How to convert your avatar into VRM format for VTubers! (2021)

[@Kamizhou]

I experimented with a different format for this video, please let me know you guys' feedback, I'd really appreciate it! 💜

[@MAMAvsGOD]

Hmm??

[@Malenia66]

Help pls (

[@marcusmarcus4765]

Does UniVRM support exporting VRM with standard animation clips at runtime?

[@wubmaster9294]

it doesn't give me anything for the blendshapes and in the the exporter it says blendshape avatar is null

[@TheTimeProphet]

There isn't enough 3ds Max videos around on this. Gonna try exporting my model from Max as FBX. Not sure if my CAT rig will work though

[@fizzylazer]

This has definitely been one of the clearest tutorials I've seen. Thank you! I use this video so much when I set up my avatars!

[@KokouUwU]

I forgot a single step and thought for ten minutes "wow the app just broken i guess" then when i realized my stupidity, it all worked perfectly! you're great at tutorials !

[@danielsLL]

i love how you tell us to take a break and rest during springbones, the real mvp advice x))

[@HzareH]

After watching like 7 tutorials about this I can tell you, you've helped me a lot, thank you, very cool video :)

[@Kamizhou]

Thank you, I'm glad I helped! :D

[@FoxyAreku]

I started vtubing and probably wouldn't have been able to figure out all the model stuff without this video. Thank you for making this.

[@prnghats]

OMG, this is probably the best tutorial I have found for just editing a vrm model/avatar in unity to use for Vtubing (without going into other extra things, longer more complicated ways, or for different uses).

[@xToxicfir3x]

This tutorial alone has answered so many of my questions WHY AND HOW DID I NOT FIND IT SOONER

[@L0STED]

Ohhh, so it was you! I was on your twitch livestream earlier and came in when you were ending sadly >w< I actually already watched this video from you when I was setting up my vtuber setup, and it helped me a lot, so thanks!! Hope to catch you on stream next time!

[@Kamizhou]

Ohhh, well I am glad I helped! Keep an eye out, and I'm sure you'll catch me streaming again :D

[@shaybie]

thanks so much for this video! i was making a brand new model for my stream, and i wanted her to be vrchat ready! this worked perfectly, and i screamed when i tested her because she works perfectly! this was wayyy easier than i had anticipated, so thanks so much!

[@vinnilion4656]

Holy crap after spending countless frustrating hours trying to set up stuff in blender to make my model work in facerig, this has been SO HELPFUL! thank you soooo much for posting this tutorial!

[@Slendurr27]

I never leave comments on youtube videos but for this one I have to just to say thank you. This video was so helpful in getting my avatar to work it works so perfectly, thank you

[@Clinterpottrmus]

I was having an issue after importing the VRM package and my avatar, I went to the VRM exporter drop down tab and the entire box was empty after selecting my model. My model had a ton of toggle-able stuff to it including sounds and VRCLens. After removing the scripts (not the animator script!) from my model and deleting a bunch of optional stuff the exporter box worked for me. Just putting this here incase anyone else has this issue

[@empyreanmonk]

I have the same problem

[@Clinterpottrmus]

@@empyreanmonk i explained how I fixed it

[@shyaiu1372]

That's the thing, and confuses me still to this day. Anytime I tried to export my model it is blank without any script on it. So reading this just makes me distraught.

[@lancethelich1764]

You do such a good job of explaining this. Anytime I'm asked I always link your video and anytime I need to update my vrm I come back here to make sure I'm doing it right. 10/10

[@OurVirtualTime]

Thank you for this video!! I will be using this tutorial when I get a chance, but overall the quality of this video is superb!!

[@frostfauna1783]

Extremely helpful vid, dude. Definitely sharing this one around with a few friends. Info was well presented and well explained.

[@SwaMusic]

Thank you so much for this! Super helpful, informative and MASSIVELY in depth! 💜

[@briankuriyama1021]

jfc this is so helpful you've earned my like and sub and i dont even know what your channel is about. THANK YOU! you saved me hours of fiddling around with why eye tracking wasn't working or how to get colliders to work properly!!!

