avatar-help

[somber sequoia]

Add another transition and use IsLocal

[cursive ferry]

i need help, these are for two different avis and idk what to do

[somber sequoia]

wow that first one sure is something

[cursive ferry]

😭

[somber sequoia]

the second one "missing script" means you didn't install some prerequisite package. Check the avatar creator's documentation

[cursive ferry]

what do i do with the 1st one

[somber sequoia]

a LOT of optimization work?

for the specific error, open the avatar's menu parameters and find some that you can remove or uncheck "synced", which would mean other players won't see its effects.

probably this really means install fewer add-ons

[cursive ferry]

i think the avi did just get released, the second one idk

[somber sequoia]

that's a pre-built avatar, you didn't set that up yourself?

[cursive ferry]

??

[somber sequoia]

I mean, you bought it like that?

[cursive ferry]

ya

[somber sequoia]

huh

[cursive ferry]

i just bought it

[frail badger]

there has got to be a better way to prevent hair from clipping into my face

[steel kettle]

genuine question can you take models from like mobile games like the files and put them into vrc/unity

[somber sequoia]

possibly

[frail badger]

youd have to look into asset ripping for that game, people rip assets all the time

[steel kettle]

oh alr

ty

[cursive ferry]

i added poni and these are the errors

[somber sequoia]

still have a missing script

[cursive ferry]

?

[ornate stump]

It's quiet clear that what you added wasn't the one reported on the error.

[left gull]

based off the script names you're either missing a NSFW script or a Haptic suit script

if this is a purchased model check if the model came with instructions in a .TXT file or if there was something in the pages description/download section

[glad laurel]

I can't create my avatars because it says my user doesn't have permission

Help?

[cursive ferry]

??

[cursive ferry]

if your vrc acc is new you would have to play for a couple days and have alot of hours to be able to upload stuff

[dapper hatch]

So my gf had recently downloaded an avatar, normally she can upload just fine, but this one is causing her some trouble. First for some reason there was no walk animation. After a few hours of fiddling it looked like it was working. Bad news some of other functions don't work and when she crouches she sinks into the ground

The reason why I'm asking is she is at her wits end and is ready to John Wick me with a pencil

[cursive ferry]

lol

sorry but thats funny

[dapper hatch]

It's ok I like to add humor to some things

[cursive ferry]

i needed a laugh bro

[left gull]

Middle manning makes avatar assistance difficult so id suggest getting your GF to come in here and ask for help themselves, also getting them to provide screenshots of the setup/screencaps of the issue happening would help

[uncut lotus]

Tryna make this avatar where its mainly the head, and hand that stick with the avatar. Would I technically be able to rig it like this?

I meant that you actually use, or stick to the armature not avatar

[dapper hatch]

Yea. I'll let her cool down a bit and send her this way.

[somber sequoia]

sure, you don't have to have bones actually attached to mesh

[uncut lotus]

Oh, alright thanks

[stuck glade]

can anyone help me with a regulus edit? (the avatar base)

[desert elk]

what kind of help do you need?

[stuck glade]

so i wanna replace the ears, i needed to manually get rid of them in blender

did that

but im not sure how to replace the fbx, if that makes sense

[somber sequoia]

export it, overwrite the old one. make sure you use the same scaling settings as before, probably set "apply scalings" to "FBX All". And turn off leaf bones under "armature".
If you didn't unpack the avatar prefab, this'll work fine.

[cursive ferry]

how would i add gogo to a avi-

[somber sequoia]

the creator provides installation instructions

[cursive ferry]

huh

what if the creator didnt have gogo on the avi

[somber sequoia]

no, the creator of gogo loco

[stuck glade]

kinda lost here, am i overriding the original fbx??

[somber sequoia]

it's what I do, yep. make backups of course.

[stuck glade]

okay so i should be okay then

[ornate stump]

You would have to read instruction in the page where you download gogoloco.

[frail badger]

why do i see the back of my head when i walk and stick out of the floor when i crawl

[night ember]

Probably didnt rig the avatar

[frail badger]

i.....most certainly did

[night ember]

Then that wouldnt happen

[frail badger]

i dont think that's 100% true

everything looks fine when i walk around looking directly foward

the moment i look down i see the back of my head

[somber sequoia]

viewpoint in the right place?

[night ember]

That or the rig isnt set up correctly

[frail badger]

my spine/chest/hip/headbones are all in a perfectly vertical line

[stuck glade]

nope its stuck in a Apose :[

[night ember]

Usually vrchat will just shrink your headbone locally to 0

[night ember]

Rig it as humanoid

[stuck glade]

uhhh how do i do that again ^_^''

[night ember]

Fbx's inspector settings

Click on fbx in the assets folder and it pops up the settings for it in the inspector tab

[stuck glade]

do i need to delete the avatar in the scene or will it just update

[night ember]

Update

[stuck glade]

it works but im assuming i need to add the clothes back cuz they aint followin lol

[night ember]

I mean yea

Just add them in blender

[stuck glade]

sorry im really used to working with the mayu base, usualy i just kinda drag and drop and clothing item and it works

im struggling to get the clothes working now xD

[ornate stump]

Because some cloths are preconfigure with modular avatar which let you just drag and drop into your avatar. Otherwise, you will have to manually set it up.

[stuck glade]

how would i uh do that then, i dont mind doing it manually, just not sure what to do here

[ornate stump]

https://modular-avatar.nadena.dev/docs/tutorials/clothing

[stuck glade]

thanks!

[uncut lotus]

Think ma boi is stuck in like, a T-pose esk thing, cause the arms are still floating?

[stuck glade]

yusss its working fine now, now i can actually start texturing lol

[frail badger]

how do you make a particle system visible in a mirror

[somber sequoia]

use a two-sided shader

i.e. turn off back-face culling

mirrors see the back side of billboard particles

[frail badger]

its not letting me select a different shader outside the default

do i need to change the kind of particle emitted?

[somber sequoia]

no, maybe you're using a read-only material

[uncut lotus]

Wait, so the warming says Its not hummanoid model, when I chose that?

[somber sequoia]

choose what?

[uncut lotus]

Hummanoid rig

[somber sequoia]

yeah you have to manually map the required bones, it's not going to find them if they aren't weight painted

[uncut lotus]

Also, I keep enforcing T-Pose, but it it just goes back

[somber sequoia]

fix the bone mapping first

[uncut lotus]

The thing is that it has the bones its supposed too

[somber sequoia]

the image there ^ does not have them assigned

[uncut lotus]

Like, head, and hand were the ones that mattered

[somber sequoia]

you must assign legs down to feet if you want it to be considered humanoid

[uncut lotus]

Oh oh ok

thanks

[somber sequoia]

if this is for vrchat you don't need those hip bones

[hoary moon]

Ah, good to know, thanks.

[somber sequoia]

have fun with the digitgrade setup too 🙂

[hoary moon]

ikr, I love making things fun for myself. Also, when I try to delete them it just deletes the whole rig

[somber sequoia]

go into armature edit mode, there you'll be able to select individual bones

[hoary moon]

Ah, thank you!

So, Ive managed to figure out how to work Unity, but I have no idea how im supposed to find the SDK3 or whatever, cause apparently I need that.

[somber sequoia]

https://vcc.docs.vrchat.com/

[desert elk]

that's included in VCC

yeah, read the docs

[hoary moon]

How would I go about adding an Animator?

Im not sure if im just big dum dum or blind

[somber sequoia]

usually you get one automatically once you've done the humanoid rig setup

[hoary moon]

Im too tired for youtube to be giving me all sorts of mixed messages, Ill start with something simpler when I get the chance cause thats smarter 💀

Thank yall though

[timid kite]

heart particles are tinier up close and bigger when far away. how do i make them just one size no matter how far away you are from me in game?

[somber sequoia]

see those "size over lifetime" and "size over distance"? change or disable those

[timid kite]

i dont see size over distance in there. but i have size over lifetime so that it makes different size hearts i havent found another way of doing that

[somber sequoia]

ah sorry, "speed"

but it's probably the lifetime thing, if they're moving away from the emitter

[timid kite]

is there another way of making hearts random sizes or getting bigger the higher they go other than size by lifetime?

[somber sequoia]

random is easy, just change any number value to a "random between two values" thing instead

so probably the initial size one

[timid kite]

this?

[somber sequoia]

yeah

[timid kite]

that worked ill test if it still changes in game by distance ty xx

[proud otter]

Hey just wondering has anyone ever came across this issues before I'm trying to upload an avi but when checking the toggles they won't work would that be an animator issue that i'll have to go in and fix?

