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[spark walrus]

ill try this if i cant get someone to walk me through it, i usually mess up with tutorials

[cunning spindle]

That's closed

[spark walrus]

it took me a week to mod a wii 😭

[left gull]

press TAB and it'll bring you to edit mode the hit A and it should select all the faces after that look for this icon

[cunning spindle]

Skill issue

I can do it in like 10 minutes

[cunning spindle]

K

[clear delta]

okay... people want to overlook... go figure...

[somber sequoia]

not sure what works for you, but you're less likely to find someone to walk you through stuff here. it might be effective to try to follow the tutorial and ask if you get stuck on something

[left gull]

its not really overlooking its more nobody here currently has the answer

[spark walrus]

same with me now

[left gull]

make a post in #1139216499123437668 if you dont want it to get drowned out

[spark walrus]

but the initial learning took forever

[somber sequoia]

I saw this earlier but I'm not sure I understand what you're asking

[spark walrus]

theres multiple discussions going on at the same time, people might not have an answer so they dont respond

better than pinging someone and going "no i dont know"

[static cipher]

yea tbh i just reply to my post explaining my issue with "bump" every few hours and hope for the best

[spark walrus]

thats a good idea

[clear delta]

oki!

[static cipher]

gets it so that it makes it much more likely that someone who DOES know what's wrong or can help can see the post, even if they weren't online at the point that you posted the original

[clear delta]

okay so my avatar has a group of custom animations I made in the gesture menu, they all work on the local level but the moment i ask on the global level if everything works i am told only a part of it works

kinda make sense?

[somber sequoia]

whereas local means for you, and global means for other players?

[clear delta]

yes

[candid osprey]

Say I've got a particle system, with sub emitters, but my problem is that visually, the sub emitters are visually shown to be ontop of the original, when I want the original to be visually first?

[somber sequoia]

and you already have all of the variables marked synced?

[clear delta]

as far as im aware, yes

vrc emote (the parameter that has the animations) is synced

[somber sequoia]

well that's the most obvious thing, I guess I'd ask if you are doing anything complex or using IsLocal in any transition conditions

[clear delta]

where ican I find islocal?

like in the transitions

[clear delta]

where can I find the "islocal" part

im still relatively new and this is my second avatar

i am also using a 4 legged avatar

[somber sequoia]

it's a variable you can use in the animator

[clear delta]

okay

[somber sequoia]

If it's not in your animator, you aren't using it, so it's not a factor here 🙂

[clear delta]

whch window will i find said variable?

or is it among the animations

[somber sequoia]

In the animator

[clear delta]

i am in there, is it a parameter? a Layer?

[somber sequoia]

Parameter.

[clear delta]

okay

[somber sequoia]

I've linked this at least once today but here are others you can use if you want: https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/animator-parameters/

[clear delta]

oki so i added it just now

is that all that is needed for it to be global now?

[somber sequoia]

... no, that's not at all what I suggested, or what this variable is for

I was just asking if you were using it - you aren't if it's not listed, so this is not a cause of things not working.

[clear delta]

nope i wasnt

(deleted the parameter btw)

think it is IK?

aka the sync method?

[clear delta]

i'll try foot IK

i read up and said IK is used for quickly changing variables

[somber sequoia]

foot IK?

[clear delta]

in the animator when you click on an animation

1 sec

[clear delta]

above wite defaults

[somber sequoia]

I don't think this is relevant here

[cinder flicker]

is it possible to use outline mask on the inside and still retain the outside outline?

[clear delta]

okay

hmmmmmmmm any other possibilities?

[clear delta]

^

[somber sequoia]

I'm working on other stuff, sorry I can't be more responsive

[clear delta]

you good! ^^ i'll just ask and you can respond when necessary

or when you can

i do use a 4 legged avatar so if you want complex, there might be something there

[peak ginkgo]

how can i move the camera/ player camera to the head?

[wild needle]

https://www.models-resource.com/wii/sonicriderszerogravity/model/52507/
How do I setup this model to work with VRChat?

[sharp crater]

what causes avatar audios to be crackly?

[static cipher]

bump 2

[sharp crater]

x should always be 0,

[foggy horizon]

can anyone help i want to use poiyomi shaders to get a galaxy skin like fortnite like this just the background thing not an entire avatar

[night ember]

pansphere would probably be best option + rim lighting

[wild needle]

wait does this go in this channel or avatar-rigging?

[peak ginkgo]

got it thanks

another issue im running into is that when im calibrating fbt, the tracking spheres are slightly farther infront of the avatar model, so when i calibrate it makes my arms extend forward

[sharp crater]

That, I can't help fix, sorry

[peak ginkgo]

heres what it looks like. its not my trackers since its not doing it on other avatars.

[candid osprey]

Say I've got a particle system, with sub emitters, but my problem is that visually, the sub emitters are visually shown to be ontop of the original, when I want the original to be visually first?

[wild needle]

Bringing this down a bit

[ornate nebula]

Either way, I hope it gets resolved.

[foggy horizon]

its makes the png look like a magnetic field

[pulsar ravine]

Heya. I posted about this a while ago where my normal maps break when I use standard/standard lite shaders.
A few people replied saying it looks like a compression issue. I've had a look at my settings (In unity and export settings in SP) but I still can't figure it out.
Is anyone able to walk me through what might be going wrong? Plz 🙏

[cold temple]

Okay i have no idea where to get started but how do i make a pullable object (like example, a cork in a potion bottle) in vrchat?

[ornate stump]

Do you mean creating 3D model? Try learning the procedure with blender donut tutorial video series.

[cold temple]

No i just forgot to mention a pullable object (as in i can pull out the cork of the bottle with my avatars hand)

[ornate stump]

Then using physbone grabbing. Create a new bone physbone chain and constraint the object at the end of bone chain.

[cold temple]

Wont that need me to setup a armature for the bottle to do so?

[ornate stump]

Not necessary if the bottle and cork already are separate object.

[cold temple]

They arent so i can either make them seperate or do the armature (im gonna make them seperate)

[ornate stump]

Since you're going to edit anyway so make it armature deform and rig a cork to a new bone chain.

[proud cobalt]

I JUST joined so I have no idea if I'm asking in the correct place, forgive me if I'm not, but I'm tryna add a hairstyle I got from booth onto a, uh, model?? I dunno what it's called, I know absolutely nothing about this stuff LOL, but I don't know how to do that cause the model I bought has hair already, and the new one I wanna put in doesn't tell me how to put it in, just says "import", so I'm lost and have no clue what to do, pls help. 🙏

[spark walrus]

what does this mean?

[cold temple]

I do not understand what you just siad

[ornate stump]

It could be as simple as putting the hair object into the avatar head bone.

[ornate stump]

Do you know how to rig at all?

[proud cobalt]

The what.... I'm so sorry, I know nothing about this so you're speaking another language to me rn. 😭

[cold temple]

Kind of? Im supposed to make the bones the same name as the vertex group right to make it move with the bone?

[ornate stump]

Yes.

[cold temple]

Okay

[ornate stump]

Have you uploaded your avatar?

[proud cobalt]

Yeah, I bought one and followed the instructions, I dunno what I did but I followed them LOL. It's on the thing. The scene thing.

[south kraken]

anyone know why the avatar performance rankings are different on the website compared to in game?

[ornate stump]

You might have to explorer a bit more for what you had in the scene. It'd be eaiser for you to getting to understand. Also terminologies are important, you'd also have to learn words related to unity if you need to communicate with other people to get helped.

[proud cobalt]

Good grief, I'm doomed.

[cold temple]

Do i really only need a bone for the cork or the vial and liquid too?

[ornate stump]

Each bone for each thing that move separately.

[cold temple]

Really only plan on moving the cork so

[ornate stump]

The bottle itself is also a moving part.

[proud cobalt]

Is there anyone with an immense amount of patience who can help me? I promise to do my very best to follow. 🙏

[ornate stump]

Meanwhile while you're waiting for a person to hand guide you, take this time to learn a bit more to prepare yourself, which also make it easier for other people to help you. https://discord.com/channels/189511567539306508/1139228456090087495

[proud cobalt]

Oh, tysm.

