✨🕺 CuteDancer v4.0 🕺✨

Add to VRChat Creator Companion

▶️ https://krysiek.github.io/CuteDancer/ ◀️

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CuteDancer is a package dedicated to use on VRChat avatars. It contains dance animations that can be played in sync together with other players who have the package installed on their avatars. You can use it for syncing animations for video recording, making funny public avatars or just for fun!

👉 You can try it on public avatars here.

How does it work?

It uses Contacts Components. When one avatar starts dancing, the sender component is activated and receivers on other avatars play that animation as well.

What's new in v4.0?

• VRChat Creator Companion support
• Completely rewritten setup script with dance selector
• Support for adding custom animations
• Other small improvements and fixes

Installation

You have to use VRChat Creator Companion for your Unity VRChat project.

Add the listing from https://krysiek.github.io/CuteDancer/

Install CuteDancer package by clicking Manage Project next to the desired avatar project and then choose the newest version available next to the CuteDancer package.

Basic usage

Open the setup by selecting from top bar Tools -> CuteDancer -> CuteDancer Setup

There are two tabs: Builder and Installer.

Builder

This tab allows you to prepare CuteDancer prefab with selected dances, include or exclude audio and specify additional parameters. Your avatar on the scene won't be touched yet.

1. Select dances which you want to be included.
2. Click on the audio icon to include or exclude audio for the specific dance. This will save audio sources slots later on your avatar.
3. Click on the Generate files button.

<details> <summary>Advanced settings</summary>

• Name - You can create multiple builds by changing its name and use them as "presets" on the installer tab.
• Parameter name - Name of the parameter used for the dances. If you have problems with non-working animations, stuck poses, etc., you may change it to something unique.
• Parameter start value - The minimum numeric value that will be used for the parameter to trigger the dances (e.g., if you set it to 100, it will use 100 for the first dance, 101 for the next, and so on).

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Installer

This tab allows you to apply generated files above on your avatar.

1. In CuteDancer build you can change which build will be applied to the avatar.
2. In Avatar field select your avatar from the scene. Fields with specific avatar components should be filled automatically.
3. Click Apply to avatar button

Custom animation support

Select from top bar Tools -> CuteDancer -> Create Dance Template

The template dance will be created in Assets/CuteDancer/Dances/MySuperDance directory. Now you can edit it by renaming and replacing included files. It is recommended to rename the files in Unity, otherwise you have to keep renaming both, asset file and corresponding .meta file. Replacing the files is recommended outside of Unity.

<details> <summary>Description of the info.json properties</summary>

• name - Used for internal parameters names, should be unique without spaces.
• displayName - Used for displaying in Builder and avatar's Action Menu.
• collection - Name of a category for the builder.
• author - Name of the author of the animation.
• order - Display order in the builder.

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Contributors

Default animations, package: Krysiek
Sender/Receiver config, support and tests: Luc4r
Animators optimization, tests: Jack'lul