vts model change via hotkey (both models have same name)

[hexed pilot]

As the title says, I am attempting to swap between two models with the same file name via the hotkey action.

when i attempt to swap into the altered version of my model, VTS will instead load the original version of the model no matter which model is chosen for the swap.

I've attempted reloading VTS, quadruple checked the model selection. Nothing seems to be working.

[silver gust]

I think the problem might be that the models have the same name. I think a solution might be to reimport one of the models with a different name so that the .vtube.json files are different.

[hexed pilot]

Unfortunately my model is a premade so I don't have access to change the name within cubism.

Is there a different way to change the model name?

[silver gust]

Ok, so I did some testing and I don't know if it is foolproof, but I might have a solution. I recommend you make a back up folder for each of the models (put those folders elsewhere on your pc so they don't interfere with the testing), just in case the fix doesn't work.

In the model folder of one of the models, change the .vtube.json file name to something different. In my case, I added test to the end of the model name. Don't change any other file name outside of that. The first image shows my file names. ||(My .moc3, etc and my .model3.json files are named slightly different because I had exported my .model3.json with exp3.json files and didn't adhere to my own format, but model still works fine with even that small name difference)|| I recommend closing Vtube Studio before making this change and relaunching the program after.

You should then be able to go to the settings in VTS of the other model (the one you didn't change the .vtube.json file name), and change the model that it changes to in the hotkey settings to the model with the file name changed. The second image shows the difference for me and how the names are different.

Using your hotkey setup, you should now be able to switch between the models without issue.

Here is a video showing how it worked for me, I circle the name at the top with my mouse, but that was something I changed within VTS so I could keep track of which model was which. I used the idle animation as the sign of changing between models since that was the fastest thing I could think of since I basically just copy and pasted the original model folder.

[undone moss]

The hotkeys go by the filename of the .vtube.json.

Renaming the file for your second model should fix this.

[undone moss]

Thanks a lot for helping by the way