avatar-help

[somber sequoia]

this one gets me at least once a month

[round comet]

lets see if that works

alrighty, giving it a go now

bwahh nope. Just gonna redo it lol

[dawn orchid]

yo so I'm getting this error the only error that's keeping me from uploading an avatar and I'm not really sure what this means. This is the first time I've ported a character and clicking the auto fix button just kicks me out of the sdk menu and rests my VRCAD

[round comet]

maybe it since I have it as an Int?

[somber sequoia]

have what as an int?

[round comet]

I have the wing and tail idle as an int in params so idk

[somber sequoia]

that shouldn't matter other than using 8 bits in the parameters list

[balmy barn]

using physbone? set 'is animated'

[somber sequoia]

oh yeah, definitely do that, that one got me literally yesterday

[round comet]

it's set to is animated, yeah

for both wing bones I'm animating and the tail bone too

gonna double check everything

[balmy barn]

these make me go um, is this another vrcfury i like to remove animations thing cause they dont do anything (they stop the state from not always running is one thing they can do)

[somber sequoia]

yeah I was wondering about that, what's that from?

[round comet]

ohh is it vrcfury related? I'm using that for some toggles just because

oo its working noww!

I changed it from an int to a bool and for some reason that helped

[patent geyser]

are there any tools to compress an avatar more before uploading

[round comet]

like its uncompressed size?

[patent geyser]

mhm

[somber sequoia]

if you're up at the 400MB range you probably need to do things like split that avatar into multiple

[patent geyser]

somehow this project gained 130mb of nothing without any warning.

[round comet]

I use vrcfury's blendshape optimizer component

it bakes unused blendshapes into the mesh to save vram

[patent geyser]

Mayeb thats what they did then... hmm

[balmy barn]

one thing i dont like about it renames my mesh 🔨 but easy enough to just move the new mesh somewhere else after

[round comet]

^

[patent geyser]

worth a try i guess.

[mental estuary]

It's designed to rename them because they're temporary meshes

[round comet]

or you can delete a few assets. It be like that

[patent geyser]

but its was 450 before.

[mental estuary]

You shouldn't be using anything from VRCFury's temp folder

[patent geyser]

it randomly, with no changes, gained 130mb

we're baffled.

[round comet]

that's so odd

[balmy barn]

vrcfury tempoary things bloat my fury folder insanely, dosnt clear out

[patent geyser]

We think the guy from china fucked us tbh.

I've never seen shit like this.

[mental estuary]

If it's not clearing for you, go ask in VRCFury's server about it

[round comet]

I mean, mine does that too

[mental estuary]

You should never use anything from that folder, and it's safe to delete the temp folder if it's getting too big

[round comet]

I think its because I use the same project

[mental estuary]

The mesh names also don't matter for anything

As a general rule of thumb, VRCFury never touches your base files, and always makes a copy of something if it needs to edit it. You should never use any of the generated files as things like animators are basically unworkable by a person because they're optimised. If VRCFury is doing something you don't like, ask in the server about it because it's often doing it for a reason, and there's always a reason text file next to each generated asset to tell you what it did to the asset and why

[patent geyser]

Are there any other compression things that might of been used before upload to reduce the uncompressed size?

Also, after deleting like everything, it fialed security checks. obnoxious. what.

[mental estuary]

VRCFury's blendshape optimiser is the only one that can drastically reduce upload size because of the blendshape baking

[patent geyser]

it got bigger again

[mental estuary]

Other than that, you need to start making textures smaller, or using less things on your avatar

[patent geyser]

what the fuck

???????????

what the shit is unity doing

[mental estuary]

What's on your avatar? Screenshot your hierarchy

[patent geyser]

i will literally get banned

the things on it cnanot be shown here

[mental estuary]

Then censor the NSFW stuff

Really... Okay

The light-based system has been shown in screenshots all the time

[patent geyser]

i just dleted them and undid it

[mental estuary]

See that seems like a hell of a lot for 1 avatar

[balmy barn]

still trying to upload a av with 73 meshes, 292 skinned meshes 541 materials and 2.86m triangles?

[patent geyser]

well it uploaded for that guy

[patent geyser]

yeah but the numebrs keep going UP

and i dont know why

ive rmeoved so much shit to barebones

then it fails security checks

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

whjat the hell

[mental estuary]

If you're combining VRCFury with MA it could be bloating things? Sometimes they don't play well together

[patent geyser]

Mod Abv? its not in it

i might try that instead of fury

[mental estuary]

Fury is better imo

[patent geyser]

different use cases

[mental estuary]

But also, you have MA prefabs on your avatar

[patent geyser]

i do?

[mental estuary]

MA WorldFixedRoot, MAPrefab Green...? Are they not MA?

[patent geyser]

no idea

dont know how to use that

deleted

[mental estuary]

Even if you have no MA components on your avatar, having it in your project will still cause it to run and screw with things

[patent geyser]

its not in it

isk what im missing

[mental estuary]

Other than that, it's probably best to just remove some non-essential things from your avatar and slowly add things back until you hit the security checks

[patent geyser]

im suspecting foul play

[patent geyser]

i did i made her dead naked and it failed security checks

again i suspect foul play on their part ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[mental estuary]

Like just the base avatar and nothing else?

[patent geyser]

yup

[mental estuary]

Then you can upload that and make a support request saying that it shouldn't be failing security checks

It could be an edge case

[patent geyser]

What sort of nefarious stuff could someone being pissy do to a model they send you for upload

im pretty convinced.

[somber sequoia]

nothing that you couldn't find pretty easily if you look

[patent geyser]

the armature is a horror show.

[somber sequoia]

many of them are 🙂

[full scaffold]

Hey, question. I haven't touched one of my avatars at all and it's been about around 70 - 80 MB in size, however when I simply reuploaded it without changing anything at all it's jumped in size all the way to 120 MB and wont let me upload it because it's now over 500 MB uncompressed, I didn't touch anything, all I did was a reupload and out of nowhere vrc is telling me it's so much larger, I didn't touch a single thing on my avatar idk what is causing this at all

[patent geyser]

So its not just me.

[mental estuary]

You can check Thry's Avatar Performance Tools to see what's gained in size

[somber sequoia]

not saying this is the case here, but I find most times people say "I didn't do anything" they in fact, did something

[patent geyser]

avatar validation failed

[mental estuary]

Unity's bad, but it's not double your avatar size for no reason bad xP

[full scaffold]

I promise you I didn't touch my avatar

[patent geyser]

imma throw this guy off a cliff @ seller

[full scaffold]

I think I would know if I added or changed something at all recently

[balmy barn]

then upload a offline av and see your compression , its not bloating magically

same stats as its always been

(wip texture high)

[dawn orchid]

I talked with a friend and he tells me these 2 things are essential and doesn't know why sdk want to remove them?? Apart from that he also doesn't know

I'm in a dead end here

[somber sequoia]

it's possible that you have two of each - they should only be on your avatar root

[dawn orchid]

oh! where can I find avatar root (apologies if it sounds dumb, this is the first time trying to port an avatar)

[somber sequoia]

root as in root of a tree - the top-level object.

well the top object in your hierarchy window is the scene, below that should be the avatar.

[dawn orchid]

so this?

like i mean it will be in here right?

[balmy barn]

uuuh

[somber sequoia]

that one that says "prefab" but......... this looks like a ripped avatar.

where'd you get it?

[dawn orchid]

it was a public avatar but the owner took it down, he gave me the files however after I asked him if he was just updating it which he wasn't he actually is a really cool guy and helped me set most of the things up

[somber sequoia]

just because it was public doesn't mean that guy owned it and had the rights to share

Please pay creators for their work. I wish you luck with your project.

[dawn orchid]

oh? I apologize I wasn't aware of this

I am rather a bit new to vrchat

[left gull]

if you send a picture of the model in #1138520828556890214 someone can help you find the legitimate files so you can purchase it

otherwise help with ripped/stolen content isnt allowed here

[snow sandal]

Hello. I have question about rigid bodies, colliders and force particles.

I have managed to create a decently well working ragdoll effect on my avatar using rigid bodies and colliders. However, I've noticed ragdolling is local to each players client. I want to create an animation in which this ragdoll is sent flying with the use of either force particles or colliders. The animation works for the person using the avatar, but anyone else viewing the animation simply sees ragdoll fall without seeing it be pushed by the force particles/collider. I know it is possible to get force particles to push ragdolls around for everyone viewing them as I've seen it on other avatars (notably the Lethal Company avatar and recent PvP V-bot avatar). How do I do this?

tl:dr How do I push ragdolls around using force particles or colliders in a way that can bee seen by everyone viewing the animation?