[junior void]

Could be animation paths, animation logic or parameter issues

[proud otter]

How would I go about fixing it if it was a parameter issue? It's been a while since I uploaded an avi

[junior void]

You should first confirm it is that. You can see all parameters and the states of your animators when in play mode if you use a play simulator tool like gesture manager

[proud otter]

Was doing that as we speak I can't even click on the toggles at all

Even the facial expressions wont work as well

[junior void]

did you lock the inspector window by chance

[proud otter]

Nope

[junior void]

in that case youd have to show what youre doing - probably a simple thing i cant recall but will see quickly

[proud otter]

I can add you and do a call to share my screen with you since i think it'll be easer so you can see everything

[junior void]

i rather not

[proud otter]

Ok and I think i found the problem after looking at the pathways you mentioned

[heavy zephyr]

In the renderer module at the bottom, set the min size to be the same as max size

[frail temple]

Anyone have any good guides on how to make a low poly ish hand?

[sharp oasis]

Quick clarification question.
Tranition Duration in animations is how long it takes to travel along the transition arrow line right?
Meaning if I have a condition which is gestureweight 1 (aka trigger pull) to grab, and the same trigger pull to put down, if I put some transition duration it won't brrr back and forth?

duration 0 will bounce back and forth within one trigger pull because irl finger is slow, but adding a second or two transition duration will avoid that right?

or is it recommended to have a midway animation-less state that waits untill the trigger has been let go?

[heavy zephyr]

Could do that yes, transition duration also blends the animations together like a blendtree would for that duration

[long lava]

Helloooo! I have asked in a lot of places and I'm running out of hope, I don't know if it's the right place to ask that but eeh
I have made an avatar with multiple parts which I have then joined into a single object, but when I create weight paint using the automatic paint thingy, It either take one object, or the other, even though they are a single object. I have no clue how to fix that other than manually weight painting, and i suck at it and it's ugly helppp aaaa ;-;

[junior void]

you shouldnt rely on automatic weights in the first place

[long lava]

uguhghhugh

this is clearly the worst part of 3d modeling

w e l p
if there are no other solution than doing it manually

time to suffer for the next 6 hours

[mossy jacinth]

hot take but its actually less painful without automatic weights

you wont have to fix a million weights in the wrong places

[tranquil crypt]

avatar hands dont have restrictions when they dont have arm right?

[ornate stump]

It still has invisible arm bone regardless.

[tranquil crypt]

so is there a way to have infinite range hands

[ornate stump]

Nope.

[tranquil crypt]

there should be way to map avatar parts to tracking data then

[ornate stump]

There isn't.

[tranquil crypt]

whats the position and rotation of trackingdata relative to wrist

when in range

[somber sequoia]

well you can make a second hand and move that wherever, using rotation constraints to make it copy the real humanoid bones

[round osprey]

why is it tinted blue

[ornate stump]

Shader you used?

[round osprey]

poiyomi pro

[ornate stump]

Then there are lot of reason why it's blue. You would have to try disabing each of poiyomi shader feature and find out what made it blue.

[round osprey]

well i did that and it didnt tell me why its blue thats the thing

[ornate stump]

If you disabled one and it stopped being blue, then that's the one.

[round osprey]

it never stopped being blue

[ornate stump]

Then you check the base color.

[round osprey]

also did that, thats not what was causing it either

its doing it on all the versions of the avatar not just the one im trying to upload

[ornate stump]

Then check scene lighting.

[round osprey]

also did that

wasnt the issue either unfortunately

[ornate stump]

If you created a cube, what color it is?

[round osprey]

white

[ornate stump]

What does the avatar look like if you change its shader to something else?

[round osprey]

im gonna try uploading it anyway, it might just be unity bugging cause its also having other bugs that never happened before, cause It was working fine 10 minutes ago but all of a sudden it turned everything blue (i never even touched textures on the avatar except shaders which worked fine at the start)

[round osprey]

it was indeed just unity

its not blue ingame

[timid kite]

when i move hip dips in blender something moves, but when i put physbones on hip dips in unity nothing happens. why?

[desert elk]

you need to mess with the endpoint settings in unity

because your hip dips are only one bone so they won't be affected

[timid kite]

i dont have endpoint bone for hipdips

[desert elk]

physbone settings

the top

it's there

[rancid spruce]

yeah i noticed this as well just now

completely unable to preview changes in play mode on the latest sdk

[inland seal]

Why the bones wont get displayed even though I have them?

[desert elk]

do you have gizmos turned on?

[inland seal]

a?

wha?

[desert elk]

this icon

top right

of the scene view

[inland seal]

yes

its on

Dont you see a small white line?

Thats the bone ;D

[desert elk]

"Why the bones wont get displayed even though I have them?"
i admit i didn't look at the photo, just read the message

[inland seal]

so ;D

Do yk whats the problem

[rancid spruce]

you're saying you can't see the gizmo when selecting a bone?

make sure you actually have a gizmo selected in the top left

[inland seal]

.-.

I put Phys bones

and the bones are visible

but only one

Nothing else

It shows only the smallest bone

When I want it to show all of the bones

[rancid spruce]

oh, you have multiple children

set multi child type to average probably

[inland seal]

It shows only one bone still

[somber sequoia]

This is correct, Unity doesn't care about the length of a bone

if you increase the endpoint position value, it'll basically add a leaf bone and then you can see that second one.

[rancid anvil]

anyone know how to fix these errors just made a new project with vcc and got these

[inland seal]

soo, what do I do?

I just put add leaf bones in export?

[somber sequoia]

... what I said

[inland seal]

You tell me to put endpoint but you dont tell me where its located

[somber sequoia]

physbone component, which I assumed is what you are playing with here already

[inland seal]

ok

[somber sequoia]

increase the Y value to say .1 and see what that looks like

[inland seal]

works

Thx

[gusty perch]

(Mute random discussion in the background) I can't preview recent component changes while on play mode making it impossible to know how it will look like until I exit play mode and go back in with the changes

[junior oracle]

Someone told me I might be able to get some help asking here instead so here's my issue:

There's an issue where, for example, my avatar's hands are perfectly fine for me; I can see my fingers wiggle as normal (I use Index Controllers) but majority of other users, they just see my hands stuck in a "Claw" pose and do not see my fingers wiggling or anything. The only way to "fix" this currently is by them hiding and re-showing my avatar - and this is only temporary as it usually becomes claw hands later on again even within the same instance. This isn't happening to just me either, I've talked to a bunch of others who have had this same issue and we don't know what's causing it.

[rancid spruce]

yeah it's been reported here: https://feedback.vrchat.com/sdk-bug-reports/p/380-physbone-immobile-no-longer-updates-when-adjusted-in-play-mode

make sure to give it an upvote

[fiery crest]

Can someone suggest a yt video that can show me how to put these clothes onto this armature? The clothes armature is humanoid and needs the rig from the base body to match properly. No CATS pls

Alternatively if someone doesn't mind showing me in dms or call I would not be opposed

[somber sequoia]

I just did too

it's not likely you'll find a video that specific, more likely you'll find generic tutorials and have to adapt.

[fleet sigil]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone can help me with this issue. when my arms go below a certain point in this particular avatar they start to spaz and glitch. I've tried adjusting my height, arm length, recalibrating, uploading a separate version without any addons/assets and still no luck. (also sorry for the bad video)

[fiery crest]

Yeah I've been trying to search and hop around but everyone uses CATS which I can't add to my blender for some reason

[rancid spruce]

cats hasn't really been updated for the latest blender versions

[somber sequoia]

I don't use cats for this either, but if you want to, get this: https://catsblenderplugin.xyz/

[rancid spruce]

but yeah with the unofficial fork you should be able to get it on the latest blender, works fine for me

[rancid spruce]

but to answer your question, just select the two armatures and hit ctrl + j, you'll probably need to merge the bones yourself though.

[fiery crest]

Have you tried giving the avi to someone else temporarily to see if it's an issue they're experiencing as well? It'll help diagnose the problem

[fiery crest]

okee thank you

[rancid spruce]

do look into the unofficial cats fork though, it makes your life easier

[fleet sigil]

Yes, I tried getting them to take a look and it seems that its an issue with the actual avatar.

[somber sequoia]

I wouldn't join armatures either really. I'd rename the clothing's bones to match the avatar's bones, then just switch the clothing's armature modifier to point at the avatar's armature.
Obviously you may have to reshape and re-weight. Really depends on the clothing.

