avatar-help

[desert elk]

remember to re-do the weight painting

[soft aurora]

yep

do i delete the labeled "breast" bones too?

[desert elk]

you don't need to

i keep them for phsybones

[primal spruce]

how can i change a avatar default pose? from a t-pose to the one where its like a t-pose but the arms are more down (idk what thats called)

[desert elk]

a-pose?

[prisma frigate]

A pose?

[desert elk]

you could move it in Blender, i think

[primal spruce]

yuh a-pose

but i cant move it in Unity? at all

[desert elk]

i don't think so

[primal spruce]

darn

[soft aurora]

I think this actually worked!!

I re did all the bones and now its uploading!

[fallow dome]

Does anyone know how I can add toggles to a 2D avatar?

[desert elk]

what do you mean by that?

[fallow dome]

I would like to add a toggle that makes the back of the PNG avatar another image

[desert elk]

that'd be a material swap toggle i think

the process is the same as any other avatar

[fallow dome]

Im having a problem with the toggle not showing up too

[desert elk]

any errors?

[fallow dome]

No it just doesnt show

[desert elk]

what method did you make the toggle with?

[fallow dome]

I think its because the PNG avatar isnt a real avatar in unity

[fallow dome]

VRCFury

[desert elk]

can't help there

i can send a manual toggle tutorial

idk if vrcfury works on non-humanoid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpM76U7TfNk

[fallow dome]

You cant do it with a non humaniod

i dont get an animation tab

[desert elk]

you need to open it

windows > animation > animation

and make an fx layer

generic avis get it too

[fallow dome]

Can I screen share?

[desert elk]

No

you can take screenshots

but i do not accept calls

[fallow dome]

Alright

[fallow dome]

what does this mean

[desert elk]

top bar

of unity

what you need to click to get the animation tab to open

[chilly ice]

I'm having an issue with my VRC avatar where the body is appearing in front of where it should be. For example, if I cross my arms across my chest they end up inside my body.
I've got Unity open, how do I fix this?

[fallow dome]

I did that

Im talking about on the bottom

theres no animation tab

[desert elk]

it should open after you do it

you can drag it to the bottom

[fallow dome]

Animation, not Animator

[desert elk]

yes

take a screenshot of what you mean

[fallow dome]

Next to console

at the bottom

there is no animation tab

[desert elk]

and i'm telling you how to open it

[somber sequoia]

sure it is.

[fallow dome]

Got it, thanks

[chilly ice]

Guess no one knows, or I got missed...sad

[desert elk]

well, is your rig straight?

[chilly ice]

I haven't a clue, this is a converted VRoid Model

[desert elk]

How did you convert it?

Blender?

[chilly ice]

I believe the person I paid to do it used Blender

[desert elk]

oh

like that

i hope they used Blender

[somber sequoia]

I certainly missed it, whatever it was.

[desert elk]

here

[somber sequoia]

yeah, bring it into Blender, inspect the rig.

[desert elk]

mhm

[chilly ice]

If I have to mess with rigging this is definitely above my pay grade.
Fuckkkkk

[somber sequoia]

return to creator, ask for it to be fixed

[desert elk]

i never had problems like this

with vroids

[chilly ice]

I think he's willing

[desert elk]

must've been something the person you hired did

[chilly ice]

What’s odd is that it looks fine in first person but in third person it’s messed up.

[desert elk]

what does that mean?

[chilly ice]

If I look down at myself the model looks fine, if I cross my arms across my chest it looks fine
But looking in the mirror my arms are inside my body or behind my back

[desert elk]

that's weird

[fallow dome]

Its still not showing up

[chilly ice]

No idea what it could be?

[fallow dome]

I did everything

[desert elk]

nope

[dense basin]

Hello I have made an avatar model but can't get it uploaded can anyone assist me on this matter

[somber sequoia]

possibly - provide details

[desert elk]

any errors

?

[dense basin]

I'll DM photos

[somber sequoia]

I don't do DMs, post in here so others may participate.

[dense basin]

OkY

[somber sequoia]

To be clear I didn't say I could help, just that possibly someone here can, if you provide detail 🙂

[desert elk]

yes

[dense basin]

So I have uploaded the model now but when I go to load the avatar it's just the starter avatar

[desert elk]

okay

any errors? does is say something about security checks

?

[dense basin]

Nope don't think so

[somber sequoia]

sometime when it fails the check there's something that's way outside of the reasonable bounds for that stat

[fresh lava]

Are you uploading for Quest or PC?

[dense basin]

For quest

[fresh lava]

What are all the alerts under "review alerts"

[dense basin]

There's all the alerts

[fresh lava]

And the rest?

Ah I see your issue...

[desert elk]

well, it's not humanoid, it's gonna t-pose all the time

[fresh lava]

That...

[dense basin]

How do I fix that then

[fresh lava]

and your not in android for platform.

[dense basin]

I cannot select that

[fresh lava]

Top right.

Click file.

[alpine badge]

select the avi on t he left side, click inspector on the right side, scroll down, select humanoid

[marsh inlet]

Having touble getting visemes to work. There's no mouth movement when I build and test

[desert elk]

are all of them filled?

[somber sequoia]

Hmm, I'm not sure this makes sense to me. Where would you select that?

[desert elk]

that's not gonna work

[marsh inlet]

Is it the silent one being set to none doing it?

[desert elk]

you need all

[somber sequoia]

put something into sil

[desert elk]

yes

[alpine badge]

plz make a full screen screenshot

not a phone camera pic

[dense basin]

I do not see humonide

[marsh inlet]

Shoot, I don't have a blendshape for silent :/

[fallow dome]

Eliot, I followed the tutorial and its still not showing up as a toggle

[desert elk]

that's not the correct menu

[dense basin]

Ah

[somber sequoia]

I know how to set this already, which is why I'm asking about your instructions, they don't seem correct.

[desert elk]

i do not know how to help any further

[marsh inlet]

Thanks for the help

[dense basin]

Which menu is it?

[desert elk]

click the fbx in assets

not in the hierarchy

[dense basin]

Ok

[chilly ice]

Oof

Thanks anyway

[fallow dome]

I think its because i dont have an avatar set in the animator tab

[somber sequoia]

Because you didn't do the humanoid setup

The animator component gets that filled in once you switch to humanoid

[fallow dome]

Im doing a PNG Avatar with no 3D model / FBX

[somber sequoia]

Okay, without an armature it won't be humanoid.

[dense basin]

Yea I'm getting lost is there away anyone online can do commission to fix it

[desert elk]

they're trying to make a material switch

animation

[somber sequoia]

commission people at the VRC Traders discord, link is in #1204490664637890580

[somber sequoia]

I'm guessing in that case having no avatar in the animator component is fine? I admit I haven't tried this

[desert elk]

same

i just thought it should work for generic avis too

[somber sequoia]

yeah I assume it should

I've done animations in worlds where you don't have avatars at all, so that should be just fine.

you could try merging some of the bones, rather than just deleting

skirts are hard in any case though

yeah, I'd expect to have to go over all of the weight painting after adjusting anything

[spark walrus]

Would anyone have any suggestions adding accessories to a puppet dragon? It does not work like it does with a normal avatar

[fallow dome]

Do you need screen shots of certain things to help or is it a lost cause

[somber sequoia]

sorry, I'm not sure what you needed help on?