[sharp blade]

Try asking the guy that gave it to you.

[proper orbit]

still having issues this is what happens when i try to move the eye bone its like its trying to move the mesh around the eye or somthing????

[somber sequoia]

what are you trying to achieve here though?

[proper orbit]

the eyes all scrunch up and idk why

[silver kraken]

could I borrow someone's help for about 5 minutes on unity? Im trying to install these clothing addons for my avatar but they arent cooperating

[left gull]

you'll probably have better luck showing/explaining what the issues you're running into are

[silver kraken]

well thats why I was hoping for a call

I dont explain things well, and im better at fixing the problem if the person tells me what to do as im doing it

[hoary echo]

VRChat physics (rigid bodies, colliders, and forces) are only simulated locally, so while you see the force pushing the ragdoll, others don’t because their clients don’t receive the same physics calculations. To make the effect visible to everyone, you need to use network-synced methods like PhysBones, constraints, or animation tricks.

1. PhysBones Scaling Trick – PhysBones react to scaling. Instead of using physics forces, animate a collider or an empty GameObject that scales/moves and interacts with the PhysBone chain. This will be visible to everyone.

2. Object Constraints (Parent Constraint or Blend Trees) – Instead of force particles, animate an invisible object pushing the ragdoll using Parent Constraints or a Blend Tree. Since animations sync across all clients, this effect will be seen by everyone.

3. Contact Senders/Receivers – You can use Contact Receivers to trigger synced animations on impact.

These methods mimic the effect of a force while keeping it networked for all players.

[desert elk]

how are we supposed to know if we can help if we don't know the problem? You'll call people and risk them saying, "yeah idk". Explain the problem here or record a video and send it here if speaking's easier for you

[silver kraken]

I have clothing addons, instructions mention its as easy as dragging and dropping into the project and then its all done.

However thats not the case, two out of the five assets toggle correctly, the rest do not. I've tried looking for any possible mistakes I may have been making but in cant see any

[desert elk]

okay, first question are you using VRCFury or not?

[silver kraken]

yes im using vrcfury

instructions state to use it, which is a no brainer

[desert elk]

okay, so can't help, cause vrcfury is a mystery to me, maybe someone else knows more about it

[sour sphinx]

so my problem is that if u look at the right side in the inspector, when i attach the left eye bones to their correct bones in unity, they freak out and dont work correctly? ive been using blendshapes but this isnt an actual solution to my problem. ive tried to go into blender and hit fix model but it doesnt fix it. ive looked at the configue portion and everything looks fine so if someone has had this issue before or knows how to fix it, lmk. i want to attact the eye bones like normal so my avatar can look all ways without using blendshapes

let me send the video again, oml

[feral abyss]

anyone had any experience with the zinpia rp base? looks good for a masc build, but it'd be my first time designing clothes for an avatar so idk if it'd be a complicated process

[desert elk]

unless your model is mmd or vrm fix model from cats is gonna potentially break it even more, if you have a back up from before pressing it, I'd recommend using it. First question, did you apply transforms before exporting from blender? Second question, are your eye bones in the correct position?

[balmy barn]

wrong eyebones or rotation not straight up in blender

[sour sphinx]

i would try to show u that they are, or atleast i suppose they are but there s a lot of bones

i didnt touch them when putting the head model in

[desert elk]

are they straight from the side too?

[sour sphinx]

theyre straight up yes

u cant rlly see it

but theyre straight

[left gull]

mainly said it because theres few in here that'd do 1-1 handholding assistance like that, since you're running into a VRCFury issue you'd likely have better luck in the VRCFury discord though

[sour sphinx]

wdym wrong eye bones? i attached eye_L (transform) which is the only one. u cant do the end bone because it doesnt work

[balmy barn]

if you using the old cats it just duplicates them and make them straight up, newer just rotate eye bones

newer one

[sour sphinx]

i downloaded this cats a year ago

is that too old?

[balmy barn]

its old

[sour sphinx]

dang

so just get the new cats, then what after?

after i install it

[balmy barn]

shouldnt matter just you get +2 bone not really needed, just be sure to test in old cats rotation

old one

[sour sphinx]

tysm

ive never seen this before

[balmy barn]

updated cats are here https://github.com/teamneoneko/Cats-Blender-Plugin-Unofficial- 3.6++

[spark walrus]

Does decimating an avatar reduce MB

[balmy barn]

less vertices does (so yes) but it can also make funny breaks in joints and alot of other janks

[zinc dagger]

why cant i find the avatar descriptor

this is the first time ive had this issue

[balmy barn]

you have a world sdk?

[zinc dagger]

oh god i think i do 😭

my bad lol

sorry lol

[shell flicker]

Can anyone tell me how VelocityMagnitude works

[somber sequoia]

i read it as "you are moving this fast, regardless of direction"

[brittle karma]

please help me, i have an error for avatar upload

[timid citrus]

i just made an avatar and now cant import it into unity

[desert elk]

What's your avatar file? Are you getting any errors? How are you trying to import it? Drag and drop?

[timid citrus]

vrm

how do i convert a vrm file?

[somber sequoia]

I'd do it via Blender, there's an importer

[desert elk]

yeah, blender for sure

[timid citrus]

but how is my question

[somber sequoia]

import it into Blender, export as FBX

[timid citrus]

k thx

[desert elk]

or you can follow this video if you wanna get fancy and make sure stuff is better performance

[violet copper]

Good afternoon! Is there a way for only the mirror reflection to show an animation?

[somber sequoia]

You'd need to do that via shader settings as far as I know

[violet copper]

I saw that in poiyomi, but I am wondering if the mirror copy can play certain animations that's not on a material 🤔

[night ember]

https://github.com/VRLabs/Local-Mirror-Detection

[brittle karma]

please

[vagrant dock]

If I make a avatar should I build half and Mirror make it easier

[inland seal]

Can someone tell me why Every part is Working fine with lighting. But this tail doesnt?

[somber sequoia]

Is it a separate object? You should probably have the same bone in the "Probes/Anchor Override" slot in all the mesh objects, to help keep the lighting consistent.
VRCFury has a thingy for this too

otherwise... compare shader settings probably.

[inland seal]

I can put Anchor Ovveride only on Base

[somber sequoia]

?

[inland seal]

When I put on other object I get this

[somber sequoia]

Yes, you only put that on the root object, just as it says

[inland seal]

Maybe im just dumb

[junior void]

Anchor override is a mesh setting

Vrcf does this for you

[inland seal]

Ah

So

what Root I put?

Armature or TailROOT?

[somber sequoia]

... what are you doing?

[junior void]

Vecf is already putting anchor override

[somber sequoia]

by "root object" I meant the avatar's root object, not some other object named "root"

[inland seal]

Ye but it doesnt work for tail

[junior void]

Root = first top most thing

[somber sequoia]

why wouldn't it?

[inland seal]

Idk

[spark walrus]

okay ive been getting these errors for so long and its making me pissed off, please if someone can help me it would be amazing

[junior void]

It works if its on the root

[balmy barn]

server outage or flaky isp

[junior void]

If your lighting is still off, then its not due to anchor override

[inland seal]

I mean

[spark walrus]

how do i fix because this has been happening for so long

and i have good connection

[somber sequoia]

So the root object here is Regulus2.0PC

[inland seal]

M

[somber sequoia]

M?

[inland seal]

Alr

Ill put it as this one and test

[brittle karma]

stop ignoring me

[somber sequoia]

None of those errors are of much use, unfortunately.

[junior void]

Consider that we just dont know and dont be so demanding. That just makes you look furious and furious people tend to not listen anyway

[balmy barn]

check if its the right unity version , restart unity if its the first startup (scripts can do funny things)

[spark walrus]

would connecting to ethernet help?

[inland seal]

Still the same problem as before, Any other ideas why the light doesnt work on tail?

[balmy barn]

think your region just having issues, seeing your error ive seen before too , usually goes away fast

[spark walrus]

okay tysm

[somber sequoia]

without looking at your shader settings, no.

[brittle karma]

ok sorry

[somber sequoia]

(also don't put the avatar root in that slot, a better suggestion is the chest bone, but also don't bother if you use that vrc fury component)

[somber sequoia]

those either

[somber sequoia]

I didn't mean I was going to look at your shader settings, I meant that you should compare what you use on all the parts to try to get it to be consistent.

[inland seal]

ig

[somber sequoia]

no need to keep pinging me here, especially not with literally the same information. I do not have an answer for you.

