avatar-help

[ornate stump]

It's likely because the texture is set to uncompressed.

[barren chasm]

like and when i mean everything i mean i went manually per item and lowered small stuff to 32, clothing to 1k

wdym

[ornate stump]

Did said "Uploaded Successful" after?

Because it also says where to look for your uploaded avatar in game.

[rigid magnet]

I just pressed build and test because I didnt know if the avatar is going to appear on

just on my page or everywhere

[ornate stump]

Build & Test means it only displays the avatar to you for testing purpose.

[barren chasm]

where do you mean texture is set to uncompressed.

and i didnt do anything to the textures either

they uploaded previously i may need to mentionj

this is the 4th upload so the switch up is quite unwarranted

[ornate stump]

Can you screenshot the package size report where you looked at?

[barren chasm]

i looked in two different places havent done the website one yet because all of them are giving the same exact stats

ill do that rq

one sec

[ornate stump]

Also you shouldn't get size mix up between Compressed Size and Uncompressed Size. Those are different matrices.

[barren chasm]

and yeah yeah ik...

i just dont know off the top of my head because it closed

so where do i check first tho for unticked uncompressed

since you stated its likely because the texture is set to uncompressed

[balmy barn]

wouldnt check that , if you have overrides it wont show there

[ornate stump]

It's already compressed.

[barren chasm]

ive been told not to use crunch compression ever.

on mulitiple occasions

[ornate stump]

That's a different topic.

[rigid magnet]

ok everything worked. Thank you so much. I have only one question, how do I change the avatar colors in vrchat?

[barren chasm]

should they only be set to normal quality

that would make sense ig

[ornate stump]

Depends on whether shader you use on material allow hue shifting or not. And if you mean actually means changing color before uploading there is multiple way like editing texture images, or just hue shift with shader.

[ornate stump]

High Quality should just work. You still haven't post the build size report though so I still have no idea what of your avatar is taking up size.

[rigid magnet]

To be honest I have no idea how any of these setting/things work. I will go watch a tutorial and then come back hopefully with more knowledge.

[ornate stump]

In the most fundamental of computer graphic topic, you only have to edit texture image to change color on the 3D model. This applies to most 3D games out there.

[tepid barn]

i have problom

my mesh has blend shapes. but no bones. what do i do

im desperate

[somber sequoia]

meshes don't have bones, but they can be associated with an armature. If you don't have one, this is "rigging" - you'll need to create an armature in Blender (or similar) and weight paint the mesh to move with it

[tepid barn]

how do i do it. theres alreadly bones

[somber sequoia]

oh good, I'm not sure what it is you need then

[tepid barn]

It's that before the mesh had bones. But no blend shPes and now it's reversed

[somber sequoia]

you might have to show this and/or explain what you just did to cause this

[tepid barn]

New mesh

[somber sequoia]

no idea where that is, maybe crop less?

[tepid barn]

Old mesh

[somber sequoia]

okay exactly what action did you take to cause this?

[tepid barn]

when i used that. it happened

wait

[somber sequoia]

Did you apply the armature modifiers? You don't want to do that. Go back and create one on each mesh object

[tepid barn]

This is what I see

[somber sequoia]

Looks good.

[tepid barn]

How about this

[somber sequoia]

that's the same as the previous?

[tepid barn]

Showing what's in the mesh

[somber sequoia]

it doesn't matter what's in the mesh

[tepid barn]

Ok

So don't apply the armature modifier. Correct?

[somber sequoia]

Correct, there's no need to do that unless you're specifically trying to re-pose the mesh.

[tepid barn]

Ok

So. Around 74 blend shapes.

Might take a bit

[somber sequoia]

to do what?

[tepid barn]

Unless it crashed

[somber sequoia]

oh interesting, I've never really seen that take very long

I don't really use decimate though

[tepid barn]

It applys to every shape key. One at a time

That's what the add on does

[somber sequoia]

oh I'm aware

[tepid barn]

It just... failed?!

There's an error

[somber sequoia]

yeah it doesn't work on everything

[tepid barn]

Ok. But should work now?

[somber sequoia]

dunno, maybe?

[tepid barn]

God i hope so

[somber sequoia]

you can also use the decimate function in the Mesh menu instead of the modifier, then you don't have to apply a modifier

or use a different method to do this entirely

[tepid barn]

The new mesh is larger than the original

[somber sequoia]

shape keys take up space

[tepid barn]

I know. It's the vertices that are bigger

It's doubled

[broken lotus]

how do I make ears and tails dangle and such

[somber sequoia]

physbones!

[broken lotus]

is adding that complicated or..?

[somber sequoia]

https://creators.vrchat.com/common-components/physbones

[wispy spear]

Hello! Is somebody able to help me set up a gun particle prefab to fire when I make a gesture with vrcfury? Danke!!

[bitter wolf]

Been trying again and again, but I just keep experiencing this issue. Any ideas?

[rancid cloak]

Does anyone know why my gestures aren’t working? The phys bones jiggle but other then that nothing moves

[sweet prawn]

the avatar is set to the blender file, you want to to be the avatar in your scene

[sweet prawn]

not at all, you just have to go to your armature and select what bones you want to be physbones, add the physbone conponent, then mess with the settings until your happy with the physics. best way to test is to go into play mode and shake your model and make adjustments as you please

[broken lotus]

How come I uploaded an avatar for quest and the avatar has physbones on pc but not quest

[lilac musk]

Huh? What do you mean by "blender file"?

[sweet prawn]

you can only have up to 8 physbone conponents on quest, go over that and they all turn off

[lilac musk]

Usually this is because there are too many physbone components/transforms for quest, and so the SDK removes them.

[sweet prawn]

look at their gesture manager, its the .blend file lmao

[broken lotus]

ah, okay

[lilac musk]

Oh interesting. Never really used gesture manager, but that does seem like it might not be right lol

[broken lotus]

how do i check the amount of physbones i have in a project? is it already listed?

[sweet prawn]

i just count but you can check in the sdk when you upload, it usually will say "your avatar rating it very poor for having this many physbones" or something

[rancid cloak]

I got it to work but when I upload it in game my character is T posed and stiff

[sweet prawn]

yea it should be the avatar from the hierarchy

[sweet prawn]

did you set the rig to be humanoid or is it set to generic?

[rancid cloak]

Humanoid

[sweet prawn]

question, is the file type of your model a .FBX or a .Blend?

[rancid cloak]

How do I check that

[sweet prawn]

you click on the model then hit "select" on the side here where it says "prefab"

then once you got there you can find a thing like this

[rancid cloak]

It’s a blend

[sweet prawn]

yea vrchat i dont think suports raw blend files for avatars, you have to convert it to a fbx for it to work

[rancid cloak]

Is there a way I can make it an fbx without having to redo everything? 🥺

[sweet prawn]

cats vrchat plugin for blender

[somber sequoia]

You can use a .blend, but you must have Blender installed to convert it. ideally it's best to just open the .blend file and export as .fbx yourself.

cats is not required here.

[rancid cloak]

So do I just go to my blend and export as fbx

[sweet prawn]

yup

just make sure everything is on yeah?

[somber sequoia]

make sure you set 'apply scalings' in the export dialog to "FBX All". And disable leaf bones under "armature"

[sweet prawn]

yea, ive always used cats for export sense everytime i just export it with blender itself ive gotten issues so good to know

[somber sequoia]

sure, you're welcome to, but it's not required.

[rancid cloak]

What’s that mean?

[sweet prawn]

make sure on export all layers are on, im pretty sure sense if its not on in the export, it wont be included. best to ask kazin sense they know how to export

[somber sequoia]

There's an option to export all objects, selected objects, or visible objects. Use that however you like. I tend to only export visible objects.

[rancid cloak]

When I put it into unity as a fbx it didn’t put my coloring and it still has my old file there

[somber sequoia]

unless you removed the old file, of course it'll still be there

As for coloring, you have to make materials in Unity anyway, just do that and assign them

[rancid cloak]

Alright so I just put the material I colored the body how I did before?

[somber sequoia]

I don't know how you did before, but yes, put the body material into the body mesh renderer's material slot

[rancid cloak]

Do I drag my fbx model onto the scene?

[somber sequoia]

may I direct you to one of the many basic setup tutorial videos?

[rancid cloak]

Yes please

[somber sequoia]

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

[alpine perch]

How do I animate my own poses like the Gogo loco poses?

[pliant zodiac]

why is the bounding box so massive?

[alpine perch]

Like I wanna create my own custom pose

[lilac musk]

You can use gogo loco to add your own custom poses. Best of both worlds IMO. Info can be found in the documentation for gogo here: https://teeth-fetch-gdl.craft.me/CxY701Ne9Ng5Ev

[rancid cloak]

Thank you

[pliant zodiac]

im trying to scale it to the recomended size so Quest players can see me but its too big for the numbers it tells me

[alpine perch]

Thank you so much bc I always wanted to get into animating my own style of poses but i can’t seem to figure out where

[rancid cloak]

So do I have to re do all the stuff I did on the blend modal to my fbx model? Like the gogo loco and phys bones

[lilac musk]

Yea I did as well, once I saw how to use gogo, it became the only way I do it because it just works

[lilac musk]

All you have to do is change the values so it just covers your mesh. One of your images seems to do that, did it not work?

