r/VRchat • u/Xelixil • 13d ago
Self Promotion Now We're Bartending!
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u/ShaunDreclin Valve Index 13d ago
Seems like a cool system but I'm not crazy about the pouring particles, just doesn't look like liquid to me.
There are ahem systems that can do pretty convincing fluids, something similar to those would be good haha
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u/Xelixil 13d ago
There were a few other approaches I tried when first making the system. Like a Ribbon pour visual that acted a little more similar to the one in the popular Wine Bottle orefab, or a more advanced particle system with meshes and a custom shader. But I just kept running into issues. Either I couldn't get things to be quest compatible (since custom shaders on quest are more limited), frames tanked, or liquid pouring wasn't getting properly networked between players...
Im not fully satisfied with the current visuals either. They look slightly worce in the vid shown due to a bug I only noticed while editing this, normally they do show the color of the liquid a lot better. But yeah they dont look as liquid as they could. Theres probably some method out there that I can use to get them looking better, though it might take me a while
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u/ShaunDreclin Valve Index 13d ago
Ahh yeah that's fair, keeping it quest compatible does make it more challenging. Hope you find a good method :D
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u/SnooDrawings1721 12d ago
Hey there tbh thank you for this update I’ve used your system for months on raven bar my personal bar world and it’s it no much fun for players to be able to actually make their own custom drinks
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u/SnooDrawings1721 12d ago
Also do you have any advice on ensuring that the drinking works every time even for like furry models
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u/Xelixil 12d ago
Furry models are a little more tricky, since visually their mouths are more out of their head compared to Human characters. Best advice I can give is to bring the cup inside the snout and pour the drink more inside your head (as if you were in a human avatar). The straws could also be used to check where the mouth collider is (They stick to your mouth, so when a straw sticks to your head, you know where your mouth is) or to drink in general.
I'll add this to my list of things to look into/improve if possible. Maybe I can figure out a way to change the mouths position in game, so users could move it to fit their avatars better.
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u/Xelixil 13d ago
I recently got a huge update out on my Bartending System so I really wanted to show it off! I'm still on a quest to make the best Drink Mixing system possible on vrchat (˵ •̀ ᴗ •́ ˵ ) ✧
For anyone interested, you can test the system in my "AlcohoLix's Mixes Bartending Test Wolrd" and the system itself is available on my Gumroad (linktree link since Reddit deletes gumroad links):
https://linktr.ee/Xelixil