[fallow dome]

Making a material swap toggle on a PNG Avatar

A Non-Humaniod

[somber sequoia]

Right so where are you stuck?

[fallow dome]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpM76U7TfNk I followed this tutorial and after all that it doesnt show up on my circle thingie in game

[somber sequoia]

did you add the menu item?

[fallow dome]

Wdym?

[somber sequoia]

You have to add the toggle to the menu if you want it to show up on the radial menu in-game

docs on this: https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/expression-menu-and-controls/

[fallow dome]

No I added it

[spark walrus]

Bump 🙏

[somber sequoia]

To the main menu, or to a sub-menu that's definitely added to the main menu?

[fallow dome]

Main Menu

Look

[somber sequoia]

Ok looks good - we assume that menu is the one in the main menu slot on the avatar descriptor?

[fallow dome]

Huh?

[somber sequoia]

what part of that can I explain further?

[fallow dome]

Do you mean the tab when you open the expressions menu

like the first tab

[somber sequoia]

I do not, I mean the avatar descriptor, which is on the root of your avatar.

there's a slot there for the main menu, and one for the parameters list.

[fallow dome]

Oh this?

[somber sequoia]

Yes. The menu file there is your main menu. Make sure that's the one you're editing, or a sub-menu on that.

[fallow dome]

It is

[somber sequoia]

it ought to show up in-game then

[fallow dome]

Let me show you all the tabs

[somber sequoia]

well if you have no playable layers then any animation you make will not be activated in-game

[fallow dome]

wdym

[somber sequoia]

Putting an animation controller into the Animator component does nothing for the game, it's only useful in Unity.

[desert elk]

yeah, you didn't drag the fx to the playable layers

[somber sequoia]

again, some docs: https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/playable-layers - though this page doesn't really tell you why

oh actually it does, good.

[fallow dome]

how do I do that?

[desert elk]

click customize

and you see what you have in the Controller bo

x

it needs to be in the FX layer

[fallow dome]

Alright let me test it

Put it in all the boxes?

[somber sequoia]

all? nobody said all

[fallow dome]

mb

[somber sequoia]

That last link I just shared describes which animator is used for what thing, in this case you want to use FX. So drag your controller into that slot only.

Leave the rest as-is.

[fallow dome]

?

like that?

[desert elk]

yup

[fallow dome]

It doesnt work

But i think its whatever

Thanks for your time guys

[open spindle]

Ok

So im making a matching avatar set

And when i reopened the scene for one of them the descriptor is just broken

None of the eye look is working and re adding the descriptor doesn't work

[dense fractal]

HELP

i imported a unity package and now no MODELS ARE SHOWING UP

In the scene mode

what do i do

[desert elk]

did you open the scene?

or dragged the prefab into the hierarchy?

[dense fractal]

i clicked the unity package and import it into scene

the packag

package destoryed all my vrc descriptors!!!!

[desert elk]

...

did you not save?

[dense fractal]

i didnt but it keeps happening-

[desert elk]

save

[dense fractal]

i cant save a BROKEN

project

theres literally NOTHING

in the scene

[desert elk]

okay

[dense fractal]

all my 16 avatars

were there

[desert elk]

the scene probably closed

if you saved it, you can open it again

if you didn't save

you will need to re-do your avatars

[dense fractal]

oh hell no..

wtf does scene closed mean

like i click the box to hide and unhide the model but it just doesnt hide nor unhide it

it just remains hiddden

on stuck

[desert elk]

can you send a screenshot??

of what you see

[dense fractal]

for example i clicked on this model

and its supposed to show

however it doesnt show anything

[desert elk]

maybe it's cause the scale is small or the view is too far away?

[desert elk]

and is the eye to hide it clicked? maybe

in the hierarchy

[dense fractal]

💀 ..............

[desert elk]

:)

was it that?

[dense fractal]

kinda-

now some models just..

disappear..

after i enable them

they appear for one second--.-

and later nothing

[desert elk]

weird

[dense fractal]

like the body flashes for one seconfd

second then nothing else..

fuck i hate unity

[desert elk]

idk what could've caused that

[dense fractal]

..........

[desert elk]

try making a new project and importing the unitypackage there

[dense fractal]

?????????

[desert elk]

maybe this one is bugged

[desert elk]

what?

[dense fractal]

actually

how do i get rid of the modifications

that the unity package did

[desert elk]

i don't think you can

you'd need to have a backup from before

[dense fractal]

fuck you

bot

anyways

[desert elk]

?

excuse me

[dense fractal]

the bot be like "aah you to noisy" stfu..

[desert elk]

m

[dense fractal]

god i just will try to restart the project and try to fix it

cause i cant just make a new one with all models

its impossible

it is just not possible

[somber sequoia]

there's also a case where if you don't have a shader package installed, the mesh objects will be invisible.

or if you opened the wrong scene.

you didn't show the hierarchy in those screenshots, so these are just guesses based on no real info.

[desert elk]

yeah

[drowsy ginkgo]

getting this error when trying to upload, i own the model, but its been about 2 years since i got it, and im trying to publish it on a new account

[chilly ice]

Turns out, yes.
The model's rigging is TOTALLY fucked.

[timber wharf]

@drowsy ginkgo thats a random error sdk throws on any other failure, look for other red errors

[chilly ice]

Idk HOW that happened, but like, the back of the hoodie indents itself and forms a massive crater in my back when I move my arms

[desert elk]

ouch

[chilly ice]

So, great...
And I don't have hundreds of dollars or months to wait to get it fixed

So

I'm just fucked

[desert elk]

idk what they did to make it like that xD

if it's just the hoodie from vroid, it shouldn't have problems like this

[chilly ice]

And yet throwing blame at someone, does not change the fact that it is in fact messed up.

[desert elk]

alright

[chilly ice]

It doesn't fix it.

[desert elk]

i can understand that

do you need it quest compatible?

[chilly ice]

I would prefer it

[desert elk]

i can convert it for free, if you'd like
if you send me the vrm file

i know it can be annoying to have your things not work like they should

[chilly ice]

I might need you to do so. I'm also trying to figure out how to add GoGoLoco and that's also not working. I had them add a working Handgun prefab for fun and my guess is something with that messed it up.

[desert elk]

yeah, i can do the gogoloco part

i've sent you a friend request, so you can send me the vrm

[dense fractal]

AND how do i fix

what shader package

like

[somber sequoia]

if it's that specific thing, install the shader that the avatar uses. I have no idea which that is, of course, perhaps the maker's documentation explains.

[dense fractal]

it wasny

wasnt

[somber sequoia]

Possibly there's a clue if you look at the materials

[dense fractal]

no

everything looks fine

but again

i enable an avatar

and it turns transparent

like for one second

i see all the model ITSELF

but after one second

the body just vanishes

for some dumb reason

[somber sequoia]

so the avatars are present in the hierarchy, and you're just having trouble with them not displaying in the Scene view?

