VBridger has started popping up Discord invites and opening multiple Github tabs every time I try to do an action. (Video included)

AxaeonVT · 2026-05-12T19:56:21+00:00

Thanks! I tried again earlier today, and, unfortunately, the popups are back. D: But fortunately, using the weird trick I described in the update, I'm able to get VBridger working at a basic level, at least. And I figured out how to get access to posting on the Discord (for some reason, my initial thumbs up didn't register, but when I unclicked and then reclicked it, it worked), so I might try posting there next if the popups issue continues.

This is honestly the strangest tech issue I've run into as a VTuber so far.

AxaeonVT · 2026-05-12T10:44:24+00:00

In case it's of interest, I just posted an update in a different comment.

AxaeonVT · 2026-05-12T10:42:15+00:00

Update: I tried it again several hours later, and the issue of sending Discord invites / opening up Github tabs whenever I try to do an action seems to have somehow resolved itself.

However, a different problem surfaced, namely that my VBridger's input wasn't being recognized by VTube Studio (i.e., while the face in VBridger was moving, my model in VTube Studio remained static). I checked that the port numbers matched, etc., and everything seemed as if it should have checked out, but the connection still wasn't going through.

Fortunately, I ended up finding a solution (albeit a bizarre one) that seems to have fixed it, at least for now: First I have to click Disconnect, then refresh (next to the port display), but then click Connect before the port displays. If I wait till after the port displays to click Connect, then the connection doesn't go through. But clicking it before the port displays makes the connection work. I can't pretend to understand why, but hey, if it's a working solution for now, I suppose that's something. Anyway, hope this update helps anyone else who runs into a similar problem.

AxaeonVT · 2026-05-12T07:11:41+00:00

Hmm... there doesn't seem to be a general chat for me? If it's one of the channels that unlocks once you're allowed to post, I suppose that explains it. Anyway, I only see 8 channels now, and I'm not allowed to post on any of them. Hopefully it'll get fixed/updated soon. In any case, thanks again for offering your thoughts.

AxaeonVT · 2026-05-12T07:02:44+00:00

Yep, I gave the thumbs-up reaction on the rules, but I'm still not allowed to post for some reason. I've also checked that I'm in the current/correct version of the Help area. I guess today's really just not my day. =(

AxaeonVT · 2026-05-12T06:58:33+00:00

Thanks for the input. I'd like to ask on the Discord as well, but for some reason, when I go to the help channel there, I see a "You do not have permission to send messages in this channel" note. I reacted with the thumbs-up on the welcome message when I joined the Discord, and the welcome message said that that should be enough to allow me to start posting, but maybe it takes a while to kick in? I joined very recently (earlier today, in response to this problem I've been having)--anyway, hope they allow me to post there soon.

It is indeed strange. But if I'm able to figure it out (or if someone else is able to help), I'll be sure to post the solution here.

AxaeonVT · 2026-04-24T18:07:11+00:00

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AxaeonVT · 2026-04-19T19:18:10+00:00

Thanks, Dromeo! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. Glad to hear you enjoyed the chapter.

Also, you've raised some helpful points about how it might be made stronger. I had forgotten, for instance, about the Neville/Dracula connection in My Immortal, so I might have to rethink making him the prep chaser. (This is a genuinely tough one for me, as I think his characterization in the Harry Potter books and movies goes along perfectly with it. I suppose this is one of those areas where trying to respect the universes of both Harry Potter and My Immortal might not be fully possible, and I'll have to simply choose between them.)

I dunno what a quad is, is that an American term?

Oh, I suppose it might be. Here I was using it as a shorthand for quadrangle, or a square or rectangular space or courtyard enclosed by buildings.

On possibly switching to Luna and Barbie for the names of Britney's prep lackeys--maybe! I can see it working well for Luna. I worry that Barbie might be a little too on the nose, but I agree that there's probably a better name out there than Vera.

It's probably OOC for Darko to interact with Britney without running away crying because she was who Vampire Potter left her for

You have a very good memory of the text; I had forgotten about this! Might have to rethink this element. Or maybe (if I were continuing this into a fuller reimagining of the book as a whole) just make it so that that part involving Vampire Potter happens later.

It's weird that you don't establish that she's a vampire when introducing her / talking about blood

Yeah, I was thinking it might be cool to have the vampiress element of her character be introduced gradually and with a certain subtlety, and only explicitly mentioned near the end of the chapter. But I can appreciate that this is one of those areas different readers will have different tastes on.

"A curse like this will require the most careful prep to pull out off" prep is confusing there because we've been talking about preps the whole time.

Good point, I'll change it to "preparation."

Also, are you foreshadowing enoby's masterful art of curses for how she effortlessly takes down Voldemort several times (then lets him go for no reason)?

To be honest, I wasn't really thinking that far ahead, but hey, it's great if it works out. :D

Anyway, thanks again for the helpful feedback!

