Guides for Avatars and World Dev

Collection of starting guides and resources for people looking to work on their own avatar or world.

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>[TOOLS]
>[AVATAR GUIDES]
>[AVATAR MODELS AND PARTS]
>[RIPPING]
>[WORLD BUILDING GUIDES]
>[WORLD OPTIMIZATION GUIDES]
>[WORLD RESOURCES]
>[WORLD PREFABS]
>[MISC RESOURCES]



 --- [TOOLS] ---

https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/setting-up-the-sdk
https://www.blender.org/download/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Blender%20Portable/
https://vrcat.club/threads/cats-blender-plugin-0-4-1.6/
https://unity3d.com/unity/qa/lts-releases?version=2018.4 (download 2018.4.20f1)



 --- [AVATAR GUIDES] ---

Importing MMD to VRChat Megatutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P0ljQ6hU0A
https://youtube.com/TupperTutorials

MMD -> VRC Image Tutorial: https://i.imgur.com/wD7Ucf8.png

CM3D2 -> VRC Image Tutorial: https://i.imgur.com/wD7Ucf8.png

Koikatsu -> VRC Tutorials:
https://youtu.be/402YVC8fsGY
https://pastebin.com/CVKdCuFJ

Atlasing Tutorial: https://pastebin.com/bq7Bg3Qh

Cat's Blender Plugin Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gu0kEj2xwA

Blender Texture Baking Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWjeR9yxKcA&t=139s

Override Emotes with Animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSezH13vAI

Combining Pieces from Multiple Models in Blender:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss0y93oaIvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-634i-tuoKE

Adding Clothes with PMX Editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Cjy9cV4uQ

Importing MMD Dances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFvuRmTeFg
https://mmd-nay-pmd.deviantart.com/art/New-MMD-Motion-Data-Index-A-L-526892180
https://mmd-nay-pmd.deviantart.com/art/New-MMD-Motion-Data-Index-M-Z-531358782

Importing XPS to Blender: https://johnzero7.deviantart.com/art/XPS-to-Blender-2-7x-Blender-internal-the-easy-way-489500171

Adding 2D Gifs To Avatar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evzOLICiUv0

2D Picture Avatar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjLGVzqY4VA

Dynamic bone settings that people seem to blow their loads over because brainlets can't into sliders and testing:
http://puu.sh/A0AJL/ce8f4c3106.png

Fixes for FBT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sfTEBAl8sA



  --- [AVATAR MODELS AND PARTS] ---

Collection of AVATAR Resources: https://pastebin.com/s6QTNGmu

Avatar asset Dls shared in the thread: https://pastebin.com/cUkiNPK8

https://bowlroll.net/
https://www.models-resource.com/

http://3d.nicovideo.jp/search?download_filter=mmd&word=MMD&word_type=tag&work_type=mmd
http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/tag/MMDモデル配布あり
https://mikumikudance.wordpress.com
http://mikumikudance-official-models.blogspot.ca/
http://mikumikudance.wikia.com/wiki/Category:PMX_Models
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/as08a6la6bt5r/Windows_100%25_models
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/wj63udc88395v/Melonbooks_Models

https://deviantart.com/
https://mmd-pmd-mall.deviantart.com/gallery/
https://mmd-mall.deviantart.com/gallery/
https://mmd-downloads-galore.deviantart.com/
https://xnalara.deviantart.com/gallery/



 --- [RIPPING] ---

https://github.com/Perfare/AssetStudio/releases



 --- [WORLD BUILDING GUIDES] ---

Useful UDON Packages: https://pastebin.com/r6hL0eVY

World Creation & Upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9la1cH8Bhks&feature=youtu.be

World Dev Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebcoed-K4i0&

Post Processing guide: https://gitlab.com/s-ilent/SCSS/wikis/Other/Post-Processing

General Resource for UDON: https://ask.vrchat.com/

VRchat Udon Doc: https://docs.vrchat.com/v2020.3.3/docs/what-is-udon



 --- [WORLD OPTIMIZATION GUIDES] ---

XIEXE'S LIGHTING TUTORIAL : "HOW TO GET GOOD AT BAKED LIGHTING : 101
https://vrcat.club/threads/xiexes-lighting-tutorial-how-to-get-good-at-baked-lighting-101.2081/

Jetdog808's World Optimization Guide:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hmln4vtgbvnm8mp/AABvlLb_Mf80HZY6SD3WbUFTa?dl=0&preview=world+optomization+ver2.pdf



 --- [WORLD RESOURCES] ---

Models:
https://www.blender-models.com/model-download/
https://free3d.com/free-3d-models/blender
https://mmd-stages.deviantart.com/
https://www.models-resource.com/

Textures:
https://freepbr.com/
http://poliigon.com/
https://cc0textures.com/home
https://www.cgbookcase.com/



 --- [WORLD PREFABS] ---

Jetdog808 Unity Prefab:
https://github.com/jetdog8808/crescent-builders-guild/blob/master/prefabs/jetdog%27s%20prefabs.unitypackage

VRC Prefab Toybox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0hui254bx4ozzv/VRCPrefabToyboxV2.0.unitypackage?dl=0

Worlds Prefab collection:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cm2uXageuvOG13Qwdw46ck1QHARypXEK53D3EnkFOHU/edit#gid=1582720375

https://free3d.com/
http://www.sweethome3d.com/



 --- [MISC RESOURCES] ---

https://vrc.niyah.eu/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cw0Pw0osBz11edgK4z9zmF3YEGqLhwtNC1jILYve6-Q/edit#gid=1598537913