avatar-help

[somber sequoia]

lots of ways to do this.

[magic yarrow]

yeah and im not sure which way to do it lol\

[somber sequoia]

partly depends on what result you want, I guess.

I tend to do my emissions with masks, then sometimes use patterns as maps

[magic yarrow]

i just want these markings to glow in-game

[somber sequoia]

yeah I'd probably do that with a simple mask and set the color with the shader

oh sorry I was just looking at the red symbol

[magic yarrow]

ahh okay

im probably thinking too hard about this (again)

[somber sequoia]

So yeah I see - a map would be good if you want one emission section in your material to handle all of that

in which case, just set the emission property in those layers, and use that to export an emission map in your export template

[magic yarrow]

aight...i'll give it a try

ugh i think im still confused

how do i add the emissive property to an existing layer with a mask?

[somber sequoia]

I don't have substance open but you have to enable that property in the setup for the texture set

ah - channel, that's the word I mean

https://www.versluis.com/2024/06/how-to-add-missing-channels-to-a-material-in-substance-painter/

[magic yarrow]

well that's where im a little lost... it have the channel added, but i don't know how to apply it to this mask, i don't see where i should be adding it

[somber sequoia]

in the layer you can enable that channel

then paint on it or whatever

[magic yarrow]

im still not getting it

i might be stupid !

i've enabled the channel on the layer and then painted over it and it's still not working

[somber sequoia]

not stupid, just inexperienced!

[magic yarrow]

very! 🥲

i thought i could figure out SB okay cause i do so much digital art but this takes everything i've known about digital art programs, shits on it, and then throws it outside into a woodchipper lmao

[somber sequoia]

Honestly, I almost never use the emission thing, I tend to just make my emission masks with substance masks, then output greyscale single image textures, or pack them into a RGBA map.

[magic yarrow]

yeah that's all Enchanting Table language to me lmao

[somber sequoia]

hehe

[magic yarrow]

yeah i give up

this shitty program makes no sense

[somber sequoia]

hehe, it's pretty complex

[magic yarrow]

im gunna weep

why do the masks not work like a simple clipping mask

i just want to make the damn markings i've already made on my avatar glow so i add a mask, i set everything to emission, and the damn masks do nothing

[peak shuttle]

just use krita or photoshop select the markings

make a new layer

then fill them in

[magic yarrow]

i don't know

i need to step away from this for a bit, it's actually on the verge of making me cry from frustration

[peak shuttle]

good idea

for when you come back to it

the marks you want as emmisives

arent they a seperate layer? if so then put alll the layers with the marks together

export as a seperate image

convert to black and white

then you are done

in unity you can use that as a emmisve mask

[somber sequoia]

they don't?

[magic yarrow]

Yeah I know, that’s why I’m frustrated

[magic yarrow]

But I will take a de-angering break and come back to try this method

[azure crown]

I'm trying to add a lightsaber to my avatar I got as a gift.

It came with pre-made animations and I thought merging the fx and parameter would help but it's not working?
The animations are their own thing and I can't hit preview or see what edits been made so I can remaking the toggles myself

[merry spire]

"The VRCSDK build was aborted because the VRCSDKPreprocessAvatarCallback 'AvatarBuildHook' reported a failure." what issue is this?

[low wing]

sooo whats the latest vrsdk ?

[lapis jungle]

im in the final stages of preping my asset for upload, but for some reason when I toggle on the trainer or hoodie the glasses fold in on themselfs

does anyone have any idea whats causing this 😭

[limpid cargo]

3.8.1

[low wing]

ok thanks'

[somber sequoia]

check in #announcements

[sleek cove]

Does anyone know how to fix this issue? I've tried various methods like reinstalling the SDK, exporting, logging out, and using the pipeline manager, but the upload still doesn't work. My SDK version is 3.8.1, and I have applied an avatar only once in the past

[chilly ice]

Okay
So I bought my friend a VRC model off Booth.
She's having trouble importing it with its animations and such into VRChat.
Anyone able to help us out?

[worn kiln]

#server-status

[somber sequoia]

Post errors, describe what you're doing, etc.

[chilly ice]

And I quote
"I have no clue what I'm doing, the instructions are in japanese"

And I don't have enough sleep to help her

[somber sequoia]

ooh

yeah, that's not going to go well

[chilly ice]

Don't tell me no one is able to help

[somber sequoia]

I'm not telling you that at all

[chilly ice]

If I have to do it tomorrow with violence and reverse engineering like I'm doing with VRoid rn I will

[chilly ice]

THIS wouldn't be fucking up Avatar uploads, would it?

[worn kiln]

there is possibility as of API.
so good to try again later.
(otherwise may good to look further on logs)

[lusty harbor]

im the friend hi

i was able to get the models art itself into the program, except the animation and the toggels arent syncing or working. i have the sample in vrchat and it works fine i just dont know how to import the bought version

[somber sequoia]

often the creator includes a sample scene in the package

[lusty harbor]

a sample scene?

[somber sequoia]

yes?

[lusty harbor]

sorry i dont really know any of this

[somber sequoia]

Have you watched any basic tutorial videos?

[lusty harbor]

are there any you reccomend?

[somber sequoia]

I often suggest creators "Sipp's Avatar Box" and PxINKY and "FuuujinVRC" but there are lots

[lusty harbor]

okay

[lusty harbor]

I’m still struggling so I’ll just try again tomorrow

[balmy lantern]

Do animations on the Additive layer even apply to users who are using FBT?

[night ember]

yea but like fbt overrides if you dont tell it to use animation?

[balmy lantern]

Thats why I asked. I'd understand if this was the Base layer as that's for locomotion and ofc FBT overrides locomotion animations if a user is locomoting, but I feel like Additive should still apply if it doesn't as it's Additive. Right?

You need to reach new user instead of visitor

If the account youre logged into isnt yet

[peak ingot]

Is there any ways to test out VRCFT blendshapes in blender/maya?

[balmy lantern]

The SDK has its own login not using your VRC cookies. You might have logged into a different account?

[tardy dirge]

Im having that issue too, also trusted user

Thanks it worked, u the goat

Yeah I have ~150 avatars uploaded 😭 might have something to do with the api issues rn

[mystic turret]

hello everyonee

so i have a question about like how to use unity to upload an avatar

i have the creator companion and unity 2022

[azure crown]

Any way to edit existing animations? I got a Saber prefab and I'm trying to change the scale but I cannot go to preview or edit the animation that came with it in order for toggle to work

[balmy lantern]

Add the animation to an Animator and then plop that Animator into the Animator component controller slot you want to act as the "root" of the animation and then you can edit from there

[mystic turret]

its kinda my first time making an avatar so idk what im doing

[peak ingot]

https://ask.vrchat.com/t/how-to-upload-avatar-to-vrchat-in-2025-creator-companion-pc-quest-mobile-and-ios-unity-tutorial/41446

Follow the video in the post and it'll help

[mystic turret]

omg ty so much ur a life saver lmao

[lucid rapids]

Can someone help me with the error ?

[azure crown]

Can you have screenshots please? im a little lost on that

[balmy lantern]

Im at work on mobile so I cannot atm but I can later

[azure crown]

darn alright then i can wait. thanks though i'll see ya then

[gilded ermine]

im getting this too rn

anyone else?

[lucid rapids]

yeah yeah just notice

[narrow sable]

same. Its telling me i need to spend more time on vrchat to upload outta nowhere

[gilded ermine]

🤔

[lucid rapids]

vr doesn't woek so

[narrow sable]

guess it has something to do with the down

[gilded ermine]

oh it's down

[azure crown]

??? Bruh right as i figure out my issue with the edit the animation

[night ember]

have you considered #server-status

[azure crown]

bruh.

Really bad timing da

i usually check the vrc general chat and if i see several ppl are typing that answers my question

[worn kiln]

%stick # VRChat is currently partially down.
It isn't just you, things aren't working right! If you see Application Error.
-# There is no ETA for servers coming back at this time.

Latest Update

We are continuing to work on this issue with our upstream provider. We appreciate your patience!

Keep an eye on #server-status for more information.

-# This channel is in slow mode. Please do not spam.

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[worn kiln]

VRChat is currently partially down.

It isn't just you, things aren't working right! If you see Application Error.
-# There is no ETA for servers coming back at this time.

Latest Update

We are continuing to work on this issue with our upstream provider. We appreciate your patience!

Keep an eye on #server-status for more information.

-# This channel is in slow mode. Please do not spam.