[fiery crest]

Oookay I'll have to poke someone about that, luckily I'm using rebust weight transfer to repaint things for me and the clothes are already fitted to the base body, I just need to figure out the armature

[somber sequoia]

yeah that gets pretty close

but if the clothes are already fitted, then you don't need it at all

simply change the clothing's armature modifier to point at the avatar's armature, and drag the clothing to be a child of the avatar's armature. Done.

[fiery crest]

Alrighty thank you

[gusty perch]

Ye noticed that every time I created a new project it was setting my sdk manager to an slightly older version giving me the prompt to update 3.8.0 as long as you don't update it it should be good

[young bear]

Does anyone know where i can find/buy the coffeetaunts package? i've seen it on a lot of different avatars but for some reason I can't find any mentions of it online. There is one version but it doesn't seem to be the correct version (V3 has completely different formatting and only has fortnite emotes). This is the version i'm looking for.

[fiery crest]

Are you free to walk me through it in a call? I'm really at a loss

[somber sequoia]

I'm not, sorry

[fiery crest]

That's fine, thank you for the response

[vernal quarry]

I'm trying to add face tracking to an avatar, and all the tutorials I've found adds this package to their project. but when I try adding it it won't import. any tips?

[timid kite]

any good booty physbone settings please?

[proper storm]

The default one

Lol

Too much for the crazy ones...

[somber sequoia]

what does "won't import" mean?

[timid kite]

still looking for good booty physbone settings, thank you ❤️

[fleet sigil]

Hey guys I didn't think my last message was well worded so I'm putting it in again. I uploaded this premade avatar and it all went smoothly but when in game the arms can spaz and glitch out when lowering them or moving them too fast. I've tried doing a lot of things such as reuploading, changing height, changing arm ratio, having others test it and all. nothing seems to work but was told that people here might be able to help. Thanks

[vernal quarry]

The package won't import into the project. It won't let me select the folders underneath adjerry91.vrcft.templates (see the image above) for some reason

[somber sequoia]

anything that you can't check in that window is in your project already

still, "won't import" doesn't tell us anything, are there errors?

[vernal quarry]

i get these errors when clicking import

[fringe lava]

trying to get a clothing set i designed in marvelous designer retopologized and imported into unity. does anybody here have experience>

[somber sequoia]

that seems like an issue with creating the directory. I don't know Windows, can't help here.

[vernal quarry]

aight

[dull sable]

i need help with gogo beyond as far as the flying. mine keeps being a hit or a miss compared to other avis with beyond

[desert elk]

are you installing it manually or with vrcf?

[long lava]

Hello! It may be a very dumb issue, hopefully easy to fix... I have have some shape keys for blinking and mouth movements, but none of them appears in Unity, as only -none- is available. Did I do something wrong?

[somber sequoia]

Did you just export the model from blender?

Do you have an un-applied mesh modifier? That'll prevent shapekeys from being present on export

[boreal phoenix]

changing the body shader from poiyomi to Vrchat/Mobile/Toon Lit breaks the body, but nothing else, and makes it black

[somber sequoia]

probably it's due to vertex colors, you'd need to remove those in blender or maybe with vrc quest tools

[arctic ginkgo]

do you have physbones on any humanoid transforms?

[fleet sigil]

I'm not sure what you mean by humanoid transforms sorry.. im new to all of thiskinda

but if i think i understand what you're saying, i have on my avatar

[timber wharf]

@fleet sigil basic humanoid bones like spine, arms, legs, head. physbones can go only on additional bones

[fleet sigil]

ahhhhhh ok gotcha, yea i belive i do have physbones

[spark geyser]

I don't know how to get someone to Make me and avatar cause I've had people msg me on tik tok and realised they will probably scam me I'm not sure who to trust

[somber meadow]

Use the VRCTraders Discord, #1204506421631393913 message

It's a highly locked down community that vets the commissioners before allowing them to sell

[still shuttle]

I'm a verified avatar tech in the vrc traders discord server
depending on what kinda avatar you are looking for I may be able to do it for you or point you in the right direction :D

[spark geyser]

May we msg?

[still shuttle]

Ofc!

[flat wraith]

ive always had issues with this and ignored it an gave up but i cant this time anyone know what this issue is and how to fix it? error translated - ||LOG]: Asset check started
[WARNING]: DynamicBone component does not exist. Please import if you use DynamicBone.
[WARNING]: DynamicBoneColliderBase component does not exist. Please import if you use DynamicBone.
[WARNING]: DynamicBoneCollider component does not exist. Please import if you use DynamicBone.
[LOG]: Asset check completed
[LOG]: Data check started
[LOG]: Base model check started
[ERROR]: Manuka Soft Sym is not model data.||

[compact dust]

maybe because dynamic bones are not used anymore

[flat wraith]

when it did work i wasnt using dynamic bones it sometimes works and sometimes doesnt i just think the assembler supports dynamic bones

[compact dust]

should switch to physbones

or use the sdk tool that switches them, i think its under SDK -> Utilities

[somber meadow]

Avatar Assembler is really outdated, use VRCFury or Modular Avatar

[compact dust]

idek what avatar assembler is

[flat wraith]

https://booth.pm/en/items/1564788

[flat wraith]

i use vrcfury but i dont know how to use the assembler on it ill go try modular avatar rn

[flat wraith]

and ill go try to too

[somber meadow]

https://vrcfury.com/tutorials/linking-clothes

[flat wraith]

the main issue wasnt the dynamic bones the error stopping it from merging was "[ERROR]: Manuka Soft Sym is not model data.
"

[flat wraith]

TY

since its booth everything is seperated and i dont know if vrc fury would work

[somber meadow]

Your screenshot is the proper setup

[flat wraith]

oh

🤦‍♀️

i thought i was doing something wrong it looked like i was

[ripe pond]

Should I be consern about this

[tropic parcel]

Running into an issue where I can't grab physbones correctly because Unity thinks they're in a different location than where they're displayed

[ripe pond]

how to i fix this

[silk kelp]

for the vrc phys bone collider, plane shape, is it double sided or only on the side the line sticks out on or the opposite?

[ripe pond]

it just a mesh but I seam to be uneable to attach it to the rig

[ornate stump]

You have to link armature

[ornate stump]

You think one side is air, while another side is solid ground. Physbone will get pushed to the air side.

[ripe pond]

this is after I link the armature

[ornate stump]

What did you use for linking?

[ripe pond]

animator component

[ornate stump]

Are you sure about that? That isn't how it work though.

[ripe pond]

Truth be told I have abslootly no clue what I'm doing

[ornate stump]

Then that's a serious misunderstanding. Animator component isn't for armature linking.

[ripe pond]

then which componet is it taht use for linking btw I also have Marge avatar installl and used as well

[ornate stump]

https://vrcfury.com/tutorials/linking-clothes

[ornate stump]

What even is Merge Avatar?

[ripe pond]

sry I misrememebr it Modular Avatar

[ornate stump]

It has a component called "Merge Armature".

[ripe pond]

Which I use but still uneable to properly link it...

[ornate stump]

That likely mean you didn't configure it correctly.

[ripe pond]

I think that the case but confusing part is it partialy working tldr it have 2 pices and the pant work but not the cloth dispite share same amature

[ornate stump]

Then check the cloth itself whether it moves along with its armature or not.

[ripe pond]

how do I do that?

[ornate stump]

Just try moving cloth hip bone in editing scene.

[ripe pond]

I'm not quite sure how to do that

[ornate stump]

Just use move tool to move the bone object.

[ripe pond]

well it move and follow

[ornate stump]

You move hip bone?

[ripe pond]

yes

along with rotate it as well

[ornate stump]

Try clicking on rename bone to match with base armature and test again.

[ripe pond]

does it matter if some bone are missing from the avatar map mainly upper chest?

[ornate stump]

That might be a problem.

If your cloth isn't made for your avatar model, you're likely going to have clipping problem too.

[ripe pond]

well that explain the z-clip at the face

[long lava]

Oh!
Thank you!!!

[silk kelp]

yeah well which side is which? I can't find a good answer through google search

also does anyone know how to use liltoon Mat cap so that it doesnt stretch and deform the matcap texture?

[ripe pond]

welp found the probem the bone map are difference which mean I have to reoptimize the cloth again yeay...

[ornate stump]

You see the green line extruding out from a square, that indicates the surface normal.

[ornate stump]

matcap texture would deform in some way because surface isn't a perfectly round sphere.

[ripe pond]

Am I set teh rotation correct?

