【Snow Angel ENVTuber】Ultimate Guide To VSF SDK!!!! Let's Go Insane With Our Models For VSeeFace!!!!!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

UPDATE: USE UNITY 2019.4.31!!!! VRCHAT CHANGED THEIR UNITY VERSION WHICH MADE VSEEFACE UPDATE TO THAT VERSION. DON'T USE 2019.4.29!!! (I mean you can but it's better to use 2019.4.31) For extra information: Custom light settings are just the same method with the camera, you can drag the camera to a specific bone and mess with the settings, even create it as a hot key to be disabled by default and enable when button is pressed. Also Emiliana mentions that VSF_Static component keeps the position fixed which is useful for custom lights and cameras.

[@FloppyFish]

Hello there, I got as far as Exporting The Avatar Bundle, The only modification I made to the VRM was it's Materials, but when I reached the Export step, I got the error: "Component Missing: VRM Meta". I have all the Files and Information for the Model, but I'm not quite sure what this error message is requesting. Might you know how I satisfy it with this "VRM Meta" it requires? Thanks Kana. Edit: I've now fixed this, but now when I export, I get what appears to be the Error Message Box, with no text displaying what the error is, and I therefore can't complete an Export of any sort. Might you know what I've done wrong?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

I recommend join Deat's Discord server and speak with Emiliana, the creatkr of VSeeFace, about this issue: discord.gg/eU6Gc8XpjG

[@misskikiglitterglow]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! You have helped me so much! This was literally the only video I could find that clearly explained how to use vsf sdk to make wing animations and add a blend shape for them! While I was here, I decided to try your particle tutorial as well and was successfully able to implement that as well as using poiyomi shaders for glitter on my clothes! You do a wonderful job explaining things in Unity as I have had so much trouble figuring a lot of it out up until this. Thank you so much for what you do for VTubers who are just learning!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Happy to help out!

[@satanslitlehellper]

Thank you so much for this video!! It's been very helpful and you explain things nice and clearly :3 Just wondering if the versions you described of Unity and VRM are still the same ones to be used or is there an updated version? When I use a poi shader and try to apply transclipping it doesn't want to apply it and thinking maybe im goofing up a version somewhere. Thank you much!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Unity 2019.4.31 and UniVRM 0.89 are the ones VSeeFace use. For Poiyomi be careful on transparent stuff, there are some alpha settings Poiyomi has to correct transparency bugs. Feel free to join Deat's Discord server if ya want to ask Emi regarding Poiyomi for VSF SDK: discord.gg/YwncyMkaSN

[@satanslitlehellper]

@@Kana_Fuyuko you're amazing, thank you so much for responding with that info!!!

[@itskiggu]

Thanks for this tutorial! Do you happen to know of any shaders that could be used that give a flatter 2-d anime feel, similar to live2d?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

For toon shaders MToon alone is capable of 2D shading, it's a matter of how your model's textures look like, the outline set up, shade color, normals, etc. Check Royal Skies tutorial for editing your model to become for "anime". If your model is Vroid there are guides on making the textures more toon. A big tip is to not always rely on the shader alone to be the toon set up, it helps enhance it so if you had the default Vroid textures or realistic textures on the model with too many details the "2D" feel will be gone. (My deleted comment on SourceFilmMaker was meant for someone else in case you were wondering)

[@itskiggu]

@@Kana_Fuyuko thank you so much for the detailed response! I will check put Royal Skies tutorial for editing the textures! And no worries, I was confused for half a second then realized it was about another program. ^^

[@itskiggu]

@@Kana_Fuyuko i learned so much about normals that I had absolutly no idea about before! I almost wish there were more in depth versions of Royal Skies Tutorial, but even just those videos are such a blessing.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

@@itskiggu Mainly the original guides on anime models are from Guilty Gear conferences on the behind the scenes or even from Daniel Kreuter who does Blender guides. Making perfect anime models will be a pain but eventually will look amazingly when done right.

