Tutorial - How to Adjust Vroid blendshapes in Unity!

[@HHSFamily0]

Argama, I just want to thank you for all this amazing tutorials! Simply one of the best on youtube. Easy to understand and straight to the point. Is so kind of you teaching us all this knowledge for free. Thank you again!

[@ArgamaWitch]

I'm glad!

[@Ovalee]

Oh, thanks, I didn't realize this process was really simple. ^^

[@ArgamaWitch]

Yeah! Its not too bad, and it allows for so many new options

[@RuneBunnuraOldChannel]

Thank you for making this tutorial! I just finished changing the blendshapes, and it all went smoothly! The only issue I had was that I couldn't find the button to add new blend shapes since I think I'm using a different version. But I was able to make all of the expressions my current model has, so that's still a win!

[@Yan_Haider]

I try add blendshape But it wont show me the list or my character face : (

[@irfanifarras8098]

@@Yan_Haider same problem

[@alixforest2009]

Super helpful and easy! I used this to stop the eyelashes from clipping into my avatars cheeks!

[@virlas1371]

Thankyou very much. Took a little hair pulling cus i downloaded the wrong version of UniVRM, but now everything's figured out I'm defiantly gonna have fun with it.

[@JonFawkes]

This is awesome! Nice clear tutorial, concise and not too rambly, perfect example. Subscribed

[@Hell_Soll]

ooohhh this is awesome!!! I wasn't sure at first what you ment with blendshapes... but yeah different expressions xD I FINALY have a use for Unity afterall !!!

[@OtakuDaiKun]

Oh, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@ArgamaWitch]

Oh I see you found it XD

[@OtakuDaiKun]

Argama Witch Indeed. Do you know if this can be used to tune things like independent eye movements and such? I think forcing the eyes to stay open for the wink blends might do the trick.

[@shi5369]

Hey! Using ver 0.99 and all my blendshape clips get wiped when I try to export. I'm really not sure how to fix this, I've looked at UniVRM's docs already.

[@VTuberPending]

Thank you for your help with this ^_^ I just used this tutorial while creating new blendshapes~

[@Una_h]

Argama, there is a way to use my custom blendshapes in another models without opening unity? I've been using the same model with diff hair and clothing textures but for all of them I need to open unity, import the package, import the new VRM file and copy/paste my custom blendshapes inside the new folder created by unity and them export the model again. Is it possible to skip this process?

[@ArgamaWitch]

Not that I know of

[@Zeis]

This was great, thank you so much! I do have a question. Whenever I try to adjust the eyes (LookRight, LookLeft), I don't seem to be able to adjust them. There's no slider for them. Any idea how to fix that?

[@ShopperKungVtuber]

can i ask about how to add more slider of model face? i look at my here and it doesn't have some like left eye look up so i can't add it or eye brow up how can i add that

[@ArgamaWitch]

you can do that by adding additional blendshapes in blender OR you can use the hana tool (52 blend shape tutorial onmy channel)

[@ShopperKungVtuber]

@@ArgamaWitch Thank you!!!

[@LuciosAngelo]

ok amazing... but my question is... how do i make the model imitate my face expresions while streaming... or its not posible to do that. ill put for example a streamer/youtuber named lawler.. he uses facerig and the model its not one created by him but one from there... but it does moves the eyebrows and imitates his face emotions and such. i use 3tene... it is posible to make it follow my face expresions? or what can i use for making my pj do my face expresions caught by a camera ;-;? i want to have a more lively model just like yours ;-;/ help

[@ArgamaWitch]

Vseeface has an experimental mode for imitating your face expressions but it requires a bit of work and can be a bit iffy depending on your face. Example, if you have a natural resting bitch face, you will always trigger the angry face.