[cold temple]

okay got bones for the bottle itself and the cork setup, what now?

[ornate stump]

Is the rig working correctly?

[spark walrus]

what does this mean?

[cold temple]

mhm

[ornate stump]

Could you say yes or no instead for clearer communication?

[cold temple]

Yes

[stark onyx]

hi ! how do you switch the hoodie from the right side to the left avatar ? they're the same avatar but i want the hoodie's physbones to transfer over too

[ornate stump]

Also create a another bone. Your bone structure should look like

• Bottle
  |-- Physbone
  |---- Cork

[cold temple]

Ok so physbone is a child of bottle and cork is a child of physbone?

[ornate stump]

Yes

[cold temple]

also do you want to move to dms to not take up this chat too much?

[dark jay]

I wanna improve my shading for my dragon ball sparking zero models on pc it looks good but i think i can make it better anyone got any tips and suggestions i use poiyomi

[ornate stump]

It's almost done so continue here.

[ornate stump]

Can't suggest without seeing your current progress.

[cold temple]

alright 1 sec blender crashed n i forgot to save :/

[spark walrus]

why does my material turn into one coolor on my face mesh:"?

unity

[ornate stump]

When words aren't enough also take screenshot.

[spark walrus]

ok

[ornate stump]

Can you point out what's wrong with it?

[spark walrus]

no texture

iot's just a blur

the face d oesnt apply the texture correctly

but blurs it into 1 color

[ornate stump]

The hair still has its color though?

[spark walrus]

yes

[cold temple]

Okay so physbone goes where the cork originaly rests and cork goes to where i want the cork to stop moving at right?

[ornate stump]

That means still can't see what's wrong.

[ornate stump]

Physbone bone stays at the same position as the bottle bone. And cork bone is at the cork position.

[cold temple]

Okay

[ornate stump]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/p51bwd/a_polygon_is_self_intersecting_and_has_been/ this might have some info

[dark jay]

Ill send it in the day time

[dark jay]

I do have the material on phone i use 8.1 poi

[ornate stump]

That reply was for another person with different issue.

[dark jay]

Oh

[dark jay]

Was the reply on accident?

[cold temple]

Rig setup and working, do i just export now as fbx?

[ornate stump]

I didn't reply anything to you other than suggesting you to send your current progress.

[ornate stump]

Yes.

[dark jay]

Oh I replied to the wrong thing

[dark jay]

I use 8.1 poi and i have the mat on my phone not on pc rn

Was using it with this matcap

[ornate stump]

Ok I see what you mean. But I'm not going to take that into my project.

[dark jay]

Ill send it tomorrow

[ornate stump]

Also suggest you screenshot your current progress, and screenshot your reference image for what you're expecting.

[cold temple]

rigs in unity, what do i do now?

[dark jay]

As i did change it a bit from the photo i have saved on my phone but its only matcap and rimlighting slightly changed

[ornate stump]

Just add physbone component to the physbone bone. Set immobile 1, increase radius for grabbing, and increase max stretch value.

[dark jay]

Im still using this on one model but for the rest of them i tweaked rim lighting a little and matcap border to 5.2 or 5.5 i think

[ornate stump]

This doesn't help much because we need the visual if the avatar to see what need to be adjusted.

[dark jay]

I only got the render i did in unity

With snipping tool

[cold temple]

so after this its ready and i can just grab the cork in vrchat?

[dark jay]

Most of the shading effect is with matcap

[ornate stump]

Likely yes.

[cold temple]

ok lemme position this on my avi rq

[ornate stump]

For me I would say it's good enough and no need for further adjustment. If you need to adjust, then you'd have to be specific for what you're looking for.

Because otherwise, it depends on personal artistic sense which can be widely different.

[dark jay]

I wanted more of a like effect like that in game but i also wanted it more like anime like

[ornate stump]

That's when I asked for reference images.

[dark jay]

Maybe like this

[ornate stump]

Looks like shaded part is much darker, you might have to increase saturation of your matcap texture.

Contrast is much higher between lit and shaded part.

[dark jay]

Or this this is someone elses model

[ornate stump]

Weird shadow direction.

[dark jay]

I already did it to like this or tried to

[dark jay]

Its like the game

[ornate stump]

Definitely more saturated shadow.

[cold temple]

Works fine however the physbone interacts with the hand the vials on, how do i make it only interact with my other hand for the cork?

[dark jay]

What do i adjust

And maybe something like this in the body

[ornate stump]

#avatar-help message

[ornate stump]

Your current is already close to this.

[dark jay]

I got that

But it’s probably also a shader adjustments too

[ornate stump]

Apart from weird shadow angle on the face.

[cold temple]

Nvm found it, i just disabled collison on the bone

[dark jay]

It’s probably because they moved the lights around

But in sparking zero the face shadows are like that

[ornate stump]

Can't be light because light must affect every object.

[cold temple]

Follow up question, how do i make it so a animation triggers when its pulled enough?

[dark jay]

See this

[ornate stump]

Physbone has stretch parameter, so create a toggle depends on stretch parameter to toggle the effect.

[cold temple]

K

[dark jay]

Its like that

[ornate stump]

It could still be another matcap with emission.

[dark jay]

Ah ok

[cinder flicker]

bump

[ornate stump]

Do you notice that different game also has slightly different shading style? We can't just make one shader to match with all the game. Just stick to what are close enough to them.

Or pick one that you like most and stick to it.

[dark jay]

Yea

[hazy pike]

trying to set up gestures for my avatar, and I'm getting this issue. Plus the Peace gesture keeps popping up in the other gestures. Not sure how to fix this

[ornate stump]

That is not an issue.

[hazy pike]

😳 it's not? It's giving me trouble! None of my gestures are showing up properly so I thought this mightve been the issue

[ornate stump]

How are the hands actually posing?

[hazy pike]

let me double check them

[hazy pike]

yeah the hands are posing, but the expressions are not working

[ornate stump]

How is it posing?

[hazy pike]

Gestures are the one of the things I havent really touched much in unity, so this is new territory for me

[hazy pike]

they're matching up to the right gestures (peace, rock n roll, etc) but the expressions arent showing

[ornate stump]

Do you mean the hands actually work following gesture? It is just face expression that stuck?

[hazy pike]

sorry, yeah. Facial expression is stuck

I have a reset layer set up as well, and that didnt fix it

[ornate stump]

It doesn't react to both hand?

[hazy pike]

Lemme record a video for u

[ornate stump]

Also record to confirm that animation files are working.

[hazy pike]

o7

ah, wrong video hang on

here, this should be the right one

(forgot to press stop when I was recording so theres a point where it should stop at around 50 seconds

@ornate stump

[ornate stump]

If it worked only once then stopped , it's likely because of animation states within the controller are mixing write defaults option.

[hazy pike]

only one expression worked, the others did not

but I'll see if the write defaults are mixed up

write defaults is unchecked for all of them

[ornate stump]

In all other layers too?

[hazy pike]

no, so I just checked them

didnt change anything though

feel like I should just redo the fx at this point

but I would like to figure out the solution in case I run into this again in the future

[junior void]

I just watched the video without reading any of the messages

Is it an edited avatar? The side of the mouth looks like it has normals errors

[hazy pike]

😭 it shows up fine in game, it only looks like that in unity. How would I fix that though?

and it's a kitbash I did myself, not an existing avatar

[junior void]

Depends if it looks like that in blender or if its fine in blender

I see gestures being mentioned - is the avi set humanoid?

[hazy pike]

looks fine in Blender

[hazy pike]

yep!

[junior void]

Sorry to crash in like that, i am just curious lol

[hazy pike]

its totally fine! I'd like to figure this out so Im not sweating trying to get this ready for tomorrow, which is when I normally get on vr

for the normals error, is there a setting I need to change when I'm exporting the fbx in order to fix that?

[ornate stump]

More thing to check, is the reset layer actually set blendshape to zero, and there is no other animation controlling the face in layers below?