[balmy barn]

very generic error no idea what thats about either

[brittle karma]

i have no more information

[inland seal]

@somber sequoia Thx

[somber sequoia]

nice, what was it?

[junior void]

I vote for minlight

[supple needle]

Does anyone know why when I lock in a poi shader, it turns pink/missing texture ?? I uploaded the avatar a second time because I needed to make more tweaks to it. It uploaded smoothly with no issues the first time, but now it’s refusing to lock in the shader

I cannot use anything more than poi 8.0 or it will crash my unity

[somber sequoia]

might be best asked in the Poiyomi discord

[supple needle]

Ah, I keep forgetting poi has a discord

[exotic yoke]

does anyone know how to fix this issue (the robot stuck in the floor)

[normal fog]

I’m trying to make the VrChat mobile materials transparent so that way I can upload my avatar onto quest. Anyone here know how to do that?

[somber sequoia]

Quest doesn't do transparent.

[night ember]

You cant have transparency at all

[normal fog]

So then, if I upload the avatar into quest, will this be what quest members see?

[somber sequoia]

Just use a quest-compatible shader in Unity, and it'll pretty much look like that.

[exotic yoke]

anyone?

[somber sequoia]

make sure your avatar is standing on the origin, 0,0,0

and if you came from Blender, that you applied all transforms

[dark crater]

I did export with all scaling on. is there a way to just increase the radius? I can increase the collision radius but that doesn't affect the bone itself

[exotic yoke]

but i dont want it to be inside the main character i want it to be next to it

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure what you mean?

oh is that a follower type of thing?

[exotic yoke]

yeah

and if i try to get to not be stuck in the floor it just goes into the floor

idk what todo

[somber sequoia]

oh, well then there's a whole lot about how you created it and got it here to consider probably

is it its own .fbx, for example

[exotic yoke]

i didnt make it

[somber sequoia]

oh, then ask the creator perhaps

so many things could be wrong here

[fallow gulch]

You just increase the "radius" in the physbone component

[exotic yoke]

pretty sure the creator is jp

[wheat horizon]

can anyone help me, how do I disable blinking during a facial expression? please explain like im a toddler

[exotic yoke]

since i got the model off booth

[somber sequoia]

I can't explain like you're a toddler (need to go make dinner), but you use this: https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/state-behaviors/#animator-tracking-control

animation = disabled while making expression, tracking = normal

[dark crater]

maybe am blind but am not seeing it

other than the collision radius

[fallow gulch]

That is the one

[exotic yoke]

oof

i didnt know

anyways i figured it out

i jjust had to raise the model higher

[wheat horizon]

but like, i only need this on a couple expressions

[somber sequoia]

yep

[wheat horizon]

for example i have winking, vs like just a smile

im still confused, i dont even know where to start ;;

found it, you explained that weirdly ngl lol

nope nvm

still blinking

is this not supposed to be how it is

[vernal orchid]

does anyone know how i can make an animation with camera movement?

[glass condor]

I'm trying to sculpt the clothes to be tighter on this avatar, not bulky like they are in the picture in Blender. What sculpt tool is best for this?

[vernal orchid]

for example if i wanted to make the camera shake, for like a gunshot

[gentle kernel]

I keep getting this error when I hit play on unity..

[fading python]

Guys help me, I’m tryna upload a avatar from payhip but it’s giving me this error

[balmy barn]

those wont stop you from uploading, rotation one is easy to fix - rarely does anything ( i just rename bones Z_something in blender so they arent first in list )

[lapis terrace]

If anyone knows how to get the punchable asset to work, please help

[quasi briar]

Elastic Grab for big movements and Grab for smaller ones

[lament ivy]

need help with unity. ive been using win10 for a while to upload avatars and upgraded to win11. now anytime i try to open a unitypackage it only opens with the unityhub. i either have to manually drag it or import package. any help is appreciated

[olive yoke]

Why does this happen?

[olive yoke]

Usally shaders are what's used for stuff like this

[lament ivy]

is file marked readonly?

[olive yoke]

How would I check?

[lament ivy]

properties, if files cant be copied or moved either user or program doesnt have permissions or file is protected

[vernal orchid]

could you help me with accomplishing that?

[olive yoke]

I cannot, but this might be somthing worth looking into
https://github.com/AkaiMage/VRC-Cancerspace

[vernal orchid]

thanks, i most certainly will

[normal fog]

So, I’m trying to add my avatar to quest, but it’s not letting me, every time I click build and publish, the avatar doesn’t publish. I already added the id into the pipeline manager and the shaders work with VrChat, is there something I’m missing?

Maybe this can help understand

[glass condor]

ah thanks

[normal fog]

Apparently it needs an asset bundle

How do I do that

[civic cliff]

anybody familiar with PCSS shadows?

[worldly whale]

im triyng to add something on my avtar and i want to make a radial wheel to rotate said object on the x axis and its not working, the y does and i made it scale aswell and the only thing it doesnt do is rotate on the x axis

any ideas of what to check?

i made sure all the params match in the fx and the animation in the fx ive checked the animation param and its the same and i checked the params themselves and no dice

[somber sequoia]

hi, sorry, had to run then. What i do for this is make my animation layer look something like this:
Entry -> wait for action -> disable blinking -> do gesture -> enable blinking -> exit.
No real need to override mouth & jaw unless you want to disable visemes as well.

[wheat horizon]

ill just deal with the model as is, i may be to tistic to understand rn

[somber meadow]

Please send screenshots instead by pressing (Windows Key + Shift + S), and show the errors above "AssetBundle was not built"

[normal fog]

It’s just the same errors, I tried to upload multiple times

[somber sequoia]

Please also show the first 2-3 errors (at the top) - it looks like there are some above

[normal fog]

Those were previous errors that don’t matter to the issue at hand, I need an asset bundle

[somber sequoia]

what is an asset bundle?

[normal fog]

https://docs.unity3d.com/540/Documentation/Manual/AssetBundlesIntro.html

this should explain

[somber sequoia]

if you mean the thing the SDK is supposed to build, then you need to figure out why it's not being built, in which case yes, the errors are relevant.

[somber meadow]

You don’t. You create an assetbundle of the avatar through the SDK already, you have missing scripts on your avatar preventing you from building the avatar

The SDK is saying that the assetbundle wasn’t built because of errors

[normal fog]

So, i know the VRCFury toggle script is missing, if i add VRCFury into the project, you think that might fix it?

[somber meadow]

Yes, most likely

[somber sequoia]

it'll fix that error at least

[somber meadow]

VRCFury components need the VRCFury script (package) in the project to function, they’ll be missing scripts if not.

[normal fog]

IT WORKED!!! Thanks guys!!

Now to show people the avatar to see what quest members see

[near compass]

How can I get Deira avi base for free?

[somber sequoia]

iirc that's not offered for free, so....

[near compass]

I got it

Found the files

Got them now

😎

[somber sequoia]

... did you just admit to piracy?

[near compass]

Not pirated

That’s illegal

You can get the assets

[somber sequoia]

I can get Substance Painter too but it's still piracy

[near compass]

No nvm that’s some assets

Oh well

lol

Im dumb

[lucid yarrow]

can someone please tell me why my inspector is stuck on this tab? component? idk what its called

[near compass]

Guys please though don’t judge me im really new to this yesterday I made my first avi

[somber sequoia]

Pay for paid assets and we won't have a problem

[near compass]

Yeah

I don’t intend on pirating

[somber sequoia]

if you have multiple inspectors, be sure to check them all - this often pops up into the one you aren't expecting.

[near compass]

Don’t worry

[lucid yarrow]

thankyou

[dusky mantle]

In some worlds others see my blush badly while I see it well and in others everyone sees it well, is it a matter of the world or can I fix it? I use liltoon. thank you

[somber meadow]

is that face material including the blush?

you should always have your transparents parts on another material slot dedicated for transparent parts or you'll encounter what you're seeing which is stacking issues

[dusky mantle]

yes, im using a manuka, it was like this :c

[somber meadow]

can you show the material slots on the mesh renderer responsible for the face

[dusky mantle]

Should I duplicate the material, put one transparent and the other in cutout?

[somber sequoia]

I'd do the blush with a decal unless we're talking quest (where I'd just omit it)

[dusky mantle]

its for pc, then the only option is a decal?

[somber sequoia]

no, you have many many options, I was just saying that's how I would do it

[quasi briar]

that's also how i'd do it, though i don't use liltoon

[somber sequoia]

me either

[dusky mantle]

i duplicated the material and with the face in cutout and the blush in transparent works, thank uuu

[worldly whale]

how does rotation prioitys work? cause when i make a float for x to move it works then i make one for y and x doesnt move but now y does

how do i fix this?

