avatar-help

[raw lance]

Huh

I’m really new to this

[sturdy mango]

why am i not seeing my avatar projects in creator compaion?

[night ember]

shouldve probably tried uploading avatars before commissioning one

[sturdy mango]

i uploaded an avatar yesterday and clicked save and shes not in creator companion

[night ember]

add existing project

[sturdy mango]

ohh

[raw lance]

Could someone please help me step by step?

[summer warren]

aww... my plan was for a super mario 64 like style, but i may model the eyes instead of flat planes with textures slapped on it :[

[night ember]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwMz4WcajQ

[night ember]

you just need 2 flat planes thats it

[gloomy flint]

your eyes are squares, so just taking 2 flat planes and putting the eye textures on top would be the exact same thing as you're doing, but they'd be quest compatible too

[raw lance]

Thanks

[summer warren]

Like This?

[gloomy flint]

no

one plane for each eye

[summer warren]

got it!

[night ember]

that

[summer warren]

that seems simple!

[gloomy flint]

yup! just make sure that the planes are the size of the eyes you want, and remove the black areas where you originally wanted transparency

[spark walrus]

how smart do i have to be to make like avatar effects, for instance, change the skybox with some animation like warping

[summer warren]

Like This?

(First Attempt At Modeling)

[daring lark]

Hey are there still people here?

[gloomy flint]

basically? just move them wherever you want it to be and ur good

[summer warren]

thanks for the help!

[daring lark]

Hey is it impossible to download creator companion on Mac?

[hot wadi]

the guide is on the vcc docs just search #mac-and-linux-support

[stoic hound]

How do I make a piece of clothing show up as a toggle on the radial menu?

[summer warren]

damm that model i made is trash

imma remake it soon

[night ember]

make an animation that toggles in on and or off
stick it in the fx layer and create a parameter to transition it
put that parameter in the parameter list and stick it in the menu

[somber meadow]

If you want a GUI interface (Like VCC) and not have to use a Terminal, there's a project (vrc-get) that has an app (alcom) that's open sourced and cross-platform https://vrc-get.anatawa12.com/en/alcom/

[hot wadi]

there're a few step by step videos on youtube that teach this
a great VRCFury method tutorial is #Add Clothing in MINUTES with VRCFury! - VRChat Unity
the yt channel is PxINKY

[stoic hound]

oh ok thank you i will try that

[summer warren]

remaking the model

[spark walrus]

Will that stop her from flying tho? I already removed the marker, I just want her to stop flying when I jump

[primal wind]

I need some avatar help, bad
My toggles are only appearing for me and nobody else

[pallid dove]

So I need help so I have 1 blendshape for mouth movement, it seems to work in unity but when I go to vrchat the mouth won't move, bear with me It's been a while since I made avatars

[balmy barn]

cannot use -none- / empty , it breaks visemes

[pallid dove]

If I use all of the same one it still doesn't work

[balmy barn]

all slots must be filled, if its a 2d viseme you can also just use Voice instead and loop animation

[pallid dove]

It's just a 2d viseme, thing is idk how to do that, do I just put it in as jawflap blendshape for it?

[balmy barn]

set it to nothing and detect Voice in a layer in fx controller, then loop mouth until its silent

[gloomy flint]

sobs i still love that ellen joe except for the mouth jumpscare

lower poly ellen joe my beloved

[iron kindle]

Can someone help me find a tutorial on how to make it so I or another player can pull and tug at clothing and have it stretch and deform? I think I can do it with blendshapes but I cant seem to find a tutorial for it

[oblique mango]

This is happening to me too

Even on old avatars

So VRChat broke something with one of the updates

[balmy barn]

have a few avs that use it, not seeing them breaking

[oblique mango]

Whenever u enable "Freeze To World" it comes back to the origin position

I got multiple people with the same problem on one of my avis, when before It was working perfectly

[balmy barn]

no idea what that means, it stays where im standing, toggle it off it goes back to 0.0.0 on avatar

about 20 seconds ago

[oblique mango]

https://feedback.vrchat.com/bug-reports/p/using-freeze-to-world-with-vrc-parent-constraint-causes-the-offsets-to-become-in

[summer warren]

Any Improvements I Should Add?

[oblique mango]

You're not going to see the difference

[balmy barn]

When "Rebake Offsets When Unfrozen" is turned on < i dont use that

[oblique mango]

Yes, me either

[balmy barn]

i can start multiple clients and still wont see any difference

[kindred kelp]

Does anyone know how I can make my avatar spin the drumstick when I use the peace sign gesture? I've tried to use the whole fx menu thing, and its just extremely confusing to me

[daring lark]

Thankssss

[oblique mango]

Your case is not the same, please chill a bit

U need to have multiple targets on your constraint

The moment u enable "Freeze To World" It comes back to the first

If u have only one target

You're not going to see the problem

Everything works but the Freeze To World

[iron kindle]

Looking to have a grab at the straps of a tanktop or pants waistband

[amber gull]

hello how can i color the nails of an avatar i have please?

[iron kindle]

Should be an option in the texture files

[hybrid iron]

I have a vrc chair problem. I made a chair component on a model but when sitting in it the avatar just stays up. If i include an animation controller with a single sitting animation in it, the pose doesn't get fully applied. like a crossed leg pose with a 90 degree bend at the knee will barely bend the legs. I'm missing a step but i don't know what . anyone here can help ?

[amber gull]

this u mean?

[iron kindle]

Yea

[amber gull]

how can i apply it

[iron kindle]

Do you want it to overwrite the current color or do you want them to toggle?

[amber gull]

just to have it by default

[amber gull]

overwrite

[iron kindle]

Open the file in any drawing program, color in the nails and save the file, let unity update the scene and it should be done

[raw lance]

Umm unity isn’t installing

Idk what to do

Can someone please help me out

[left wharf]

Try check your internet connection stability.
Also you need to install 2022.3.22f1. NOT 6000.x.y, and you don’t have to add Windows Build Support, Windows Dedicated Server Build Support, and Universal Windows Platform Build Support.

[raw lance]

I did try that 1

[left wharf]

Then I want to see unity hub logs.

[patent jackal]

I have a strange issue im not sure where to even start troubleshooting this. I have made sure all transforms are applied in blender. imported and mapped all bones correctly.
When i load my avatar, she stands straight. When I enter play mode and activate gesture manager, she has a slight crookedness to her hips.
I noticed some clothes also dont quite fit like they used to, but one i re-export in blender, they fit, but now they are slightly crooked too.
(notice the zipper line on the shorts to get a better understanding of what i mean... )

Has anyone seen this behavior before?
(before and after shots of non play-mode and playmode with gesture manager active)

[gloomy flint]

did you check her rig in unity itself?

[patent jackal]

Rig as in mapping? not sure what im checking for? It looks straight in blender and upon import. (looking into "roll" right now)

[hybrid iron]

anyone can help with this

[raven orbit]

that pose in playmode is likely just the default idle pose

[patent jackal]

i wish that were so, but this problem started recently. I noticed when her hips were clipping through her clothes. Thats when i learned something changed but I cant pinpoint what... I even cleared all rotations, scales, and location in blender to make sure pose was clean on export

When the clothes were clipping, i exported the clothes and it fixed, but then its tilted.

[raw lance]

Can someone please help me upload my avatar I’m new to all this

[patent jackal]

I think i'll have to revisit this problem... I just ran into an export/import issue now. >_< might have to start over anyway. Thanks though.

[raven orbit]

I'm not sure how any of what you said negates what I said the issue is. if it's not tiled outside of playmode, then the pose in playmode is being set by the animators in the avatar's descriptor (or the default ones, if none are set.) if you're saying the issue is that the hips tilt differently in playmode than it did before, then it might have something to do with the muscle settings and the ranges that were set in the humanoid congifuration menu.

[patent jackal]

Thanks. That at least gives me a clue :) I'll try looking in there. (once i figure out how to get her to the correct size again)

[somber sequoia]

feel free to ask specific questions. If you're looking for a walkthrough, there are lots of tutorials on this

[spark walrus]

I'm looking for a good tutorial that is very in depth or something like it. I really want to get into making my own avatars and worlds but don't know where to start really

I have the applications and everything needed I just don't know how to start the actual avatar

Dm me please if you can help

[somber sequoia]

good place to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwMz4WcajQ&list=PLt8qiEFqNHFkPqpKLnVRx-G78mGvjPbFt

[spark walrus]

@somber sequoia thank you, I'll check it out when I get home. The detail on some of these avatars is mind blowing and I want to be a part of making it.

[somber sequoia]

hell yeah!

[hot wadi]

[iron kindle]

Gonna reword my question, How I I activate a blendshape using gesture controls? (Like moving goggles down with your hands in vrc)

[somber sequoia]

could be via physbone grab + angle; could just be a contact receiver + gesture, possibly with a second receiver to catch the movement

(see also #avatar-dynamics )

[arctic ginkgo]

if you want to use a gesture + a specific location that would be achieved with contact receivers. Set up your toggle to require 2 conditions: one for your gesture, and one for the contact parameter. Both have to be true in order for it to enable.