[dense fractal]

yeah

the scene view just

makes them disappear immediately after i enable em

and when i try to export the prefab from scene

and then back to the scene

the prefab variant

wont even load

also i wanna mention that

importing the package

deleted all my vrc descriptiors

for no reason

at all

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure I understand what that means?

[dense fractal]

huh

wdym man

the descriptors literally got removed

from the inspector

i had to revert the action

to renable em

and abt the avis that disappear

wlel

well

they just flash appear and disappear right after

[somber sequoia]

did you add the avatar descriptors yourself? And when you reimport, you're reverting back to the original package stuff that didn't have those?

'cause that seems normal. Odd that an avatar package would not include those though.

[fallow dome]

its me again

do you know how i can give a PNG a rig

[fallen wave]

y this do this

collision is turned off

🤔

[fallen wave]

it was a wierd bug with .2 pull vs .3

weirdly enough its happening with all the phybones

[dense fractal]

include that

what

[fallen wave]

happening to other physbones too

[hidden knot]

i think my shorts failed to load properly

[wide prairie]

can someone help me with this view point bug I'm having? The viewpoint on the avatar in unity is fine but my eyes don't seem to line up with other people. I've temporarily fixed it before by messing around with my play space floor level, and my "actual height level" setting I think.

[hidden knot]

try reseting your height and make sure you arent sitting while going downstairs

[wide prairie]

when I get it perfect, log off till next time, the next time I'm on it's bad again

[hidden knot]

weird, can you help me with my problem

I'll assume it's fine I just want to upload this to my profile and play with this avatar

[desert elk]

what file type is it?

it needs to be an FBX, I'd guess it's a VRM now? How/where did you make this avatar?

[hidden knot]

i had it made based on a picture of me, i have it open now

[hidden knot]

Do i save as then

[desert elk]

not what I asked

What did you use? or whoever made this avatar

Blender?

something else?

[dapper echo]

Audiolink isn't loading correctly in unity. My shaders aren't reacting to it. The music from the audiolink avatar prefab does play, but my shader doesn't react.

[hidden knot]

its currently .unity

[desert elk]

not the project

the avatar itself

[hidden knot]

avi

[desert elk]

that's a video file type

an avatar for VRChat needs to be an FBX, so depending on whatever yours is now, you'll need to convert it to FBX

i will not be downloading this.

and I'd advise against sending files like this because anyone can download them

and if you didn't make it yourself, it may be against the tos of whoever did

[hidden knot]

i fixed it, its password protected anyway

[dapper echo]

Anyone else having issues with audiolink?

[woven dock]

My friend plays VRChat, I don't but his Girlfriend and him were talking about how cool it would be to get their WoW characters as avatars for VR chat to run around with, I have the models, i can make them, i have made them because I've used them in blender practice before. I understand to a degree that i'll need unity? but I would really appreciate being pointed into the right direction of what to do. I have all the animations pre-ripped for the models, i have the models as fbx formats, i have the texture files. I think I have everything ready to be converted for VRchat but I dont know the steps after where Im at and I cant find consistent correct info to get there. If someone knows what to do and is willing to help guide me I'd really appreciate it. Whether you want to add me on discord and spam me instructions, or work side by side with me showing me step by step idc id just grately appreciate the help.

I got his model all textured and ready to be ripped out of Blender...could anyone give me guidance on what to do in unity?

[hidden knot]

which setting do i use to convert it as a fbx

[desert elk]

you use Blender.

there's no "setting"

whatever it is now, Google a tutorial and figure it out from thete

[hidden knot]

thanks

[woven dock]

Youre soooooo helpful

Every guide says "RIP INTO UNITY"

as a .fbx

[desert elk]

if it's rigged, do this https://youtu.be/rRAnDMUbWt8?si=2DRhZc91avG3JvKN

[somber sequoia]

sure, make an armature in blender, make a plane to put the image on, export it as fbx, follow most of the standard instructions for setting up an avatar.

[desert elk]

you need to export the fbx from blender

file > export > fbx

[somber sequoia]

include the VRC Avatar Descriptor.

[desert elk]

and then follow that tutorial

[dapper echo]

Anywho, I'm having issues with audiolink not working, anyone else?

[somber sequoia]

put the .fbx file into your unity project, follow most of the basic tutorials on setting up an avatar. We assume it's actually rigged here... if not, you'd need to do that in Blender or similar.

[somber sequoia]

No?

[woven dock]

i have it set up so when i ripped the model from WoW it came out as a glb or waht ever and had all the animations built in so im assuming thats what it means when you say rigged.
though i also am able to rip the animations as basically skeletons as .fbxs too

[somber sequoia]

nope, nothing about animation - rigged implies it has an armature and the mesh moves properly when the bones are rotated.

[dapper echo]

I've been trying to set up audiolink for one of my avatars, but it's not working, I have everything up to date, the preview music for the AudiolinkAvatar prefab plays but the shaders aren't reacting on my avatar.

[woven dock]

so the bones

these things

[somber sequoia]

In game or in unity or when exactly is this happening?

[dapper echo]

In unity.

[somber sequoia]

looks like bones.

[somber sequoia]

In play mode? You have imported the AudioLink prefab into your scene, right?

[dapper echo]

Yes and yes.

[somber sequoia]

Yep, it should be working then.

[dapper echo]

Except it isn't.

[somber sequoia]

You aren't running Linux, are you?

[dapper echo]

No

[woven dock]

dear lord i forgot how rude users are. i just wanted to make my friend a present. instead i just get rude sarcastic remarks and unneeded rudeness

[somber sequoia]

(you can't use the youtube player in Linux, which is the default)

[somber sequoia]

If you're referring to me, yes, slightly sarcastic but also confirming that yes, those are bones, and so probably yes, this is rigged. But do remember that nobody here is required to help you, we're all offering this for free, however we prefer to do it.

[hidden knot]

Im trying to understand it myself

[desert elk]

i tried to ask you questions, but didn't receive answers, so I don't really know how else to help other than suggests to seek help elsewhere

[somber sequoia]

yeah - I get that a lot, people asking for help but refusing to answer questions we ask so we can understand how best to help.

I mean, I could just be like "RTFM"

[dapper echo]

My issue I guess was not looking deep enough into the shader.

[hidden knot]

im failing to understand where to look, please explain it like im 5

[somber sequoia]

oh... let me guess - poiyomi but you didn't check on the global audiolink setting?

[dapper echo]

No, global was checked, the strength add was set to 0.

[somber sequoia]

ahhhh

Good, I was trying to think of what else I missed 🙂

[desert elk]

I asked what file type your avatar is, you'd find that in your files. Open the files on your computer and look what it says after the dot. Like you did for the project

[dapper echo]

I was confused because usually that isn't 0 by default.