[ornate stump]

prioitys, do you mean parameters?

[worldly whale]

well yeah

how does it work?

cause i cant get x to move

then y

with radial puppets

[arctic ginkgo]

trying to animate in unity and i'm having one side wiggle a bunch.. i'm sure this is something to do with gimbal lock but does anyone know any way to mitigate this? i just want the sides to be symmetrical lol

[ornate stump]

Yoy have 2 radial puppets for 2 parameters?

[worldly whale]

yeah one for x and one for y

[ornate stump]

Both x and y are floats?

[worldly whale]

yup

made them both the EXACT same way

i make x

and it works

it rotates perfectly

exactly how i want it

then i make the y

the EXACT same way

and x doesnt work

but y does

[ornate stump]

Can you screenshot how you setup both radial puppet?

[worldly whale]

i can but i dont think i want to send it here its a "fun toy"

[ornate stump]

Then we can't confirm that you're doing it correcrly.

[worldly whale]

exhales fine

one sec

[worldly whale]

^

[ornate stump]

How did you know it doesn't work?

[worldly whale]

i used gesture manager

[ornate stump]

It doesn't work as you saw parameter doesn't change, or animation doesn't work?

[worldly whale]

the animation works perfectly

i can preveiw it and it works exactly how its intended

again

the animation works

perfectly

until i make the y

then the x doesnt

then the y does

[arctic ginkgo]

@worldly whale maybe use blendtrees instead?

[ornate stump]

Look like your problem is rather from multiple animator layer override each other.

[worldly whale]

how would i fix that?

or change it?

[arctic ginkgo]

additive animation or blendtree

[ornate stump]

The layer below controlling the same property will override the animation from layer above.

[arctic ginkgo]

i like blendtrees personally, you could try direct blendtree and have two 1D blendtrees inside, one for X and one for Y

[worldly whale]

additive animation?

[arctic ginkgo]

also in animation remove the properties you don't want animated

[arctic ginkgo]

animation that adds on top of another

[worldly whale]

already done

[worldly whale]

yeah i figured that but how?

[arctic ginkgo]

you do that by setting the layer blending to additive

and you need to set the first frame to additive reference pose

[worldly whale]

where do i find that?

[arctic ginkgo]

what you could do is create 2 animations, Y=min, Y=max. Then in your Y layer replace your animation state with a blendtree. Set type to 1D and parameter to your Y parameter. Then add 2 motion fields and add your min, then max. Set layer blending to additive

for the animations themselves, make the first pose the default and the 2nd is the animation pose

[worldly whale]

ohhhhh

[arctic ginkgo]

in the layer settings

same as layer weight, mask, etc

[worldly whale]

i see i see

would i make x and y additive? or just y? cause y would be adding to x

[arctic ginkgo]

just y

[worldly whale]

ok now they both work but its not doing what i wanted it to do lol but thank you so much

that actually helps so much

and now i know how to do that

maybe a blend tree would help

[worldly whale]

i want it to do this

[worldly whale]

but this is what happens

[buoyant zodiac]

anyone know how to fix these lines on a texture? (ignore my buddy jose on the left)

[arctic ginkgo]

that looks correct to me?

if it's meant to be rotating on a different axis for either of those, animate it on the correct axis

[arctic ginkgo]

expand the bleed on your texture

it's too close to the edges of the UV islands

[buoyant zodiac]

uh how do i do that

[somber sequoia]

Color over the lines like you're a little kid 🙂

[rain wave]

does Anyone know how to fix this issue? I think I may be blind for being unable to figure it out

[somber sequoia]

(or if you use a paint program such as Substance painter that does this for you, you can increase the edge setting, I forget what it's called though)

[buoyant zodiac]

i use sp

[somber sequoia]

Add those parameters to your avatar parameters list

[zinc dagger]

how do i get the hand gesture menu in the latest version

[somber sequoia]

oh it usually does this by default - you may also need to move UV islands further apart.

[rain wave]

I tried but it isn't working, maybe I've done it wrong..

[buoyant zodiac]

ok. im like new to sp so all of that is kinda confusing lol

[somber sequoia]

Make sure you're adding them to the right parameters list, you can find the one in-use on your avatar descriptor

[summer anvil]

so i just got the slugcat avatar and i re-textured it in photoshop and I get these weird lines like this, it also appears in blender anyone know to fix this?

the base texture is a psd file

[somber sequoia]

same answer given here: #avatar-help message

[rain wave]

okay let me try again

[rain wave]

well damn

[somber sequoia]

I have no idea what that is

though if for some reason your avatar descriptor is actually disabled (checkbox in upper left of the component), enable it 🙂

[summer anvil]

do i just color over the lines or something? idk

is there like a setting to color over the lines in blender?

nvm found it

[buoyant zodiac]

@somber sequoia how do i increase the edge setting or move the uv islands further part, like what settings is it

[somber sequoia]

moving UV islands is a Blender (or similar) thing.
regarding the bleed, I forget what it's called in Substance, I've never had to set it, the defaults have been fine for me

it's probably in the project or export settings though

[buoyant zodiac]

ill send a ss

[buoyant zodiac]

im sorry for being a bother lol, i just been trying to fix this for days

[somber sequoia]

yeah you'll have to look this up, again, I don't actually know where it is

[buoyant zodiac]

darn

[earnest sigil]

How do I make it so that my 2d avatar does not have its lower half in the ground?

[rain wave]

okay I finally got my avatar descriptor working again I had went to go do something sorry, what was I meant to put in there again?

[orchid plume]

Is there anyone I can send a .SSP file to and they can export it to PNG, JPEG, etc. for me? I don't got substance painter but I'm trying to retexture an avatar in blender and a photo editing software. Or anyone that knows a way I can convert it?

[vernal pecan]

is that true, that i can use parameters not described in Expression list, and they will be sent to other players in realtime, except they are not synced for new joiners?

It means, that if im driving some parameter undescribed in Expression list, like "wink" parameter just to make short emotion and let it go, other players still can see it?

oh.. doesn't look like something that is possible, cause i can't even create a menu button without including a parameter in Expression list

[magic tapir]

I was wondering how to fix this issue that I have where whenever I activate full body (Viso) tracking my charcter slightly hunches over, is this an issue due to the tracking app or the avatar and if so is there a way to fix it?

[silver kraken]

Could also be bad lighting

[ornate stump]

Does the sdk warn anything about pelvis bones?

[ornate stump]

Animator parameter not in expression list won't sync in anyway. What you perceived was it's driven in remote side via another sync parameter.

[orchid nebula]

how do i fix this?

[ornate stump]

Did you armature link?

[orchid nebula]

yeah now i do

[ornate stump]

Does it work now?

[orchid nebula]

yeah just need to resize it a bit the avatar is clipping a little

this mostly when the avatar breathes

[left gull]

you could add a breathing blendshape to the parts that're clipping and edit the breathing animation to include the new blendshape

[spark walrus]

so, im tryna make my first avi, but unity is saying it has issues. wjhat do i do to fix?

also can i upload a ss of the errors here?

[junior void]

screenshots are always good. also, for errors, you dont want to send a picture of the last ones, but rather scroll up and see the first 1-5 ones.

[mortal ibex]

Hey this might be unrelated but where can I find avatars of preexisting characters? Characters from Star Wars or TF2 would be particularly great.

[junior void]

search worlds like prismics would probably work best for that

[mortal ibex]

Okay, where do I search for worlds, very new here.

[junior void]

ingame, look for "prismics avatar search". you go there, it has a search bar where you can literally let the world filter avis for you

theres more of this kind like "yet another avatar search" - same concept

[mortal ibex]

Again very new, how do I search up worlds outside of the 25 given to you at your home?

[junior void]

you open your launch pad and go to "worlds" - from there, on the left side panel you get a bunch of options, inlcuding "search world"

[mortal ibex]

Think I got it, thank you so much.

[vernal pecan]

Is there a way to make some mesh visible for me, but invisible for others?

[ornate stump]

Toggle with IsLocal parameter.

[vernal pecan]

can you show me screenshot of how it looks?

arrow with islocal true condition?

[ornate stump]

Just follow toggle tutorial. But use IsLocal parameter instead of parameter from menu.

[ornate stump]

IsLocal is true when it's avatar is wear by you, and from other player perspective they see false.

[vernal pecan]

oh, i think i understand!!!

thanks

[plain mural]

why does my visemes not working?

[desert elk]

Do the blendshapes work when you move the sliders or do they not work at all?

