Why is it so hard to find specific avatars

[Helix]

I know there are lots of avatar worlds, but they have all their avatars spread out throughout the world, and there's no way to search for specific avatars. There should just be an in game repository of all public avatars that you can browse through in a window and search by tags.
Has anyone seen an avatar that looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7ijnOHEDs
Also, why can we only favorite 16 avatars, but we can favorite hundreds of worlds? We should be able to make lists of our favorite avatars like we can worlds.

[CasualtyListed]

1. Making a database for avatars in VR Chat at it's current state would open it to hackers and people who specifically have avatars made to lag, troll, or insult/offend people.
2. How many people do you think have made a Master Chief avatar or a variant of him? How many is too many? How do you decide that? What about people who exclusively use their avatars in a rotation as a means of display and advertisement?
3. What happens to avatars or creators who abuse the system or copy others?

I can keep going. Point is, not really possible.

[Helix]

1. Stealing avatars is apparently already a problem. As for lag, trolling, etc. That just requires moderation.
2. People are already uploading lots of variants of popular characters. If anything, this would decrease the number of duplicate avatars because people could find what they're looking for instead of uploading yet another version of it.
3. They get banned, presumably.

Point is, this is a basic feature that should be included in this game.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

It's all about exploring avatar worlds and saving favoriting those that hold avatars you like. That's what I did during my first month in the game and stopped once my favorites list was full.

That"s when I started to make my own avatars, picking first the models I couldnt find in those favorite worlds, then models that I liked but that had issues (poor optimization, lack of good emotes, lack of facial expressions) or could be imrpoved (accessories, different textures, different size, different body parts, better animations, flying...).

[Voyse]

Originally posted by Guh~heh~heh~♫:

It's all about exploring avatar worlds and saving favoriting those that hold avatars you like. That's what I did during my first month in the game and stopped once my favorites list was full.

That"s when I started to make my own avatars,

I agree. That aspect breeds creativity.

Originally posted by Helix:

I know there are lots of avatar worlds, but they have all their avatars spread out throughout the world, and there's no way to search for specific avatars. There should just be an in game repository of all public avatars that you can browse through in a window and search by tags...
Also, why can we only favorite 16 avatars, but we can favorite hundreds of worlds? We should be able to make lists of our favorite avatars like we can worlds.

Initially, there wasn't even a favorite system. You simply had to find the world over and over again before you went chilling with friends.

Perhaps the market avatar shops will institute search features once they build an assortment of avatars. It works to the sellers advantage to have their wares easily browse-able.

That being said, I do think a search feature would be nice for users not willing to learn avatar creation; but for those who are willing, you can find avatars on a ton of online avatar repositories.

For now, world search is a thing that might help a bit. Some worlds even have a book-like layout for their avatars so you can swap avatars without even taking a step.

[mellow]

i like it better with them being hard to find, it can make you feel unique if you find a cool one

[❥•MoNika]

I'm in total agreement with the OP, find specific avatars right now is a pain in the a**.
Not everybody who plays this game loves to spend hours to find an avatar, especially if you've little free time at your disposal. Also, the implementation of a search function will not detract to the research of different avatars and worlds, because the pleasure to find unexpected models while exploring will always be there for those that enjoys it.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

what we need is steam workshop with a databank of unity packages and assets.... maybe some basic models for those who know their way with modeling softwares....

[Dodgy]

Why is it so hard for ppl to akonwledge...

[Voyse]

Originally posted by Guh~heh~heh~♫:

what we need is steam workshop with a databank of unity packages and assets.... maybe some basic models for those who know their way with modeling softwares....

VRChat has some modifiable models available on their own site if i recall correctly.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

really ? on the official site ? where ?

[Ryuken]

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[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

ah... already visited it. Lot of outdated and broken stuff here... I prefer Booth and MMD models from deviant art or blogs.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

No it isnt. With VRCat it takes no more than a few minutes to do... less than an hour if you bother creating new shapekeys or swapping body parts with another model.

Longest thing to do is uploading your completed avatar in unity

[Voyse]

Originally posted by Guh~heh~heh~♫:

ah... already visited it. Lot of outdated and broken stuff here... I prefer Booth and MMD models from deviant art or blogs.

True, there is a ton of broken textures and animations, but a great resource to have nonetheless (long as you don't mind the messyness). I learned some neat stuff from some of their older models.

[BCS]

Originally posted by Voyse:

True, there is a ton of broken textures and animations, but a great resource to have nonetheless (long as you don't mind the messyness). I learned some neat stuff from some of their older models.

Like what?