[somber sequoia]

for goggles you might have an invisible physbone you grab then pull, you can use the stretch parameter

[daring lark]

Hey so I made a whole new account so I can’t upload this avatar. Would anyone be willing to upload it if I make them a custom avatar too?

[arctic ginkgo]

yeah i'd probably use a physbone for that specific scenario, but it ultimately depends on your needs for the situation, how you'd prefer it to behave and your performance goals/restrictions

[somber sequoia]

yep, exactly

[iron kindle]

Anyone have a tutorial I can follow for that?

[somber sequoia]

probably not for your very specific situation, but there are lots for all of the things we've mentioned here

[arctic ginkgo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT6PrzhoUlA

this isn't an exact tutorial but this should give you an idea for the physbone setup

you'll probably want to make something similar to this, but instead of the glasses being at the end, you'll want another empty gameobject

[iron kindle]

As long as I can figure out the physbones do do one action I can use that to do more

[arctic ginkgo]

make these two gameobjects be at the ends you want the goggles to be (first is the default/rest position, 2nd is the end position)

actually

you'll want it to be facing towards that position but a fraction of the distance

whatever that fraction is take the inverse and use it as the max stretch

so the Y axis of the first gameobject should point towards the end position

then the position of the gameobject, say it's 1/10 of the distance between the start and end position. Then set the max stretch to 10

this will make is so when it's stretched 10x it's original distance, it'll be at the end position

1/10 * 10 = 1

then set the limit type to angle and 0 degrees, this way it stays along the path as you stretch it

[iron kindle]

If someone type all this out into a single post and DM it to me that would be helpful

[arctic ginkgo]

then you can add a name to the parameter section and use the stretch parameter for your animation

[iron kindle]

I have also seen people do something similar with clothes, like a collar that can be tugged, Also interested in learning how that works

Like a zipper

One thing I want to make is a grab on my top where I can pull it down slightly at the collar

I think that one involves blendshapes

[fresh rain]

I need some help. I was in prismics avatar search and I clicked random and it gave me an avatar so big its lagging and I can't open my menu to change it. What do I do???

[somber sequoia]

you can have a pull on a physbone activate a blendshape - the more you pull, the more the blendshape is activated

[somber sequoia]

you can reset via the website

(this is avatar development, general or user-support is probably better)

[fresh rain]

What if idk my password

[iron kindle]

What settings in unity should I do for that?

[somber sequoia]

not sure how you use vrchat then?

[fresh rain]

My brother made this account 4 years ago

[somber sequoia]

again, this is a really specific to your situation type of question, I'm not sure what to tell you

basically the physbone pull parameter is a float, use its value to drive an animation via the position argument, or perhaps use it in a blendtree

[daring lark]

Hey

So I just tried to play, and my controllers aren’t even working. They work fine for home screen. I tried to switch to my hands but not even my hands popped up. I’m using a oculus

[somber sequoia]

also not avatar development?

[iron kindle]

Check their batteries and then go ceck out Oculous support

[iron kindle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/VRchat/comments/zf6mmb/here_is_a_short_tutorial_on_how_to_pull_clothing/ This might help me out, thanks for the aid

[somber sequoia]

Ah, from Liindy, that'll be decent then

[patent jackal]

how does one create a "glass" effect for the eye lenses? behind that white is an iris... I can set it to transparent but then i dont see the glassy effect its just invisible.

ah~ got it. I had to set it to standard... -shrugs-

[distant summit]

anyone know why the SDK will claim random outright incorrect information like "avatar was not imported as humanoid" or "avatar doesn't have feet/head defined" despite the fact the avatar IS set to humanoid and the feet and head ARE defined?

[arctic ginkgo]

idk sometimes it does that (the head and hands thing), usually just restarting unity fixes it. If it says it's not imported as humanoid then it means that it's not properly imported as humanoid. Even if the rig type is still correct, there are errors with it (or for some reason the sdk thinks the head and feet aren't mapped) and so it's not recognized as humanoid

[distant summit]

I figured it out. it's really stupid. if you change the Armature name in Unity, it instantly breaks.

[somber sequoia]

Yep, that makes a lot of sense

[queen egret]

Does anyone know how to turn the hold button into a press button like GoGoLoco does with the pose reset and head lock?

[somber sequoia]

hold button?

[somber meadow]

Set the menu item to button instead of toggle

[umbral cargo]

any idea what cause bones from fbx to import like this in blender

I did encounter this in the past with a different model, i find it weird to see this again

[brazen basin]

how to add skins in vrchat ?????

[spare lantern]

So i was adding shorts to a avi and i set up the toghle perfectly but it just doesn't work.

Iv tried deleting all the parts (parameters, anims, layers, menu items) and remaking them. Fail.

Ive tried seeing if my unity was corrupting files as i made them. Fail.

Iwent through every possible method that made sence outside of just transfering the avi to a new unity project

Fail. Fail. Fail.

Have any of yall had a toggle animation just not work even when you know you did each part correctly? And if so what did you do to fix it

[ornate stump]

It still that you did something incorrectly. You'd have to see avatar debug menu to get more insight of how your avatar is reacting to the toggle.

[neat vale]

When I upload my avatar to PC all the physbones are fine but when I do android non of them are working. Is It just a unity bug? That's what I'm thinking atleast

[raven orbit]

if you have too many physbones on android, they all get removed (this is intentional behavior -> https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/avatar-performance-ranking-system/)

[random geyser]

Im stuck, it maybe a unity thing but I’ve just moved all my avatar projects from OneDrive to my hard drive as it bugged out.

Now it won’t allow me to move any of my files to any files in the unity project.

I’ve searched everywhere and it’s getting really annoying,
I’ve made new projects to try fix it, I’ve reimported everything, I’m stuck.

[hoary crown]

trying to upload an avatar from gum road to vrchat and Ive hit a brick wall on how to solve my problem I'm getting error messages which ill send and please reach out on how I can get past this dm me or @ me I just need to wrap my head around this it has always happened the past 4 times I've tried different unity versions and such but when I go to build and publish I get the same problem errors as shown, any help is greatly appreciated!

the avatar is wicked wolf

[spare lantern]

i checked that. i got no info from it. its like unity refuses to acknowledge that i animated the shorts

[pallid dove]

Need help the scrips and everything got naked 😭

[left wharf]

@pallid dove Right click "Inspector", then select Normal

[indigo portal]

Hello, someone please help me. I want to change the speed of my avatar's emote using keyframes, but I don't know. If anyone knows, please let me know.

[iron kindle]

Anyone on who has used VRC fury to add toggles? I want to change the icon to the folder but not the toggles

[iron kindle]

Figured it out

[spark walrus]

My avatar still flies when I jump and there's no colliders on the feet or anything, advice?

[queen egret]

but that only applies the effect while it's held down and doesn't stay active

[median stream]

So when getting an model you always get a quest avatar and pc one
but how do i make it so i can use the pc version for pc users and quest version for quest users?

[arctic ginkgo]

Select the PC version in the builder panel and upload the avatar. Then make sure you have the android build target installed. Switch to android via the builder panel. Go to the "content" tab of the Control panel and select "copy ID" on the avatar you just uploaded. Select the Quest avatar and scroll down to the blueprint ID section. Paste in the ID and click "attach". Now go back to the builder tab of the control panel and select the quest version of the avatar. Upload the avatar and now the same avatar should have the PC and Quest versions on each respective platform (under the same ID/avatar)

[median stream]

So i got this. If i click auto fix would that not fully make my avatar look like a quest avatar?

[arctic ginkgo]

It looks like you do not have the quest version selected since it's using PC only shaders

[median stream]

My bad i thought pc version was the first thing to do
i read it wrong

[median stream]

Got it fixed thank you

[atomic river]

I cant seem to figure out how to fix this

[rotund solstice]

Does anyone know why the animations aren't working?
The layers weight is set to 1, the paramater is an int. I did the same thing that the facial expressions were made but it doesn't seem to work.

[balmy barn]

you trying to do humanoid animations in fx controller?

[inland seal]

How to make particles visible to everyone? If I set the simulation space to world it does work but particles wont follow my rotation or movement.

[somber sequoia]

simulation space isn't about visibility, you want that local if they're to follow your rotation

[inland seal]

So what I need to set on to make it visible to everyone?

[somber sequoia]

it should be by default, possibly your issue might be with the animator logic, synced parameters, that sort of thing

[inland seal]

and how do I check that?

since it has 100+ parameters

[somber sequoia]

it's whatever parameter you use to drive the particle system, make sure it's synced

[torn vector]

Ive copied the shader settings from the shirt to the socks so everything should be the same accept in game the socks are being lit of differently to the rest of the avatar only in some areas of the world and I cant find a fix. liltoon shaders are what im using.