[somber meadow]

all bones are different, does it look good in the previews

[ripe pond]

look fine except teh probem that I'm abit diselecti and can't seam to figure which is Left which is right

[somber meadow]

it's towards the avatar's left. from it's perspective

[ripe pond]

thank

[grave silo]

Does anybody knwo why my avatar doesnt have any animation for when he idles, walks, or does anything. He just T-poses. Side note its my first ever avatar ive tried making so its probably a very simple mistake

[timber wharf]

you forgor to set is as humanoid in model import settings

[eternal thicket]

Does anybody know why Viseme parameter stuck at 0?
I tested the avatar with gesture manager and viseme works as intended. but on vrchat it's just stuck at 0, if I switch to my other avatar it works normally again (So it's not my mic problem)

[ornate stump]

Did you check the parameter from debug menu?

[eternal thicket]

yes, it's stuck at 0

I've made lots of avatar this is the second time it happens and I still don't know what the problem is ;-;

[ornate stump]

I had never seen this issue before.

[eternal thicket]

here you see the Voice is registered normally, but Viseme stuck at 0 no matter what I say

If I switch avatar, it works normally

[ornate stump]

Yes. That isn't normal. You might have to try to replicate this issue with other avatar, so we can at least identify what the root cause is.

So, instead of trying to fix, it's better to try to figure out how to create this issue instead.

[eternal thicket]

hmm I tried another thing which is just straight up uploading the FBX with the viseme setup in avatar descriptor as usual, no menus, no parameters, no playable layers
but the mouth still isn't moving
so that means none of the toggle / vrcfury is causing it

In the same project I have another avatar fully setup. and that one works
could it be the FBX that has the issue?

[ornate stump]

If you narrowed down any other factor and only one left is the FBX then it is.

[eternal thicket]

but why would an FBX affects parameters being stuck? it's so weird
and what did I do wrong with the fbx then? I've exported and imported them like any other avatar I've done previously

[ornate stump]

No idea. Do you really certain it's the fbx file?

[eternal thicket]

actually I don't, but idk what else to check since uploading the fbx itself without anything setup other than the viseme also doesnt work ;-;
I was planning to add stuff 1 by 1 to check at what point the viseme stops working

[burnt plank]

can anyone tell me how to use pcss lightning

[ornate stump]

You should read instructions in their store page.

[soft estuary]

bit confused here on how to fix this
I can still upload it just fine, but it wont let me activate play mode, anyway to fix it?

[ornate stump]

See errors in console panel.

[soft estuary]

these are the errors

[ornate stump]

Did you import the lilCustom CameraMirror? If not and you don't use it, you can remove that folder.

[soft estuary]

from the looks of it, it installed with the unity package

[ornate stump]

It's more the matter of "which unitypackage". If it included in avatar package then just remove it.

[soft estuary]

that worked!
Thanks a ton dude! ^^

[somber sequoia]

This one gets me once in a while too.

[tepid oyster]

How do I fix these?? especially the first one (first time uploading)

[somber sequoia]

watch a video on doing quest content - the first one you need to pick only quest-compatible shaders. For the rest, there might be clues in #quest-optimization

[vocal ember]

hello its the first time i'm making an avatar and i'm having a few issues , 1) I put the view position in between the eyes but for some reason in vr chat i'm not looking straight its either in 3rd person view or sometimes coming out of the shoulder

2. The default vr chat animations don't activate (like walking animation for example)

let me know if you need any screenshots

[somber sequoia]

is your avatar not using a humanoid rig?

[vocal ember]

no its using a humanoid rig

[tepid oyster]

Genuinely trying to understand how to do the first part 0 ^0

[somber sequoia]

for each material, at the top of it is a dropdown where you can select the shader, it says "Standard" now. Pick a compatible one, the error tells you where they are.
This should be in most of the tutorial videos too.

[grave silo]

Im a bit confused by that because i have the rig set to humanoid. Is there a different area to set that to?

[desert elk]

set it to generic, apply, set to humanoid again

could be just glitched

and make sure the bones are mapped correctly in the configure menu

[grave silo]

what should it look like correctly configured?

[desert elk]

chest on the chest, spine on the spine, etc

[grave silo]

can i show you what it looks like in configure because evrything is green and where it should be i think

[ornate stump]

Like why not? If you're unsure then send screenshot.

[ornate stump]

Read the red text.

[grave silo]

ive put him into t-pose and itll reset on its own

[ornate stump]

Then enforce tpose, apply, done. On rig selection menu, see if there is any error.

[grave silo]

Oh, is there a different way? Because thats what i was doing

[ornate stump]

The main point is to get back to rig selection menu to see if there still is any error.

[grave silo]

this is what it says

[ornate stump]

That's the error.

[grave silo]

What do i do to fix the error

[ornate stump]

Edit your model in blender and rename your Head mesh to something else.

[grave silo]

oh ok, thank you

[spring jolt]

🤔 Sometimes I don't understand what I'm doing wrong

[torpid gust]

Hello! So I’m having this problem while uploading my sdk2 avatars and vrchat keeps security checking them and idk why because I have sdk2 avatars I’ve uploaded that work

[somber sequoia]

you'll always get a security check. I'm assuming you mean it's failing the check? Show some stats perhaps.

@torpid gust I'd be happy to help in here where others may contribute or benefit.

[torpid gust]

Mbb

And it’s sdk2

[somber sequoia]

are you trying to actually use an older SDK and/or unity? Probably upgrade that.

[torpid gust]

It worked before but since vrchat added security updates it ruined it

[somber sequoia]

what does the build window say about stats?

[torpid gust]

Nothing

The most recent avatar I’ve uploaded with sdk2 was

[somber sequoia]

it definitely tells us it's very poor due to polygons, so I doubt it says "nothing"

[torpid gust]

Give me a second

It’s usually fine when I upload it even if it’s red

And it uploaded

But Ingame it’s just like this

[spring jolt]

idk why but fingers get moved when I test a model

[eternal thicket]

For anyone wondering, i still don't know what the problem is but this is how I fix it
instead of setting up the visemes normally I set it up as parameter only

and then set the actual blendshape through VRCFury advanced visemes

[worldly whale]

hey yall im having a problem with this item, when i world drop it i cant pick it back up

and after i put it on my hip and i cant pick it back up

i also have another animation that cuts it off of me and i cant pick it up then either

any ideas on how to fix this?

[somber sequoia]

probably you'll have to explain how it's currently implemented first

[worldly whale]

i dont exactly know how to explain it lol, it cuts its head off, and you can rip the head off aswell.

[somber sequoia]

not sure how to help then

[worldly whale]

so from what it looks like the head is just attached as a seprate child that can detach from the body

like

i can rip off the head but the second it goes world drop i cant pick it back up

so its something that involves the world drop

[split apex]

i autofixed some kaiser texture thing and this has happened

[latent idol]

can anyone tell me what i need to remove to be able to upload my avi?
because i cant find the cause of this or where the file/asset is located

[split apex]

is your vrcfury up to date

[latent idol]

nope
but just updated it cuz my friend told me to

[split apex]

see if that does anything

[latent idol]

i will

[somber meadow]

That’s the skybox reflection probe stuck in loading, It’s just a unity side issue. If you want to fix it, open Window > Rendering > Lighting from the top toolbar of Unity and change the skybox parameters slightly

[civic cliff]

im tryna make the blush on my avi partially transparent, ive already edited the texture but when i put it on the avi its not transparent, any ideas?

[worldly whale]

quest or pc?

[civic cliff]

pc

[worldly whale]

on toon and pro there should be an option that lets you make something transparent and it looks like this

i accidently put them in backwards so it would be the right image then left

and if it doesnt have anything to do with poiyomi shaders then i cant help you

[civic cliff]

well it is indeed poiyomi

imma try that and report back

[split apex]

thankkk youu so muchhh you honestly saved me

[somber sequoia]

if you're playing with the base color texture's alpha channel, make sure you have "alpha is transparency" checked in the inspector for the image file itself

[civic cliff]

i do

the other solution is correct now i just gotta tweak it to make it look good

[somber sequoia]

then yeah, got to use a non-opaque rendering mode

[proud cobalt]

I have an issue with VCC where I updated it, then a tutorial suggested I reinstall all packages in a project of mine because it wasn't functioning well and not letting me optimize it with VRCFury.
Now some packages are uninstalled and they just won't install again such as Modular Avatar and VMP (I believe that's what it was called, I just woke up and I also don't have much knowledge on this, sorry)

[somber sequoia]

there's also #creator-companion

[proud cobalt]

I looked around and I can't seem to find an answer so I'm not sure what to do, I'm worried I just broke my entire project and I spent so long on it </3

Ohh, thank you!