[alpine perch]

Is gogo the only system to lean how to animate? Like for example I’m animating myself with crossed arms pose

[pine valley]

The Extent's X value got set to 2.5

However, because the Armature has a scale of 100, that results in a bounding box that's 250 meters wide

[lilac musk]

Gogo is just a control for animations, it doesn't do any of the animation work itself. I made my animations in Blender.

[pine valley]

Right click on "Extent" and revert the override

[somber sequoia]

Yes. You could copy it over with Pumkin's Tools

[pliant zodiac]

even at 0 its telling me that its too big

it only worked for one of the values

[somber sequoia]

your avatar scale is 100 - if you recently exported this from Blender it'd be better to re-export with "apply scalings" set to "FBX All"

But also, that is a warning - you don't actually have to change that. And in most cases, probably shouldn't.

[pliant zodiac]

so even if i dont fix that Quest players can see me?

[somber sequoia]

I don't know what that has to do with quest players

[pliant zodiac]

here is the list of alerts its giving me. what should i fix so that the avatar is quest compatible?

[somber sequoia]

switch that to quest first and it'll tell you what the issues are for that platform

[elder latch]

im a unity and blender beginner and uhh what do i do if my model is white but i have the textures? where do i import them

[pliant zodiac]

it doesnt let me click on it

[somber sequoia]

Yes, you need to install the build tools for unity, this is explained on vrchat's docs page on platform setup

[lilac musk]

You just drop them into the assets where you did the .fbx

[elder latch]

its a unity file not a fbx. and when i do nothing happens

[somber sequoia]

a .unity file is a scene file. Is that what you have?

[timid terrace]

https://youtu.be/Z8XozJwg_NQ?t=776
Here I show where to find the Quest module so you can click it in the SDK

[somber sequoia]

I wouldn't think so, but I have no idea what this ^ image comes from

[elder latch]

it appears when i click on my file in the file explorer

[somber sequoia]

I don't use Windows so really can't help with that

[elder latch]

oh alright then ty tho!

[timid terrace]

You mean a .unitypackage file ?

[elder latch]

pretty sure yeah

[timid terrace]

Open unity and then double click the unitypackage

Or drag and drop into the unity project

[rancid cloak]

Is that something I have to download or is it in unity

[somber sequoia]

download

[rancid cloak]

Do I find it off Google?

Sorry that seems like a dumb question

[somber sequoia]

one I'm sure you can answer for yourself

[rancid cloak]

Is it on GitHub?

[elder latch]

that's what i did but it still has a plain texture and i cant go on the extract textures tab

[timid terrace]

The unity package does not have the textures as seperate files, but it's included in the fbx itself ? You can extract using Blender too

[elder latch]

i have seperate pngs of the textures yeah

but mainly this pops up despite the textures being seperate

so im confused

[timid terrace]

So you need to set up the materials and then put then onto the mesh

[lilac musk]

If it's a Unity Package, it should have either a prefab or a scene with your avatar set up fully. Drag one of them into the hierarchy. If you just drag the model into the hierarchy, it wont be set up and will look white.

[timid terrace]

Yeah that too

.prefab file

[elder latch]

it is a unity package but i dont see any prefab or scene
the model and textures are fully seperate

[timid terrace]

Can you show a screenshot of the files

[lilac musk]

Was this avatar from a seller or something somewhat intended for the avatar to be used in VRC? If so it should have one

[lilac musk]

Not a unity package. Likely just a model file from something like sketchfab.

[somber sequoia]

it'd be nice to see what the file extension on that is

[elder latch]

oh

[elder latch]

file extension?

[timid terrace]

That's probably an FBX or USD

But yeah that is from like sketchfab or something

[elder latch]

oh alright then

[timid terrace]

So he needs to create maerials

[elder latch]

aight that's all i need to know for now tyy

[timid terrace]

https://youtu.be/BRazd85RjgA?t=531

In case you wanna know how to create materials

[mental pawn]

like when running it looks drifty

sorry if it looks laggy, its not supposed to look like that .w.

nvm, this is an issue of my entire computer it seems

[somber osprey]

What's the alternative to Muscle animation editor?

cause I'm trying to add a pose to Goco Loco but the documentation say that's the must have

[alpine perch]

Ohhh, may haps I asked my question wrong, so I can make an pose animation in blender then import it into unity?

Is there a certain yt that explains that?

[rancid cloak]

When I uploaded my avatar to vr chat the arms legs and head moved fine but the ears and tail were stiff when I put jiggle physics on them

[lilac musk]

Yes

[lilac musk]

Did you test the physbones in play mode before you uploaded? If not, try it to make sure they are working at all

[rancid cloak]

Yeah they are all working and everything jiggles

[lilac musk]

In game, do you use android/quest?

[rancid cloak]

I use quest, and when I was in game nothing was jiggling

[lilac musk]

It could be that you're going over the limit for quest and so when it uploads, it deletes them. The max you can have is 8 components, then only 64 transforms (bones) those components can effect.

[rancid cloak]

Ohhh

[lost quartz]

Can some help upload my avatar for me

[somber sequoia]

do you want someone to do it, or help on doing it youself?

[elder latch]

i have a avatar set and i uploaded a pc version of it earlier but in the vrchat sdk content manager i cant copy the id of the pc one

any tips?

[somber sequoia]

you can just type the value in there if you want

[elder latch]

wdym value? sorry im a beginner

[somber sequoia]

the ID

just type it in the slot if you can't copy/paste

[elder latch]

alright ill try that

wait but there wasnt a blueprint id when i uploaded the pc one?

[somber sequoia]

should be, yes

[elder latch]

this screenshot is form the pc upload and i dont see a blueprint id to copy over to the quest one

[somber sequoia]

you must not have uploaded it then

[elder latch]

i did upload it because its on my account

[somber sequoia]

then get the ID from there and put it in that ^

wait, did you already change to android?

if you uploaded, that value really should be set, I'm not sure what you're looking at that's unset

[elder latch]

no. im trying to change a copy to android that's why i need the value of the pc version

[somber sequoia]

Well that blueprint ought to be filled in for the PC one, not sure why it isn't

if you put on ein there and it's not the right avatar, you'll overwrite, so you'll probably want to figure out what you did here

[elder latch]

wierd
but tyyy

[elder latch]

one last question since imma try to redo it entirely. do i get the blueprint id AFTER uploading or do i needa grab it before

bc it still doesnt say anything

[somber sequoia]

there is no blueprint ID until after you upload, since VRChat's API will create that upon upload

[elder latch]

well im checking rn before another try upload but i still dont see a id

im so confused bro

[fierce thunder]

@ornate stump Don't know if you are still available for help, but how does IkeHUD make their Wallhacks so accurate? Mine is very off

[ornate stump]

I don't use it so no idea.

[fierce thunder]

Alright tysm again for earlier

[fierce thunder]

How do I animate the Transform component without it animating everything inside the section? For example: I animate the Y axis, the X and Z axis also get animated without me touching it. How do I avoid this?

[somber sequoia]

You can change just one value in the animation, just don't set the other ones, or set them back to 0

[timber wharf]

@fierce thunder if youre trying for independent animations of different axes youd have to use nested objects. ie parent always keeps z 0, child animates z and keeps xy 0

[turbid cedar]

i have an avatar in unity, it wont let me do eye look or view postion i click on them to move/rotate and its just moving/rotating the whole avi

[timber wharf]

enable gizmos, ball icon topright corner of 3d view

[fierce thunder]

I see, tysm

[turbid cedar]

oh.... tysm XD

[tepid barn]

Has a mesh. But nothing shows up. What's wrong

[balmy barn]

funny looking number

[tepid barn]

Where?

[sour quartz]

im trying to make an emission glow in the full dark
but its permanantly on with poiyomi

[turbid cedar]

tried to go into play mode...

so uh

why wont it let me..

[karmic portal]

ok so i was uploading an avatar i bought, and there's 4 options to upload it, is there a way to merge them? and if i need to only choose one what's the difference between a normal avi and a quest one?

[wispy spear]

Quest version is more optimized for quest, the non quest version is optimized for pc. They have different upload sizes usually

Ft is face tracking, and sps is a penetration system used to replace dps

[karmic portal]

if i upload the pc version, can everyone still see it?

[wispy spear]

Only for pc, its likely it won't upload for quest

Upload pc version to pc, then quest version to android

There should be no problems

[karmic portal]

so i do 2 separates uploads?

[wispy spear]

When you upload an avatar you have the option to upload it to windows, android, or both (if your avatar is well optimized) when uploading, select windows first and after it uploads switch it to android (be sure to deselect windows) then upload the quest version

[karmic portal]

okok thanks a lot

[wispy spear]

👍

[drifting urchin]

I tried once to make an avatar for quest so it gets uploaded to pc instead of quest

any advice?

