3 ways how to add accessories to VRoid VRM models in Unity

Eigth part of my VRoid tutorials. This time the tutorial is about adding accessories such as weapons, wings or magic circles to your model.
To learn how to show/hide accessories and other parts of your VRM model with BlendShapes do check out my previous tutorial:
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[@diluczhongli3340]

Omg, I never looked up any tutorials & just winged it for adding accessories & I found out via watching this that I've been adding accessories in via an extremely complicated way. Thanks! :'D

[@eshellejore9683]

"our meat is harvested from free-range customers such as you" XDDDDDDDDD

[@waterlilea1721]

Suvi, you are blessed, thank you so much!!!

[@SoftHandsies]

Seriously Thank you so much!!

[@ThreepioToaru]

Thank you so much for your help! And I love your accent!

[@rosebup3719]

Your videos are very useful, ¡Keep going!

[@kirisatoar2674]

thank you so much i,m very happy to watch you video

[@iluWinter]

Hi Suvi I love your tutorials^^ I was just wondering, how would you personally go about making a character holding a guitar (without the arms moving, just stiff)?

[@Suvidriel]

As I see it there are currently 2 ways available to most people. You could either send the guitar holding pose from Unity to VSeeFace using VMC-protocol. Emiliana has an example project for this on VSeeFace's homepage. Alternatively you could follow my tutorial part 6 but that would "break" the model and make it always stick to that pose. Personally I'd do it using VSeeFace's new animation system but that isn't released yet - also at least atm that system disables all bodypart tracking so not sure if that would be optimal for your case either

[@SuluCatfishy]

hey i have another question once i add these assets and save them as a vrm file when i open them in any motion capture software it disappers how do i fix this

[@Chewycardboard]

UR INTRO OH MAH GAWD :OOO

[@YOKERMEISTER]

If I drag a prefab or a custom material I can't see them on Blendshape - Material List. A material only appear when I create a Quad and drag the material on that quad, I'm trying to hide/show a particle system making invisible alpa with blendshape, any idea on how can I do that? Thanks for the video :)

[@yummybubblegum5003]

Can you make a tutorial on importing vrm spring bones into VseeFace?

[@moongmoong33]

sorry cause i'm noob :(. but can we turn on or off new stuff by add it transparent and create new blendshpeclip then turn alpha to 100% to make it appear?

[@KitzuArt]

I created my own sword model along with a scabbard, but some parts of the object are like transparent. I can't seem to find any answer to this online. The only close solution I found was that the object is probably to thin for a VRM model.

[@CelestaraConnect]

If I were to pair this with animation, would it be possible to get a gamepad/controller in view in VeeSeeFace to just kinda be there and move with the model so I can show I'm playing the game without having to have hand tracking and an object?

[@Suvidriel]

Quite possibly. Alternatively you could set the pose in VRM Posing Desktop or use VNyan to adjust your arm as well as add the 3d prop for the controller

[@LaurArt_UK]

Hey, another super helpful and fun vid from you! So I tried adding a hat (made in blender) to the head joint (just below it so it's nested in the right bone) but when I rotate the head now, the anchor point has changed so it doesn't look right. Did I miss something? It looks like the axis has moved up so it's between the top of the hat and the chin, rather than the middle of the head. I don't know why it's doing it :O

[@LaurArt_UK]

MissingComponentException: There is no 'SkinnedMeshRenderer' attached to the "Hat" game object, but a script is trying to access it. You probably need to add a SkinnedMeshRenderer to the game object "Hat". Or your script needs to check if the component is attached before using it.

[@Suvidriel]

Sometimes when you drag objects to bones it's possible that they actually end up under wrong bone. So try dragging it to the head again to make sure it's where it's supposed to be

[@_BlooVR_]

Instead of dizzy first I did the menacing signs from jojo but I want to make them kind shake/vibrate do u know how I could do that

[@Suvidriel]

you could use vsf sdk with a flipbook shader like poiyomi

[@janinah.3796]

Nää sun tutoriaalit on kyllä ihan parhaita!! Oon oppinu niin paljon kaikkea, kiitos siitä!!

