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Phonodroid 3.0 Beta Release 4 (4-29-2023)

See the general beta info post for more information here

HOW TO INSTALL

- No more 2 zip files! (for now)

- Download the 7z file and save it somewhere convenient.<...

Phonodroid 3.0 Beta Release 3 (3-16-2023)

New Arms Edition

See the general beta info post for more information here

HOW TO INSTALL 2023-03-16 21:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Phonodroid 3.0 Beta Release 2 (2-3-2023)

See the general beta info post for more information here

HOW TO INSTALL

- Download both 7z files and make sure they are in the same folder

- Using 7zip (or another zip manager tha...

3D Animation Test

An attempt at trying out a more proper animation rig with more movement, were not really that happy with the result but given its our first attempt at truly animating a 3d humanoid avatar Ever really we can't be too harsh on ourselves.

That is to say, this animation will almost certainly be scrapped and start over with ...

Phonodroid 3.0 Beta Release 1 (1-25-2023)

its here!

See the general beta info post for more information here 

HOW TO INSTALL

- Download both 7z files and make sure they are in the same folder

- Using...

5 Dollar Beta Tier is public!

This tier will grant access to beta releases of Phonodroid 3.0 during its development. These releases WILL be missing features, possibly broken in places, and without finished  documentation. That said, you can ...

unity'd PLUS beta info

Got the in the vrhcat

Current big issues:

- left eye for some reason clips out of view when facing left (this is in a mirror so its reversed) (will try to fix this before the beta release)

- The inside of...

3.0 WIP: leg speakers

finally got around to tackling a new leg speaker design going back to the round speakers of 1.x but with reimagined. The plan is to have a shape key to have them subtly move with talking, once we get to where that can start being implemented 

Phonodroid 3.0 WIP: more internals stuff

Been working away on the internals which are in the process of being  textured and weight painted!

As well as the battery box finally being remodeled, the board behind it has been considerably touched up on the texture side.

The turntable under the record also now features a slip mat (which is free to customi...

2 WIP art: xmas and big phonodroids

stuff

Phonodroid 3.0 WIP: Work while i was away

Hello! I was stuck without internet for a week, but that did mean I had a lot of time to just sit down and work on stuff I'd been meaning to for a while! I got a whole lot of work done, so lets talk about it!

The main focus on my work over that period was on optimization of mesh detail. The original mesh of the Phonodro...

Phonodroid 2.1 WIP: Update on sticker progress

Hello! I've been racking my brain on how to make the sticker idea work without requiring people less experienced with blender to have to touch the weight painting functions, given their whole point was to allow customization without the complexity of modeling or texturing from scratch. I think I've come up with a setup im pre...

3.0 WIP: Further materials update + some discussion about alternate part delay

Hello! As you can see from the images above, the phonodroid avatar has gotten quite a texture makeover since i started working on 3.0. I may have gotten a little excited at the prospect of global specularity maps. Theres still quite a lot left on the table to do (including a hefty overhaul of the internal modeling. I've been ...

3.0 WIP: Cassette

touching up another area i felt was lacking before

3.0 WIP: new LED display

taking advantage of the freedom from combining the materials to give visual elements a complete overhaul

3.0 WIP: Combined Materials! (and more)

something ive honestly wanted to do for a long time but was afraid to mess with texture edits people had made do to the UVs being shifted around, i figured with 2.1 being complete and having ideas that need more material slots, now was as good of a time as ever to finally do it.

2022-10-15 19:27:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Fairly Long And Unguided Post of Projects While Things Are Still A Bit Messed Up

Hello;; Sincerest apologies for the period of silence; I did't even really think about how long its been since I'd last said anything proper here and that's completely on me. But I figure I might as well break that finally and have Something to show from the last few months of me working on various things.

I'll just sta...

An Update on Goings On

Hey there! Just a small update on current events because the last few days have been, well, let's just say Interesting.

As said on my twitter, I'm on break from twitter right now to double down focusing on working on the Phonodroid stuff. That was going extremely well and I was getting everything I wanted to done and mo...

Laserdroid 1.1 Release (New avatar dynamics)

Hello! Here is the new update for the Laserdroid updating them to vrchats new dynamic bone and contacts system.

Patch notes:

· Avatar has been updated to use VRChats built in dynamic bones system. Beyond a basic underlining change this also allows me to make use of colliders while keeping the avatar performance r...

Phonodroid 2.1 Release (New avatar dynamics)

Hello! Here is the new update for the Phonodroid updating them to vrchats new dynamic bone and contacts system.

Patch notes:

· Avatar has been updated to use VRChats built in dynamic bones system. Beyond a basic underlining change this also allows me to make use of colliders while keeping the avatar pe...

2.1 Contact point tray opening

It took a little bit of work as there doesn't seem to be a way of making contact points toggle their output, so i hacked together state machines in the animator to get a toggled result. It can be a little finicky if you mash it which im trying to at least keep to a minimum, but if you treat your phonodroid with care it should...

WIP new outlet plugs

Ive been working on a smaller thing i can work in short sessions on while feeling down, and that has been building up over time into a future Phonodroid outlet plug pack.

Of the finished ones so far there is a type B 3 prong variant of the old plug (metal Phonodroids can finally be properly grounded while cha...

Unfortunate covid update

hello, a few days ago on twitter I had mentioned my family and I were dealing with covid. The last few days I've been feeling rough but all things considered I was still doing fairly better than the rest of my family and was beginning to hope I had gotten off easy. Unfortunately, as you might guess by my posting this, I hadn'...

WIP Phonoworld updates to come

Heres a look at some of the stuff ive been working on while preparing the Phonoworld for the public release of the Laserdroids and the later Patreon release of the Sharkdroids!

First off, if you looked Up in the last update, you may have noticed this window from the ceiling. It looks kinda like a room, huh?

2022-04-29 04:12:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Phonodroid 2.0 Hotfix released

This hotfix fixes an importing issue with the rig that was causing problems with full body tracking. The link on the 2.0 release post has been updating to this new version, so grab it from there!

If you have already imported the avatar you can fix it really easily yourself.

Go to the phonodroid19.fbx rig settings ...

Phonodroid 2.0 release!!

Its out!!

Zip includes the source files + alternate parts

(Putting this release into its own Unity project file is very recommended to avoid potential conflicts)

Please see the readme included with the release for more info.

Changes/Fixes

- Completely overhauled geometry...

Phonodroid update WIP teaser

A lot of little changes all coming together (Still very WIP though so everything is subject to change)

shark droid head WIP

Working on modeling a new head for them. Trying to edit the original head to fit wasn't really viable so I ended up sculpting a new one from scratch to get the shape just right.

Basing the designs off of this art:

2022-03-04 23:30:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Phonoworld visual refresh

Hello! Just wanted to make a quick post showing what I've been working on with the Phonoworld! I wanted to give it a bit of a makeover seeing as this coming update will be going to the community labs! Ive been working on polishing some stuff up and making it all look a little more presentable.

What's next for me to work on?

Hello! Now that I've gotten the Laserdroid done I am thinking about what I want to work on next, and I've put together a goal sheet of sorts for what I want to work on from here:

Main goals I will work on to complete in order:

- Get the Phonodroid model updated to be more in line with the improvem...