[@LuciosAngelo]

@@ArgamaWitch i asked to others and this was the exact program they said to me. I downloaded it today and im very satisfied as to how it follows expressions, its not perfect cse i dont think anything ever will be but its very nice as for what im looking for. Now that i stepped out of the " i want expressions and such" it is possible for VSeeFace to track ur eyes motion with just a camera? Your tutorial worked for getting emotions build as i wanted them (still it wasnt what i was first looking for but it ended up wroking cse i needed it after xD) Anyway (sry for the testament) can i get eye tracking? Its that i saw some of the things from expressions in unity said look up, look down and such but i didnt find a way to move the irises ono

[@xcreatesofficial]

cant get the vrm import option after i installled the package

[@Neruthedragon]

You have a video for everything qwq tysm for your channel

[@ArgamaWitch]

I try

[@furiakira3718]

hi is there any way to add new slider under the 'Body' in the blendshape because i want to move around my eyes

[@ArgamaWitch]

You can move eyes in the face tab

[@furiakira3718]

@@ArgamaWitch ok thank you!

[@Nanaten]

Okay, how do you make the XD face, is it just a hair mesh and then edited on unity? or...? Edit: Turns out the slider for the Eye Extra is not present in my vrm model despite the material is actually there. How do I fix this?

[@jayantbarthwal4470]

0:04 hey what is this software? I haven't seen this thing from which you are exporting that model.

[@ArgamaWitch]

Vroid Studios

[@Dipperdog_RPGirl]

Loving your videos. Just started 2 weeks ago and really enjoying making model, but I have some questions and was wondering whats the best way to contact you? There some clipping when it comes to the surprise expression around the jaw in vseeface. Was wondering if you know how to fix that?

[@ArgamaWitch]

people tend to contact me via discord or twitter. for your issue you will need to adjust the surprise blendshape in unity. i do have a blendshape tutorial on my channel.

[@busradeveci720]

I don't really understand how to adjust those sliders, will I make them all at once in the style I want and save them to my old file at once or will I adjust them all separately and save them

[@vincenthall5908]

Hi there- I was linked to this video in a help page for the fact that when exporting a vroid model to a vrm file, the neutral expression isn't correct. Whenever I use it in any program, the neutral expression has the mouth slightly open instead of closed and there's no way to close the mouth with any tracking. So after much troubleshooting, I was sent to your video. I followed all the instructions and reached the part where I look at blendshapes. And... the one marked neutral is indeed correct. So I have no idea how to make it so the one that says neutral is the one that the file defaults to when opened in other programs. Do you have any idea how to do this? I'm just at a complete loss, I cannot use my model at all for any projects until I can make it work. I'm not about to stream or record videos if I can't close my mouth, after all. Its been weeks of troubleshooting on my end, and thats after I had given up for several months and used a pngtuber model instead because I got so frustrated. So to be clear, the expression marked neutral in both vroid and unity are correct. But when opening the vrm file in any tracking app (vseeface, hyperonline, vear, etc... i've tried it in dozens of apps), the default face has the mouth open part way and is unable to close. Open more, yes. Close, no. But there is a blend shape for closed mouth, and the neutral expression is also closed. All are default from vroid studio.

[@ArgamaWitch]

When you go to adjust the blendshapes in unity you may need to increase the slider of Fcl_MTH_Close on the neutral

[@elbafo3286]

Great video! I've only got one problem, though: whenever I try to export it, Unity gives me "ExportRoot must be topmost parent". Why does this happen and how can I fix it?

[@ArgamaWitch]

maybe this will help vrm.dev/en/docs/univrm/export/univrm_export/

[@elbafo3286]

@@ArgamaWitch I did stumble upon that website at some while trying to figure it out, and I didn't really understand anything, but I'll do my best to check it out once again, thank you anyway for now!

[@elbafo3286]

@@ArgamaWitch Hey! The website didn't really help, but I figured it out anyway. Apparently it all happened because I downloaded the latest version of the unity asset package (0.61.1), and by simply installing the 0.53.0 and re-doing all the expressions fix, it worked out fine! Thank you nonetheless!

