How to upload a VRChat Avatar - Complete Guide! [PC, Quest & VRoid]

[@zachhoy]

WOW! It took me months to figure out the basics of animation and you covered a TON in just a few minutes, wish I'd had a video like this a few yrs ago :D

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

Me too!! Hopefully this helps many people save that exact time and stress!🤞 thank you for the support

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I swear this is the first tutorial that actaully covers this part without getting lost in the weeds

[@MauseDays]

Its funny becouse 2 years ago or so i learned FROM her earlyer videos :p Was nice to be able to recomend phia again when asked about avis. Those old ones where outdated.

[@DaBloodyResh]

Something very important for those of you importing VRoid Models! You may wanna go into your hierarchy and delete a lot of the phys bones that are provided if you want your avatar to be somewhat optimized. A lot of them are useless, so I recommend going in and seeing which ones you actually can use/want before uploading, otherwise you’ll encounter a lot of clipping and be unoptimized for basically no reason. Be sure that after deleting from the secondary/body, you right click again and apply to prefab ‘avatarName”. I believe this is only “required” on the secondary, but check your VRChat SDK, as this could be a bug

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

I’m planning to go over optimization tips in the next vid, so I’ll refresh on VRoid specific stuff like this to make more notes 😆 thank you!

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

VRoid models just have wacky bone parenting. If you want to properly optimize your PhysBone layout, duplicate the head bone(Hair Root), parent it to the head, and then parent all the hair bones to this new(Hair Root) bone.

[@stockotaco]

after uploading dozens of avatars following your previous tutorials, its super awesome to see you back with tons of new methods!

[@Niko-topic]

OMG TY THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST DAY I GOT UNITY AND I MANAGED TO MAKE AN AVATAR, also you've earned all my respect and love

[@geoffreyprecht2410]

I've been so intimidated by avatar creation for so long, but this explanation was so clear and concise! I have so many ideas for unique and creative avatars, but I'm going to start with a VRoid model to get the basics under my belt. That's going to be so much easier with this tutorial! I love all your uploads, and I'm looking forward to the tips in the next video, especially VRoid optimization!

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

Exactly the kind of comment I was hoping to see! 🥲 Best of luck, and hope you’ll share your work in the Discord or join our events to say hi! Thanks for watching!

[@geoffreyprecht2410]

@@TheVirtualRealityShow I've been to a few events, and I'm hoping to get more involved in this community in the future! You've got a great group of people helping you out, Phia, and you've created one of the most welcoming environments in the whole VR scene!

[@sunset-city]

WOW just in time! I’m working on a 3D vtuber commission atm and was worried about all the video hopping I was gonna have to do. Your tutorial showed up at the second I searched. A DANG MIRACLE 😭 thank you!

[@AnnaVRC]

This is a fantastic guide! You did a great job on making it easy to follow without missing parts or skipping over things other than the obviously more advanced parts that most players won't even need to worry about. 100% recommend this guide for anybody starting out on their avatar journey.

[@EXGriffins]

Very well explained with great visual guidance. Starting from an FBX instead of an already made Unity package is absolutely the way to go. This video is actually really well done. ❤

[@madisonshay]

Surely a much anticipated and refreshing guide. Thanks for the video Phia! This will help a lot of people.

[@Myurton]

Don't need this for myself as I make my own avatars from near scratch now, but this is an excellent resource for my friends that don't know what they are doing. Thank you.

[@zachhoy]

same but wow she explains it so well

[@VoidWhisper_VT]

Definitely helpful, so much information in one place. I do VRM models myself and use Blender and Unity a lot to make them more spicy than "just" a Vroid, but I always struggled when it was time to move everything to VRChat. Great work Phia like always ^^

[@EarthLaunch]

This was very approachable, thank you! As a gamedev, and not a technical artist...I find modeling, rigging, and animation very intimidating. This helped make it more approachable and gives me some idea of what to look for in VRChat.

[@TwisterPhantom]

Absolutely amazing, you really just crammed a years worth of knowledge into one video. Love seeing your improvements from where you first started!

