VRChat Avatar Tutorial - Basic Avatar Setup (2023)

Welcome to the third edition of my basic avatar setup tutorial! This video focuses on how to use the VRChat Creator Companion to set up your project, import your avatar files, and set up eye look and lip sync! I hope it helps you out!

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0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Setting up Unity Hub
0:45 - Setting up VCC
1:30 - Get Subscribed!
1:40 - Creating your project
2:00 - Importing your avatar assets
3:05 - Manual avatar setup
3:12 - Set rig humanoid
3:49 - Add model to scene, fix materials, add VRC Avatar Descriptor
4:09 - Adjust view point
4:27 - Lip sync
4:47 - Eyes
5:33 - Upload!
5:56 - Thanks for watching!

*Credits*

Music: It Do Be Groovin and Analog Sunrise by Micheal Wyckoff

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[BeeVee-vdnn]

No one has EVER mentioned the tiptoeing with models before! THANK YOU

[johnathanreed]

My absolute favorite VRChat tutorial maker out there! You make things so incredibly simple and easy to follow. Thank you for what you do!

[flameknight]

Thanks for making it easier for newer users to upload avatars!

[Zedrinbot]

What usually causes scuffed eyebones: the VRC avatar descriptor assumes the eyebones will be oriented vertically, so if they're pointing forward like how most modelers do it, they'll be rotated the wrong way by default (pointing upwards). It's easy to fix in Unity, usually just requires adding a 90 degree angle to the look angles, but if you're making a model yourself you may want the eyes bones to be rotated straight up with no roll just to speed up this step.

[omniaesthetic]

Thank you for the timely modern tutorial on setting up an avatar from scratch! I'm a few days from finishing a total mesh and texture rebuild of my avatar and I'll be stepping into Unity with a fresh project after that. This couldn't have come at a better time!

[Dr.PandaCamper]

I’m so glad there’s more professional tutorial resources now.

No ums or unnecessary commentary. Clean cuts and clips only.

[lorinwingtips]

You kind of skipped the whole part of how to import my avatar files. You only said "Import your avatar files". Is there suppose to be a button or something? I'm watching a tutorial because I have no idea.

[Assassin]

I CAN FINALLY DO MODELS NOW. THANK YOU SIPP!!!

[tritonalabaster]

GOD thank you! No unnecessary uhms, pauses, tangents or segues. I know it's a simple matter of presentation, but this will be the video I send to people who aren't confident enough to upload their own avi.

[gachajack]

this tutorial was super easy to follow and helped me so much with my avatars and I had no idea what i was doing untill i saw this tutorial

[NotAKid]

3:38 You should also ensure that the Left and Right eye bones are correctly mapped in the humanoid configuration, as by default, Unity may have mapped them incorrectly.

However, it is not necessary to map them in the humanoid configuration as VRChat handles simulated eye look and tracking through the VRCAvatarDescriptor component. Mapping the bones in the humanoid configuration does allow for humanoid animations to control the eyes, but can also cause unintended eye movements while playing other animations, such as custom locomotion animations or idles.

For most, unmapping the eye bones is a quick fix for these unintended eye movements, but if you do want your eyes to move while playing animations (like in an MMD dance world), you may want to make sure the humanoid animations on your avatar don't erroneously animate the eyes in unintended ways.

[Linksin_]

For those who keep getting stuck on the downloading the recommended version of unity one thing that fixed it for me was going into your UAC ( user account control settings
) then turning the bar all the way up to "Always notify" Then restart your computer and try it again and you should see it actually start to download. Hope this helps!

[pjehqhx]

thank you so much for knowing what your talking about and not having awful mic etiquette, all the other tutorials are so infuriating to follow

[Legitgamr]

oh my god i love the boneworks/bonelab music you use in your vids ^^

[udunnowhoshere]

I love the quick and simple way you show how to do stuff! Can I expect a guide to retexturing avatars? :)

[omgitscharms]

So off topic, but the way the subscribe button lit up when you said "itll take a hot minute so to speed up the process hit that subscribe button" was so cool

[Dfearstudios]

Thank you, there is NO reason why there are 10min plus tutorials on this very simple process

[stealth_chan]

i am so glad i found mamehinata, her base is cool

[Nexx]

best tutorial creator!! Got a new laptop and forgot how to do all of this, thank you so much again Sippbox!! <3

[idoblenderstuffs]

"vrc avatar descriptor" not there. theres a lot of other vrc scripts but not that one. ive definitely got the avatar sdk so i dont know whats wrong.