[junior void]

Usually no, it seems to be a unity thing (aka import settings) but if it works in play mode, i wouldnt worry too much about this right now, remember this later when youre bored and need something to do, you can play with import settings

[hazy pike]

yep! Reset has all relevant blendshapes set at zero, and none of my other layers involve expressions

[junior void]

I have an idea

Now im questioning myself

What about the animations themselves

[hazy pike]

they're clean I did them myself

[junior void]

So they work in the animator preview?

[hazy pike]

yep!

maybe something in my transitions messed up?

[junior void]

And the animator layer is definitely assigned to your fx slot?

[static bough]

Try taking the masking off

[hazy pike]

definitely, but here are my transitions

[static bough]

That’s usually my issue

[junior void]

Only fist and idle have a condition

Not sure if that makes a difference

[hazy pike]

🧍‍♂️how do I fix that

WAIT

[junior void]

But yea, try removing the mask also, thats an idea

[hazy pike]

hang on I know how

idk how to remove the mask tho, where is that

[junior void]

the gear icon

[static bough]

Yeah

Then just take it off

[junior void]

i just checked my own fx

no mask and works

The mask is used in gesture layer, not fx usually

[static bough]

Eat the mask

[ornate stump]

Why lot of them are missing condition?

[hazy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-pascal-mandalorian-laugh-cry-gif-21495683

[static bough]

It do that

[hazy pike]

aw gif no work

[static bough]

[hazy pike]

yeah didnt realize the conditions got removed

added those back in, the expressions work now

BUT

they dont reset

[static bough]

Butting

Easy

Okay so

[hazy pike]

they dont stack either

[static bough]

Click idle
Write defaults on

[hazy pike]

I have a reset layer

[static bough]

Same for the fist, open hand etc

Both hands

[hazy pike]

write defaults is already on

[ornate stump]

The transition to Idle must not have Exit Time.

[hazy pike]

for all of them

[static bough]

Yah

[junior void]

Idk what that reset layer is for really

[static bough]

If they don’t have it on already

[static bough]

To stare

[hazy pike]

so I need to get rid of the exit time?

[ornate stump]

Your controller are designed with WD off so don't enable WD.

[static bough]

WD on fixes all my issues

[ornate stump]

Disable it.

[static bough]

When their off my expressions just
Don’t do the did do face

[hazy pike]

yeah that did it

turning exit time off

I feel insane thank u guys

[static bough]

Yes eat the exit time

Fight it

[static bough]

We’re all insane

[hazy pike]

what is write defaults for again?

[ornate stump]

Has to be careful to not mix WD, and how controlled are design for what case.

[static bough]

I don’t mix em

[ornate stump]

To reset animation back to default value when the state doesn't control that property.

[hazy pike]

ohhh icic

ok that makes sense

thank you all for everything!!! I cant believe I missed this stuff. Multiple eyes on the same thing helps a lot

[static bough]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-respectfully-looking-gif-22947769

[junior void]

🎉

[static bough]

Us

[ornate stump]

Embedn't.

[static bough]

Shhh, don’t call me out like that

[junior void]

We need a vrc support squad guild lmao

[spark walrus]

how do i fix this line?

it's not alligned wiht the ground

[junior void]

Origin

[spark walrus]

where in unity?

dont tell me i have to import it into blender again

@junior void

[junior void]

There shouldn't be any "importing to blender". Ideally, you have a blender file saved from out of which you export to unity.

[spark walrus]

i know

trying to fix this now

so that model stands on the floor in the center

[proud cobalt]

Why's the under arm all stretched to the pants like that? And when I upload it to VRChat, the socks and pants kinda lag behind the avatar, does anyone know how to fix that? I'm tryna figure this out as I go.

Nvm, I'm gonna restart, I guess 😭

[cursive elbow]

yall

if i put something on my avatar

and it clips

how can i make like a collider

so it doesnt clip trough my body

[sly lodge]

you need to fix the weightpaints on your arms inside in Blender, it has some weights assigned probably where it shouldn't be

[junior void]

You dont make a collider - you fix the weight painting if its really bad and if its tiny spots, see if the avatar has "hide" blendshapes for example to shrink the body mesh under the clothing and drive it in the animation that toggles the clothing on and off

[sly lodge]

you only need to use colliders if you have PhysBones on your character, but if the clipping happens without any physbones, it's more likely a weight paint issue

[proud cobalt]

Okay, I figured out the arm and the pants, but now the socks, bandaids and garter belt just lag behind instead of sticking to the avatar, is it the same issue?

[sly lodge]

do you have vrc fury installed?

[proud cobalt]

No..

[sly lodge]

i think they aren't using the same skeleton

you can fix that in blender, or just download vrc fury if the skeletons identical

you can merge skeletons with the CATS plugin in Blender

[proud cobalt]

I have NO idea how to do any of that, nor how I managed to mess up those things since all I did was tweak the colors.

Is there no way for me to go back to how it was when I slapped it in the hierarchy in Unity...? It was completely fine before, I don't know what happened for it to get messed up like this. 😭

[sly lodge]

well, the clothes can be fixed with the vrc fury package, but to fix your arms, it's something that you can only fix it in Blender

[proud cobalt]

I fixed the arm somehow LOL, I just need to figure out why those socks and leg accessories lag behind when I move on VRChat.

I'll try that vrc fury thing.

...How do I fix the clothes with that?

[open spindle]

i just opened my project and for some reason my fx layer is jut gone?

[sly lodge]

you can add an armature link component on your clothes with vrc fury, so your clothes would use the same armature

[proud cobalt]

Thank you.

[wild needle]

Bump

[barren wharf]

how do i easily combine materials in unity

i'd do it in blender but whenever i export my fbx it turns out all fucked up in blender

[spark walrus]

where do i put pbr texture into the material?

[sly lodge]

if you have the CATS plugin in Blender, then you can combine your materials and create an atlas for all of your textures into one single texture

[barren wharf]

oh ok

how do i export an fbx from unity to do that

[sly lodge]

you can just right click on your 3d model, and click on "Show In Explorer"

[barren wharf]

okie

[still scroll]

It there a way to dampen a physbone limit ? Like it will reach the limit angle, but it will be harder and harder to reach that limit ? Is it something that can be done with curves ?

[sly lodge]

then copy the path of that file, and you can import it in Blender

[sour quartz]

How do I make a unity animation a 0 -> 1 state in the animator instead of a toggle ON and OFF?
I have an object I need to toggle but I want it to react when it's at 0,5 and that doesnt work with a on off toggle but i am not sure how to do the numbers thing ^^;

[spark walrus]

where do i do it in unity?

pbr texture on material

[somber sequoia]

use a variable of type "Int" rather than "bool"

[sour quartz]

okay let me look into that, thanks!

[spark walrus]

where do i put PBR texture?

[barren wharf]

im right clicking in heirarchy and there's no show in explorer button

[sly lodge]

you need to do it in the Project's window, not in the Hierarchy

[barren wharf]

ohhhh

[barren wharf]

where is it in the project window

all i see is the og model

[sly lodge]

you can just select the "robot" and click on the "Mesh" in the Skinned Mesh Renderer component

it will highlight it for you

[barren wharf]

the one in yellow?

[sly lodge]

yeah, you can Copy the path for it or open it in explorer

then you can import that file into blender

[tropic mantle]

Okayyy- how tf do i upload avatars

[spark walrus]

where do i put]

pbr texture/

?

[barren wharf]

ok i imported it into blender and the hair is completely different from the one on my avatar in unity

[austere tiger]

My avatar renders without their clothing in the avatar preview despite having clothing on once loaded. Is there any way to remedy this?

[spark walrus]

i have a texture that is called pbr

what is this for?

[somber sequoia]

looks like some sort of multi-channel map

[static cipher]

bump 2

[spark walrus]

what do i do with it>

[somber sequoia]

the preview ought to be whatever the default without the animator running would look like. So the default as-shown in the Unity editor.