[@Parzeval]

This is gonna be so helpful for alot of new users who want to upload their new bought avatar! 😮

[@MrRoomba2321]

Great tutorial Phia! You just simplified a ton of info that would otherwise taken many people months to figure out!

[@ByonicINC]

Im so glad Phia gave vocabulary for avatar creations. There was some i knew but others i didn't

[@ry6000]

I'm gonna be sending this to people as a response to avatar related questions 👏 You did an excellent job on this! 💙

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

Thank you Ry!!✨

[@CheungAdoniszu]

Amazing guide 😁haven't touch unity in like ages. What a great refresher. Thanks Phia ❤

[@arkaeo]

I was just struggling with my first upload when I got the notification for this video, exactly what I needed! thank u based phia 🙌

[@CobaltSpace]

A few notes: Poiyomi can be added to VCC. Toonlit is a good replacement for Poiyomi, but Standard Lite, Bumped Diffuse, and Diffuse are good if you want more realistic lighting.

[@AngelboyVR]

thank you for such an amazing guide, this hopefully clears out all the most frequent asked questions about Avatars. also i love that you are also calling them Blendshapes more often than shapekeys, just like i do :D

[@Phrongo]

This would have helped a ton when I was trying to make my Avatar. You did literally the best job

[@codenamezero7357]

The physics and motion capture is so incredible

[@PDD555]

Thank you soooo much! I'm not very experienced with Unity nor all of the VRChat plugins so having a guide like this helped me so much

[@Xincho88]

Wake up babe🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥 phia has uploaded‼️‼️‼️

[@vixvanadium]

THANK YOU , iv been looking for a vroid/unity tut that dosent have a bunch of stuff to do finally found a simple, strait to the point tut

[@ProtoTheGamer]

Wish I had this video a year ago I’ve been making my own FBX for a year and even a few things you covered I didn’t know. This video is definitely going to be shared to my friends.

[@seekra5920]

THIS IS SO NICE?? I'm coming back to making Vroids after going on break and this was an amazing refresher! So glad we don't have to put it through Blender anymore

[@oronub]

Right on time. Been looking foward to learn all this things and it will help so much! Thanks for the awesome work!

[@leafy7841]

hehe thanks for this I never posted hut I been a huge fan for a year ish? I started vr because of your videos! the helps a bunch because a year in on vrchat and i’m still not very good at uploading avatars. thank you so much!

[@VirtualWeeknd]

Great comprehensive vid! plus its up to date with all the massive changes from the past couple of months

[@BillardFromSL]

Love this video! Looking forward to the next one, maybe there's some time saving tricks I can pick up 😁

[@activemotionpictures]

This was so insightful. I think it's time to upgrade my Unity. Please do more videos about FX layers. They look really fun!

[@Cloud_GazerrTwitch]

this is so nice please, i did not know so many things and this solved so many issues i had with some avis i own but didn't know how to edit.

[@BunniBuu]

I am planning on getting my start into VR with the Quest 3 when it releases! I hope you can make a nice simple guide on how to get setup when it comes out :)

[@benne6464]

I tryed to make my own avis a cople of years ago but gave up but now I can try to make it on new again with your help. Thank you so mutch and also I love your content ❤

[@clumsymoe]

Great tutorial for beginners Phia!

[@Keventor]

One thing about the FX layer. Instead of turning WD ON i suggest using a default animation above the other layers to "reset" you expressions (VRC also recommends this). Though I do understand that this tutorial is more aimed at the beginners and this setup would take more time/knowledge. For the rest its an excellent tutorial for the basics of uploading an avatar. Lets just hope unity 2022 does not put all the effort to waste.

[@ethanwilson5984]

Thank you so much! I ve been trying to upload my avatar but been having so much trouble!

[@xanderthegeat]

Omg I was just thinking about starting to make avatars and this will definitely help me!

[@Snitchie]

This is awesome, everything in one place, thanks Phia. Saved this for when i need to do edits.. Keep forgetting since do a lot other things :D

[@rappyfox8246]

Doing this for a homeschooling course, thank you so much for making it easy to follow ^-^ (I can finally make custom avis for me and my gf >:3)

[@sightspeed8268]

Best video on the topic!