[somber sequoia]

are they a separate object? There's a "anchor override" in the skinned mesh renderer - set that to the same thing for every mesh object. the chest bone is a good choice

[torn vector]

Yeah theyre seperate

[somber sequoia]

yep, probably this then

[inland seal]

wdym?

[somber sequoia]

do you have an animation enable the particle system when a parameter changes?

[mellow nebula]

I really want to make sure that I don’t offend, upset, or wrong anyone, so I’m going to ask here to make sure. I’m looking for a free-to-use Protogen avatar that I can modify to make to look like my PFP. I think the BZProtoKit found online fits the bill, but I wanted to make sure. Also, if anyone knew any good Protogen avatars to modify, I’d like to give it a go. I’m rather new to this, so I appreciate your patience.

[somber sequoia]

Probably try #1138520828556890214

[mellow nebula]

Would this request be appropriate there? They want a picture with the post and I don’t have a picture

[somber sequoia]

oh I didn't think a picture was required, but I haven't really used it

[mellow nebula]

Well, I guess I could just use my PfP.

[somber sequoia]

oh! there's an idea

[small kraken]

I have a question, this avatar came with a blink animation layer. Id like to add a toggle to disable it since it adds up with other eyes blendshapes.
Whats the correct way on doing it? I havent touched much the parameters or menus yet so im not sure what im doing

[mellow nebula]

Thanks for the help!

[somber sequoia]

click on that multi-arrow line, see what parameters are in use, toggle one of those.

[torn vector]

Tysm! it worked

[somber sequoia]

Oh good, I was hoping it was that easy 🙂

[small kraken]

Forgot to mention, that id like to add that toggle to the radial menu if its possible

[somber sequoia]

see the "transitions" list there? Click through those, see what else is in use

InStation is set by VRChat, you can't change that one

interesting though that this is setup to disable blinking while in a station, wonder why they did that

[small kraken]

the other are Condition > GestureLeft - Not Equal

Condition > GestureRight - Not Equal

[somber sequoia]

ok well you can add a new parameter and a new transition

[ember lava]

It would probably be alot easier to just use vrcfury for this stuff now adays ^^

[somber sequoia]

this is a pretty simple thing though

[small kraken]

I did manage to do it with vrcfury, but i wanted to do it without it

or try at least

Alright so Kazin, please explain to my dump self how to proceed xD

Made a blink parameter and added it to the menu (i think)

About the transition, how it should be? from the enable to disable and the settings?

[somber sequoia]

here I'm going to suggest basic tutorials on using the animator

[small kraken]

Hmm hmm ill go check that out

[somber sequoia]

you'd add the same parameter to the animator, and make whatever transition you want, using the new parameter

[small kraken]

Alright, got it

Was more simple to delete that one and re do it

Thanks

[inland seal]

I dont, Im using VRCFury

Im using a toggle

[torn vector]

Is there an easy way to make a toggle locked behind like a code or do i have to make all of the folders manually

[somber sequoia]

ah no idea how fury works in this case

[somber sequoia]

"folders"?

[inland seal]

welp ;D

[gloomy flint]

You can go to the VRCFury discord and ask there, Mystic

[inland seal]

They told me to find a person here that knows about Particles

Since they dont know what is the problem

[torn vector]

as in like a code and you click a number then theres mor toggles, if you click the right toggles you get to the thing behind the code. like a safe pin code or somthing idk how to explain it

[gloomy flint]

lmao thats kind of funny in hindsight

'go ask mom'
'go ask dad'

[inland seal]

😭

[somber sequoia]

oh a submenu, got it. Not sure if there's a prefab for it

[somber sequoia]

well you could show your particle system

it's definitely not the local vs. world space thing though

[gloomy flint]

https://vrcfury.com/components/toggle/#protect-with-security
https://vrcfury.com/components/other/#security-restricted

@torn vector

theeeese are for you

[torn vector]

Ohhh I did see that but that makes sense thank you!

[somber sequoia]

oh interesting, had no idea they've tried that too

[gloomy flint]

np

[inland seal]

Its not space

Its uh

Simulation

[somber sequoia]

Right, that doesn't affect visibility

[inland seal]

Then what does ;D

[somber sequoia]

afaik nothing on particles

[inland seal]

afaik?

[somber sequoia]

"as far as I know"

[inland seal]

oh

[sweet fiber]

hello I just started uploading avatars (atleast attempting) to try and publish a Rindo (privately) but I get an error uploading it. Even if I don't add anything and just upload the base model it shows me this in my console.
can anyone with braincells be as kind as to try and explain this in gamer terms? 🙂

[iron kindle]

How do I set the default start stage for toggles and sliders? Working on a model for a friend and they want to start the model with their prefered settings

[oak bone]

You're missing scripts. Find them and delete them or import the proper packages before the avatar first

You could be missing vrc fury, or poiyomi, or gogoloco (these are the common missing packages)

[somber sequoia]

avatar parameters list, default column

[oak bone]

Check the note that comes with the avatar. It'll probably tell you what to import

[iron kindle]

I figured it out

[atomic nexus]

Could anyone tell me how to fix the blush ?
im pretty sure its no supposed to look like this xd

[somber sequoia]

Quest or PC?

[atomic nexus]

pc

[somber sequoia]

Guessing based on how these often work - either the material is not set to a semi-transparent mode, or maybe that blush image itself doesn't have "alpha as transparency" set

[atomic nexus]

I cant really find it in the materials xd , thanks tho

[somber sequoia]

Yeah probably it relies on the material being in cutout or transparent mode, of course no idea which material that is or how it works. Maybe it's a decal?

[sweet fiber]

I followed the instalation instructions for rindo and added the nessecary shaders I don't use goco loco either. But I still have the same problem😅

[ornate stump]

Did you use latest version of Rindo package?

[sweet fiber]

That too ^^. I'm thinking of trying an other avatar base and see if it gives the same errror

[ornate stump]

Those script are dynamic bone which only exist in outdated package.

[worn kiln]

#1138520828556890214

[spark walrus]

oh mb

[bronze loom]

I have an avatar im trying to add hue shit to how would i add mutiple hue shift to one material? If i can

[somber sequoia]

How this works depends on which shader you use. Somewhere in your shader might be a hue shift, you'd animate that changing

[near gazelle]

i put everything of the hair's armature in the right spots but the hair isnt moving with the head at least most of it, the bangs and lower sides are moving too
how can i fix this?

[gloomy flint]

her hairlines receding :(

i'd check if the bones are correctly parented

like click on the parts and see if theres any constraints-

[near gazelle]

what exactly do you mean?

[gloomy flint]

can you check the hair root?

[near gazelle]

i dont find it, could i stream it to you?

[silk sorrel]

can someone help on how to convert unity files to vrca ?

im trying to upload avatars for vrchat but all of these tuts are not helping

[gloomy flint]

it should be the first bone in the hair's hierarchy

[near gazelle]

thats how the prefab looks

[gloomy flint]

w,,,

https://tenor.com/b1PF8.gif

ok so like

what the fuck

can you take a picture of Hair_Back's components pls

[gloomy flint]

I said components

they'd be in the Inspector.

that's just the mesh you're showing me

and I said Hair_Back, not Back_Hair

[near gazelle]

oh

my bad i dont really know these words and so

[gloomy flint]

physbones are one type of component

[near gazelle]

this right?

[gloomy flint]

yea those are components

ok can you do the same for Hair_Base (Below the one you're on now) and also send me the components for Back_Hair_root and Hair_Bangs_F?

I want to compare four pieces of them to see if theres an issue with a root bone or transforms

[gloomy flint]

i will note that USUALLY hair likes to be children with a root, so the fact they made them all separate hierarchy bones scares me

bc what is normally done

is the hair bones are all children of a Root

and the root has the physbone component on it that would then animate all the hair pieces

making each individual chunk have its own physbone lends to it being waaaay easier to break :(

[near gazelle]

is there a way to fix this?

[gloomy flint]

it would take a lot of time to do it, BUT maybe you can try to put all the hair under one parent folder in the head's hierarchy, turn the physbones off on the hair chunks (the check mark at the top) and put a physbone on the root and see if it works?

if it doesn't, it'll be super fun to try and fix all of it /sarcasm 😭

bc the point would be that the bones in the chunks would now be all children to one point, and if you put a physbone on that point, it would thus animate the children

it would be really nice if this worked and it was simply a wrong physbone somewhere

[near gazelle]

ok

[iron root]

Hey, does anyone know anybody I could hire to optimize my avatar?

