avatar-help

[nimble crane]

i fixed the arm bones

[ornate stump]

If you use that model for the avatar, does the pelvis bone warning still appears?

[nimble crane]

these are the ones i want to fix

[ornate stump]

You only have to fix viseme one.

[nimble crane]

the pelvis is okay?

[ornate stump]

Probably good enough.

[nimble crane]

k i think i got it, im going onto vrchat and see

[nimble crane]

it kind of works just need the avatar angle close to 180

[ornate stump]

In blender look at the avatar from side view, the hips bone and upper leg bone should be 180 degree apart.

[ornate stump]

Can you tell?

[nimble crane]

kind of

[ornate stump]

Ok. Adjust it.

[nimble crane]

idk how to raise it again!!! grr

[ornate stump]

What do you mean raise?

[nimble crane]

the angle higher like i went to 163.9

i want to increase it to closer to 180

[ornate stump]

Just move one end of bone so it's more parallel to each other.

[nimble crane]

i cant really figure of where i need to put it to bring it to 180 or close to it

[ornate stump]

Do you know definition of being parallel?

[nimble crane]

yee but i want like an easier way to do it

[ornate stump]

Doing it by eye is the easiest.

Unless when you have some problem with your eyes that make you see straight line curved.

[nimble crane]

im not sure how to move these big tall trinagles apart

[ornate stump]

Do you see tool list at the left side of viewport?

[nimble crane]

yee im in the general menu tool picker thing

[ornate stump]

Just pick the move/translate tool, select the ball and move.

[worn copper]

anyone good with texture work and adding emmissons to a texture is substance painter? im kinda stuck and want glowing stars on my avis texture ?

[ornate stump]

What had you tried and didn't work?

[worn copper]

iv tried duplcating the layer and adding a black mask with emission on and a paint layer and nothing is happening

[ornate stump]

Is this inside of substance painter or after you exported into unity?

[worn copper]

inside substance

[nimble crane]

is there like a custom point i need to set it at to get 180 degrees?

[ornate stump]

No. Why is the bone head at the same point now?

[nimble crane]

i reverted all changes to start over because i messed up

[ornate stump]

You might have to take screenshot how you setup the material for it.

[ornate stump]

It originally isn't like that though?

[nimble crane]

no

[worn copper]

may i dm to you ?

[ornate stump]

No. I don't promise that I can help you.

[nimble crane]

so i make the left leg and the right leg close to each other in the same line being parallel?

[worn copper]

thats alrights thank you though

[ornate stump]

I don't use substance painter. But same principle still apply, just in case I can spot something wrong with your setup. You would have to provide more information for other people to know what's going on too.

[ornate stump]

No. Moving them closer doesn't make it parallel.

[nimble crane]

im getting really tired of this and right now my avatar's angle is 154.6

[ornate stump]

You have to take a look from side view.

[proper moss]

Im having this awful issue with the new Toon Standard shader where the outlines look so chonky in preview mode while completely normal in Unity and using the avatar ingame. When changing the shader to lilToon the preview outlines look fine. I also tried uploading another model with the shader and it seems to have the same issue with the outlines in preview mode. Is there a way to fix this or is this just how the shader works?

[proven quail]

hi, so based on how the FX is designed, its going to 'loop' becuse the food is still enabled. If we redesign the FX layer we can make it not loop. let me see if I can cook something up for you

[crystal whale]

A friend already helped.

Thank you though for taking me that far.

[proven quail]

Dang and I just finished the cool graphic too

[proven quail]

Nice

[ornate stump]

?tag comm

[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. 😱

[sand cedar]

how do i put my view back to normal pls help

this is on unity

[upbeat thorn]

hello idk if anyone can help me im trying to add a model from unity to substance painter and it doesnt have a spp file im trying to fix a texture i did

[sand cedar]

pls help i cant make anything now

[timber wharf]

@sand cedar F to focus.

[fiery epoch]

Does anyone know if it is possible to make contact toggles with VRCFury itself?

[supple prawn]

Does anyone know how to make avatar hand animation when enabling a toggle, like a sword?

[balmy barn]

use the same parameter to toggle a fist, you can just grab the fist from sdk edit it abit (id put it in gesture controller)

[solemn drum]

if i resize the size of a fbx or the avatar size in the efitor why does it get reverted back to its prevouse size when i go into play mode or port it in game

how am i supposed to chnage the size of a avatar then ig it just reverts it back to what iot was before

[vivid trail]

Heya, is there any way for a transition that goes "AnyState" -> "State with animation" for that animation to be restarted when transitioning the same way multiple times? Its just a 1 frame animation of an object with a particle system being toggled on

[mild solar]

when joining two meshes in blender to create a seamless head/neck merge, the UV for the head gets ruined, where the applied texture just goes black, was wondering how i could fix it or prevent it from happening again

[somber sequoia]

Take a look at the names of the UV maps before you join, if you make the first one named the same, they'll just combine when you do the join

if they're different names, they won't

[mild solar]

ahh okay, so basically i should have the uv for the head material named the same as the one on the body? so it’ll combine

[somber sequoia]

well you can deal with it after, but that'll be easier if you don't have nice UV tools like ZenUV

(which is very worth the money)

I mean, if you're going to retexture then you should redo the UV map anyway

[mild solar]

i can look into that tool, for now would it be easier to start over or retroactively fix it after the UV got ruined?

i don’t retexture i kindof just fiddle with mats in unity until they match

🥲👀

[stray onyx]

There is a way

[somber sequoia]

it's not ruined, you might need to copy the info in the head UV map to the one that's now the first in the list - can't really suggest without seeing what you have.

[stray onyx]

https://youtu.be/5f7-1M00XDA?si=d7AmJcExKms1OS2U

[somber sequoia]

if you have a backup that might be easy if you're not familiar with this stuff

[solemn drum]

how do i proprly resize an avatar? like ive even tried deleteing and makign a new avatar descripter but the moment i add one suddnly when i click play the fbx model is like scaled up

[mild solar]

thanks for the info and advice, i’ll fiddle with it!

atm i’m at work, can’t access it now but when i’m off i will 🙂

[somber sequoia]

if it changes when you click play there's an animation doing it

what I like to do is resize in the model import - first tab in the inspector when you click the .fbx file, then everything else is at 1,1,1 scale in Unity. If you use many model files this might not work, so you'd resize the avatar root.
descriptor shouldn't have anything to do with this

[solemn drum]

hmm seems for soem reason the way i hav to fix it is to go into the fbx setting remove the humanoid rig then add it back and then it stops randomly scaling up at least in the play mode of the editor

idk why it was doing that sicne everythigns scale was before and after resize 1 since i applyed all trasnforms in blender and used a plugin to ensure everything had a proper scale in unity

[distant nimbus]

anyone know how too make my materials in blender not be all fuzzy/transparent?

[somber sequoia]

yeah if you've got it weirdly sized in Blender, that'll come over into Unity too

[solemn drum]

i hav is scaled to 1 in blender but i had to use a plugin to export cuz the default fbx export in blender will be scaled up by 100 in unity

[somber sequoia]

you don't need a plugin, just set "apply scalings" to "FBX All" in the export dialog.

[golden iris]

So I have a question…does the head bone handle all head movement or is some of it handled by the neck bone? Like if I look to the left does it twist the neck bone or the head bone? If I look up and down that’s all the head bone right?

[somber sequoia]

iirc neck bone does move a bit

[golden iris]

Oh so both the neck and head twist and move a bit

Not just one or the other

[somber sequoia]

there's a world where it'll show you the actual bones in the mirror, useful for testing this

let me find a link

[golden iris]

Thanks I’d appreciate it

[somber sequoia]

pretty sure this one: https://vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_01025423-c339-4735-8af9-ba45cc9e46f2/info

[golden iris]

Ok cool 👍 will test this out later

[somber sequoia]

iirc it only does humanoid bones, but that's most of what you want to see here anyway

[golden iris]

Yeah that’s fine

I’m trying to rig a character that has a hood and the bottom part near the bottom of their head it has a little part that comes up to a point and I was trying to figure out how to make it rotate if I look left but NOT move up or down as much as when it goes down it clips through the avatars body in a weird way so was trying to make that work lol.

I’ll mess around some more I’m sure I’ll figure it out :p

[somber sequoia]

could always use extra bones with rotation constraints

[golden iris]

Yeah I was thinking that but I didn’t know what bone to parent the extra bone to so I needed to see visually how the neck and head move.

Or what would work better

I’m sure you could probably do both head or neck to some extent

[alpine perch]

so im trying to add a bandage to a piece of clothing by merging with Cntrl + J but when i do that the bandage grows outta place and not stay in the place i wanna keep it scalped to and i used shrink wrap to make it skin tight, is there a fix to this?

[somber sequoia]

possibly! But yeah, watch how they move, that'll give you an idea of what to use for the source

[somber sequoia]

make sure all transforms are applied before you join

[golden iris]

Ctrl + A btw

And then it’s likely scale but you can do apply all as well

[alpine perch]

alrighty thank u, ill update ya if it works

[golden iris]

And make sure you have your modifier stack applied too if you have any.

[somber sequoia]

ah true

[golden iris]

It’s likely transforms if I had to guess tho

[alpine perch]

the only one is the Shrinkwrap

[golden iris]

Isn’t that to make it fit to the model?

On the bandage right?

So it fits the arm perfectly?

[alpine perch]

it worked!