[somber sequoia]

one thing I see often is people setting the minimum multiplier to 0 instead of 1. You know, x * 0 = 0 🙂

[dapper echo]

Ye

[somber sequoia]

(btw, I am in the "people" here, I've done that more than once)

[dapper echo]

Lol

[hidden knot]

im assuming since its in unity it is the proper file type but i assume .unity is just a scene

[desert elk]

yes

[dapper echo]

To export any model to use in any game engine, .FBX is usually the go to.

[desert elk]

yes

[hidden knot]

great so in unity, how do i export

[desert elk]

you dont

your avatar file is in the assets, you just take it from there

see what file type it is

and use blender to make it an FBX

if it's already an FBX, just upload it

[somber sequoia]

Definitely don't try to actually export from Unity.

[hidden knot]

downloading blender now

[desert elk]

did you check your avatar file type?

[hidden knot]

the rig is Rig.fbm im looking through more files now

Found it

[desert elk]

alright, so it is an fbx

you can try to upload it to see if it works

[hidden knot]

im a total noob

[desert elk]

you can follow this tutorial, linked here

[hidden knot]

Gonna watch this video

I don't have vrchatsdk tab I think

[reef cove]

If I buy a script that a lot of people use and I get an error in the code, how would I fix it? e.g.
AvatarPoseSystemPlugin.cs(1556,51): error CS1061: 'BuildContext' does not contain a definition for 'AssetSaver'

It's one of the most used booth assets, but something is stopping it from compiling

[desert elk]

Download Creator Companion and make a project with the avatars 2022 template #creator-companion

and ensure you have the correct unity version as well

[somber sequoia]

You'd probably have to post more errors, often without surrounding context it's hard to really say. It could be older than current SDK, or newer than what you've got...

Clearly it's referring to something missing... but why?

[reef cove]

I tried it on my own computer, no issues. There's something wrong with their file references or something

[somber sequoia]

do you have the same Unity version and also all the packages?

[reef cove]

Same unity version, and it's installed using a .unitypackage

[somber sequoia]

Right but where does BuildContext come from - VRC SDK? If so, are you using the same version of that?

[hidden knot]

Still can't find that option, I followed all the steps to my knowledge

[somber sequoia]

look for the VRChat menu at the top when you have the SDK installed

[reef cove]

I'm not sure, I think it might be core files of modular avatar? The manifest file of the computer which doesn't work isn't missing any lines

[reef cove]

You seem to have the wrong unity version installed. The Creator companion is supposed to tell you to install the correct one though

[hidden knot]

I'll try it

[torn holly]

I've been working on this simple VTuber mode for a few weeks, and now I'm in the post-processing phase. I used the image to planes + the shrinkwrap modifier to make the face, but I'm not sure how to apply that in Unity. Also, some of my objects are see-through, and I'm not sure why. I made sure to apply all my modifiers individually before exporting as an .fbx file.
If there are any guides for making this particular VTuber model, I can't find them. Any help would be appreciated.

[desert elk]

see-through could be shader settings on the materials. They may be set to transparent

i don't know anything about shrinkwraps so I can't help with that

although if it's for VTubing, wouldn't it need to be a .vrm? But I guess that depends on the software you'll use, maybe yours takes fbx

[torn holly]

thats just what ive seen in tutorials

[desert elk]

most 3d VTubing software takes .vrm

that's what my avatar is

that's why I said, unless you have an .fbx for a specific reason (like VRChat) it should probably be a vrm

[torn holly]

i dont plan to use it for vr chat just vtubing

[hidden knot]

It seems I have a good set so far

[reef cove]

You have Unity 2022.3.22f1 now?

[leaden peak]

anyone know if displacement/bump maps look good on avis for scars?

[ornate stump]

If you made it good then it looks good.

[somber sequoia]

ah yes, wrong unity explains it

[reef cove]

Unity busy for 7 minutes..

Okay, solved it! Somehow the newer versions of avatarposesystem won't compile if modular avatar is out of date

[naive carbon]

anyone know how to fix these? its stopping me from making my avatar quest suported

[desert elk]

it shouldn't stop you, it'll just be worse in performance

You can combine those in Blender, if you want

[naive carbon]

well i guess vrc just has something against me then

[somber sequoia]

aha! I figured it was some out of date package

[ornate stump]

How did you know it doesn't let you upload? You definitely looked at the wrong error.

[naive carbon]

the android option is grayed out and wont let me select it

like this

[somber sequoia]

did you install the android build tools though?

[reef cove]

I expected packages to tell if they depended on something else. But yeah, it's solved now, so thanks anyway!

[ornate stump]

Have you installed android build module?

[naive carbon]

i think so

[desert elk]

double check

[naive carbon]

alright

[somber sequoia]

Yeah the problem is that when that error is thrown, it has no idea what that's come from or why it's missing, just that you tried to do a thing it knows nothing about. Difficult situation.

[naive carbon]

i defnietly [wow spelling issues] have it instaled [wow even more spelling issues]

[somber sequoia]

that is also the wrong Unity

[naive carbon]

oh

[somber sequoia]

you want 2022.3.22f1.

[reef cove]

I'm a programmer for a living so I don't really want to admit that it's difficult. But it's the first time I've imported a unity package which didn't work on its own (except for when I installed two versions of the same shader)

[hidden knot]

Thank you

[naive carbon]

i mean i do have that version on the avatar

[somber sequoia]

Oh - then yeah, some code was trying to call some other code that didn't exist 'cause it's not in the version of the library you have installed 🙂

I can't help you with VCC, sorry. I don't use it.

[naive carbon]

oh

[reef cove]

Is it still possible to avoid VCC? I tried but I had to give up in the end

[somber sequoia]

sure, you can use alcom, or just the command-line tool, vpm. I use the latter, it works fine.
for reference: https://vcc.docs.vrchat.com/vpm/cli

[ornate stump]

Then that means you either installed android build module into a wrong unity version, or picked a wrong version of unity to be listed as 2022.3.22.

[naive carbon]

does it need to be on this version?

[ornate stump]

Yes.

[somber sequoia]

That is the correct version, yes. But it needs the android stuff.

[naive carbon]

it wont let me add the android stuff on it

[reef cove]

Ah, so it's just package management stuff like nuget and whatever. I haven't worked much with package managers, I don't like using others code

[somber sequoia]

Pretty much that's what vpm is, yep

[reef cove]

It was nice talking, but I need to wake up in 5 hours

[somber sequoia]

I think this is what happens when you install the Unity editor not via UnityHub, in that case you can't install the add-ons. I use Linux so can't comment on doing this via VCC or in Windows, but you can get to the archive of unity editor versions from the hub somehow, and usin gthat method you can also install the extra packages.
I think you can do it all via VCC though? There's this: https://creators.vrchat.com/platforms/android/setting-up-unity-for-creating-quest-content

[naive carbon]

my small brain is gonna hate this

[desert elk]

if you open your project and go to build settings there, there will be a download button after you click android

[somber sequoia]

next time I install in Linux I have to see if that works for me too, I haven't tried that

[desert elk]

it'll just take you to a website instead of unityhub

to download the build support

[somber sequoia]

oh ok, probably the same place then

[naive carbon]

i think i might have found a way to make it quest suported i just gotta see how it works

[fresh island]

so idrk where else to ask but where can I go to find someone that can create me a custom avatar. I tried gumroad but kinda my first time trying to get a custom so they are a little complex or whatever.