[@Suvidriel]

Maanantaina tulee tutoriaali, jossa käydään noi fysiikat läpi~

[@janinah.3796]

@@Suvidriel Oi ihanaa!!! Jään innolla odottelemaan!

[@Pls_subscribe_to_AE_Pixiie]

how u have the magic thing?

[@IceWolfGemGaming]

so many questions but i will start with this 1. Can u be able to add a projector or make them shoot? i want to make a magic spell and I'm wondering if its possible

[@Suvidriel]

Right now nope but once VSeeFace tracker gets its new feature you can adf particle systems. Right now you'd need to fake it with multiple blendshapes and clever use of texture coordinate animation

[@IceWolfGemGaming]

@@Suvidriel is their a video for that?

[@Suvidriel]

@@IceWolfGemGaming Nope there isn't one yet. I'd probably advise waiting until the new VSeeFace feature since particle systems will make it much easier

[@CakeChanArt]

Actually! I usually have soo many extra expressions I add in unity, I usually create extra vrm clips then manually add them to the blendshape file one by one. However, every time i close the program and reopen I have to re-add the "extra" expressions I make. Do you happen to know anything on how to fix that by chance? ; w ;

[@Suvidriel]

I've heard other people run into this too - haven't encountered it personally so far though so I'm not really sure what's going on there. It sounds like your model might be holding reference to a wrong blendshape index if nothing gets saved. Alternatively the blendshape index may have incorrect references to the clips but pretty difficult to say without running into the same issue.

[@CakeChanArt]

@@Suvidriel hmm yeah its all a bit foggy, was just hopefully maybe you'd have the answer xD

[@anwaa2258]

Hello! Can you make a tutorial on how you attached your ears?

[@Suvidriel]

Actually I got one for that already. Check the part 16 of the tutorial series~ If you want something easier that doesn't involve Blender then you could check the tutorial part 2 for merging vroid hair presets if you got ear hair preset for vroid

[@ShatterinSpider]

Is there a way to only have it associated with specific emotions?

[@ShatterinSpider]

Nevermind found the other video ty

[@SuluCatfishy]

Where do we get these accessories

[@Suvidriel]

Make them in blender, commission someone or see if you can find something from sketchfab or unity asset store etc

[@Amyzinq]

Ok so... I've tried to figure this out for a while now.. When I import the 3D model (A model edited in blender) i attach the texture and all that, make it invisible, and when I go to make it visible in the Blend Shapes the preview doesn't show the accessories appearing again.. ? ;( I assumed the preview doesn't show it as it is a separate 3D model so I went to export the whole character - with the accessories added, but when I click "export" and save it to a location the avatar doesn't save? I don't even get an error message.. Edit: (Question) Does the accessories that are imported from blender work if i export the 3D model as an FBX? Or should I make it into a BLENDER file?

[@Suvidriel]

Blendshapes use prefab for preview so changes should either be applied from scene to prefab or you should add accessories while the prefab is open. Accessories may also show in wrong place or size in the preview. They should still work as long as their material shows up

[@Amyzinq]

@Suvidriel I add the Accessories when the prefab is opened, everything works fairly fine until I go to the export section - thats where the problem is at. Every time i go to export an avatar with added accessories the export button wont work - It opens the export settings yes, but by the time i go to export it and save it to a location the export button doesnt export it... I honestly dont know what to do anymore :(

[@Suvidriel]

@@Amyzinq do you have the model's main node selected when you try to export?

[@Amyzinq]

@@Suvidriel Yup! I have actually fixed the problem - I changed the UniVRM version - right now It works perfectly fine and I'm using Unity 2019.4.16f1 with UniVRM 0.53.0 Thank you for the help though - and the tutorial still helped - ONCE I figured out the problem haha! I hope I can help another person with a similar issue!

[@restushlogic5794]

00:10 how to make eyes red? Is it from change material?

[@Suvidriel]

In this specific case it's just change of the color of the material. You could also do a texture swap if you wanted to. Do check out my tutorials about the more advanced expressions

[@Khizar_kt]

came for the tutorials but somehow got turned into burger patty 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDarkWallChris]

First off, just wanted to say that I enjoy your accent. So um......good job at that? Also, I feel like there is a way to tie assets to an expression, I just don't know what that way is. Any suggestions? Like for instance, toggle on and off a pair of glasses for instance.

