Unity Virt-A-Mate [v1.22.0.3] [Meshed VR]

[kraoro]

i have noticed this too. but only for the general responsiveness and not raw performance like fps. fps is as expected lower in VR than desktop. but the responsiveness for ui elements etc seems to be better in vr. but the difference is not as substantial as you are implying, at least on my pc. have you tried this

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I actually don't know if my framerate or frame timing is lower. Like I said, I literally only launched the desktop version to download missing dependencies, and I didn't actually run any scenes at all. But from the sounds of it, I guess it is normal that the desktop version is less responsive. Which is weird, but at least I feel better knowing it's not just me.

 

[qqqqq1234]

Hey guys! Is it OK to use the scenes created with Virt-A-Mate in a new game you are developing?

No, but noone will stop you, so yes.

 

[brasileirinho]

Hey guys! Is it OK to use the scenes created with Virt-A-Mate in a new game you are developing?

You need to check the licensing. CC BY can be used. But I would check in the Vam Hub forums. There, they are very uptight about these rules.

Or you can do like those AI companies. Use the content expecting nobody to know where you got it from.

 

[lllwonkylll]

it`s only for vr?

 

[urhenmon]

it`s only for vr?

No, it can be used in desktop mode with no downsides. Everything works the same in desktop mode.

 

[Aldus777]

Could anyone explain to me why when I launch vam it only shows a black screen, no sound no nothing

 

[kraoro]

but noone will stop you

Peter Noone is famously litigious. He WILL stop you.

 

[Cakemaster691337]

Could anyone explain to me why when I launch vam it only shows a black screen, no sound no nothing

Are you starting it in VR? Then it will be a black screen, with a small button to the bottom left to show desktop.

 

[Moses910]

does the latest version of vam no use dependencies? i have a fresh installation of it and i can't find a folder for it. where do i place them now?

 

[SortaLewd]

I don't know if this is the typical experience, but it's sure as hell not normally expected behavior for a PC game, but does anyone else run slower in desktop mode than VR? I loaded up the desktop version just to download dependencies, expecting it to be faster than the VR version, but EVERYTHING is slower. Menus are way less responsive, loading times are longer, and it hangs when I try to do something as simple as switch from Play to Edit modes.

The game becomes much slower if you have a ton of VARs and afaik the only option you have once you reach that point is reducing the number of VARs you have by loading only what you need, or just dealing with the load times.

 

[brasileirinho]

does the latest version of vam no use dependencies? i have a fresh installation of it and i can't find a folder for it. where do i place them now?

AddonPackages

The game becomes much slower if you have a ton of VARs and afaik the only option you have once you reach that point is reducing the number of VARs you have by loading only what you need, or just dealing with the load times.

The CPU patch improved my load times by a lot. So there is that besides deleting the vars.

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[bachou]

could anyone tell me how to do these things ?
1: i have downloaded a scene with two characters in it, how do i replace those characters with another characters i have downloaded ?
2 : how do i delete / make a character transparent ?
3 : i downloaded a scene with animation, i then loaded my character, how do i load the animation from the scene ?

 

[Cakemaster691337]

could anyone tell me how to do these things ?
1: i have downloaded a scene with two characters in it, how do i replace those characters with another characters i have downloaded ?
2 : how do i delete / make a character transparent ?
3 : i downloaded a scene with animation, i then loaded my character, how do i load the animation from the scene ?

1. Select the Person Atom, shortcut is to click the icon with two people on it, or select a part of it and 'select root'. Then you can either click 'Load Look' in the Control tab, or load a preset in the 'Appearance Preset'. Where you'll find your looks depends on if the .vars you download have saved presets in them or not.

But the best way is to download the BrowserAssist-plugin, then you can either import a preset directly from a specific scene, or list the presets, all of this is a much better UI than the default browsers.

2. Same as above, select the person and in the same Control tab, click the Remove button. Or you can download GoingGoingGone-plugin and you can make parts of a character transparent/invisible.

3. Some scenes starts animation immediately on load, others require you to press the play button, but most newer scenes have buttons to toggle start and reset and such. Some require you to press some button, usually F3 for those I've seen.

If you want the animations in other scenes, then you will have to export the timeline script, if it is using that and load it into the other scenes character, too much hassle.

