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    Plugins + Scripts Benchmark

    Make sure to restart VaM after removing your Session plugins. Some plugins do not clean up after themselves. Also make sure they did not come back after VaM restart ;) Make sure to use the unmodified VAR and dependencies here from the Hub. There are modified versions floating around, do not use...
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    Question Is it Possible to do this with Timeline? (facial expressions)

    No, with IdlePoser you add morphs once as being captured/monitored. When creating States it looks at all those. When you got two states and a captured morph is zero for both of them, the performance cost for doing the transition of that morphs is very low. Note that IdlePoser is compatible with...
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    Question Is it Possible to do this with Timeline? (facial expressions)

    Depends a bit what you actually want, but did you have a look at IdlePoser? Each expression would be a "State". You can change randomly between states, or do something more complex when combining with LogicBricks or Timeline to tell IdlePoser what to do...
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    Question What happened to Anonymous (creator)?

    Note that Anonymous is the VaM default user name, if you didn't enter anything in the game settings.
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    Benchmark Result Discussion

    Benchmark v5 has been released: Changelog Scene integrity checks could freeze, if there was faulty data injected in the scene JSON by certain session/scene plugins. This was for example the case with FocusOnMe by @CheesyFX. Now we are showing an appropriate message, telling you to remove all...
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    Improving fine hair without MSAA x8?

    Try to find someone with similar hardware in the discussion thread. Make sure they used version 3, 4 or 5. Otherwise results are not comparable. https://hub.virtamate.com/threads/benchmark-result-discussion.13131/
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    Plugins + Scripts Benchmark

    There might be session plugins or something like that which modify the scene without you noticing. Make sure that after removing ALL your session plugins, and saving that as a new default session plugin preset, to restart VaM. Some plugins to not clean up properly behind themselves and leave...
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    Improving fine hair without MSAA x8?

    Mirrors tank performance hard. The entire scene has to be rendered again, so half performance. You can try reducing the resolution of the mirror. Too many VAR packages with morphs are a thing that affects performance massively as well. Try running with a second "clean" VaM install that has just...
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    Improving fine hair without MSAA x8?

    150fps sounds totally ok, though? In VaM you got two choices to improve hair: Use MSAA...ideally 8x Use the ResolutionScale slider, which only has an effect in VR. It means rendering in higher resolution and then downscale. Most people probably combine both. Especially on older low-res VR...
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    Plugins + Scripts Benchmark

    @vipersanya Update 5 likely fixes the issue you had.
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    Plugins + Scripts Benchmark

    Uh? The scene comes with the plugin? It was specifically made for this. The environment is the Cyberpunk room included in VaM, just with some modifications like changing colors, turning stuff off (like the window shades) and adding other standard VaM props. The sky is no skybox, just a regular...
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    Benchmark v5 released, fixing an issue with integrity checks. Changelog Scene integrity checks...

    Benchmark v5 released, fixing an issue with integrity checks. Changelog Scene integrity checks could freeze, if there was faulty data injected in the scene JSON by certain session/scene plugins. This was for example the case with FocusOnMe by @CheesyFX. Now we are showing an appropriate...
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    Question all blonde hair appear black

    Probably you have your Pixel Light Count set very low. I would recommend a setting of 3, which has still reasonable performance. That would mean for every object VaM will take the 3 most important lights into account. Other less important lights would be calculated by vertex, which doesn't work...
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    Solved where do I put assetbundle files?

    If the "pack" happens to be a VAR package, the VAR goes into AddonPackages. Don't unpack it, just leave it there. Everything made in the last few years for VAM should be in a VAR package. Understanding VARs, and why we use them, is critical for creating content in VaM. There are various...
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    Plugins + Scripts Benchmark

    MacGruber updated Benchmark with a new update entry: Version 5 Read the rest of this update entry...
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