[lilac musk]

In the SDK above upload, you can choose what platform your uploading to. Windows is for PC/PCVR, Android is for Quest/Android Phones/Pico, iOS is for Apple Phones. So switch to what platform you want to build for, then upload. Keep in mind, the Android and iOS versions have different limits to the PC ones. So you might have to change things on your avatar before you can successfully upload to that. Most people simply make one avatar for PC, then another for the other two platforms.

[drifting urchin]

Um would a Mac work?

[lilac musk]

Also, if you make an avatar for a different platform, make sure the new avatar has the same ID. Otherwise it will upload as a whole new one

[lilac musk]

For what?

[drifting urchin]

I have a Mac book or mac computer

[lilac musk]

Okay?

[drifting urchin]

i have a mac so its gonna give me errors

[lilac musk]

Does Unity not work on Mac?

[drifting urchin]

a bit

It does but..

i cant use a quest converter so i have to do it manually

[pine valley]

you can develop on a Mac

I use my M1 Macbook for almost all of my Unity work

there are some issues for world development

[pine valley]

this is the important bit

you upload different avatars or worlds with the same ID

[lilac musk]

Yes, as I mentioned in my next message.

[pine valley]

i was just repeating what you said :p

[lilac musk]

#avatar-help message Would probably be a better way of doing that instead of a reply.

Copy message link sends the user to that message

without pinging the one your quoting/repeating

[analog fog]

does anyone know how to have gesture activate certain things like a gun

[lilac musk]

You have a transition that has the condition of something like 'GestureRight = 1' aka if you do a fist with your right hand.

[analog fog]

lemme see if that fixs it

[night ember]

a literal 3d mesh is being generated via the camera using depth

accuracy wouldnt matter at that point cause its literally being projected over the model

[analog fog]

it didnt work

[night ember]

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

[lilac musk]

I only gave you an example, as I don't know anything about your avatar is set up. You would need to figure out the exact thing you need yourself

[night ember]

those are the only gesture based parameters

[analog fog]

: ( alr

[lilac musk]

That's all I can do. I can't see your project.

[heady bobcat]

Hewwo

[analog fog]

quick call?

[night ember]

just send screenshots

[lilac musk]

Best to keep the discussion here for multiple eyes to look at it. That way anyone who might know a better way can also chime in and what not. So send some screenshots

[quasi crypt]

so I working on this avatar of a mlp character it works fine on pc but on quest when i speak people can hear my voice near them if im not next to them is there a way i could maybe fix it or not

[night ember]

literally projecting onto the mesh

[lilac musk]

Near them? isn't that normal? Do you mean they hear it coming out of somewhere that isn't your avatars head?

[night ember]

first of all your layer is set to 0 weight so its not going to do anything

[quasi crypt]

(im the mlp character and y friend is the furry) this what i mean people on pc can hear my voice where im at for the position but on quest its different, I took a picture and pointed it out i know it maybe confused.

[lilac musk]

So yes, they are hearing you from somewhere else. This is likely because your viewpoint on quest is in the wrong spot.

[quasi crypt]

this is where my view point is on my avatar

is there a position i should put it so it can be fixed on quest

[lilac musk]

That's a good spot, though I don't know what else causes that issue. Hopefully someone else has some ideas

[quasi crypt]

i hope so

[sharp gull]

total newbie here, how do you remove physbones?

[quasi crypt]

for quest or pc

[sharp gull]

quest

so i gotta get down to 64

[quasi crypt]

what's the total you got all together

[lilac musk]

Physbones are a component on a bone object. Just have to remove that component.

[sharp gull]

it autogenerated 143

[sharp gull]

bone object, got it!

is that just anything in the armature?

[lilac musk]

So if you hair has physbones, the component will be on the top hair bone

bones are part of the armature

[sharp gull]

oooooooooooh! Ok! Thanks!!

[quasi crypt]

also i have picture of the rigging of the mlp character and i dont know if it would be the rigging on it that might be causing the problem the voice on quest to go else where cuz note; im not really good at doing 4 legged character like i did a palworld model that was basically a knight horse man and it works fine but i guess i got to work a lot harder for these kind of model

[lilac musk]

If it was the rigging, then it would do it for PC as well. So something is different between the two builds

[quasi crypt]

okay

[sharp gull]

I've been clicking on every child of armature in the hierarchy and I can't find the component on any of them. Am I doing something wrong? Thank you for being so helpful to all of us, by the way

[lilac musk]

At the top of the hierarchy, you can search for vrcphysbone and it should show you ever object with a physbone component

[sharp gull]

I feel like I'm missing something here. Is it that I can only remove them all at once, and from there I have to manually add the component to every piece that I want to have physbones?

[royal fern]

Trying to upload the quest version of an avatar I just bought and this error keeps popping up

How do I fix

Avatar validation failed
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__152:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:3284)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder:Start<VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__152> (VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<BuildError>d__152&)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder:BuildError (object,string)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__143:MoveNext () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2970)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder`1<System.Exception>:Start<VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__143> (VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder/<HandleBuildError>d__143&)
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UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext:ExecuteTasks ()

(this is the full text for the error if it helps)

[lilac musk]

That physbone isn't setup correctly. The way they work is, when you put a physbone component on an object, it will make that object and any of its children a part of the physbone chain. Moving with the settings the component has. Sometimes people put them on the root of the avatar then overide what children to start affecting by providing the correct root in the settings. Though that is less common.

[lilac musk]

There is a pinned comment from Tupper showing a video on how to get help with errors. Take a look at it and try to get us the results

Specifically we need to see the first few errors

[sharp gull]

ok! Got it! I think!

[royal fern]

This is the error

[lilac musk]

First FEW errors. That doesn't tell us much

[royal fern]

When I try to build the quest version of this avatar it says "avatar validation failed"

Bruh that's the only error that pops I don't know what to tell you

[lilac musk]

You didn't say that. Look at the SDK window and see if it's got any validation errors

[royal fern]

Literally just hit build and this is everything it spits out

It's only the quest side for this avatar that's doing this. The PC version uploaded just fine

[lilac musk]

Expression menu is not properly setup

[royal fern]

lmao that fixed it

just had to set the correct parameters

good lord avatar creators plz fix your damn shit like this before you put it up for sale thanks

[lilac musk]

Can learn a lot about a person by how the setup their unity packages

[runic sonnet]

whenever i download it why does it say this?

Im trying to do this on my new laptop im kinda annoyed with unity lol

[little plume]

i beg your pardon?

[indigo compass]

The security alert?
Technically the Unity version we are uploading with is unsafe, but only if you are building a game with it, which we are not.
VRChat is using an updated version without the issue.

[runic sonnet]

Ohhh oki

[stable isle]

my friend had their viewpoint drop to around their neckline when they were sitting down. i checked their avi and made sure that it was at their eyeline, but it moved down for some reason. does anyone know how to fix this? or what the cause was?

[lilac musk]

Could it be the wrong mesh?

[little plume]

nope

[indigo compass]

I forget if it applies to non full body users as well, but by default VRChat is lock hip, meaning VRChat will keep the hip in the right spot regardless, so if the avatar isn't perfectly proportioned then the viewpoint will have to move.
You can change that in the small menu to either lock head or lock both (lock both is only recommended for avatars that are perfectly proportioned to you)

[lilac musk]

Yea it's blenshapes are gone. Might have bugged out during export. Probably a good idea to try exporting again

[somber sequoia]

Usually missing blendshapes after export is because you have a mesh modifier that couldn't be auto-applied without removing them.
You'll want to deal with that (apply or remove it) before exporting

[fallow ore]

how do i make gun bullets work with worlds? like pap's shooting range, some avatar bullets actually activate the targets in the world, so i was wondering how they do that and how to add it to my avatar

[wanton pulsar]

got a question, so how do i make an particle fade out? like ive seen avatars with title cards that can fade out and ik its a particle, just trying to figure out how they get it to work

[somber sequoia]

particle systems have a "color over lifetime" feature

[wanton pulsar]

alr i see that now, do i just move the little arrows to my liking?

[somber sequoia]

Up to you, I'm not sure what exactly you want.
Also, Unity's documentation on particle systems is actually quite good.

[wanton pulsar]

hmm alr, but it wasnt anything crazy i just wanted it to play the animation whenever i join a world or reset the avatar or anything like that then fade out after 20-30s

[somber sequoia]

sure, could work

Probably tweak the alpha parameter, maybe the color. Make sure your particle shader supports alpha transparency

[wanton pulsar]

alright about to go test it out thanks

[lilac musk]

Might get it to work if you enable 'send collision events' on the particle system

[somber sequoia]

huh does that actually affect world objects

[misty remnant]

im trying to duplicate an animation and change it so that it has a version of it holding a cup properly as a gesture, but its somehow not letting me use them

is there any way that i can make them see the animations such that i can preview it properly and such?