I'll send the message there.

[tepid oyster]

I almost forgot to say THANK CHUU

[soft cedar]

Im actually confused.
I tried everything, and yet I couldn't find a way to make the animation loop correctly for the slow speeds. Would anyone be willing to help me on that one?

[somber sequoia]

seems like that's controlling how much of the animation is played, not the speed of the animation

[soft cedar]

Well, I took the default vrc locomotion blendtree and tried adding my own animations.

[somber sequoia]

I'm just observing from here, I have never looked at the base locomotion

[soft cedar]

Idk how to make it control the speed of the animation..

(Yes, im that dumb.)

[somber sequoia]

that doesn't seem "dumb", it seems "inexperienced"

[soft cedar]

Yeah..

Welp... next time I'll keep my mouth shut before making suggestions.
Its even worst.

[final crag]

Is there an easy way to fix textures disappearing in some places when material combining? Manually combined UV mesh and texture to fix this, looks fine in Blender but disappears again in Unity. Here's what I did:
1: Tiled the two textures.
2: Made a single image tile, as a texture.
3: Copied the tiled UV map and squashed it into the texture.
Looks completely fine in Blender. Export as an FBX, everything's nice except the hair texture is only visible from the back.

[desert elk]

do you have backface culling off in your shader?

[final crag]

Fixed it. Thank you!

[desert elk]

👍

[south wadi]

when uploading a avatar, how do i make it both quest and pc compatible

[wraith salmon]

You have to switch the platform to android

[desert elk]

and make sure the quest version has the same blueprint id

[inland moth]

Can anyone help me I have no idea what to do in order to upload this

[somber sequoia]

do you have instructions from the creator? have you watched a basic setup tutorial video?

[compact dust]

use a tutorial or any provided instructions

[inland moth]

I watched a tutorial but I coulnd't follow the instructions because theres no scene asset thing

[somber sequoia]

there's one right there, that middle icon

[compact dust]

double click it i think

[inland moth]

sorry which one? I'm confused

The one with the unity logo?

[compact dust]

the unity icon one

[somber sequoia]

there are 3 icons in the image you sent, right? the middle one looks like a Unity scene.

[compact dust]

i think it's an information one, double click and it should have a popup window that asks to import files

[burnt plank]

i did butt it doesnt help

[inland moth]

It just says nothing to import

[compact dust]

then you probably already imported it

[inland moth]

I think I already imported them

yeah

[compact dust]

open the MobU file

[inland moth]

Theres only materials in there

[compact dust]

what was the thing you downloaded

[somber sequoia]

obviously we don't know what you got from the creator

[inland moth]

https://ko-fi.com/s/6f53194ea4

sorry

i'm pretty new to this idrk what i'm doing :,)

[wraith salmon]

Hey I found this avatar with a minecraft spider vision effect and I was looking to try to replicate it does anyone know how this was achieved?

[south wadi]

ok, i uploaded the pc version first, switched to android, copied the pc versons id, put the id on the quest version, and then i uploaded that one

did i do it right?

[wraith salmon]

It's been a while since I've uploaded a quest avatar but I'm pretty sure that's right

[split apex]

anyone know how to sort this

[wraith salmon]

Are there 2 sets of leg bones?

[split apex]

not sure

let me look

yea thers a left and right leg

oh wait

wdum

[wraith salmon]

2 sets meaning a copy of each leg's bones

[split apex]

not sure this is my first time

they seem merged here

[wraith salmon]

because it really looks like from the screenshot that something wasn't merged properly since the leg bones are in both places

[split apex]

uh oh

would anything on cat fix the issue

and yea thats the issue

[wraith salmon]

Idk you'd need someone else to help with that, I do most of the stuff CATS does manually

[split apex]

ahh crap

okay

how would i go about it manually

[wraith salmon]

but that's definitely the problem and solving it would probably involve undoing the merging of the armatures making sure all the bone names are the same and re merging them

[split apex]

ahh right okay shall give it a try

[night ember]

Screenspace shader

[wraith salmon]

Well I figured it was a screenspace shader but like which one and what effects would I have to use to replicate it

[night ember]

Could very well be a custom built one

[uncut lotus]

IDK why the eye lashes are doing this in playmode on Unity. Its right in Unity normally, and in blender. And I checked the weight paint and it seems fine

[kind wave]

why are the bunny ears crinkling up when the avatar moves?

[tender blade]

Hey, so I have this strange bug on my avatar where when I walk it's fine but when I stop moving it'll jitter around for a second then go back to normal. Anyone have a fix by chance?

[timber wharf]

usually physbone on humanoid bones

[tender blade]

I will try removing the physbones on a copy and see if that works. Thanks for the help

[boreal phoenix]

this one perticular spot is driving me insane, i dont know why this lighting error is happening. my best guess is its a UV error since i was messing with the topology and fixing some areas that werent connected and were actually 2 separate edges really really close, any ideas?

[boreal phoenix]

it even shows up in solid view

[somber sequoia]

probably a non-smoothed face, unless you have custom normals you could select all the faces and in mesh -> normals, try "reset vectors".
(make backups)

[still shuttle]

How do I use stenciling to get an effect like this? (Eyes/eyebrows showing over the hair) I've already given the eyes/eyebrows and eyelashes separate materials so it doesn't mess with the face, but I'm clueless on what settings make it that way

[earnest jay]

how do you do that thing where people around you see a specific like skybox or image or something?

[somber sequoia]

inside-out sphere, fancy texture on the inside?

[earnest jay]

thats what i was thinking but how do you make it so it covers everything?

[somber sequoia]

what do you mean by everything though?

[earnest jay]

like avatars and floor

[somber sequoia]

oh you mean a screenspace shader

[trail oak]

just need some real quick help because im making an avi with 2d mouths but the setup i made from a tutorial doesnt seem to be working or activating
(the Tutorial)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l--1c8QGpVw&t=170s

the avi also in playmode

I'm unsure of what is causing the problem

may have found the issue but unsure of how to fix said issue

how it should look according to the tutorial

[trail oak]

so i fixed the issue and uploaded the avatar

but on quest it has some

like

bleeding edge issue

on transparent textures

[night ember]

quest doesnt support transparency

[trail oak]

oh

so like

how do I kinda like
force it to support it?>

[night ember]

dont use it

[trail oak]

fuck

[boreal kettle]

for some reason i see this

but when i go to the menu it uses that i gave it

none of these that i made are related to the tail

i dont even have that parameter

[night ember]

you have submenus

which one probably uses that

so you need the parameters

[trail oak]

you see the problem is
i already used it
and I already completed visemes and the main textures they wanted to use
usings trans-textures

[spring sierra]

does anyone know how to fix this issue? I took a look at the help me fix it drop-down & it tells me to delete the physbones under the .armature object made using modular avatar yet the physbones seem like they're pretty important to the aesthetics of the clothing so i'm not sure how to go about it

[boreal kettle]

thats the thing i made my own menus and stuff for the avatar i didnt really like the base

[night ember]

which quest doesnt support transparency so you need to change that for the quest side

[night ember]

and?

[boreal kettle]

meaning i never added that parameter

like ever

[night ember]

says that you have them

[boreal kettle]

and thats what im confused on

i checked everwhere but there no where to be seen

even restarted Unity

[night ember]

have you tried just adding the parameters

[boreal kettle]

did try, i added them before but nothing happened

its just been very weird with it tho and it started making me tweak because it was all ready and then boom this weird issue arose

ill try just remaking the menu's

i think i fixed it

i guess the menu was cursed lol

[frail badger]

my eyes aren't rendering behind my glasses. both the eyes and the glasses are on the same material, using poiyomi shaders. do i need to assign them separate materials in order for this to work

thrilling update: it works in unity but not vrchat

[craggy pendant]

Everytime I keep uploading this avatar the toggles duplicate, I go back into unity and delete the extra but it keeps repeating the issue

[mighty field]

can smoeone give me a hand? like all of my packages are gone, but when i try to manually import them into my projecr it says theyre already there?

[prisma thunder]

Trying to lower my skinned meshes, how would I go about Making a blendshape?

[mighty field]

blender prob

[prisma thunder]

I understand, but how?

[night ember]

its just shape keys

[prisma thunder]

Explain like I'm five please

[mighty field]

use chatgpt

[night ember]

✨ google ✨

[prisma thunder]

I just want to move the selected triangles out slightly lol

[night ember]

🤷‍♂️

just create a shape key and then edit the mesh

[prisma thunder]

Ahhh I see now

Thanks!

