[2023] How to EASILY Upload Your First VRChat Avatar (SDK3, Unity 2019.4.31)

[@Savvy_VR]

This tutorial is primarily for PC avatars. Quest avatars are uploaded a bit differently, and are more limited due to its capabilities. Thanks for watching!

[@TheUniversalRepublic]

I just changed mine to android in the builder and fixed up the errors took 5 extra minutes and worked smoothly

[@Slow_Sunset]

what do I do if the avatar when I load into the game it’s just the gray vrchat robot.. cause I’ve been trying to figure that out cause it’s not supposed to be the vrchat robot

[@luKario_2126]

you can just go when you have 2 different accounts like me you can ho on quest and copie your made avatar from pc

[@FlowerboyVT]

ive always wanted to upload an avatar and never knew how to do it, this is a lovely video and very easy walkthrough, thank you very much

[@Spitfiregames]

thanks so much for this. I've spent nearly 500 hours in VRchat and I've grown sick of using the same public avatars and this opens up a much larger range of options and customization. If you end up making more tutorials on further avatar customization I would be the first to watch it.

[@Savvy_VR]

I’m so glad! More videos to come for sure.

[@simplyabanana12]

i need help, it says i need a license

[@Renulus]

bro you explained this so well and taught me more about unity than any tutorial thank you so much

[@Wilson2005WAW]

It's been like nearly 4 years since the last time I made an VRChat avatar in SDK2. Never done SDK3 avatar before...

[@chewchew_x]

Very good at explaining good job the only video that broke it down step by step and showed us what the page should look like keep up the good work

[@Kbs-kf4od]

I thank you , you explaned more then the other two i watched to figure this out

[@sleepness4153]

I give up a long time ago on How to upload avatars because I bought so many and couldn’t do a thing .} There’s was nothing I could do…. But now I see 😭 I appreciate you

[@AnimePMag]

This is the most helpful and well explained video about this, thank you!

[@Drewgonzo11]

Best video hands down, worked like a charm!

[@rofinatheirin9929]

I apparently can't use this method anymore...sadness. I'll have to learn the new one. Thank you so much for this tutorial. o7

[@SOLDIERTeamFort2]

waiting for a youtuber like you to head straight to the point

[@YourRageGuy]

man thanks i've been looking for it

[@ivanuski15]

great tutorial, thanks!

[@BradleyHay]

Having an issues in the uploading section, when I press build and publish it just hangs on building Avatar and doesn't progress any further. All my Unity and SDK are up to date. Anyone had this?

[@merakisdraft]

oml thank you, this helped me ALOT

[@dynamic-rocket0]

thank you for this tutorial is cool and very useful

[@keers76]

loved this video

[@katsuoft7408]

I did everything like you said, but when I import the SDK that "VrChat SDK" thing in the upper left doesn't appear and the folder i imported doesn't appear in Assets neither

[@Savvy_VR]

I mispoke in the video, the sdk stuff will be in the "packages" folder not assets. However, if you import the sdk correctly by either double-clicking it in your file explorer or dragging into your assets, it should definitely show VRChat SDK in the top left corner. Make sure it's the correct Unity version and check for errors in the console if necessary. Hope this helps!

[@katsuoft7408]

@@Savvy_VR It worked after some tries even tho I was puttin in the assets, but then when I upload it nothing happens for like 15 minutes so I just close it and go do something else

[@Mike_Rotch2002]

Everytime I import the SDK it says that I need an API update (idk what API is). When I click "Go Ahead", which says that will update any old API, I get an error saying "failed to update aseemblies" and the VRchatSDK on top left corner does not appear. I did everything you said on the video but still get the error. The Unity version is the one you said and SDK its the most recent

[@grim8920]

I'm a little confused, whenever I try to drop the avatar in the package doesn't show up

[@ArtwellI]

The tanki online icon gave me flashbacks

[@jyxiaa]

learned to make world a month ago, now that i'm trying to make avatar i see that the term "probably"mostly"pretty much" has strongly increased xD

[@fexgy5595]

this toturial is the best !

[@GalaxyStudiosShow]

when i drop the model file into unity it does nothing..pls help?

[@PLATTYVR]

Now I can make my own fatal error sans avatar, thanks!

[@CommRichard]

This tutorial dead-ends for me with the VRC Avatar Descriptor. I don't have that, it's completely missing. Where do I get it?

[@Theslumbug]

if you find it let me know

[@Idk.a.dragon.or.smth9522]

as someone who never did Legos, its just like Legos

[@catpilou]

I have gotten farther than i did before but I am stuck when its time to create a 2019.4.31 project. It is saying that the project "failed to open" and is "not valid". I thought I maybe didnt had dowload it right so i redownload it, but its saying the same thing. So i dont know anymore, any idea how to fix that ?