[desert elk]

VRC Traders discord server #1204490664637890580

[fresh island]

ohh ty

[trail quartz]

Hi, suddenly almost all animations have stopped working in vrchat and i can't figure out why. they work fine when i use both av3 emulator and gesture manager, and yes the weights are set to 1 for all the layers. is there any other things that can cause this?

[fresh island]

Can I trust using I think it’s called Skrill, never head of it

I don’t trust it so idk

[left gull]

id ask in the VRCTraders discord, the mod team they have there would know if its safe or not aswell as if it wasnt they'd want to know who's trying to use it

they've got a support ticket bot: https://discord.com/channels/360224648132296704/878234796655018056

[vernal idol]

Hi noob here looking to get into VRChat, how to make clothes not stay T posing when trying to add new ones xD

[left gull]

how're you adding the clothing to the model?

[vernal idol]

Followed a vid and then uploaded model, character moves normally but the new clothes don't

I think I have to do more than just that

Maybe the clothes weren't attached on idk

[left gull]

are you adding it onto the model in unity or in blender?

[vernal idol]

Unity

It's my first day LOL

[left gull]

do both the base and clothing share the same armature naming scheme? also would you mind linking the video used, it might be using an outdated method or skipped a step accidentally

[vernal idol]

Wait

I think I know why hold on

[trail quartz]

anyone think they can help? vrc debug manu shows it as playing the right state animation too, but nothing changes

[reef trellis]

Yo what do I do if I got an avatar that crashes me every time it loads?

[somber sequoia]

switch to a different one on the website

[vernal idol]

Lol my thing stays stuck at building avatar

Why is this so hard

[vernal idol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX7mLFlm00s I followed this video but my thing stays stuck at building avatar when trying to upload

I already want to give up lowkey

[waxen smelt]

how do i fix this?

and it's like this on pcvr

[somber sequoia]

fix what?

[trail quartz]

guys i fixed it the avatar worked fine vrchat just decided to not show any shaders and a restart of vrchat fixed it

[grave zinc]

what does any of this mean

[desert elk]

you have rig issues

click on your fbx in assets, click rig and then configure

correct everything these, if it still doesn't work, there may be issues with your rigging

[grave zinc]

thanks

huh

looks like some of my bones deleted themselves when exporting from blender to unity?

or they like

turned into balls?

[desert elk]

that's normal

bones look different in unity then in Blender

[grave zinc]

when checking the rig, the only things that are unassigned are upper chest and toes. do I need either of those?

[desert elk]

No

that means that issues could be with your hierarchy and parenting

could you send a screenshot of that?

[grave zinc]

I don't think its that. I was having a spine hierarchy issue before but it already told me I fixed that.

heres my hierarchy

[somber sequoia]

naming those better will absolutely help

[grave zinc]

I feel like it would tell me if it was a hierarchy issue, seeing as I had a hierarchy issue before and it wouldn't let me build the avatar until I fixed it

[desert elk]

exactly, what are all of those bones?

[desert elk]

that's not really how unity works unfortunately

[grave zinc]

figures.

[grave zinc]

the only unnamed bones are the spine ones.

[desert elk]

sometimes it tells you "you have no head mapped" because you have the wrong parenting

[dusky yoke]

any tips to reach that permission?

[somber sequoia]

?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

[desert elk]

you have 8 spines? that's way too many

[dusky yoke]

hello btw. nice to meet you

[grave zinc]

unless unity duplicated the spine 8 times, no. In blender there's only 3.

wait wait wait

i forgot I added a tail

[desert elk]

which spines are mapped in the configure menu?

[grave zinc]

the tail bones are unnamed

[somber sequoia]

mothing cares about tails here

[grave zinc]

its a shitty model

just trying to learn how to model and rig

[somber sequoia]

looks ok from here

[desert elk]

from what I'm seeing it should go
Hips - Bone
Spine - Bone.001
Chest - Bone.002
Neck - neck
Head - head

i also think shoulder bones may be parented wrong here, I'd need to look at my hierarchy to confirm

confirmed, they arw

parented wrong

that's most likely causing issues

[grave zinc]

damn, the SDK forced me to parent them the way they are now

so they were fine before?

[desert elk]

i don't know what you had before

[grave zinc]

well, I was getting an error before about the way the shoulders were parented

[desert elk]

from what I'm seeing they're parented to the Spine, it should be Chest

[grave zinc]

well, they are

[desert elk]

that's not what I'm seeing on the screenshot

[desert elk]

Bone.001 is your spine

your configure is wrong

and the parenting of your shoulders is wrong

[desert elk]

it should be like I said here

[unreal stump]

can someone help me with setting up unity please

[somber sequoia]

be more specific

[unreal stump]

so im following this youtube tutorial and it wont let me choose an editor, im unsure how to progress pass this stage

[desert elk]

You need to download Unity

[unreal stump]

i have downloaded unity

[desert elk]

is it the correct version?

[somber sequoia]

specifically you need version 2022.3.22f1

[unreal stump]

oh i downloaded the most recent version

did i download this VRCCC wrong then if its 2022?

[desert elk]

it needs to be the version Kazin said

not the newest

[grave zinc]

well I switched things around and now im getting visible errors

[unreal stump]

okay

[desert elk]

did you switch it in blender or did you mess with unpacking it in unity?
and please provide a full screenshot

[grave zinc]

i messed around with the unpacking in unity

im gonna have to go back into blender, aren't I

[desert elk]

you should never unpack

[somber sequoia]

never unpack your model in Unity.

[grave zinc]

it made me, man

[desert elk]

it didn't, you just didn't want to use blender

[somber sequoia]

there's a few things that you can do that'll prompt you to unpack, but don't listen to that.

[grave zinc]

i've been using blender for the past 8 hours, I like blender wayyyy more than I tolerate unity

[grave zinc]

alright, I'll go rerig the model I guess

[versed silo]

Hey so I have an issue with my avatar that only shows ingame, it looks fine in Unity and in the avatar preview animation. My limbs seem to more weirdly, especially my arms and I don't know what caused it, can anyone help me please?

[desert elk]

you don't need to rerig it

just correct the parenting

and name the bones properly so you don't get confused

[somber sequoia]

I"m not seeing what's weird here?

[grave zinc]

is there a way I can easily port the changes I make in blender to unity or do I need to start the avatar setup from the very beginning with a new asset?

[versed silo]

In the first clip you can see the choppy legs and arms moving when I jump, the default locomotion animation shouldn't look like that

[desert elk]

If you didn't unpack, yes
if you unpacked, either re-do or use pumpkin tools

[somber sequoia]

I guess I'm not seeing it

[grave zinc]

no idea what pumpkin tools are so im resetting 🫠

[somber sequoia]

If you export from Blender and overwrite the .fbx file, it should be fine unless you drastically changed things.