[austere tiger]

PBR, at least to my knowledge, has something to do with simulating screen-space reflections. Minecraft has PBR resource packs that make the metallic blocks reflective, for example.

[austere tiger]

I have the clothing enabled in Unity, though.

[somber sequoia]

PBR is physicality based rendering, it's not an image type. So probably that's some kind of map, but there's no way of knowing which channels do what without examining it and the model

[austere tiger]

Listen to this guy over me, lol.

[somber sequoia]

I might have read a few things at some point 🙂

[austere tiger]

[sly lodge]

you need to import your hair too

[barren wharf]

ohhhh so add the hair in blender?

[sly lodge]

yeah, but you probably need to copy the textures too

[barren wharf]

oh ok

[wild needle]

Do I need to do something special to set this model up, to work with VRChat?
https://www.models-resource.com/wii/sonicriderszerogravity/model/52507/

[sly lodge]

but if you have multiple objects using the same material, then you can just use d4rkAvatarOptimizer

then you don't need to do anything outside of Unity, but it won't always help if you have a lot of different materials on your mesh and if no other objects using it

[barren wharf]

i think the hair and the robot itself each have a material

so idk if that'll work

[broken bone]

That's an ORM texture. It stands for Occlusion, Roughness, Metallic. The channels are mapped to R, G, and B respectively

[spark walrus]

how do i use it?

[crisp hornet]

Hi! Sorry for asking right away like this, would it be possible for me to import a model as simple as this into a proper vrchat 3d model?
The rigging has been done by hand and the weight painting automatically by blender, not sure if it'd work?

[broken bone]

You'll probably have to separate the channels into greyscale maps manually using photoshop or similar image processing software, unless there's a material that takes an ORM slot, but I don't know of any off the top of my head

[somber sequoia]

You don't have enough spine parts - see this reference image: #avatar-rigging message

[crisp hornet]

ah, thanks

[somber sequoia]

probably can simply subdivide the backbone

[spark walrus]

i have other textures f

arent they replacing pbr>?

[broken bone]

Oh if you have those you can ignore the PBR texture entirely

It's the same as those, but packed together

[somber sequoia]

but definitely use packed maps if you can, it's less texture memory.

[crisp hornet]

Absolutely not an expert with blender, I'll try it out, thanks!

[somber sequoia]

Got to start somewhere 🙂

[austere tiger]

My avatar renders without their clothing in the avatar preview despite having clothing on once loaded. Is there any way to remedy this?
@somber sequoia #avatar-help message
the preview ought to be whatever the default without the animator running would look like. So the default as-shown in the Unity editor.
@austere tiger #avatar-help message
I have the clothing enabled in Unity, though.

Anybody else able to aid me here?

[slate scaffold]

Good morning. I find myself with an amazing idea! But I have to ask first, is there a way to store movements on an avatar in vrchat?

I wish to store movements in vrchat over the duration of 10 seconds, that, upon a button hold, will rewind said movements in reverse. I'm trying to mimic the effect in "Prince of Persia" sands of time.

[somber sequoia]

nope

you could probably have a selection of pre-recorded ones though and act it out

[slate scaffold]

There's no like pluggin for it or anything?

It's just...classic 2001s Xbox could do it, but today's modern day Unity can't? There has to be a way

[somber sequoia]

there isn't

[slate scaffold]

Is it possible to write or make something in unity that can? 🤔

[somber sequoia]

you can't put scripts onto avatars, so no

[slate scaffold]

Damn. That would've been so cool. Big sad 😮‍💨

[slate scaffold]

But why not?

[austere tiger]

VRC limitation, not Unity limitation. Allowing scripts on avatars could lead to even heavier abuse than is already seen with Quest Crasher avatars.

[slate scaffold]

People of the past ruining the innovation of the present. Classic tale. Sigh very well. Thank you guys for your help, and the info.

[mossy ridge]

for some reason the faces don't reset and just add onto eachother

[ember knoll]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to make my first avatar, but I'm having some issues with rendering my model/materials.

This is what it is supposed to render as

and this is my render

[mossy ridge]

i figured it out

[ember knoll]

my guess is that the issues stem from how my material is setup (using three UV maps and combining them), but I have no clue yet how to fix it

[spark walrus]

can somone help me im trying to upload this avi

this pops up when i go to upload it

[somber sequoia]

you have 94 errors. Click the clear button at the upper-left of the console window, do the build again, and if there are errors, show us the first (top) 3-4

[spark walrus]

i got 47 errors

i think the avi is just doomed

[somber sequoia]

yellows aren't errors though

you clipped the window too much so I can't see the indicator about amounts, are there any actual red errors now?

[spark walrus]

thank you

i looked at the errors

and i was missing a plug in

:))))

[lone flax]

How do I change my avatar hand gestures?

I looked up videos but I don't have the right folder or brain power to do it lol

[somber sequoia]

oh nice, very easy 🙂

[strong talon]

Does anyone know how to fix this? I mirrored the mesh in blender and the duplicate ends up looking that than smooth

[ember knoll]

nvm fixed it

[lilac grail]

anyone else having their avi uploads get stuck on a random percentage for a billion years before cancelling for reason of "Failed to Upload Avatar" (with no extra info in console either)

[broken bone]

Nope 🤷‍♂️

[lilac grail]

😭 fuck

[cunning spindle]

How do I move only a certain part of her mouth

[lilac grail]

works most informative console report

[somber sequoia]

select only the certain part. Yes, this can be tricky.

[lilac grail]

try using proportional editing in "connected only" mode?

[cunning spindle]

When I do it doesn't move anything

[somber sequoia]

without knowing more specifics, I'm not sure what is going on here

[wild needle]

how do I fix this, it looks fine in Blender but in Unity the textures break

[somber sequoia]

... what is going on there?

[cunning spindle]

Idk

[somber sequoia]

seems like you're selecting unconnected vertices?

[cunning spindle]

Wym

[somber sequoia]

I mean you clearly moved vertices but they don't seem connected to anything else

[cunning spindle]

I just want a damn closed mouth😭

[lone flax]

How do I get different hand gestures I hate the normal claw type of ones I'd prefer more of like Index styled ones

[lucid rapids]

how i can fix this

[left gull]

You might want to mess around with merging vertices by distance alot of nintendo stuff doesnt have fully connected parts

[somber sequoia]

you need to explain for those of us who have never seen this before

[cunning spindle]

I gave up and decided to use finalfest pearl and what the absolute FUCK are these bones

[left gull]

you could try using this and see if it works with your model https://snoww.gumroad.com/l/FakeIndexBySnoww

[left gull]

if you send me the other version you were working on i could see if i can clean it up/set it up a lil for you

[cunning spindle]

K

In a bit

[lone flax]

How do I set it up?

[lucid rapids]

idk the arm look weird

[somber sequoia]

there's an arm?

[left gull]

it should just give you a Gesture layer you'd drop into your avatar descriptor

[wild needle]

Bump (Idk if doing this every 2 hours counts as being impatient or not)

[lucid rapids]

the line is the arm

[lone flax]

Where on the avatar descripter (I am very new to everything)

[lucid rapids]

it's not connected

[left gull]

if its a pre-setup model when you click on it either in scene or the heirarchy it should show up on the right side of your screen in the inspector

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure what this is to show vs. the previous image, maybe you can find a way to explain it clearer

[lone flax]

uhh, that's like minecraft enchantment table language to me😭🙏

[left gull]

you should've bumped this one but you'll need to fix the model to stand upright and you'll need to properly setup the rig aswell as currently this has some very messy bones
(also check you dont have multiple UV maps)

[lone flax]

I didn't understand anything other than Hierarchy and inspector

[left gull]

im not sure how i can explain it any better/clearer perhaps look up a youtube tutorial on

vrchat model making

[lucid rapids]

i mean like this

[lone flax]

wait there's a how to file in the folder -_-

[somber sequoia]

I'm really not sure what problem you're having, sorry.

[lucid rapids]

okok ty

[lone flax]

Do I install this?

[left gull]

yeah thats the unity file that contains all the gesture stuff

[lone flax]

now what?