[@terrahachula]

I had the same problem. I know you fixed it, but for anyone else who has stumbled upon it. - On the bottom left of your screen, in the project tab, select "assets" - Click on your model you've added to Unity - On the right, in the inspector, click "open prefab" - Now export your model, it should work :)

[@sesa3815]

Do you know if there's a way to have the mouth not be slightly open when not doing any expressions? Or would that be a blender thing?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I think Neutral mouth closes it

[@porlstuffs]

im getting "the root transform should have default translation rotation and scale" error idk what am i doing wrong wonder if you ever came across this error?

[@eucafox]

Me too. Any luck with finding out how to fix it?

[@eucafox]

Just fixed it somehow and hopefully this will help- I clicked on settings for "transform" and pressed "reset". It put the avatar in the centre of the scene and seems to have enabled me to export it okay. Anyways, sorry if I'm not explaining this very well and hope it can help.

[@cursedrubies]

@@eucafox reset on both camera and your avatar

[@astikusumaputri8441]

hello i am having a problem when my avatar in vrchat is twitching its eyebrows because of the prefab, do you know why?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I dont deal in vr chat, sorry

[@KuzaiRain]

so uhh the unity package isn't there anymore, just the source code, now what do we do?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I just checked, they are still there

[@jaykingplays]

Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial

[@Hiame]

Holy cow! I needed this

[@ArgamaWitch]

glad I could help

[@XinebiVen]

I seeeee youuuu

[@skypinkles]

those blendshapes are not saved in the file, if i start 3tene or VMagicMirror those not show me real time expresions (i selected that they can use it) excause for my bad english

[@ArgamaWitch]

3tene or Vmagic Mirror may not recognized them. I know Vseeface is free and it does

[@TheDarkWallChris]

Do you know if luppet allows for you to import more than the 6 expressions you have by default?

[@ArgamaWitch]

Yes it does, but you have to set them

[@TheDarkWallChris]

@@ArgamaWitch turns out I was adding the blendshape clip in the wrong place. I can now do the things! Thank you for showing us how to do said things! Bang up job there. Would do things again

[@astikusumaputri8441]

Hey i have a problem where it says root should have default translation and scale how can i fix this? I cant export this

[@VibingVampire]

would you happen to have something on how to get the proper bones and lip syncing working through unity to make your vroid into a VRChat avatar? i have gotten as far as getting a model into VRC and only having the basic bones working like the body but no lip sync and no movement of my hair XD

[@ArgamaWitch]

I'm sorry I dont use VRchat but I know there are tutorials on youtube

[@Ahmadsyar]

But do you know how to create new blendshape for vroid? For example tongue sticking out

[@ArgamaWitch]

You can't make the tongue stick out as its not a feature of vroid. You can take it into blender to do that, but I do not know how to.

[@Homiloko2]

Hmm my VRM didn't come with the "Extra" blendshape for the eyes, I wonder if it was removed from newer versions of VRoid?

[@ArgamaWitch]

Only the female models have the "extra" eye shapes

[@Homiloko2]

@@ArgamaWitch Ahh that's a shame. Thank you!

[@zesurah]

Great tutorial, the only thing I am missing the buttons with the emotion I can work with the files, but I seem to be missing the > < eye emotion, was that something you added or should it be a basic blendshape in there? If not, where can I get one? :o

[@ArgamaWitch]

If you are using a male model, it wont have one. Male models dont have the >< eyes

[@ShujiWakahisa]

@@ArgamaWitch Is it possible to add those blend shapes in the vrm? :0

[@ArgamaWitch]

@@ShujiWakahisa If they dont already exist you will need to add them in blender

[@ShujiWakahisa]

@@ArgamaWitch Thank you! ^^

[@angelsinthewindow]

So here is a question, I'm using Vup on steam. I'm curious if you use the same thing and if you know how to get the expressions into that or if you can actually export your facial expressions to upload into it.

