Old avatar version loading when swapping worlds
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Kilerbomb
I have recently stumbled upon a very strange issue and it has been quite a big annoyance to me while trying to make and test a shader. It seems that an older version of your avatar is loaded rather than the newest version when going to a different world.
The version of your avatar that is loaded looks like it is the most recent version from when you launched the game. This is not a local issue, either. Others were seeing the old version of my avatar as well. Switching from said avatar and back fixes the problem. This would seem to be some sort of caching issue, but I am unsure.
Steps to reproduce:
- Login to VRC
- Update current avatar
- Switch out and back in to see your changes
- Go to a different world
Once you are in a different world an older version of your avatar will be loaded.
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Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
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Looks like we solved this with some changes to avatar loading in a previous release.
Ruuubick - Designer
Merged in a post:
Avatar caching problem after updating while game open
indominablerexx
Developers:
If you update an avatar while the game is open, you can switch to another avatar before it's updated, then switch back to see it reload the new one.
However, if you're wearing the new updated model, THEN go to another world wearing it, the game uses a previous cached version, thereby obscuring the changes.
Fix: Restart the game, or switch to another avatar and switch back again and it'll use the new one once more.
100の人
This is duplicated of https://vrchat.canny.io/bug-reports/p/old-avatar-version-loading-when-swapping-worlds
Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
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Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
I've actually seen this occur with another user. It seems exceedingly rare, however.
Can you tell me an avatar ID that's affected by this issue?
Kilerbomb
Tupper - VRChat Head of Community:
This avatar has had the issue. Was uploading a bunch to test small changes to a shader I was working on, upon joining some friends I noticed my changes were reverted. They also saw the old version.
avtr_54a53e14-b056-4adc-8474-badd1a1aadd4
Pokerface Cactus
Tupper - VRChat Head of Community: i don't know if it helps tupper. but from my experience this seems to only. but always happen on the avatar that you logged in with that session.
if you update the avatar you logged in with, it wil always revert to the version you logged in with on world swap.