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

[@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.

[@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 Those old ones where outdated.

[@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

[@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. ❤

[@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.

[@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

[@Parzeval]

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

[@madisonshay]

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

[@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.

[@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 ^^

[@ByonicINC]

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

[@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.

[@codenamezero7357]

The physics and motion capture is so incredible

[@MrRoomba2321]

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

[@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.

[@TwisterPhantom]

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

[@ry60023333]

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!!✨

[@Phrongo]

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

[@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

[@Kvixo-p2l]

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

[@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 🙌

[@CheungAdoniszu]

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

[@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!

[@ethanwilson5984]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@VirtualWeeknd]

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

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@gamingdaniel505]

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

[@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

[@BillardFromSL]

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

[@Xincho88]

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

[@xanderthegeat]

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

[@oronub]

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

[@blakewilliams6329]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@SEB1991SEB]

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

[@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.

[@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)

[@GalaxyStudiosShow]

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

[@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^

[@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

[@clumsymoe]

Great tutorial for beginners Phia!

[@sightspeed8268]

Best video on the topic!

[@Moooopis]

Perfect timing lol, thanks so much!

[@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

[@BooTube5]

Very good explaination on how to do this! thanks

[@grantpodue39]

long live the queen of vrchat

[@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?

[@JPooger]

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

[@arkadyborys5545]

Thanks so so much for this video Phia!

[@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 😭😭

[@ropan]

my mind has been refreshed

[@TsaliWasituna]

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

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

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

[@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!

[@esperaccelerator8404]

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

[@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 :(

[@novemberproduction4576]

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

[@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?

[@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 😵

[@Macedosti]

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

[@K1ll3rWhale]

This is awesome but I cant find the VRChat SDK tab ANYWHERE, is there something im doing wrong??

[@MarbleADJ]

I FINALLY DID IT THIS IS SOO COOL

[@GalaxyWolf73683]

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

[@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

[@SturmFloof]

I wish i had this video like 2 years ago.

[@iwantafrickingcat2032]

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

[@sadpotato7029]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@3d1stp3rs0n]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@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

[@Tipsyfr]

i never knew u could just make ur own avatars like this

[@typicaltvs]

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

[@YummyMealGold]

Quick tip for people wanting to use a .VRM model. Erase and and all things you can not see with your eyes with deeply looking at the model IE: Pants that go down to ankle erase most of the pants but do it so if some is staring right at ya they cant see the erasing you had to do very very helps profonce saved me a good 9k polygons.

[@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

[@k0py66]

I have an issue. When i import my .fbx into unity that i made with vroid and blender(cats), my avatar has blackness all over the face, mainly the eyebrow area. when i switch to cutout rendering mode, it renders properly. but obviously, none of the quest shaders give me that option, so i cant optimize my avatar for quest :/. any help?

[@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.

[@leonoliveira8652]

I wonder what will happen to vrchat and its community now that, ONCE AGAIN, something dumb happens around it (the engine this time, it's not even their fault) Will we see a rise in ChilloutVR and NeosVR?

[@mattbliefernich3121]

I'm game have to watch this like 20 times and make my recemended VR chat avatar vids

[@eduardorheda7102]

When I upload the avatar, it appears in the "online publish" that I need to accept the terms and services to create content for VRChat... could you help me solve this problem?

[@DaBloodyResh]

Damn, right after I finished making mine, lol

[@TheVirtualRealityShow]

The next video will still be full of goodies for taking things to the next level 😁

[@octovinyl]

Making avatars is the most mind numbing thing ever

[@rarrie9123]

I paid for the Patreon to make it easy and I tried loading the models up how you say and keep getting "It seems to be an instruction-following model with template "Alpaca". In the chat tab, instruct or chat-instruct modes should be used."

[@yazi6976]

its been so much harder to follow these steps than i thought. i've had trouble every step of the way and still have only gotten as far as getting vcc to recognize my unity editor and now unity is saying i have a bunch of gesture manager or whatever cs0115 errors and i can't get my vroid into unity with the vrm converter and idk what i'm doing wrong

[@nathenc1]

All this to upload a goerge Floyd model

[@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.

[@Wotch3_30]

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

[@NiteSek-tm5dk]

Bro... This is like 8-th tutorial were something ALWAYS goes wrong. I did everything you told me, but I have no "Rig" in the Inspector window. And while I do have "Model" & "Materials", I also don't have "Animation". INSTEAD I have "Vrm". But there is no "Rig" option. I don't have that option. Want to tell me what's going on here? ?

[@Sateriasiz]

So its not as scary as it looks.. Only scary part is making the model itself Time to learn Vroid again 🔥