[@vvTwtch]

thank you for clerifying you have to check what version is supported, been looking for hours as to why my vrc avatar descriptor

[@l3g3ndary_dev32]

The SDK just doesn’t work, i can’t get the tab tp appear

[@madaragog2689]

Thanks for the tutorial. Btw how can I get a wallpaper like yours ?

[@Savvy_VR]

Wallpaper engine on steam

[@madaragog2689]

@@Savvy_VRthanks

[@Řłľfļțŷ]

What should I do if the vrc avatar descriptor isn’t there

[@Ambervixin]

I thank you with all my heart for making this tutorial so easy to understand! i can finally make my own avatars

[@Vortex_621]

At 8:18 i cant seem to find the vrc scripts does anyone know why?

[@einnocent421]

What installations do you have of Unity? I have Unity Hub

[@ThatoneWW2lover]

I can’t install the 2019 unity 4.31f1. It says Required 4.15 GB and available 2.08 GB.

[@Savvy_VR]

You need more storage space on your PC

[@cybertronianmobian8336]

Will there be an update on this? I have been really having a rough time getting this to work

[@jaydee2499]

so im a bit confused.. i followed the tutorial correctly and everything worked fine the whole way thru but the video ended when u sign in. am i rlly done? doesnt it need to be imported or published or something like that? or from where the video leaves off, itll just be in my avatars list when i sign in?

[@Savvy_VR]

Yes you’ll upload it after signing into your account, it will say “unpublished avatar” and you “auto fix” any errors preventing you from uploading. To upload, you’ll just hit build and publish. It will then ask you to name your avatar and set private or public which is up to you

[@luKario_2126]

but how do you ad your own skin thingies like it looks like something else than a robot btw thanks it helped 😅👍

[@Nehji_Hann]

8:11 I don't have VRC anything as an option when I add components, I installed things via the companion thingy and idk what to do

[@Nehji_Hann]

I found out that apparently it's really strict on the order you do these things, SDK must be imported first, then character, and then optionally the shader thingy. This isn't stated in the video but it's important and I was just confused and dumb cause I wasn't following the video step by step. The steps in the video, while they can be explained in like 2 mins, it's really helpful to have the added commentary as a newbie here, thanks for the video it was super helpful!

[@yorusingers2775]

i did all of the steps but it doesnt show anything on the right to be able to add the vrc

[@yourlocaldummy99]

i dont have the option to build and pub;lish and when i can it keeps giving me an error when i save it

[@JaeBushido]

8:13 when i search vrc nothing pops up

[@boxboy124]

By any chance is there a pt 2 to this video about adding stuff to it and changing the color to look human

[@Savvy_VR]

I might make a video on materials/shaders to add to your avatar sometime soon. Until then, you can check out my audio tutorial video- it shows you how to add music to your avatar.

[@ComaOtaku]

I am a little confused, I log in into SDK but how do I get it into vrchat after I've done everything in Unity?

[@SpeedrunnerG55]

I cant find the prefab file in my vrchat model I imported

[@Anteupplaya]

hey theres been an update to the sdk and i cannot find out how to do viewpoints because theres nothing to indicate it. please help!

[@Eyeofnelms]

Unity freezes instantly as soon as it opens, and IDK What to do

[@tony-hy8gc]

for some odd reason the VRC descriptor thing doesn't show up for me at all, is there anything I missed that I have to do to get that option?

[@fdhero]

yeah, I'm having the same issue anyone have a fix for this.

[@fdhero]

just closed and reopened and now I see some vr chat components but only like phys bones no descriptor i can find the descriptor in the sdk files but does not show up when trying to add component.

[@fdhero]

i have found the answer to our question my friend click on the prefab and in the inspector menu should be a button that says open prefab click it then it should show the to missing scripts he deletes in the video as he does delete these then click add component and then search vrc and vrc descriptor should be there.

[@fdhero]

actually I don't think you're going to read this your comment was sent 3 weeks ago, well anybody else with the problem this is how to fix it.

[@Theslumbug]

@@fdhero I did that and still nothing pops up

[@jahunharden7194]

they have poi toon inside a folder now and I don't see the icon like you have any advice?

[@xxgooseman3442]

Could there be any other way to download the sdk avatar file? The website says creator companion downloads it for me but i cant find the same file you are using. I tried to use the one from the website but it wont let me log in or change my password

[@arsonisttic]

Is there a reason why whenever I import my model into Unity it doesn't have any color? I also ran into a problem saying I need an animation for my avatar.