[@itskiggu]

@@Kana_Fuyuko thanks so much, I'll look into these sources as well! 💕💕

[@katiekaliber]

i like this tutorial but i think your capture isn't showing us anything you click and it's a bit confusing sometimes tbh, i suggest putting up text with the paths or capturing it in a way that shows the windows you click as well. You explain it very well but sometimes we have to click 8 things in a row and it's hard to follow at that point as a beginner when you just say it all in a row. Thank you for the video though, it's amazing information.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

This is due to OBS and the Windows Capture since I haven't set my computer to censor my real name and I don't want to accidentally reveal personal info like I accidentally did in a past tutorial which was deleted and reposted 3 times because it kept getting revealed. I tried to at least show some images to give you the idea on how to get it working. Emiliana also has her guide along with Deat who has the settings shown which are easier to follow.

[@katiekaliber]

@@Kana_Fuyuko ah i see, ye you do a good job explaining so i'm happy you made it anyway, totally understand you want to be safe. Still helped me out a lot ty ^^

[@Boared_]

Hi! So for some reason and im unsure why, whenever i export the model and import it to vseeface, the model is stuck in a tpose and the tracking is very off? Is there a way to fix this?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

I recommend joining Deat's Discord server and speak with Emiliana there for assistance: discord.gg/YwncyMkaSN

[@kaylamisstress4774]

HELLO! This video was SUPER helpful!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

According to what you want, there really isn't that method. You have to have the wing animation registered on each of the main VRM blendshapes such at Fun, Angry, Surprised, Sorrow, etc. If you have iPhone blendshapes or a simple mouth smile blendshapes that isn't a part of the main VRM expressions, then you have to make sure the flap animation is not set on the non-VRM default face emotes and instead make sure VSeeFace sets those blendshapes to additive.

[@s.c.4103]

did you make a video on how to create blendshape to just toggle on and off and accessory? like your halo or your wings?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

I do not have a tutorial about making those blendshapes. I know many people asked for a VRM tutorial from me talking about making a VRM file and how to make special blendshapes. I will have to see in my schedule if I can be able to make it. (In a nutshell VRM supports material blendshapes)

[@goguma-i6q]

Just a quick question! why mine doesnt has the VSF_animation component?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Make sure you have Unity 2019.4.31, UniVRM 0.89 and the updated version of VSF SDK. Try re-importing the SDK.

[@NeonnaCh]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@TheFilipFonky]

Hey, how can I select Pose Freeze when exporting? I need it or my model will be all messed up in vseeface, but the VSF SDK has no export options! Only the "export bundle" button...

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

You freeze pose by the UniVRM addon NOT VSF SDK. Also you should freeze pose anyways before exporting to VRM originally by the way to prevent issues for certain models.

[@HirooVT]

thank you very much kana fuyuko for your help and patience you are the best desde chile fiel seguidor :)

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Happy the tutorial helped!

[@aikamisako9553]

Hii kana I’m trying to export my model as a vsf in unity (using the plugin and version 2019.4.31f1) but it keeps giving me a file not found exception how do u fix it??

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

I saw your message on Discord and we have discussed it there, Emiliana will message you on Discord regarding the issue.

[@Khontadhondato]

Hello, I am extremely grateful for your help and willingness to create all these amazing tutorials. I have a strange case and I was piecing a lot and a lot of hours of research and tutorials together to get a solution which I GOT. You were the last step I needed, However, when I exported my model, the character isn't apparent in VSeeFace. It's completely not there. It may or may not be an issue of misused poiyomi shaders, I will try looking into them, However, I highly suspect it might be the case.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

You are free to add me on Discord at "Kana Fuyuko#7158" or contact Emiliana (The creator of VSeeFace) at this link: discord.gg/Fj5cTmnaFZ regarding in-depth debugging. I recommend using free Poiyomi shader as Poiyomi Pro is reported to have some issues if that is the case. You can try other shaders like LilToon if the issue persists and make sure your model origin is at 0,0,0.

[@Khontadhondato]

@@Kana_Fuyuko Thank you so much, I will!

[@peachyrvsesi7729]

Hello. I am new with unity and all of this so please bear with me .Do you have any tutorial on how to do glitters on clothes? ;-; I'm not sure what I did wrong but I managed to do the glitters but can't export. First error was empty/no message at all. No option to save/choose folder to save. The other error was Component missing : VRM Humanoid Description. I added you on discord aswell ;-; tysm

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

You just add Poiyomi glitter shader. Also you MUST have a VRM model to convert to VSFAvatar, it can't be an FBX or VRChat prefab model to VSFAvatar.