[restive pivot]

Heyyy I need help

[golden iris]

Nice 👍

[alpine perch]

yea to the clothing piece not the body

[somber sequoia]

you'll need to provide detail

[alpine perch]

thank you very much @somber sequoia and @golden iris i appreciate the help

[restive pivot]

Oh my bad so basically I’m making a avatar for the first time and like I need to find a head for the body and I just can’t find one at all… and since im literally broke I’m trying to find one for free but there’s not really any good options other than anime heads which is not what I’m going for.

[golden iris]

Yeah that’ll do it. Cuz if you’re merging it to the body you lose modifier data and it’s replaced by whatever model is being merged as the merger becomes a part of the other one.

So if you ever want to merge if there’s any modifiers you want to keep apply them before merging. But if you don’t need a modifier for whatever reason then you don’t have to.

Although be warned if the one you merge into has modifiers on it it’ll get applied to the new mesh so it might mess it up and you’ll need to apply the modifiers on the main model before the merge.

Think of the mesh names as folders with filters on and the actual meshes are just being moved from folder to folder

So you have to apply the filter to the actual meshes before moving them around sometimes

[alpine perch]

gulp* ill definitely keep that in mind so i don't mess up my project T0T

[golden iris]

Like I said the modifiers are applied to the folders until you apply them to the mesh

So you can always just remove the modifier as they’re non destructive changes

[somber sequoia]

make backups!

[golden iris]

This too

Incremental saving

I’ve had twice where I changed my mind and wanted to go back to an earlier point and didn’t make multiple saves so just had to redo a whole bunch of work

One of them was high poly model for baking a gun and UHHHHHG

Never again

[restive pivot]

Can someone help my issue too 🙁 🙏

[somber sequoia]

#1138520828556890214 is better for finding stuff

[restive pivot]

Okay Ty

[golden iris]

There’s a lot of MMD models…buuut technically you’re not supposed to use them in vrc but a LOT of people use them anyway

MMD assets are made like literal human shaped puzzle pieces that snap together seamlessly

[restive pivot]

Oh… so your not allowed to use them

[golden iris]

In most cases the creators don’t want them used in vrc and only in MMD but some allow it

[orchid fox]

how do i add a different tattoo texture onto an avatar that already has tattoos but i want to change them?

[somber sequoia]

how are they currently added?

[golden iris]

You have the avatar in unity or blender?

[orchid fox]

unity

i dont know how to use blender

[restive pivot]

So is it safe to use without breaking any rules if I use specific ones?

[somber sequoia]

You'll have to check the rules for each asset individually

[golden iris]

Yeah this but a lot of them aren’t paid you just need to check their perms

[somber sequoia]

how are the current ones added?

[somber sequoia]

yes, literally what I said 🙂

[restive pivot]

Alright where would I find the website or something for these..?

[orchid fox]

theyre added on from the avatar creator

[somber sequoia]

You'll need to find out in more detail - are they overlay/decal textures? Painted on the base texture?

[golden iris]

Can you look through the textures folder? Do you see the current tattoo on any of the textures?

If it’s just painted on top of a skin texture then you can just paint over it by exporting the texture and editing it in a software of your choice.

If it’s JUST the tattoo with a transparent background then you can just name the new tattoo file the same as the old one and drop it into the project and it’ll just replace and update it ez pz.

You’ll get a popup saying there’s already a file with this name and ask if you want to overwrite it I think.

[somber sequoia]

you might need to reposition

[golden iris]

Ah true true depends on the size and angle and all that

[somber sequoia]

yep

[golden iris]

It’s been a while so I’m not sure but if you look up MMD models you’ll probably find a lot of results

[restive pivot]

Tysm I will now

[golden iris]

You can find them just about anywhere tbh

I’ve seen people post them on quite a few websites

[wooden nova]

would anyone know how recreate the effect on the ring itself without the particles with the poiyomi shader?

i do have texture masks for it too

[crisp oasis]

anyone know why when i go into playmode or build the avatar my guns particles flip around? (i use gesturemanager for testing)

2nd picture is in the editor. first is in playmode

[zenith spade]

I’m trying to create visemes. Do I need to worry about with outline?

[arctic ginkgo]

Can you send the texture masks here? Do you have the original material setup as well from the other shader? If you know how the original was set up, then it'll be easier to reconstruct it in poiyomi

[wooden nova]

it was in blender that the video was taken if that matters

[arctic ginkgo]

Can you send a screenshot of the render module settings for your particles?

[arctic ginkgo]

Sure, but if you do have the original shader node setup in blender that'll make it way easier to recreate, otherwise you're just guessing

[crisp oasis]

another

[wooden nova]

took screenshots from left to right

[arctic ginkgo]

Alright, you have the render set to billboard, so it will always rotate to face your view. Try setting it to vertical billboard, then it will only roll to face the camera, but still rotate with the camera

[arctic ginkgo]

The reason this one works correctly (if I'm understanding which one is which), is that this one matches the direction that it's traveling in (as well as stretching based on the speed)

[crisp oasis]

idk if thats it because that one is for a circular muzzle flash and its supposed to face the camera. even this bullet particle flips around.

[arctic ginkgo]

Alright give me a bit to parse through this

[alpine badge]

any weight painting pros feeling a little bored?

[arctic ginkgo]

I think another way I've fixed this before is using stretched billboard and giving the particle a very low (unnoticeable) speed

[wooden nova]

depends

[arctic ginkgo]

What exactly are you concerned about here? I'm a little confused 😅

[alpine badge]

im trying to get my ahoge painted so that i could make a blendshape of it being turned into a regular ahoge and back into a heart

ive tried various simple approaches to avoid doing the painting, but i dont think i can get around it

(the current situation when i adjust bones, ends up like this)

[zenith spade]

I have nothing selected but you can see the outline of the blink where I separated the faces.

[wooden nova]

i could try

[alpine badge]

are there vc channels in the discord?

[wooden nova]

i think idk

[odd inlet]

what do i do here?! 😭

[alpine badge]

i dont see any XD

[wooden nova]

are you using bones to make the blend shape or just sculpting for the blendshape?

[arctic ginkgo]

Oh, try disabling "outline" in the overlay menu in blender and see if it goes away

[nimble crane]

does anyone know how to fix this? im getting so stressed over it and i just want to use my avatar 😭

[alpine badge]

ideally i wouldnt add bones, but that thought did cross my mind, to break it into more bones

[arctic ginkgo]

There are not, you'd have to call or be in another server that does

[alpine badge]

cool if i call u to screen share? ^.^

[wooden nova]

i cannot call at the moment sadly

[alpine badge]

np

[arctic ginkgo]

i'm currently recreating this in blender just to get a better idea of how it works

[wooden nova]

alr

i can send the blend file as it is a public asset from halo infinite if needed

[nova trench]

does anyone know what asset creators use to make the manuka lighting like this?

[arctic ginkgo]

that's alright, i just need some clarification about what is in these areas since they are hidden

there's a shader under some of the color mix nodes, and then there's something affecting the factor for the mix shader node

[nimble crane]

could someone please help me fix this?

[arctic ginkgo]

that is a warning, not an error. Try uploading and if it works fine, then there's no problem.

Warnings (⚠️) mean something could be wrong, but it might be intentional. Errors (🛑) mean there is something incorrect or broken that must be fixed in order to upload.

[wooden nova]

the highlighted one was the hidden one

[nimble crane]

my arms are in the air and my legs are messed up

[arctic ginkgo]

are you playing on desktop, mobile, or VR?

[nimble crane]

VR

[arctic ginkgo]

okay, can you show me what your model looks like in the configure setup in the FBX import settings?

[nimble crane]

in blender?

[arctic ginkgo]

in unity

[arctic ginkgo]

have you tried testing the avatar with gesture manager in unity?

[nimble crane]

not sure how to do that

[somber sequoia]

install gesture manager, go into play mode.

[nimble crane]

i have gesture manager installed

[somber sequoia]

okay good. not sure what this error has to do with that though

[nimble crane]

what do i do in play mode?

[somber sequoia]

I don't have a clue what you guys were discussing so all I can say is "you test the avatar"

[nimble crane]

im trying to fix this and i have no idea how to do it

[somber sequoia]

is that actually a problem for you?

if so, you go into Blender and reposition those bones

[nimble crane]

yes it brings my arms way up in the air and my legs are messed up

[nimble crane]

i dont know how 😭 every change i try to do decreases it or makes it wose

worse*

[somber sequoia]

learn blender? I'm not sure what to tell you without actually looking at your model or doing the work for you.
But usually this error is not a problem, and it sounds like there's some other issue here.

but as I've seen nothing about this, uh... dunno. Good luck.

[somber sequoia]

points at the ideal rig image pinned in #avatar-rigging

[zenith spade]

Nope it didn’t. It’s separate. Should I try something like a shrink wrap modifier or something? It’s also for Vtubing. I’m using the VRM add on. I don’t want those lines to be distracting.

[torn remnant]

how do i fix this ive tried for days and watched videos and i cant figure ts out

[arctic ginkgo]

you disabled this option?

[somber sequoia]

do you use Windows Defender?

[nimble crane]

i still dont know how to fix it

[torn remnant]

i dont think so im new to pc/ pc gaming

[somber sequoia]

you may want to check that

[zenith spade]

Oh! That. Ok I just did. That worked lol thanks. 🙂

[elder lily]

just migrated a 2019 project to the latest and i can no longer build for android, even after making sure the android module was installed in unity hub

[fluid vortex]

what do you guys use for lipsic testing while in unity?

[timber wharf]

@fluid vortex avi emu has it easier but o believe gesturemanager can do it too

if you just mean typical visemes

[fluid vortex]

i dont see anything that tests visemes in the gesture manager. what is avi emu?