[@Savvy_VR]

Find the materials folder for the avatar model and change them to Poiyomi as shown here 9:25

[@arsonisttic]

@@Savvy_VR oohh alright thank you

[@arsonisttic]

@@Savvy_VR And what do I do for the animator thing? It says I don't have an animator still.

[@Savvy_VR]

@@arsonisttic the animation tab is not needed for upload, just to make animations. I added it before I filmed

[@esperaccelerator8404]

What if i have my vr chat account linked to steam it doesn't let me log into that site you pulled up

[@galaxymoon1349]

Mine says that I'm unable to create project what do i do

[@xxdarling_pupvrxx]

I cant find the playable layers tab and im using the same version of unity but im also doing this through creator companion and this is my first avatar that im uploading

[@JakeJones-z7h]

I don’t know I’m getting errors just installing that unity right off of the bat like what is collab service is deprecated and has been replaced with plasticscm anyone know a work around or fix for this on win 11 with an rtx 3070 ti…

[@Real_MUNKUH]

I cant add a vrc component in the inspector PLEASSEEEE HELP

[@diveportablelungs3198]

could you please make a complete video guide episode by episode of "bones, color etc"

[@diveportablelungs3198]

molding

[@LeBich-i3f]

I followed your steps- but i keep seeing errors about how theres too many polygons and too many shaders. How can i fix this problem?

[@Savvy_VR]

Are you building on quest platform? Could be why. If they are unity console errors, those are super common. Generally speaking as long as they aren’t compile errors preventing you from going into play mode or uploading the avi, they aren’t worrying about.

[@FANDROID010]

why is the control panel not showing up ???

[@oskarbudek9585]

Man this is impossible I keep getting thousands of errors and I did everything that you did on the vid I can't put the sdk into unity

[@noone7768]

not sure why put i dont have the vrc discriptor thing in add component

[@local_dumb]

this cool

[@Desxsy]

Every time I try installing the 2019.4.3 it tells me that it failed to install... please help :c ive been having this issue for a long time a couple months in fact and nothing i do seems to work

[@Savvy_VR]

Make sure your hard drive has space! Other basics things such as internet could be part of it

[@ljkrispvr]

I'm trying to add this model in unity, but the model won't open from the file, and I do what you did. but when I do it, it won't open, do you know what the problem is?

[@Savvy_VR]

Make sure you're importing a .unitypackage file

[@aureliejeanne526]

Why i dont have vrcsdk file in the avatar

[@BLiNKBTW]

Why not use Companion instead of manually getting the sdk?

[@stormmk9]

I know i'm 6 months late, but there is a genuine reason: the creator companion only supports windows, so if you're trying to do this on linux or mac it simply isn't an option. It's something that's been a massive problem for me, as i'm running linux, and this is the only up-to-date tutorial i can find that doesn't require the companion. Hope that helps answer your question, even if it is a little late!

[@Gyaru66]

i bought an avatar, and when I tried to put the VRCsdk it would not let me, and i tried a bunch of times, but everytime i tried it wouldn't work. Do you might think you can help me? great tutorial btw and great explaining but this is the only problem i have.

[@Savvy_VR]

My discord is Not Savvy#2333 -Make sure you have the correct version of Unity loaded up and the correct SDK3 package from VRChat's website. Just drag the SDK package into your assets to import it, then go ahead and import your avatar :)

[@NotMarshallThePrick]

thanks

[@styxzxy_lop]

what if u want to import another avatar from like the ones u have in your inventory

[@elDziad0]

idk i want to do it too

[@MrSpeedStar]

When making multiple avatars, do you make a new project for each one, or is there a way to use one project for all avatars.

[@Savvy_VR]

I prefer separate, but you can do either way. If you do decide to have more than one in the same project make sure you change the pipeline manager number- that's what defines your avatar upload. If two avatars have the same pipeline manager number they will be the same upload file meaning you're still updating the same one avatar only

[@MrSpeedStar]

@Savvy_VR Thank you. This helped a lot.

[@lokisgrl9178]

this seems helpful and ive tried but everytime i put in the SDK it wil go in but then i have to go like scavenger hunt just to find it cause it wont even show the SDK pannel

[@Savvy_VR]

Once the SDK is imported you'll see "VRChat SDK" in the top left white of your Unity project. Click that to log in

[@lokisgrl9178]

@@Savvy_VR i dont see that sadly :')

[@Savvy_VR]

@@lokisgrl9178 is the project brand new? Make sure it’s the correct Unity version and import the sdk first before anything else

[@moonstar8587]

do you know how to upload worlds some you buy from gumroad ive been having difficulty's doing it

[@Savvy_VR]

I'm not too familiar with uploading worlds, sorry! There's plenty of other creators who could give you much better direction than me on that.