[gloomy flint]

go to #1204490664637890580 and go to VRCTraders

[iron root]

Thanks

[whole narwhal]

what does it mean when it says switching to android:android player is disabeld

[balmy barn]

download android support | check build setting > android tab should have a link to download

[near gazelle]

@gloomy flint i found a guide video in thai and the solution was so simple, i didnt know that modular avatar could do that

[gloomy flint]

oooh it was a modular thing ok fair i ,, never messed with those lmao

[near gazelle]

i just put the head root from the base avatar in it and now it works fine

[gloomy flint]

thats good!

[near gazelle]

still thanks for the help

[gloomy flint]

np!

[queen bobcat]

Anybody that can help me with substance painter? I wan't to have symmetry consistently, is there some option for it when I'm drawing on the uv map?

[junior void]

Draw on the 3d view (at the top should be a symmetry symbol)

[vernal quarry]

Is there a way to make a toggle that makes your avatar's eyes look at the camera when taking pictures?
(whenever I take pictures with the countdown, my avatar looks away the second the picture is taken)

[gloomy flint]

i'm p sure there are Avatar Look prefabs that give you an orb you can use to look at specific things

[last rover]

Just curious and yall are really smort… would any of you guys make this? Money would be involved especially if it’s well crafted… I can’t find anything similar to it on the game I play on quest too so that takes a lot of my options away… let me know!

[gloomy flint]

Commissions aren't allowed here. You'll only get scammers.

[last rover]

True

[gloomy flint]

Go to #1204490664637890580, join VRCTraders, and commission there

[last rover]

Aight thanks

[gloomy flint]

np

[quasi crypt]

not sure if this is a glitch but it tells me that there are 36 phybones but on build there is nothing that says anything about physbones

im uploading it for quest

[gloomy flint]

the physbone warning would be a

so scroll down in the SDK

[quasi crypt]

okay i see it cuz some how i was able to upload it on quest even though it gave me the warning

which is strange

[gloomy flint]

its more of a soft limit than a hard limit

[quasi crypt]

but i thought the limit was 8

for quest

[quasi briar]

If it was actually able to upload somehow, it will strip all of the physbones so actually it has none

[quasi crypt]

oh okay

[dark jay]

had a question how do i get it so when i do a toggle it turns on but when i do a gesture to change it from charge to shoot it turns off the charge

[idle scroll]

Alright, I got a jiggle physics question.

I added physbones to my avatars bust, but for some reason when uploaded to vrchat, the bust is greately affected by my left hand. Moving my hand, even no where near the breasts causes extreme deformation... there's no colliders or anything on my hand so I'm not sure why this is happening... much confusion....

Any help would be appreciated.

[somber sequoia]

your hand has a collider by default

[idle scroll]

It only impact is only on one hand though rather than the other, there a way to fix this?

[somber sequoia]

without knowing what's actually going on......

maybe show your physbone gizmos in the editor

[somber sequoia]

no, the scene view with the gizmos active

but collision radius of .04 isn't very large, so I don't see why it'd do what you say it's doing

[idle scroll]

one second

[somber sequoia]

it'd help to zoom out to see what also might be weirdly large

can't actually see the collision radius from that image

[idle scroll]

Will do, one second, gotta disable the veiw on the cameras since they are populating.

[somber sequoia]

I bet what's going on here is incorrect scaling settings in the blender export and your physbones are scaled up 100x

[idle scroll]

opph

[somber sequoia]

ah, do you see it?

[idle scroll]

so I need to go back into blender then?

[somber sequoia]

no - I mean, I would go back in and export that with Apply Scaling set to FBX All. But if you don't, you'll have to scale things sensibly. Can't tell you if this is the actual thing you should do without seeing the pic, but it's my guess.

[somber sequoia]

haha, so...... see those white lines? I bet that's your collision radius

zoom out more

[idle scroll]

lordie

[somber sequoia]

yup! that's it

[idle scroll]

okay so back into blender I suppose

[somber sequoia]

that's why your hand affects it anywhere

you could scale those down, set that to like .0004 instead of .04

[idle scroll]

let me try that

[somber sequoia]

it'll work

[idle scroll]

Okay, so far looks much better. Collider isn't devouring my screen anymore.

[somber sequoia]

progress!

[wispy moon]

why is my imposter T-posing?

[forest rune]

i need help, it still says it's still to large, i have delleted all the hidden clothes

[somber sequoia]

it says "the most recent build" - did you do a new build?

[modest meadow]

I have a bool toggle that will turn on, but won't turn back off
all my other toggles work fine, idk why it's having issues 😭

[rustic tide]

Straight up, you might have just exported the fbx at the wrong scale.

[rustic tide]

Check if the animator is set up to turn it back off or if you forgot to make the transition back between them. If not uhm. Redo it and see if its still broken…. If its still broken then im lost

[modest meadow]

yeaah it's still broke
nvm, changing it to an int fixed it

[left wharf]

It might be VRChat side issue. You can report the avatar which has a problem from here -> https://feedback.vrchat.com/impostors/p/impostors-sometimes-t-posing-randomly

[naive cypress]

Unity is giving me this error when I attempt to hit apply in the rig tab as I'm importing my model, I've been having a really tough time identifying what to even call this and it doesnt seem like there's a lot of forum posts about it

[somber sequoia]

those are warnings and they're pretty typical.

the first one just means you have some vertices without weight paint, they'll be assigned automatically. That might not be what you want.

The other stuff is because you have picked "generate" for blendshape normals in the first tab of the inspector for the model file. This may not be ideal, usually you should check "legacy blendshape normals"

or... it works fine and you can ignore them.

[naive cypress]

thank you, I'm gonna take another look with that in mind

[spark walrus]

alright my fellows, anyways i need some info on something, should all of my animator layers be empty on unity? i'm so confused, im trying to add like toggles and shit (premade)

[spark walrus]

why cant i see anything on here though, i kind of need stuff to be on here, like the gestures, hand stuff allat

[somber sequoia]

you probably don't have an animator selected

[spark walrus]

how would i select that?

or could i should say

[somber sequoia]

find one on your avatar (in the descriptor)

there may not be one

[spark walrus]

ermm

[somber sequoia]

ah, "new animation controller" is one, but by the name I'm guessing it's got nothing in it

[spark walrus]

what should it do tho

in game i can do thumbsup and all that stuff

but why is it blank on here?

[somber sequoia]

yeah vrchat puts some base ones in if you have "default" selected for those, like you do

[raven orbit]

you gotta put stuff in it if you want to make it do stuff

[spark walrus]

i need to view it

it can do its basic hand gestures

[somber sequoia]

view what though?

yes, those are in the default gesture layer

[spark walrus]

but i cant see like the body stuff in the layers in the animation place

how do i view it 😭

im so stupid bro

[somber sequoia]

what, the default ones?

[spark walrus]

yes the default stuff in here

[somber sequoia]

this may be a good place to start learning: https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/playable-layers/

[spark walrus]

man

[somber sequoia]

you can find some samples for the basic layers somewhere in the SDK, in Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Samples/AV3 Demo Assets

[spark walrus]

i just wanted to view my hand gestures in the animation layers

is that even possible with the default

or do i have to get some mod thingy ma jig (custom) to view it

[somber sequoia]

do you mean the hand movements or hand-caused facial expressions?

[spark walrus]

just hand movements

i'm using the default robot as a starter

[somber sequoia]

look at the sample Gesture layer then

[spark walrus]

how would i do that?

theres no option of such thing

[somber sequoia]

I just told you were they are

[spark walrus]

aha found it

was different from what you said

but found it

[somber sequoia]

yeah could be, I was going from memory

[spark walrus]

i lack common sense man

anyways i'ma get implementing my bullshit

and pray it works

[somber sequoia]

nah, just lack in-depth knowledge about how this works. But you're learnin', so that's awesome

[spark walrus]

actually i think i just got a genuine learning disability 💀

[tame grove]

its hard i think no one gonna helo me ._.

https://tenor.com/view/violet-evergarden-violet-crying-cry-anime-crying-gif-26788865

[spark walrus]

this is prolly going to be the most stupid shit ima say, but i'll allow you to know that i wish i could help but i cannot

[left wharf]

Are there any non-ASCII characters in your project path?

[tame grove]

idk really

[left wharf]

like German alphabet, Chinese alphabet, Russian alphabet

[tame grove]

you mean another language?no just English

[left wharf]

hmm, then check your computer name

[tame grove]

idk what do you mean man😂 just u know how can i upload avatars..i hate that Parameter name String

[left wharf]

ah sorry i was misreading. it's not "illegal byte sequence encounted in the imput"..

[tame grove]

you dont now how to help me ):

[left wharf]

yea sry man

[tame grove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/588193029047844874.gif?size=48&quality=lossless&name=kannalove

np

[tame grove]

anyone pls guys

[soft zodiac]

check your parameters

[spark walrus]

bro i legit added a whole ass menu with all these toggles and it doesn't show up on the radial menu

what did i do wrong

and where can i even begin telling yall

like its all on the parameters

[indigo compass]

Does it work with gesture manager?
(Can be added in Creator companion, you run it by clicking Tools->Gesture Manager Emulator, going into play mode and then clicking the GestureManager gameobject in the hierarchy to activate, it will choose one avatar that is active)

[spark walrus]

the shit i got is like a weapon, it has like effects and stuff but idk

oh shit

i actually put the wrong thing in

silly me

it doesn't work

wtf

does vrcfury make shit easier?