[@ArgamaWitch]

I dont use Vup, I dislike that program. I use Vseeface

[@angelsinthewindow]

@@ArgamaWitch Does Vseeface have english as well as Japanese language? I may be learning Japanese but I'm not very good at reading it yet. Also, my windows defender said that it would put my computer at risk. Does this normally happen or Did I find the wrong thing?

[@ArgamaWitch]

@@angelsinthewindow its only english atm

[@angelsinthewindow]

@@ArgamaWitch Well, I finally got it to run... but sadly I actually don't have a camera. I was looking for a program where I could have my voice and show emotions and such but seems I may just end up needing a camera sadly. Thank you for all your help though! I am a beginner in the world of creating Vroid characters and I been learning a lot from your tutorials.

[@atelierpuchi30]

hmm what if I want to add more expression texture like dot-like eyes? Do you know how to?

[@ArgamaWitch]

You can go into Vroid> Face Editor> Texture >Iris and there you can draw in the eyes

[@atelierpuchi30]

@@ArgamaWitch eh? the >.< eyes texture went there?

[@astikusumaputri8441]

what happen when it have to be in the original prefab to export?

[@ArgamaWitch]

What?

[@astikusumaputri8441]

@@ArgamaWitch ah sorry its already solved but when i use it on my avatar the eyes or the eyebrow keep twitching aam i doing something wrong!

[@karlamichelle4946]

does this process work on blender as well?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I dont see why it wouldnt

[@driftingchimera]

Hi! I'm currently fixing up my avatar and I'm having difficulty w the joy emotion bc the eyes are closed but in the ^ ^ kind of way but whenever i blink irl it also "blinks" and makes it look weird There are no blink sliders so I don't really know how to make it stop Do you have any ideas on how I can fix this?

[@ArgamaWitch]

that would be something changed in the program for tracking, which as far as I know, only luppet will allow you to use it expressions but not blink/mouth match, but doesnt just pick blinking.

[@_calsab]

is it normal for a new blendshapeclip not to show up in a motion tracking tool like luppet? if so, how do i get the new expression I made to show up in luppet?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I didnt have problem with them showing up, but I did have to make sure they were assigned to an express key. I do it exactly how this tutorial explains.

[@MaskedIntrovert]

Thank you so much for making this video.

[@ArgamaWitch]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MaiHyuga6547]

Okay. So I basically followed the video to the "T" and crossed my "I" but I can't find the export humanoid that you mention TT^TT I don't know what to do and i can't seem to find anything similar to it.

[@ArgamaWitch]

newer univrms just say export univrm (plus version number)

[@mossfang1]

Hi there! Thank you for the video. I received an error for "require animator.avatar". I understand that this is caused by when the VRM is not set as a humanoid. How do I fix this? I followed your video a few times and I seem to have missed it.

[@ArgamaWitch]

I'm not sure, it may be something you can google plus univrm

[@felineenthusiast]

argama didn't go over it in the video because i'm not sure that you need to perform this change every time, but when you start a new 3d project there's something under project settings you'll want to change. if you go to edit > project settings, find the tab that says 'player.' you'll want to change the colorspace from gamma to linear. after you do this you can import your custom package, but i've also edited this after imported my packages and had it work fine. i don't know if it will retroactively fix this issue if you've already imported the vrm model or not. i hope this helps, i was having the same issue until i found out there were installation notes in the manual, which i found here. ( vrm.dev/en/docs/univrm/install/univrm_install/ ) doing this is what fixed this problem for me.

[@catybilro]

@@felineenthusiast hello, a person with the same problem here. I can't find the colourspace on the player tab and the packages don't load

[@basalith]

@@felineenthusiast i had this same problem and i am sooo grateful to you for putting this in the comments. thanks!! in addition to this solution i was also using UniVRM v0.73

[@LauraMoonlightTM]

I cannoy find a working unity build...windows 11-error signing in try again

[@ArgamaWitch]

any unity will work if it has the appropriate univrm, and when you download univrm it tells you which versions of unity it works with

[@dreamweaverdruid]

Any idea why the Male Vroid Blendshapes don't work? (Specifically the eyebrows) They appear to work in Unity, and then when you export the model, they're broken.