[versed silo]

This is what I'm refering to

[grave zinc]

alright, got it

for some reason, my view is in the models waist despite the white ball being dead between its eyes when in unity... I don't know if I have enough energy to deal with this tonight

[versed silo]

So it was because my hand bone wasn't the first child of my elbow lol

[spark walrus]

anyone willing to hop in call with me and help me through some avi making?

i just learn better if I have someone talking to me and helping

[heavy zephyr]

Depending on what you're trying to do maybe.

Care to be more specific?

[golden crane]

Does anybody know why my avatar's shoulders are so high? I've tried to shuffle my shoulder bones up, down, left, right, but I can't get them to rest naturally

[golden crane]

Has anybody else had this issue?

Here's what the armature looks like from the front and the side

[spark walrus]

UHM WAT

[heavy zephyr]

First error seems to be the culprit, assign the face mesh in the VRC Avatar Descriptor

[spark walrus]

annnd how do I do that?

[heavy zephyr]

On the root of your avatar you'll find the component I mentioned, one of the categories in there dictates how your face and mouth move, it is currently set to use visemes but you'll need to drag and drop your face or body mesh in the slot for it

[spark walrus]

this is what I have. which one is it (sorry for all the questions. this is my first time)

[golden crane]

the mesh. drag the mesh

whichever one is a mesh

[heavy zephyr]

Click on your avatar name (the first in that list). The component is something that will show in your inspector window (usually on your right)

[spark walrus]

ok. where from here (ignore the model rn. its WIP. im just trying to change one thing rn)

[golden crane]

open LipSync

then you will find it

[spark walrus]

ok

[golden crane]

then drag in the mesh into the place where it's asking for your viseme mesh

try to figure out which one is the mesh yourself if you can

better to learn yourself than to have us spoonfeed you

[spark walrus]

thanks guys!

it didnt fix it. I think it was one of the problems

[heavy zephyr]

Open the sdk window and click on all the "auto-fix" buttons you see

[spark walrus]

sorry for this question. but where might that be? I think I've opened it before I just dont remember how

[heavy zephyr]

Somewhere in the very top left of your unity window

[golden crane]

anybody know why my shoulders are fucked like this?

[ornate stump]

It probably because of the error at the top.

[spark walrus]

Oh something I changed was the file 'body'.
The body used to include the jacket with it. However, since I want clothing options I changed it to the base body.
However, this ALSO separated the head, hair, torso, and tail into separate files.
any fixes to that?

[heavy zephyr]

That's not an issue

[spark walrus]

understood

[spark walrus]

there are no auto fix buttons

[heavy zephyr]

Show me?

[spark walrus]

nvm. I was on the wrong model

[full harbor]

does anyone know what stupid thing i did this time?

for some reason the textures become different in play mode

[heavy zephyr]

If they change in playmode, you probably have an animation running

[spark walrus]

it semi worked. on PC, the boy doesnt show up at all. My personal theory on this is the fact I forgot to copy over the new body file to the PC version.
However, the jacked was still on the VR model even though I didn't put it on yet. I think it might be the PC model for some reason. is this accurate?

[vernal idol]

I got my thing working

Yay

[spark walrus]

also how do I move this???
it's not connected to anything as far as I can tell

I don't think it has a parent either

[heavy zephyr]

What you highlighted are your meshes, they are linked to your armature

[spark walrus]

oh alr

oooh

So, I forgot to change what armature my stuff was connected to. so thanks for explaining that.
lol this was stupid lmao

[reef cove]

Anyone ever encountered this error?

AssetBundle was not built
UnityEngine.Debug:LogError (object,UnityEngine.Object)
VRC.Core.Logger:LogError (string,string,UnityEngine.Object)
VRC.SDK3.Builder.VRCAvatarBuilder:ExportCurrentAvatarResource (UnityEngine.Object,bool,bool,string&,System.Action1<string>,System.Action1<object>)
VRC.SDK3.Builder.VRCAvatarBuilder:ExportAvatarBlueprint (UnityEngine.GameObject)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<Build>d__133:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2627)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext:ExecuteTasks ()

Fresh project, everything up to date. It says that the ID is used by another player, but it's not, and this error happens even if the ID is cleared

[full harbor]

is there a place where i can check that?

[spark walrus]

turns out the models themselves were switched. :/

[heavy zephyr]

oop

[golden crane]

I've even shuffled his arms down, but I'm still getting unnaturally high shoulders

Is this really just a case of the shoulders being too high?? As far as I can tell, the shoulders are "normal" for a T-Pose so I'm not sure what's going on

[spark walrus]

so.... I thought I fixed it. Turns out, I didn't.
I dont know what im missing

[desert elk]

to me it just looks like that's how your shoulders are shaped

[full harbor]

hey yall! is there anything i should check in blender to fix this? this is after a head swap on an avatar and it seemingly returns to whatever texture was supposed to be there on that specific material slot but only in playmode. even though it should be whats shown on the second photo

heres what the material slots look like first one is in playmode and second one is in scene on unity

[desert elk]

you probably have an animation changing that

[full harbor]

i see, where i should check this?

[sudden violet]

Animator (Probably the FXanimator). Make sure that you're using the face gesture layers of the face you swapped, not the original base.

[foggy torrent]

hey, i could use some help, i just started vrchat avatar creation and my avatar keeps staying stuck in t-pose, i can move around and my avatar is visible but my arms / hands just don't move at all. would apreaciate help

[spark walrus]

OK i think I found the problem. The parts (including the new body) are inside of this folder/box.
how to I unpack this? like how do I get the models and materials out of the folder/box?

[full harbor]

oh alrighty. Thanks!!

[foggy torrent]

hello anyone?

[spark walrus]

Is there a way to remove the specific files from the folder?

[heavy zephyr]

This is your fbx, can't edit that in unity, you'd need blender

[spark walrus]

ok

[foggy torrent]

can someone pls help me🙏

[desert elk]

did you set your rig to humanoid in unity?

[foggy torrent]

yeah

[desert elk]

are there any errors?

[foggy torrent]

no

[desert elk]

can you send a screenshot?

of the rig setup in unity

[foggy torrent]

yeah

it isn't a human btw but it's rigged

[desert elk]

if it's not humanoid

it'll be suck in tpose

[somber sequoia]

"humanoid" refers to a specific setup for the rig in Unity

[desert elk]

did you set the rig to humanoid?

[foggy torrent]

yeah

@desert elk

[desert elk]

that hierarchy is a bit messy

[somber sequoia]

legs seem to come off the second bone instead of first?

[desert elk]

ye, i'm seeing that too

[foggy torrent]

i'm new to this and rigged on mixamoo i rly don't know that i'm doing

[desert elk]

here's what a vrchat rig should look like #avatar-help message

compare it to yours

the bones aren't parented properly for you

[foggy torrent]

i see

how can i re rig it?

[desert elk]

blender

[somber sequoia]

you can just re-parent those two bones (in Blender).

