Are there any guides on how to convert a .blend file (specifically one I did not make) into a functional VRChat avatar?

Volttekka

Blender genuinely scares me

Letecus

i have tried certain models like very few shantae models as an example. the armature below the feet were FUCKED beyond repair and readjusting them was a real pain. normally i'd prefer someone who has good knowledge of redoing the armature without the model to morph and stretch all over the place

kh4m4ri

@Letecus To piggyback off of this, if everything is AS NORMAL with the blend and nothing is messed up, and possibly looks identical to an fbx in blender, you could always try exporting the .blend to an fbx in blender. Obviously, in blender, when you export as an fbx it will auto-convert the .blend into an fbx.

kh4m4ri

Could you post the .blend? I could take a look at it.

Volttekka

@kh4m4ri Aight, the one I was interested in was https://smutba.se/project/ec4a3047-5796-42fb-85fe-67e6805786dc/, best of luck to ya

Letecus

ah splatoon like models eh? something that i would look forward to

kh4m4ri

@Volttekka It seems this particular one was made for compatibility of Blender 4.0-1 and up. Most creators do not use past the 3.0's. If someone were to make this work, it'd be great. I'll give it a go, but I only specialize in Blender 3.0 versions.

kh4m4ri

FORGOT TO MENTION, the odds of me getting this to work are low. VRChat avatars need models made in a more simplified way and a .blend model can be made in countless ways. Who knows the level of quality or detail... There's literally a few hundred different ways to make a model, and VRChat can't use 99% of them.

However, like I said, I'll give it a shot!

kh4m4ri

UPDATE: My blender blew up trying to append the file. Will try again.

kh4m4ri

Gonna try and learn blender 4.0 just for this..

kh4m4ri

UPDATE: If anyone is able to extract all the textures for me and put it in a zip I'll re-rig the entire avi and make it a VRChat avi.

Volttekka

if it doesn't work out, no biggie

kh4m4ri

@Volttekka Nah, the textures are the only part I'm struggling on. It's a little different in 4.0+. I can rerig it and everything, I just need the textures.

Letecus

to save some trouble lemme help sending a zip file over to you @kh4m4ri
i even took the liberty to make the model fbx, hoping if the rigging is right and if not you could make another one fresh to replace the other one

it has the blend file, textures and fbx together

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kh4m4ri

@Letecus Thank the lords! You're a life-saver.

Letecus

wasnt really hard actually- you just gotta go to file, external data and then unpack resources. figured that out myself when i looked up on how to get textures myself

kh4m4ri

@Letecus Yeah, I knew how to do it, it just wasn't working for me. It was honestly frustrating me.

Letecus

ah gotcha

kh4m4ri

@Letecus If you take a look at the textures, and try to match them to the fbx, it just doesn't work. Let me know if you can figure this out!

Letecus

i'll see what i can do. my instints tell me that the Materials needs to be fixed somehow and i discovered how to