[@ArgamaWitch]

The male body is an after thought for the program

[@K234-l7y]

Maybe this is a unnecessary question but...when I use the U in my models the mouth goes really small when it's at 100% like for example in MMD cause the size of the mouth is changed in VRoid. So...using this, I can adjust the "percentage " of how big or small I want the mouths and the eyes?

[@ArgamaWitch]

Like any of the blend shapes you can adjust the U sound in unity too. Just pull the slider down from 100% (I also out some O in the U for mine)

[@axolotlaxel]

This is excellent, thank you :)! can I just ask, what program do you use for tracking? I don't think or don't know rather whether VSeeFace can allow these custom blendshapes.

[@ArgamaWitch]

Vseeface will allow them. I use Luppet and Vseeface

[@axolotlaxel]

@@ArgamaWitch hmm how do you enable those new expressions?

[@ArgamaWitch]

@@axolotlaxel in Luppet there is an expression short cut key during avatar selection. Or Vseeface you will go into settings and expression settings to set the shortcut

[@axolotlaxel]

@@ArgamaWitch what about using it with the experimental face detection feature? Will that work?

[@ArgamaWitch]

@@axolotlaxel no

[@Homiloko2]

Does the Unity version matter? Should we stick to 2019.2.4f1 same as yours?

[@KonataTanaka]

hello hello argama! i was wondering, i edited the blink to be a more upward shape using the blink and fun sliders, but in luppet it now blinks too far and clips through, despite looking fine on unity. any idea how to fix this?

[@KonataTanaka]

also, is there a way to change the straight up default face in luppet? i want my character to have a slight smile at all times, but im unsure how to do that! anyone know if this is possible?

[@ArgamaWitch]

Luppet doesn't like to do that, sadly. Your best way is to draw the mouth slightly upturned on the face texture. That way when dont speak it still has a slight smile.

[@dumbart9880]

excuse me if the unity asset package does not download what do we need to do?

[@ArgamaWitch]

At the bottom of the link it should say assets and you can download it from there.

[@dumbart9880]

Argama Witch thank u ٩( ᐛ )و💕

[@forEVERmeXxx]

This was super useful! But I was just wondering is it possible to copy and paste the values of the blendshapes across all vrm files within unity? Instead of having to adjust the slider for the faces one by one when i load them in?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I've had mixed results trying, usually didnt work out very well

[@MashimaroVT]

How do you trigger the face expressions when you're streaming?

[@ArgamaWitch]

Using programs like Luppet you can map out hot keys to do that

[@PinkyTheProtoFox]

can i re-edit my textures with univrm?

[@ArgamaWitch]

yea in unity you can

[@rainbowkat2069]

I exported a model from Vroid but it has no face expressions :( Only the basic "a" mouth shape :(

[@norrin_falk]

Hey thank you for this vid, really helps. Tho I painted a spider-man texture mask over my vroid model, I need to stop it from blinking, do I just delete the blendshapes?

[@ArgamaWitch]

You will need to turn the blinking (all Blinking, Blinking L and Blinking R) to 0 on the sliders

[@jayda-i1i]

I'm trying to make a mouth that is sort of in the shape of a "w". Can anyone help me?

[@ArgamaWitch]

a mixture of frown and smile sometimes helps

[@hernandeztorresederjairdej5564]

And how do I implement those blendshapes to an animation clip in unity ? :(

[@ArgamaWitch]

They are usually triggered with hotkeys depending on the program. If its being used in a non vrm program, I dont actually know. Sorry

[@Imgone12321]

my export button is grayed out...help pls...

