A clown nose for channel points¶

The goal¶

A viewer redeems Honk and a red clown nose pops onto your model's nose. It follows every turn of your head for a minute, then fades away, and chat gets a honk honk. If VTube Studio isn't connected, the viewer gets their points back.

Time: about 10 minutes. Level: beginner.

What you need¶

• CroStream connected to VTube Studio, with your model loaded.
• Your channel is Affiliate or Partner (for channel points), and CroStream is logged in to Twitch.
• A clown nose picture: a PNG with a transparent background, about 256 × 256 pixels, in your media library. This recipe calls it clown-nose.png.
• The Load custom images as items permission, granted on the VTube Studio page's Permissions card (how).

Step 1: Set a nose anchor¶

1. Open Integrations → VTube Studio.
2. In the Anchors card, click the nose suggestion (or type nose).
3. Click Click on model, switch to VTube Studio, and click the tip of your model's nose.

The anchor appears with an exact spot tag. More on anchors in Props and anchors.

Step 2: Create the reward in CroStream¶

Create the reward from CroStream rather than the Twitch dashboard: Twitch only lets the app that made a reward refund it.

1. In the sidebar, under Automate, click Actions. Search for reward and click Create reward.
2. Under Try it, fill in Title Honk, Cost 500, Description Clown nose for a minute, and Cooldown 2m.
3. Click Run now. When it says done, the reward is on your channel.

Step 3: Build the macro¶

1. Click Macros, then New macro. Set Name to Clown nose.
2. Filter the palette for prop and click Put on a prop (under VTube Studio).

3. Fill in the step:

   Setting	Value	Why
   Image from	media	The picture is in your media library.
   Media library image	clown-nose.png
   Anchor	nose	The anchor from step 1.
   Size	0.1	Noses are small. Adjust after the first test.
   For how long	1m	It comes off by itself after a minute.

   Leave the rest: Replace an earlier prop stops a second redemption from stacking two noses, and In front of the model keeps it in front of your hair.

4. Filter the palette for chat and click Send chat message (under Twitch). Set the message to honk honk, thanks {user}!

5. Click Save.

Step 4: Add the trigger¶

1. Click Triggers, then New trigger. Set Name to Honk reward.
2. Under When, pick Channel point redemption and choose Honk · 500 points in Reward.
3. