale" in pirated store.

[gaunt nest]

How hard is it to make a good avatar

[ionic slate]

hard

[gaunt nest]

Like how hard

[ionic slate]

Very Hard if you start from 0. You need to learn many things if you do it from Scratch.

[gaunt nest]

How much would you pay someone to make a avatar

[ionic slate]

I paid 50€ for my modell, but that was a ready one from Gumroad that everybody can buy.
A custom avatar from scratch can cost from 100 to 800 € / $

[spring smelt]

guys can someone help me find a person who makes avatar

their name is ScuperNinja9

or sometging very similar

[neon finch]

can anybody make me a simple avatar

[solemn ice]

Simple in my term is a cube avatar without any animation

[neon finch]

lmao

is there anyone else?

I need some help. So I have a custom animation for walking and running but for some reason whenever I walk or run a few sec later the legs go up and gets dragged. How do I fix it?

[fluid grotto]

Unity collab is built in git and free for under 1 gb project

Just enable in settings

[strong shell]

Probably not for free

[fluid grotto]

Good
Cheap
Fast

Pick two

[neon finch]

good cheap obviosly

[fluid grotto]

Ok so not fast, I’ll let you know when I can slot you in

[wintry glade]

Then it takes 3 years to do lmao

[bright garden]

Idk what channel to put this in but

I have a friend on quest 1 ( no pc )and we we’re ava world hopping and they were able to see transparent shaders which would be impossible would it not? If someone see this just reply to get my attention ty :D

[fluid grotto]

Transparency is supported in quest worlds. It’s just not supported on avatars.

[safe falcon]

anyone got an updated version for adding gifs/animated particles?

[high spear]

VRC is not ready for Unity 2019 at all yet. Sorry.

the amount of issues I hear from people is unprecedented

[fluid grotto]

It’s actually already live

Aside from cloth and terrain there shouldn’t be any changes in 2018 content on 2019. What are you seeing?

[high spear]

Yes I know

dude

The amount of ppl I’ve been helping

the amount of complaints I see

You can’t say that.

[fluid grotto]

Do you have an example of the problem you are seeing

[high spear]

I can spam this chat

but not gonna

[fluid grotto]

One would be nice

[high spear]

You can’t tell me this is flawless

at all

[fluid grotto]

You can’t even tell me one so ok

[merry swan]

If people who have no issues spoke up it would drown out the chat, very vocal minority have issuesf 200 something of mine 2 had some quirks (humanoid > generic > humanoid fixed em)

[high spear]

I’m not gonna because a smartass comment will for sure come back if I send one

[fluid grotto]

Didn’t think so

[high spear]

yea no im not

[fluid grotto]

You’ve got nothing 🤣

[high spear]

no I have tons of examples but im not sending it

I’m not new to this- I know EXACTLY what you’re gonna do

[fluid grotto]

Bluff called

[merry swan]

Remember one complaining about the old 'write default' issues in unity2019 cause thats unity's fault for not setting import right 🐇

[high spear]

Here have two examples

I sent them in another chat

[neon finch]

Its not worth aruing someone who can't defend their point with evidence they claim to have so much of

When there is no real reason why they can't share any examples

[dense coral]

Hey guys quick question. Does anyone have a tutorial link on how to add tracing particles to my avatar edit? Like on the feet when I shuffle dance/walk and on my hands. Any ideas ?

[fluid grotto]

make a particle system that is just a single stationary particle, enable trails on it, then disable the particle itself so you only have its trail

[high spear]

I Literally can’t send photos here

The option is greyed out

[neon finch]

dms exist

or image hosting websites that you can link to exist also

[karmic totem]

They've already shared 2 images in #avatar-help #avatar-help message

[neon finch]

Thulen couldn't of said it better #avatar-help message

Obviously its not flawless but its not a giant shitshow

[karmic totem]

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with them, just pointing out they did share something

[neon finch]

yeye

And when things do really break without any real reason they should try to get their problem detailed in full on the canny for the SDK

I of course advocate for getting these problems known

[karmic totem]

Of course, but most of the time I see the same issue over and over because someone couldn't do the minimum brain work themselves and ask for the tiniest thing, or they didn't follow whatever guide or tutorial correctly

[neon finch]

just debating one where to buy base stations

https://www.vive.com/uk/accessory/base-station2/

is this a trusted way to get um? through HTC vive

[karmic totem]

if it is the official site for vive, there shouldn't be any reason you can't

[neon finch]

it looks like it is

just wondering if anyone else can see any deficiancies in it

im really weary cause ive never bought base stations

[karmic totem]

I think they make hardware that uses the new 2.0 basestations, so it makes sense they would also sell them

[neon finch]

it says they are the steam vr base stations

[karmic totem]

Make sure that the 2.0 version is what you need though, if you have an existing setup or are buying an older setup, it could be 1.0, they do not work together

[neon finch]

i sent a link to what im buying

it says they are 2.0 and have a curved face

[karmic totem]

I know you did, but for whatever hardware you need a new basestation for, is it a 1.0 compatible device, or a 2.0 compatible device, the answer changes if you need that basestation or the previous version

[neon finch]

2.0

im gonna use it with steam vr and a decagear (ik decagear cant take the inputs but my pc can)

[karmic totem]

The Decagear doesn't use Basestations. Are you going to be using any other hardware?

[neon finch]

its going to work as a 3rd party tracking in steamvr not the decagear

im either going to use decagear in the future or valve index with steam vr as i said the decagear itself wont track with base stations im just using it for full body on my quest for now

[merry swan]

Spacecalibrator is abit wonky, it will drift slightly sometimes

[karmic totem]

The decagear won't use the basestations at all, if you put them up, they will just be using power and providing nothing else, unless you are using trackers that use them

[neon finch]

^^yukoshoo ik im getting trackers for vrc and beatsaber recordings

[karmic totem]

Are those trackers new that support 2.0 stations, or are they old and use 1.0, if you are getting new ones that work with 2.0, that 2.0 station page is what you want

[neon finch]

nm htc only sells them to 3rd party retaillers only 1 local to me that can deliver is CCL computers

i dont know if its legit tho

[fluid grotto]

I strongly recommend ordering them from steam when they momentarily go in stock

Index and Vive base stations are 100% identical, same SKU. The only difference is price and which support team you have to deal with if something goes wrong

[neon finch]

they dont look like they are going back in stock until Q1 of next year

[strong shell]

source on that?

[neon finch]

1. theres no confirmed date for restock 2) where coming up on the holidays valve (most likely) is going to be trying to supply full kits and replacing parts granted christmas is a ways a way but companies prepare early
2. they stand to make more money by getting people to buy full kits rather than just the base stations

[strong shell]

htc does do direct sales th

[neon finch]

they asked for a VAT number when i tried to sell so

buy

my brains fried

working on an avatar

[white maple]

I'm looking to get an avatar. Anyone know someone who can make one?

[loud cape]

VRC Traders is a good place for commissions, #community-servers-old

what kind of model were you looking for?

[white maple]

Am I OK to dm ya a picture?

[loud cape]

sure

[white maple]

Cool

[safe falcon]

would it be possible to have like infinite emotes with multiple paramters?

[loud cape]

an Int parameter can range values from 0 to 255

is 255 emotes not enough?

[safe falcon]

tbe max i see is 16 paramters in the menu

[loud cape]

why would you use a different parameter for each one lol

okay first of all, the limit is not 16 parameters

if you see that, you are using a very outdated SDK

the limit is 128 bits of memory. different types of parameters use up different amounts

Bool's use 1 bit, Int's and floats both use 8

for emotes, that's using a single Int parameter

called VRCEmote

[safe falcon]

sdk is version 2020.12.09.04.45 for me

[loud cape]

different values of that parameter correspond to different emotes

for example, value 1 represents one emote

value 2 represents another, etc

up to 255

yea, that is a very outdated SDK

like 8 months out of date lol

[safe falcon]

i am not using unity that much

i want to make a custom emojie menu

[loud cape]

emoji or emote

because you can't change the emojis

but you can change emotes

[safe falcon]

well emojies are basically just a particle system animated

[loud cape]

I mean yea, you could set that up yourself if you want to. but you can't change the default ones

[bright garden]

Oh interesting thank you

[marsh turtle]

Does anyone have the locomotion where the avatar is leaning on a left or right when lying down

[lavish fossil]

anybody got a older version of the sdk?

[wind spear]

i figured the issue with my avatar. I'm pretty sure it was client issue

[safe falcon]

when i go to paramters it says too many defined

[loud cape]

@safe falcon can you show your parameters list?

go to #avatar-help

[safe falcon]

i havent readed the documentation yet

[strong shell]

Well then read it first

[neon finch]

Reading the docs mayyyy be boring but its worth it

[main snow]

hello

[fluid grotto]

Be me and I read all VRChat documentation including the ToS (which was surprisingly human-readable)

[neon finch]

I'd worry about not remembering the vast majority of it lol

[opal prawn]

hey ive got a real quick question for anyone who has some knowledge with Unity. I bought an avatar on Booth that came with multiple variants and im trying to move a prop off of one of the varients and on to the main variant i use for my avatar. but the item wont move in the Scene, it will transform but wont move.

[marsh turtle]

Does anyone have the locomotion where the avatar is leaning on a left or right when lying down

[safe falcon]

im pretty sure most people here dont even read the documentation

[neon finch]

[safe falcon]

i dont like unity it scares me

[gray gate]

im using unity 2019.4.29f1 and its telling me i have the wrong one for the sdk and saying install unity 2019.4.29f1 what am i meant to do??

[neon finch]

get the most recent sdk off the vrchat website

[modest barn]

Anyone have an avatar with a hoodie and a sword

[karmic totem]

Not the place for avatar searching, that is in #avatar-search-old

[karmic totem]

?upload

[dusk coral]

You must obtain at least "New User" Trust Rank in our Trust and Safety system in order to upload content. You can get this by just spending a few hours in VRChat, hop some worlds, and make some friends. Give it some time and you'll be able to upload content in no time.

As an aside, you must have a VRChat account to upload content. That means you can't use a Steam account, Oculus account, or Viveport account to upload content like worlds or avatars.

Source: https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/frequently-asked-questions

[karmic totem]

There is no time limit in that response, there is no set time or specific things to do, you just have to play until it says you can upload

No idea, all I know is that you cannot just sit idle in some room for hours, you have to be going around, when it says make friends, that means you should be adding people to your friends list supposedly, no one knows all of what is needed for the system to give you the behind the scenes "points" to being New User

[fluid grotto]

The system is fairly smart to avoid people trying to fake getting rank. The fastest way to rank up is to actually play and socialize. Using a mic is not needed.

Waiting isn’t going to do anything

If you are just leaving the game running it’s not going to do anything

It’s smart enough to know you are just idle

I’m not telling you you need to do anything I’m telling you it’s smart and they give rank to people that are actually playing the game for real

They don’t say exactly how it works because they don’t want people to be able to fake it

But I can tell you it is smart enough to know when you’re trying to fake it

[neon finch]

You can attempt to idle and maybe spice it up a bit but it can probably tell

Have fun trying but don't expect good results if any

[fluid grotto]

Yeah you’re just making it take longer honestly

You’ll spend more time trying to game and then just actually socializing and getting the rank in the first place

That’s assuming you even rank up at all

[neon finch]

I mean I cheesed it partially from new user to user but it was early 2021 so I am hoping they patched it

[fluid grotto]

If the system was designed correctly it would just slowly derank you when it thinks you’re trying to game it lol

Since that would definitely be considered untrustworthy behavior