[candid girder]

Not sure if this is the right channel to ask, but can you make a toggle that's on/off state is dependent on if you're muted or not?

[candid girder]

Vrcfury in my experience makes everything easier

[heavy zephyr]

Yes! There is a built-in parameter named "MuteSelf" that can e used for that

[candid girder]

That's amazing! Is that with vrcfury?

[spark walrus]

W

the thing i got came with a tut and it seems way easier than the other basic version

[heavy zephyr]

No that's a vrchat built-in parameter, you can just use it as-is. Let me link you the page

https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/animator-parameters/

[candid girder]

I appreciate you greatly

[heavy zephyr]

Happy to help 🫡

[candid girder]

Thanks

[spark walrus]

what does vrchatsdk base mean on the vrc companion thingy

[heavy zephyr]

As the name implies, those are the essential parts of the SDK regardless of if you're building a world or avatar

[spark walrus]

oh

[night ember]

everything that both sdks use

[cloud heath]

How can I make this avatar various shades of black?

[night ember]

edit the texture ig?

[cloud heath]

how?

[night ember]

literally any image editing program

[spark walrus]

bro

wtf am i doing wrong

it still isnt fucking working

bro im done for the night fuck this stupid ass bullshit

[tame grove]

How

Can u dm me

[hazy bay]

Heya! is there anyone who can teach me the basics of constraints?

[tight gull]

i'm trying to swap an FBX in an avatar but it won't work

[hazy bay]

I'm just gonna figure it out on my own nvm!

[tight gull]

?

i cant help you cus im too stoopid

dont ask me

i cant help you

but its been 7 minutes now

[willow skiff]

got a question, so im trying to use an asset and resize it to proper scale but every time i go into a game test it does attach correctly but it rescales back to being small even though its properly scaled in the editor mode
(before game test | After game test [and yes its toggled])

anyone have a fix?

[tight gull]

like it literally doesnt show up at all in unity

[tight gull]

i got that to work but like i dont know what an animator is or how to enable mesh read write

[junior void]

Mesh read write can be enabled in the import settings

[tight gull]

what is import settings

sorry im dumb

[junior void]

in your assets (NOT IN THE SCENE) click the fbx this is about

see inspector: import settings

Read/write is a simple checkbox

[dusk mulch]

question about texture, I just want to add a personalized draw on it to look like a tattoo but in game the look seems really bad, did it missed smtg ? (I edit my drawing directly in the texture of my avatar)

[junior void]

do you mean the quality of it?

[dusk mulch]

yeah

[junior void]

whats the texture size set to?

[dusk mulch]

uhh idk how know it but its the original texture of the novabeast

I find it! 4096x4096

[junior void]

I have doubts that this tattoo is part of the main body texture while its set to 4k

[dusk mulch]

I edit it on krita, and save it in the same format everything is on it, I don't do anything more, even on krita the view is correct, same for the resolution but once put on unity the quality doesn't match.

[junior void]

that may be because by default, unity will lower textures when importing to 2k

Why aren't you using a decal (literally a stamp) instead

That way, you could keep the main body texture at a reasonably low resolution while boosting the crispiness of the tattoo without needing to upscale all textures

[dusk mulch]

uhh bc I don't know how to make it, I don't really know how to do it, I'm just starting out^^"

[tight gull]

how does easyquestswitch work

like if i wanna use a fur shader how do i quickly switch to quest without swapping my mats

[sweet crypt]

is there a way to upload this avatar without deleting anything i even have parameter compressor

[balmy barn]

no , start removing

[ornate stump]

Parameter has so little impact on download/uncompressed size so that won't change anything. Just removing things.

[misty surge]

A VRC update broke some of my avis, I tried reupload to see what's causing the 'security check fail' but it's uploading fine (btw I'm stuck in unity 2019 becaus there is a lot of stuff I made in these avis and I dont want to redo everything), do some one know how to fix this, every avis where working perfectly..

[ornate stump]

Old sdk doesn't report excessively large avatar size. So that's might be a reason your avatar failed security check.

[misty surge]

it was working befor..

[ornate stump]

There is new limitation announce for month that limit how large the asset size should be.

[misty surge]

ok tks 🥲

is 200mb the new size limit?

[ornate stump]

200 MB is for download size(compressed size), and 500 MB is for entire avatar asset after downloading and unpacking(uncompressed size).

[inner spindle]

out of curiosity, does anyone know what would be causing this on an avatar? its a simple VRC Station set up on the foot of an avatar with a box collider. the "is trigger" is turned off (and does the same thing even if its turned on). im not sure what physic its trying to interact with. ive tried multiple different worlds, and even toggling off the "floor collider" set up on my avatar. any ideas?

[somber sequoia]

if you're at 500MB consider splitting that into several different avatars.

[icy pewter]

guys pls help , im trying to change avatar cloth but the avatar keep doing T pose in game did i do something wrong?

[junior void]

any errors in the console?

[icy pewter]

oh damn

i think i fixed it

than you

fuck me

[icy pewter]

now i realize the legs is weird pls help how to fix this

[icy pewter]

#avatar-help message

do u know how to fix this?

[junior void]

Dont judge outside of play mode if youre using modular avatar

Theres a good chance when in play mode, there is an animation that will fix this

Also why ping me?

[winter bolt]

Got a basic question:
I've got an Avatar project. So far it's stable, but I want to experiment with additional options. When I clone the folder and add it, it winds up with the same avatar ID, so uploading overwrites it. How can I change it so it uploads as a separate avatar?

[spark walrus]

https://github.com/Thryrallo/VRC-Avatar-Performance-Tools/releases/tag/1.3.7 + this is a useful tool to help your textures a little bit down

[winter bolt]

Figured it out: https://creators.vrchat.com/sdk/vrcpipelinemanager/
indicates clicking the "detatch" option on the Pipeline manager to reset the blueprint ID.

[tight gull]

how do i set up multiple cams for play mode?

and also not have my changes undone when i leave

[whole narwhal]

anyone got a link to where i can download final ik stub ?

[tame grove]

pls anyone

[tight gull]

u probably need to put a name and description lol

[tame grove]

nope i cant

[tight gull]

weird

[tame grove]

and if i can and upload it its tell me that

[winter bolt]

Noob guess: is it because the model name contains wide-characters (Japanese)?

[tight gull]

i swear i've seen jp before but worth a try

also, lol another skunk

[tame grove]

no guys i think cuz the parameter name:string

[tight gull]

ohhh right

check your parameters

make sure they dont have weird names

idk

[winter bolt]

Or check all the parameters in your FX list and verify their types?

[tame grove]

i dont have string

[sand oriole]

oh no, please help how i can solved this problem? D:

[tight gull]

click the avatar, look for Blueprint ID, detach, try again

if that doesn't work you can upload a default robot and copy its id into the box before clicking attach

[tame grove]

hellllp

):

[tight gull]

i can't i don't know i have my own questions

[tame grove]

https://tenor.com/view/tantrum-gif-12615339064861248159

[tight gull]

lol embed fail

[tame grove]

[sand oriole]

you must click "Check Console for more details" this helps people can see which problem you have.

[prisma sedge]

You've got missing scripts on the objects "skirt" and "skirt back". Remove them if they're not used for anything

[somber sequoia]

do you have a parameter named string?

[night ember]

its impressive to be able to reach that limit as my friend's stream avatar that I put together has 8 outfits that hasnt reached to nearly 100 yet

[somber sequoia]

yeah - I definitely have an opinion about how this happens, but I'll refrain from stating it, as I'd like to be overall more positive and encouraging 🙂

[sand oriole]

i have solved, because blueprint-id, thnks all

[shell gazelle]

Anyone ever set up the Interactive VRCPhone here?

[night ember]

stating would also probably be helpful so people know what they are doing to cause it

[somber sequoia]

I'll have to come up with appropriate wording then

[vapid holly]

can someone help me with avatar validation failed thing? it keeps giving me this error despite me being on PC build

[somber sequoia]

you'd need to provide more detail - what's in the console?

[somber sequoia]

Is this the only error? If not, paste the first 2-3. This one isn't useful by itself.

[vapid holly]

oh wait ok i got it- it was missing parameters i somehow missed that error entirely lmao
thanks tho!

[somber sequoia]

ah good

[tame grove]

sry

idk raelly see the details

[somber sequoia]

?

[tame grove]

im lag

[somber sequoia]

no I mean do you have a parameter in your animator or avatar parameters list named string?

[somber sequoia]

I think at this point I'll suggest basic tutorials.