[plain mural]

they now work in vrchat

[winter night]

it keeps saying I have this problem but I checked everything and it says its fine can anyone help

[plain mural]

but on other avi it ​​works

[desert elk]

so the blendshapes in general work, just not in vrc?

[plain mural]

yup

[ornate stump]

Did you rename or move any bone?

[winter night]

no I had to restart it cause I accidentally forgot to delete something but I haven't messed with anything in unity like that

[ornate stump]

So you removed something in blender and replaced the fbx file?

[winter night]

yeah it was just hair bones I had gotten told they aren't needed

and it was causing issues

[ornate stump]

Try set fbx file rig to None, apply, and change back to Humaoid.

[desert elk]

hmm, do you only have this avatar in the project?

[plain mural]

yeah

[desert elk]

do the visemes work in gesture manager? check it

if they do, your mic could be not picking up your voice in vrc
If they don't, there's some other problem. Do you have the correct mesh selected? Your face mesh is named "cube"?

[winter night]

I did that and now its saying this

oh wait I forgot to fix something nvm

thank you for the helpp

[spare thorn]

the boobs on my avatar goes thro the clothing of the avatar when i add phys bones to them and the clothing isn't moving anyone know how to fix?

[desert elk]

for the clipping, so you have a collider set up on the chest?

for the clothing not moving, where did you put the physbones in the hierarchy?

[spare thorn]

could you come in a call because i have no idea in how to explain this

[spare thorn]

.

[desert elk]

oh I misunderstood the question

your clothes aren't moving not the chest

do your clothes have their own bones?

[spare thorn]

the clothes are moving

the chest isnt

when i add phys they just go thro

[desert elk]

"the clothing isn't moving"

then my first questions go

[desert elk]

this

[spare thorn]

Yea the clothing

for the chest

[spare thorn]

no

[desert elk]

set up a collider

[spare thorn]

i have no god dang idea how to set up coliders in the right way

[junior void]

this likes to happen if you add clothing and then literally rip apart the clothings armature and parent each bone into the avi, making it a scattered mess.

[spare thorn]

yea

[junior void]

you should never do it that way

there are scripts such as vrcfury armature link which can merge the clothing armature into the base armature as soon as you hit play or upload.

with that, this wont happen

[spare thorn]

yea but i used unity to fit the clothing on the base

and just parented the skirt bones to the armiture

[spare thorn]

thats the problem because the clothing i have isnt made for the base

and i had to do it

[junior void]

there are better ways

[spare thorn]

and i do not know other ways

that is the problem'

[junior void]

the clothing likely has blendshapes. if its somewhat close enough, you can get away with using those to fit it. if that doesnt work, you will need to adapt it using blender. there is a discord called #1204506421631393913 where you could either commission someone or post this as "request free". the roles will tell you who is a verified artist to avoid you getting scammed

people will do small free adjustments to build their portfolio so why not

[spare thorn]

i do not need that type of stuff

[junior void]

well then live with physics not working right.

[spare thorn]

i just need the answer of how i can get my cloth mesh physics

[spare thorn]

you're advice is getting other people to make it for me

[junior void]

if you dont have the blender knowledge, yes

[spare thorn]

that's the whole reason im asking

[junior void]

if youre looking to do this yourself, there are plenty of video tutorials on youtube to guide you

[spare thorn]

most tutorials are either for interacting with bones or something alike

not to give clothing physics

[fleet plank]

can anyone tell me why my avatars eyes are doing this? From what i can tell my armature and descriptor are set up properly,

[junior void]

you're too hung up on the physics. lets say you add another physbone script with same settings to the base AND the clothing, so basically both will jiggle, right? in theory, this works, but isnt practical because the weight painting on each mesh dictates how much a mesh deforms/is influenced by movement of that bone. There is a 99% chance that your body and clothing is not going to match up then and it will clip simply because the clothing, like you said, isnt made for the base

so realistically, you not only need to worry about physics, the physics will be behaving differently with same settings

[hidden loom]

Hi there, my impostors generate stuck in a T-pose. Anyone know how to fix that?

[spare thorn]

that was at the very lest informative

but i still believe i can do something

[visual ferry]

Ok I’m trying to upload an avatar and it has very clean vertices and it’s not letting me upload it compared to my first one that had a butt load

This is the model if you’re curious

(Ping me if anyone replies please)

[junior void]

You will have to share more info

"it’s not letting me upload" could mean anything. are there errors? any messages in your upload screen?

[visual ferry]

I will soon in like 30mins

I’ll check

[vernal pecan]

Is there some free unity tool to edit pose in .anim files?

animation is work for me, but it's too time-consuming and not friendly

[desert elk]

Layer? Like in the menu? I don't think it's possible to add more than 8, you need to do it manually

You need to do it manually, 8 is the limit (or 7 + a sub menu with more options)

[hollow mountain]

When using toon lit it forces the tail to look like this, the tail is on it's own material, and it happens regardless of the texture and even if there's no texture applied. It happens with standard lite too, I'm very baffled as I've uploaded almost 100 avatars in my time on VRChat and I've never seen this.

It looks like this in-game on my quest 3 aswell, so it's not just a case of "Looks wonky in the project, fine in game."

@desert elk Sorry for the ping, but it appears you've been around recently and I'm a bit tired, grumpy, and just astounded at whatever this is.

Any google search just comes up with solutions for missing shaders stuffs, cause all I can really do is google something along the lines of oh no my stuff is pink in unity. Please help :<

[light charm]

those seem to be vertex colors, they can be removed in blender.

[hollow mountain]

Please explain it to me like I'm the slowest person you've met :<

[light charm]

there should be plenty of guides on the internet that explain how to remove vertex colors.

[hollow mountain]

Is there a way to do it in unity?

[desert elk]

No idea what this is, I've never had that problem. Don't ping me, I'll respond if I know the answer or anything about what could cause a problem like that

[hollow mountain]

Random post from 2014 just saved me! Gonna toss a link here incase anybody has the same issue: https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-color-attribute-on-my-vertices/116797

[ornate stump]

If you actually search in this channel you could get an answer more directly for vrchat.

[hollow mountain]

Whatcha mean? From what I can tell there's really just one solution presented from what I looked around for after I was told it was vertex color stuffs, aka blender. This thingy is purely in unity with a script or smth, and I have no idea how it works but it does so some people that don't want to use blender can use this instead.

[ornate stump]

#avatar-help message

[hollow mountain]

Ooo, neat. That would've been helpful to know before I found that old thing from 2014. I tried the blender route and then the mesh was all scrunched up when I brought it back into unity, and I got too confused with the google results to figure out that route since the avatar doesn't have a pre-made blender file.

I am a bit surprised the 2014 thing still works with how old it is tho. Also, thank you for letting me know about the questtools thing, just added it as a repository <3

[ornate stump]

The problem you describe caused by the model was unpacked in the scene which cause it to unable to update correctly.

[hollow mountain]

What are these words you speak magic man.

[balmy barn]

never unpack whoever tells you to do so , smack them

[hollow mountain]

Or woman, I don't know.

[ornate stump]

When ever you saw a word "Unpack Prefab" do not press it.

[hollow mountain]

o-o

[ornate stump]

Unless stated by instruction.

[hollow mountain]

What's that cause/what are the potential issues? o-o

[ornate stump]

I described in previous message.

[timber wharf]

breaks future imports from blender

[hollow mountain]

I just kinda, yoinked the .FBX file directly from the avatars folder, was that a nono?

[ornate stump]

That's fine when you didn't "Unpack Prefab".

[hollow mountain]

Wait so unpacking it in just the scene messes with everything?

That's.. odd. Or atleast I think it is, I'm slow.

[ornate stump]

It messes thing up after you edit and update fbx file.

[hollow mountain]

Huh, well thanks.

I'd be letting out some happy tears for y'alls help but I think that'd be unwise considering I somehow managed to burst a vessel in the same spot on both eyes o-o

[light charm]

😅😰

[hollow mountain]

Is that like, a major cause for concern or am I prolly good?

[light charm]

no idea, i'm not a doctor but it sounds scary

[hollow mountain]

I got a g-fuel energy drink, like in a can, from dollar tree for $1.25 and I think it might be the culprit, felt a bit like disoriented after drinking the damn thing too.

[light charm]

can't confirm or deny, i'd suggest talking to your doctor about it

[hollow mountain]

What's a doctor? Laughs in poor and in a state with terrible healthcare.

[granite sphinx]

can someone help please

[ornate stump]

Try using other image for avatar thumbnail.