[somber sequoia]

Lyuma's AV3 emulator

[left gull]

not sure if you ever got an answer but its likely using PCSS

most booth models use that to get "realistic" looking lighting

[soft thistle]

what would be the best way to add armatures to bat wings?

[somber sequoia]

don't. Add bones to the existing armature.
But if you already got that, are they replacing arms or just going on the back?

[soft thistle]

the bones are what i meant

[somber sequoia]

k

second question?

[soft thistle]

the arms are also replaced

sry if i'm kinda being afk i'm hanging out with friends

[somber sequoia]

maybe come back when you have time to work on things

[soft thistle]

k

[visual robin]

can someone help me make toggles and put clothing on an avatar please! i have the avatar i just need to add the clothing and toggles!

[soft thistle]

alr i'm back

like i said, the wings are replacing the arms

[somber sequoia]

rig them just like you'd rig arms then

then for any parts that go down off the main bones, just make new bones for those

[soft thistle]

k

[fluid sonnet]

tf

help

[somber sequoia]

You can't use that shader on quest avatars, pick a different one

[fluid sonnet]

god i hate quest

[somber sequoia]

yep

[magic flower]

So I recently had a comm done for a model, and the person who made it had someone help me regulate it specifically for VRC, yet im having issues with the process, there's also a texture/material issue as well, and I'd like to not show my avatar in a public area. I really dislike texting in public channels and this seems like a lot to uncover, so if someone who's experienced could help me via DM's, that would be amazing.

[arctic ginkgo]

alright, sorry it took a while, I was at work. But maybe try this? It's not quite the same, but it should be similar, and you can mess around with the settings if you'd like.

The biggest issue is that the blender setup relies on a procedurally generated voronoi texture, which I don't think poiyomi lets you do. I went into blender and baked a voronoi texture and used it both for the emission and an emission mask to try to recreate the effect

[somber sequoia]

most of these are not the root cause. the "material cannot be its own parent" one is weird, I wonder how you achieved that

[magic flower]

To clarify, most of the work done was by a connection of the modeler who I comm'ed who has experience doing VRC avatars. I just grabbed a tutorial and I've been actively trying to set it up that way. There's also this error I've been having as well.

[somber sequoia]

Yeah that's a big issue. Go to the rig setup, see if there's a chest bone, if not, drag the chest bone into it.

If there really isn't one... time to re-rig

[magic flower]

Another issue is the textures not loading properly. I have them and they work in blender, but not in unity. I've converted it to a fbx and put it in Unity, now they wont show.

[opal oyster]

Ok so, I just joined the server, and I don't want to be a pain. Is there a step by step guide simplified on how to fix some errors when making an avatar for VR chat? I have an avatar, it's in my profile, and I use it on other platforms, but I recently been wanting to try out Vrchat after getting a headset....and I ran into this. I just need to learn how to tone her down/make compatible..

[harsh mirage]

Hey so I'm trying to import a follower to my avatar, but for some reason my follower just stays running in one place
Apparently it has something to do with the constraints which I have little to no knowledge on how to use/fix
If there's anyone that can help it would be greatly appreciated ^^

[night ember]

You need an fbx not a vrm

[opal oyster]

Ok, I'll look into it. Thank you~

[sand cedar]

Ive been trying to upload this avatar but the chest is missing. People say to locate it but i dont think it has one because everything turns red when i select it. If i have to fix it do i need to use blender?

[ornate stump]

You should at least read the text why it's red first.

[sand cedar]

i translated some of the japanese stuff and im assuming the chest is the part named "center destination"

ill try play around with it

[arctic ginkgo]

i mean there's only one error and it has an autofix button so you can just press that

[ornate stump]

No. When it's showing red, there is a text showing either under the bone slot, or in view port writing the reason why it's red.

[sand cedar]

you mean like this

[ornate stump]

Yes. The japanese text is just bone name that's having a problem. The reason is written in english.

[ornate stump]

You still might have to edit bones in blender. Humanoid bones should look like this in blender

[arctic ginkgo]

the chest bone should be a direct child of the spine bone, so if you click on the bone in the spine slot, it'll bring you to that bone in the heirarchy and you can find it. Click on the bone in the neck slot to see where that one is, and then drag in the bone that's under the chest bone and has the neck bone under it

[sand cedar]

im kinda bad at blender but i remember someone saying i have to flip one of the bones

[arctic ginkgo]

the order should be spine > chest > neck

[ornate stump]

Flipping is just to be done for bone direction to match with the picture I sent.

[hearty panther]

Does anybody have any videos, links or advice that’ll help with compressing files or uploading for mobile? I purchased an avatar file but am having trouble getting it down to 10MB, after reducing almost all the textures I got it down to 16MB. It’s got like maybe two toggles and asides from the fbx, everything else is under 1mb

[ornate stump]

You need to know what is taking up the size first. Use Thry avatar performance tool, and VRC world toolkits to inspect that.

[hearty panther]

I did download a program that showed me what's taking up the size but I'm unsure if Muni Buildsize Viewer would help. If it doesn't then I'll download the other two

[ornate stump]

Take a note that your mesh size is huge so it's going to be hard to compress into bundle.

[proven quail]

Try vrcfury blendshape optimizer component, and mesh compression in the fbx settings.

[hearty panther]

Already added it and used it

[ornate stump]

How many tris does your model have?

[hearty panther]

Not quite sure. How could I check? It’s my first time uploading for vrchat

[ornate stump]

It's written in the "Review Any Alert" in the sdk before you click build.

[hearty panther]

568836

[proven quail]

Yeah it could just be like, too many polys. Try removing high poly accs like chains and such. You can select meshes in the hierarchy and set them to edit only. Lower in that build size window it will list assets from highest mb to lowest. See what meshes are taking up the most space.

[ornate stump]

That's definitely too excessive.

[ornate stump]

You also have to realize that the recommend tris count for quest avatar is to not exceed 20k. Your have more than 20 times of that.

[hearty panther]

I see

So this would be a model issue and not something from my end

?

[proven quail]

Right. You can use something like poly tool to reduce Tris in unity, I think there are better tools though for that.

[ornate stump]

You could also simply remove some object if you can delete it in hierarchy.

[proven quail]

Set objects to editor only instead

So you can get them back if you need to reconfigure which objects to keep

[hearty panther]

How would I do that?

Sorry for asking for alot. Again. Sorta my first time uploading anything to vrchat

[proven quail]

So in the inspector, near the top, there's a drop-down and it will say tag:

Set the tag to editor only

This is like the same thing as deleting, except of you change your mind for that mesh you can simply change the tag back to none, or whatever the default is, I forgor

[hearty panther]

Got it

Thank you

omg, got it down to 10.33mb

[proven quail]

Be careful removing clothing that are toggles, because you can get accidental naked states when on PC you switch to that clothing item

[opal oyster]

I tried that, and uploaded my avatar and it was stiff, the movements were fixed

[proven quail]

If you need to remove clothing, you need to go to the FX and edit the quest version of the toggles. You would want to make it so that when a PC only clothing item is toggled, that a quest clothing item covering the same area of the body is shown on quest. So like, I if remove shirt 2, make sure that the animation for shirt 1 on is in the shirt 2 on slot, etc

[hearty panther]

Huh. New failed. Continue to make things edit only?

First it was bring it down to 10mb, now it’s 40mb

[proven quail]

Yep. That's the uncompressed size

[hearty panther]

Thank you

[proven quail]

Compressed size is 10mb limit, uncompressed is 40mb.

Also btw, unless you remove some physbone components, the avatar will have no physics on quest

The quest limit for physics is 8 components and 64 physbone transforms

For some reason they hide the physbone disable error with the performance errors that no one reads

They mix up the hard and soft limits and it's so annoying, but yeah for physbones, I'd pick your favorite hair style and focus the physics on that, and combine some of the components with root bones. For example, breast L and breast R can just be one component on Breast Root. You'd copy one of the breast physbone components and paste it on the root, and then remove the component on Breast L and breast R

PC avatars also do this annoying thing where each strand of hair is a physbone component, just use the hair root as 1 component. Usually the hair has a root bone.

[hearty panther]

Had to strip it down to the bare minimum but it’s uploading, I’ll check to see how it looks and I’ll report back

Thank you so much

[proven quail]

Yeah np. Quest converting can be hard on some models, especially if they are western bases

[hearty panther]

Back and it works perfectly! Stripped down to bare minimum but ehhh idm

Thank you so very much!

[scenic ether]

Is there any good way of fixing that UV issue? Or is it not smth easily done or doable?

[timber wharf]

blur tool in blender texture paint mode should be plenty

[fallen bison]

I feel like im being stupid but does anyone know why this is doing this? It instant-transitions fine from walking to not walking, but when I start walking it smooth transitions and i can't figure out why??

[sand cedar]

how do i fix this i cant move the model and the sky is gray

[ornate stump]

Skybox doesn't matter to your avatar.

[glass bramble]

So my wife has an avatar that her guesters work but her facial expressions dont but they both work on older uploads and other projects. We tired everything and cant figure it out. Now when we Uninstalled and reinstalled unity and started a new project nothing clothes or items is applying in game its like the avtar doesnt save after being uploaded other than color of the avatar

[ornate stump]

Make sure that you're using the correct unity version first.

[glass bramble]

We're using 2022.3.22f1

It worked for past uploads

[somber sequoia]

that's correct

[ornate stump]

Are you sure that you're uploading to update, and not as a new avatar?

