Using AvatarMeshHelper in Unity

Unity
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I’m using AvatarMeshHelper in my own project. My prefabs are built on the Shooter example armature, with my own RPM meshes used as defaults.
I have code to download medium-res single-mesh avatars.
AvatarMeshHelper throws an error; it seems to want an array of skinned meshes instead of pulling a mesh from a downloaded Ready Player Me avatar.

I’m not using the full res multipart RPM avatar because I have the user choose their customization in a previous scene, then I download the medium res single mesh version using a config file.

How can I solve this?

I’m using Smartfox, but this is for the local player. I have a network player script attached to my Avatar prefab.

public void SetPlayer()
{
    // load the medium res avatar, then transfer mesh to Game Creator armature
    Debug.Log("avatar URL is " + rpmURL);

    if (rpmURL.Length > 0)
    {
        AvatarObjectLoader loader = new AvatarObjectLoader();
        loader.LoadAvatar(rpmURL);
        loader.AvatarConfig = config;
        loader.OnCompleted += (sender, args) =>
        {
            GameObject targetPrefab = this.gameObject;
            if (VariablesManager.ExistsGlobal("avatar_model"))
            {
                //switchMeshActionSet.Execute(); // post-load actions in game.
                AvatarMeshHelper.TransferMesh(args.Avatar, gameObject, null);
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.LogError("Error: something wrong with avatar id URL or model.");
            }
        };

    }
}

Error:

|Severity|Code|Description|Project|File|Line|Suppression State|Details|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Error|CS1503|Argument 2: cannot convert from 'UnityEngine.GameObject' to 'UnityEngine.SkinnedMeshRenderer[]'|Assembly-CSharp|D:\~Work\~Unity Dev\hundo\hundo x Ruby Room Smartfox v2 addressables\Assets\GameScripts\NetworkPlayer.cs|72|Active||

Screens - Left is Smartfox compatible based on downloaded RPM avatar as default; right is the Photon RPM multiplayer resource.

SF2X Avatar vs Photon RPM avatar
SF2X Avatar vs Photon RPM avatar961×945 146 KB

2

I succeeded by manually capturing the avatar skins, and noticing there’s two versions of Unity’s get component; one is plural and captures arrays. :disguised_face:

public void SetPlayer()
{
    // load the medium res avatar, then transfer mesh to Game Creator armature
    Debug.Log("avatar URL is " + rpmURL);

    if (rpmURL.Length > 0)
    {
        AvatarObjectLoader loader = new AvatarObjectLoader();
        loader.LoadAvatar(rpmURL);
        loader.AvatarConfig = config;
        loader.OnCompleted += (sender, args) =>
        {
            lqAvatar = args.Avatar;
            if (lqAvatar != null)
            {
                SkinnedMeshRenderer[] newSkins = gameObject.GetComponentsInChildren<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();
                Animator animator = gameObject.GetComponent<Animator>();
                AvatarMeshHelper.TransferMesh(lqAvatar, newSkins, animator);
                DestroyAvatars();
            } 
        };
    }
}
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Partial success. Running two instances on one computer (one build and in-Unity), the avatars load, both change both the local and remote players to the same avatar - whichever is the local player’s avatar in that instance is also added to the remote player’s avatar instance.

RPM Partial Success Loads same avatar onto all players
RPM Partial Success Loads same avatar onto all players908×640 155 KB

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Good to hear you solved this :slight_smile:
Yes, the TransferMesh method requires the SkinnedMeshRenderer type. This is the method signature:
TransferMesh(GameObject source, SkinnedMeshRenderer[] targetMeshes, Animator targetAnimator)