[rain wave]

Hey could someone help me with this issue? removed most of what I can & reduced the size of the textures that I can & I'm still getting this issue. is there something I may be missing?

[arctic ginkgo]

check the logs like it says, we don't know what the error is

[rain wave]

detach the blueprint ID

[arctic ginkgo]

check the first error

detatch blueprint ID is usually a result of another error

whatever the top 🛑 error is, usually that's the main issue

[rain wave]

I believe this is the first issue at the top

[somber sequoia]

it says there are 4 errors and we can see that you can scroll up.

[dusty elm]

Hello! I just need some help with something, I made a tail wag animation and I’m trying to make it an Int parameter so it changes the wagging speed depending on the toggle, but for some reason the tail doesn’t wag when I’m trying to toggle it (it works in the animation itself along with the physics, but not as a toggle) I did activate Is Animated on the physics and added the physics after the animated bone (tail.001 has animation, tail.002 has physics)

[rain wave]

for whatever reason it decided to upload, not sure if I fixed the error but

[somber sequoia]

ha, okay

[somber sequoia]

you can put the physbone on the tail root and animate any of the bones you like, that's not a restriction

[rain wave]

ok the issue was DEF NOT fixed LMFAO unity just bugged ig

even tho it "uploaded" the avi doesn't even showup when I go to test it on quest

[rain wave]

got any idea how to fix these?

[somber sequoia]

setup your rig, verify things are in the right places

[fresh cliff]

possibly stupid question

which way should my avi be facing in Blender?

[somber sequoia]

-Y, with +Z up

[fresh cliff]

Gracias

[somber sequoia]

(it'll get converted to Unity's +Y up by the FBX exporter)

[magic tapir]

let me check

i see this

[astral nimbus]

I am having trouble pulling up my vrchat SDK control panel, when i click show panel. Nothing pops up. Does anyone have a solution for this?

[somber sequoia]

Yep, that's probably a cause of the issues you're seeing

[astral nimbus]

anything on my issue perhaps?

[somber sequoia]

er... not sure what you're asking?

[storm musk]

how do i fix these errors?

[somber sequoia]

Add those parameters to your avatar parameters list

[storm musk]

how do i do that? im not the best when it comes to untiy knowlage

[somber sequoia]

details here - you already have the menu stuff, just need to add these to the parameters list, it starts around step 2, though you probably already have a list and don't need to create it:
https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/expression-menu-and-controls

[storm musk]

thanks! :)

[rain wave]

hey Kazin, think if I sent u over my file u could fix the issues it has? I think it's like 1 or 2 thing I just can't fix even tho I did as u said

[somber sequoia]

I'm not taking commissions right now

[rain wave]

oh, I'll check it over later maybe I'll be able to fix it

[lucid rapids]

HELLO want to ask why the other side doesn't move like the other one even when i turned on the mesh symmetry in the x axis

[somber sequoia]

your mesh has to be symmetrical for this to work, and the object's origin to be at X=0

possibly in the menu, mesh -> snap to symmetry can work

[lucid rapids]

fixed tyy

[somber sequoia]

oh nice 🙂

[sullen nacelle]

anyone know how to add a particle system where you can throw 3d mesh particles from every direction from the center point (where your avatar should be)?

[arctic ginkgo]

every direction in a 3D sense or 2D sense?

like sphere vs circle

[sullen nacelle]

like in a flat circle
i dont want them going upwards or downwards

[arctic ginkgo]

okay then you need to set your shape to "circle" set the mode to "burst spread". Then in the emission tab set "rate over time" and "rate over distance" both to 0. Then you add a burst and set the count to whatever you want (how many particles you want)

[sullen nacelle]

is there a way to rotate them to be facing outwards instead of down?

[arctic ginkgo]

try setting the start rotation to "3D" and then one of the axes needs to have a value of either 90 or -90, just mess around with it to figure out which one it is

[rain wave]

how do I set that up again?

[sullen nacelle]

thanks! it did work but theyre focusing the camera, unless theres a way to fix that
other than that is there a way to make them shoot out in a spiral?

[arctic ginkgo]

go to the render section and set the render alignment to "world" or "velocity". You may have to adjust the rotation again afterwards

i'm having an issue with constraints, i have a scale constraint set up on both of my hands. There's a toggle that changes the global weight (the parameter for it is saved). If I have the toggle off when i change into the avatar, it will have the weight set that way and the toggle will have no effect. If I have the toggle on when I change into the avatar, the weight will remain set that way and toggling it off will have no effect

it seems that the weight of the constraint won't change after being set when initially loading the avatar

i could always just create proxy bones but that would just add more bones to this avatar (which has a lot) and more constraints (which it also has a lot of)

I know it's not an issue with my toggle itself because 1) it works fine in the editor using gesture manager, and 2) the toggle has other animated properties which function correctly

[somber sequoia]

there are many tutorial videos for this, I usually suggest this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwMz4WcajQ

[rain wave]

thank you, I'll check it out

[hollow bronze]

an avi ive had for over 2 years failed security check and now i cant use it..?

[light charm]

then your avatar might not be very optimized.

[rain wave]

I managed to fix most of the issues due to the video so thank you very much, this is the only remaining issue

[somber sequoia]

drag your face mesh (often body) into the slot in the avatar descriptor for visemes, I forget what it's named but it's probably obvious

that last one is an issue too, the two animators one? in most cases, you should only have one

... and 1 million triangles is a huge performance problem, though it should work. I'm betting you have a LOT of assets on here 🙂

[rain wave]

yeah... what do you think is the best way to lower them?

[somber sequoia]

look in #avatar-optimization - it depends a lot on what you have. If you use lots of outfits or props, consider splitting the avatar into multiple, one per outfit, or group by props or something.
Beyond that, delete unnecessary meshes or faces...

[rain wave]

as simple as that sounds..

[somber sequoia]

haha it's not at all simple

[somber sequoia]

If it helps, this is covered in the video I linked you

[rain wave]

says it's missing

[orchid plume]

Is there anyone I can send a .SSP file to and they can export it to PNG, JPEG, etc. for me? I don't got substance painter but I'm trying to retexture an avatar in blender and a photo editing software. Or anyone that knows a way I can convert it?

[somber sequoia]

Yes, so put the right one in there

[somber sequoia]

I'm not at my computer with Substance right now but I probably could the next time I am.
If this is the default stuff that came with the model though you probably already have the textures in Unity

[grim hedge]

Hey, is there something I'm missing about VRC Parent Constraints? I'm trying to set them up in the editor as I would a normal Unity parent constraint... but it's not working. Even when I "lock" the values they change when I activate the constraint, rather than, well, constraining the object to its parent.

When I use the exact same settings, in-editor, with a Unity parent constraint, it works fine.

[rain wave]

ya..yaaa

so like I didn't find where it was to drag it in there

[somber sequoia]

it's whatever mesh object the avatar's face is

no I can't tell you that from here

(often it's named 'Body')

[rain wave]

OHHH THATS WHY U- omg I feel stupid

[orchid plume]

I have the default textures but I need the UV I believe it's called so I can actually make my own texture instead of re-texturing one, I couldn't find one on the body in blender

[dull tartan]

Hey, wait i'm getting the exact same issue,, was about to ask about it, but I figured it out, downgrade VRCFury

[somber sequoia]

you want what, some sort of template?

You could make one in Blender, paint the various UV islands different colors or something

[gentle kernel]

I keep getting this error.

[orchid plume]

Yea, I've done textures on some avatars which have the template for the body/hair and fluff, If I remeber correctly Winterpaw's VTuber Canine had one, but when I'm trying to do juniper by FoxiPaws she doesn't have one.

[somber sequoia]

ah, ok - I work in 3D so hadn't thought of doing that.

[somber sequoia]

look for errors in the console perhaps

[gentle kernel]

oki

d4rk optimizer is causing this

[rain wave]

it shouldn't what settings do u have it on?

[gentle kernel]

i deleted it, but a youtuber was saying if i use a special shader d4rk optimizer may cause some issues

i will take a look at their other video, if i cant solve this, i will ask you again

[grim hedge]

I'm actually using an older VRCFury anyway, but I solved my own issue: Activating the constraint object in the editor with the constraint itself active will set all values based on when the script was activated. Making sure the weight was set to 0 and the active box was unchecked, and settings these back to 0 & unchecked between edits solved my issue.