 

[bachou]

i have downloaded some characters but they don't show up when i want to replace them, when i tried to save them it saved as a json and jpeg, i do have the .var file in AddonPackages but they don't show up

 

[Inhumanins]

Cap your framerate to 60 or whatever you feel confident with.
Don't use soft body physics and set the physics update rate to 2.
Add naturalis to the female atom for some immersion with low to no impact.
Reduce max pixel lights to 2 or disable all light sources and only use one single center light from the "focus on me" session plugin. Disabling all ligths can be done within focus on me with one click.
This alone will boost your fps significantly. You can also set the hair quality by each peace to fast, this reduces the shadows within hair layers and may look bad with more lights turned on but also gives quite a fps boost.
When it still hitches, your cpu could be the problem.
Make sure to use the CPU fix from the

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If you are playing in VR there is also a FSR mod for vam which gives a sharper image than before but on a lower resolution.
The 3050 is equal to my 1070 I've previously used in VR and it was alright.
I got 40-50fps with rare lags (no heavy 3+ person scenes) which is totally fine.

I see..., i already tried the cpu fix, that help me well..., I got like 40-60fps right now.

I don't know if this scene is heavy, but I'm using ABC tits (hip dance), vamgrandfather (a lot of it), and my FPS was stuck at 50. I feel like the FPS drop is caused by the character I loaded. It ran smoothly 60fps during the initial scene, but after I replaced the female character with mine, the fps drop into 40fps-50fps.

 

[Cakemaster691337]

So, I've been under the impression that .vars are required to be named in a very specific way, '[creator].[package].[version].var' according to the values in the meta.json file to be able to found by the game. But when I double check with a quick tool, this doesn't seem to be the case any longer? I'm still able to find scenes, plugins and what not that does not follow this convention.

 

[theMickey_]

But when I double check with a quick tool, this doesn't seem to be the case any longer?

This is still the only valid naming for *.VAR files. And any officially approved *.VAR file available from the Hub will fit this naming convention.

...but they don't show up when i want to replace them...

Depends on how the creator of the character you've downloaded decided to make the character available within VaM. Some *.VAR files only contain a scene with the character, so you'll have to load up the scene, select the character, and save its look or appearance to use it. Some creators only provide appearance presets or looks instead, which you could use directly on any character. So you'll have to figure out what the *.VAR file includes (a scene, a preset, or a look) and proceed accordingly.

 

[Velcrofly]

The game becomes much slower if you have a ton of VARs and afaik the only option you have once you reach that point is reducing the number of VARs you have by loading only what you need, or just dealing with the load times.

There is also a tip I found on here of deleting the cache. I had an almost full external drive. I tried that tip and after it was half empty again. The tip explains it better than I could but VAR seems to cahe a lot of files for future use. I didn't notice a significant slowdown in load time after deleting the cache.

 

[SortaLewd]

There is also a tip I found on here of deleting the cache. I had an almost full external drive. I tried that tip and after it was half empty again. The tip explains it better than I could but VAR seems to cahe a lot of files for future use. I didn't notice a significant slowdown in load time after deleting the cache.

I actually turned caching off a while ago to see if that'd help with my memory filling up. I have 32gb ram and when I check task manager it's up at 90+% when running VaM.

AddonPackages

The CPU patch improved my load times by a lot. So there is that besides deleting the vars.

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Oh yeah, I'm also running the CPU patch, forgot to mention it. By chance, do you experience any crashes? I have been experiencing a bunch, not sure if it's due to wonky session plugins I might have, or if I just have too many VARs(I have 7.2k lol).

 

[Cakemaster691337]

This is still the only valid naming for *.VAR files. And any officially approved *.VAR file available from the Hub will fit this naming convention.

Yes, but why do they still show up in game if they have invalid names? Previously I've downloaded vars and been told to rename them, yet, I now found scenes, plugins, etc that still show up correctly with incorrect names?
Ex.

VL_13.Business_Blazer.1.var > VL_13.Business_Dress
14mhz.Plugin-AutoFlutterGenitals.1.var > 14mhz.AutoFlutterGenitals
vvvevevvv.Tekky_Cat_Outfit_no_preset.1.var > vvvevevvv.Tekky_Cat_Outfit
Dnaddr.AbbyCyberStyleHD_v1.1.var > Dnaddr.Abby(CyberStyle)HD_v1

Last one might be if it disregards special characters, it matches with spaces being replaced by _ as well so that might be it, but the others are pretty wrong with extra text in them.