[@sillyfloofer]

thanks! i just commissioned someone to retexture a model for me and it made me realize theres so much more i could use it for than just vrchat- hoping i can do this once i get the model :]

[@HermodVR]

Verry Smooth and good Tutorial. That is very rare to find for Unity / Blender

[@ZackKenin]

Really good video makes everything real clear and the editing is just right to highlight what you're talking about. Now if only I wasn't so lazy. Avatar stuff in unity gives me a headache.

[@Kamizhou]

Sometimes if you want something done, you just have to do it :P. Trust me, I know what it's like since the first time I discovered a lot of intriguing things like this, it took me a while to do. Most of the time tho, once you've done it, that's the hard part over - you'll do it faster and more efficiently every time afterwards! 😊

[@Rambol_XP]

best tutorial out there, thank u alot for making this. I had issues with colliders for the model, your vid helped alot my model from MMD tho not VRchat so I had some other extra steps to do but already knew how to deal with that its the unity process i struggled with. again tnx for making this tutorial

[@cancerliver9978]

Just used your tutorial to do this for my first time and it helped me immensely. Thank you

[@ladyrosetta7349]

thank you so much on making this!! i could not find such a clear and easy vid to go off on!! this will be a big help to me since i want to try and start a career with vtubing!!

[@Tenchinu]

And this is why I'm subscribed. Thank you very much. More tuts pls :) Just leaving a comment here for algorithm-sama

[@itsfloofie]

thank you so much!! i just commissioned someone for a retexture of a model and some additional sitting poses to it and after thinking about it i've decided im going to try to convert it over to work with vseeface as well once i have it. i'm really looking forward to it

[@mastrkool]

vr character creation has so many options it is absolute mind blowing that you can tweak things like bonestructure details

[@solical3723]

Make sure you are downloading a uniVRM version for 2019.4 if this is the unity version you use because i was dumb, and did not read and ended up wasting like 30 minutes wondering why my vrm0 box was not appearing lol Just letting people know Great Tutorial!

[@MiloKuroshiro]

This video is AMAZING! Thank you so much!!! It worked like a CHARM!

[@BabyChocobo]

I just wanted to say since I always come back to this video when I'm working on my model that this is the easiest to follow tutorial on something like this on youtube and I really really appreciate it! 💜🖤 you have made my life so much easier 😇

[@MewsSnep]

Setting up my Mewlin and I found for the eyes, about 30 range for the Y range was pretty good. Also loved that you reminded everyone to save XD I always need to remember to save more often

[@AnImaginaryStory]

Thank You SOOO MUCH!!! This tutorial helped me so much

[@Henry-iw2wt]

My brain did indeed explode Great video though! Very clear even to me as someone who does not use unity other than once a year :P

[@TrowaStrife]

Just wanted to say this is still so helpful

[@asdanimatezstuff848]

4:08 when i get there , the ''body'' option doesnt show how do i fix that??

[@kimari13vr]

I enjoyed the format, very new and enjoyable.

[@Kamizhou]

Thank you! I will say, this format did require a lot of recording time, and especially editing time 😅 Then again, I am fairly new to editing, so maybe it's something that will get quicker over time x3

[@darketernal6662]

This was explained in such a fabulous way. Not just explaining everything clearly, but also taking into account the viewers feelings and also rounding it up with the request to subscribe, very well done. Only question that i have ,is i wonder if Kamizou will get full body in the future (or maybe already has it by now)?

[@abydos]

Very good tutorial, big thanks!

[@Kamizhou]

Glad I could help! :D

[@Robhearts_]

I appreciate this tutorial. Thank you, I'm using this tutorial to help my friend.

[@QueenBre18]

When I put the VRM package in it doesn't show up on the hierachy. I did it 3 times and it still hasn't worked. How do I fix this?