[@SaffySweets]

How do you make clothing toggles using poiyomi? I can't seem to figure that out

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

You make an anim file to toggle the materials. I plan on making a VSF SDK series which will eventually replace this tutorial but use this other tutorial for reference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joXdpX2XlLeleKs

[@SaffySweets]

@@Kana_Fuyukooohh, didn't think to make them into an animation. I was trying to go off other tutorials that used the MToon shader and set up it through blendshapes.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

@@SaffySweetsMToon can utilize VRM material blendshapes as VRM is restricted on MToon/Unlit/Standard Shader as the default shader. Poiyomi can only work with asset bundle models like VSeeFace and toggles for custom shaders require an anim file to control. Similar to how VRChat users set it up.

[@SnyderDragdire]

Regular toggles work, but moving animations or animations linked to blendshapes like say joy just don’t work

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Feel free to DM me on Discord at "Kana Fuyuko#7158" and send screenshots of your issue or maybe a video showing what the animation is supposed to look like. If it's something to do with tail movement, then don't animate the tailbone that has phyics cause Unity doesn't allow spring bones to be animated. If it's humanoid animation, I have another tutorial that covers how to do that.

[@SyntheticPeach]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, i followed step by step but when i export my VSF into vseeface the animations dont work. But they work in unity.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

By any chance you have a Discord? You can join Deat's server where you can contact Emi or even me there to send screenshots: discord.gg/PmXKaFJA

[@SyntheticPeach]

@@Kana_Fuyuko okay thank you, I joined!

[@Mintexce]

I have the issue in 13:30. The first time it happened I just created a new project and start over. But it happend again... I tried deleting the sdk, closing unity and then reinstall the sdk but the problem is still there. I dont know what to do :( I dont want to start again

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Sadly that is a bug, I talked with Emi and while she did a fix for it, it kept happening to some. Try not to delete a blendshape clip with your VRM model. Also consult Emiliana via Discord at discord.gg/zvmWBPnePc to get further help.

[@Dottie5]

I am desperate, if anyone has managed to make this work, everytime I press the record button on animation my model goes to a default pose, which completely screws it up.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

I recommend joining Deat's Discord server and ask Emiliana for VSFAvatar help: discord.com/invite/YwncyMkaSN

[@activemotionpictures]

16:41 - Awesome!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Thank you!!!!

[@gtrplayer127]

i dont understand how to get the tail im making to move, idk if i messed up adding spring bones and i cant find any way to get it to work

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Check out this tutorial on VRM spring bones: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqHPkKCnip2cbbc

[@CakeZBread]

when I tried to play the animation in vseeface it did not work, not sure what I did wrong but I hope it helped for others!✨

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Make sure the FBX animation is set to humanoid and make sure your VRM model has the VSF Animation componenet to read the animation. File must be VSFAvatar not VRM in order to get animation working.

[@Maluuh]

Is there a way to import a .vsf avatar to unity to edit it? I bought an avatar and want to change the textures but I can only manage to import the .vrm version, not the .vsf with the animations

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

You need a unity package. Vsf files CAN NOT be edited. Vsf models REQUIRE the unity package file or the unity project file to "edit".

[@Maluuh]

@@Kana_Fuyuko I see, thanks for telling me!

[@rachael8478]

this is awesome thank you!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Happy to help!

[@luxarcanae]

I love this turorial.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Thanks!!!

[@SimplySkim]

im getting some error: filenotfoundexception, (some directory) X.vsfavatar does not exist System.IO.File.Move (System.String sourceFileName, System.String destFileName) (at :0)

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

I recommend joining Deat's Discord server to report the issue to the VSeeFace developer as I never got this issue before: discord.com/invite/zmJm97Mgmb

[@mobu99]

I tried to export and it says "detected invalid components on avatar: unigltf.runtimegltfinstance" :( i dont get it

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Sounds like you had an error when exporting your VRM file. Make sure to use UniVRM 0.66 for exporting your model, I advise join Deat's Discord server in the description so you can speak with Emiliana about error.

[@freehaven-junprince2376]

I was able to save everything but opening the exported file in VSF gives an error asking me to confirm that I used the correct unity version (I was). : / Not sure what to do. I've tried a couple of times now.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Make sure to use Unity 2019.4.31 ONLY. VSF SDK will not work on any other Unity version. If you still have issues then you can contact Emiliana either on Discord at Deat's server or her Twitter at @emiliana_vt for bug reports.