[@TheFallenDaycare]

TYSM U SAVED MY YT CHANNEL CARRER I CANNOT STOP THANKING YOU TYY

[@esperaccelerator8404]

thank you for saving me some time by telling me that i need a real account rather than steam.

[@gamingdaniel505]

So glad my teacher had me use unity for computer science it makes this easier for me

[@SamayeBae]

Great info! Love that I'm still learning stuff to this day, didn't know you could just use online generators to make a normal.

[@YasaiDayo]

I remember having to learn this with several different videos before and it took me so long to upload the dang thing to Vrchat 💀😭

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

Yes, same! That's why I wanted to make this! ^o^

[@masterofmadness4821]

thank you, this video is very helpful! during it i also got an idea for an avatar, maybe ill try to learn the skills needed to make one too

[@arkadyborys5545]

Thanks so so much for this video Phia!

[@blakewilliams6329]

i have been trying for months trying to find how to do such thingss that is so help full thank you

[@Moooopis]

Perfect timing lol, thanks so much!

[@ropan]

my mind has been refreshed

[@The_oli4]

hmm maybe I should finally try to upload my own avatar hmm, these steps make it seem a lot easier then I felt it would.

[@Ocean_draws]

My brain couldn't handel this much informetion at once 😭😭

[@JPooger]

Awesome. I haven't uploaded anything since they they added the companion and was dreading figuring it out

[@kimballinfidel6447]

Been playing with my stream account, didn't' know I had to merge it into a VRChat account so thanks for telling me about it

[@grantpodue39]

long live the queen of vrchat

[@deadcatbeats5400]

vroid avatar tourtorals on 2024 uploadeing and everything changed for blender 4.0 you should make a video im freaking out because im been doing this all day learning and got no were even with a book about blender

[@M4rsh.M3110w]

well, first of, thank you for the detailed tutorial. its amazing, but i have a quick question. in the physbone part, when i got to that part, i couldnt find the VRC physbone thingy. i looked through the whole video and didnt see any instructions on how to get it. am i missing something or what? and is the avatar SDK needed? if it is, how do i use or upload it?

[@camerondundale811]

Does anyone know what to do now that the VRM to VRChat converter on Booth no longer works? It just says to download the VCC version instead but I can't find that anywhere :(

[@Wohbling]

So for some reason the upload button or anything to do with the editor isn’t even there and I have opened the project through the editor

[@BooTube5]

Very good explaination on how to do this! thanks

[@brokenvideotape40]

How do I get it into a fbx? I've been trying and rewatching the video incase I missed it but I really can't figure it out help please!

[@Salvatoredesu]

Your guide is so clear and makes it so easy, but I still have problems. When I import VRM converter package, the VRM0 menu doesn't appear on the toolbar so I can't continue...

[@Salvatoredesu]

oh I just solved, I migrated my project on another version of unity, always suggested by CreatorCompanion, reimported the Converter package and it worked ^^ (the working version for me was 2022.3.6f1

[@SEB1991SEB]

9:05 That’s some great advice in general.

[@deziejohn444]

cover the new unity update, will it effect vrchat as a whole to where we cant play anymore? or will they switch softwares and make vrchat better and still playable, will it be still playable?

[@Macedosti]

thanks but im stuck on physbones, my unity dnt have the VRC physics :(

[@novemberproduction4576]

You should do one for worlds because there is only a couple of tutorials out there for it

[@Zhadnost]

If it goes the same way it did with ChilloutVR, the migration to Unity 2022 will not be as much of a headache as most people think. The biggest problem is that some shaders have an issue with only being visible in one eye (which is uncomfortable to look at) but a lot of avatars and worlds didn't even need to be rebuilt. Fortunately Poi doesn't have this problem.

[@Bongo_cat-playz]

The vrm thing did not show up when I imported it to unity

[@TsaliWasituna]

Just in time for me to start thinking about making a new model

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

Can’t wait to see what you put together!!! :)

[@iwantafrickingcat2032]

I wish every avi bought provided a video showing how to upload it because mine seems to have different steps

[@SuperAdjudant]

Every avi I bought from Booth has clear instructions and most of them are basically just drag, drop and upload. There might be extra steps involved if you wanna add stuffs such as accessories or clothes and etc. Usually these also have installation guide.