[somber osprey]

is there a way you can just update the FBX file without messing up anything else?

like the cloth rigging, shaders, everything else you're not gonna tinker with?

Cause I don't wanna import a new model to do the exact same thing where I'm at just because I added a blendshape

[indigo compass]

Yeah, you just overwrite the .fbx file, but you have to export the fbx with the same settings it was originally exported with and that is a matter of just knowing or guessing, there is no way to check.

Although

[indigo compass]

Alternatively, import it separately and in the rig tab set it to humanoid -> copy from avatar and then try replacing the mesh in the skinned mesh renderer with the one from your new .fbx, that way you can test without potentially needing to reimport the avatar from scratch.

[vapid belfry]

anyone know why in blender and unity my blendshapes for planes seem to be different?

im guessing a export option im missing orrr?

[indigo compass]

Try disabling the outline for a moment

Otherwise best idea I have is that this isn't the only blendshape that is active in Unity or Blender.

Unless you are overdriving it in Blender

[vapid belfry]

nahhh

i thought u were right for a moment

nah it iss 100%

no other blendshapes are on :/

[lilac musk]

Not directly. It triggers a code event (OnParticleCollide or something). World creators can do things with it, but its rare they do.

[indigo compass]

You can remap what is 100% in blender for a shapekey so in Blender if you set it to 50% does it look like it does in Unity?

[vapid belfry]

i figured it our. i needed to add some cuts to the plane

once i added one it worked

[indigo compass]

..huh

[dusk moat]

Should material animations work regularly in vrchat? Ie. Setting up UV scroll to control face textures in the animator vs blendshapes etc.

[lilac musk]

As long as the shader allows it to be animated. Most do I'd assume

[dusk moat]

Thank you so much

[supple mirage]

can someone help set up the sps in a call? the tutorials and guides don't really help

[somber osprey]

wait I'm confused

can you elaborate more?

[versed steppe]

Can someone help asap, i added clothes to the avatar and anytime I export it back to unity it crumbles,

[sour quartz]

im trying to make an emission glow in the full dark
but its permanantly on with poiyomi
Does anyone know how to make an emission only activate under a certain amount of darkness?
It has a completely different color from the main texture so it only needs to activate under at least 70% darkness

[left gull]

you could try lowering the emission intensity that way its nearly invisble when you're in a bright world but will show when in darkness, it just wont glow as brightly as it would at max settings

[ornate stump]

See the "Light Based" section of the emission and adjust the values.

[paper hollow]

Buenas, alguien que me pueda ayudar con un avatar por favor?

[gloomy bolt]

My avatar is naked in avatar preview. Is there a way to fix it?

[ornate stump]

Are the clothes being displayed in unity?

[gloomy bolt]

Yes

I checked an outfit on just incase and it's still nothing in the preview

[ornate stump]

Are the cloth toggle states off by default?

[gloomy bolt]

And the model is naked when loaded in from Uploaded

[ornate stump]

The parameter is on by default but the toggle is doing the opposite.

[paper hollow]

How can I fix it?

[ornate stump]

What needs to be fixed?

[paper hollow]

all 🥀

[ornate stump]

It isn't even a problem.

[gloomy bolt]

How would i fix it?

[ornate stump]

Try make it "Default Off" and see what it does.

[gloomy bolt]

So just this?

I'm not aware of how to make it default off

[ornate stump]

The Default On button.

[gloomy bolt]

Now it use random clothes so it better i guess

Idk how is this making any sense

[ornate stump]

VRCFury preprocess avatar state to reflect the default parameter of your avatar. All of your default state was setting cloth to be off.

[sour quartz]

I mean I am aware of the light based function but I dont quite know what I am looking at if i want the setting to say,

not react to light above 0,5
and then turn on emissions from light below 0,5 / darkness above 0,5

[ornate stump]

https://www.poiyomi.com/special-fx/emission#light-based

[white rock]

Question: how do i turn off the sitting animation lock so i can move around in FBT when im in a seat?

[sour quartz]

ill give it another read, thanks!

[ornate stump]

Given you're making your avatar, you'd have to use custom sitting layer. Gogoloco already does that.

[white rock]

huh. one of the models i use has neither and it lets me move in FBT in a seat

[ornate stump]

Is it avatar you uploaded.

[white rock]

yeah, edited it in blender, done all the unity work, animations and it has no gogoloco or locomotion changes. all i did was update to latest SDK and it stopped me from getting stuck in seats but i cant seem to figure out how i did it.

[ornate stump]

The default sitting layer locks the hips and legs down to animation regardless of halfbody or fullbody.

[ornate stump]

I actually doubt that there is some edit to the sitting sample asset to allow fullbody movement. When you update the sdk, the change to the sample layers got reverted to the default.

[white rock]

i dunno what to tell you then, no locomotion changes, just updated to latest SDK and now i can move in FBT whilst seated, one of my friends can also move while seated but he has no idea how too.

[ornate stump]

Just use Gogoloco. That's the safest bet.

[white rock]

i have gogoloco on other models and it didnt make it so i could move whilst seated.

[balmy barn]

all up to sitting controller or the station wich can override your entire tracking control , see ingame debug when you sit

gogo probably does alot of wierd things somewhere with seated = stuff

[ornate stump]

Right, some seats don't allow hips down movement to begin with. It's part of the seat, nothing your avatar can do.

[balmy barn]

if you add one of those stations on avatar that override someones tracking it breaks their tracking stuck to animation , since we still have no way to reset after auto sitting (worlds can) , only way to reset avatar to fix it

[jagged igloo]

is there any really good tools with making non-humanoid rig avatars with animations?

[ornate stump]

Blender.

[broken vessel]

I need help with wieght painting... The photos above are my current attempts at it and tbh I don't think an avi is meant to move like that.

[ornate stump]

Did you weight paint yourself or use some automation?

[broken vessel]

I used automatic and then touched it up to the best of my ability

This is my first non Vroid AVI and it is being an absolute pain

[ornate stump]

You still have lot of work to touch it up.

[broken vessel]

Do you have any tips or know any tutorials I can use to be able to fix it?

[ornate stump]

No. Just elbow grease.

[broken vessel]

Fahhh

I've already spent like 6 hours on this.

Do you know what is causing the avi to glitch out like that so I can spot it?

[ornate stump]

Auto weight paint is just bad as you see.

[broken vessel]

I fixed it up pretty well I thought.

[ornate stump]

Although I don't have any specific tutorial to recommend, you should watch multiple videos which many artist have different way of doing it.

[broken vessel]

Ok that makes sense.

Do you see any problems with the wieght paint on a few spots?

[ornate stump]

You should be careful on the part that clipped into other part, and be careful to clear out stray weight on the part that it isn't supposed to be on. In summary, you have to be thorough.

[broken vessel]

Sweet thanks for the help.. This is gonna suck but it will be worth it.

[charred marsh]

anyone can help me i have a avi with flipbook shaders but how do i make it quest compatible?

[ornate stump]

The prime example is under the arm right here.

[ornate stump]

You simply don't.

[charred marsh]

oh man but how did sprkplg do it with his osamason avi

[ornate stump]

I don't know what or who you're talking about. Animated material can still be achived by using mobile material and animate texture offset on spritesheet texture.

[shadow agate]

is there any way to avoid unity forgetting to clean up the bike pose from animation previewing

[turbid cedar]

quest opti tips pls?

[somber sequoia]

not really

[somber sequoia]

check out the history in #quest-optimization

[turbid cedar]

im not finding anything helpful its just a lot of people getting errors

[ornate stump]

The general of optimization topic is just "having less things".

[ornate stump]

Pretty much you have to know what the numbers in performance rating mean, make change to your avatar to lower those numbers down.

[slim osprey]

if i want to sculpt the body of my avatar : how can i do so? do i just import the fbx file into blender and enter sculpt mode and sculpt and what about when i export?

[small plover]

Hey does anybody know how I would make it so when I open my eyes on my avatar my iris gets smaller

[indigo compass]

The fbx in the asset manager has a little arrow to the right of it, if you click that you will see several things, one is the mesh (the thing that goes into the skinned mesh renderer) and if it is an avatar setup as humanoid in the rig tab then there will be an icon for that too, the latter you would put into the copy from part I mentioned (or just click the little circle to the right of it to search for it by name) and the former mesh you quite simply drag and drop into the mesh slot on the skinned mesh renderer component on the avatar (probably "Body") you want to update the mesh for.

[tepid barn]

i think im having a similar issue

when ever i try to apply a new mesh on unity, it doesnt show up, and always doubles or triples the vertice count

[indigo compass]

Their thing wasn't an issue, it was asking for advice.

[tepid barn]

oh. my bad

[indigo compass]

So elaborate what you mean with apply a new mesh?

[slim osprey]

is there a way you can remove this eye reflection from showing up? : I just want the main base black and red eye to show up without the reflection

[somber sequoia]

You can repaint that texture

[slim osprey]

but thats tricky to match with the main eye

surely there is an easier way around it? 🤔

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure what you mean "match"?