[glass bramble]

Yes

[ornate stump]

Then try to confirm it by upload it as a new avatar and see if it does show up as a new avatar.

[harsh mirage]

Hey so I'm trying to import a follower to my avatar, but for some reason my follower just stays running in one place
Apparently it has something to do with the constraints which I have little to no knowledge on how to use/fix
If there's anyone that can help it would be greatly appreciated ^^

[dire forum]

How could I animate the properties (i.e. pull and spring) of a physbone?

[somber sequoia]

disable the physbone, change properties, re-enable. you can't edit them while it's active

[dire forum]

the physbone resets to its default positions when I re-enable it though

[somber sequoia]

yep

[dire forum]

there's no way to circumvent that?

[somber sequoia]

well there is a checkbox to tell it to do that, you could try having it unchecked

[dire forum]

it's unchecked

[somber sequoia]

that's how it works then

[dire forum]

dang 🙁

[somber sequoia]

yep, annoying

[dire forum]

that stinks

[somber sequoia]

You could make two different physbone components and swap which is enabled

but that does count as two different physbone components

[dire forum]

but the animator only recognizes one

[somber sequoia]

oh - you'd need to put it on a separate GameObject

[dire forum]

hmm

the physbone is in the armature though

[somber sequoia]

the physbone object can go anywhere, use the Root Transform slot to target the bone.

I put all my physbones in a tree of empty objects, so I can prefab them and share them between avatar variants - and so this kind of thing works

if Root Transform is empty it assumes the target bone is the object the component is on

[arctic ginkgo]

Well then that's a different issue. Not everything will show up as an error or warning. If you can provide any screenshots or videos of the behavior then it might be easier to help. Right now I don't really know what the issue is because I'm not sure what exactly you mean by the movements being stiff or fixed.

[harsh mirage]

[inland lily]

how do i fix these

i got like 8 bugs

[somber sequoia]

first one, swap out that shader for one that works on quest.
For the second... take a look in the rig setup, if you don't have those bones mapped, drag the right bones into those slots. If they don't exist, you'll need to rework the armature in Blender or similar.

[inland lily]

i cant find them i tried looking but i cant find the shader or anything

[somber sequoia]

yeah sometimes it's hard to find the shader - don't forget to check particle systems and materials swapped in via animations

[inland lily]

whats it meant to look likr and what kinda of shader do i use instead os simple

[hazy copper]

this is how to fix the shaders for quest/mobile i always just copy the pc one and change it to mobile

this is prob a blender thing but how would i fix the legs from doing this?

[somber sequoia]

when does it happen?

[hazy copper]

when standing still in game

[somber sequoia]

possibly check bone roll on the humanoid bones, it should be 0

[hazy copper]

where wouldi find to check that cause in the picture its just the left leg right seems fine so im guessing its blender

[somber sequoia]

blender, edit the armature, look at each bone's properties, it's in there.

[hazy copper]

ok thanks

so the roll should be 0 right for the bones?

[somber sequoia]

yeah for the humanoid bones it should be, all of them except fingers/toes you can get away with whatever you need

but -39 is probably your issue here

[hazy copper]

alright ill switch it to 0 on both feet and see if that fixes it thanks

[somber sequoia]

np

[hazy copper]

hmm even with the roll at 0 for the foot bones it still does it for some reason

[somber sequoia]

oh that armature doesn't look very humanoid

[hazy copper]

is it the legs that i need to fix the bones on? cause thats the only issue i have on it

[somber sequoia]

see the ideal rig image pinned in #avatar-rigging - this is what vrchat is expecting, deviating far from this can get weird

[hazy copper]

ah ok ill mess around with it and try to work on it thanks for your help

i also noticed one of my bones wasnt connected to one of the legs that prob also a issue

[somber sequoia]

they don't need to be what Blender calls "connected" for vrchat to work

[hazy copper]

ah ok i thought they did for some reason it just has to be lined up with the offsets i take it like child to parent kind thing in the right order

[somber sequoia]

Yeah the hierarchy must be correct

[harsh mirage]

Uhhh... hello?

[hazy copper]

alright i got that correct even tho in vrchat it maps all right expect chest for some reason i have to do it myself even tho its all spelled right and lined up correctly

[smoky kernel]

how do i disable culling if it isn't in the materials options

(in unity)

[hazy copper]

dang i uh fixed it the bones was to close to each other almost causeing that effect

[somber sequoia]

huh! looks great though

[hazy copper]

yea i dont even know how i just moved the back part of the foot over more and it somehow worked ig it happend still time to time but not really

[quaint hound]

hi quick question but what counts as a contact? im being told i have over 256 contacts but i dont have that much really

[somber sequoia]

does it say sender or receiver?

[quaint hound]

vrcfury ( i presume) is just saying i got too many 🤷 😭

i didnt see anything abt sender or receiver

[somber sequoia]

oh, no idea about fury but it'd mean one of these: https://creators.vrchat.com/common-components/contacts/

I notice the docs don't say if "contact" means sender or receiver though, so I'll assume it counts both

[quaint hound]

🤷

[somber sequoia]

yup. It does tell you what might be causing it

[quaint hound]

not really

just "delete some contacts"

but i dont even have that many

[whole carbon]

Not sure what's going on but I cant use my expression wheel at all to customize. The options that were there before are completely blank. Its not just this avatar, its happening to all of them of different creators. I've even had someone test the blueprint ID to see if something was wrong with my Unity and VCC but the wheel showed up for them so it cant be that. I've cleared cache, redownloaded VRC, not sure what's going on that broke all of my avatars like that. Im on PC

[somber sequoia]

pretty sure you do, if that's what the message is saying.

[somber sequoia]

Look in the VRC Avatar Descriptor - see what's in the main menu slot

[quaint hound]

is there a way to check for contacts?

[somber sequoia]

you could search the hierarchy I suppose

[whole carbon]

It says VRC expression menu

[somber sequoia]

click it, see if that's the right menu

[fallen bison]

sorry to be a bother but still strugglin with this if anyone can help? 😓

[whole carbon]

It is, I've changed it to see if that would change anything but it didnt. I dont think its a unity problem I've had someone test my blueprint ID and everything showed up for them. Also the fact my previous avatars that were fine are now suddenly broken too

[somber sequoia]

not sure what you mean "test my blueprint ID"?

but yeah if it's an in-game thing and not per-avatar, then maybe it's more of a question for #1138891887374237706

[whole carbon]

Okay thanks

[dire forum]

Is there really no way to make a physbone retain its previous positions when you re-enable it?

[supple marsh]

Just gonna leave this here but is there any way I can merge skinned meshes without the hue shift radial dial and the mechanical heartbeat animation in her chest breaking?

That is literally the only thing left before I get this avatar rated good, tried using AAO but thats where they broke sob

I was told I did good enough optimizing this avatar, but this has been bothering me so much lol

[somber sequoia]

Sure, you'd have to figure out how those work and adapt them to work with the one mesh

Personally I wouldn't bother, Medium is fine.

[dire forum]

the fact you have to re-enable a physbone to make it apply changes to the spring and pull is so annoying.

[supple marsh]

Alright

I was hoping there'd be an easier way butttt

Not many people can get medium so...

Yeah I'll just leave it lmao

[somber sequoia]

yeah if you're Medium you're already better than the average

[supple marsh]

I can mog on very, very poor avatars in publics

156mb download size, cough cough

[somber sequoia]

156? yow

[supple marsh]

I've seen 165 at some point

[somber sequoia]

I block by default at 80 🙂

[supple marsh]

For me it's at 70mb

[somber sequoia]

hmm might be 70, I'd have to look

[dire forum]

Is there really no proper way to update a physbone's properties while retaining its positions?

[wooden nova]

thank you sorry for the late response was asleep

[pliant zodiac]

is there a way to make the thumb not go so far back when opening the hand while keeping it in a similar position when the hand is relaxed?

[arctic ginkgo]

that's exactly what the per-muscle settings are for. Open them up and adjust the angles

[pliant zodiac]

omg how did i not realize that😭 thank you

[lone niche]

Im planning to add an accessory to my avatar but it seems to clip into the avatar while it doesnt do that in blender. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[supple prawn]

Tysm

[ornate stump]

This rather looks like face orientation is flipped.

[lone niche]

So how would i fix that? in new to all this kinda stuff

[ornate stump]

Google "blender face orientation" should show AI answer about face oriantaion.

[lone niche]

That fixed it. cheers m8

[pliant zodiac]

im trying to make a grabable sword. why does only "grab" appear when choosing a condition? i also want to choose a gesture

[arctic ginkgo]

I'm finally trying to use the new color mask feature in toon standard, but does anyone know what's going on here?

Images are as follows:

• plane with material
• color mask settings
• color mask texture
• color mask texture (red channel only)

the areas where the other channels overlap have some weird artifacting

oh i also just tried changing the texture import settings so there's no compression, that didn't do much to fix it

it seems that any areas of overlap are removed from the mask for some reason?

[arctic ginkgo]

you need to add the gesture parameter

for left hand it's GestureLeft. for right hand it's GestureRight

default parameters are read-only and will be written to by vrchat, but you can't use them without first adding them to your parameters list

[arctic ginkgo]

is this some sort of bug with the feature? it seems practically useless outside of using a single channel if that's the case...

[somber sequoia]

It chooses from the variables in your animator. If you want GestureRight then you must add it to that animator (it's an integer type)

argh, was scrolled.

[pliant zodiac]

i have been googling this for a while but i still cant figure out how to do it

[somber sequoia]

do what?

you mean add a parameter to the animator?