[@freehaven-junprince2376]

@@Kana_Fuyuko I fixed this one last night. :) Now it's a matter of getting the Visemes to work.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Make sure visemes are properly registered in VRM. VRM requires that after exporting FBX to VRM, you MUST re-import the VRM model and add the blendshapes and then export again.

[@aman1631]

While animating it shows humoid rig rotation not support and the whole animation resets what to do??

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Go to Blender, Import VRM model in Blender using VRM_Import addon at github.com/saturday06/VRM_Addon_for_Blender/archive/release.zip Then once VRM model is imported, create your humanoid animation, then when finished registering your frames using the I key and register by Rotation, Scale, and Position, you then export the model as FBX, click and drag exported FBX model to your VSF SDK unity project, set the newly imported FBX model to humanoid and then register the animation from that FBX file to your VSF_Animations. Complicated and I plan to probably make a guide about this in the future since it is kind of complicated to get humanoid animations to work.

[@aman1631]

@@Kana_Fuyuko so this is what happens when u use 100 percent of your brain 🧠🧠.. thanks 👍

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

@@aman1631 Anytime!

[@aman1631]

@@Kana_Fuyuko how do I register the humanoid animation from blender in unity ???

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

@@aman1631 VSF_Animations component. Also if you can add me on Discord or on socials that can help since I can send screenshots.

[@masterpiece568]

EDIT: I could only put 1 particle system per animation and blendshape, I was trying to put blendshapes for a headset that had music particles coming from both sides, it wasn't working until I separated the particles in 2 different animations. So I couldn't activate more than 1 particle system with one key. Thanks for clarifying, I'm gonna try again and see if I can put 2 in 1 animation this time

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Actually you can put two or more particles in a single animation. My model has one animation where it creates snow particles from both two hands. Please make sure to properly register the keyframes for the single animation and make sure the particles are within the model's hierarchy.

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

My one advice that might also help keep two particles in one animation is to create an empty game object connected to the head bone and have the particles parented to the empty game object and have that one game object be enabled and disabled to have two particles be activated as one.

[@masterpiece568]

@@Kana_Fuyuko I just noticed that my particles become invisible outside my avatar when I activate transparency on vsface. Do you have a clue on how to fix that?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

@@masterpiece568 Ah, there is an effect called VSeeFace Particle shader, make sure to set that up for your particles since that shader (Built into VSF SDK) is what allows transparency for VSeeFace. Create a material by right clicking and add material, set shader to VSeeFace Particle Shader and set your transparency settings, make sure to apply any vertex settings at the bottom of the shader and then either click and drag material to particles or try to register the shader within the particle effects' settings. It may take trial and error but it should be able to work. Also if you need an invite to Deat's Discord server for more tips about VSeeFace, you can check the invite in the description and join to be able to check out all tips and even future troubleshooting help from the creators for VSeeFace.

[@masterpiece568]

@@Kana_Fuyuko Thanks It worked ^^

[@ok_so_what8114]

thanks

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Anytime!

[@jolinatheweirdo]

oh my god this was everything I was looking for and more, thank you so so much!

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Happy to help!

[@cappyadams]

Hey so this is pretty awesome but I'm having an issue. I made a custom animation for my model and stuff and I did everything the way you did, but I'm getting an error when I try to export the model. Here's the error: FileNotFoundException: C:/Users/(NAME)/AppData/Local/Temp/DefaultCompany/Arnas_Atakiyo_ADV/Arnas_Atakiyo_SOTN.vsfavatar does not exist System.IO.File.Move (System.String sourceFileName, System.String destFileName) (at :0) VSeeFace.ExportAvatar.ExportAvatarBundle () (at Assets/VSF SDK/Editor/BasicExporter.cs:57) Do you know how to fix this by any chance?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Double check your Unity version since it must be 2019.4.31. Check that you have the newest build of VSeeFace and the VSF SDK. Check that you have either UniVRM 0.66 or 0.89. Also refer to my other two tutorials on non-humanoid (My newest tutorial) and humanoid animation for more info on making sure the animation is done right.

[@cappyadams]

@@Kana_Fuyuko alright. thanks for the help!

[@kaivr3737]

Every time i use Poi they turn out pink.. any tips on fixing that?

[@Kana_Fuyuko]

Apparently the newer version of Poiyomi requires the shader to be locked in order for it to work. I personally use LilToon because of that.