[@HikariSakai]

ok so I kinda fucked up and exported to a different folder instead of the assets folder and now when I try to export again i completely lost where the assets folder is located so I'm pretty much stuck.

[@Merkygloom]

Thanks for this tutorial, quick and easy to follow!

[@Crushdude424]

Dude this helped so much I was able to get my model working through this video, I can't thank you enough. I just wish I knew more of the values for syncing up the blendshapes for speech, like Y sounds or ch/kk, b sounds etc.

[@Kaelarts_vt]

Sadly UniVRM doesn't show the VRM option at the top for me

[@Dr.Fluffy]

Yes, I did a workaround before. I just forgot how to do it.

[@Flash_AU]

thanks for the tutorial bro. easy to understand and straight forward :)

[@andre_er-ledes]

Very helpful video! It was easy to convert my model thanks to you!

[@Kamizhou]

I'm glad to hear that, it's much appreciated!

[@FBT369]

THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!!! exacly what i searched i LOOOVE YOUR.... Work!

[@TYDOcrash]

Best tutorial by far

[@Kamizhou]

You're welcome! :D

[@GazixVR]

something you should mention in this, I had to specify which bones were the eyes to get it to track properly, those are above the dropdown menus where you adjust the angle of sight in the VRM look at me bone applyer

[@HempThief]

ik this is an old video but im really stucck my prefabs are missing mono script. idk what to do at all

[@cynicalvanilla3334]

BlendShapes aren't showing up for me. Great tutorial so far, but I'm stuck here.

[@GeltyDrake]

Sorry, I deleted my comment because I succeded on exporting the model to VSeeFace. But... the clothes I used for the model doesn't follow the body movement or the arms shape. The shirt is fixed in T-pose over the character. What can I do?

[@Kamizhou]

What kind of method are you using to attach it to your model? :o

[@GeltyDrake]

@@Kamizhou I use the Skinned Mesh Renderer.

[@captaindraco682]

my avi doesnt have blend shapes. well it does was able to get the blend shapes working in neos but doesnt have them in unity

[@Kunmao]

ok so when i open the blendshapes page, it doesnt give me the body drop down menu. i made a ton of shapekeys in blender but im not able to access them in unity?

[@galaxyderp2666]

when trying to export my model, I can't because it says MATERIALS_LESS_THAN_SUBMESH_COUNT, how do I fix this?

[@chemicalparadise1856]

Amazing video, thank you so much!

[@freeformcreations]

Tank you for your wonderful and detailed instructions. You should know that in Unity 2022.1.0b14+ most of what you mentioned is no longer needed, save the version of Render Pipeline needs to be the latest namely 13.1.7. Thank you again

[@JinxyVR]

I'm using the same version of unity and when I go to import the VRM package, it doesn't seem to work properly so I never get the drop down to export. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I don't have much Unity experience but I've successfully exported models into VRChat.

[@minecraftman4112]

For me I did this and didn't get the VRM drop down at first either. Though What fixed it was restarting the project and instead of saying "don't use outdated files" or whatever on start up, I set it to use those outdated ones and run normally, then I ran it WITHOUT safe mode, and those options came up

[@docterdank7804]

Help Everything works fine my avatar is just posing forever in vseeface how do i fix this

[@lichoco124]

2:33 why is my Export UniVRM not selectable?

[@The_RedJoker]

I can't get to the blendshape it's not there anymore

[@Lancetronium]

This video is very well done and helpful. Thank you very much.

[@OGSaltBreaker]

quick and easy. nice work

[@riveronthemoon8687]

Hi thanks for the video it’s very helpful. When I exported the model to VRM0, instead of loading a darker prefab model and new files into the unity scene, it gave me a single file with a white paper icon. Is there something I did wrong? How do I get the darker prefab model?

[@volbeatowns]

When I press export nothing happens. Unity is not loading or trying to load anything and the export windows is still open and I can change settings so its not trying to actually export anything

[@MrASFR]

Could you help me convert vrc film?