[midnight meteor]

I keep getting this error and checking the console and all it says is this

[somber sequoia]

read the message right above yours

[midnight meteor]

ah right- that

that shouldve computed in my brain WAYY faster lol

[wispy orbit]

also vrchat is down basically entirely

[wispy orbit]

just saw this message but yes its still going on (im on mobile i didnt read)

[lavish sphinx]

hay i have a question what would happen if someone got into your vrc account and illeagaly deleate your avatars?

[somber sequoia]

maybe try #1138891887374237706 ? doesn't seem like it has to do with developing avatars.

[vocal vector]

Why isnt my vr play the game and when I do play it I have no friends

Then it crashes when I join a server

[spare raft]

uh why does it say i have to put in more hours in rder to upload an avatar from the sdk? I have 25 hours...

[shut folio]

i joined the discord just now for the same issue i have like 100+ and uploaded tons of avis but suddenly i cant so i think the server side is having issues maybe?

[prisma frigate]

Again. Vrc is down... It's been stated multiple times people. Come on-

[vocal vector]

Oh it’s down

[shut folio]

i just joined mb bestie 😭

[spare raft]

but this has been happening for days...

[vocal vector]

That makes so much sense

[prisma frigate]

Yeah. It's the updates

[lusty harbor]

hey i think my vrchat creator companion might be bugged? or just the wrong version??

[vocal vector]

I thought I was permanently locked out🙏🙏🙏

[prisma frigate]

Nah broski it ain't just you. Read up and you'll know

[spare raft]

okok! thanks

[vocal vector]

I tried all the things I think it’s js gonna be down for a while

[prisma frigate]

It's slowly being worked on.. Just gotta have patients

[lusty harbor]

is this what VRCCC is supposed to look like?

[azure crown]

i take it "Applcation error" Is normal since servers are down for people

[lusty harbor]

the only issue is its looked like this all day

[vocal vector]

It only just started for me

[kindred jackal]

I tryed to upload avi to my account and I cant for some reson idk why its giving me this

i been on the game for years lmao and I have uploaded many avis and idk why it gave me this now

waaaaaaaaaaaaa

[coarse scarab]

Did your rank drop?

Also anyone know how to fix this? I closed out unity and reopened it, but it did not fix...

[kindred jackal]

i have no idea

[coarse scarab]

I think you have to be at least user... Your rank may drop due to mutes or reports

[night ember]

new user

[night ember]

#server-status

[kindred jackal]

I been a trusted for a longggg time though

[coarse scarab]

Ah so its a server problem? Ok.

[wheat gale]

ah ok I'm getting teh same thing as doublehockeystickscomics on my Unity, do you think it's due to the servers being down, and not my ineptness at unity? haha. I've been a trusted user for a long time, so it's not that.

[toxic cypress]

⛔ @timber crown Whoops! You need the Manage Messages permission to use this command.

[brazen coyote]

I'm getting the same error pretty sure it's just a server issue

I'm trusted as well btw

[wheat gale]

I"m very inept at unity, so I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me hahaha!

It's still nice to know it wasn't anything I did. Always good to check to make sure, because they didn't specifically specify avatar uploading (Not that I saw)

[thin sable]

if you check the status page it says "SDK Asset Uploads - Partial Outage"

[simple hare]

Is there a workaround to fix the nameplate/chatbox being far too high above you as soon as you use a cloth component?
Its been bugged for years and i doubt it ever gets fixed (there is a canny post but since not many use unity cloth it gets no attention)
Only thing i know is that it's normal when its disabled by default and enabled later with a toggle....but i dont want to spawn in with my skirt off and it staying off for others with animations disabled

[desert sonnet]

im so sad

furality is all i have and now its gone

[gilded creek]

Um... is there anyone who's more experienced that could help me with learning more about making a model?

[somber sequoia]

feel free to ask detailed questions.

[gilded creek]

fair enough, um I was wondering how I make gesture controls for some expressions on my model, I was learning 3D modelling for like 2-3 weeks now-

And I am about to be finished with the last details on my model

[thorny zephyr]

I need help

[ornate stump]

Explain what you need.

[timber wharf]

@gilded creek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU9NFJz2qls

except layers are now in packages/sdk/examples or smth like that

[lone cloud]

VRC is saying i dont have permission to upload avis.

I haven't done anything. All of my avis are legal and I keep all of them private. I had no issue like 6 days ago but now its telling me i haven't played for long enough anyone got a fix.

Nevermind literally did the same thing i tried before that didn't work and it worked this time {I tried loggin in and out before and it did not work tried it again it worked magical}

I love unity guys

Nevermind now its just telling Application error in both the console and the upload menu wtf is going on

Im goin to try an older version of the sdk and see if that helps

[gilded creek]

Thanks I'll study this

[somber sequoia]

#server-status

[lone cloud]

ooohhhhhhh

that makes sense

i didnt realize the servers were fried

[teal orbit]

anyone know if there is any youtube vids on how to make avatars from scratch that dosent use other peoples assets?

[fluid adder]

Hey team, I've gone to upload an avi to VRC ( I've done this countless times) and now it's telling me "Not yet allowed" and that I have to wait?
I'm in good standing with VRC so im not sure why i'm suddenly back on a wait list

[lone cloud]

I got the same problem earlier VRC servers are fried rn friend

[fluid adder]

ah ok, i should have scrolled, my bad

[somber sequoia]

yep

[fluid adder]

ah well, back to bike rides, local community bbq's and friendly neighbourhood garage sales eh guys?

[gilded creek]

I have been working on mine from scratch for a couple days weeks now but I have a couple vids for low-poly modelling which helped me understand modelling from scratch better

[lone cloud]

its 2:30 am

https://tenor.com/view/dad-coraline-work-gif-18503813

[fluid adder]

After your nap :3

[wide prairie]

anyone know how to fix the blank vrchat sdk control panel

[fluid adder]

Nah apparently VRC is cooked

[signal hare]

Does anyone know the name of this male moth avi i cant remember what its called

[somber sequoia]

#1138520828556890214

[signal hare]

Oh shoot sorry

[tall dock]

Why in substance painter the scales are more noticeable than in unity?

[junior void]

Normal map strength?

[tall dock]

You can select normal map strength in unity?

Oh dang intensity

I never knew

[quasi folio]

How do I use VRCfury’s Droppable toggle thing?
I’m slightly lost as to what i should be doing

[night ember]

Droppable toggle?

[quasi folio]

Yeah, VRCFury has this ‘Droppable’ thing, trying to figure out how to use it

[night ember]

why not just make a world constraint?

its like just 1 constraint that you check a box

[quasi folio]

Oh, huh

Probably should

If I figure that out that is

[night ember]

vrc parent constraint

[solid fjord]

Failed to build the Avatar, check logs for more details
UnityEngine.Logger:Log (UnityEngine.LogType,object,UnityEngine.Object)
(wrapper dynamic-method) UnityEngine.Debug:UnityEngine.Debug.LogError_Patch1 (object,UnityEngine.Object)
VRC.Core.Logger:LogError (string,string,UnityEngine.Object)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__141:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2879)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder:Start<VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__141> (VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__141&)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder:BuildError (object,string)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__134:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2644)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder`1<System.Exception>:Start<VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__134> (VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__134&)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder:HandleBuildError (System.Exception)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<Build>d__132:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2619)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext:ExecuteTasks ()

Anybody know what this means during avatar upload?

Was uploading quest version of PC avatar (which did successfuly upload, it's just the quest version that won't).

[quasi folio]

Slight issue, it doesn’t quite show up for me

[nova forge]

olaaa, does someone know how to fix this issue? like when i want to open an project from CC it leads me to unety hub, but then Nothing else happens :0... when i creat an seprad project in unety it says uneable to create.. how can i fix that? 😦

[night ember]

you need to be using latest sdk

[quasi folio]

Ah, that explains it

[solid fjord]

.

[night ember]

this tells us nothing

its just the error telling you that it failed

[civic eagle]

how do i apply to upload my avi?

[desert elk]

apply?

you need an official VRChat account and a trust rank new user or higher

?upload

[flat musk]

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

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

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

[civic eagle]

ty

how much is a few? ive been told 20 hrs

[night ember]

just screenshot the console

[night ember]

its not time based

[night ember]

you have missing scripts

[solid fjord]

Will the avatar work if I just delete them? Or is this an error on my part? Did I not include a plugin in the project that it needed?