[tame grove]

bro help me ):

[somber sequoia]

I don't have the time to go over the basics right now, sorry

[tame grove]

np

u mean u gonna see later ?

[somber sequoia]

not likely, no

[tame grove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/892991974947315742.gif?size=48&quality=lossless&name=tower91

np

anyone...

[gloomy flint]

thats so pretty wtf 🥺

[shell gazelle]

Do what it says.

Take a look at the console

[spark walrus]

how do i view my gesture layers

[shell gazelle]

Looks like an issue with the avatar uploader or something

No clue

[somber sequoia]

If you have one set it'll be in the avatar descriptor. Click it, and you'll find the file in the Project view. Click that and it'll show up in the Animator window

[sonic peak]

Does anyone know and is able to explain to me like I'm five how I can do this using constraints?(if its even possible) I've tried with rotation constraints but for some reason the Z axes still rotates despite it not being ticked on.

[somber sequoia]

the axes are based on transform orientation, not world - it's probably the wrong axis

[night ember]

or its a child of a bone already rotating

[somber sequoia]

or that

[sonic peak]

Second one shouldn't be the case, It's probably first one I'll look into it! Thank you :D\

I didnt figure it out 😭

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure I see what you're trying to do?

[gloomy flint]

i can see what they are trying to do

they want this shoulder piece to stay in a similar orientation where the flat base stays against the body and it rotates to stay in that position

[somber sequoia]

ohhh I see

[sonic peak]

Mhm!

[gloomy flint]

but in their current set up, if they rotate their arm forward, this specific joint's rotation breaks

[somber sequoia]

why is that flat base not just affixed to the body?

or you just don't want it to rotate around the global Y?

[gloomy flint]

possibly so the shoulder stays fixed to it correctly as well without breaking

[scarlet urchin]

Y'all he's using unity 6000.3.28f1..

[somber sequoia]

ooh, good catch!

[tame grove]

im not ._.

[gloomy flint]

think like a robot's joint, they want the shoulder joint to rotate on one axis, where itself only spins on one axis

[sonic peak]

Youre explaining this better then i could aha

[somber sequoia]

So is the shoulder a separate bone, not the humanoid shoulder, which you have constrained to the humanoid shoulder and/or upper arm?

[scarlet urchin]

You literally showed me.

[sonic peak]

Shoulder piece is seperate bone thats a child of the shoulder

[gloomy flint]

though Temjuh I wonder

[somber sequoia]

it'll move with the shoulder if it's a child of the shoulder

[gloomy flint]

it LOOKS like it should move correctly, but you are making it have to think of how to rotate in a way it... really shouldn't in VR

[tame grove]

yea i have it but use nope ._.

[scarlet urchin]

The project is currently using 6000.3.28f1

[gloomy flint]

you're trying to move the entire arm forward, which means the shoulder joint for the arm isn't rotating as it should because you're rotating it the way you are

have you tried lowering the arm and them rotating it up to be infront of you?

which is what a natural arm movement would be?

[scarlet urchin]

It doesn't mean that you're using it now it's just using the unsupported version of unity and probably still in Beta.

[gloomy flint]

the way youre testing it right now doesn't take into account how the arm would actually twist is my point

[tame grove]

okay two project in 6000 and not working what about the another 8 project 2022.3.22f1 the same Probim..

[sonic peak]

You're probably right- Am very stupid apologies hjgjsdbhj

[somber sequoia]

I'd make the robot shoulder bone a child of the chest bone, and use constraints to move it, rather than the humanoid shoulder

[sonic peak]

I can try that thank you for suggestion!

[gloomy flint]

I would do a Build and Test version of it as it is now

and see if the arm rotation actually works as it should in VR, and then if it doesn't do Kazin's suggestion

[sonic peak]

Mhm

Will do

Lemme test it

[somber sequoia]

ooh you can use FinalIK rotation limiters too

[sonic peak]

Oh? havent heard of that aha

[arctic ginkgo]

i asked yesterday but i never got a response, does anyone know if local mirror detection works for all players or just for the local player?

obviously it's run locally, but can this same system work for remote players locally running your avatar's animator?

okay i'm trying to look into this and the only thing i've been able to find is that apparently mirror clones only exist for your own avatar.. does anyone have further documentation on how this works?

[agile reef]

Heya!! I know this isn't particularly about avatars but I used to use a tool for my unity to check the avatars lighting IN UNITY so I wouldnt have to upload and go to different worlds and check. I think it was called light box? or something- I have absolutely no idea but I lost the asset and I'm desperately looking for it again- anyone know what im on about? ;-;

[somber sequoia]

It's by Hai - lightbox or something?

yeah: https://github.com/hai-vr/lightbox-viewer

[agile reef]

You are an amazing human being

you are my life saver ;-; thank you so much

[somber sequoia]

nah, just prepared - I made a links file 🙂

[agile reef]

https://tenor.com/view/blender3d-hop-on-blender-blender-3d-gif-22975009

oh gifs dont work here sadge

[somber sequoia]

haha that's disturbing anyway

[agile reef]

xD it is but its so funny

[tulip cipher]

anyone know why my girlfriend's vrc SDK screen is blank in Unity?

[somber sequoia]

errors in the console?

[willow skiff]

working on a model and have to manual reconnect the parts of the base to its params, problem is i dont know how to reconnect them to where the menus actually do what they are intended to, where do i go to give them control over the part? (trying to get the cloths on the kyuulin base to actually work as the menu button are there but they dont have control of the cloths)

[tulip cipher]

nothing out of the ordinary, she's going to try deleting from the SDK filesand have creator companion redownload them, i'll update if it fixes

[ivory frost]

Can vfx graph be used in vrchat? Just asking

[somber sequoia]

any actual error there which doesn't go away when you clear can cause that

[timber wharf]

@ivory frost no

@willow skiff learn toggles https://youtube.com/watch?v=XqtSg6_W07Y

or vrcfury

[willow skiff]

i know VRCfury, the model already has all the stuff for it i just gotta assemble it like a lego set, so that video may be useful

[timber wharf]

if you know vrcf then that video is a bit too deep. but that how it work under the hood vrcf or not

[willow skiff]

yea this models base was made without it since it has no VRCfury use at all from what i've seen so far

so i have to dig deeper

[tulip cipher]

afaik this is the only error

redownloading the SDK did not work

[ashen gyro]

anyone have any clue why a toggled gameobject with an audio source wouldn't play anything? I tried sticking a cube under the gameobject's hierarchy to make sure it wasn't an animator issue, and can confirm the gameobject is enabling and disabling correctly.

[ivory frost]

tyty been seeing things marked for vrc that requiered it is why i needed to ask

[tulip cipher]

thanks for trying to help but it seems to be fixed, the solution was to delete the SDK AND simply rename the project, removing it from CC, then readding it to CC. Then deleting the SDK closing and reopening twice, and then it showed up normally, so idk how it resolved itself

ah, first she reopened it without the SDK at all, then saved, readded it, then it showed

[dense agate]

Hey guys- I'm having an issue with particles on my avatar, where when I scale the model in-game the particles don't scale with the character and are either super small if I scale my character up or super big when I scale down.

Anyone know what the issue is? If not, could anyone please give me some terms I could use in my googling?

[dense agate]

Not sure what the problem was, but when I used your settings I also got no sound. I switched the audio from 3D and 2D and it started working, but it should have worked anyways I think? Idk, but switching to 2D fixed it in my testing

[dense agate]

Oh! Have you tested it in-game? Because the issue in my testing is that the scene camera was too far away for 3D to work. Once I moved the camera closer with your settings it worked

[ashen gyro]

Sadly testing in game gets nothing either. This is a music box held in my hand so it's pretty close.

Thanks for checking

[dense agate]

Try switching to 2D sound and see if it works. I don't recommend 2D sound, but it would give some clues if it did work.

[ashen gyro]

good idea

[somber sequoia]

okay, that's quite weird, but glad you fixed it!

[somber sequoia]

set the particle scaling mode to "hierarchy"

[dense agate]

Great news! It also doesn't work for me in-game, so I can test things on my end. I also wanna figure out your issue because my current avatar has audio and I wanna make sure I don't run into this issue myself

Nvm

I had audio toggled off like an idiot

xD

[ashen gyro]

ohlol

[dense agate]

"Surprise SexyBack jumpscare"

[dense agate]

Okay well, now I just feel like an idiot.
That worked 100%

[hybrid wasp]

before play mode | After play mode + gesture manager
idk what but went through normally of making the avatar
hair root is parented the head
its just my hair mesh is shifting forward a bit in play mode
any reasonings?