[stark meadow]

if it is a recent model there should be shapekeys to hide them

look for something like "eye_highlight_x"

[slim osprey]

ahm its komano base build? and the body comes like so :

[somber sequoia]

oh if I expand that first image (which I hadn't), I see a bunch of shader stuff, I don't really know this shader, so not sure what you're referring to. I was just looking at the texture itself, which you can of course edit however you like

[somber sequoia]

you could always make a mask using the main texture as a guideline, then do other shader effects on only the masked area.

[tepid barn]

when i use the decimate modifier. which option do i use. collapse, un-subdivide, or planer

[somber sequoia]

the one that you think looks the way you want it to.

[slim osprey]

would this be in eye_highlight_x in japanese?

[stark meadow]

idk what it would be in japanese

[slim osprey]

i guess ill just scroll through all the sliders

[tepid barn]

when i use collapse. it works, but when i try using that mesh in unity, it wont show up despite it being used

[stark meadow]

the highlights are most likely one of these in the texture so you could also try making them transparent

[slim osprey]

yea its that and the red blob next to it

[stark meadow]

oh true i didnt notice the pupils too

if you wanna open it in blender, you can just delete them too

[slim osprey]

thing is when i erased it on photoshop (painted over it with skin tone) the skin tone shows up over the eye 😭

[stark meadow]

select it in photoshop and press the delete key

you want it to be invisible

[slim osprey]

like so?:

[stark meadow]

but if the shader doesnt support it (or you are uploading to quest) then you'll have to change shader or delete or hide with shapekeys

yes like that

[slim osprey]

well it shows up white now 😆

uhm about uploading it i use pcvr is that quest? and wdym by shapekeys? 🤔

[stark meadow]

blendshapes*

click on the body texture in unity and check the alpha is transparency box

[tepid barn]

also. when i use apply modifires for mesh with shape keys. it adds like 200000 more vertices

[stark meadow]

you have to apply the modifier in blender before exporting, but be careful because it will break all of you blendshapes/shapekeys

[slim osprey]

you know you told me to go through the sliders

I think i mightve found the way to hide it

[stark meadow]

nice! some models dont have the option but its the easiest way if your model has it

[slim osprey]

first one is called void / emptiness

[lone brook]

uhh. little help? why is my avi suddenly down here

[slim osprey]

I think its just for the part when you do a blank dead stare yk

[lone brook]

i tried reloading my unity and its still the same

[slim osprey]

did you toggle any gogoloco pose?

[lone brook]

i guess im sitting in game, yeah

but when i stand up, nothing change

[slim osprey]

Yea I think your clothes arent fitted onto your avatar thats why

[lone brook]

no they are, it was fine just now. now im suddenly floating

[somber sequoia]

have you tried the decimate function in the mesh menu whilst in edit mode?

[tepid barn]

yep

i think. let me try rq

[stark meadow]

are you previewing an animation? or did you drag an animation onto the avatar?

[lone brook]

i was working on my facial expressions

[stark meadow]

if you are previewing an animation it will go to that pose

[lone brook]

i dont think that i am

[stark meadow]

it's good practice to duplicate your avatar before editing any animation but

if you remove the controller here it should fix it

[somber sequoia]

IMO just choose a different animation after you're done editing/previewing, it'll reset the pose.

if you forget to do that you can fix it by resetting all the transforms, or using the fix in Pumkin's Tools

[lone brook]

didnt work

[tepid barn]

just did that. worked. but then nothing shows up when being used

[somber sequoia]

Once it's stuck, you can't fix it by switching to a different animation

[somber sequoia]

not sure what you mean nothing shows up?

[slim osprey]

If I want to use these Eye_Emi?? : do i have to put them in emmision?

[versed granite]

any idea why exporting my fbx after adding bones does this now?

[somber sequoia]

did you set "apply scalings" in the FBX export to something weird? Make it "FBX All" unless you know for sure your avatar uses a different setting

[stark meadow]

do you have any clips in the animation tab in unity?

[somber sequoia]

was this in response to me? What are you showing?

[tepid barn]

That's the mesh I applied decimate to

[somber sequoia]

explain in detail what you did

[lone brook]

dont think so?

[versed granite]

does anything look out of normal? was fine before I just added bones

[slim osprey]

it might be a good idea to take a look at her hierarchy @stark meadow

[somber sequoia]

the only things I change in there are that setting, and uncheck leaf bones under armature.
Well i do one more thing but it's not likely relevant - leave the rest defaults.

[tepid barn]

Ok. I applied the decimate in blender. It did apply. Blend shapes and bones are there. But in unity it's invisible. Like nothing

Could be during export?

[slim osprey]

I just reuploaded the fbx into the hierarchy

if thats what you are tryna go for >.<

[versed granite]

yah thats how it is

[somber sequoia]

"applied the decimate" - this could mean multiple things.

[stark meadow]

im not sure what is causing it in that case, there may be an easy fix but what i would do is just drag a new avatar prefab into the hierarchy and start again

[tepid barn]

Like this

[somber sequoia]

okay well that's just editing the mesh, so it's unrelated to whatever your export issue is

[tepid barn]

Ok. So why does my model not have a body then?

In unity

[somber sequoia]

it has a body object right there though

[tepid barn]

Yes.

[somber sequoia]

oh your scale seems wrong, see what I just said about exporting and the "apply scalings" option

not saying this will fix it being missing, but it's an issue

[slim osprey]

anyone know why my shader for tops is greyed out? :

[somber sequoia]

That's the material embedded in the .fbx file, you can't edit it. You'll need to make a new material for this.

[slim osprey]

oh? is it possible to find this from the unity package i got it from?

[somber sequoia]

find what?

[slim osprey]

material for that top?

[somber sequoia]

a material? sure? if they included one

[slim osprey]

It should be there since ive done it before, but i mightve messed it up when i was sculpting my model in blender

is it fine if i just drag the outfit unity package into assets folder again then?

[somber sequoia]

if it's already there there's no need to do that again

[slim osprey]

how do i get the material for it then

[somber sequoia]

if it came with the package it's already in your project, so you don't need to "get" it

[lime jungle]

Uhhh guys I have a funny problem

[tepid barn]

Could it be because when I import it into unity, it's a new model

[lime jungle]

My avatar worked like this, and now it looks like this

[versed granite]

what might this mean

[somber sequoia]

Likely you changed avatar scaling when you just exported from Blender

see the "apply scalings" setting

[versed granite]

where is that located

[somber sequoia]

in the FBX export dialog - I just mentioned this to you, above

[slim osprey]

is there a way i can fix the jacket and not have my body parts showing with blendshapes?

[somber sequoia]

if you change that setting from what it was the last time, you probably need to redo the rig setup, and may need to drag a new copy of your avatar into the scene and transfer stuff to it.

[versed granite]

nothing has changed from before though when exporting was fine

[somber sequoia]

well Unity thinks something has changed, so....

[lime jungle]

This happened when I touched the Animation Scene

[somber sequoia]

a common way is to have a "body shrink" blendshape you use when the jacket is on.

[versed granite]

I added 4 bones attached to the cheast was all...

[lime jungle]

And now it doesn't want to go back to normal

[somber sequoia]

Yes but then you re-exported with clearly different scaling settings than was previously used

[versed granite]

so you think I went into scaling settings and started mesing with things before exporting....

[somber sequoia]

I have no idea what you did, I'm just telling you what that message indicates has happened.

[slim osprey]

well i hid the shoulders and arms and heels with that feature but when i take off the clothes with toggle is there a way that my body doesnt look deformed thanks to these sliders?

[lime jungle]

Might someone help me? pls

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure what "this" you are referring to in this image, can you explain in words?

[somber sequoia]

Have your clothing toggle animations also affect those blendshapes

[tepid barn]

I put the mesh into the model. Won't show. This is what I see

[somber sequoia]

why would you do that?

[versed granite]

is there a way to just reset scaling in blender so its not doing whatever this fuck up is?

[tepid barn]

It shows in the model it was exported in. But not in the original

[somber sequoia]

This isn't a thing you change in blender, it's a thing that you now have to change in Unity

(as I said)

[lime jungle]

When I touched the animations menu, my avatar became deformed and now looks like a ball instead of how it should normally look. I tried to reverse it, but now it just looks like this xd

[versed granite]

that does not make sense, its the import thats the problem

[somber sequoia]

what import do you mean?

[somber sequoia]

explain "touched the animations menu"?

[versed granite]

importing from blender to unity....

[lime jungle]

I tried to add some animations for the material swap following tutorials, but It didn't work

[versed granite]

are you animating the mesh that is being swapped or the whole avatar?

[somber sequoia]

You export from blender, and import into Unity.
Again, so you are very clear: You changed the scaling setting in the Blender export dialog to be different than what was previously used by the model you have in Unity.
Now your options are to either re-export with the old setting, or deal with this in Unity by redoing the rigging setup.