[@sadpotato7029]

where can i find that vrm converter? it's not in booth

[@MarbleADJ]

I FINALLY DID IT THIS IS SOO COOL

[@shelbyKiraM]

Ahhhh this was _FIRE!!!_

[@DemonStarCrafts]

Is there a way to do this with a meta account ? I have a vr chat account through meta and would love to have my own avatars

[@RaddSpencer]

Ok, I don't have a "VRChat SDK" menu in Unity. I followed every step exactly, opened the file through the VRChat companion, but there is no menu for me to upload it.

[@yo1759]

U got the correct version of Unity? Cuz I used to have that problem too and realized I didn‘t have the 2019. version

[@RaddSpencer]

@@yo1759 I did have the correct version, yes, but the problem was solved when I updated to the newer SDK that was released around the same time. With the 2022 version of Unity.

[@AAx_G1]

My view point is inside my avatar and near the ground in game but its in between the eyes in unity, anyone know how to fix this?😭😭

[@mundocarvingio7456]

In this case it's neccesary check the model. I can help you in Discord if you want.

[@icyyy_w]

THANKS PHIA OMG I LOVE YOU TYSM NOW IM COOL TO MY FRIENDS😆

[@yuron71]

Hey thank you so much for the Video! But I was wondering how you have a File of all the textures in one ( 12:24 ) . Would help me a awful lot!

[@palehunter6711]

me skipping to the speed run and only getting that I think I need unity, was so confusing lol I should watch the whole video

[@Weatherman_Ace]

I'm wanting to get into VR at some point but I don't know what to start with.. I'll have to save up for a gaming laptop, the VR headset, monitor, and find a cheap yet decent internet service in my local area.

[@Wotch3_30]

Wait I have to create the model 3d? That’s hard so hard

[@Millie-PurpleBunny]

13:09 no new tabs popped up in unity for me, is there something else I need to do?

[@dawne2780]

This is so helpful!

[@typicaltvs]

The booth VRM Convert link doesn't work for me.

[@Painroses]

goodness... I've always been fascinated by 3d modeling, avatar creation and game design, but it also always sounded like a nightmare for my poor brain that is capable of learning things only by forgetting past ones... nothing is stopping me from watching videos about it anyways 😵

[@SophieHesper]

I really hope you update this... the tutoral looks amazing, but with the 2022 update, there's no Avatar template anymore... Update: Found on another video that you just click on the 3D option; however, the VRM converter in the video now no longer works because of SDK3 and tells me to use the vcc community package version instead. Whatever that means...

[@SharkXOmega]

Umm...what video? Because of how outdated this one is, I can't figure out what to do.

[@plautus-jc8be]

where to get the default vrchat hand gestures from? u didnt tell in ur video how to add them. I cant find them under playable layers

[@fumikoyt3]

How do I make an avatar when I logged in with meta

[@cobruh836]

that was helpful, thank you.

[@cobruh836]

09:05 WAT?

[@-ElectricRat-]

also is there atchuly going to be a video explaining the whole prosses of converting and optimizing vroid models?

[@Ram-wv8kb]

This is a well made tutorial! However, due to Unity changing their business model, I have concerns about using Unity. This is probably a long shot, but are there alternate ways to create and upload avatars without touching Unity?

[@GnodabT]

How did you make the singular material/texture ball for the Quest avatar?

[@SinsofJake]

Hey, Great video! I was wondering if you may be able to give me some insight into why the new avatar I've made is buggy with eye tracking and now doesn't even seem to move his eyes at all, my other two avatars don't do that i guess given they are a different template. I've carried all over from vroid to unity and haven't seemed to have much of a problem till now. I've repositioned the grey ball for point of view in between his eyes also. PLEASE HELP before my brain cells start dying haha!

[@nriik4081]

4:07 why are your notifications freaking out? Lol

[@Tsero0v0]

Can you create a tutorial mainly about how to create control on pet ears or tails please?

[@victoriabryant783]

If I wanted to make changes to an avatar I use that was free how would I go about getting the avatar into unity? For example, I found the avatar in an avatar world.

[@Blood_fang1337]

Dude that was easy to figure out 😅