OH

Uh

Sorry

Nevermind for now

[next fulcrum]

I just bought this avatar from Gumroad, it said its compatible with Quest. Instructions told me to use Sunao Shader. But now Unity is telling me this error? Can somebody help?
NB: Im new to this

[night ember]

you can only use quest shaders

[next fulcrum]

But how come the model is fine and visible in the world where the avatar is displayed?

[night ember]

because it used quest shaders?

[flat marsh]

did anyone ever find a fix for this error?

[next fulcrum]

Ok and how do I fix that

[flat marsh]

this my 3rdtime getting it and idk wht to do

[night ember]

use quest shaders

[next fulcrum]

Ok and how do I do that, can I convert the shaders to quest shaders?

[night ember]

the same way you selected the shaders on the materials

just select quest ones

[next fulcrum]

I dont know how, instructions told me to just import the Sunao Shader pack

https://usaneko.gumroad.com/l/GTKPeW

avatar looks like this with current shaders

[heavy zephyr]

There's probably a quest version included

[next fulcrum]

nvm I got it working by using VRCQuestTools

[frail badger]

ive been debugging for 90 minutes. anyone know how to get poiyomi to render transparency/translucency proper?

it works perfectly in unity but not vrchat

[night ember]

Z writing

[somber sequoia]

you usually should not have physbones on the humanoid bones.

[somber sequoia]

click "configure" and make sure the right bones are in the right places

[crimson jewel]

Can I download avatars from the site without using a PC?

[somber sequoia]

what site?

[crimson jewel]

just quest

[crimson jewel]

Vrchat.com

[somber sequoia]

you don't download avatars from vrchat

[crimson jewel]

where

[somber sequoia]

jinxxy, booth, gumroad, other creator websites, all over the place.

[crimson jewel]

Anyway, can I download it using just quest?

Without PC

[night ember]

You need a pc to upload avatars

[crimson jewel]

Ok thx

[spark walrus]

how do i change the default hand position?

it starts out with a fist when i first load in and then when i move my hand using the new webcam feature it defaults to an open flat palm

[wary jewel]

is it possible to still do generic rig avatars with custom animations?

[somber sequoia]

yep

[wary jewel]

how do i do it exactly?

i remember the old way about duping some simple avatar controller thing

im on a new sdk and i cant find it unless its been renamed

[somber sequoia]

I've never done it

but it doesn't seem simple at all

[wary jewel]

btw in the avatar descriptor when i move the view position on the Z axis it moves but when i load the avatar in game its for some reason reset back to the middle

yeah its not simple

its Y position translates in game though

where the view point is in editor

what i see in game

black screen due to the black outline the model has

[spark walrus]

how do i make hair not clip through the body

[night ember]

Headchop the body of the mesh

[wary jewel]

headchop?

oh its a script

i put the component on the same object with the descriptor right?

[somber sequoia]

you can put it anywhere

[wary jewel]

ok

[somber sequoia]

I tend to put it on my avatar descriptor, if not just a prefab I'm packing up

[wary jewel]

so i put it on the prefab but when i scale the scale factors to 0 it doesnt do anything

i also have the bone selected

or does it not work for generic rigs?

googled and turns out head chop only works for humanoid rigs

tupper said in the reddit post i found so yeah mega confirmed oof

ill just disable the outline mesh till i can think of something

[timber wharf]

well you can at least use isLocal and on pc you can customise shader to do stuff only in mirrors/cameras

[night ember]

Is your thing not humanoid rigged?

[wary jewel]

no

[night ember]

You dont even need to weight the bones

Just have them there

[timber wharf]

you probly also can add useless armature to be pseudo humanoid and scale constrain stuff to be hidden to head bone

[wary jewel]

i tried doing humanoid but lots of issues kept happening and i got tired

[night ember]

Literally just use the example avatar you get in the packages folder

[wary jewel]

the robot with the tail?

[unborn mirage]

Is the new VRC SDK giving out false positive errors or has there been a shift on how things are processed?

I am seeing Cyclic dependency found for component VRCPhysBone on X and this relates to how I setup physbones.

Avatar
- Armature
- Colliders
-- Head Collider
- Physbones
-- Hair (Uses Head Collider)

So this setup works perfectly find afaik but in the latest SDK it'll generate the error which doesn't break anything, but leaves me wondering if it'll cause any issues. Afaik, there are no cycles.

• Head Collider uses Head bone.
• Hair Physbone uses Hair Bone and Head Collider

Anyone know what might be the intent or issue with this setup?

[timid kite]

phys bones are sticking out. how do i fix this?

[desert elk]

ignore transforms

and out the bones you don't want there

and fyi next time you export from blender you should disable leaf bones

[timid kite]

how?

[timid kite]

ye i did that

i meant leaf bones

[desert elk]

for the lead bones, expand armature and untick leaf bones

when you're exporting from blender

[timid kite]

this is what it looks like in blender

[desert elk]

this

[timid kite]

unity is creating more bones idk why

[desert elk]

no, if that's what it looks like in blender it either means you created the model and exported and imported it back 2 times with leaf bones

or the bones added are added manually

because _end

is added to bones when they're leaf bones

[timid kite]

i cant find that menu u screenshotted in blender

[desert elk]

it's when you click file > export > fbx

on the right side

on the bottom

[timid kite]

OHHHH makes sense. tysm

[vocal ember]

hello its the first time i'm making an avatar and i'm having a few issues , 1) I put the view position in between the eyes but for some reason in vr chat i'm not looking straight its either in 3rd person view or sometimes coming out of the shoulder

2. The default vr chat animations don't activate (like walking animation for example)

Heres a screenshot of unity if that helps

[desert elk]

position of your avatar should be 0, 0, 0

that's your first mistake that could affect that

second is the X of the view point

it should always be 0 as well

[vagrant raven]

Where would I get the most recent VRCFT Template?

[vocal ember]

if my Y is at 0 my legs go through the floor and if my x is on zero the ball of the viewpoint appears on the back of my neck , i just checked and i still have the same issue after that

[desert elk]

you should go to blender and correct the position of your avatar

put it correctly at works origin
in object mode click A > Ctrl A > Apply all transforms

and reexport

after that make sure your avatar is set to humanoid rig

if it is, switch it to generic, apply, and switch back

[timid kite]

how do i make it so that the particle stays within bounds of a circle for example? i know how to do that with phys bones but not particle

[vocal ember]

I checked and my blender character was in the floor so i put it back on the the normal position but otherwise after i did all you said i still have my issues with the view point position , if i keep the viewpoint X at zero the ball is still behind my head , i was wondering did i need to make eye bones for it to work? Because i'm still looking from my elbow

[desert elk]

i'm not sure, i always had eye bones

if you're still having issues try deleting any additional cameras that you have in the scene

other than that i have no more ideas

[vocal ember]

hey no worries legit thanks for trying , have a nice day

[pearl fable]

Does anyone know if it’s possible to make stations only accessible for some players? Or a way to combine stations with interaction settings so that I can choose who can and can’t use my stations??

Stations don’t fall under interaction settings by default

Right???

[timber wharf]

only via friend param

that you can use to animate it on/off

tho since station needs to be on by default or it breaks, people with your animator disabled will see it no matter what

but maybe you can animate its location so by default its in the sky or smth

[pearl fable]

Oh no that’s no problem, I made its size 0,0,0 by default. I’d just like to keep some people off of it without having to block which is too harsh a consequence

[heavy zephyr]

You can use a trigger volume that kills any particles that go outside of it for example.

[heavy zephyr]

Could use vrlabs's selective animation package to tag specific players and disable the stations locally for them

[pearl fable]

Interesting, though the station is a world constraint and I’m not always present where it is so it’s not a final solution. Thanks for the input though!

[heavy zephyr]

Could simply attach the raycast to the station and turn it on remotely. That would temporarily tag anyone in the radius of your choosing. (If you make it spin)

Then build your logic to keep them tagged however long you want or until you press another toggle

Or even add a second raycast on yourself to manually untag specific players

[pearl fable]

That could be interesting, so the raycast allows me to tag specific players and I’m guessing it uses a Boolean which I can then use to make the seat work for those tagged people only?

I also found IsOnFriendsList parameter, wouldn’t this allow me to disable it for non friends too?

[heavy zephyr]

So the short version is that you have two raycasts and they collide with players locally, updating a receiver bool only on their end.

You can use that bool to drive logic that will exclusively be executed on the side of the player that made contact with it.