[lime jungle]

the mesh, it didn't work so for that I tried to use vrcfury

[somber sequoia]

I still don't know what exact action you just took to cause this, but I'll guess that this is the avatar stuck in "bike pose" when you were trying to edit an animation?
Use Pumkin's Tools to reset back to T-pose.

[versed granite]

that is false the scaling settings did not change, Ill wait till maybe someone more experienced in here knows what might be going on

[somber sequoia]

Haha okay sure, good luck then.

[versed granite]

just create a duplicate of your avatar take that avatar into animations, record drop the new material on it name the animation then done

no need for fury for a mat swap

using easy toggles extension to create your taggle

[lime jungle]

how I use it?

[somber sequoia]

I don't know, I don't use the tool, I just know it can do this. "reset pose" I'm guessing?

I have a script my friend wrote which I use to do this, though I've only really used it when I was trying to build a working digitgrade leg setup.

[lime jungle]

it didn't work 🦈

[somber sequoia]

is you model unpacked in the scene? I wonder if it assumes it's not unpacked and just resets the transforms

[ornate stump]

Try other reset pose option in the menu to the right of the button.

[versed granite]

if anyone else has this issue tell them to switch their avatar to generic rig then back to humanoid in unity, that will fix it

[lilac musk]

Lol

[somber sequoia]

that is literally what I told you to do

[versed granite]

what lol, you dont have to lie buddy its ok if you dont know

[somber sequoia]

#avatar-help message
"redo the rig setup"

[turbid zephyr]

Does anyone know how to get the ejaculation feature to work when you are using the humi dick unity package prefab?

[shadow agate]

wrong server

[turbid zephyr]

Do you know of any server where I can ask for help?

[shadow agate]

probably VRCF or something

[junior brook]

hii i have a question how do you make your avatar vr compatible?

[somber sequoia]

what do you actually have right now?

[junior brook]

i have a 3d model which i imported into vrchat, its compatible on windows but sadly not vr, here are the warnings

[somber sequoia]

what do you mean not compatible with vr?

[junior brook]

like, i cant use it in vr, only on pc

[somber sequoia]

by "pc" and "vr" what exactly do you mean?

do you mean "desktop" for pc? an android/quest headset for "vr"?

[junior brook]

yes

[somber sequoia]

ah ok. If your avatar works in windows in desktop mode, it will work in VR on a PC with a headset attached to that.

[junior brook]

i have a meta quest... i cant really connect that to pc

[somber sequoia]

so what you need to do here is just turn this PC only avatar into a Quest version and upload that

You can actually connect it to a PC, I do that.

[junior brook]

if you mean connected as in through the app i have it connected to my phone, if u mean through cable then,,, i can try

[somber sequoia]

yeah, cable or wifi. You don't have to do this, but you can.
If you want to run standalone on the quest, you'll need to convert your avatar to be quest compatible and upload that version too. There ought to be lots of tutorial videos for this, and some vrchat docs here: https://creators.vrchat.com/platforms/android/setting-up-unity-for-creating-quest-content

[proven quail]

You can use steam VR on your quest and steam on your computer to connect them via WiFi. If you wanted to play PCvr

[junior brook]

okay thank you

[vague cedar]

anyone with an advice of how to properly fit clothes to the avatar? im not really a big fan of blenders manual scaling

im also new to 3d modeling in general in case you wonder

[somber sequoia]

I reshape manually in Blender

[vague cedar]

manual is such an headache. guess ill have to get used to the blender then

[somber sequoia]

yeah it takes some time

[balmy barn]

check out sculpt mode in blender , the blob thing is handy

[runic sonnet]

When using for quest stuff toon shader? Why is everything turning green xD

[balmy barn]

disable vertex colors see if its that

[runic sonnet]

kk

[somber sequoia]

I find myself much worse at that then pushing and pulling stuff around in layout mode with proportional editing... should probably try it again

[runic sonnet]

it is disabled

still is green

unity hates me today lol

[pine valley]

there are quite a few different sculpting tools!

[somber sequoia]

there are, yup

[pine valley]

i do still like to use proportional editing a lot

[somber sequoia]

Especially once you figure out the trick of scaling from the 3D cursor

[pine valley]

adjusting your pivot point is very handy

[tribal apex]

Does anyone know what this hair or bow is?

[somber sequoia]

#1138520828556890214

[little plume]

why is it any time i try to do emotes in vrchat theyre always fucking broken

[balmy barn]

Did you try to convert a vmd in blender , they tend to look wierd in unity

[little plume]

a what?

[ocean lark]

hey question, can I upload a new avatar without overwriting the previous upload from the same Unity project? Or do I have to create a new one?

[somber sequoia]

Sure, you can have many in one project

[ocean lark]

is there a video that shows how? I seem to be unable to understand how to do it

[olive pelican]

Blueprint ID

[ocean lark]

o h h

[somber sequoia]

You'll see a selector at the top of the build window to pick which avatar is the one you're working on

or simply disable the one(s) you don't want to work on

or you could use a different scene - I usually do that

[ocean lark]

hmm, fair enough, thank u

[pliant zodiac]

"avatar uses unsupported shader "standard"" but i have the toon shader on the materials? why does it not work?

[ocean lark]

try to upload, if it worsk, then its just a visual bug,

[misty remnant]

does anyone know how to make the gestures be different if certain conditions are fulfilled?

like, a parameter that swaps from a few sets of gestures?

[balmy barn]

2nd parameter or a toggle to another set , you can even use 2 hands to trigger one (gestureleft+right = whatever numbers here)

[misty remnant]

i tried, but it keeps using the default set for anything that is not idle or fist

all the other hand states dont work

both have their own idle state

[misty remnant]

the animations only seem to work in the preview

not when the avatar is actually supposed to do the animation

[regal tulip]

Does anyone know how people import project diva assets into vrchat

[pliant zodiac]

The shader issue aside the other problem I'm having is with the material slots warning. I already made an Atlas, how else do I reduce them?

[lyric compass]

Hello, I'm having an issue with a custom idle animation. It looks fine in unity, even when I test with the gesture emulator but when I get it in vrchat the avatar's hips seem to move upward lifting the legs off the ground in a strange way. Anyone know why?

[hot loom]

How to fix Quest transparent?

[somber sequoia]

Don't use that shader, it's not supported. You could try one of the other ones, like multiply

[hot loom]

Oh multiply, thanks.\

[hot loom]

How to fix Skirt?

[balmy barn]

might try setting the animation so it doesnt do the micro pause when it restart, right click somewhere in the animation and set (? forgot?) and it wont do the small studder at end

can never remember the name of it

somewhere in there, not constant

broken and linear maybe

[glad dirge]

Does anyone with dynamic expressions know how to fix this weird blush thing broken

nvm found it out

[somber sequoia]

what is broken?

[turbid cedar]

do physbones not work on quest or did i do it wrong

[somber sequoia]

They do, but there are limits, you can only have so many

[turbid cedar]

thats right... hahahahah

huffff

mk

[cinder creek]

for making a quest avatar: is there any way i can remove or cut out the black areas of the texture without making the clothes invisible? 'cause i tried a load of shaders and either none of them worked or made things too transparent

is this more for this channel or avatar-quest?

[somber sequoia]

if you want to cut it out... blender.

[cinder creek]

okay

any tips on how to do that?

never done it before

[somber sequoia]

I've seen people link videos about using the knife tool but I don't really have any links myself

[quasi crypt]

I got bought this hornet model and the neck collar is in my view point how do i make the neck collar not be in my view point or make it disappear in veiw point

[somber sequoia]

attach it to the head bone, o ruse a VRC Head Chop component on it

[cinder creek]

probably set the viewpoint to be in front of the mask?

[somber sequoia]

no, no need to do that

anything attached to your head bone (or a child of it) is automatically hidden from your point of view

[cinder creek]

ok

[quasi crypt]

the collar is part of a clothing mesh and the view point is fine

[quasi crypt]

i tried and it still does it

[somber sequoia]

I'm not sure what that could be then, maybe you could show what you did

[quasi crypt]

i did put parent constraint on the collar bone to the head unless i wasn't suppose to do that i can try using Vrc head chop

[somber sequoia]

a parent constraint isn't going to make it be affected by the automatic "head chop" thing

[quasi crypt]

im try this to see if this works unless i did this wrong

[somber sequoia]

yep, you can do it with this

[quasi crypt]

i tried the collar still in my view point

maybe its a problem with Poiyomi

[somber sequoia]

shader has nothing to do with it

but I believe that "scale factor" at 1 means it'll show up, you want it to 0

(see docs to be sure)

[quasi crypt]

oh okay

[somber sequoia]

ugh, why does my laptop keep locking up or rebooting

[hazy kite]

Uhm I don’t ask a lot but can someone make me an avatar its supposed to be a Roxanne wolf but Enderman like

[quasi crypt]

i did that it still didnt so i message the creator of the model to see if maybe someday they can fix that issue

[little plume]

every single time i try to do any sort of emotes in unity the hips are always locked

it doesnt matter what model I use

it doesnt matter what animation it is

i have tried changing so many settings both in blender and unity

the hips are always frozen no matter what

you can see me have this issue from november of last year

ive tried for months to get this fucking issue fixed

[keen steeple]

Need help idk why the sdk avatars is red

[burnt agate]

enable Bake into pose for each root transform position

[left wharf]

You don't need any help for that
It just means the package is installed and removable

[unkempt seal]

have fallbacks been removed?

