Add Avatar Multiuploader as a part of official SDK
AstraeaZero
As you know, sometimes we have a very large number of the same avatars, but each one is with a different outfit to maintain high performance (mostly booth avatars). In my case, when I encounter a bug, I can quickly fix it by editing just one prefab, but to update all my avatars, I have to upload them again!!!! which takes an incredible amount of wasted time, during which I have to be present in front of the PC. On github you can see a plugin that allows you to upload an infinite number of avatars one by one without having to sit for hours in front of the PC, just with one click.
The problem is that one update of your SDK can break this plugin, which then requires waiting for a real one from its side and you never know when it will happen.
Unfortunately, the new system of accepting rights has messed up this plugin a bit, so we are back to the point where I am forced to sit in front of the computer for hours waiting for this one window where I have to click "Accept"
I think it could be done in a more thoughtful way, instead of pestering users over and over again for the same thing.
Now a very quick calculation, in my case one avatar is built and uploaded in about 8 minutes, due to the plugins I use, now if we count how long it will take to upload 20 avatars, we get the number 160 minutes, which gives almost 3 hours to upload, it is really a lot and each time requires our intervention, during this time we could e.g. take the dog for a walk, wash the dishes, clean the apartment or go shopping, unfortunately during this time we are forced to be in front of the computer all the time. And sometimes due to the shader compilation, some computers can lag a lot during uploading, which makes us sometimes have to give up even watching movies in the background to kill time. So I often consider this time as just wasted.
A lot of my friends complain about this aspect of the SDK very often, could you please add this option to upload multiple avatars at once as an official part of the SDK?
I would also like to know the opinion of other users, so tell me what you think about my idea?
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Jay․Jay․
This feature request sounds niche, but very useful in that niche. Honestly the new button to click during upload is a pain. I often start an upload and hop into VR, but then need to control my desktop to click this annoying button. Or I start an upload and walk away to do something, but then have to come back to click this silly button.
Implementing this multi-upload feature would be nice, but alternatively, VRC could roll back the annoying new upload confirm button back to the original checkbox. That's easier to automate with the github scripts you mentioned, and also much less frustrating for all users.