[left gull]

once its imported you add it into the gesture layer/section in your avatar descriptor

it'll have a pre-setup layer thats just drag and drop in

[wild needle]

ok

[lone flax]

I think I did it (THINK) I'll come back if it didn't work tysm btw

[cunning spindle]

Check dms

[split crown]

why is my avi saying nothings mapped when everything is mapped?

[somber meadow]

Screenshot the rig tab of the model's import settings

[candid osprey]

Say I've got a particle system, with sub emitters, but my problem is that visually, the sub emitters are visually shown to be ontop of the original, when I want the original to be visually first?

[lilac musk]

Blendshapes are being used to help any clipping that might occur by shrinking the body mesh in the problematic areas. You can simply change the blendshape to get it back to normal.

[lucid rapids]

can u tell me how to do it ?

[cunning spindle]

@left gull ping me when you're done btw

[lilac musk]

Just select the mesh, then in the inspector, find the blendshape section and open it. It will likely be a long list of them, but it would likely be one of them set to 100. So just turn them down to 0 until you find the one that sets the arms back.

[lilac musk]

^

[lucid rapids]

[somber sequoia]

you can move where the sub-emitter is spawned from, or change render queue order in the materials

[split crown]

anyone know how to fix this?

[lone flax]

Idk If I did it right but it didn't work (Whatever I did)

[static cipher]

bump 4 (last one was a miscount)

[little field]

how do i fix this

[carmine flint]

Would anyone be willing to help me troubleshoot a 2-axis puppet controller? I'm following Neffertity's wing puppet tutorial to try to set up a tail puppet, but no matter what I do I can't get it to work.

I made an animator controller, put it in the FX descriptor for my avatar. Then I made the ExpressionMenu and ExpressionParameters (added them to the avatar descriptor too), then I made the H and V float parameters, made them again (with identical names) in the parameters menu in the animator tab. Then I made a layer just for the controller.

In that layer I made the blendtree, set the blendtype to 2D Freeform Directional, then put in the H/V parameters and all my animations. But it's still not working? Is there anything I missed?
Attached are pictures of everything I described.

The menu the puppets are in is a submenu, so it goes Menu->Puppets so they're all together. The submenu is working, just the puppets aren't.

None of the animations are LoopTime either

[carmine flint]

It's under the avatar descriptor

Under the dropdown menu that says Eye Look

Np!

[static harbor]

so im making a three headed cerberus does anybody know how i would go about applying lip sync to all three heads instead of it only working on the main head

[balmy barn]

blender merge/assign blendshapes so they are the same (ah oh ch or whatever if they have custom)

can use unity to tell the others to do stuff too when voice detected

[candid osprey]

I don't quite understand, can you provide a bit more info?

[somber sequoia]

A sub-emitter is a component sitting on a GameObject - you can move it wherever.
As for render queue, you'd have to look into how shaders work for this, but in a nutshell you can have a material render in front or back of other materials.

[candid osprey]

Do you have a site I can look at to figure the shader stuff out?

[somber sequoia]

no, I don't have any resources available to help offhand, but I'm sure a quick search would find something

this is probably a fun rabbit hole 🙂

[snow sluice]

Hello

[livid fern]

so i have a question i have a avatar and i play on desktop and only other desktop user see the avi normal in the way i settet it but every person jousing a VR see the avi different cosmetics, settings...etc, is this normal? is there any way i could fix that?

[snow sluice]

can someone help me

[static cipher]

Basically here you can either ask about a specific issue that you're having, or head over to #1139216499123437668 for less specific things.

[static cipher]

It could be an issue with whether your variable thingies are synced or not. I forgot the name of them

[snow sluice]

it's about parameters pacifically bom39 hex Maniac avater

[static cipher]

nono

don't use DMs, that's basically scam heaven for this kind of server

[snow sluice]

Bro I came to vr chat discord for this specific reason and besides I hate scammers and scammers and general

Don't worry I promise I am not a scammer

[static cipher]

yes i know, im just saying like NEVER use dms for solving issues, like im not saying ur a scammer, im saying people who could be pretending to try and solve your issue could be the scammer

[snow sluice]

Which I'm not and I'm actually having this issue

[carmine flint]

Do you have all your parameters synced?

[static cipher]

Point is, best to just describe your issue up-front.

[snow sluice]

Ok

[static cipher]

So could you describe your issue?

[snow sluice]

Ok you already understand I bought the bom39 Hex Maniac Avatar and started to test the Avatar and I having an issues with the breast size slider. It doesn't want to work and pretty much immediately kicks me out of the slider when I select it, so I can't get beyond 30% (the max amount I'm able to get before it kicks me). It also prevents me from trying to use it again unless I close the radial menu.

[static cipher]

Did you make sure to use these requirements?

[snow sluice]

Yes I did all of that It does not work but hi Google it to find the fix this says to remove the first parameter in the expression menu. And give me a photo to do this but the problem is I don't know where should I find what that photo describe

I feel like you know unity and avtars so can you please help me where can I find this

[lone flax]

Where can I find the "Gesture Layer" in Unity?

[static cipher]

Basically if you click the avatar in the Hierarchy, it brings up a menu on the Inspector. One of those probably says something along the lines of Expressions or something, Double click that and it'll bring you to something in the files that you can also click to open something else in the Inspector that has that in it. It also might have it in another sub-menu file.

Other than that I cannot really help much with it.

[snow sluice]

Ok thank you anyways.

[livid fern]

yea dont now what that means...

[gilded dawn]

anyone know whats wrong here? the bounding box looks normal to me? its been similar on other avatars ive had before and worked fine. clicking select the the sdk just selects the avatar as a whole

other axis

[static harbor]

how would i go about doing that?

[barren wharf]

hey my avatars camera is way above it's height and it's eyes are blank

how do i fix that?

[somber meadow]

How large is the avatar in general

The scale might be set wrong

[gilded dawn]

hm i deleted the FT debug window and it shows no problems now nvm

[livid fern]

im not the one that made the avi

[carmine flint]

That would have to be fixed on the avatar itself I think :[

[livid fern]

ok..

[livid fern]

still thanks for helping

[rose harness]

I am trying to work on my avatar but no matter what I do, the head just juts forward while moving any, and about to just quit trying to fix it. I have already tried to fix the head bone position, make sure the head bone is connected to the neck bone, and other stuff and I just can't fix it. Any ideas of what I can do?

[spark walrus]

what is causing these artifacts?

[carmine flint]

Clipping

[left gull]

clipping or the verts not actually being connected to each other

[radiant bay]

Quick Question, is reducing the Max size of a model's material the interpretation of Lowering the resolution of Textures?

[long sierra]

I had an emote where I wanted my character to jump and spin in a circle, and while the animation does play, he doesn't move up into the air and rotate

[fluid echo]

if the chatbox/name is too high and adjusting boundaries doesn't help, what should I look into next to fix it?

[dark saddle]

Is it possible to like um..
Reset my unity projects packages in a non-distructive way? The only packages I really depend on are all in VCC, and I can easily re add them. But I think the unity assets manager added some dependances for things I dont even use anymore, and they are slowing down and causing lighting issues with my project
I sort of just wanna... Soft reset the project
How would one go about this?

[prisma sedge]

Are you using vrc constraints on the avatar?

[indigo cliff]

Im trying to build a model in blender but whenever i "fiz model" to combine the head with body it throws me this error? O.o help anyone?

[somber sequoia]

Delete unity-package stuff from the package manager window, delete other things by literally deleting them from Assets

[dark saddle]

Unitys-Package manager doesn't make it very clear on what does need to be kept

[somber sequoia]

not really, nope

[dark saddle]

Ontop of this, it's basically hiding some of the dependences

Also, packages normally dont stick in the Assets folder anymore

[somber sequoia]

I mean, you could actually just copy your Assets folder to a brand new project

[dark saddle]

they are found inside of the Packages folder, or they create there own folder in the project root

[dark saddle]

Good idea

Maybe I should delete everything except for the assets folder

then just add the project back, and reinstall all the packages

[rose harness]

Yeah, I think I am done trying to fix this. Nothing I do seems to fix it, so I guess this is a failed project.