[night ember]

🤷‍♂️

dont know what your avatar is or has

[peak glen]

hey so i bought a mamehimata avi and edited everything i wanted in blender. thing is when i import it into ubity, its not there as if i never dragged it into the scene/console [please @ me if anyone responds, im a busy person]

[novel smelt]

Does anyone want to work with me with my avatar

[ornate stump]

Do you have a good reason to convince them to do so?

[novel smelt]

you know turn me from noob into a pro

like you know feed back 😄

[solemn wyvern]

does anyone know any free alternatives to substance painter?

[ornate stump]

Blender.

[solemn wyvern]

you know what sorry I asked

[ornate stump]

I assume you hate blender for a reason.

[solemn wyvern]

no I love blender it's just I don't really like texture painting and materials in it. it's hard (for me at least) to get some things right and then I can't even get really close at times with the zoom just stopping at a point

[somber sequoia]

Blender with the plugin ucuPainter. Or ArmorPaint, but it's still in the alpha stage.

[novel smelt]

hey does anyknow how to fix this

my armor is transpernt

help

HEY

[ornate stump]

It's just viewport set to transparent. Alt+z to switch

[novel smelt]

?

its something diffrent when pressing alt plus z

[signal escarp]

When I pressed Alt+Z I have a different keybind opening the app when I clicked it.

How do I change it?

[ornate stump]

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/preferences/keymap.html

[ornate stump]

What something?

[novel smelt]

me and this man are on the call working on my model

wanna join us

?

[ornate stump]

No.

[novel smelt]

oh okay

[grim needle]

Does anyone know where I can buy avatars and how much they usually go for? Extra points for avatars with human anatomy iykwim

[novel smelt]

still doesnt work

[grave urchin]

I just can't upload, it either tells me I can't upload because they don't own the avatar or you didn't agree to ownership agreement

I'll type the other one when I try again

[signal escarp]

Dude just screenshot or tape a video how exactly you needed to do it, otherwise we don't know how do we do it?!

[ornate stump]

Click on this instead.

[grave urchin]

Sorry for the blurry ass image

[somber sequoia]

take a screenshot instead of a photo

[ornate stump]

Is telling you to press "Alt+Z" not enough?

[signal escarp]

For some odd reason it is disabled when I have it.

[somber sequoia]

Also scroll to the top - you want to show the first 2-3 errors.

[signal escarp]

When I clicked that it opened another app for me. How do I change the keybind to be to change the transparency?

[ornate stump]

I think you had external app that binds shortcut to that key. This isn't the blender problem.

[grave urchin]

oh my bad

[somber sequoia]

"missing script"

[ornate stump]

And if not using keys, clicking on this does the same thing #avatar-help message
If you said it's disabled then you should screenshot the current state of your blender.

[somber sequoia]

install whatever requirement you did not. check the avatar creator's website or documentation for clues

[grave urchin]

alright

i know its the gogoloco doing it though

[novel smelt]

still haveing issues

[ornate stump]

#avatar-help message

[novel smelt]

ITS still not working

[ornate stump]

You missed the message I said "you should screenshot the current state of your blender."

[somber sequoia]

We can't help if you don't provide the info we need.

[novel smelt]

THIS

see

LOOk

[ornate stump]

Enter edit mode first then disable X-Ray view.

[novel smelt]

its not doing like that

its not in xray mode

[somber sequoia]

Do you have retopology mode on? Or have another transparency setting in the view settings?

Really you should look at all of those, it's something in there, unless you specifically made that material have alpha transparency

[ornate stump]

Check material settings if it has alpha 100% or not.

[novel smelt]

we did it

[somber sequoia]

And what was it?

[signal escarp]

I had to remove the material which has it.

[somber sequoia]

er.. I was asking Clover, not sure what you're referring to?

[ornate stump]

I'd assume they're helping each other in dm.

[somber sequoia]

ohh

[spark walrus]

Hey guys

[quasi folio]

I must ask

Is it possible to set up a ‘follow’ type object in both quest and pc?

Like a camera that moves its joint to look at you, attached to say, a weighted object

[ornate stump]

Use VRC Constraint components.

[tepid oyster]

This is in unity
why is this see-through how can i fix this?

[junior void]

inverted normals?

[tepid oyster]

im new to this soooooo i don't exactly know

[somber sequoia]

Bring it into blender and flip the faces. You can confirm they're backwards by turning on the "face orientation" view overlay.

[solar lance]

Hey, anyone know why VRCParentConstraints do this when i try to make them follow my avatars arm movements? (for reference the model im trying to make it follow uses the same rig as this v1 model, and the constraints are set to localspace)

[somber sequoia]

you want one arm bone to follow another's movements? Probably you want a rotation constraint then?

[solar lance]

tried it before, almost the same results. what im wanting to do is simple, i have an arm from a different model, and i want it copy what the arm on the main model does.

[timber wharf]

then you need rotation constraints. you just place it onto every bone and activate (given theyre in the same position to begin)

[solar lance]

alright, ill try it

[umbral reef]

i was wondering if anyone knows where i can find crop tops and stuff for this model

[ornate stump]

You should delete the link and put only the image of it.

[solar lance]

It worked! im an idiot.

[umbral reef]

did it

[ornate stump]

Also better post the "looking for" question in #1138520828556890214

[umbral reef]

alrighty

i will do that

sorry

[dawn coral]

i need help if anyone can im trying to upload an avatar and it uploaded on the pc end but when i try to upload the quest version when i link the description it perma loads then if i attempt to upload it as its own thing without the attachment to the pc version it says i failed to agree to the ownership agreement even though i clicked the ok to say yes
ive never seen this before n im agreeing to it and ive tried deleting the project as a whole and redoing it from scratch idk what else to do

[sudden violet]

Open the shading tab, de-attach whatever is in the alpha channel of the material

[earnest forge]

If I want to remove things from an avatar to make the performance better and I remove a piece of clothing, will it automatically be removed from the wheel options or do I have to do something to delete it there too?

[sudden violet]

You need to open up the Expression Menu, and delete it there

[earnest forge]

Thank you ❤️

[deep leaf]

Where can I get epic avatars like the ones that appear in YouTube videos?

[desert elk]

Jinxxy, Gumroad, Booth

you can buy avatars there

or maybe the new marketplace thing (I haven't used it yet)

[crystal whale]

is there a way to sync world drops between players?

[twilit glen]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[twilit glen]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[crystal whale]

still haven't fixed the sync issues

[prisma gull]

We still havent gotten this figured out 😓

[austere elk]

issue was solved

[pine valley]

what does "when i link the description" mean?

are you trying to plug the ID from the PC avatar's Pipeline Manager into the Quest avatar's Pipeline Manager?

[dawn coral]

yea im putting the id from the pc to the quest and even with no id trying to upload as its own independent thing it doesnt work

does that

[static cipher]

question, is there a way to prevent a player wearing an avatar from jumping via the avatar? (or do i have to just use a local collider above their head?)

[pine valley]

See if there's anything interesting in the console

scroll up to find the first error

[junior kayak]

"Attempted to load the data for an avatar we do not own, clearing blueprint ID" how do i fix that ?

[austere bay]

clear the blueprint ID under the avatar descriptor

it's in the pipeline manager

[pine valley]

This is usually a red herring.

Look for an earlier error.

This error gets logged basically every time the avatar fails to upload

It's only relevant if you're trying to upload an avatar for the first time and the creator of the avatar forgot to clear the avatar's ID from the Pipeline Manager

[junior kayak]

the pipeline manager is blank

[austere bay]

then check the rest of the error log, like the other person said it's usually an error caused by something else

[mystic turret]

im a complete noob when it comes to creating avatars so basically i made a vroid avatar and now im kinda stuck ive tried following tutorials but all they do is confuse me

[desert elk]

what part are you stuck on? and what kind of tutorials did you try to follow? not all are up to date, so they may have issues

[mystic turret]

well i wanted to add toggles and like custom crouch/seated poses but i cant model things to save my life lol also the avatar im making needs to be pc/quest compatible

[desert elk]

okay

Did you use Blender to convert your model?

from VRM to FBX

[mystic turret]

yeah

[desert elk]

okay, you'll need to modify it further for Quest (cause transparency issues)

is that something you're stuck on or is the toggles what's confusing you?