[low gulch]

so my avatar is going into the floor now all of a sudden and idk what i changed by accident but it wasnt doing this before
my view position is between the eyes where i need it, the pivot point is set to the feet, its all at (0,0,0), the skeleton i mapped correctly....idk what i could be missing!!!
simply moving it up does nothing
the video shows me entering play mode and the model shifting halfway to the ground, then showing the viewpoint position, then going to my orignal blender file to show where the center point is set, but unity seems to be ignoring?
PLEASE let me know if you need more info to help me

[obtuse trail]

what does your unity Humanoid setup look like?

[ornate stump]

If you're refering to the red button to the right, that is a "Remove Package Button". The grey-out button mean can't be removed due to dependencies. The white button means adding package.

[obtuse trail]

Hey I am making a Quest particle effect using a spritesheet. I read one of your replies where you mention animating a UV map. How is this made?

[ornate stump]

Particle system already have animation frame module to use spritesheet. You just have to supply spritesheet texture and setup values in the module.

[obtuse trail]

I cant find it! 😓

is it here?

[ornate stump]

Right above where you're looking at.

[obtuse trail]

of course it is! 😅

[ornate stump]

Next question for you. How is your "Arc Mesh" different from regular quad?

[obtuse trail]

it curves. the effect is meant to be an electric arc around a hand

[ornate stump]

Sheet Animation expects the UV to cover full texture area, not pre-scaled one.

[obtuse trail]

ok so I make a full-sized uv?

[ornate stump]

You have to scale Y axis to full size too.

[obtuse trail]

ok!

[obtuse trail]

seems to be working!

[obtuse trail]

there is no emission though, is there? because thats a shader thing? 😓

[ornate stump]

It's because of shader.

[obtuse trail]

damn! ok...

[viscid herald]

hi, my avatar is making my game to Crash to Desktop (with no crashlogs) upon joining a new world.
heres the weird thing though: No matter what world it is, the first world that i load via home world or vrchat website launcher will not crash.
However, upon loading a new world, my game freezes for a second at initalizing world, into a crash to desktop with no crashlogs being deposited into Local...
As long as I have swapped to the avatar in anyway during the first world, even if i switch off of the avatar and clear avatar cache, the game will crash.
I will make a ticket very soon but i was just looking for any insights from the community before i start pestering support

[ornate stump]

?tag avatars

[flat musk]

If your PC/Quest HMD freeze after logged in,
*Try reset your avatar from website https://vrchat.com/home/avatars
or
Hold ESC or Y+B the entire time you load into VRChat.
*Make sure firmware of HMD and app are up to date
*Try verify integrity and/or reinstall app if issue persist
*Power cycle router but leave few minutes after unplug

[obtuse trail]

@ornate stump is there a way to make it randomly spawn above or below the circle?

[ornate stump]

Possibly you have to change shape module to use custom mesh.

[analog igloo]

i need some help how does one add multiple animations on a nonhumanoid or static avatar ive tried everything idk what else to do anymore i can get 1 animation to work and thats it like blinking then when i go to add a tail animation for example i cant or dont know how to add them and not to mention how does one add like expressions since its always blank when u do it, ik its possible since ive seen people do it but im struggling to find out how

[ornate stump]

In animator controller you would have multiple layers controlling different part of a model.

[analog igloo]

like tgese?

i mean

im using a pokemon as a example with the animations from game

i can only get 1 animation to work and idk how tf to make others like toggles or something

since its not a humanoid i cant add expressions and the expressions menus always empty so i cant add animations as toggles

this is what im confused about

[weak depot]

hello
i have 2 problem and i dont know how to really fix them..
i'm using unity for editing my model and there are like... seams? where textures end. i tried coloring a bit more then texture map shows, but problem is still there
my second problem is...too many jiggle physics and i'm not sure what should i put in phys bone setting so that its not... just some jello...

[ornate stump]

Humanoid or not is irrelevant. One layer controls one part, by switching animator state within the layer, it switch to play other animations. Switching states is done by transitioning via transition. Transition is conditioned to a parameter. Parameter is changed via either radial menu, avatar dynamic, or other avatar parameter.

[analog igloo]

is there a uh video on that cause im really confused

ike i made multiple layers and they dont work

i dont understand it at all

[ornate stump]

You could look for how to work with unity animator in general.

[analog igloo]

ok..

sorry that its hard to find a tutorial on how to do this with these kinds of models ig

i can easily do animations on humanoid shit

:/

[ornate stump]

Again, humanoid or not is irrelevant.

[analog igloo]

then why dont expressions show up for me when i use a non humanoid

the expressions menu is blank i cant even reset the avatar

if that was the case it sorta makes it harder no

if i can simply get that to show up

i can easily do this

[ornate stump]

That's a different issue. You'd need every playable layers to be assigned because there is no default controller for it. You could just make blank animator controller and assigned to the slot that's empty.

[analog igloo]

oh hmm

ill try that thanks

well i mean i do have a animator controller

its just i dont got a avatar

and even when i do add a blank it messes it up

[ornate stump]

Did you actually assigned in FX slot in avatar descriptor?

[analog igloo]

well it sorta assigned it automatically but even if i removed it it wouldnt make a difference

🤷‍♂️

i have it on fx and i removed it and it did nothing sooo... idk what excatly to do

[ornate stump]

It isn't going to do work if you removed it.

[analog igloo]

well yeah ik thats why i just left it there

[ornate stump]

What do you have in the playable layers now?

[analog igloo]

just goloco base and action since i cant get the others to show up since its a non humanoid

even tho they dont do anything i can take em off and wont make a difference

[ornate stump]

Just screenshot it.

[analog igloo]

as i said just these

and others dont show up

[ornate stump]

Assign in the Special as well.

[analog igloo]

the what?

[ornate stump]

Literally written Special in your screenshot.

[analog igloo]

oh sorry its late for me

alright

still nothing

added the speical stuff still blank on expressions

[ornate stump]

Ok let me recall this for a bit. It's about something being None in avatar descriptor.

[analog igloo]

well yeah but as i said if i add something there it just breaks it completely

even when i added blank stuff

like it will give me errors saying stupid oh must have head and feet mapped

so idk how tf people make non humanoid crap have toggles and crap

ive tried everything, watched tons of videos i just dont know what the secret to doing this crap is

[unkempt iris]

looks around... could any1 help explain why my avatar bounces after jumping 😭😭

[gaunt knoll]

Nothing you can fix
It's the default falling animation
Add gogoloco to it and it will stop

[ornate stump]

Turn out the fix I had before no longer works. You could use the sample avatar from the sdk for dummy humanoid skeleton, remove all of its renderer, and setup your non-humanoid avatar inside of it.

[analog igloo]

ill try that thank you for your help

[knotty heart]

hey guys, i saw this one feature on an avatar, you could toggle like a HUD that would like let you see i think behind you, or something- so was that done by adding a camera to the avatar and if yes then how would i set that up on an avatar

[gaunt knoll]

https://ikeiwa.gumroad.com

He has a discord he will tell you how he set it up very amazing and helpful guy

[coral drift]

Hey I recently bought an avatar and I uploaded the PC version of the avatar perfectly fine but when I linked the quest avi to the PC avi then hit upload as the tutorial I watched said to do it made it a quest only avi

Does anyone know why?

[knotty heart]

not the exact thing i thought of, but this is even better thank you!

[gaunt knoll]

Have to make sure you've linked the IDs

[coral drift]

Do I have to link the quest id to the PC avatar?

Because I have linked the IDs

[gaunt knoll]

No the pc to quest

[coral drift]

Well I linked the PC Id to the quest blueprint

[gaunt knoll]

Yeah to pipeline manager

So it's upload pc
Go to contact manger copy the id of that Avi your linking

Open your new project with the quest Avi
Go to pipeline manager paste the id in
Upload quest

[coral drift]

I click attach correct?