[somber sequoia]

I can't tell with the stick bones in your image but my first thought is that the head isn't directly above a perfectly vertical spine

[clear delta]

hey so i made A generic rig of this guy, however i need to figure out how to make an fx layer so i can get some movement on the rear part of the body as a part of it is kind of motionless

anybody able to help with the FX layer part at least?

[rose harness]

I tried fixing that, but then the head starts melting into the neck

[somber sequoia]

yeah that being all bent looks wrong

[rose harness]

And when I do straighten it in pose mode, this happens

[somber sequoia]

there's a discord specifically for working with multi-limbed characters, you'll probably find the best help there. I can DM it to you

[somber sequoia]

I'd be trying to reposition that bone in armature edit mode

[rose harness]

Also tried that, but it breaks every other bone in the face for physbones and shapekey creation

[somber sequoia]

probably you moved other bones with it - you can just disconnect the children so they aren't stuck to the head bone's tail

[rose harness]

That is what I mean, the bones for roles stop working like they should even when I do that

[somber sequoia]

I'm really not sure how that happens?

I wouldn't think the actual position of the head bone would break any non-connected child bones

[clear delta]

that would be fantastic!

could use some pointers

[rose harness]

Yeah, and that is the thing I am not getting either- I don't even touch those bones, yet those stop working.

I guess all this time I spent trying to port my FF14 character to VRChat is a lost cause- and all the resources and knowledge for doing one is either lost media or being paywalled and gatekept these days, too.

[somber sequoia]

I don't really think the source of the model matters that much, but okay

[rose harness]

Well, I know the neck thing used to be an issue with FF14 models, but the only guide that covered how to fix it is lost media now because the creator of the video tutorial deleted it and has never put it back up

And none of the other tutorials online ever cover it

Well, guess I just keep bashing my head against the wall trying to fix it until something works....

[long sierra]

I baked root transformation into pose on the animation clip and that looks like it might've fixed it

[worthy garden]

I'm not even sure where else to ask this, but I'm a PC user and I've never, ever seen an imposter avatar. I'd much rather see them than the gray robot so that I at least have a rough idea of what I'm looking at. Are imposters in full swing on PC, or am I misinformed?

[lilac musk]

Yea they are, I have my settings not show Very Poor avatars and I see imposters constantly

[worthy garden]

Weird. Maybe I need to reinstall or something.

[rose harness]

Yeah, I am just going to have to have someone help me in a VC one day and walk me through or help because I have tried everything that has been said here multiple times with no luck, and I am out of time to keep for tonight because friends want me to join them on VRChat now.

[lilac musk]

I don't think they show up through safety settings. I have visitors not shown and so they are gray robots. Though anyone above that rank and have a Very Poor avatar very likely show up as imposter

[left gull]

are there more/other errors then these 3?

[spark walrus]

may I see that meme again?

where someoen asks quesstions

but isnt getting an answer

someone once posted a short video , it was funny

woman asking about how to do something and guy kept saying go look it up

[fair swift]

i need help i copied someones avatar and now every time i open vrchat it frezzes my whole game

[left gull]

if you've got a vrchat account you can go to the website and reset to default

[solar loom]

I've been having trouble with this avatar for some reason its only a quest avatar and i want it to be pc and quest. idk if this helps

[timber wharf]

it doesnt, only 🛑blocks you from upload and even then its android limitations so whats the issue

[solar loom]

but it works with android but not pc

[timber wharf]

did ya switch platform from android to pc and uploaded again?

you need to do upload per plaform ye

[solar loom]

ok thanks

well i did upload as a pc then a android but its still the same problem

[timber wharf]

explain then

same avi with same blueprint id should be treaded as both

[solar loom]

oh i forgot the blue print my bad 😦

[timber wharf]

uh no if you just switch from android to pc blueprint should be the same

its usually problem other way around with pc users trying to upload unacceptable quest avi

but whatever works for quest should be perfectly fine for pc

[solar loom]

thank you so muck its working

[lilac musk]

As you load into vrc, hold down all your buttons at once. It will force you into a default avatar

[timber wharf]

use vrchat.com/home and switch to defsult avi

[fair wave]

I'm just getting started and I need help, what would I need for the basics to make avis?

[lilac musk]

Look up videos. There is one by a Phia that's quite good

[vagrant crater]

Why would this be happening TwT never was a issue before now unitys playing some games

[lilac musk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWr4diTDqJM&t=52s

[spark walrus]

why's this happening?

[spark walrus]

also, how do make only move the first bone of a chain in unity?

[spark walrus]

how can i let physbone component only affect the first bone in the chain?

[west cipher]

you can place the physbone on only the first bone of the chain. keep opening the bones of the chain in the hierarchy till you get to the first bone then place the script on that

[spark walrus]

the first bone

has children bones

they r all effected

[spark walrus]

ur not undertsanding

[sand dune]

There's any way to make this actually shoot? (sorry for bad english)

[west cipher]

inside the physbone script you can type in how many bones you want to ignore. then drag and drop each bone into the ignore bone section

[west cipher]

could add your own particle effect, or grab a shooting effect prefab and add it your project

[spark walrus]

tx

[robust vapor]

what is going on i been on this for two hours i dont get it

[spark walrus]

the floating values of stiffness and immobilityh dont work for me

ok works now

value has be set to max

[white wharf]

am i allowed to ask if someone knows the name of an avi by pic? or is there another channel for that

[left wharf]

#1138520828556890214

[white wharf]

thanks

[white wharf]

its not letting me post

[left wharf]

probably due to moderation bots. but idk the conditions for it to be triggered.

[white wharf]

alr

[spark walrus]

does anyone know how to Unhide models on unity

like i have this prop i added along time ago on my model, but now i that i modified the edited version on blender i just wanna modify it on unity but on the left side where all the models are i dont find it

[cinder flicker]

bump

[zinc bay]

Does anyone know how to locate my login info on VRC in game so i can find the correct email to be able to uppload avatars?

[indigo compass]

Have you migrated to a VRChat account? (do you have 4 letter and numbers at the end of your username)

[zinc bay]

um no just underscore in it

once im logged out from the VRC game im permanatly locked out

inactivity meaning

password does

[indigo compass]

Well then you have bigger problems.
And I don't think there is any way to help find what email you used without already being logged into the VRChat website (and it will only tell you the first letter of your email).

[zinc bay]

first letter, ill know exactly what it is if i have that info.

[polar gazelle]

i have bourght an avatar online but i have no idea how to upload it is there anyone who can help

[meager jewel]

hey could somebody help me make a png avatar

i don't have a computer but am working on the sprites

[zinc bay]

Can anyone tell me if this set up is okay to upload? I'm worried about the triangles with ! in them

https://gyazo.com/4c7b409907f88d54859fbb951b0a973d

something about missing animation clips

[sly lodge]

its seems fine to me, and I've seen much worse avis with more than a million triangles in them

[final widget]

Hi I'm new to avatar making and i cant seem to upload my avatar. I always get this message "you must provide a path to the thumbnail image when creating a new avatar" but whenever i try to upload a picture or capture it from screen the picture is white or black and wont let me upload. Offline build is just fine. Tried reinstalling SDK package or downgrading the version. Any suggestions?

[zinc bay]

does it take long time to upload?

[sly lodge]

it usually takes around a minute depending on your pc and internet speed

[broken cloud]

i make the avatar in blender, but when i import into unity the armature is an object instead of what it should be, whats going on?

[zinc bay]

its been longer then that and i have an i 8 core computer

[final widget]

So when i use the "capture from scene" the thumbnail is white. And when i press Build and publish, it takes a few secconds and then it gives me the error.

[ornate stump]

Armature is an object though. What do you expect?

[broken cloud]

🤗 On God i will try to be calm today

[zinc bay]

omg 87 errors triangle and a octigon

[broken cloud]

it should be an armature in unity, but its just a bunch of invisible objects

[zinc bay]

https://gyazo.com/8742bc44306def3fd63611e348cf262b

[ornate stump]

It's always been like that.