The IsOnFriendsList parameter is a built-in vrchat parameter (you don't have to add it to your list or sync it). That is only true for people that are your friends, false for everyone else (including yourself).

[pearl fable]

I can’t use my own stations anyways, might try and use that parameter. Thanks for the raycasting approach though, might have another use case for that

[heavy zephyr]

Yeah the raycasting is only useful if you need to do things to arbitrary players. If you just care about friends, no need

[spice stag]

Any way for me to fix this? =p

[pearl fable]

I might be completely off, but to me it seems like you need to logout and login again

In the vrchat sdk

[spice stag]

I'll try! c:

[chilly aurora]

is there a system where when someone pets me my avatar will pur or do i gotta build that from scratch?

[balmy barn]

contact on head detect someones hand/finger/whatever , do stuff

[chilly aurora]

yeah understand the base theory was just hoping there was a drag n drop system. 😛

i figured there must be because my old avi has it but i don't really remember manually doing it.

[warped scroll]

anyone got an idea why this might not be working? there's supposed to be some ready animation where a particle starts emitting on the hand, and then I can fire stuff in these configurations. But I can't even seem to get it to arm.

[chilly aurora]

What set's the condition of that parameter?

I found a purr sound asset and am trying to connect it to the contactor i made, i'm thinking i'll use contact dystance mapped to the volume. but other than that i wanna make sure this is configured right since as the missing script indicates i'm apparently missing a dependency not mentioned on the site...

[lusty condor]

I’m gonna fucking die of old fucking age before I figure this out

And here’s the console error copy and pasted

UploadException: Failed to upload file
VRC.SDKBase.Editor.Api.VRCApi.UploadFile (System.String filename, System.String fileId, System.String friendlyFileName, System.Action2[T1,T2] onProgress, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.base/Editor/VRCSDK/Dependencies/VRChat/API/VRCApi.cs:956)
VRC.SDKBase.Editor.Api.VRCApi.UpdateAvatarBundle (System.String id, VRC.SDKBase.Editor.Api.VRCAvatar data, System.String pathToBundle, System.Action2[T1,T2] onProgress, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.base/Editor/VRCSDK/Dependencies/VRChat/API/VRCApi.cs:631)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.BuildAndUpload (UnityEngine.GameObject target, VRC.SDKBase.Editor.Api.VRCAvatar avatar, System.String thumbnailPath, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2514)
Rethrow as UploadException: Failed to upload file
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.BuildAndUpload (UnityEngine.GameObject target, VRC.SDKBase.Editor.Api.VRCAvatar avatar, System.String thumbnailPath, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2541)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder+<>cDisplayClass104_0.<CreateBuildGUI>b4 () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:1990)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore+<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__7_0 (System.Object state) (at <eef08f56e2e042f1b3027eca477293d9>:0)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext+WorkRequest.Invoke () (at <b41119cc6741409ea29f63c7f98de938>:0)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext.Exec () (at <b41119cc6741409ea29f63c7f98de938>:0)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext.ExecuteTasks () (at <b41119cc6741409ea29f63c7f98de938>:0)

Does anyone please know how to help
Me fix this

[ornate stump]

Try using another internet, mobile hotspot for example.

[lusty condor]

Alright

[hollow hemlock]

Howd i make the particle on toon lit transparent ?

[ornate stump]

You don't. If it's particle, then try using Particles/Additive.

[hollow hemlock]

Thanks bro, i love you

[tender jetty]

hey :)) i noticed some avis make a sound effect when they load or join a world, does someone know how i can add one to my avi? :)

[ornate stump]

It's simply adding one audio source, just that.

[tender jetty]

so i just do this and then add the sound?

[ornate stump]

Yes. Default audio source is "Play on Awake" which makes it play sound when avatar show up, and make sure Loop is disable.

[balmy barn]

expect to be blocked if someone find who got that on their avatar ( i would )

[tender jetty]

ah okay thank u! :)

[tender jetty]

why 😆 :(

[ornate stump]

Intro song is often obnoxious, especially when you don't spatialize the audio source.

[tender jetty]

its just a sound effect like 1 second. and i dont play on public servers so its fine i think 😅

[balmy barn]

infinte range/global

[ornate stump]

Probably. Still, make sure you add spatialize audio source component so it doesn't play globally.

[tender jetty]

okay i will try to add it

[tender jetty]

sorry i have one more question😅 do i need to put the sfx only in the top or both of these?

[ornate stump]

Only AudioClip

[tender jetty]

oky thank u! :)

[torpid gust]

They should just remove this 😭

[light charm]

remove what

[torpid gust]

The security checks thing

[somber sequoia]

they're a good thing in general

[lusty condor]

I’m going to suffer greatly trying to fix this

😔

[torpid gust]

Frr I’m having trouble uploading sdk2 avatars because of this

[balmy barn]

like that will do anything, security checks are server side

optmize your avatar 💩

sdk 2 is ancient no contacts no physbone , low tier avatars

[lusty condor]

Yup VRC go ahead and make a SDK 3

[jade mural]

Hi! I'm using a contact setup to determine which direction someone is looking, but for some reason, it breaks every time the avatar is scaled.

The setup has contacts that are touching each other by default, so I wonder if that's why

It's based on how Morghus's wings detect head position. They already account for a different bug by toggling the contacts after TrackingType != 0

[heavy zephyr]

Do the contacts need to follow the avatar scaling? Cause if not, add a scale constraint to them with a prefab at scale 1,1,1 as a source

[jade mural]

I'll try that

It's weird though, because all the contacts always stay together regardless of scale. They all have the same parent.

[heavy zephyr]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jade mural]

If your suggestion doesn't work, I'm going to try to find a way to detect any scale change and just toggle the contacts again

Wow they do still break

Apparently vrchat thinks there isn't anything touching the contacts even though there is

Ok, turns out it's because I'm enabling a further up parent object with an animation. Wtf. Alright

[light charm]

i thought you couldn't do that anymore
and besides, you should really move onto sdk3 (i didnt like sdk3 at first either but after a while i got used to it and realized all the cool things i can do)

[light charm]

security checks is good
it prevents people from uploading malicious avatars

unless you want your game to crash all the time

[warped scroll]

I mean, it's just a bool toggle.

[young pulsar]

yall this had been loading like this for a few mins, I've never used unity before pls tell me it's actually installing and not just stuck in limbo

[somber meadow]

That Unity version won't work for VRChat content creation. You need to be using 2022.3.22f1

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

[young pulsar]

oh my tysm i would've been so frustrated trying so many things

still just sitting there loading for a while is this normal?

[desert elk]

install only unity, without the microsoft stuff, you don't need it and it'll speed up the installation

[mental pawn]

i was modeling a hand for a character and i found TRIANGLES and i was wondering if these are fine and good for rigging

im kind of picky on this situations since im into making it go all quads

[timid mural]

Is there a way to lock the head of another player using my station?

[mental pawn]

Oof i literally downloaded unity 25

lmao

[somber sequoia]

sometimes you need triangles, they often help with deforming

[mental pawn]

hmm already found a way to fix them but i kept the edges

jic

[timid mural]

I tried to do this, but doesn't work

This animator is placed into the chair

[wary jewel]

so im using a generic rig and i want to give it a jump animation but idk how i would set it up so the game uses it when im airborne

[somber sequoia]

Grounded parameter + velocity maybe?
https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/animator-parameters/
I'd probably go look in the humanoid base locomotion controller and see what it dose.

[torpid gust]

But sdk2 is just better for the avatars I’m making

[somber sequoia]

I'm very curious as to why you think that

[light charm]

🤔
what kind of avatars, exactly?

[compact dust]

bad avis
do not interact 😨

[light charm]

yeah uhhh pretty sure you can't use sdk2 at all anymore so probably using some illegal way like a modded sdk

[chilly aurora]

so it's in your context menu? ensure that the variables are spelled EXACTLY the same in both places?