[@Suvidriel]

Please check my previous Advanced Emotions tutorial for that. I personally use BlendShapes to turn on/off all the additional accessories~

[@TheDarkWallChris]

@@Suvidriel will do, thanks.

[@haz-m]

I tried this and it worked except my hat stayed still,, like it wasn’t fixed to the model when my model moved?

[@Suvidriel]

it may be on the wrong node. It sometimes happens when adding stuff that they end up on the parent node. Try if dragging the hat right on top of the head node will solve it

[@chizonetv-tv4754]

Hi, when i do the dizzines one, its doesn't appear in the material list:(

[@Suvidriel]

Make sure to be in the Open Prefab view when you add assets to your model. Blendshapes only detect the materials on prefab and not on the model that has been dropped to scene

[@socondisk9239]

Don't forget to make sure the preview prefab on the blend shape inspector was set to the right prefab/new prefab

[@binhnguyencong9127]

6:27 But how can I add that " quad" to the blendshape to make emotions, please some one help

[@Suvidriel]

Add it to your model in the prefab-view by clicking the open prefab-button on your model. After that you can animate material properties in blendshape clips. I have some other tutorials that cover those

[@binhnguyencong9127]

@@Suvidriel I đi it, thank you so much but when i add it to the material list in blend shape it is too big, how can i adjust the scale of the quad ? thanks

[@Suvidriel]

@@binhnguyencong9127 If you just need a static scale then you can simply select the quad and adjust the scale-value of the transform in the inspector

[@awatrixAMVs]

Heyo! When I export my model with a hat, the hat has no texture in VSeeFace and just stays white...but in Unity everything is okay. How could I fix this?

[@Suvidriel]

What shader are you using for the hat? When you export the model as vrm then non-compatible shaders will be swapped to standard shader

[@awatrixAMVs]

@@Suvidriel I was using Unity-Chan Shaders I think

[@Suvidriel]

@@awatrixAMVs You'd either need to swap to mtoon or standard shaders, or swap to using vseeface sdk. I have a tutorial series for that

[@awatrixAMVs]

@@Suvidriel Thank you so much! It works now :)

[@CoisasdaLuisaHelena]

Is it possible to do the same thing but in blender?

[@Suvidriel]

Yea you can attach stuff in blender but you'll then need to change the vertex groups. Maybe take a look to a tutorial I did 2 weeks ago about elf ears. That will teach a little bit about the vertex groups

[@CoisasdaLuisaHelena]

@@Suvidriel thank u very much I tried to parent a object to my Vroid hand but it went really bad (I wrote a comment like this on your other video) :)

[@BreakTheL0CK]

Give me that dresssssss

[@Nekito-]

There was a video where she explain how to fix the missing reference exception in unity. I checked all the videos and I can't still find it. Can anyone give me a hand?

[@Suvidriel]

Depends alot on where it's happening. In Unity a reference exception can happen anywhere when a missing reference is encountered. What's the whole error message you're getting?

[@Nekito-]

Hi @@Suvidriel ! Thanks for the response. I managed to "Fix it" by using the same version of Unity in the video (2019.2.17f1)

[@Chiyoka]

I have a problem my wings are invisible from the back in vseeface...

[@Suvidriel]

You need to set the material's backface culling off

[@Chiyoka]

@@Suvidriel How? sorry but i'm a noob

[@Suvidriel]

@@Chiyoka Go to the wing material's properties in Unity. If it's using mtoon shader then you can find the Cull-property. Turn that off

[@Chiyoka]

@@Suvidriel I use my own shader

[@Suvidriel]

@@Chiyoka Then you'll have to look for some shader tutorials on how to turn bacface culling off

[@scoldra5878]

i cant export it for some reason :(

[@Suvidriel]

Does it give somekinda error?

[@scoldra5878]

@@Suvidriel it did but i just restarted my unity its fine now :) thanks alot for the video

[@scoldra5878]

@@Suvidriel its happening again. it says (Require animator.avatar.)

[@turkesadiamante9215]

@@scoldra5878 me to :C how fixed?