Hey guys,
I’m trying to upload an avatar for VRChat- everything has already been made and ready to go. When I go to Build & Publish, I get an error in the compiler:
FileNotFoundException: (file path here) does not exist. Of course, the last item in the path is the “non-existing” file. Whenever I try and do this build & publish, the prefab, which is the missing file, appears in my project assets in the bottom window next to all of my folders and such. If I try and do the process again, it will fail, and another copy of the prefab will show up.
I have even tried moving the specific file to the folder and trying again, but that does not seem to work.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks
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japhib
April 27, 2020, 12:43am
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I’m not sure this is the right place to ask since your question seems specific to VRChat.
That said, it’s probably looking in the wrong path. Do you have access to the Unity code that is doing the file access? If so you could change it to list out the files in the parent directory, or print the current working directory, and see if that gives you a hint to where it’s actually looking.
I’m having an identical issue. I have no experience with unity except for trying to get an avatar uploaded to VRChat, which I have been failing at for a couple days now. The code looks like this:
FileNotFoundException: C:/Users/Kovach/AppData/Local/Temp/DefaultCompany/New Unity Project (7)/prefab-id-v1_avtr_9a0bc2b9-c2c5-4a9d-8153-43c4b5255cc3_8535618613.prefab.unity3d does not exist
JONDUDE
September 11, 2020, 2:38pm
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I’m having the exact same troubles…
FileNotFoundException: C:/Users/JONDU/AppData/Local/Temp/DefaultCompany/CrowB0T/prefab-id-v1_avtr_95b8831d-3dc3-409f-b51e-aa6add640b27_5333867844.prefab.unity3d does not exist
Same issue…
japhib
January 14, 2021, 11:06pm
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You guys should really contact whoever makes the VRChat plugin about these issues, as they’re totally related to that plugin and not to Unity itself
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I had this error because of a script delete all scripts that are not from vrchat SDK and try again.
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BBM0
April 21, 2021, 11:32am
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hey,
FileNotFoundException: C:/Users/feras/AppData/Local/Temp/DefaultCompany/tai/prefab-id-v1_avtr_0668019d-61e8-4e2d-aff8-8f1cec7ee95d_0823601381.prefab.unity3d does not exist
@BBM0 As mentioned previously, this is not a Unity issue. You would want to contact VRChat support here https://help.vrchat.com/hc/en-us
thank you so much I can’t believe I actually found a solution, I just had to thank you.
This video helped me with this problem
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After a bit of looking into the issue, 9 times out of 10 you’re missing a script that was built into the avatar.
For example: An avatar you purchased was made with the dynamic bones addon attached to it. If you don’t add the dynamic bones plugin, you’ll get the errors shown above.
Unity is searching for the missing plugin that was part of the package when it was made. Be sure to look at any documentation that was provided with the avatar your bought. Most of the time, they’ll mention if you need to import any extra packages to your project.
One more thing: If you don’t have the package that was associated, you can just delete the script. Doing so will be annoying though since you’ll probably need to dig around in the root of the model.
Hope this helps.