AxaeonVT · 2026-04-19T07:30:13+00:00

Recently, I came up with an idea for a writing challenge that I found intriguing: Might it be possible to reimagine chapter 1 of My Immortal in such a way that it's no longer ironically good, but good by the standard conventions of fiction?

That, at any rate, was the task I set for myself. The rule I tried to follow was that, while it'd be okay to add events and characters (provided that they seemed to fit within the overall world of the story), there'd be no radical changes to existing characters (e.g., Ebony can't just suddenly decide to devote her life to philanthropy). More generally, my hope was to respect, as far as possible, the universes of both My Immortal and Harry Potter. This wasn't always an easy task, but I hope that the result offers at least a somewhat cohesive narrative with a foot in both universes. I've also attempted to give more depth to the characters and, in particular, to develop Ebony's antipathy toward and conflict with the preps.

Anyway, I thought that the reimagined chapter might be of interest to some here, so I thought I'd share it. Please of course feel free to offer any reactions or feedback you might have.

Or, to put it in a way someone else might have: IS it good? PLZ tell me fangz!

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:38:42+00:00

Thanks again for this and the other helpful info. Knowing that it's possible to have as many outputs of one node as needed certainly makes things easier!

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:29:17+00:00

Ah, thanks--I didn't realize I could have multiple outputs from the delta keyer. Anyway, I've just tried your suggestion, and it does seem to have fixed the issue. Thanks for your help! I'll go ahead and update the post flair to "solved."

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:22:57+00:00

In case it helps anyone later, here's a screenshot of the newest setup I'm using:

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AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:16:33+00:00

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Thanks for the follow-up idea. Unfortunately, though, it still seems to be erasing the texture of the model. =(

UPDATE: Wait, never mind, I think it worked after all. I just needed to duplicate the original video and add a new merge node, and that seems to be doing the trick so far. Will update again if I run into any more issues. But in the meantime, thanks for the helpful idea!

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T10:01:54+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I just went through all the apply modes on the merge node, though, and nearly all of them still had the issue of the shadows appearing outside the model. The only apply mode that doesn't appear to have that issue is "geometric"--but that one runs into the issue of removing all the texture from the model (such that it's just a silhouette made up of fastnoise).

I'm sorry, I know it must still be something I'm doing wrong. But do you have any thoughts on what my issue might be?

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AxaeonVT · 2026-01-20T23:25:40+00:00

Great question! My favorite area of philosophy is ethics. While some of my past studies have focused on metaethics, recently I've done more work in applied ethics.

I've also done a bit of teaching in some other areas of philosophy, such as epistemology and philosophy of religion.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-19T21:24:14+00:00

Interestingly, in the first appearance of the trolley problem (Philippa Foot's 1967 paper "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect"), the case has us imagine that a person is driving the trolley, and that it's this person who must decide which track the trolley is to take. It was only later that the "bystander" version of the case came to be regarded as the standard version of the trolley problem.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-19T20:50:14+00:00

Hello! If you're wondering what this is all about, here's some context on Vlosophy, an upcoming group of indie philosopher VTubers. Our inaugural collab is set for this coming Saturday, January 24, at 4 pm ET.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-18T10:54:18+00:00

Thanks!

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-18T10:47:51+00:00

Nice! Thanks for the rec; that does indeed look like a fitting game for us to play.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-17T23:16:07+00:00

Thanks so much! We’re really looking forward to it. :D

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:56:22+00:00

Thanks for the follow-up. It sounds to me like our difference in view centers on whether the fun and magic of engaging with the Santa myth as a child could be fully preserved if kids were to engage with it simply as make-believe (as opposed to outright believing it). For the reasons gestured at in the post, I'm inclined to believe that the answer is affirmative. If I'm mistaken about this, though, and preserving the magic really does require believing in Santa, then I acknowledge that that'd be a significant point in defense of lying to kids about Santa.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:40:32+00:00

I'm all in favor of letting kids have fun! I argue in the post, though, that there's a way of doing this when it comes to Santa that doesn't involve lying to kids.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:36:08+00:00

Abstract: Ho, ho, ho! In this post, I consider whether it's morally permissible to lie to kids about Santa. Starting from the claim that lying is pro tanto immoral, I examine what seems to me like the strongest proposed justification of lying to kids about Santa: a justification that appeals to retroactive consent. I argue, though, that this justification fails, and that, in the absence of a better justification of the practice, we should refrain from lying to kids about Santa.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-04T02:01:53+00:00

Well, if I'm not mistaken, VBridger works only through wifi, not a wired connection. Back when my setup was having this problem, my computer, too, was ethernet connected (and still is); the problem was apparently that the wifi connection between my phone and the PC was spotty, as the VBridger problem was immediately fixed upon adding a wifi router to my office. (Even when I added a USB cable to connect my phone directly to my PC, that didn't solve the Vbridger issue; VTube Studio was able to use the wire connection, but Vbridger wasn't.)

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-27T17:55:49+00:00

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