[mystic turret]

both of those things lol like i mentioned this is my first avatar ever haha

[desert elk]

okay

Here's a tutorial I made for VRoid to VRChat (read the pinned comment, cause some things changed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxL5TxNc6MA&t=2548s

it has all of the Quest compatibility fixes (that I came up with)

maybe it'll be of help

and for the custom crouch/seated poses you'd need to use a custom layer with custom animations. I think there are tutorials online for that

i don't know how to do custom poses

[mystic turret]

ok thank youu! Also another thing is in unity there are accessories that i need to add but idk how to use unity at all and the vrc sdk isnt letting me sign in 😭

[desert elk]

you need an official vrchat account with a trust rank new user or higher to upload avatars

do you have an official account? if you can't log in, you probably don't

[mystic turret]

i thought i did, i made one on the vrchat website

[desert elk]

hm, then there shouldn't be issues

if you're already using Blender, you can attach accessories there, but if you'd rather use Unity, look into Modular Avatar or VRCFury

the way you can recognize official accounts is by the numbers at the end, if there are random numbers it's probably not an official account. Also try logging on the vrc website

[vague crane]

Does anyone know why my avatar is just slightly slanted in-game, and whenever I try to jump it plays a falling animation for a split-second?

I'll record what I mean in a second.

[fading token]

Ok for some reason I can’t get no updates for my avi I paid for can some tell me how

[pine valley]

i'm not sure what you're talking about here

[fading token]

Nvm it says delivered

[static cipher]

bump

[languid estuary]

Anyone willing to help a new person figure out how to upload a model?

[desert elk]

what part are you stuck on?

[pine valley]

You can completely break locomotion (GoGo Loco can do that -- not sure how, though)

But I don't think you can selectively prevent jumping

[static cipher]

i see

[languid estuary]

uploading it though i don't have any idea what im doing lol

I think it might been because I hadn't used the account i'm trying to upload the model on. I've been using steam for the game.

[desert elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAnDMUbWt8&t=236s

[desert elk]

oh yeah

[gaunt pike]

im at the publishing step myself and im missing an agreeement of somesort...

[desert elk]

you need an official account with a trust rank new user or higher

?upload

[flat musk]

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

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

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

[static cipher]

I found the solution! It's as simple as including a https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/state-behaviors/#animator-locomotion-control. (Sadly disables movement too, but oh well)

[languid estuary]

Is that just logging on and changing the trust setting?

[desert elk]

nope

it's actually playing the game

that's how you raise your trust rank

or you can buy vrc+

if you have a stream account, you'll also need to merge it with an official account

[gaunt pike]

now if im past that point, and im looking to get it published. i get an error

[sand spade]

Is there a tutorial for how to start using UV tile discard for avatars? I'm trying to make a custom model for myself and am trying to learn how to optimize in blender using this method.

[pine valley]

There's not too much to it. You just move UV islands to different tiles.

Normally, your UV coordinates are contained to [0, 1]

with a repeating texture sampler, 1.3 is the same as 0.3

this means that you can sneak some extra information into your UV maps

a UV tile discard will hide parts of the model whose UV coordinates are, say, between X=1..2 and Y=0..1

[pine valley]

in this example, this would cause the lone square face to be hidden

[sand spade]

I moved the UV but the texture for it is still down at the bottom. I'm not sure how to move it up where its suppose to be

[pine valley]

You need to move the UV islands by an entire unit

It should wind up outside of the normal grid

It's still in the [0, 0] tile right now

[pine valley]

everything by the lone square is in the [0, 0] tile here

and that part is in the [1, 0] tile

[languid estuary]

if i link my steam will it override my new account?

[pine valley]

No, and it's not really necessary if you aren't already using your Steam account to log in.

[desert elk]

ye

[languid estuary]

i'm not using my steam for the newer account.

[desert elk]

are you using a stream account now?

[languid estuary]

is there a way i can upload it to my steam account?

[pine valley]

no

[desert elk]

Nope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLaSwtWHl2E&t=22s

check this video

talks about merging

[pine valley]

merging is strictly there so that VRChat knows that the steam login should be tied to your VRChat account

play the game for a bit and you'll get the New User rank

[sand spade]

I'm still quite new to UV editing, I'm sorry its not making sense to me. I've tried to find tutorial videos on how to do this and am not finding many resources

[pine valley]

Put your UV islands back where they were originally, on top of the texture.

[languid estuary]

okay if i played for a long time on steam will that potentially change my trust account?

[pine valley]

Press G, then type "X" and "1", then hit enter.

This will move the islands by exactly 1 unit in the X direction

You should wind up with something like this.

You can now discard these UV islands with any shader that does UV tile discarding.

Imagine that your texture is repeating forever, rather than just being contained to this grid.

[sand spade]

you don't need to change the tile size? like have a 4x4 tiles?

[pine valley]

I don't know what "tile size" means here. Are you using a Blender add-on?

[pine valley]

Your texture only fills up a small chunk of the normal UV range.

[sand spade]

like this makes it a 4 tiles up and 4 tiles across for the textures

[pine valley]

no, that just means that your texture is very small

the shader has no clue about this

unless there's a grid size setting I missed

I do see that you have a 4x4 grid there.

[pine valley]

Ah!

[sand spade]

the uv tile discard video i watched said to do this

[pine valley]

Okay, great, that makes way more sense now.

[vague crane]

NVM happens only in VR but still confused as to why that is

[pine valley]

Then yes, this looks correct.

[sand spade]

but it used it with no materials/textures

I get how to move the UV, but I wasn't sure how to move the texture to where the UV is moved to

[pine valley]

You don't have to!

Imagine that the texture repeats across all of those grid cells.

in fact -- go to "View" and turn on "Repeat Image"

[sand spade]

ok so as long as the texture is assigned to those UV spots, then it doesn't matter where the UV is on the grid?

[pine valley]

and you'll see what is going to actually happen

this hurts my eyes

[0.3, 0] is the same as [1.3, 0]

which is the same as [0.3, 3]

etcetera

of course, if you mess with the UV scale or offset on your material, this goes out the window

[sand spade]

ok I see that

Ok i see that

[pine valley]

It is also possible to make it so that the texture doesn't repeat.

but that should be the default

(it would be pretty useless alongside tile discarding!)

[sand spade]

so iv i'm using tile discard, all of the texturse should have that on?

[pine valley]

I'm not sure what you mean by "all of the textures"

[pine valley]

This is strictly for previewing in Blender

[sand spade]

ok so it doesn't need to stay ticked on all the time, just when adjusting the UV's

[pine valley]

Right

[sand spade]

okok I get it now.

[pine valley]

In Unity, everything should work as normal -- you'll create a material and assign the textures

but then, when you turn on tile discarding, parts of the model will disappear

[sand spade]

ok, so I made a new UV called "UV discard" and I move the UV's there that I combined into one object. Then, when in unity, i can select the UV map and then use poyomi to use the discard for toggles

[lament ivy]

Is there an easy way to combine armatures in blender if i have edits on my base? I have the egirl base with the chest rig so it has different bones that what outfits come with. i want to keep the bones on an outfit without having to destroy the outfits armature but i dont know how to replace the chest bones to the outfit

[pine valley]

You don't need a separate UV map unless you need a totally different mapping for the mesh

like, if you need a mapping for a scrolling emission effect

[pine valley]

With default tiling/offset settings, it doesn't matter which tile you put the UV islands in

You could stick them anywhere and it'd look identical

[sand spade]

Another question I was wondering is if there is a good tutorial on how to add audio source to your avatar. For example: What I want to do specifically is add a source to my hands that, when in contact with the head, has a head scratching audio that is only able to be heard by the one being touched (not super loud so everyone around can hear). Like head scratches. More like ASMR stuff

[radiant night]

The arms on this model can open, I have an animation for it in the fbx. When I import it into unity it doesnt start at frame 0 or 1, im not sure why this is happening, can anyone give me some insight?

I have gathered that importing models with animations from blender is very jank, if anyone has experience with it, please lmk

[fair dirge]

interesting...

[radiant night]

Just a guess here but skybox is probably exclusive to worlds

[coral compass]

Need a linux or at least a MacOS user to answer this. The VRC Documentation says this:

In the "Builder" tab of VRChat SDK control panel, you can now select "Build & Test" at "Offline Testing" section. When you click this, your avatar will be built, and then copied into the folder %LocalAppdata%Low\VRChat\VRChat\Avatars.
So far they've thrown me a bone whenever they say super windows-y stuff like this, but I'm getting nothing here. I don't have an AppData, I only have a really long path to the appdata in Steam's wine prefix for this game, and the SDK didn't put my new avatar in there. I think the avatar should be somewhere, though, because it's in my Content Manager. Anyone know where it actually went?

