Creating a full body IK skin

This page is still under construction and users have reported problems with their skins. See this page as a guide in the right direction to get started with replacing models. It might require more work to get working

Preparing the skin model

Your skin needs to be set as "Humanoid". To do this, select your model, Go to the "Rig" tab, and then set "Animation Type" to "Humanoid".

Create a new skin

Natigate to the VRFPS Kit > Prefabs > Objects > Player > Player Skins folder, where all the included player skins are located. Get started creating your new skin by duplicating the example Full Body Skin and give it a name.

Replacing the model

Next step is to switch out the skin model, to do this, click the Your Skin/model/model gameobject, then in the inspector,

Reassigning bones

Currently, the physics skeleton & IK Rig need to be manually reassigned. Open all of the following objects and reassign any missing references to the corresponding bones. This step will be automatic in the next version of VR FPS Kit.

Configuring the skin

You need to assign the "Head Renderer" inside of the VRBodySkin component on the root object. This is necessary for hiding the head on the local player.

Setting up hand posers

Read how to set up your hand posers here.

Begin using your new skin

To begin using your new skin you need to swap the skin of your player first. Learn how to swap skins on player.