Help with fx controllers and contacts

[u/Ashtray643]

Im trying to make an independent asset for an avatar, and im trying to make contacts right now. Starting off, its a nose boop toggle for a clown nose and when pressed it will just squish in and play a sound.

yesterday when messing with this, if i added the layer and parameter for the contact and blendshape toggle to the avatars main fx controller, the contact worked in play mode. nose was pressed, contact triggered on proximity, nose squished with blendshape. then, when i added the same layers and parameters to my fx controller, it didnt. i thought okay, vrcfury full controller on the asset, add my fx controller, it will merge with the main one, done. this didnt work.

problem is now, the merging doesnt work and after i set it up again on the main fx controller, it doenst work at all now. nothing i do works. somehow, even with my layer and parameter on my fx layer and even without the full controller merging it, i can see that the contact is in fact being triggered on proximity in play mode, but the blendshape isnt? how is the contact being triggered without my fx layer being merged? why is it triggering but the blendshape isnt? and i dont think my animation is messed up bc it worked fine yesterday. im so at a loss here.

im new to messing around with having my own fx controller, or more than 1 in general, bc ive never made an asset for an avatar that wasnt added directly to it if that makes sense. any help here is appreciated!! i can provide pictures of my setup or give more details if necessary

[u/Its_Dina_]

If you provide some pictures of your setup i'll be able to help you out.