EDIT, UPDATE FOR FUTURE PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR THIS: Test avatars are build to ~/.var/app/com.unity.UnityHub/data/VRChat/VRChat/Avatars/ as .vrca files

Oh, actually, if you're a windows user, showing me what file your SDK spits out would also be a huge help.

What it's named, what the file extension is

[grave urchin]

People on pcvr see a second version of my avatar that's a png.
Like they see me, as the main model. And they also see a second flat png version

[sand spade]

does anyone know how to fix this transparent material? Blender 4.3 doesn't have blend mode alpha hashed anymore

[desert elk]

it doesn't really matter how your shaders look in Blender, since shaders are set up in Unity

[solemn ocean]

weird issue, I got a vrchat model i'm trying to export with univrm, but when I put it into a 3d program some of the accessories are constantly moving through their entire range of motion very quickly

[desert elk]

Did you switch out physbones for spring bones? there could also be issues if you're using vrchat exclusive add-ons, vrcfury for example

[solemn ocean]

looking for where it would show which bones it's using

[limpid cargo]

it’s named the name of the object (the avatar) and .vrca

[desert elk]

springbones should all be in the secondary object, unless that's not what you mean.

[plain lava]

I’m making a Superman avatar and for some reason the physbones on the cape aren’t working at all I’ve tried unpausing it while in play but it still doesn’t work

[winged bobcat]

what does this error mean?

[queen spade]

hey i just bought an avi and im struggling to upload, havent really used unity before lol

[lilac musk]

You should look up basic tutorials. Unity is a pretty in depth program, so if you want to use it, learn all you can from the free sources available to you.

A good and somewhat modern one I recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWr4diTDqJM

[icy iron]

So, I have this avatar I've made using the Poiyomi shader, but I want to include animated emissive tears dripping from the eyes... I just don't know how I'd go about that... Could someone give me some direction?

[clever thorn]

Does anyone know how to make quest compatible lighting?

[icy iron]

No, I get that part. I mean how would I do the actual tears? I could model some tears on the face in Blender and apply an emissive texture to that, but I want the tears to actually drip, so... I dunno.

[nimble chasm]

hello! is there anyone that can help me add a radial option to my avatar without the texture balls? i only have the png ones and all the tutorials online have the texture balls

[night ember]

lights on avatars arent allowed on quest entirely

[fading token]

I purchased a avatar off payhip and it hasn’t went to my avatars it says it’s delivered

[night ember]

you can only fake it with a cone

[fading token]

I’m just wondering if I got like scammed or something

It’s my first time playing on my own vr

[nimble chasm]

you gotta upload it yourself

[fading token]

How

[nimble chasm]

through unity

or pay someone 5 bucks to do it themselves on your account

loads of tutorials online

[clever thorn]

How do u make it brighter tho ive seen it

Is there a bypass? Like gogoloco quest flight with colliders

And stations

[night ember]

gogoloco isnt a bypass?

[clever thorn]

I mean work around

[night ember]

all you get is a cone

[clever thorn]

Does it actually light up?

[night ember]

its a cone

[clever thorn]

Yea or no

[night ember]

its a mesh so no

[clever thorn]

Grr

[somber sequoia]

no, but you can use dithered to do a similar thing:
https://www.katsbits.com/codex/eevee-transparency-dithered/

[pale seal]

What do this mean

[ornate stump]

If you agreed with the message below, tick the checkbox in front of it.

[pale seal]

Not that one the one with the symbol ⚠️

[ornate stump]

Your animator states, the ones you creates in FX and such, has different settings of "Write Defaults" in the states.

[pale seal]

How can I fix it

[ornate stump]

Make them same Write Defaults, either all on or all off for every animator controller in your avatar.

[spark walrus]

you there

@slender citrus

[slender citrus]

Oh the face texture is missing

Did this import as a unity package all together

[spark walrus]

yes

@slender citrus

imported it as a unity package

bro

where did you go

[slender citrus]

Sorry I have one arm quite literally lol

[spark walrus]

oh'

alrighjt

[slender citrus]

And is there any other prefab files other than that one? If not click on the face and see if there's a texture assigned

[spark walrus]

so what do i do

\

[slender citrus]

If there isn't then it may be an extra file you need to download, it's likely on the creators page though I can't imagine why

Well first unpack the model in the repository

[slender citrus]

But I do see there's no materials

Hmmm.. this model is missing those there might be a separate material file

[spark walrus]

nop

[slender citrus]

If there is imoort that if not reach out to the creator

[spark walrus]

i willb just search for a new model

the creator wont respond'

[slender citrus]

Let me link you some

[spark walrus]

sure

like this one pls

[slender citrus]

https://boothplorer.com/avatars/free

Here's a bunch of free models all from booth

[sudden tendon]

Probably a stupid question, but why isn't my animator letting me select an avatar? It keeps saying "None"

[somber sequoia]

explain what you are trying to do?

[spark walrus]

@slender citrus thanks

[sudden tendon]

So you know the animator module right?

You put it in like the parent object?

[somber sequoia]

module?

[sudden tendon]

Idk terms

[somber sequoia]

parent object of what?

[sudden tendon]

Of the avatar

[somber sequoia]

ok so the Animator component you put on the avatar root

[sudden tendon]

Yes

[night ember]

What exactly are you trying to do

[sudden tendon]

Is the "avatar" part of the animator component supposed to be empty?

[night ember]

Did you not rig it as humanoid in unity

[somber sequoia]

do you not have a humanoid rig setup?

[sudden tendon]

Because it won't let me slot something into it saying that there's "none"

[sudden tendon]

Bruh.

Yeah

[somber sequoia]

seems not

or there are errors

go to the rig setup page and see if there are any

[sudden tendon]

I just went there

And yeah it says there isn't a humanoid rig, ooops

[somber sequoia]

that's why then

[sudden tendon]

Thanks for the help

(This is so embarrasing)

[earnest forge]

If I want to make the avatar on the tops eyes look more like the original head on the bottom, is that something that's easy to do and would it mess with makeup or anything else?

[left gull]

likely'll mess with the makeup quite a bit and will require you to re-edit any blendshapes that edit they eye/around the eye mesh at all

imo making big thing small = easy but making small thing big = hard

[somber hazel]

Hi so I just got done with my model what do I do with it now?

[ornate stump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAnDMUbWt8

[somber hazel]

Thx

[somber hazel]

Do you need visual Studio?

[ornate stump]

No.

[somber hazel]

Ok

Thx

[warm raft]

Does anyone have a good tutorial to follow on learning how to apply tattoo textures to avatars? Ive found some beautiful tattoos I wanna apply to an avatar but im unsure on how.

[subtle spindle]

can someone help me

what should i add into my unity project to edit a avatar

[ornate stump]

Depends on what aspect you want to edit.

[subtle spindle]

im trying to edit the hair and add clothes and textures and pirecrings

[ornate stump]

If you wanted to attach assets to your avatar, then try vrcfury.

[subtle spindle]

what do i use for toggles

[ornate stump]

Same vrcfury.

[subtle spindle]

alr

[dawn wharf]

How to install pcss?? Kinda confused!

[subtle spindle]

does rinod and manuka use the same body?

[primal spruce]

Anybody know how to make a avatar rock symbol a middle figner?

[still shuttle]

You could animate the fingers yourself or use a pre made gesture controller. Look on jinxxy for some different gesture controller options if you're interested

[amber gull]

hello any idea why some assets look like this when i export them from blender to unity? looks wonky or weird looking

[dawn wharf]

Relatively yes, still check naming conventions when putting on assets

[subtle spindle]

can someone help me ina call

[dawn wharf]

Check your weight painting maybe?

[amber gull]

it has something to do with the normal maps

[dawn wharf]

I see...

[amber gull]

in blender it look good

idk why it looks weird on unity :c

[lilac musk]

Kinda looks like Z fighting. Do you have 2 meshs?

[amber gull]

wdym

it has a blendshapw hood on and off

[amber gull]

hood off looks good but with on it looks like this :/

[sudden violet]

make sure you enable legacy normals and blendshapes

[amber gull]

i do have it enabled

[lilac musk]

When two meshes (surfaces) occupy the same space, they fight for which one should be shown. If this is your issue, you would either need to delete one mesh, or apply the same material/uv for the layout to hide uglyness of the z fighting.

[sudden violet]

Did you set the correct texture resolution?