[pliant zodiac]

yeah

[somber sequoia]

see at the top of the layers list where it has tabs named "Layers" and "Parameters"? Go to the latter, and add a new parameter.

Spelling/capitalization is important here.

[pliant zodiac]

what kind of parameter do i choose?

[somber sequoia]

I said, but the list of the built-in parameters and their types is here:
https://creators.vrchat.com/avatars/animator-parameters/#built-in-parameters

[pliant zodiac]

oh wow that did it thank you

[round quiver]

weird problem with this avatar I uploaded it seems to be a vampire not showing up in mirrors im able to see it looking down and other people can see it just not in mirrors if anyone has any advice it would be appreciated

[candid thorn]

(I'm using the vrcfury gestures to make my expressions not the animator)
I'm having expression overlap and it looks really weird how fo i fix that and make it so that it only shows one expression at a time

[supple marsh]

Maybe turn it into a vampire girl to have a good reason why you can't see her in mirrors lol

[round quiver]

lmao maybe

[supple marsh]

I've seen someone do that before

[blissful mantle]

why does the avatar have some nonexistent poiomi shader on it?

i also cant tell where it even is

alows me to upload it so it probably is just a bug

[candid thorn]

Check all materials or convert with quest tools bc sometimes they are in separate materials you can only find in play testing either in out out of unity

[blissful mantle]

is there a quest tools build in

it aloowed me to upload it

[ornate stump]

Recent sdk allow you to start build regardless of the error. If it doesn't fail on validation during build, you will see the object become magenta color in game.

[blissful mantle]

i cant find the material anywhere

its lying

it would be nice if the sdk actually told the location of the material

[ornate stump]

Try searching in t:renderer in hierarchy panel and go through every things it shows.

[blissful mantle]

how do i do t:renderer

[ornate stump]

Just type that into the search box.

[blissful mantle]

ah found it it was gridmesh

[dire forum]

What's up with my raycast flickering?

I'm trying to add a raycast to my avatar but the end transform is flickering a bunch

[lone niche]

How do i put this toggle into a submenu

Im not sure how to pt the scarfs toggle into the accessories submenu. tutorials use an older version of unity so i dopnt know how to with this layout

[fluid vortex]

what is this collider called? how do I move it so it mirrors my knuckle controller?

[soft thistle]

just change the type from submenu to toggle

[marsh pier]

the body and the neck are the same color but on the models they are completely different

[teal laurel]

Which collider?
There are 5 on the screen, and you are already in the right component to change them.
Set them to custom and then you can adjust it

[fluid vortex]

ok. how does one move its anchor point? when i select to customize them I dont see a gizmo to move them.

[teal laurel]

Uhhhhhh- i have no idea. I have never moved them tbh. I just know it is there.
Sorry

Wtf xd, jelly

Can you show your physbone overlay?

Radial menu
Options > Avatar > Avatar overlay(?) > Physbones

Damn.

Uhhh- <blames minority for it> /j
Imma be honest, I have no idea.

[stiff shoal]

could something be weightpainted wrong?

[hot oak]

pls someone

[somber sequoia]

explain.

[hot oak]

its hard to can we call and show

[somber sequoia]

sorry, I don't, but I'll wish you luck.

[hot oak]

man i really need someone to explan it to me

[somber sequoia]

Explain what?

[hot oak]

questers

[somber sequoia]

?

[hot oak]

like grabing and gun on my back

cant spell srry

hello anyone

[somber sequoia]

hi - you're more likely to find help here if you explain your situation and what isn't working. It's rare that you'll find someone willing to spend the time doing one-on-one support in a call.

[hot oak]

okay well my gun is needing gestures to work and its on my back and want it to be in my hand and im just stumped

[somber sequoia]

okay, so you have a parent constraint you're swapping to move the gun?

[hot oak]

what???

[somber sequoia]

if that makes no sense, please explain what you have setup so far

usually you use a parent constraint to select which place the prop sticks

[hot oak]

yea how can i switch those on thee avatar

[somber sequoia]

Put both target locations in the parent constraint, and animate the weights for each

[celest condor]

hi guys

i need help uploading avi

to quest

i keep getting failed

[somber sequoia]

feel free to post the actual error message

[blissful mantle]

how do i make it so that the pc version uses the latest vrcfury when uploading the android version keeps saying the pc one is uploaded with an older version even tho i uploaded it right before doing the android one

[crystal whale]

Does anyone know how to close up the back when you use a displace modifier on a plane in blender? I've got the topology right, but it's hollow and I need the back side to be flat. Ctrl + j another plane doesn't work. it cancels the modifier and makes it flat again

[somber sequoia]

apply the modifier, then edit the mesh

or maybe geometry nodes, but I'm currently arguing with that and not having much success, so maybe not

[celest condor]

should you always auto fix?

[languid wyvern]

Yes

[somber sequoia]

probably, yeah

[celest condor]

hmm

[celest condor]

can i add you?

[somber sequoia]

what?

[celest condor]

i just want to ask you bunches of questions that's all

it'll be faster that way

[somber sequoia]

that's what this channel is for

[celest condor]

kk

im trying things

[somber sequoia]

I don't do private help for free.

[celest condor]

[crystal whale]

which modifier?

I need to fill the back of this in

[somber sequoia]

You said you were using a displace modifier

[crystal whale]

Yes. Displace modifier and an image on a plane.

[somber sequoia]

vrchat servers look over your avatar and validate whether it's acceptable or not

i.e. you've not tried to hack around limits, or made some horribly un-performant monster

[lime hawk]

yo can someone tell me why this happens??

idk the thumb distorts weirdly in game and in muscle settings in unity
it seems fine out of vrc and the muscle menu tho

[undone fable]

Any one with a recent video regarding how to set up sounds?
I have some music and SFX that are turned on or off. but all are supposed to have a radius that they shouldnt play or should play and i feel i am messing it up

[somber sequoia]

Do you mean you want to have the sound only travel a certain distance? Is your AudioSource set to 2D or 3D mode? It should be 3D for this

[undone fable]

spatial 3D
and i find it a little hard to test in unity. is my camera the thing that needs to be in the sphere?

[somber sequoia]

in play mode the camera is your audio listener

[undone fable]

the main camera is 10000 away

i am listening to this audio at 0 0 0

audio script of the object, if i turn it off the sound does go away

[somber sequoia]

yeah see, you have it set to 2D - in that case the spacial stuff does not apply.

[undone fable]

Ohhhhhhh

I didnt notice

TY

it is silent now 🙂

[somber sequoia]

I assume that's what you want 🙂

[undone fable]

yes yes

[twin mountain]

I'm new to posting avatars and I tried to upload this prebuilt but it doesn't wanna work

[somber sequoia]

What does "doesn't wanna work" mean? None of these errors should block the build.

[twin mountain]

I try to upload it for quest and pc but it only does pc

[lime hawk]

Is anyone familiar with my thumb going inwards or scale 0 in the Rigging configure menu?

[somber sequoia]

Did you upload the PC one then the Quest one? Or some other process..?

[twin mountain]

no I didn't

I'm new to this so I don't know how to do things

[somber sequoia]

ok well usually you upload the PC one then the quest one using the same Blueprint ID - there are lots of video tutorials for this part

[twin mountain]

so, upload pc then do a quest with the same?

do I just do quest after or both?

[quasi briar]

Anyone know how to resolve this? The SDK claims that my avatar is not humanoid when it is. All bones have been correctly mapped. I even cleared mapping and then reset it, including redoing the Tpose and everything. I checked that my blender export settings were correct. No unapplied modifiers in blender.

I've also reopening the scene, refreshing the SDK, and closing and reopening my project. No dice. What am I missing?

[quasi briar]

Is your avatar actually supported on quest?

Sometimes you can buy an avatar that does not have a quest version.

[twin mountain]

I'm pretty sure

it was a free base model

[oblique bramble]

quick question. im importing my avi fbx to unity and theres no textures or like color. what do i do?

[quasi briar]

You're pretty sure or you're certain?
Did the avatar come with two versions? Did it say it was for Quest specifically?

[twin mountain]

let me check

[quasi briar]

The fbx is purely the file. You must import the textures yourself.

[stiff shoal]

might be a obvious question but does it have a animator and a avatar in said animator?

[quasi briar]

Yup

[somber sequoia]

That's ok - you need to set those up in Unity anyway, anything embedded in the .fbx file is likely to not be what you want there

[stiff shoal]

Worth a ask i dont know then good luck!

[quasi briar]

I'm so lost :( This happened to me earlier when I renamed some leg bones. I reverted the change and it started working. This time I removed some bones that weren't being used, which has never caused issues before.

[oblique bramble]

okay so only thing is i pulled the fbx from an already textured project so wouldnt it already be colored? or no? sorry im asking again

[somber sequoia]

the .fbx wouldn't necessarily be, usually you don't embed materials/textures in them

[quasi briar]

Okay. I just figured it out. I had an avatar in the animator that was actually for a different version of the avatar. I didn't know that's how it worked but alright. At least I fixed it.

[oblique bramble]

it has these tho just no color in them

[somber sequoia]

shrugs. setup your materials in Unity, apply them to your Mesh Renderers.

[quasi briar]

Weird that those are stored in poiyomi shaders folder

[somber sequoia]

yeah that's a really strange thing - definitely don't do that, upgrading Poiyomi might wipe that

[tough hill]

The transform of the viewball is not appearing even though it's in edit

[somber sequoia]

Make sure gizmos are enabled - upper right of the scene view, the little globe icon

[tough hill]

Thanks

[hazy copper]

so this texture map looks to have differnt eye reactions and a mouth but how would i make this work?