[ornate stump]

Armature and bones are invisible object because it doesn't have anything to render.

[broken cloud]

but its not working as armature

only as an object

[ornate stump]

There is no concept of armature in unity. Every armature and bones are treated as game objects.

[broken cloud]

it is not working the way it should
i should be able to open the settings for the armature
but unity doesn't see it as armature

[ornate stump]

Where you're looking? Screenshot it.

[ornate stump]

I still don't understand whay you meant by settings for the armature because there is no armature settings in unity. Do you mean rigging configuration?

[broken cloud]

it doesn't matter
unity is importing this shit like its something else, and i need a solution[

[ornate stump]

It does matter because what you described doesn't make sense in unity.

[zinc bay]

What in blazes is going on! i cant even drag the damn file into unity now.

[sly lodge]

those 87 warnings aren't that important when you upload an avatar, but they can infact have issues when you would see your avatar in VRChat, but you can't have a single error. I think those warnings come from because you don't have the necessary shaders for your character, and the error is maybe coming from that you are using missing scripts

[zinc bay]

uhggg

what do i do then?

ive been up ALL night trying to fix this

[sly lodge]

check if your avatar has missing scripts anywhere

then you can change all of your materials to VRChat/Mobile/Toon Lit or use unity's standard shader

or install the shader package that your character needs

[ornate stump]

That should be how it works.

[broken cloud]

and what do i do weith this shit now

[ornate stump]

What do you want to do?

[broken cloud]

i want to make this crap works

[ornate stump]

It's already working though.

[broken cloud]

i can't set this fuuc.;,lçmk°₢°lkoi.,jç;°³/SZKJMN RFDCQIAUSBTERSEU5 75EWSN754WN8W4M5676WMAN3Q45

[zinc bay]

So far no errors do I wait still or?

[ornate stump]

That isn't going to help. What do you want to set?

[broken cloud]

how do i open that shit menu to setup the bones and shit

[ornate stump]

You actually mean "Rig Configuration" menu.

[ornate stump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAnDMUbWt8&t=56s

[zinc bay]

Uh... still uploading no errors been 5 minutes

[left wharf]

maybe you are trying upload from prefab mode. exit there.

[zinc bay]

? What to highlight?

[broken cloud]

now this fuck works

[left wharf]

ok so, "drag & drop" your prefab(probably that's chako SFW) into the scene. and upload.

[zinc bay]

Drag this nsfw chako block into scenes?

[left wharf]

yeah if you really want to use NSFW

[zinc bay]

Do I need to reopen CC?

[left wharf]

wdym CC? Creator companion? if yes, you don't have to do that
to exit prefab mode, just click "<" button at upper left in the hierarchy tab

and if you are use windows, please take "screen shot". don't take photo from your phone

[zinc bay]

Red text

[left wharf]

take screen shot please

[zinc bay]

Ok dragged her in scenes now what?

Gyazo ok?

[left wharf]

exit prefab mode. to exit prefab mode, just click "<" button at upper left in the hierarchy tab

[zinc bay]

Cause if not it takes way too long to capture screen

[left wharf]

Win+Shift+S and Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V in discord

[left wharf]

you are still prefab mode. do this

[zinc bay]

its not working for me

[left wharf]

that's ok. then, drag & drop the prefab(not fbx) into the hierarchy tab

oh lol, i didn't mean "move to scenes folder". i meant "move to scene tab"

[royal hazel]

Tried making the "seamless neck" on my avatar but get weird lighting at the seam, nothing I've thought to try fixes it (SOLVED, edit mode, select all vertices, alt n, average, face area )

[spark walrus]

How do I fix this?? My ear's gravity only works when my collar is activated and then freezes when the collar is toggled off?

[zinc bay]

Wait drag the scene and chako into + down arrow?

No work

[left wharf]

wait, did you D&D the prefab from the projects tab? not explorer

[zinc bay]

idfk what im doing just doing what creator showed me

this be my 9th hour trying to get chako into VRC

[spark walrus]

Hmm, yes, you should be able to just upload from there

[zinc bay]

i did EVERYTHING exact but it states i dont have poermission i think its lawsuit time.

against vrc

[spark walrus]

Ah, it says you are using the wrong unity version

[zinc bay]

O.o

[zinc bay]

i have 2022.3. whatever she put

[spark walrus]

You have to download 2022.3.22f1 :0

[zinc bay]

link me so exactly ik what im doing

unlike DGR famouse youtuber states "Explain this to me as if im FIVE!"

[spark walrus]

unityhub://2022.3.22f1/887be4894c44

[left wharf]

it should be work so that's weird... but i have 1 question why are you using old sdk?

[zinc bay]

I need to remove these two unitys?

idk i just dl whatever CC and the unity i needed idk whats old

[left wharf]

i think you did not install unity from unity hub.

[zinc bay]

by what creaor told me to

okay so that i need to remove both of them?

[left wharf]

both?

aaaahh ok so...

[zinc bay]

unity 2022.3.22f1 and one kitty corner upper left?

[left wharf]

UnityHub is manager of Unity. it manages multiple version of unity.

[zinc bay]

okay so do i even need it?

[left wharf]

uninstall Unity 2022.3.22f1 and reinstall it from UnityHub.

[zinc bay]

okay one at a time plz let me uninstall the 2022

[spark walrus]

😄 I hope it works for ya

[zinc bay]

some items blocking the uninstaller ignore or?

Oh nvm they were open urff

Ok I pasted link and this showed up after it removed

What do i do about this?

[broken cloud]

how do i check if my shapekeys are working

[zinc bay]

i told my friend it will probably take a week to get in vrc.

with all the issues im having

[left wharf]

open project and try this. just do it and dont do anything else for now.

[zinc bay]

okay sec

This project?

[left wharf]

yes maybe. before open the project, update VRChat SDK from VCC

[zinc bay]

was told this wrong program

idk where to update

steam for VR?

but where for s*DK?

[left wharf]

VRChat SDK is package of unity installed from VCC

[zinc bay]

.> blast forgot that screwed up stuff here

okay and im supposed to know where in vrc?

[left wharf]

no open VCC you are calling CC and click manage project button

[zinc bay]

oooooooo CC

ok

opened

[left wharf]

oh it's ok

[zinc bay]

Ooo i c what you mean it's a checker versions

[left wharf]

yeah, VCC manages projects and packages in projects

[zinc bay]

Ok now that we know everything up to date now what do I do?

[left wharf]

open project and do this(before upload, you need sign in)

[broken cloud]

hello i am trying to make my shapekys work, can i get some help

[zinc bay]

uh... i dont have unity or you mean open unity hub?

[left wharf]

it can change from this.

[left wharf]

oh wait? you don't have unity? i think it must be installed...

[zinc bay]

ya you told me to remove 2022.3.22f1 something

[broken cloud]

i don't know what that is

[left wharf]

and i told you to reinstall 2022.3.22f1 too

[zinc bay]

unity hub wont log me out i mean it does when relog page auto logs me into cassiopiea

oh where do i instal iuit again?

[left wharf]

you can find 2022.3.22f1 from here> https://unity.com/releases/editor/archive

[zinc bay]

6000.0.24f1??

[left wharf]

no 2022.3.22f1

[left wharf]

select mesh object in hierarchy, and see inspector. and search in Skinned Mesh Renderer component

[broken cloud]

i don't have it, i imported vrm

[zinc bay]

That one?

[broken cloud]

i only have this, but its not working in game

[left wharf]

i think you are selecting wrong object.

[left wharf]

yes

[zinc bay]

Says it's installed but I don't have it

[left wharf]

ohhh...? so weird

check installed tab in unity hub

[zinc bay]

I removed projects now it won't click to install

[left wharf]

this is rusk but it can use for your avatar. select object it has Skinned Mesh Renderer

[zinc bay]

Don't see any installed tabs

[left wharf]

hm? probably you don't have to remove the projects.