[foggy torrent]

?

[somber sequoia]

though I'd have expected an error

[desert elk]

that should work

yeah, i also thought, it'd show errors

[desert elk]

the legs

[foggy torrent]

so

what should i do exactly

[desert elk]

legs should be children of the Hips (Bip001_Pelvis), not the Spine (Bip001_Spine)

reparent them

[foggy torrent]

that bone's called spine

the upper one i use gor chest is spine 1

[desert elk]

names don't matter

[foggy torrent]

idk

[somber sequoia]

hips -> spine -> chest -> neck -> head.
Regardless of names.

[desert elk]

look in the rig configure

[foggy torrent]

oh gimme a sec

[somber sequoia]

It looks like that part you have already - it's that the legs are usually direct children of the hips bone.

^ that

[desert elk]

you need to reparent the Bip001_R_Thigh and Bip001_L_Thigh bones to be children of Bip001_Pelvis instead of Bip001_Spine

i marked it on the photo, maybe it'll help

[foggy torrent]

thx lemme try

[spark walrus]

why do the models keep dissappearing????

the body and tail models keep randomly dissappearing and I DONT KNOW WHY

[somber sequoia]

when does this happen?

[spark walrus]

right after I try and upload

I add them to the armature and they stay until I hit 'build and publish'

[fierce thunder]

what do i do about this modular avatar error?

[somber sequoia]

The object is still there, right? Just invisible?

[spark walrus]

I dont think so

actually maybe

they might just be invisible

though, IDK how to make them NOT invisible

[sudden violet]

you'll have an easier time troubleshooting with something like gesture manager

you can go in play mode, and the avi will behave as it would in game (assuming no bugs, that is)

[spark walrus]

well this is the vid I got of it
(ignore the singing halfway through. I'm on call with a friend)
https://youtu.be/0meFnwkJRWY

[desert elk]

if already have vrcfury why not use it to attach whatever it is you're attaching?

[somber sequoia]

oh huh, you do it that way. This isn't how I'd do it, probably I can't help with this method.

[spark walrus]

wait what???

[spark walrus]

can you tell me the way you do it?

[somber sequoia]

I put clothing on in blender. But if I really wanted to in Unity, what Eliot said - use VRCFury's ArmatureLink

[spark walrus]

no not clothign

the body

[spark walrus]

ignore the clothing

the body is what im talking about

[somber sequoia]

wait, why are you unpacking a body?

[spark walrus]

specifically :
-Body
-Head
-Hair
-Tail

[spark walrus]

because I wanted to change it to the base body

[somber sequoia]

yeah there's no way I'd do this in Unity.

[desert elk]

yup

[spark walrus]

this message for more details

[desert elk]

i'd use blender for this

[spark walrus]

and explain exactly how????

because I've been using blender for most of this

[somber sequoia]

if all this stuff is made for the same avatar, then in Blender, just have one armature, with all the parts as children, all with proper armature modifiers. Then I'd export the parts I want together as an avatar. Ideally joining some of the meshes - I tend to use just two mesh objects (body, clothing).

[spark walrus]

ok well how do I export it as an avatar?

[somber sequoia]

file -> export -> export fbx

up to you if you want to have it just export selected parts or visible parts.

[desert elk]

you don't export from unity fyi
just take the fbx and import it to blender

[spark walrus]

im not trying to ;-;

[spark walrus]

I did export it as an FBX. just accidentally skipped some steps.

[desert elk]

export from unity? no

[spark walrus]

I meant from blender

im not exporting from unity

screw that

[desert elk]

from Blender? it could've been unticking leafbones or setting scalling to FBX All

[spark walrus]

???

[desert elk]

the steps that you may have forgotten

[spark walrus]

wth is unticking??

[desert elk]

uh

[somber sequoia]

when you disable a checkbox

you "tick" it to enable it.

untick to disable.

[spark walrus]

oh these boxes?

[desert elk]

ticked vs not ticked

[somber sequoia]

That is a checkbox, yes.

[spark walrus]

alr

thanks

[spark walrus]

setting scalling?

[torpid pasture]

Help

[desert elk]

be more specific

[somber sequoia]

"Apply Scalings" in the FBX export dialog.

[torpid pasture]

How make vrc model go to vrc

[somber sequoia]

there are many tutorial videos, have you watched any?

[torpid pasture]

Yes

[lunar ermine]

like... from scratch?

[torpid pasture]

Makes no sence

[desert elk]

click it

[somber sequoia]

Then explain in detail where you are stuck.

[torpid pasture]

I have a model

How do i make it go in vrc

[spark walrus]

this could be it?

[desert elk]

this is it

[desert elk]

if it vrc ready? did you buy it from gumroad or jinxxy?

or is it some random model from online

?

[torpid pasture]

Uh

Idk

I got from online

[desert elk]

well

[lunar ermine]

I highly suggest looking at youtube videos and following tutorials for help with that

[desert elk]

steps are different depending what it is

[somber sequoia]

It is very difficult to know what to suggest without knowing any details.

[desert elk]

exactly

[torpid pasture]

Well idk i just downloaded shit ant idk hownto get it in the tutorials make no sense

[somber sequoia]

yes, so again, exactly where are you stuck?

[desert elk]

can you send a link to what you downloaded?

if you don't want to say if it's vrc ready, just send a link

[lunar ermine]

ok so I have this clipping issue that I don't get in Unity with the skirt . Her entire leg seems to clip and it gets stuck on the leg. Is there anyway to fix this?

[desert elk]

physbone issues?

[lunar ermine]

(also the hair clips but I think I can fix that)

How would I know what the issue is with my physbone?

is there a good tutorial for this?

[desert elk]

well, do you have any physbones on the skirt?

[lunar ermine]

yes

[desert elk]

you could have limits set up weirdly, causing it to morth like this

[lunar ermine]

These are my details for the skirt. I followed someone on youtube

[somber sequoia]

mmm no FBX All 🙂

[desert elk]

yee

[lunar ermine]

huh?

[desert elk]

the radius scale

[somber sequoia]

it doesn't really matter for this

[desert elk]

yup

[lunar ermine]

should I set that to 0?

[desert elk]

no

[somber sequoia]

not if you want collisions

[desert elk]

well, i can't help with this since i don't mess with advanced physbone settings

[lunar ermine]

oof 😦

[somber sequoia]

Skirts are hard

[lunar ermine]

I might just change it to pants lol

welp. Time to continue looking on youtube for help

thanks guys!

[somber sequoia]

yeah my best answer is really to play with it until you decide you can live with it, or are frustrated 🙂

I've not had the best luck doing this myself.

[lunar ermine]

I really wanted to sell this model so im gonna be upset if I can't fix it

[desert elk]

?

if you bought that i doubt it's allowed to be shared like that

[torpid pasture]

No

[desert elk]

i asked for a link to the website

[torpid pasture]

Oh

Well it was free

[desert elk]

doubt it

[somber sequoia]

It's from that site, you know, the one with all the ripped content.

