I really like these new additions and the direction VRChat is going in. It’s nice to see the platform evolving and getting new features.
That said, like a lot of people already mentioned, I can’t help but notice that more and more things, especially around avatars, feel tied to monetization. I get why, but I’m not gonna lie, it’s not something I’m a big fan of.
About box-shaped contacts, I think they’re a really great addition. They just make a lot of sense, and it honestly feels a bit weird they weren’t a thing already. That said, I get there were probably reasons on the development side, so I’m just happy to finally see them added.
As for avatar accessories, they’re fun and definitely have potential. But as an experienced avatar creator, I don’t really find them that useful unless I can fully customize them or just make my own. Pre-made ones don’t really add much for me personally.
My first thought when I saw the Avatar Accessories, was “that would work great as a Furality Badge”. I know Teo made a really nice video at one point for adding one to your avatar as a prefab, but this would just be so much easier.
I do admit I had been starting to worry that the items would become too good of a cash flow for y’all to give to the hands of players, but glad to hear that it’s still on the table for us to eventually be allowed to make our own.
Still, probably has been a good way to help fund it’s own development too.
For avatar accessories, I saw mention they don’t have scripts, but what about bone physics? Do y’all count those as a script or will basic physbones be allowed?
I’m excited to see Avatar Accessories, especially UGC ones, as long as there’s some kind of limit! I’ve already seen some crazy uses of the current test accessories, but there’s only 3. Will there be a cap on how many Accessories can be used at one time?
I’m still not fond of the shop that relies entirely on predatory FOMO releases. Roblox has items and accessories released way back in 2007 that can still be purchased today and VRC has only had the Shop a little over 6 months and has none. Hopefully this practice doesn’t extend into Accessories when they are rolled out.
Will there be a way of preventing bones from being seen in the attachment method. For my assets i use bones that shouldnt be attached and I would prefer as a creator for people not being able to put googly eyes on my gravity bones
Being able to put an ignore transform on a set like how physbones do would be useful
I think maybe the solution to the growing unease with the increasing number of locked down monetization features, is to include some part that benefits everyone for each monetization feature added. For instance: items necessitated udon bindings for dynamics, and so as a side effect we got world dynamics. The new Looks system for accessories could be expanded to be able to save parameters in the saved look, which would complete a highly requested feature that would benefit everyone. With those new custom loading screens, use the opportunity to improve the world loading UX. If you do things like that, you might get to keep your new revenue streams locked down without making everyone so uneasy.
Personally I’m not likely to use this. I have serious concerns about the CPU performance of this “feature”. Intel and AMD have not been giving us much improvement year over year so I would really like to see effort put in to improve CPU optimization. I would really like to be able to show more avatars but I’m significantly more CPU bottle-necked than GPU.
Day 598 of waiting for VRC constraints to be ‘‘Freeze to world’’ and ‘‘Rebake Offset When Unfrozen’’ to be synced …..like how useful would Box Shaped Contacts be if you could sync where they are frozen to world,
Commented on the canny but just in case it might be missed, please also add box shape physbone colliders, and consider replacing the default hand/feet capsules with box colliders.
“Global” colliders can be big, but could also cost quite a bit of performance if everything is opted in, I added a comment on the canny for options that could help alleviate that and provide more creative control.
Not just feet/hands, but a proper chest/torso contact would be beneficial especially in the wake of the new raycast component
If it’s done similarly to how Contact tags work, then that should be pursued as it would be better to try to have selective permission structure for some colliders, but that should also fall under the advanced category.
Also unrelated, but the Physbone Root Component should be a part of the avatars SDK too as it would be very helpful to those that want to fix some issues with the world immobile settings
i modreate a group instance with age verified.and the event post with group only and write with that if u join this event u will see 18+stuff.
after that, when people join the world,they will in a gage first,in front of them is another 18+rules again,then i will ask them '“argee or not ,if u argee,please became nude.”
After that ,finally i will open the gage to let them in.(my event requist every one keep nude in the instance)
THEN, THE ONE take out the cloth,successed to come in,take the pic ,and push the reppot button.
so my account get a ban from VRCTruset and SAfety
IT’S REALLY WIRED,it should not be happen,i think i did everything that i can do. Please,tell me how should i and everygroup members avoid the BAN.
You can only avoid a ban by not engaging in sexual activity with people, or publishing sexual content to people, who would report you in a way that’s easily verifiable (such as a picture or simple video recording).
VRChat TOS do not allow sexual activity. It’s that simple. What they tell you when they say “keep private things private” is not “we won’t moderate private things”, what they mean is “stay out of sight so you don’t get caught”.