[torpid gust]

Nope not modded it’s basic sdk2

[light charm]

then how come last time i tried to use sdk2 it wouldn't let me? 🤨
it hit me with a "too old" error

[torpid gust]

What no way

I use unity 2019 and sdk2 and it works perfectly

But you have to start \ make the project in unity hub not creator companion

[light charm]

yep. did that. did not work :p

[compact dust]

which shouldnt work

[torpid gust]

It works for me

Where did you get sdk2 from

[light charm]

the website

back when you could

[torpid gust]

That one doesn’t work

[light charm]

if you didn't get the sdk from the website then it's modded

[compact dust]

then what the heck are you using

[torpid gust]

The one I got is from like internet archive

You can literally find it in 2 seconds

[light charm]

🤨

[light charm]

listen man, just move onto sdk3

[compact dust]

and the new unity version

[torpid gust]

I refuse I love my sdk2

And I already have sdk3 and all that crap

[somber sequoia]

I'm still wondering why

[torpid gust]

But sdk2 just hits different

[light charm]

so did i, but then i realized sdk3 can do more stuff

[balmy barn]

disable station 'seated' option, add another layer with tracking control since many many players have default sitting controller it wont work with a station with custom animation (( note this will make them stuck in animation after standing up cause vrchat stations are a mess ))

[torpid gust]

Yeahh but the avatars I make with it have special animations for sdk2 like walking and stuff

And I can’t remake that with sdk3

[light charm]

i have custom walking anims on my sdk3 avis

[torpid gust]

I’ve tried for the past 2 years

[balmy barn]

ive remade 100s of av2 so no excuse

[torpid gust]

I can’t get the sdk2 idle anim the same

Or other stuff

I just prefer sdk2

[light charm]

probably not using the right controller
use the locomotion layer

[torpid gust]

Idk why I keep getting security checkd on my Avis tho it was fine like 2 months ago unless it was a different update

[light charm]

because sdk2 is no longer supported

[torpid gust]

Damn I’ll try figure something out

[balmy barn]

if you do it like this it will use controller instead of avatar sitting controller , but it will also break them when they stand up , wish we had a toggle to change sitting controller ,somethingsomething , stations always been messy ('mmd' worlds use similar but they can reset your tracking after by colliding it with something after you stand up)

[torpid gust]

Wait so how are my older sdk2 avatars useable

[timid mural]

Thx for the help

I appreciate a lot

[chilly summit]

it'd be nice if someone can help me. I have a pc/quest avatar, and the pc is fine, but to people on the quest, the avatar clothes it has on keeps on changing and I need help fixing that

[round comet]

Are the fx and params the same between platforms

[chilly summit]

ummm let me check actually

[chilly summit]

the vrcfury updates are different between pc and quest, with me using "1.1153.0" for pc and me using "1.1151.0" but would that effect the avatar clothes changing on quests?

[timid mural]

i solved that, in 1 layer

[copper meteor]

Trying to make an avatar with an outline and the backface culling isn't working and I don't know how to fix what is wrong with my model, I do not know if this is a blender problem, a unity problem or both

[somber sequoia]

what are you actually trying to do here?

[copper meteor]

the outline i have is made using a solidifier modifier in blender with reversed normals, and it looked normal in blender, however when i apply materials in Unity it only ever shows the what is supposed to be the outline, not the model inside with exterior black outline

[somber sequoia]

I guess I mean, what is the actual goal?

[copper meteor]

I've figured out a part of the issue and that is the normals being fine in blender but somehow entirely flipped in unity for some reason? I have no idea how this is happening

I have found the problem

[somber sequoia]

yup, apply all transforms before exporting

[copper meteor]

Never trust mixamo, man

[spare dome]

Hi I recently bought a model and I’m trying to upload it up this one error keeps stopping me

I’ve been stuck on it for hours

[somber sequoia]

that is not an error and is not stopping an upload. Errors are red - if you have some, post the first 2-3 (at the top)

[somber sequoia]

your scroll bar suggests those are the last errors - can you paste the first ones please?

[somber sequoia]

there we go - that "missing script" error is the problem. You didn't install some package that is required.

[spare dome]

how do i find what script im missing this is the frist time uploading a avi i have no idea what im doing

[somber sequoia]

you can't tell from the error, usually you need to look at the documentation the avatar creator provides

[spare dome]

There is no documentation

[somber sequoia]

that's pretty unfortunate

and kinda weird

does the advertising page tell you what it requires?

[spare dome]

The model is rigged and everything it even has a prefab

And it is VR already I just have no idea what I’m doing

[somber sequoia]

you're still missing some pre-requisite package

[spare dome]

I don’t think I am. I mean the model is right there textured and everything.

[somber sequoia]

you would not be getting that specific error message if you had everything it required

possibly it's VRCFury? maybe Modular Avatar? I'm guessing here.

[spare dome]

I don’t know what either of those are

[somber sequoia]

okay

[ornate stump]

Can you post the page where you got the avatar from?

[spare dome]

I would but the page is nsfw

[ornate stump]

That'd be unfortunate. You shouldn't be using nsfw avatar. Otherwise you would have to be smarter about it yourself.

[spare dome]

The webpage is not safe for work. The model I have is safe for work.

[somber sequoia]

if you don't mind doing a DM, I'll be happy to look at it

[compact dust]

mb kazin misclicked pregnant man >_>

[ornate stump]

Might just try starting with installing vrcfury and modular avatar.

[somber sequoia]

haha

[spare dome]

I don’t know what that is.

[somber sequoia]

again, we're guessing here due to the lack of useful information.

[ornate stump]

You could search on google to learn what they are and how to install.

[quartz willow]

hey, can anyone help me with a pretty specific blender shading issue?

[somber sequoia]

maybe, just ask

[quartz willow]

i want to join the main body and the arm, but whenever i do it smoothes the arm because the body is using shade smooth while the arm is auto smooth

[spare dome]

So before I go wasting time downloading all this stuff is just gonna make uploading avatar easier

[quartz willow]

any ideas on fixes?

[somber sequoia]

turn off auto-smooth?

[ornate stump]

It isn't on uploading part, it's more for creating part.

Some asset require those tools to work.

[compact dust]

i really need to not have the pregnant man reaction next to the "this" one

[quartz willow]

both shade flat and shade smooth dont give me the shading that i want for the arm, only auto smooth looks good, but the body needs to be shade smooth so i cant turn it off

[somber sequoia]

doesn't sound like you have a solution then

[compact dust]

does the shading type in blender matter?

[somber sequoia]

it does tweak the normals, so yeah, it can

[quartz willow]

yeah, when exporting as fbx it determines how the material shades it in unity

[quartz willow]

theres really no way to have the parts shaded differently?

if i want to join them that is

[somber sequoia]

I don't believe you can both enable and disable auto-smooth on the same object, so....

[quartz willow]

oof

[somber sequoia]

is there a way to "apply" that so it's set the way it is and then turn that off? I really don't use auto-smooth so just guessing here

[quartz willow]

i wish

[somber sequoia]

hmm, I think I'll keep not using it then

[quartz willow]

its based off the angle

so everything gets smoothed if its under x°

for the arm thats 30°

imo its pretty useful, but only in certain situations

[ornate stump]

Since it works by using geometry node, you could modify geometry node to take account on vertex weight which weight on body and arm differently.

[quartz willow]

how would i go about doing that?

[somber sequoia]

oh hmm, true, you could do that by vertex group or material

step 1: learn geometry nodes 🙂

[ornate stump]

Can't tell. I have only rough idea that's possible, but not going to investigate it.

[quartz willow]

gotcha, ill look into it. thanks!

[ornate stump]

Couldn't you just set all smooth and manually mark sharp edge?

[quartz willow]

I probably could, but I'm not entirely sure what is sharp vs smooth to get this look

Ill go ahead and try that though

[somber sequoia]

this is what I usually do

sometimes even adding extra edges

(you can bake normals later)

[ornate stump]

bevel edge is nice too.

[quartz willow]

my main thing is I'm trying to keep it as few tris as possible, shooting for green on all stats

[somber sequoia]

sure, but you can bake the normals on a high-poly model to a low one

[quartz willow]

wait you can?

thats so useful

im new to this if you cant tell

[somber sequoia]

yep!

[spare dome]

ight i give up this is impossible

[flat marsh]

It won’t let me

[somber sequoia]

look in all of your inspector windows, if you have more than one it's weird about which one it picks

[warped scroll]

I've checked like five times and yeah, they are.

[arctic ginkgo]

It's very useful pretty much always imo

You can set it to 180 which smooths everything out

Then you can manually control the sharps

Additionally it lets you set custom normals

[quartz willow]

yeah i agree, its the one i use the most

it still has its limitations though

[arctic ginkgo]

edit mode > select > select sharp edges

[quartz willow]

yeah thats what i do

with smooth shading

[arctic ginkgo]

set the angle in the dialogue box to the same as your auto smooth

then mark sharp

now select your body

set it to autosmooth

but set the angle to 180

that keeps everything smooth except for sharps

[arctic ginkgo]

this is for the arm

now when you join the arm to the body it retains the shading