[amber gull]

yes

[sudden violet]

mh, not sure in that case

[amber gull]

i found a fix but it comes with a cost like if i changed the normals to calculate it will fix it but the mb of the avi increases like 50mb extra :c

idk why tho..

[sudden violet]

uh, i'd be surprised if it's this. Did you disable backface culling?

[amber gull]

yes

[sudden violet]

does the mesh have multiple UVmaps in blender?

[amber gull]

im not sure because someone made it for me

[sudden violet]

i doubt it's that, but, worth checking

Otherwise, i'd check the normals (in blender)

[amber gull]

it fixed if i changed the normals option

but increases the mb of the avi alot

[sudden violet]

Yea, that's why i said this.
I am not sure what that normal option does, but if "messing with the normals" fixes it, then my guess is that they are broken in blender

[subtle spindle]

im having trouble

putting this on the avatar

[sudden violet]

scale is not set to one i'm guessing (unless you made your manuka at that scale too)

[amber gull]

i tried to auto smooth it and cleared the old normals but still :/

i fixed it

[sudden violet]

Mh? What was it?

[amber gull]

i changed the blendshape of the hood on to apply the shapekey to basis so it made it hood on by default then changed it back to hood off and it worked :3

[sudden violet]

interesting, but hey if it works, it works

[amber gull]

yes

thank you for ur help also :3

[gloomy zinc]

anyone else having the same issue?
models that worked yesterday crash the game today.
I can log in normally using other models.
even viewing model information in-game will cause the game to crash.

[amber gull]

try to maybe reupload the model again

it happend to me in the past and i did upload it again it worked for me

[gloomy zinc]

I tried but it keeps getting stuck on this popup...

[subtle spindle]

my toggles arent working help me

[bitter stream]

hello, i am wondering if making avatars for use with vrchat creator companion requires any special blender setup, certain plugins, specific blender version, or anything else required before starting project?

i am starting from scratch

[proven quail]

I would recommend looking into cats blender plugin, and using whatever blender version that the plugin needs. It's such a useful tool when doing avatar stuff in blender

[subtle spindle]

am i doing this right

[bitter stream]

i was just looking into this, the repo listed specific compatible models...

i am not using any existing model

[proven quail]

I know, but the plugin should still help even if you create something from scratch. It does stuff like merge bones, decimation, do vismes, attaches meshes to armatures, etc

Also this, so you should be good

[bitter stream]

ah okay, thank you!

[brave rock]

any idea why the face is doing this with a matcap????

it did this after i edited the blendshapes

[round meadow]

guys i need help with this hair

[sudden violet]

did you tick "legacy blend shapes and normals"?

[round meadow]

i tried a lot of stuff but nothing working

or maybe i just too dumb dumb

[brave rock]

where can i find that? ^_^

[sudden violet]

on the FBX of your model, the first "page" of it.

[brave rock]

you have physics on the actual head bone not the hair root

[round meadow]

ohhhhh

lemme try

[brave rock]

this? just turned it on, still the same....

[sudden violet]

yup, that.

When you say "edited the blendshapes", you mean that you got into blender, and changed the blendshape?

[brave rock]

nope, in unity

[sudden violet]

as in, just, moved the slider of the blendshape?

[brave rock]

heres what she looks like without any blendshape adjustments

[brave rock]

yeah

thats all

[sudden violet]

legacy blendshape and normals is the only thing that comes to mind. Did you hit "apply"?

[brave rock]

wow, im really stupid, no i did not because i thought it automatically updated 🤦‍♂️

tysm man this is so weird tho 😭

[subtle spindle]

how cna i fix the camera view

[ornate stump]

What even is the issue?

[subtle spindle]

its abovm my head

[sudden violet]

all good! make it a habbit to always turn that option on everytime you upload a fbx

[ornate stump]

Change view position in avatar descriptor.

[subtle spindle]

ok

[brave rock]

okay!! on every avatar? does it really help even when it doesnt seem? :o

[sudden violet]

Yup, don't ask me why, i'm actually unsure. I just know normals and blendshapes act funny if you don't turn it on

someone might give you more information than i can on it

[brave rock]

okay!!! ty ^_^

[ornate stump]

That's actually it.

Also "Calculate" will increase the model size significantly.

[sudden violet]

ah, assumed there was more technical explanation behind it

[ornate stump]

Each face has normal which affecting light calculation. Blendshapes change the shape of face, which also change face normals. But fbx file doesn't contain actual face normal for blendshape, and that unity decides to "Calculate" blendshape normals in place of missing normals in fbx file. Changing to legacy makes unity to import blendshape normals from fbx file instead, and since it doesn't exist in fbx file, that make blendshape normal no longer have effect on the model.

[sudden violet]

Oooh, that's super well explained. Thank you!

[quasi folio]

On my avatar; my hips are fine; whenever anyone else wears the avatar, the hips swing side to side and break, why is that?

[frigid glade]

Does the avatar have any animations??

[somber sequoia]

If you want to use "Import" for blendshape normals, some of us have found it looks better when you set "Smoothing" under "Geometry" to "Face" in blender's FBX export dialogu.

[quasi folio]

I mean, it has an anchor-weighted object

[quasi folio]

Here’s what’s happening

[limpid cargo]

pc and quest avatar toggle’s sync ,
what easy way can test it?

[desert elk]

if the parameters lists are the same and "synced" is checked, it should work

[limpid cargo]

i need to remove incompatible prefab for quest.
now unsure of working sync…

[mint silo]

Avatar validation failed
UnityEngine.Debug:LogError (object,UnityEngine.Object)
VRC.Core.Logger:LogError (string,string,UnityEngine.Object)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__143:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2920)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder:Start<VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__143> (VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__143&)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder:BuildError (object,string)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__135:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2672)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder`1<System.Exception>:Start<VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__135> (VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__135&)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder:HandleBuildError (System.Exception)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<Build>d__133:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2647)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext:ExecuteTasks (

I love how something as stupid as this error can be simply fixed by restarting unity...

[midnight needle]

this is a really basic question so I apologize if the answer is souper simple but Im just having troubl figuring it out; how dew I add constraints to bones so that they can only bend on a singl axis? In my case, I have a character wif robotic joints, so to avoid clipping issues I need the elbows and knees to only bend on 1 axis and nogt rotate on any of the other ones.
I was able to dew it in Blender souper easily, but for some reason I can't quite figure out how to dew the same with the VRC constraints in Glunity...

[quaint peak]

Sorry for bothering anyone here but i may ask if anyone is open to commissioning! (I need someone to make an avatar for me- )

[primal spruce]

how to make metalic shining effect? for quest? like to make this shiny/metalic on quest

[still shuttle]

Use a matcap

[still shuttle]

My comms are open but I reccomend going through the vrctraders discord server and making a detailed post there about what excatly you want for the commission, and ppl who specialize in what you're looking for will contact you. Make sure to only respond to people who are verified in the server tho cuz if they arent verfied they MIGHT be a scammer.

Here is the server if you wanna join it:
https://discord.com/channels/189511567539306508/1204506421631393913

[quaint peak]

Ah

Ty!

[timber wharf]

@midnight needle not really a thing with the IK. you can make your main humanoid arm from elbow to be just empty bones and a robot arm one a copy alongside it with rotation constraints, elbow one being axis limited, but ofc resulting visible arm position will be who knows where and your hand wont align with controllers

[somber sequoia]

post the first 2-3 errors, at the top. Summaries are fine, no need for the full details

[austere bay]

animating hue shift through the new toon shader works for quest in game right?

like you can put a hue shift on a radial wheel ^

[teal orbit]

if a make a avatar with no legs and detached hands do i the bones the same as if it was a human avatar?

[somber sequoia]

Yeah, you need a full humanoid armature if you want to use the locomotion and stuff VRChat provides. You don't need to weight paint anything to the bones though.

[teal orbit]

i tried weight paint it before but couldn't do the hands after the main body but it wasn't a humanoid armature or does the hands and main body has to be the same object?

i use the auto weight paint would that of been the problem?

[somber sequoia]

nope, objects are not relevant. Also I've never had any automatic weight painting be good enough - most likely you'll want to check that before you export, and fix it if need be.

[teal orbit]

with the led bones do i have to do all of them or only the fist few?

[somber sequoia]

"led bones"?

[teal orbit]

leg*

[somber sequoia]

by "do" do you mean create? You must have the full humanoid armature if you want to be humanoid. There's an example pinned in #avatar-rigging but you need legs down to the feet, and arms down to the hands. toes/fingers not needed.