[somber sequoia]

looks like a sprite sheet to me. you can set the texture scaling and panning settings to select specific parts of that.
where to use them? no idea, you'll have to figure that out for your model

[lime hawk]

Yo anyone know how I can fix this

The thumb crumbles really weirdly in my unity every thing seems setup to be normal tho?

[marsh pier]

not sure whats happening here but im also kinda confused how to fix it

[cedar echo]

are you talking how its like its mirroring the stuff based off the model?

ohhh

[cedar echo]

go to the projection setting of the brush and set it to UV

[rich flower]

so i made this little guy as a follower. where do i begin if i want to make it have procedural walking and the legs to try to follow the ground etc.

[lucid flume]

When I made a simple plane and basically just made eyelashes, In Blender they look absolutely fine. However, in Unity they just seem to go into a lower quality the further you are from them. How do you fix this, I want to keep the quality as consistent as possible?

Here's the blender preview:

[ornate stump]

It just doesn't look to be the same kind of shading. So you have to double check the material in unity.

[lucid flume]

I did try doing multiple test materials, I have fixed it. It turns out the issue was me just not using a texture?

I only used the basecolor being black to do create it which caused that

[ornate stump]

If you're using that has custom shading, then you have to check the shading type and other shade setting too.

[rich flower]

does anyone here know anything about final ik?

[ornate stump]

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[rich flower]

well i kinda did already earlier. i have no idea what im doing and was asking on where to even begin.
im trying to set up final ik system for a follower pet i made but i have no clue how to set it up since theres basically 0 tutorials or anything about it

[balmy barn]

multiple free followers out here, grab one see how its setup , ive used finalik before

most just a drop in root of avatar and use vrcfury fullcontroller to add its controller to yours

[rich flower]

ive been searching around internet and theres basically 0 info on how to set it up. the procedural walking when the object is moved. for vrchat since mostly theres scripts that make it happen using final ik but since vrchat has very limited white list i have no clue what to use etc

since it has 4 legs and such it complicates things instantly and such

my furthest project is to get the legs moving and stuck targeting 1 location but i cant get them to actually walk

[somber sequoia]

anything you set as a default in Unity might be changed by an animation at runtime, you'd have to see if there's such a thing happening.

[marsh pier]

i did that and it only lessened the affect- only in this area though i think is noteable

[cedar echo]

I genuinely don't know what is causing that, I haven't had that issue, but I don't even use the UV section anyways

[marsh pier]

can you hide the mesh? somehow?

or only parts of it?

i just got substance yesterday and for an industry standard software its kind of annyoningly buggy

[somber sequoia]

This looks like your UV map might have overlaps

[marsh pier]

is there a way to veiw the wireframe?

wait

[somber sequoia]

I'd do that in Blender

[marsh pier]

thats what i did

and there isn't any-

that i can se

the ones on the bottom arn't giving any issues

[somber sequoia]

make sure you look at all objects using the material you're working with

[marsh pier]

im only using one object and the uvs should be fine i think

i can send you the model if that will help

oh-

my

god

[somber sequoia]

oh?

[marsh pier]

it was the mirror tool

[somber sequoia]

ohhhh that makes sense

[marsh pier]

amd aparently im not aloud to yell-

[somber sequoia]

yup, now that I watch your video it's obvious, hah

[marsh pier]

well i feel like a dum dum

[somber sequoia]

welcome to the club - I've done this a few times also

[marsh pier]

also this person said they don't use the 2d veiw

[somber sequoia]

I use both

[marsh pier]

is there a way to hide meshes/ parts of a mesh?

;-;

WAIT

[somber sequoia]

You can hid materials, but not meshes. Usually what I do is export a specifically configured model for painting, like with duplicated parts spread out or something

[marsh pier]

thats-

[somber sequoia]

But you can also mask sections by UV island too, if that helps

[marsh pier]

so tedious..

[somber sequoia]

nah, it takes like a minute to set up

you can also do a shape key that causes an "exploded view" or something, and when you export for Substance, make that the default. There's lots of techniques for separating stuff.

[marsh pier]

i saw a video on that

im guessing you dupe your model first tho?

[somber sequoia]

yep

.... argh, I just overwrote my .blend file with about 30min of work, that was silly.

oh well

[marsh pier]

i am so sorry

ive done that twice now with blender and thats why i caved and started using substance

[somber sequoia]

ah, this is modeling work, so not Substance yet.

[elder latch]

hey so i cant upload a avi to mobile because it says there's a unsupported shader but when i look through the materials i dont see it anywhere?

huh

[somber sequoia]

Also check material swap animations and particle systems

[elder latch]

is there like a way i can search up the specific shader?

[elder latch]

i can do that

i looked through the hierarchy but dont see any way i can search for those
idk what im missing

[marsh pier]

try https://github.com/kurotu/VRCQuestTools (VrcQuestTools) Theres a way to convert all textures on an avi to ones that are quest compatable

i always do dat for ones i can't find-

[elder latch]

alr ill add that to vcc

[marsh pier]

kk :3

[elder latch]

i convert it but the avatar turn like black idk
i think there's a hidden broken shader

[marsh pier]

what did you convert to?

[elder latch]

i converted it to android

[somber sequoia]

Mobile shaders do use vertex colors, so if you have those on your avatar they may influence the color. Often "my avatar turns black" is because of this

[elder latch]

hmm
i use toon lit on most shaders
do i just try to change them to smth else then?

[marsh pier]

quick tutorial

[somber sequoia]

no, you'd remove the vertex colors if you aren't using them

[elder latch]

alr ill try this!

[elder latch]

alr ill try to see how to remove them

[marsh pier]

do different shaders take more or less ohn file size?

[somber sequoia]

shaders don't make a significant impact on avatar bundle size

[marsh pier]

like if i have toon lit will it take up the same as toon standared with the same set up?

ok thanks

god it feels so good to talk to other people who do avi stuff for once

instead of just akwardly comunicating hours or days apart responce by responce

[elder latch]

i tried to look up tutorials or find toold to help with it but cant find a way to remove them

[elder latch]

agreed

[somber sequoia]

with what tool? I'd do it in Blender, but I'm told VRC Quest Tools can do it.

[elder latch]

i tried multiple tools and i dont see any option for that in vrc quest tools

[somber sequoia]

haven't used it myself.

[elder latch]

its grayed out for me

idk

[crystal whale]

in blender, how do i trim this excess off? It's a single plane without subdivision,

[echo spear]

Guys, is there any way to make my head move more with my neck without going into blender? Like if I place it lower on the hierarchy? (It’s a Booth Kimera) I’m like a rotating Barbie head haha

[somber sequoia]

You want to trim off that flat plane? I'd select the outer rim of the main part and in face mode, face -> intersect (knife) to cut out the plane, then just delete the faces

[crystal whale]

The main part is just a plane with a displace modifier. That won't work.

[somber sequoia]

apply your modifiers first I guess

[crystal whale]

which modifiers???

[somber sequoia]

... the displace modifier you just mentioned?

[crystal whale]

It's a plane with a displace modifier joined to a normal plane without any modifiers. I'd lasso trim it like the f*ckers in the useless blender discord said to, but they're ignoring me when i tell them i'm getting a manifold mesh error.

[somber sequoia]

yeah I guess I don't know what all is going on here, but I'd apply all the modifiers so to be working with plain old mesh, then cut out the unwanted parts.

[crystal whale]

How??

[somber sequoia]

eh? Literally what I just said

Or specifically which part of that are you asking about

[gray badger]

Morning guys, I'm working on getting a VRCFury Hue shader/material adjustment to work on two different materials but it seems like the slider only works to encompass all the materials on one mesh. If I wanted to have a seperate hue adjusement for a different material would I have to put it on a seperate mesh?

[quasi briar]

You don't need any separate mesh. Read this documentation: https://www.poiyomi.com/general/locking#rename-animated

Basically you need to set the part that you're animating to "renamed and animated", then lock the material, then animate it that way. Otherwise it will just think it should change it on every mesh.

I don't really know how it works with VRCFury exactly. But for standard toggles you do this

[gray badger]

Amazing! Thank you. I was having trouble finding something like this. The documentation I keep looping back to in google was just the general info about the toggle from the vrcfury website or vrclibrary

[somber sequoia]

Assuming you use Poiyomi, that is

[quasi briar]

True, I should not have assumed

[gray badger]

Yes, just been using poyomi. haven't looked into other shaders or anything

[willow smelt]

I love the calico cat avi and have not seen it since. I forgot the name of it but I hope the photo help. I adored this avi and want it back

It’s a calico witch

[humble heath]

Suddenly I can't change any of the settings for the LipSync settings on my avatar in Unity.
It's stuck on 'Viseme Blend Shape'
The 'Face Mesh' appears to be set right, and it shows all the blendshapes in the dropdowns, but I can't change any of these fields. Like the setting doesn't stick.
No editor errors.

Anyone know what madness is this?

Removing and making a new Av Descriptor seems to make it work, but I've had to do this twice now. Once for visemes once for Eyelid settings.
Kinda annoying to have to keep redoing the Descriptor.

[arctic ginkgo]

Not sure why it's doing this, but you can try copying the component, then remove it and add a new one, and then paste the component settings so you don't have to redo them.

[inland heron]

I imported my from Roblox to Mixamo to auto rig it and I brought it into Blender. But my suit created these... um flaps? So I'm not sure how to fix it because I'm new to Blender. I'm trying to get it into VRC.

