Hello, I wanted to know how to use characters that don’t come from Convai, since it is no longer possible to add them via “Import character.” I’ve seen this method used in various YouTube tutorials. How do I go about using a Convai avatar—or at least one compatible with it—now? Furthermore, in the section about importing custom character, the documentation says that the character ID must be entered, but if my character is external to Convai, what ID should I use?
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Convai is not dependent on a specific character type. You can use your own custom character, a Reallusion character, or even Unity primitive objects.
If you want lip sync to work, the character needs to support blendshapes. We currently support ARKit, CC4 Extended, and MHA style mappings.
In the tutorials, we usually use Reallusion characters. You can create your character in Reallusion Character Creator, export it to Unity, and then set up your scene similarly to the sample scene.
For an easier setup, you can use the existing Convai character GameObject from the sample scene, remove the sample character model under it, and add your own Reallusion character prefab instead. After that, update the blendshape references in the lip sync and facial animation components using Auto Find.
Okay, but since I’m working on a university project and don’t have much time, I’ve been stuck on this for four days no2. Is it possible to use a Convai character that’s already set up? I have the character ID, I’d just need the prefab to continue with the configuration.
ok but i have this problem. When i use the character from the sample scene, the character is not configurated from the Convai website and for example, my avatar must talk in italian not in english. I tried changing the character ID to Convai’s while leaving the rest of the scene unchanged, but it doesn’t work. So, my question is: if I use the character prefab from the SDK, I can’t customize its responses to my liking, because that has to be done via the Convai website?
[12:25:49.855][Warning][SDK]: [RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter] Client-side Silero VAD is enabled but its optional inference module is unavailable. Install com.unity.ai.inference 2.2.1 or newer; server interruption remains active.
UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning (object)
Convai.Runtime.Logging.UnityConsoleSink:Write (Convai.Domain.Logging.LogEntry) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Logging/UnityConsoleSink.cs:38)
Convai.Domain.Logging.LogSinkExtensions:WriteIfEnabled (Convai.Domain.Logging.ILogSink,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogEntry&) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Domain/Logging/ILogSink.cs:52)
Convai.Runtime.Logging.ConvaiLogger:DispatchToSinks (Convai.Domain.Logging.LogEntry&) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Logging/ConvaiLogger.cs:264)
Convai.Runtime.Logging.ConvaiLogger:LogMessageUnchecked (string,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogLevel,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogCategory,System.Exception) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Logging/ConvaiLogger.cs:198)
Convai.Runtime.Logging.ConvaiLogger:LogMessage (string,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogLevel,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogCategory,System.Exception) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Logging/ConvaiLogger.cs:169)
Convai.Runtime.Logging.ConvaiLogger:Convai.Domain.Logging.ILogger.Warning (string,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogCategory) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Logging/ConvaiLogger.cs:531)
Convai.Domain.Logging.TaggedLogger:Warning (string,Convai.Domain.Logging.LogCategory) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Domain/Logging/TaggedLogger.cs:52)
Convai.Runtime.Adapters.Networking.RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter:StartClientVoiceActivityDetection (Convai.Infrastructure.Networking.IMicrophoneSource) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Adapters/Networking/RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter.cs:392)
Convai.Runtime.Adapters.Networking.RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter:TrackMicrophoneSource (Convai.Infrastructure.Networking.IMicrophoneSource) (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Adapters/Networking/RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter.cs:352)
Convai.Runtime.Adapters.Networking.RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter/d__24:MoveNext () (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Adapters/Networking/RoomAudioRuntimeAdapter.cs:217)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder1<bool>:SetResult (bool) Convai.Runtime.Networking.Media.AudioTrackManager/<RepublishMicrophoneAsync>d__37:MoveNext () (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Networking/Media/AudioTrackManager.cs:182) System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder1:SetResult (bool)
Convai.Runtime.Networking.Media.AudioTrackManager/d__40:MoveNext () (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Networking/Media/AudioTrackManager.cs:247)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder1<Convai.Infrastructure.Networking.ILocalAudioTrack>:SetResult (Convai.Infrastructure.Networking.ILocalAudioTrack) Convai.Runtime.Networking.Media.AudioTrackManager/<AwaitScheduledTaskAsync>d__611<Convai.Infrastructure.Networking.ILocalAudioTrack>:MoveNext () (at Assets/Convai SDK For Unity/SDK/Runtime/Networking/Media/AudioTrackManager.cs:595)
System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback:PerformWaitCallback ()
this is the default prefab, with the ID of “Camilla” character, it works perfectly, when i change the ID, it works but the only thing is that the character don’t reply.
“Yes, this works, and the prefab code works too. The problem is that I have to use a custom character, and when I use the character ID that I configured on Convai, it doesn’t reply to my question.” I have to use an italian character not english.