[desert elk]

yes

[torpid pasture]

What??

[desert elk]

i know

[torpid pasture]

What site

[somber sequoia]

Good luck with this, you won't find help for this avatar.

[desert elk]

it's not free, it's stolen

[torpid pasture]

Umm

?!

[desert elk]

delete that file and buy it properly if you want anyone to help

[torpid pasture]

Um where would i buy it tho

[desert elk]

look

online

alternatively you can post a photo in #1138520828556890214

[somber sequoia]

hmm that one looks like a game rip

[desert elk]

i think it's an mmd, if i'm looking at the same one online

[torpid pasture]

A what

[desert elk]

Miku Miku Dance
it's a type of dance animation software for 3d models

[lunar ermine]

me? I made it myself. if not me then sorry for the ping lol

[desert elk]

no, not you

[torpid pasture]

Talking bout me

[lunar ermine]

ah okay

sorry!

[desert elk]

no worrie

s

[torpid pasture]

So i just post a pic and search or

[somber sequoia]

yep, that's what I found too

[torpid pasture]

Sorry

I didnt know

[desert elk]

anywho
legit sites to get models from: Booth, Jinxxy, Gumroad, for example

[lunar ermine]

payhip as well

[desert elk]

oh yes

i keep forgetting about that one

[spark walrus]

how to I make the parts children? It's not letting me drag and drop them

[somber sequoia]

That is indeed how, but hold shift and you should see pop-up text say "drop to set parent"

Unless you mean bones

in which case that's not how - you can select the source bones, then the target bone and iirc it's ctrl-p to parent? Or just edit the parent directly in the bone properties box

[spark walrus]

thanks

[full harbor]

hey! sorry for the ping! it doesnt seem to be the face gesture layers, i checked all the animations and other stuff and it still happens. is there anything that i couldve possibly missed while checking?

[spark walrus]

ok I exported it. what now??

[somber sequoia]

sorry, what was your goal again?

[spark walrus]

changing the body and adding extra clothes

[somber sequoia]

and what have you just done?

[spark walrus]

I did the thing where they are all now children of the armature

and exported it

[somber sequoia]

"they"?

[spark walrus]

the body and clothes

[somber sequoia]

Assume I have not been following along, 'cause I haven't, I've been working on my own stuff 🙂

Okay so you put that .fbx into Unity and set it up like any other avatar

[full harbor]

Does anyone know any other thing i should check or troubleshoot other than the animations and fx layers?

thanks!

[spark walrus]

this is my first avatar.

[somber sequoia]

that's cool

[spark walrus]

so IDK how to setup like 'any other avi"

[somber sequoia]

there are many tutorial videos, I'd suggest watching some. I can't walk you through this.

[spark walrus]

rq, how to I make it show up here?

[somber sequoia]

It needs to be an avatar for that, which means it has a VRC Avatar Descriptor component on the root object.

[spark walrus]

alr thanks

lovely

[somber sequoia]

look above for root cause errors, those are usually side-effects. Unless you actually have a bad blueprint ID

[somber sequoia]

Ok you're trying to do a quest avatar with a shader not allowed on quest, you'll need to swap it out for a supported one.
Also don't put lights on your avatar.

[spark walrus]

oooh

alright

my apologies for being not so smart once again. But how do I change the shaders? I've done it before but it's slipped my mind

[somber sequoia]

edit the material, it's at the top. If you can't edit it, make a new one.

[spark walrus]

alright

[somber sequoia]

(you can't edit the ones embedded in the FBX)

[spark walrus]

oki

[spark walrus]

are there any lights??? there shouldn't be

[somber sequoia]

ah I was just reading the error, I see now it says "pixel lights", so disregard, I jumped to conclusions

[spark walrus]

also I changed the shaders and it didnt completely fix it

[spark walrus]

alr

[full harbor]

might anyone know how i can deal with this type of fx layer for facial animations? thanks! ps:cant figure out why the second photo happens while in playmode

[somber sequoia]

always look at the first 2-3 errors, at the top. Nothing in there is of much use unfortunately

[spark walrus]

it just says the same stuff as before

[somber sequoia]

still has the shader error

[spark walrus]

alright. I'll take a look.

[full harbor]

might anyone be able to give me a step by step on how i can troubleshoot this? Thanks yall! this is my first time headswapping and cant really figure out on how i can troubleshoot the fx layers nor do i know what could be causing the other parts of this.

[somber sequoia]

You can always turn off each layer in FX with the layer weight in the little gear, then turn on each one and test until you find which one is causing the problem. Then you know which layer to investigate further.

[full harbor]

ah alrighty thanks!!

[hexed sphinx]

I want to build a system that makes my avatar create vegetation wherever they step. I think it should be possible to achieve this with a mixture between particle systems, mesh particles set to world coordinates, contact senders in the feet that trigger when they detect a contact with the floor collider & animation clips to enable/disable the particle system.
At least, that's the theory - in practice, I'm already struggling with the simpler proof-of-concept steps like setting up a particle system that only emits a single particle when an animation clip is triggered.

I'd appreciate any help in that regard.

[somber sequoia]

set the max particles to 1 and it'll only emit one

[hexed sphinx]

well that wouldn't be correct, since I want a particle to be emitted every time I trigger it, no?

So far I tried the following:

• I disabled "play on wake" in my particle system
• I set the emission 'rate over time' to 0
• I added a burst with count 1
• In my avatar's animation controller, I added a boolean parameter called 'DoEmit', which is set to false by default
• I created an animation clip called ActivateParticles, which sets the Parameter Particle System.Emission Module.enabled to true, as well as an animation clip called DeactivateParticles, which sets it to false
• I created an EmitParticle layer in the animator, which has the DeactivateParticles state as its default. From there it transitions to the ActivateParticles-state, with the transition condition being that DoEmit is set to true.

I was hoping that this way, if I set DoEmit to true, it would emit one particle, and do nothing otherwise.
Unfortunately this isn't what happens - when I play my unity scene/test my avatar, the Particle System either emits 1 particle every 5 seconds (with the particle window in the corner of the viewport showing that playback time is steadily increasing), or the particle system is paused (playback time stuck at 0), in which case enabling DoEmit also doesn't do anything. I'm a bit stumped.

[somber sequoia]

oh I see, you want to emit a new particle each time? You can play with the bursting stuff, though I'm not sure you can animate that, I've only done it with UdonSharp.
Or... you can use a buffer particle system, toggling that on and off. There's probably a tutorial for that one.

[earnest wasp]

Hiii everyone, I bought an Avatar from someone, and I noticed that the mouth piercing she put on the avatar isn't "linked" to it... Whenever I move in-game, the piercing just clips out into the air... anyone knows what I could do? :))

[weak stirrup]

This might be an obvious question. So in blender there is a viewport shader. I’d just like to say, the avatar itself is not shaded. If I were to just import it to unity with everything, it would be flat colors right?

[lunar ermine]

you need to rig the piercing's in blender

[lunar ermine]

you would have to manually add the textures to the model. I suggest downloading Poiyomi shaders