[smoky kernel]

when i export the avatar from unity to vrchat the textures dissapear

[inland heron]

Help is appreciated

[astral locust]

Well it doesn't need to be on UV Map since Substance Painter symmetry is based on 3D object space so if something is really close or overlapped in 3D space this will cause this thing... Just a flaw of Substance Painter. So for mirroring the better option is to use Mirror filter than Symmetry unless you know for sure mesh parts in 3D space are not too close or not overlapped 😅 so yeah indeed it was Mirror tool enabled issue in this situation

[storm granite]

Heyo! I'm working on a revolver for an avatar using the FX layer, and I'd like to be able to fire multiple rounds rapidly without the previous shot's sound being interrupted. Is there a way to overlap gunshot sounds in VRChat's animation system, for example using multiple AudioSources, a separate sound layer, or another approach?. My setup is:

-Two layers: Revolver Right Hand and Revolver Left Hand (exclusive bool toggles).
-Each has a shoot state (Revolver Right/Left Shoot) with particle FX and an Animator Play Audio state behavior.
-The shoot state transitions back to a "Stay" state with a 0.3 exit time.

[west cipher]

does anyone have any tips on how to make animated expression gestures? Someone said to look up unity animation curve but all the tutorials ive seen are for objects or game creation

[storm granite]

You mean for the fingers?

[west cipher]

It would be gestures Yeah, but some avatars have animated expressions, with a smooth transition and im trying to figure out how to do that

[balmy barn]

transition time and either a slow speed or long animation

mostly just used it on tail/ear , cause my hands do random things all the time, dont use any state if you want to do change things slowly

[west cipher]

i asked a person who made an avatar with the transitions i was looking for and they mentioned i should edit the animation for the gestures in the curve window, but im not sure how

[storm granite]

The animation curve is inside the Animation tab at the side of the Dopesheet, if you want some smooth animation you might try to use an ease ease curve like the gif here: https://miro.medium.com/v2/1*0Z40VvurCgoGJbKjjInDlA.gif

[west cipher]

omgosh thank you! thats exactly what i was looking for

[storm granite]

glad to help 💙

[storm granite]

Any sound master around here >-<?

[timber thistle]

Does anyone know what this means? I've tried all the standard reimport stuff, ive deleted all the prefabs to see if its one of them, removed all the toggles to see if its that, but to no avail! cries
(please ping me!)

[fluid vortex]

anyone know how i can move these default colliders? they weird me out when i use my knuckle controllers.

[trim edge]

hi there! so im trying to use unity to put rings/socks onto my avatar. when i go into play mode and use gesture manager, they do not stay where i put them. i am using armature link but it doesnt seem to be helping. any ideas appreciated ❤️

[nimble plank]

not sure where to post this sorry

where do i download unity

its been 3 years so XD

[trim edge]

go to vrchat website, go to downloads, download vrchat creator companion and itll have you install unity 🙂

[nimble plank]

cool thanks :3

[trim edge]

ofc

[storm granite]

You can use VRC location and rotation constrains. For example, if your avatar socks has a Right Thigh bone, add the constrain to it and tie it to your main avatar Right Thigh bone

[storm granite]

Something like this

[storm granite]

any sound master please 😢

[trim edge]

and if no thigh, just leg?

[storm granite]

Just a single bone for your leg?

[trim edge]

would thigh jiggle work?

[storm granite]

that's a weird way to order bones lol, maybe knee is your shin

try moving the knee, maybe it moves the lower leg

[trim edge]

so. im doing all this in unity, i dont blender at all

[storm granite]

if that's the case u should constrain your clothes to the leg and the knee

you can move them in unity x)

I'm speaking all in unity here

[trim edge]

oop

oh. ill try that?

[trim edge]

like dis?

[storm granite]

Yeh, make sure to press zero and that Is Active is checked

oh wiat

you should only have one constrain not two

what bone from the clothes are you constraining now?

[tawdry light]

heyy, does anyone know how to update the vrchat sdk? An older project still has an older model and isnt allowing it to be uplloaded anymore

[round comet]

using VCC

[trim edge]

i tried both and now the socks are spinning in circles lmao

[tawdry light]

ohhh i see tyy

[livid river]

Is there a way when clicking record on a animation for a musket or crossbow to rotate the wrist angle on the model so it makes aiming easier?

[round comet]

If the stuff is fitted to the avi and has an armature you may as well use Modular Avatar or VRCFury Armature Link

[trim edge]

so.. she looks like this now ._.

[round comet]

Without the rotation constraints maybe

What socks are those?

[trim edge]

i tried to ctrl z it but it didnt fix her legs ;-;

[round comet]

you need to enforce t-pose

[trim edge]

https://blair2430.gumroad.com/l/brwhyu?layout=profile&recommended_by=library

[trim edge]

how do?

[round comet]

try setting the fbx to none, apply, then humanoid and apply that and see if it fixes it

[trim edge]

ok ty c:

[round comet]

I think that works

[trim edge]

honestly i just said screw it for today but ty for trying to help c:

[round comet]

Understandable

Maybe start fresh. Consider modular avatar and armature link as long as the stuff is rigged and weightpainted to your base

Makes working a lot faster

[light turret]

Hey guys, does anyone know if it is possible to add an animation/toggle to change Y-axis position of the model?

[trim edge]

yeah i planned on redoing it all tomorrow haha

[round comet]

You’ve got it

[storm granite]

Oh damn, sorry u-u

[storm granite]

Do you use Blender? You could merge the weight there and no more pesky constrains needed

[round comet]

^

[somber sequoia]

We figured out what the issue was here, but I have no idea what you mean by "it doesn't need to be on UV map" - I think you completely misunderstood what I meant.

[faint jay]

So i have an avi (fixed for quest) but it is not letting me switch it 🙁 any idea how to fix it?

is there something else id need?

Please help 🙁

[somber sequoia]

https://creators.vrchat.com/platforms/android/build-test-mobile#set-up-unity-android-tools

[storm granite]

Pretty help please 👉 👈

[tawdry light]

OHH! you have to download something- if you go to the unity settings and find the build settings you can see the ability to switch into android mode

itlll autodownload the stuff

[faint jay]

Thank you i got it i think

probably not tho

[tawdry light]

if you need a little more info on it i could show u

[faint jay]

ill let you know for sure

[faint jay]

do u know how to add gogoloco?

[somber sequoia]

there are instructions at https://gogoloco.net/

[alpine badge]

never had an issue parenting a bone before but something is odd here, whenever i select the ahoge bones, they seem to select the whole ahoge, and the parent option wont work (keep offset and connected are both greyed out)

[somber sequoia]

which mode are you in? You cropped the image so we can't see that part

[alpine badge]

edit mode

[tawdry light]

ohh not rlly

[tawdry light]

^^

[faint jay]

yeah its hard to folow the video its ok 🙂

[alpine badge]

ok, i think i see the issue, it seems to be parented to the ground?

[somber sequoia]

that's not what it's showing you

Yes, that's a relationship line, but the target of it isn't the ground, just some other object whose origin is at the world origin.

[alpine badge]

ive been trying to clear it but no luck

[somber sequoia]

you don't clear it - what's your actual goal here?

[alpine badge]

i want to parent the ahoge to my hair_root

[somber sequoia]

if hair_root is a bone, and ahoge is a mesh, that's not really what you want to do in Blender

(also it doesn't really work that way anyway)

[alpine badge]

no, i joined the mesh earlier, just undoing everything and trying again

i want to join the armature and parent it to the root bone that i want

[somber sequoia]

Joining armatures is good, but you don't parent mesh objects to bones in Blender.

[alpine badge]

na, i joined the mesh into the main hair mesh

to reduce textures and materials

but joining the armature is the main issue

[somber sequoia]

So what I do is strip the new armature down to only the new bones, then join it into the main armature, then re-parent the new bones appropriately.

Old bones you don't need to worry about, just make sure the new mesh weight group names match the bone names

[oblique swan]

Does anyone know how to fix the to many materials error in quest avatar making it says I should have three materials and I have like 40 or something

[somber sequoia]

You'd need to combine them somehow, there are some tools, techniques. Lots of discussion in #quest-optimization too

[oblique swan]

Ok

[vapid slate]

anyone else having this issue

[astral locust]

I know you figured out what the issue was there also that was probably me who wrote it in confusing way 😅
I know what UV overlapping is. It occurs when different parts of a 3D mesh share the exact same coordinates on a 2D UV map.
But in case of Substance Painter Symmetry tool it is due to Mesh overlapping + mesh 3D reprojection and not UV overlapping
Basically what Substance Painter does when you paint on 2D UV using Symmetry is projecting your brush to 3D View space and back to 2D UV space which causes unwanted painting of other parts of mesh because you would paint them if you painted them in 3D Space even when you set Projection Adjustment on the UV.
Well maybe my video will explain what I mean better 😅 It is just how Substance Painter manages Symmetry...

just I wanted to add from myself that it doesn't need to be overlapping on UV like you wrote first and it is just how Symmetry works based on 3D View projection...

I hope I clarified what I wanted to tell you 😅

[balmy lantern]

You should try ALCOM!

[vapid slate]

Alcom?

[balmy lantern]

alcom.

A creator companion replacement

[vapid slate]

Would I have to replace all my projects

[balmy lantern]

No. It should just use the same data as the real cc so all your projects, repos, etc should just appear

[vapid slate]

Ok

It's just called alcom right

Ima have to try it out once I'm done being lazy and laying in bed lol

[balmy lantern]

https://vrc-get.anatawa12.com/en/alcom/

[vapid slate]

Appreciate it

[minor plume]

does anyone know how to make a mat transparent that works on quest-

[ornate stump]

Couple shader particle/multiply and make another material particle/additive on top. But this only works for some specific case.

