VRM-Addon-for-Blender VS armory

I think thats just the version of the addon ? I think it just that blender version is too new? Because it says the addon was released in 2022. addon

I created a base mesh in the 3D program VROID before porting it to Blender via the VRM Blender add-on (link). I refined it to be the mesh I wanted within Blender itself (no sculpting, just pure box-modeling). After experimenting with various texturing methods, I ended up using Inkscape, a FOSS vectoring program to create the character textures. From there, I used the Cycles Toonkit addon by Cogumelo Softworks to get that cel-shaded look you can see in the Blender renders. Rigging was done with another Blender addon called Auto-Rig Pro.

I reccomend using https://github.com/saturday06/VRM-Addon-for-Blender/releases This Addon lets you export directly for VRM and manipulate Mtoon shaders. And modify blendshapes, properties, etc. only problem is that adding iFM blendshapes are buggy, they don’t seem to register unless you import it into uniVRM and re-export. Although they might’ve been fixed by now.

Vrm importing addon :https://github.com/saturday06/VRM_Addon_for_Blender

Aah thats a different pipeline yes , i am not familiar with any tutorials for this specific application but generally i'd first try to export it with https://github.com/saturday06/VRM_Addon_for_Blender

I do believe you can stream directly from both unity and blender , which i do not know how to do yet but someone here might. But from a vrchat model you should be able to find addons to export to vrm such as https://github.com/saturday06/VRM_Addon_for_Blender for blender or univrm 0.66.0 for unity version 2019.4.31f1 https://github.com/vrm-c/UniVRM/releases?page=4 But not 100% sure if those models need any adjustments before they can be converted to vrm

My issue is quite simple, i imported a VRM file into blender (using this addon: https://github.com/saturday06/VRM_Addon_for_Blender ). The import works fine and the textures and everything work as well, but it seems like the lighting on the object is just set as it is.

What's really missing is an open source "bring your own engine and asset pipeline" editor tool. Game editors have pretty much arrived at the Unity data model and editor workflow (game object outliner to the left, scene view in the middle, property panel on the right, asset panel at the bottom, plus custom panels).

The Unity Editor and asset pipeline is hackable enough to use it as editor for another engine, I did that in the past as "proof of concept" and it definitely works, but is most likely a legal minefield.

Blender is also definitely hackable enough to serve that role (see: https://armory3d.org/) (again I did something similar in the past with Maya, it kinda works, but this wasn't very popular with artists because they were overwhelmed by the UI).

There are two primary contenders to replace the BGE. One is Armory3D (https://armory3d.org/) It has a ton of potential, and outputs to multiple formats including web. But it's a one-developer show and it's been really inconsistent. I taught a class on prototyping 3D games with it, but updates are slow and inconsistent, as is the documentation. Too bad, because it's a promising project, with a blueprints-like visual system and Haxe (basically an open-source actionscript) as the programming language.

https://armory3d.org/features is more of a game engine than just a 3d renderer but not as advanced as unity or unreal in certain aspects. One can write game logic in c/c++/rust -- https://github.com/armory3d/armory/wiki/wasm

Website

Armory3D is also interesting, not a fork of the original BGE AFAIK but integrates with Blender.

Armory3d

I don't know what it's worth, but Armory3D is also an engine built with Blender : https://armory3d.org/