[somber sequoia]

it's really not obvious 🙂

When VRChat released the avatar scaling feature, that was in the release notes

[dense agate]

Not sure if this is your issue, but my first thought when I see something like this is weird bone weights. Either a bone in the hair pushing the hair into the head or a bone in the head pushing the skin into the hair. That, or the head is rigged to a bone that's not what you expect, so you end up parenting it to the wrong bone.
Maybe that's your issue, maybe not, but I hope this will at least give you some ideas

[dense agate]

Normally I would agree, but I've been developing games and projects in Unity for 10 years xD
Though, in my defense, I mainly use particle graphs from the URP/HDRP pipelines these days. I don't ever use the old particle system unless I'm messing with something for VRC

[somber sequoia]

ah - easy to miss then I guess 🙂

[hybrid wasp]

i mean theres no physbones in unity yet but its just the mesh idk why is shifting forward

[dense agate]

Have you checked the humanoid rig in Unity to make sure it auto-asigned the bones correctly?

Also, what happens if you play a complex animation? Try grabbing a dancing animation from Mixamo and see what happens

[hybrid wasp]

omg i forgot about the whole auto assigning
the hair root was assigned to the jaw bone

thank you

[dense agate]

Honestly that was a shot in the dark, but I'm glad that worked xD

[dense agate]

Any updates? Did 2D audio work?

[ashen gyro]

got pulled into other stuff, but I'm gonna take a look later when I can

will also try messing with the VRC spatialization settings

[pastel pawn]

i have a question on how to make shaders on blender

if anyone could help me lol

[somber sequoia]

what's your question

[pastel pawn]

well i found this asset online for a mask but after trying to upload the avatar to android it didnt work because of the shaders so now im trying to learn how to make quest compatible shaders on blender

this is my first time

[somber sequoia]

making shaders in blender is not relevant for use in Unity though

[pastel pawn]

well the shaders were not able to be editied in unity

[somber sequoia]

Yes, you can't edit the material embedded in the .FBX, you'll need to extract it or just make a new material in Unity.

[pastel pawn]

not quite sure what your talking about 😆

[somber sequoia]

I usually just make new ones, it's simple enough.

[pastel pawn]

could you walk me through the process on making this?

[somber sequoia]

asset -> create -> material, pick a quest-compatible shader, drag it into the material slot on the mesh object (body, clothing, etc.)

[pastel pawn]

do this in unity?

the asset already comes with shaders

[somber sequoia]

Yes, in Unity.

[pastel pawn]

thats why im in blender getting rid of them

[somber sequoia]

you can't do anything about unity shaders in Blender.

[pastel pawn]

i think i understand what your saying

[somber sequoia]

the only thing from Blender that's relevant here is material slots on mesh objects, and texture files.

[pastel pawn]

it doesnt work because the shader is Standard

[somber sequoia]

Yes, you need to make a new material which is not embedded in the FBX (and thus read-only) and drag it into the slot on the mesh object

[pastel pawn]

so do i remove this somewhow?

[somber sequoia]

no, you ignore it

[pastel pawn]

ok, so now i have the original asset in here what should i do

i have not made any modifications so far to this one

[somber sequoia]

You do what I just said

[pastel pawn]

i dont know how to, ive never used unity before

sorry

[somber sequoia]

there are lots of tutorial videos on this, any decent Quest one is going to show you how to make a quest-compatible material

[pastel pawn]

do i just search how to make a quest comaptible material?

[somber sequoia]

I don't know of a specific one offhand, haven't really looked in a while. But it doesn't matter if quest or not, the process is the same, you just pick a quest-compatible shader

[pastel pawn]

im sorry for being difficult but i need to be babied through this would it be possible to call?

[somber sequoia]

I don't do that, sorry

[pastel pawn]

okie dokie

videos arent working because my situation is different then usual i think

[somber sequoia]

seems pretty typical

[pastel pawn]

im just so confused 😭

i cannot change the shader here

it is greyed out

my mind gets stuck on things sorry im autistis 😭

[somber sequoia]

Yes - again, that is read only since that material is embedded in the .fbx file, you need to make a new one, or extract that.

[pastel pawn]

what would be easier?

[tawdry radish]

so i'm trying to put a hair i bought onto my avatar, but it's not working, i'm following a tutorial on YT.

after moving the mesh into the avatar and hair.root into armature, the hair is still following the old armature of the fbx, any ideas?

nvm i might be silly 💀

[dark jay]

so i accidentally deleted my left knee vertex group and dont have it before i deleted the group how can i fix it

[somber sequoia]

recreate it. Possibly you could duplicate the right one and mirror it

[dark jay]

how do i do that

[somber sequoia]

which part?

[dark jay]

mirror it

[somber sequoia]

there's an option to do that in the little context menu for vertex groups, at the right

[dark jay]

copy then mirror?

[somber sequoia]

if you mirror first you'd change the source group, so.....

[dark jay]

so copy it then mirror

[rugged thunder]

so i have an avatar that works other than the radial toggles, I'm not sure how to fix it to get them working in game, but everything else on the avi works fine

[dark jay]

never done this so i wann make sure i do it right

[somber sequoia]

you could also use the other side group to select vertices, then mirror the selection (in the 'select' menu) and add them to a new group. Blender basics 🙂

[dark jay]

i deleted the left knee vertex group

[somber sequoia]

make a backup, so if you mess it up, you can simply restore

[dark jay]

i have one

i dont get it

[somber sequoia]

cool. Then take risks.

[dark jay]

i dont get it

[somber sequoia]

what?

[dark jay]

i dont get how u mirror it

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure what you're asking me here

[dark jay]

im not sure how to do it

[somber sequoia]

I just told you two ways to do it, what are you stuck on?

[dark jay]

i mirrored it and it didnt fully mirror and it didnt mirror the copy vertex group

[somber sequoia]

not sure I can help with that if I don't have your model, but this has worked fine for me

[dark jay]

do u wanna check my model?

[somber sequoia]

probably this also assumes the object origin is at a reasonable place, like the center of it

not really, no

[dark jay]

ok

[rocky grail]

Placing objects on avatars and are on hand in unity but when I load up vrchat its floating in the air and not on my hand I attached it to the hand bone and everything any ideas?

[frozen herald]

my avatar has goco loco but when testing on quest, they just stand still and not do the action. any fix?

[plain mural]

how to fix this bug (?) in poi shader? i use two meshes, they should blend with each other (using transparent textures), but i see that it just shines through each other

[night ember]

is it set to transparent

[plain mural]

yes

and

cutout transparency mode does not give enough necessary texture blending, the texture actually has a blur barrier much wider than it shows

[night ember]

I dont even know what you are doing

[plain mural]

hell, i can't even show it fully

[iron kindle]

Press a key on your keyboard marked prtsc, screen shots your window

So, anyone know how to remove items from an fbx file without breaking everything in the model?

[night ember]

Blender

Dont unpack it

[night ember]

Why are you even needing 2 meshes

[iron kindle]

I have been loading the FBX into blender, but when put it back into unity everything has broken

[plain mural]

to make a toggle for a new body part

[night ember]

Why does it even need to fade

[iron kindle]

I have had some success with that using vrcfury

[rocky grail]

I put a water gun on my avatar and attached it to my hand bone but when I load in it in game the water gun is floating next to me and not in my hand

[plain mural]

to mix textures together.. and be a seamless additional part of the body

[night ember]

Then you didnt attach it to your hand

[iron kindle]

Adjust it in unity to be in your hand, and have it associated using a bone, can do that with the VRCfury addon

[night ember]

Why not just make the texture itself combine them instead of trying to overlay it with a mesh

[night ember]

You dont need vrcfury

[iron kindle]

It speeds it up but yea

[plain mural]

because I don't need that. I need to solve the problem with the poi shader, because this issue has been bothering me for a long time.

[night ember]

No?

Just stick the object directly on the hand bone

And make sure its the actual object and not like a weighted mesh and leaving the bone behind

[night ember]

Are the planes of the mesh at the exact same location?

[rocky grail]

I did move it to my hand and put it under the hand bone but it still floats in world am I doing something wrong?

[night ember]

Can you send a screenshot of the hierarchy

[plain mural]

yes
even if they are slightly different (to avoid weird clipping) the shader behaves the same

[night ember]

Behaves how exactly

[plain mural]

this weird shi

[rocky grail]

Like where it’s under the hand bone?

[night ember]

Render queue

[night ember]

Yea?

[plain mural]

and how to fix it?

[night ember]

Whats the lower object set to

I dont remember if its set the render queue to one above or below

[rocky grail]

it was under here but its just not in my hand

[plain mural]

//for anyone who will look at the solution to the problem in the future - it worked with these settings//

[night ember]

And in unity when its under the hand bone when you move it dies it actually move with the hand

[rocky grail]

When I move the avatar left to right it stays

@night ember

[night ember]

Then its not on the avatar

What object moves the gun

[rocky grail]

I mean it stays in hand

[night ember]

Then that should just be fine

What exactly does the whole hierarchy look like

[rocky grail]

In game it on but it not in my hand and is right next to me

[night ember]

Thats not my question

[night ember]

Next to you as in it moves with you when you walk or frozen in the world

[rocky grail]

Frozen

[night ember]

Then you either dont know how to use the asset at all or fucked up the constraint

[frozen herald]

anyone knows why my goco doesnt work on my uploaded avi? the avi stands still despite the seat and lay toggles being on and only the default emotes work

[night ember]

Well did you add all of go loco?