[teal orbit]

ok thanks for the help

[keen crystal]

Can someone help me with an avatar? I have a few quesyions lol its just unity stuff, message me if you can help!

[ornate stump]

You could just ask the question here.

[keen crystal]

I know i didnt wanna spam the channel is all but i can

[somber sequoia]

it's what this channel is for

[ornate stump]

You should at least provide preliminary info so people know what question should be expected.

[keen crystal]

Actually i looked its just one thing i can just show real quick

Whats wrong with my eyes😭 ive tried everything, only thibg that works is importing a new model and starting over, but if i dont have to itd be nice lol

Fairly new to unity so im trying to learn!

[untold minnow]

My friend gave me this pants asset to try and see if I could figure out what was wrong with them, Its like it has a film over the pants hiding the actual pants underneath. Does anyone know what this could be?

[keen crystal]

Oh and i did do different naturals cause i thought i put the wrong ones on, no difference

[timid kite]

how do i swap bodies and heads? for example, i want to make a human avatar that can turn into a furry

[somber sequoia]

Have both meshes on your avatar, enable one and disable the other

(it's way better for performance to just swap avatars)

[timid kite]

problems with that:

1. they have different armatures/bone structure
2. what about face visemes, eye look, etc in the descriptor?

[somber sequoia]

Yeah so it's possible to do this but it'll be a lot of work. really not worth doing

[timid kite]

well i want to do the work because i want to create a special avatar. do you know how to do it? or is there any resources that can help? articles, videos?

[somber sequoia]

2. you'd need to animate visemes entirely yourself based on the Viseme parameter. eye look you'd need rotation constraints from bones that VRChat drives to your specific armstures.

1. you'd need two armatures, one that's humanoid which runs the human one and the second for the furry with rotation constraints driving it based on the first.

[timid kite]

is there any resources for working with 2 armatures at the same time? i purely work in blender and then drag the fbx into unity. i never had to deal with multiple armatures

i know majority people do it differently bcoz they dont have much blender skills

[somber sequoia]

Well I'd really use a single armature, but with two sets of bones in it.

[timid kite]

what about when you configure the fbx and it starts telling you red on, lets say, head?

[somber sequoia]

?

[timid kite]

idk what to even search for on youtube to learn this. yet again i know MAJORITY of people do it this way, but i never had to because i work a lot in blender

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure there's anything really specific to learn

[untold minnow]

anyone got anything?

a better image of it

[somber sequoia]

really difficult to tell from here, is that a texture applied? Duplicated faces? Weird face normals? Inverted faces?

[untold minnow]

I applied a random image as a texture to better differentiate it

[somber sequoia]

oh so it's flipped faces

[untold minnow]

Is it meant to be blue facing outward and red facing inward?

[somber sequoia]

Yes

[untold minnow]

I still have the issue, nothing has changed other than the faces being properly set now

[somber sequoia]

in that upper-right image, it almost looks like duplicated faces for a lot of that

[untold minnow]

how can I fix it?

[somber sequoia]

delete the duplicated faces? Again, difficult to really give you a definite answer without actually working with the model myself

[untold minnow]

I see

yeah its definetely duplicated faces

Ill just delete them manually

thanks for helping me figure out it was dupped faces

[still gull]

trying to use the VRC contact reciever, wanting to have it so when a hand enters the receiver, it toggles on a parameter, then toggles it off when the hand enters again. essentially a push to toggle system for an animation. Any ideas?

[somber sequoia]

two variables, one that the contact triggers on enter, the second gets driven by VRC Avatar Parameter Driver when the first is activated. You use the second.

[still gull]

okay, so i would need to make a menu parameter asset for this?

or can i animate a parameter being turned on?

[somber sequoia]

the contact-triggered variable can just be an animator parameter, no need for it to be in avatar parameters.

you use VRC Avatar Parameter Driver to change parameters via animation logic

[still gull]

this si what i ahev rn

[tiny dock]

Do not ask in this server you will be scammed

[somber sequoia]

One further thing I recommend is not leaving the "hand entered contact" state until the hand has left the contact, that way you don't get your animation looping while it's still in there.

[eternal spire]

Hi, I need help attaching hair to an avi. I am using unity and I got the hair on the avi. I just need help attaching.

I feel like I got most of it right and wrong at the same time

[somber sequoia]

Something more like this logic

(mad gimp skills, yo)

[tiny dock]

Use blender and shift click both the hair and the body and hit ctrl + j

I don’t believe you can attach in unity

[still gull]

it's working, thanks 🙂

[somber sequoia]

you can use tools like VRCFury's armature link

[somber sequoia]

Excellent 🙂

[tiny dock]

Oh yeah and make sure the hair is attached to the head bone

[tiny dock]

Did not know that

I make all my stuff from scratch in blender so i’m a little bit unaware

[eternal spire]

How do I do that? I have VRCFury and have it in my project. Idk what else to do from there.

[somber sequoia]

VRCFury has instructions and there are many tutorial videos

[eternal spire]

ok thanks!

[eternal spire]

Is there a way to add an already made avi to blender to edit?

been curious about that

[somber sequoia]

import the FBX into Blender, edit, export back to FBX, overwriting the file and using the same settings a previously.
And don't unpack your avatar prefab or this will not work.

[eternal spire]

oh okay, thanks!

[leaden ice]

can someone help out with my broken toggles

sadge

[midnight needle]

oof, kinda surprised it's nogt something that's easily possible, but thanks either way

[serene zealot]

how do I properly install FaceEmo?

I've tried just installing the unity package trough the download from booth github and vcc

and installing the folder too

the folder gets farther but still it won't let me start faceemo

[desert elk]

describe what the toggle needs to do and what's broken

[leaden ice]

got float toggle for outfits and bool toggles for taking on/off hair, sweater etc.

in emulator when testing gogo loco works but none of my toggles work

ive cross-referenced previous projects ive done and all is set up the same but this time nothing is working

[desert elk]

manual, vrcfury?

[leaden ice]

manual

[desert elk]

you can look in the fx layer and see what part they get stuck at

in playmode

[teal orbit]

anyone know how the weight paint works i clicked on it and the body went red and hands when blue and it doesnt let me shift click on the bones?

[desert elk]

you can select vertex groups instead of bones

I always do that

[teal orbit]

how do i do that?

[robust cargo]

So is the a reason why the goku avatars always have those black spots around them i dont troll with them at all i just use them and now they got those black spots on them

[desert elk]

it's the green triangle on the right

[desert elk]

"black spots"?

[robust cargo]

ima send a example

[teal orbit]

did that still comes up red

[leaden ice]

red means the weight is at 100% on the clothing or object, on the top bar you can find a slider that you can use to make it 0% (blue) or 100% (red)

[desert elk]

either texture or transparency issues

[leaden ice]

unsure where to find this sorry

[desert elk]

how did you make the toggles without the fx layer?

it's under playable layers

[leaden ice]

oh yeah i did that

[desert elk]

in the avatar descriptor

you can open the fx layer when in play mode, click the toggle in gesture manager and see what part it gets stuck at

[leaden ice]

i dont see where i see it get stuck tho

[desert elk]

i never set toggles up like you did

what tutorial did you follow?

[leaden ice]

friend taught me

[desert elk]

https://youtu.be/XqtSg6_W07Y?si=9jcfyzgLWWCWwSub

try this

I'm not saying your set up is wrong, I just never saw it set up that way

or maybe you can ask your friend, since they may know how it works

[leaden ice]

all it is, is true and false states

all transitions going into devil 0 is false, and all transitions going into devil is true

[kindred marsh]

So I'm having a bit of trouble with my avatar, I've got the green on everything else and fixed all the errors but this warning still pops up in unity that aparrently vertices don't have weights assigned

I doubled in blender and everything does have a weight to it

Literally all the other stuff with the model is good it's just this one thing and I don't get what it means

[leaden ice]

did u select ur fbx in your project and change the animantion type to humanoid?

[kindred marsh]

Believe wso

[desert elk]

check the warninf

[leaden ice]

im pretty new to avatar stuff myself but that just came to mind

[desert elk]

warning

[kindred marsh]

This is the warning

[teal orbit]

im in unity how do i fix this?

[somber sequoia]

Inspector for the model file, rig tab, configure, put the right bones into the right slots if they are not already there

[teal orbit]

i did that and clicked apply but it removed the bones from the legs

[somber sequoia]

what does that mean?

probably show what this looks like.

[solemn wyvern]

heyyo I am currently texture painting and I am having trouble with it, any tips on how to make this look less flat as a fur texture?