[rain wave]

it might actually, it may try to "optimize that shader" which will cause u to replace it

I say disable it for shaders it should be in settings

should be the same for textures

[dull tartan]

strange,,, i only fixed it by downgrading VRCFury, huh
now i can use it like normal constraints

[rain wave]

speaking of, how do I downgrade VRCfury?

like for a certain project

[dull tartan]

are you using the CreatorCompanion? If so it's as simple as clicking on manage project, and then going to the version number dropdown

[rain wave]

so I avoid this issue lmao

[rain wave]

yup

[dull tartan]

ohh, that seems to be like

difference between desktop and quest version used

youd just have to downgrade both and reupload

[rain wave]

ohhhhh brotherrr😭

I thought that if maybe I downgraded for the quest version to match the PC version it would be fine

[barren tundra]

Uh, anyone know what might cause this to happen in Unity?

Gets worse as I rotate the eyes more. At 0 they're fine though.

[indigo compass]

Looks like the normals are messed up.
Select them in edit mode and try using Mesh->Normals->Set From Faces.
Alternatively instead "Reset vectors" in the same menu.

[idle quartz]

how do i move the camera in play mode in unity?

[somber sequoia]

same way you move any other object

[winged dirge]

https://gyazo.com/c3643469e4e47725c0cc7be47f20f939

I'm making the Slayer, but i have an issue when I look left to right it almost snaps really inorganically. I have a fake head behind thr head on the model and controlling neck and head movements using vrc rotation constraints.

[barren tundra]

Nope, does not seem to work.

[indigo compass]

Try moving the eye, has the eye mesh been duplicated?
If it isn't normals being the problem then it looks like z-fighting.

[barren tundra]

Goddamn it I had the Android version on. It was Z-Fighting with that

[indigo compass]

It happens

[idle quartz]

why do the textures and mesh disappear whenever the scene camera is moved close to the model as well as when people go close to the model in vrchat

does this all for except the hair

[quasi briar]

How can I fix this weird order of transparency using Poiyomi? I know transparency stacking is a bit weird in VRChat but I really don't want to make this two materials. Expected result vs actual result. Normals are facing the right way.

[night ember]

you would kinda need to make it separate materials

afaik it doesnt check for if its in front of itself or not

[quasi briar]

:(

[somber sequoia]

yeah - I did this recently and just gave in and used two materials

[devout berry]

Yoo, I’m starting to like making avatars from Vroid for quest but like does anyone know the best vid tut for it? Or like any steps/advice

[plush tendon]

Can someone help in the avatar i just uploaded no one can see my weapons
How do i

[somber sequoia]

make sure you have "Synced" checked on the parameters that run the weapon toggles in your avatar parameters list

[plush tendon]

how do i do that

can you sjhow me

show*

[somber sequoia]

no but you can find the parameters list under "Expressions" in your VRC Avatar Descriptor, on the root object

[plush tendon]

I turned it on in teh aniamtor tab in layers is that infe?

sorry im in a rush

[errant swan]

Does vrchat take jpg models or only fbx

Does anyone know

[somber sequoia]

no, this is not done in the animator

[somber sequoia]

jpg is not a 3D model file, it's an image file.

[plush tendon]

Under expression i do see a perameter

but its jsut that smenu ything

[somber sequoia]

Yes - open the parameters list there and check the box I said

[plush tendon]

thx

tysm

next to saved and defualt rifght

[somber sequoia]

Yeah, "synced" means other players will get the updates

[plush tendon]

Tysm

[tawny juniper]

im having this issue that when making different outfits the textures add to every base i have on there rather than just the one i want.

For instance the one on the left i only want to have the black stockings but the one on the right i want to have black and white stockings
But if i add the black and white stockings into the underware texture it updates for every model

[somber sequoia]

you'd need to make a new material. Could just copy the existing one.

[tawny juniper]

bit of a noob lmfao then what would i do

[somber sequoia]

put one material on each avatar and then you can change them indpendently

[jaunty horizon]

... what

[tawny juniper]

ahhh life saver!!

[jaunty horizon]

integer limit triangles

[somber sequoia]

check "read/write" in the first tab in the inspector for your model file (.fbx)

or scroll right and click "autofix"

[jaunty horizon]

wont let me autofix

but yeah

that fixed it.

[somber sequoia]

cool

[tawny juniper]

one more question.

im using vrcfury for a few things but when i hit autofix and then go into play mode the expressions for fist and open dont trigger the ear movements

[rapid mist]

question is it possible with unity animation controllers to control individual UV Islands so I'm not having to add a second material just to control the eyes for an avatar with 2D eyes?

[somber sequoia]

control how?

you could use a shader that does decals (like Poiyomi), put one on each eye, and then move those however you want.

[spice aurora]

Dm for better explanation

[somber sequoia]

sus ^

[rapid mist]

like having blinking be controlled by having two different bits of texture for the different states

[somber sequoia]

yeah you'd probably need decals for that or some other shader-based shenanigans

[rapid mist]

any particular reason you couldn't just post it here

[somber sequoia]

please to be explaining in public so we all may benefit from your wisdom 🙂

[pine star]

Is there a way to rename a published avatar if I don't have access to the project files?

[somber sequoia]

I think you can just put the BlueprintID into any avatar you've got and make the change but don't upload

[spice aurora]

hello

[radiant owl]

How do I add these 🙏

[spring vale]

heyyy so just wondering if anyone could help me port an avatar? my pc is having none of it 😭

[errant swan]

does anyone know how to fix the skirt?

[left gull]

Wdym by "port" ?

[left gull]

looks like some of the mesh might have its normals flipped the wrong way, double check in blender that all the faces are blue instead of red

[spring vale]

trying to get a custom avatar into the game but j genuinely have no idea how, I've tried multiple times and I genuinely don't get it

[left gull]

if you asking for someone to do the work for you commissions of any kind aren't permitted here, additonally if your also asking for that person to upload to your account that isnt allowed per the TOS iirc either

[spring vale]

oh I already I have the model, I'm just trying to get it into the game

that's what I'm struggling with

[left gull]

if you show what parts your struggling with via screenshots/screen recording someone can help here

[spring vale]

I could stream it if there's a vc here?

oh there isnt

[errant swan]

how would i find that cause i started making avtars yesterdayy

[spring vale]

I just need someone to really simplify how to do it cause I keep getting fustrated

[left gull]

in blender you'd enter edit mode (select the skirt's mesh and press tab) then look for this section at the top and choose "Face orientation"

if its red then you'll need to manually select the sections of the mesh that're red and do SHIFT+N

[left gull]

without knowing what the actual parts your struggling with nobody here can help with simplifying it

[spring vale]

I'll send a screenshot one sec

[spring vale]

it's just knowing how to upload the.model into the game

j have no idea where to start

[somber sequoia]

tutorial videos like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwMz4WcajQ

[spring vale]

will take a look

[left gull]

if you're model's still in blender you'd just need to export it as a .FBX (though make sure to delete those rotation targets and the light before hand)

[spring vale]

okidoki

[somber sequoia]

(or just don't select lights in the FBX export dialog)

[jaunty horizon]

was gona post about this but found the issue lol, i forgor to slap on legacy BlSh normals

[radiant owl]

Boostin this

[somber sequoia]

it's not at all clear what you have there from the images

[jaunty horizon]

make up.

clearly a faulty masking texture, missing alpha layers i believe.

put on alpha as transparency option in the texture, and put it in the mask.

[errant swan]

where would i find the skirts mesh?

[errant swan]

is this the mesh? or does anyone know if this is a mesh 😭

[somber sequoia]

A mesh object has an orange triangle icon.

you're selecting vertex groups, which are usually on/under a mesh object

[errant swan]

the only thing i see with a orange triangle is the entire body

is that it?

[lone flax]

are there any good cartoony and outlined shaders for avatars?

[errant swan]

does the whole body count as the skirt mesh

[jaunty horizon]

you can make some with toon and poiyomi

people dont really just share around unity packages of shaders, because why would we

[somber sequoia]

I couldn't tell you that without inspecting your model

[lone flax]

I'm not familiar with them

[somber sequoia]

poiyomi.com 🙂

[errant swan]

how do u inspect it like me taking a screen shot or giving u the model

[lone flax]

Thanks <3

[somber sequoia]

I'm not asking for your model, just saying that I can't answer your question from here.

[errant swan]

wdym? why not

[dark crater]

bumping this in case anyone can help, having trouble with placement of physbones

[somber sequoia]

because so far you haven't shown any images of use and also I'm working on my own stuff. And depending on what you have it might be hard to see from an image.

[errant swan]

wdym images of use?

[somber sequoia]

I mean you haven't shown any images that would help me answer that question, that is all.

[errant swan]

so what do u need to see to help me?

[somber sequoia]

... I didn't say I could, I was simply answering the one question you asked me directly

[errant swan]

well nvm i guess?

