Hey everyone. First time poster, long time user. Here. I've been using VaM for a little over a year. I spent early days just downloading content, then I started creating. I've finally created a scene I'm pretty proud of and would like to upload it for others to enjoy, but I have a few things I'm looking for advice on. I'll try to keep this brief:
First, a shoutout to ALL of the content creators out there for the hard work you do. This shiz is NOT easy. I'd especially like to thank the creators who specialize in utilities to make content creation easier. Big names like MacGruber and Acidbubbles, of course, but really anyone who's ever made anything to make other creators' lives easier. You guys ROCK.
So first problem, and I've seen a lot of threads on this, but am looking for fresh takes in the latest version: Dealing with dependencies. I walked through some tutorial stuff and was able to create a var file, then add that var file in the package manager and see the LONG list of dependencies. What's the best way to tackle the project of trimming this list down?
My second issue actually stems from the above. It turns out I am using a look called "Patricia" by Stenzelo, whom, until I started looking to wrap everything up and publish a package, I was unaware has had their content deleted. The message says "Stenzelo is permanently banned from posting resources." Sounds rough. My question is, what should I do about it? I really like the look, so I guess I could try and recreate it by hand. I assume publishing with something/someone who is banned from the Hub is no bueno. Trying to recreate this asset in my scene would be very difficult, and I'm just trying to figure out how best to do it.
Which leads nicely my to my next problem. The scene will be difficult to plop another look/model into because it is timed pretty meticulously to music, which means the size of a replacement would need to be VERY close. I used Acidbubbles' Timeline to build about four minutes of animations (funny how four minutes ends up being like a hundred hours of clicking around, as a newbie!) I have come across the plugin that keeps audio sync'd with your animations, but it doesn't seem to work with my Timeline animations. Is there a way to have the two work together, or do I need to do some sort of export of the animations to get it to work properly? Any help here would be appreciated!
Lastly, I'm curious about what the best way to make sure that others will have proper music timing with the animations would be. The syncing plugin should help, I think, but are there serious differences for other people based on their computer and their settings? I was tinkering around in settings, and I found that changing the "Physics Rate" definitely speeds up and slows down animation. Should I be publishing some settings with my scene as a guideline for others to follow?
Thank you in advance for any and all that you can help with. This is a great community, and I'm excited to start contributing more to it.
First, a shoutout to ALL of the content creators out there for the hard work you do. This shiz is NOT easy. I'd especially like to thank the creators who specialize in utilities to make content creation easier. Big names like MacGruber and Acidbubbles, of course, but really anyone who's ever made anything to make other creators' lives easier. You guys ROCK.
So first problem, and I've seen a lot of threads on this, but am looking for fresh takes in the latest version: Dealing with dependencies. I walked through some tutorial stuff and was able to create a var file, then add that var file in the package manager and see the LONG list of dependencies. What's the best way to tackle the project of trimming this list down?
My second issue actually stems from the above. It turns out I am using a look called "Patricia" by Stenzelo, whom, until I started looking to wrap everything up and publish a package, I was unaware has had their content deleted. The message says "Stenzelo is permanently banned from posting resources." Sounds rough. My question is, what should I do about it? I really like the look, so I guess I could try and recreate it by hand. I assume publishing with something/someone who is banned from the Hub is no bueno. Trying to recreate this asset in my scene would be very difficult, and I'm just trying to figure out how best to do it.
Which leads nicely my to my next problem. The scene will be difficult to plop another look/model into because it is timed pretty meticulously to music, which means the size of a replacement would need to be VERY close. I used Acidbubbles' Timeline to build about four minutes of animations (funny how four minutes ends up being like a hundred hours of clicking around, as a newbie!) I have come across the plugin that keeps audio sync'd with your animations, but it doesn't seem to work with my Timeline animations. Is there a way to have the two work together, or do I need to do some sort of export of the animations to get it to work properly? Any help here would be appreciated!
Lastly, I'm curious about what the best way to make sure that others will have proper music timing with the animations would be. The syncing plugin should help, I think, but are there serious differences for other people based on their computer and their settings? I was tinkering around in settings, and I found that changing the "Physics Rate" definitely speeds up and slows down animation. Should I be publishing some settings with my scene as a guideline for others to follow?
Thank you in advance for any and all that you can help with. This is a great community, and I'm excited to start contributing more to it.