[@DunstansShoe]

This was helpful. Also, nice voice.

[@NightshifterMedia]

Thank you! this was very helpful!

[@NightshifterMedia]

I do have a question though, once I got it into vsee I couldn't get it to control the hands w/ the leap motion controller. Do I have to add extra springbones for the hands/fingers as well?

[@GPReeds]

I have tried over and over to get it to export with my hat, but it won't even after following all of the steps... Do you maybe know why? I have to export from assets and not scenes. It will only allow me to lick my asset and export that way.

[@NightmarishRealm]

Nice tutorial .. I have a question off topic .. which program are you using for recording in your video it's not VMagic Mirror, right?

[@Servbot42]

got up to the "Setting Blendshapes" and its not appearing. Ever since I started messing with modeling, Unity has been the one program that fights me every step of the way.

[@cobaltowl4553]

What do you do if the univrm is grayed out when you go to export???

[@NafrytiNosferatu]

instead of using the Greenscreen option, you can just remove the environment entirely, that's been a feature in VRChat for some time now. It works far better than having a shimmer of green all over your avatar.

[@LolitaLaceCotton]

hi excuse me but i cannot seem to get the eyes to move no matter how many times i try it just won't work - i don't understand why, please can you help me out... i did check if the eyes move in blender and they work fine but i just don't get why it won't work in unity at all when i am about to set up the eyes..ugh

[@shockbomb3523]

just subscribed. thanks for the great tutorial. really appreciate it.

[@Kamizhou]

I'm glad the tutorial helped you! Spent quite a bit recording and editing this xP

[@MisterSkids]

my model wont show up and just gives me warning about importing blendshapes and meshs

[@yuffie25]

When I go into the blendshapes editor, I don't get the sliders. I am lost. Like, there are no dropdowns or anything under the blendshape and list buttons other than a preview window.

[@richardalvarez748]

Im stuck between trying to figure out if I did something wrong since I'm missing a few steps you have shown.

[@braziliandutchy6170]

Yeah there is a problem I can't get the univrm packages imported correctly. The new menus just dont show up.

[@Kamizhou]

For the newest versions of UniVRM, you need to import the 3 separate packages in the correct order for it to work. When you download it from the Github, the right order is specified there, and is follows - 1. UniGLTF_VRMShaders 2. UniVRM 3. VRM Hope this helps! :D

[@iamboringvideos6832]

still works, no to cry in the corner for having to do this again cuz 1 of my ssd's died

[@brookegreen8028]

hello! when I use the vrm menu at the top, my vrm exporter is just blank. and when I try to put my avatar into the root spot it just turns blank and I can't export anything:/

[@kiyoko4103]

so far everything worked but i dont have many blendshapes. most likely basic ones and some vrc ones like "ah", "ou" and such. no blinking or so. makes me bit worried the model isnt compatible maybe? how would i do the blendshapes myself? will it also use the animations or options it came with the model as vrm/vtube model then? In the Blendshapes i also dont have any really fitting shape. Everything makes the avatar look uncanny and creepy by clipping or sliding it too far or even moving the whole head or body and stretches it. i dont have A, I, U, E, O, Blink, Joy...ect. bcus they all seem to have a seperate special shape? maybe you could help me a bit, that would be lovely

[@SethWuffer]

I really like the shaders your avatar uses, very pretty. Especially how the bangs/fringe of your hair becomes slightly transparent, so that it makes it easier for people to see your eyes/face. Unless it's just how the green screen is managing transparency, in which case it's a pretty neat effect. Did you make your avatar?