[zinc bay]

It's ok but where to locate installed tabs?

[broken cloud]

ok good, now how do i make it work in game?

[left wharf]

this is not unity hub. this is just web page

[zinc bay]

Aaaaa

Remove it?

[left wharf]

yeah and reinstall it

[zinc bay]

Not doing anything click it

[left wharf]

the answer is to make animations. but it is a bit difficult... if you want to make facial expressions, i recommend FaceEmo for now

[left wharf]

click gear mark at the upper right

[zinc bay]

Ahh opened new tab

[left wharf]

don't click "Add Modules" now. you can find "Uninstall" when you clicked gear mark

[zinc bay]

I did then right clicked open new tab this showed

Unchecked the Microsoft thing?

[left wharf]

no, just do this.

[zinc bay]

Been empty for 5 min now

[left wharf]

and reinstall 2022.3.22f1 again

[zinc bay]

i showed you that file

[zinc bay]

This was it when i reopened new tab

This?

[left wharf]

click continue, if you want to upload for quest, check Android Build Support(probably OpenJDK and Android SDK & NDK Tools can be unchecked).

[zinc bay]

I just only want what I need

[left wharf]

ok then just click continue

[zinc bay]

Install you mean?

Do I need dev tool?

[left wharf]

you don't need

[zinc bay]

Ok

taking forever...........

how long should i wait?

ok install complete

Now what

[broken cloud]

i have the shapekeys for talking, how to make them work in game?
to make the lips move

[somber sequoia]

this section here: https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/creating-your-first-avatar/#lip-sync-mode

[zinc bay]

Alright I drag from winrar unity file to the hierarchical area?

Okay not going any farther then this i need to know what I need to do. This after dragged unity file in

[somber sequoia]

Have you watched a tutorial video about basic avatar setup?

[zinc bay]

thats not going to help because what i have done should have worked

[somber sequoia]

what did you expect to happen?

[zinc bay]

it to upload normally but keeps saying scripts missing

waiting for the person to get back to help me.

[somber sequoia]

probably you didn't install some prerequisite package

[zinc bay]

i did exactly what creator said for me to do.

10 hours later luls... i finallly making food

but no sleep

[left wharf]

you have to say this first.......
soo... what avatar did you buy? please copy&paste the store page link

[zinc bay]

subscribestar avatar

ill dm you link since its a site thats not known to be safe

[left wharf]

ah ok you don't have to dm me. see store page and find Dependencies

[zinc bay]

ib link but its only sends to a subscribestar link pay to use the avatar

okay one sec let me see if i can find it

[left wharf]

i think the avatar depends on VRCFury(https://vrcfury.com)

[zinc bay]

Don't see that option

[left wharf]

i said "see store sage"

[zinc bay]

Don't see that here

[left wharf]

where did you download the avatar(like Gumroad, Booth)? there is the store page

[zinc bay]

Can't show anymore

Idk if I'm supposed to really show too much

Na kekitopu built it

[somber sequoia]

does seem a little suspicious, but hey, who knows

[zinc bay]

Na its her work only accessible if you subscribe kinda like nitro

[spark walrus]

Need some help with an avatar I was sent the files to, for some reason some of the models that use .gltf files won't make usable models, example of one of the working models files vs one that doesn't below, if needed I can provide more screenshots and ask the original creator for them too

[zinc bay]

Basically little fee to utilize the models

PTU another term if your artist.

[left wharf]

try glTFast(but it's preview version so we have to add package manually...)

[somber sequoia]

I'd probably import those into Blender then export as .fbx

rather than attempting in Unity

[spark walrus]

Will converting the file have an effect on the gun shooting?

The avatar is 100% working just won't on my end

[somber sequoia]

oh ok, I must have missed what the problem is then, I thought it was importing the files

[spark walrus]

It's all set up just certain files won't work as they make a broken scene file

[zinc bay]

im going to see if my Second life avatar maker can upload it for me.

nope he not on urfff... I'll leave this screen here till i can get more assistance

[somber sequoia]

This is missing some prerequisite package, that's what those red things are telling you

[spark walrus]

Is there a way to figure out what that prerequisite is?

Me and the original creator are kinda lost

[somber sequoia]

maybe? There might be a reference to something in one of the .meta files or one of the assets that's a text file, but often no

[spark walrus]

I'll have a look through them

[zinc bay]

https://gyazo.com/0f67145ab52fe11bb04bbd1032b36722

Now its saying this when i try to upload

i got ahold my avatar maker hes only one i can trust to get it done.

[somber sequoia]

click yes - this is normal

[zinc bay]

oh whoops i canceled

i close and relog in again?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@

ill just go and beat up my neighbour for 11 hours straight all the sufferuing i had to do

better not be in market!!!!!

I'm convinced vrc only allow uploads at business hours

Tytytytytyty so much everybody specially having to deal with my 11 hour long fustration. lulz

oh one more question how to exit mouselook i wanna see chako's body >.>

[hard turtle]

anyone got tutorials on how to model anime eyes for vrc and stuff instead of just the normal method of 2 suspisciously flat balls

[arctic ginkgo]

does anyone know a fast way to set a custom offset for each source in a constraint?

i just want each offset to be set so that when all the other sources are set to 0 and that source is set to 1, that the object stays in it's original position

right now what i'm doing is locking the constraint, making a duplicate of the transform, unlocking that one, then switching the source weights on the duplicate, going into debug mode for the inpsector, copy+paste each value for that source, then go back to normal mode and switch the sources again (start over from that step)

until i go through each source

[sly lodge]

you can use a sphere as for the eyes, put a bone on the sphere's center, so it will rotate around that, it's basically all

[hard turtle]

i am aware

but theres a method people use where its image based

and ive got no inkling of how tf they get that to work

[arctic ginkgo]

usually for cartoon/anime eyes i create a circle, then stretch it into an oval. Then i extrude inwards (extrude then scale), then move it back a bit and grid fill. You can also select the middle vert and move it back with proportional editing on, and add an edge loop or two in the extruded area and round it out. Then i extrude the edges backwards as well, and if you want this rounded as well add another edge loop and round it out

this is how the center edges should look from the top

or the side edges from the side

it makes it so the edges wrap around a little bit (so you can't see behind the eye) and gives the center of the eye depth, making the pupil look more like a hole (like it really is)

your iris is concave, it's just the lens of your eye that's convex

[arctic ginkgo]

if you mean 2D eyes though, like a flat surface with drawn-on eyes that move around, you can map the eyes on a white texture with the iris and pupil in the middle, then to move the eyes you use animated UV offset. You can use proximity contacts+position constraints to get the coordinates of your eye movement as floats and then animate the eyes with a blendtree

#avatar-rigging message

[hard turtle]

oh wtf since when could we do that in vrc?

[arctic ginkgo]

i guess since sdk 3.0? idk 🤷

[hard turtle]

idk man im still out dated af xD

[arctic ginkgo]

actually since the avatar dynamics update i guess

since the setup requires contacts

[hard turtle]

oh that would make sense

[arctic ginkgo]

a position constraint isn't necessary, but it's the easiest setup

[hard turtle]

why is modelling eyes so hard for me ;-;

[junior void]

Just use a sphere?

[robust vapor]

hey how do i do this exactly i figured out my first problem but i dont know what do to about this

[rough jewel]

tried importing pcss but i got a fuckton of errors, what do i do

[carmine flint]

Does anyone know how to help with this? I've been struggling with it for a few days.

[soft coral]

how would you set up a 2 handed system for something like a sword ? I'm trying to have the rotation be influenced by my wrist rotation while still being 2 handed. relying on just the aim constraint has some weird rotation quirks

[junior void]

Does the tail have physbones on it? If so, did you tick "is Animated"?

[carmine flint]

It does, and yeah I did. :[
Going through the tutorial again, I forgot to unpack the tail before I put it in the avatar's hierarchy. But even after unpacking it, it's still not working.

The weird thing is the animations I set up as toggles work, but the puppet does not?

[junior void]

You should never need to unpack anything