[tepid oyster]

it was already like this

no red

[somber sequoia]

Looks good - must be your shader then

[tepid oyster]

uhmmmm
how to

what exactly do i need to do? (I have no idea)

[somber sequoia]

of course, you'd need to figure out what's wrong first.

[tepid oyster]

0 ^0''

[somber sequoia]

sorry, it's not really clear from the images provided so far

[silk trellis]

Anyone else struggling to upload quest versions? When I switch to quest the thing is just frozen and when I can upload it always fails

[teal orbit]

is it posible to make the avitar smallet in unity or do i have to do it in blender?

[somber sequoia]

You can scale the avatar root, or scale the model in the FBX import settings (which is my preferred way)

[teal orbit]

how do i get to the settings?

[somber sequoia]

click on the FBX file itself, look in the inspector

[teal orbit]

in unity?

[somber sequoia]

That's what you were asking about, so yes, of course.

[teal orbit]

i found it

[kindred marsh]

Still haven't figured this out yet

[somber sequoia]

This warning means you have vertices with no weight paint, Unity will assume you want them to move with the root bone.

[kindred marsh]

How do I fix it?

I've gone through it in Blender and all the bones have weight paint

[somber sequoia]

Weight paint those vertices to the appropriate bone.

Bones have no weight paint - mesh does.

[kindred marsh]

I mean like

I just can't wor dit right

I'll to re import the mesh

How do I find them?

[somber sequoia]

I did this once, wrote a Python script for it. Not sure how otherwise.

[kindred marsh]

Any way I could do the same or nah

[somber sequoia]

Sure, you could also write a Python script for it

[glass condor]

Hey, simple question: I want to upload an avi to iOS, but the option is grayed out in the SDK. How do I enable it?

[lone matrix]

Got a question. Got a custom avatar recently but I think it may need a touch up. Not sure yet. Anyone here an avatar creator?

[somber sequoia]

Lots of us, but go commission people at the VRC Traders discord, link is in #1204490664637890580
You'll just get scammers DMing you here.

[lone matrix]

Ahh. Thank you🙏🏼

[keen crystal]

Help its not letting me upload my avatar saying its not owned??

I bought the avatar, i dont get it

[somber sequoia]

that's a side-effect of the other errors, you'll need to fix those.

[cursive pilot]

i am converting a minecraft skin into an avatar do i need to make the torso split into like more than 1 part?

[keen crystal]

Ohh uh how do i fix the exprwssions parameters thing
NVM GOT IT

[fresh lava]

How do I fix this?

[visual timber]

I have a model outfit that comes with a modular avatar prefab, i bought 2 from the same creator. The one outfit works fine but the other seems to have a loop stuck on the shorts (makes the shorts turn on and off rapidly). Any assistance on this would be beautiful ❤️ inbox is open

[lapis jungle]

you dont have the assets imported into your unity project that other things are dependent on

[visual timber]

Resolved. Twas the creators issue setting the FX layers up wrong linking shorts false as top false thus creating my looping issue.

[wintry ledge]

how do i attach pretty nails to my booth avi? i have rurune base, i got the nail armature into avi arma,and put the nail fingers into avi fingers but they are still off 😔 🥀

[robust grove]

eyo my uploaded avatar keeps failing security checks, only happened after we tried making it quest compat. Avatar is now quest compat, but security checks failed? All shaders and assets are quest compat, help?

[cursive pilot]

how do i make it look like the normal version color wise

[pulsar comet]

Hi, does anyone know if there's a way to make screen space ambient occlusion (poiyomi pro) work better when under a transparent mesh? I have a semi transparent jacket and my skin looks super dark under it, thanks!

[stone gazelle]

hiii! im currently making an avi and im trying to upload her into my account and it just keeps giving me the same error.. idk if i should try using another project but PLEASE HELPP

[somber meadow]

Is there any other errors alongside this

[stone gazelle]

there are some errors from the gogo loco, it says some parameters arent defined

[wintry ledge]

yo does anyone know why the tail is like that? and body gone? in unity it looks normal but when i upload its broken :/

[weak otter]

Anyone knows why mp3 audio from avatar keeps playing on default upon loading/switching my avatar?

[wintry ledge]

its there in unity so how 💔

[timid kite]

why is the avatar preview height so weird?

[fickle creek]

I'm trying to ffind this little guy (The companion on Gumroad or VRC Fury)

[limber hedge]

Has anyone here managed to simulate an IK system on their avatars without FinalIK? I don't feel like shelling out 90 bucks for a single package that I'll probably never use again.

[limpid cargo]

you need to change the import settings of the texture

this happens a lot with minecraft skin textures in my experience…

change the modes at the bottom,
i can’t remember that name right now

[limpid cargo]

you may need to install the ios build module in unity.

[limpid cargo]

consider following the vrchat required rig.
you need “hip, spine, chest”

[limpid cargo]

please consider asking poiyomi discord server. maybe can help you there.

[pulsar comet]

I did but no response yet 😭

[limpid cargo]

i understand pain 🥺

[cursive pilot]

yeah i fixed it was argb 32bit i think

[cursive pilot]

do you maybe know any good tutorials on this?

[limpid cargo]

ah well, maybe “vrchat rig example” is ok.
but, vrchat documentation has this info better.

[vapid relic]

I need some help Im tryin to upload this to quest side and it keeps saying this and ngl I kinda wish vrchat went back to not doing this so yeah need some help pls help if u can >3<

[flat star]

can anyone help me import this pmx file into vr chat

[limpid cargo]

dm me

[limpid cargo]

you need to reduce things in your avatar (texture size, remove meshes, etc.)
the file size is too big for the quest platform.

[flat star]

alrighty

[limpid cargo]

consider using compression on your quest textures .

[vapid relic]

Did that already I removed alot of stuff on it and the texture sizes are very very low

[limpid cargo]

use compression.

“compression quality” > best

[vapid relic]

k Ima try doin 100% compression on all of them o3o

[cursive pilot]

like the thing is that i can barely use blender ill find something ig

[vapid relic]

Didnt work still the same :/

so what next?

[left wharf]

The FBX file looks too huge. It may be fixed by deleting unused blendshape or reducing the number of vertices in the mesh.

[vapid relic]

Im not good with blender and when I tried to mess with it in blender it messed up the project when I tried exporting it back into unity using the same fbx name and such o3o

had to delete the fbx and reimport the old fbx :/

[left wharf]

yeah, there are several tools to do this easily
VRCFury can remove unused blendshape, afaik

[vapid relic]

can u show me how to do that?

[left wharf]

https://vrcfury.com/components/other#blendshape-optimizer
add this to your avatar's root

[vapid relic]

is there a repository for it I can add? makes it easier so I can add it to other projects in the future just by clicking the + button

plus I already have vrcfury installed how do I just do it I read the thing

nvm Im dumb lol

tryin it again

And it worked lol

yay ^-^

[left wharf]

🎉 great! （＾_＾）

[limber hedge]

Okay so, I'm planning to make a character that has two weapons chained together, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to make the chain have physics while also connecting on both ends. I've tried to use a mix of physbones and constraints to no avail. Does anyone have any clues/tips/examples on how to maybe achieve it?

[fresh lava]

Can someone call me so I can screenshare...

Itll take 5 minutes tops...

Im confused with changing the toggle of something.

[dawn wharf]

Hello, looking to understand "Light Volume" instead of "Pcss" I heard "Pcss" crashes lobbies etc, can someone inform me about a "light volume" setting within unity? thank you! 🙏

[velvet blade]

Is there a way to have it so that my character’s limbs bend along multiple bones, along the lines of something like a rubber hose cartoon character?

Like, I want my character’s arm to bend in an arc rather than angling at the elbow. My plan was to use about 4 bones, but I’d want them to all bend simultaneously with my elbow. I tried something with rotation constraints and making the arms separately rigged from the hands, but I couldn’t get it working too well.

[flat star]

idk what im doing wrong with this can anyone help

like why does it have to be so hard

I have been in unity editor thingy for like an hour

idk man

just look at the console

it says avatar is null when I try to lip sync it

but the bones were fine inside blender

alright

[dawn wharf]

Okay so I'm doing my menu settings, am I able to use Unicode or special symbols as the title? Or will it break the model?

[limpid cargo]

why are you unable to type with normal letters?

[dawn wharf]

What?

I am simply asking if I can write unicode into the next text

[limpid cargo]

sorry, many people not private.
best option is explain it here.