[@ArgamaWitch]

select the model on the left hand side

[@masonbonney9077]

Is this compatible for VUP?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I dunno, Vup was kinda a trash program so I dont use it

[@LeslieZA]

Press F to jump-to/focus on character while it is selected in the hierarchy.

[@Asorra_Tatsumi]

How do you color and shade your skins? I've been having a challenging time finding a routine that works for me and wouldn't mind a few pointers OwQ Thank you so much for these tutorials!

[@ArgamaWitch]

If you want any of the Commission Vods you can watch how I make the textures and shade from there!

[@Asorra_Tatsumi]

@@ArgamaWitch Thank you so much!

[@Yan_Haider]

May i ask Which Version Of unity do you use? Very Useful Btw Thanks alot

[@Yan_Haider]

Oh nvm

[@Yan_Haider]

But i dont see 2019.2.4f1 Here : /

[@ArgamaWitch]

I'm sorry?

[@Yan_Haider]

Its Okay Its Not Your Fault Im A Big Fan Btw ♥️♥️

[@thesacredsword7230]

I know the likely hood of you replying to this is low, but have the blend shape sliders ever just not show up?

[@ArgamaWitch]

sometimes, when it doesnt load properly. Best chance is to try again, and of course make sure you are on the Blendshape one, and not each individual blendshape

[@ladystirlingknight2406]

Thank you sooo much!!!

[@ArgamaWitch]

No problem 😊

[@meowmeowm30w]

when i tried to export it has the require animator.avatar and idk what that means :o

[@ArgamaWitch]

I'm not sure, it may be the unity version and uniVRM aren't compatible. I never had an issue with mine (my versions stated in my importing vroid to unity video)

[@meowmeowm30w]

i downloaded 0.54.0 instead and it works now :3 ty so much for the tutorial!

[@Yan_Haider]

Unity 2.3 Works Too?

[@ArgamaWitch]

I'm not sure. Sorry

[@Yan_Haider]

@@ArgamaWitch Nonono Dont apologize i found the version and Thanks very much for your helpful trotrials, im Sorry if i annoyed you with my Questions >.

[@ArgamaWitch]

@@Yan_Haider Nah I'm not annoyed.

[@3coisasimportantes550]

Thankyou 💕✨

[@ArgamaWitch]

Welcome!

[@Homiloko2]

Wow this is exactly what I've been wondering, are you a mind reader? Lmao thanks :)

[@levie8269]

again thank you

[@TheDarkWallChris]

I disagree with your shirt, but thanks for the guide.

[@ArgamaWitch]

D:(

[@ke-mob634]

What do you mean you are evil and not cute?? 😳

[@АлексейБелый-у2т]

[@Ryden0389]

Yeah maybe include possible errors if you're gonna make a tutorial. It's not much of one if doing exactly what you suggested, downloading from your links, leads to errors. Just a friendly heads up.

[@ArgamaWitch]

There is literally no way to know which errors you will run into because there are dozens to hundreds depending on how people do things. You can post your errors and I can try to answer, but many of the errors people tell me they run into (AFTER I MADE THE TUTORIAL) I've never run into.

[@Ryden0389]

@@ArgamaWitch Nah but common ones can be addressed no? But either way I appreciate your video, it got me through the process.

[@ArgamaWitch]

@Ryden0389 when I made this I didn't know what common problems where as I didn't experience too many if any for most of my tutorials. Either way, I walk through enough, not gunna hand hold/baby feed. People can Google their errors. Can't complain too much for free info, right?

[@Ryden0389]

​@@ArgamaWitch I'm not coming at you. No need to come at me yeah? Was just offering a suggestion. Ignore it or not up to you. I mean ffs I literally just thanked you.

[@ArgamaWitch]

@Ryden0389 you literally originally commented 'it's not much of a tutorial because it doesn't include error fixes'. Comes off offensive/rude. Even if you are 'trying to be nice', it really doesn't come off nice.