[somber sequoia]

uh, okay?

[errant swan]

u said you couldn't help wdym

[somber sequoia]

I'm really not sure why we're still discussing this, I have no answer for the question you asked me directly.

[errant swan]

ok

[rough night]

Could anyone help teach how to upload avatar

[worn kiln]

Check YouTube first.

[sullen nacelle]

does anyone know how to make it so when my particle of the dagger hits a surface it sticks to it instead of dissapearing?

[left gull]

like kazin said you'd need to find the orange triangle, if you provide a screenshot of what you think the triangle is we could tell you if you're right or not

its likely your model is a single whole mesh based off what you've said so far which just means you'd need to be a bit more careful when selecting which sections you're going to flip

[desert elk]

I'd make a half-heart with what what's available. After that select it and shift D (aka duplicate). And mirror it or turn it around by 180°

[wintry glacier]

I am making a humanoid avatar, Am I able to use less bones and still have the avatar function?\

My model does not have collar bones and neck bones

[lone flax]

Quick question I got a model off sketchfab and the shaders greyed out but I wanna swap it for a new one

how should i do that?

[fresh cliff]

offset rope thingy is at the tip of hips bone, is this armature looking ok

[worldly nebula]

hey how do i get a like the same clothes model as mando?

[lone flax]

ItsMando?

[worldly nebula]

yh

[lone flax]

you don't

[worldly nebula]

oh? i had an avatr made for me with the mandos stuff

[lone flax]

he made them himself, or it was my friend geap who made it for him not sure

[lone flax]

It's ripped then

[worldly nebula]

oh do u know where to find a spiderman model because im trying to make one myself

i havent done it before

[lone flax]

You need to buy one of the spiderlair gumroad

[worldly nebula]

whats that

[lone flax]

$30 or smth

[plush gate]

My Avatar doesn't appear as large as it should be

[lone flax]

https://thelairshop.gumroad.com

[worldly nebula]

is there any spiderman avatar i can get for free

[fringe vine]

hi, variables created within the animator controller can be used even if they are not in the avatar's expression parameter...

but does this make the avatar heavy??

can I create several INT variables that will be used locally only within the AnimatorController and this will not affect the avatar?

or this will make the avatar heavy, even though it doesn't take up space in the memory of my expression menu...

[lone flax]

nope, lair ones are the only good ones

[worldly nebula]

oh what are the bad ones?

[lone flax]

idk, never had to use em before

[worldly nebula]

is anyone i use like illegal or anything?

[lone flax]

if it's ripped you might be banned from the spiderlair world and discord

[worldly nebula]

oh

so if i buy the model will i be able to use it more than once

[rough night]

I did

[lone flax]

no way you just asked that😭🙏

YES, you payed for it

[plush gate]

anyone?

[worldly nebula]

ok cool can i edit like the lenses on the avatar

[lone flax]

You can get some free ones on like gumroad (not by the spider lair)

[plush gate]

ANYONE?

[worldly nebula]

ok are thy able to ban u from the spiderlair?

[lone flax]

bro shut up, we're yapping over here also I can't help you

sorry

[lone flax]

for what?

[plush gate]

okay sorry, Where can I get help

[lone flax]

I'll dm you

[worldly nebula]

maybe go into blender and select it all and enlarge it?

[lone flax]

no you won't be banned for that

unless you make it like nsfw or smth

[worldly nebula]

ok and one last question sort off how do i do goloco and get clothes on my avatar

[worn kiln]

Time to learn more with https://canary.discord.com/channels/189511567539306508/1139228456090087495 and find out where you stuck in specific afterwards.

[somber sequoia]

you can't edit embedded materials - you need to make a new one (or extract the one there), then you can do whatever with it.

[lone flax]

Just go on youtube can't help with that sorry, gogoloco you can get off the website then drag the unity package into you're assets folder and then drag the gogoloco into your hierarchy

[lone flax]

How do I do that?

[somber sequoia]

in Unity's create menu somewhere is "material". then drag it into the material slot on the mesh renderer

[lone flax]

Alright I got it, thanks <3

[somber sequoia]

(and obviously do whatever cool things you want with the material)

[lone flax]

awesome sause

[worldly nebula]

where can i find clothes models for my avatars

[somber sequoia]

gumroad, booth, jinxxy, possibly the avatar creator's discord

[wide swan]

hi, the audio source for the voice of my avatar, so just my voice, will sometimes be over the head of my avatar else of being in my head and while it can be fixed by hiding it showing back the avatar well
its not supposed to happen

[fresh cliff]

in pose mode, armature does not move with the mesh. what do i need to do

[somber sequoia]

armature modifier on the mesh and weight paint

[spice aurora]

hello

[fresh cliff]

hello

[random sphinx]

wth this came like this

how to fix

[worldly nebula]

hey guys idk what channel to sau this but there is a 23 yo guy talking to a 10 yo and its nood family friendly

[somber sequoia]

#discord-tickets maybe? definite not an avatar development issue

[clear ruin]

Is anyone able to quickly help me with an emmission issue? When i will change the Emmission color but when i go into play mode it reverts to the previous color.... and i cant figure it out at all....

[somber sequoia]

got an animation overriding it?

[clear ruin]

idk

i dont think

its jsut an emmission to add audio link

i havent had this issue before and cant find a solution anywhere

[solemn hound]

How do i see the blendshapes ?

[somber sequoia]

in what, blender or unity or?

[somber sequoia]

well it shouldn't turn off unless something is turning it off, perhaps there's a material swap animation?

[solemn hound]

unity

[clear ruin]

Unity

[clear ruin]

There is no matrerial swap annimation... i can show you.... this is super weird

[somber sequoia]

They're on a mesh object in the Skinned Mesh Renderer component

[round comet]

curious, is there a more streamlined way to select edges for dissolving them. Using Alt + Shift rn

[dusty matrix]

im adding jeff the shark to my avi's head. i want his whole body to jiggle but i can only make the tail and fins move. i tried adding a physbone to his root but it didnt do anything. anyone know a way to make him move?

[round comet]

your shaders are so cute wtf

[somber sequoia]

not really

[round comet]

ahh bummer

[dusty matrix]

thank youuu! the avi is luna snows new skin i love itt

[round comet]

it is what it is then

ooo cool!!

[solemn hound]

where exactly sorry

[somber sequoia]

... under BlendShapes?

[solemn hound]

i'm dumb sorry lol

[somber sequoia]

no worries 🙂

looks like that's on your texture itself, possibly the UV islands got moved

you'd have to figure out what it actually is first 🙂 But if you don't know about UV maps, that's a good place to start

it's a deep one

[hollow mountain]

What's this and how do I fix it? ;w;

I have a substance file and a .psd. The substance file is completely missing the blush and anything transparent so I'm forced to use the PSD, when I export as a png it does this for some reason ;w;

[queen nimbus]

Is it possible that my hair doesn't go through my back, but rather lies on it?

[hollow mountain]

If your hair has physbones I think you can just add a physbones collider to the chest and make it line up?

[queen nimbus]

I think the hair has to have some. hmm collider, I'll see what I can find. I haven't dealt with physics bones yet, ty

[hollow moon]

I love the heterochromia eyes on your avi

[hollow mountain]

I'm just hoping someone can help me with this :<

[somber sequoia]

what "this" are you referring to exactly?

[hollow mountain]

The odd lines.

I looked a bit closer and realized it's along the edges of the UV, still not sure what exactly it is ;w;

[somber sequoia]

ahh. Yeah when you use a tool like Substance, it "colors over the lines", possibly your photoshop export didn't do that. So you'll need to basically overspray a bit

(I know nothing about Photoshop that isn't from 1999)

[arctic ginkgo]

i feel like the imposter settings just straight up don't work..

i tried using "ignore transforms" and it ended up showing what i was trying to hide..

and every single time i've tried "reparent here" it causes generation to fail

if imposters took constraints into account while generating them it would make things a lot easier

[hollow mountain]

I tried that on a peice and it didn't work, but I found a very, uh, janky solution.

I added the file (file1) that had the blush and transparent bits to substance, made a fill layer and put file1 as the base color so it covered the avatar. Then I used a black mask to make it overwrite only the bits I wanted it to, which should keep the substance niceness of no weird lines and gimme my damn blushies

Haven't exported it yet so fingers crossed

[somber sequoia]

yeah I'd do this in Substance for sure

[hollow mountain]

I'm tired, do you mean "This is something I'd do too." or "If I were you I would've ___"

[somber sequoia]

if I were doing this, I'd be using Substance.