[@Kamizhou]

Thank you! Yeah, you're pretty much on point with that, the hair has some transparency on it to make it look less "solid" :P. And no, I didn't make my avatar - if you're interested, the link to the base model in the description of all my videos x3

[@SethWuffer]

@@Kamizhou That's really cool. Ah I see! I must've overlooked that. Thank you~

[@Kamizhou]

@@SethWuffer You're welcome! :D

[@jayzzz1232]

im so bad with this but I got through it mostly but uh did I miss something cause I dont have lip sync

[@raphaellebellchronobell9509]

After the first passage my vrm avatar won't appear in Unity with also the others new folders.... it's like nothing has changed

[@catterdeathbun]

I can export the model like you show in the video, but when it's done, there's only a prefab of the model, which is like ten times bigger than the og and one new file that I cannot open... it is a vrm-file, but it appears as an unknown file... I have "Unity 2019.4.31f1" and the "UniVRM-0.107.0_1e8a" package. Can someone help?

[@thereal__purelife]

I cant enter game mode to test it, it just ceeps saying all compiler error have to be fixed Before i can enter game mode

[@julierosegold7769]

im having an issue where the the avis mouth isn't moving correctly

[@dreamerxcrow4574]

when i click on VRM0 dropdown menu, i don't have the export UniVRM option, instead i get Version: UniVRM and it's not clickabel, what should i do ?

[@JenTheTG]

Thanks for the help personally i wish the testing section was a bit longer so we could see how to test it but overall really good

[@Kamizhou]

No problem, glad the tutorial helped! :D. The testing section was short because all I did was import and load up my avatar, and did some basic head movements, blink, and talk xP

[@JenTheTG]

@@Kamizhou fair enough lol I ended up figuring it out pretty easy anyway

[@user-Lunaa]

when i export the model to vseeface it's just tposing can you help me how to fix this problem pls?

[@realJenni]

so i convertedone of my vrchat avatars and whenever i do any other face motiotn than neutral the head and hair texture become all shady and i dont know what is causing this. ive triedlaying around with the material settings and textures and nothing has worked. ive been making avatars for vrchat for about 6 months now so i have quite a bit of knowledge within unity and how things work but i cant seem to figure out howto fix this issue.other than that everything works perfeclty fine (only the eyes dont track but i didnt look too much into why that is or if i simply forgot to turn on a setting in VSF)

[@Zeis]

So I've set up my everything and my springbones and want to test them now, however, when I enter Game mode, I cannot move anything (including the camera) or interact with anything. Any idea why?

[@_ocelotgaming_]

please help when I click on the download button for the Unity 2019 thing it does nothing

[@_ocelotgaming_]

oh uh idk what I did but it worked now

[@INI_StxrK]

anyone can help? everytime I click a project it says it's already open but I don't see anything???

[@Mintexce]

When I do the first export it doesn't generate folders or a prefab :( I tried different versions of unity and exported the model from Blender in different ways, but I can't get it to work

[@Kamizhou]

Double check the directory you are exporting it to - make sure you export to the Assets folder, and not the project root. It's very easy to miss this, I've done this quite a few times myself and wondering why it's not showing up in my project! xD

[@Mintexce]

@@Kamizhou thank u very much :D it worked!

[@SolarEclipseDragon100]

everything else seems to be fine however my models blendshape doesn't want to cooperate I tried to see if my mouth can move when I mess with vrc.v_aa which is a mouth blendshape but nothing so I tried many others ... still nothing can someone help

[@AnkouvBassist]

Hello, I'm having many issues with mine, and I feel like i'm the only one with these: - SteamVR launches whenever I try to play. I looked in settings for SteamVR, and it did not have a setting for starting up on other applications. - I do not know how to tell if my avatar needs to use VRChat blendshapes for A,E,I,O,U - I don't know what to dial in for springbones. I don't understand the numbers. (Stifness force) Keep in mind i'm pretty new to Unity, and never use Unity besides putting it through the VRChat SDK to upload an avatar.

[@devintww3802]

something really strange is that when i enter play mode to try and figure out how my springbones are moving they are stiff as a rock

[@DaisyBunnyVR]

The tutorial is a bit old but should still work. Just make sure to use all the up-to-date resources!