[@moonstar8587]

@@Savvy_VR thankyou i appreciate it alot

[@adrianbattles6991]

Can you help me? It’s not a folder for me

[@Eiar1991]

where do i go to download the avatar i want to import to unity i want the emo female anime avatar

[@zaidenrodriguez5347]

i cant find vrc thing i need help PLS

[@WALTERVR8]

do you know how to make like a toggler for the avatar

[@Savvy_VR]

go check out my audio tutorial, it shows you how to make a toggle with toggle creator tool (would apply to any toggle not just audio)

[@wolfyandocs6372]

What if the SDK keeps saying that it needs an update? even though its on the newest version?

[@Savvy_VR]

Make sure it’s an SDK3 package not SDK2, and that you’re Unity is up to date (2019.4.31). If you’re using an altered SDK you can always download the official VRChat one as shown in the video

[@wolfyandocs6372]

@@Savvy_VR that is what i used

[@karenmaemanalo]

Where can i find the license number

[@Drizzy099]

Bro I’ve always had problems with unity and it’s because I’ve been using the wrong version the whole time😭

[@parkerwishman4862]

how did u get the avatar into ur files?

[@173sawYT]

I hope my windows 11 work laptop can handle this

[@Kazuma25-36]

Do you do commissions to edit avatars?

[@Savvy_VR]

Depends. Feel free to shoot me a message on discord

[@MsZyraMMD]

Can you log into the SDK if you use Steam to log into VRC?

[@Savvy_VR]

Yes you're just going to use your VRChat login credentials when you login to upload on the SDK

[@MsZyraMMD]

@@Savvy_VR I fixed the issue I just had to merge my accounts

[@DeezNuT6492]

i have 3 errors

[@tuvelout]

ty,

[@yourlocaldummy99]

cant upload says i need to enoy the app more ??

[@yourlocaldummy99]

@igotcookedinaoven auhh okii i got it:)

[@Ikarusu]

cant be real that you explained literally everything possible but actually didnt show you uploading it

[@wafflelama6625]

where did you get the vrc descriptor?

[@Savvy_VR]

Once the sdk is imported, click your avatar in the hierarchy then move over to the inspector, "add component" then find the vrc avatar descriptor

[@jecembuary]

@@Savvy_VRwhere is the avatar descriptor I DO NOT SEE IT ITS NOT THERE

[@Theslumbug]

@@jecembuary im having the same prob let me know if you find anything out

[@jecembuary]

@@Theslumbug It ended up fixing itself somehow after restarting an reinstalling everything multiple times idk

[@Theslumbug]

@@jecembuary i just did it an my dumb butt was using the 2019 verz and the avi needed 2022 so i made a hole new project with the the 2022 and i saw it

[@soyya_jcs]

HOW DO I MOVE THE CAMERA AROUND

[@Savvy_VR]

To look around in the scene, you just hold right mouse click and use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. If you mean the game camera (in the scene), it's just an object that can be moved and rotated like any other object by clicking it, going to the inspector, and change the values to where you want it. Or if you have the move tool selected, you'll just use the arrows to move it on screen

[@martial5671]

should have included where to find avatars

[@ZypherHexan]

Only fans bottom right at 3:40 is crazy😂

[@SodaOnSaturnn]

I did all that just for it to tell me I need to wait bruh

[@ayoomike]

this shit feel like roblox

[@Landofahero]

tons of errors depending on what avatar you use, some free avatars have some issues with blue prints and etc, seriously what a pain in the ass

[@Savvy_VR]

Yes, it can be frustrating to find good models. That’s why I usually upload goofy/simple avatars with funny animations, sounds, or effects, since I’m more experienced in that area. Avatar optimization and proper rigging can be done, but it just takes time to learn

[@Landofahero]

@@Savvy_VR iTs a lot of trial and error indeed! because there is not a good and stable source of info since everything around is pretty much wild and "uncovered". Even the simplest issue might be tremendous for people who just started.

[@simplyabanana12]

Don’t you need a license

[@Savvy_VR]

No, you shouldn't. Just say personal use and you might have to create a Unity account with your email

[@RobotSakti.]

10:30

[@T95man]

This was a great tutorial but god I wish this is easier because this is just trash! They should make a different way to upload an avatar directly to vr chat that automatically does all the hard stuff for you

[@Divine_CertifiedBurgerman]

I'm on mobile tho ._.

[@saryavt]

I don't see how this helped.