[gaunt knoll]

Correct

[coral drift]

Do I select both android and windows or

Just android

[gaunt knoll]

Just android for the quest one it's better to do them separately

[coral drift]

Yeah I got that

They are separate

[gaunt knoll]

Yeah

[coral drift]

Will I have to reupload the PC version if it only shows android version in game? Because I don't wanna have to wait 40 mins to reupload it 😭

[upbeat hatch]

is something up with VRchat? i keep having weird random errors when trying to upload my avatar, the website wont fetch avatar images, and half my avatars in game just show the error robot

[gaunt knoll]

What are the errors

And what are you packages in CC

(screenshot)

[upbeat hatch]

hol on everything just started working again

yuh my avatars just loaded in and the website pictures appeared at the same time, no clue what happend lol must have been server side issues

[coral drift]

I uploaded the avatar

Now it showed both the PC and quest icons

I switch to it and now it only shows the quest icons and I'm the error robot

I might just say fuck it and make it PC only if that is how it fixes it

As I'm new to all this stuff

[upbeat hatch]

maybe try reuploading it? i was just having the error robot on all my avatars a minute ago maybe someting messed up server side while you were uploading?

[coral drift]

Alright I'ma try reuploading the PC version

Good luck to me

I do want to mention I installed the shaders and what not if that matters which I doubt it does

[little plume]

i did. ive tried everything

[gaunt knoll]

You have to turn off tracking

[little plume]

what?

[gaunt knoll]

Yeah it's a component

Vrc tracking

[little plume]

?

[gaunt knoll]

Doesn't go on the Avi it goes on the toggle

[little plume]

i havent even made the toggle yet

the animation preview is locked at the hips

[gaunt knoll]

You might of exported it wrong from blender

[little plume]

i dont think i did

ive tried many different settings

many different settings for baking the action on the nla strip too

[gaunt knoll]

Same for the other preview

Not your Avi but the normal unity preview

[vapid slate]

for blender, how do i make the clothes fit an avi that it wasnt meant for

[lilac musk]

Sculp and move them so they fit properly, then transfer weights with a data transfer modifier

[vapid slate]

idk the controls for blender T-T

[ornate stump]

Definitely have to learn it.

[vapid slate]

could someone teach me?

[lilac musk]

All kinds of tutorials on the Internet

[gaunt knoll]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Xl9tGqH14

[vapid slate]

4 hrs..

[ornate stump]

Fitting cloth is more than just a simple a-few-click-done procedure.

[vapid slate]

ok no need to be rude was just wondering if there was an easy way but ig not </3

[ornate stump]

I'm just pointing out the matter of fact.

[vapid slate]

being rude isnt the way to do it

[lilac musk]

I think you might be just misunderstanding them. They are simply saying it's a long process and takes time to learn.

[obtuse trail]

Has anyone managed to make a vrc fury toggle and combine it with a hand pose?

I have an axe that I want the hand to grasp. Apparently, I must make the hand pose in the Gesture Layer.

[broken lotus]

how do sps features on avatars work, i have an avatar with sps features and i just dont know how any of it works and i want to use the features

[keen steeple]

How do I fix this

[surreal ridge]

why isn't my uploaded avatars showing on vrchat??

[azure badger]

I not sure if this is the right cannel but im having issues with my audio in vrchat I have to get really close to the mic for it to pick any thing and inhance the audio in obs how do I fix this?

[keen steeple]

You activating threshold is to high

Move it down

[azure badger]

I just found that out lol 😅 still need obs though

[raw cypress]

so i want a custom avi made, dont know the price range it would be and i dont know how to go about finding someone to make it, im willing to pay pretty much anything below $400 but id need to do like a payment plan or whatever

[ornate stump]

?tag scam

[flat musk]

Hey ho 👋 I see you're looking for commissions.

You will probably receive DM's or friend requests from scammers now (or later) that will try to offer you their services. 😖

🚫 Absolutely DO NOT engage with those, regardless of how competent they might seem or their excuse to why they contact you.
This is unsafe practice used by scammers, and also breaks this Discord's rules. 👮

If you seek a creator, check out VRCTraders and follow their protocols strictly 🥺
(You will get DM from bot to verify your account upon join.)

🌠 It's extremely important to always DEEPLY investigate the account and social media of the person you plan to commission.
Is their social media linked in Discord? Is it legitimate? Are the references stolen? (Try to reverse image search posts to check.) 👀
The quality of fake profiles out there can be crazy good, be aware of that and NEVER engage with DM or friend requests that originate from the artist.

When in the slightest doubt, do not commission them and contact the moderators of the involved communities. 😱

[ornate stump]

Read the bot message above.

[raw cypress]

thank you!!

[fallow ore]

i tried, but it doesnt work

[low gulch]

sorry for the late reply, does this help?

[lilac musk]

That's just one way I know of doing it, though any world creator can have different methods, so you'd have to probably ask them.

[obtuse trail]

It seems like the feet are going through the floor here too. can you check?

[obtuse trail]

you can get a better view if you click here to flatten the viewport

[low gulch]

looks like it, do i just move the model up then?

[obtuse trail]

Yes you have to pull the hip up until it looks right

[low gulch]

am i doing it correctly? it still seems to sink when i go into play mode

[obtuse trail]

do you have physbones on the avatar?

[low gulch]

i do yes, on the tag

[hallow coyote]

why cant i add the thing i need to to make the visemes work for lipsync?

[obtuse trail]

can you turn them off for the moment and try again?

[low gulch]

like remove the component from those bones temporarily?

[obtuse trail]

no, just turn of the check box

also, where is the physbone component?

[low gulch]

oh i see
its attached to the first bone in my tag

[slow mist]

do i ask for help when uploading an avatar here or is it just making one?

[raw cypress]

i see why you made me read that, someone dm'd me and is being very persistent and making me uncomfortable with how persistent they arw

[obtuse trail]

does it still sink after you turn off the physbones?

[low gulch]

yea :(

[obtuse trail]

Whelp, sorry, thats about as far as I can take this. 🤷‍♂️

Moving the humanoid hip usually fixes things like this. There may be some unknown thing also working against you.

[low gulch]

well shiiiiiiii-
i appreciate the help nonetheless 👍

[lilac musk]

This channel is for help at any part of the avatar process. Just state what it is your having trouble with and people will try to help if they can

[obtuse trail]

oh, there is one last thing we can check. Do you have Blender?

[low gulch]

ya

[slow mist]

okay!

[obtuse trail]

ok get a screen of the avatar and armature

[low gulch]

like this?

[slow mist]

So uhh question 1. what does this do like does it publish it to quest straight away or?

[obtuse trail]

it all looks ok, so idk what the problem could be

[low gulch]

yea and ive done ctrl+a > apply all transforms too, real frustrating lol

[lilac musk]

So when you have only one of those check marks, it will switch Unity to that build and you can then start the upload for that platform (Build and publish). If you have multiple checked and click build and publish, it will upload to one platform, then switch builds and immediately upload for the next.

[slow mist]

ah okay!

Damn..

[lilac musk]

Looks like you have missing scripts. You'll need to get the dependencies of your avatar or remove the scripts. Removing might have unintended consequences though.

[slow mist]

idk what scripts i need 😭

[lilac musk]

Most avatar creators will tell you on the store page what dependencies you'll need

[slow mist]

the one i got this one from did not

[lilac musk]

You'll probably want to contact the creator then. Check around for their Discord info

[slow mist]

yeah

nvm i found it on his facebook XD

[lilac musk]

That is odd

[static herald]

does ANYBODY know where I can find this model, I’ve been looking EVERYWHERE for MMD models and I CANT FIND ANY

[lilac musk]

#1138520828556890214

[static herald]

I’m a fucking idiot thank you

[rapid wharf]

is it possible to detect specific layers with a shader?

[lilac musk]

I'm pretty sure shaders can do things with layers, but you will not be able to send that info back to animation parameters or anything

[pine valley]

this has been one of my white whales

you can't ask which layer is responsible for a specific pixel on the screen

I've tried some funny ideas, like using a very bright light that only affects one layer

[past escarp]

just curious, for avatars with a lot of outfit toggles (say like more than 5 outfits), is it typical to just have those be separate meshes to easily disable/enable them? (pc only obviously)

i don't think i can use blendshapes really because what i have plans for the body is a little transparent + if there are specific bones with clothes that move around in certain ways, it'll effect the blenshapes still 🤔 ? yea? or is this flat wrong

[pine valley]

Hiding large objects with blendshapes is awkward, yeah: they have to get shrunk down inside your body, and also correctly stay inside your body as they move around

If you aren't limited by performance ranks, then toggling off entire renderers is great

especially if they're significantly-sized outfits

you could also use UV Tile Discarding (e.g. on Poiyomi Toon). This is very efficient in vertex mode.

However, the game still has to try to render the clothing

(it just gets thrown out in the vertex stage, before it tries to color in the individual pixels)

Tile discards are great for toggling many small pieces of something.

with Poiyomi Toon, you can have up to 16 individual toggles per material

Notably, tile discards will be better for your performance rank than multiple renderers

[past escarp]

gotcha, that was my assumption since i don't really care about performance rank with the pc version stuff (going to just disregard the clothing toggles entirely for the quest version due to how limit it is.) I have definitely heard about UV tile discarding, I think it sounds like a great alternative rather than blendshapes for my specific case, so I'll look into that!

thank you so much for the advice Fen!

[pine valley]

no problem (:

I do like tile discards even if I'm not trying to minimize my performance rank