[limpid iris]

anyone know how to stop the eyes from perminatly being closed? his expressions work but his eyes won't open?

[ornate stump]

make sure that you don't use mixed Write Defaults state.

[limpid iris]

Where do I find that sorry?

[ornate stump]

It's in each state in animator controller that you're using it as FX layer and etc.

[limpid iris]

Uhmm 😅

[ornate stump]

If you had never seen it

[limpid iris]

I haven’t

It’s called winnerspin?

[ornate stump]

No. That's my animation.

[limpid iris]

Oh

[ornate stump]

It's as an example. You have to go into each of your animator state and make sure the Write Defaults is the same for every state.

[limpid iris]

I’m using the Vrcfury way though?

[ornate stump]

If you still have FX layer either inside of avatar descriptor or VRCFury Full Controller component then you still have to check those controllers.

[limpid iris]

Ok

I’ll check it’s the last thing I need to do and then the Avi is finished

[ornate stump]

If you're using VRCFury then you might be able to add Fix Write Default component to have it solve.

[limpid iris]

https://tenor.com/view/vto-gif-25297219

[limpid iris]

And what does that look like 😅 my apologies

[ornate stump]

Literrally a component call Fix Write Default.

[proven quail]

vrcfury automatically adds it when you select 'auto fix' on the popup on upload

[limpid iris]

I didn’t show up

[proven quail]

you can add it manually by adding a component to the avatar

(set your fix mode to auto)

[limpid iris]

done also how do i make glasses lens seethough?

[ornate stump]

You have to set your material shader to transparent.

[limpid iris]

How do i do that? sorry i'm new to this stuff if u can't tell

[ornate stump]

Are you looking at the material that's using for lens right now? If not then you would have to tell where you stuck at.

[limpid iris]

this is what it is rn

[proven quail]

use vrchat>mobile>particles>additve or multiply

[ornate stump]

Toon Standard doesn't support transparent. You have to change shader to use Particle Additive or Multiply.

[proven quail]

you can use this small dot texture with multiply to get glass, if you want them more like shades then darken the texture https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1343576418264809524/1424441300362461204/10-1_2.png?ex=6a0d4016&is=6a0bee96&hm=c458f33037a7f2fd34d2ac2fd4b627b171c21d221cd700b36e18d5cfbc270bdd

(ts 3x3 pixels, so super optimized but hard to click on so I copied the discord link to the image so you can actually open it to download)

[summer jetty]

I did the armature link, and its all within the asset list, I'm trying to figure out why the Blendshape link wont accept my jacket im trying to wear, It says something about a "skinned Mesh" but I cant find any tutorials on what that means-

[proven quail]

skinned mesh is just the 3d object. So like, the clothing mesh would be what you want to link to the body right?

skinned means it has a UV map and can have a material

[summer jetty]

Yes, which my jacket has both I believe. Definately has a material, and a texture

[proven quail]

yeah, so make sure you are dragging the jacket mesh into the slot, not the root object.

the mesh will have a skinned mesh renderer component on it, with the blendshapes and materials and stuff

[summer jetty]

I see an inconsistancy

[summer jetty]

Ive been doing that, but I see that the side pannel is different

[proven quail]

are you looking at a temp build prefab? or maybe it went through some tool like polytool or something that would edit the mesh?

it doesn't look like your jacket has blendshapes either, so you wouldn't be able to link the body blendshapes to the jacket.

[summer jetty]

Is there a way to convert it into a blendshape? via Unity/VRCfury or Blender?

[proven quail]

well blendshapes are sliders that change the mesh. You would need to add them in Blender, where they are called shapekeys.

[summer jetty]

So if I add a Shapekey, export back as FBX, relink armature, and apply, it should work?

[limpid iris]

his eyes are still closed and won't open

[proven quail]

you would need to create the shapekey, and then either edit or sculpt the mesh to assign the change to the shapekey. What blendshapes do you want the jacket to sync with? why are you trying to sync blendshapes?

[summer jetty]

Better question, What is a shapekey? Because I don't quite understand your strange otherworldly words

I was born "Started doing all this" about a week ago

[proven quail]

so a shapekey is a slider. basically, you increase the value from 0 to 1 and it changes the mesh. In unity, its converted to 0 to 100, but its the same. A shapekey, or blendshape, is just a way to get a smooth transision from one mesh shape to another shape

an example is the high heel blendshape on this avatar. The blendshape changes the foot to fit heeled shoes.

[summer jetty]

I see- If thats the case, I could totally do a shift from it being to my body vs if I have my tanktop under it so It doesnt clip

[proven quail]

yes you could

and then the toggle for the tank could set the jacket blendshape to 100.

[summer jetty]

Fun part- figure out how to do that, time to raw dog it

[proven quail]

so you probably don't need to link the Body blendshapes to the jacket at all, since it doesn't even have any.

so you take your fbx, and import it into blender

I'm actually about to do some blender stuff so I can get some screenshots in a bit to help you. It might be in like an hour though because I have an online meeting 2 minutes ago, just waiting for them to join

you could also probably find a youtube tutorial on creating blendshapes as well.

[limpid iris]

I think it was be cause i forgot to give him blink

[proven quail]

the only thing that is vrchat specific is importing the fbx(s) into blender, and then getting the jacket out of blender and back into Unity properly.

[summer jetty]

Ill look, but I have a hard time learning from videos, I do better being personaly instructed lol

[proven quail]

ok yeah, in like an hour I can help you out

[limpid iris]

Ok so the eyes open now but his pupils no longer are visible?

[limpid iris]

anyone know how to get his puple to show again

[proven quail]

im back.

so you want to open blender, and then delete the cube, camera, and light. Just click and drag in the viewport to highlight all three objects and then click delete on your keyboard.

then, you can import the fbx of the jacket, and also the tanktop so that you can reference it to make your blendshape

(if the tanktop and jacket are on the same fbx, then just import that one and you are good).

[somber sequoia]

I'm aware of how to use substance painter, so I'm really not sure why you're going on about this at all. Again, my uv comment was from before we considered the mirror tool. Let's just drop it.

[livid river]

I have an avatar with customizable back shields that I want to disappear whenever you wear any of the shields on the arm, problem is they aren't disappearing, how would I set things up to make the back shields disappear?

[limpid iris]

How to fixxxxx T^T

[proven quail]

set the animation that puts the shield on the arms to hide the back shield.

[livid river]

It didn't work, could it be because I have a customization menu for the back shields to equip them and switch between the different shields on the back?

[limpid iris]

Anyone know what this means or how to fix it its my last issue an d i'm low-key so tired but this is a surpise for my partner so i wanna get it done

[somber sequoia]

what is that even coming from?

[limpid iris]

uhmm let me see

Its the clothes when i go into playmode they won't turn on

[limpid iris]

nvm they work now i just have to figure out why his pupil keeps dissapearing

[summer jetty]

Ive added shapekeys, and using a skinned mesdh componnent works now, but it still wont fit properly "T posed clothes"

[proven quail]

what do you mean, like the shapekey doesn't make the jacket not clip?

[proven quail]

yeah, the animations for the back shields would be overriding it. You should make a state on the layer controlling the back shields that sets them all to off when the variable for either arm shield is set to true.

[livid river]

I'm newer to this sort of stuff, so what would I put in the transition? Here's what they currently are for the back shields.

[trim edge]

Trying to upload an avatar but the hair will not budge for me to fix this clipping. cannot move it (quest version if that makes any difference)

[summer jetty]

The Jacket still T poses when my character is moving

Stays in the stiff pose

same thing for the pants

[proven quail]

are the armature bones all named the same between the avatar armature and the clothing armature?

[summer jetty]

My clothes need armature?

[proven quail]

yes, so that they can move. Unless they are weighted to the body already, but since you are using the armature link component I assumed they were weighted to their own armature?

if something moves, it needs to be weighted to a bone. If you want it to move with your arms/legs/ or any locomotion or tracking, it needs to either be weighted to the main armature of the avatar, or needs to be linked to the main armature

[summer jetty]

How would I get it to mimic the main body armature? the pants and tank top have their own bones but the jacket i dont believe did

[somber sequoia]

I'd put it all into blender and just use the avatar's armature for everything.

[proven quail]

Then the jacket needs to be rigged. Get the main avatar and jacket together in blender, and i'd watch this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2Dr5F445w

this video covers what to do when the mesh isn't rigged to any bones.

If i remember correctly

[summer jetty]

good thing I have all of the clothes and default body in blender already

[proven quail]

yep. So i'm thinking it might be easy to just parent the jacket to the avatar's armature with armature deform selected, and then you have to assign weights to all the bones via weight paint or in the editor. I usually look at how the body is weighted to each bone in weight paint mode and try to make the clothing weight paint look the same.

[proper fjord]

what i do to fix this

[somber sequoia]

check the console, maybe there's more detail there

[broken barn]

Anyone who can add NSFW and recolor of an avy for like 35 bucks?

[civic coral]

yo idk why but whenever i try to changed rig settings or anything in the import settings i cant hit apply and it remains grayed out

[somber sequoia]

Is there a valid armature in the model file?

[civic coral]

i believe so and one of my friends sent me a model they made and uploaded and it still had the same issue

[somber sequoia]

set it to generic, apply, then back to humanoid and apply, does that work?

[civic coral]

it doesn't let me hit apply at all

[somber sequoia]

click off it then back onto the model?