[frozen herald]

yes, i added it to the main avi

[night ember]

You sure you did?

[frozen herald]

yea, i looked up tutorials

[digital urchin]

Does anyone know where I could find the textures used on this model for sale?

[night ember]

Ask the creator?

[digital urchin]

I tried!

[night ember]

Then shit outta luck

[frozen herald]

yet the avatar still doesnt move

[iron kindle]

How do I get my avatars mouth to move when I talk?

[ornate stump]

Do your avatar have mouth viseme blendshape or jaw flap bone?

[iron kindle]

Where would I check?

[ornate stump]

Your avatar obviously. Check the face mesh to see if blendshape list, or check armature bones for jaw bone.

[iron kindle]

I have clicked the main mesh, where do I see that?

[ornate stump]

See "Blendshapes" in skinned mesh renderer.

If nothing written "Blendshapes" then no blendshape exist on your mesh.

[iron kindle]

I should have some

For some reason those blendshapes are missing?

It had them

[ornate stump]

Are you sure you're looking in the correct mesh?

[iron kindle]

Its the main body mesh

I have no head mesh

[ornate stump]

Can you screenshot to confirm when you selected the mesh?

[ornate stump]

Did you edit the model in blender?

[iron kindle]

Yes

[ornate stump]

Did you check if shapekeys exist in blender?

[iron kindle]

I cant find them in my model but it used to before I edited it

Can I copy them from an older model?

[ornate stump]

Did you check in blender?

[iron kindle]

In the current blender file for my model they are gone

[ornate stump]

Did you import fbx in to blender multiple times?

[iron kindle]

Just once

I must of deleted them, looking how to transfer them back

[ornate stump]

You might be able to copy the mesh from original model back to your current work. But the process is lengthy and troublesome to the point I don't want to guide someone around.

[iron kindle]

I have them back on the model but they still wont show up on the avatar

[ornate stump]

If you had any modifier on the object other than armature deform, that will prevent shapekey from getting exported.

[iron kindle]

Oh

I know the issue then

I have toggles on the full thing

I had them on the armature, took them off, still seeing no blendshapes

[iron kindle]

Ok, I missunderstood, I had modifiers on the actual model in blender. I had one that added more polygons for a more rounded shape. Any ideas how to do that without having this issue?

[timber wharf]

skkeeper addon or any other plugin to preserve shapekeys. tho i thought 4+ blender doesnt need those?

[iron kindle]

I'll look into it when I have my model more stable

[silent minnow]

heyhey!
Currently working on an Avatar for a friend.
She wants her Avatar to have toggleable High Heels.
In Unity, is there a way to force the Avatar to be "a bit higher" so the heels doesn't clip through the floor?
If yes, how?

[torpid flame]

Does anyone know how to make particles visible in mirriors? Like its visible in camera but no mirrior. Its contrained onto an empty paranted to the chest,

Why does this happen?

[ornate stump]

Make particle material render 2-sided.

[torpid flame]

trying this now thank you

The check box?

@ornate stump

[ornate stump]

No.

In Particles Standard Surface it's called "Two-Sided".

For other shader you have to set Cull to Off.

[ornate stump]

Then this shader doesn't support cull off or two-sided.

[torpid flame]

Damn

Thank you

[sand oriole]

How? 😮

[ornate stump]

#avatar-help message

Didn't you post the same screenshot?

[sand oriole]

yes

wrong sry

[ornate stump]

Are you trying to get more detail per instruction I linked you to?

[ornate stump]

Does the package you imported instruct you to download and import any other package?

[sand oriole]

no

I tried to merge the avatar and the clothing pack.

[ornate stump]

Did you import that tool called ClothTransformApplier?

[sand oriole]

yes, but idk how it works

[left wharf]

That package requires Modular Avatar, i think.

you imported this, right? https://wata-ofuton.booth.pm/items/6291387

[sand oriole]

yes

[left wharf]

Then import Modular Avatar from VCC.

[sand oriole]

this clothes is for manuka but i have other avatar, Can I still merge the two?

[left wharf]

Have you read the doc? if no, open "ClothTransformApplier　説明書 - Google ドキュメント.url".
It describes what you can do with this tool and the required packages.

[sand oriole]

Can I delete this tool? Because I already merged it myself because I didn't know how to work with it. Will it work if I delete the tool?

is there a tool that automatically assigns avatar and tools because I hate it to prefab, I just tried it I think this was the problem

[left wharf]

to remove the tool, remove WataOfuton folder from Asset and Cloth Transform Applier component from the cloth.

[sand oriole]

How can I delete components from cloth?

[left wharf]

oh sry you don't have to remove the component. just remove the tool prefab if you already added it. (i was misreading the doc)

[sand oriole]

I didn't add anything to the avatar in the tool, I just uploaded it to Unity, nothing more.

[left wharf]

ok so you need to remove WataOfuton folder. that's it

[sand oriole]

It worked, thanks 🙂 How do I know if I've done the avatar and clothing correctly and are there any tools that automatically combine avatar and clothing?

or are there at least tools that assign prefabs correctly, this is my only weak point.

[left wharf]

How do I know if I've done the avatar and clothing correctly
you can use GestureManager or Av3Emulator
are there any tools that automatically combine avatar and clothing?
Modular Avatar or VRCFury can do that. If you want to dress the avatar in an incompatible costume, I recommend Modular Avatar because it has many useful feature to do that.

[sand oriole]

VRCFury are only right for wolves?

[left wharf]

wdym?

[sand oriole]

I mean this tool VRCFury is not for anime avatar right?

[left wharf]

No, that can use for any avatars.

[sand oriole]

okay, modular avatar is better?

if yes, can u send me link?

for modular avatar and gesture manager and av3emulator (idk which both is better)

if possible, also include an explanation

youtube better 😄

[left wharf]

I don't want to discuss, but I'm familiar with Modular Avatar
https://modular-avatar.nadena.dev/

[sand oriole]

okay 🙂

av3avatar or gesture manager which is more easier?

[left wharf]

idk because i haven't use av3emulator

[sand oriole]

okay

is av3 emulator for combining and assigning this avatar and clothing both?

[sullen mulch]

Is there any way to make an avatar that has a flat foot version and a heeled version have both versions without making the weight painting all messy? I swear I saw an avatar that had a toggle for flat feet and tippy toes

[left wharf]

idk wdym, but probably no. av3 emulator is just a tool for emulating Avatars 3.0 features.

[left wharf]

blendshape (shape keys) might be what you're looking for

[sand oriole]

Okay, no then. I'm looking for the avatar and clothing to be prefab assigned like in the picture.

[sullen mulch]

Ah no, the zinpia rp base has 2 rigs. 1 with a flat foot and 1 with heels
But if I try to combine meshes, the weight painting gets messed up (of course because the rig is different because flat / heeled is rigged differently)

And even if I did shapekeys, wouldn’t the weight painting still get messed up?

[sand oriole]

how do I do this then?

[sullen mulch]

Ohh, I wasn't talking to you 😭

[left wharf]

oh i have no idea then

[left wharf]

man, i don't know what "the picture" stands for. is it your first picture or last picture?

[sand oriole]

Normally it looks like this. I can't combine it myself because it gets mixed up every time.

[left wharf]

ah ok, you can use Modular Avatar for do that. try use Move Independency (https://modular-avatar.nadena.dev/docs/reference/move-independently) and Scale Adjuster(https://modular-avatar.nadena.dev/docs/reference/scale-adjuster)

also, you should know this:
It is usually very tedious and sometimes difficult to dress an avatar in costumes that were not made for it. If you don't want to go through the technical trouble, just buy compatible costumes.

[sand oriole]

Unfortunately, there is so little choice, so I want to learn, even if it is difficult.

[torpid flame]

I’m fairly new to particles, I’m currently using a fire particle that I want to more or less stay stationary maybe with minimal movement

I’ve played around with the variables, but no matter what I do. It always seems to have a long trail and the trail option isn’t even checked.

What I mean is as the avatar is moving I want the particle to stay almost stationary to where it’s anchored

And not really drift out far

Anyone familiar with a variable that affects this? I have changed many of them without success

[somber sequoia]

can you show the system you currently have? Just the inspector view.

[wind stone]

anyone know why my facial animations stick? i have everything set up how it should be i think

all setup like this with the proper animation in them

i've tried everything i could think of but cant seem to fix it

[somber sequoia]

Can you show the entire state machine in that animator layer?

[wind stone]

i realized that the 3 layers i have in my fx layer just completely disappear when i click gesture manager

[somber sequoia]

uhh... okay?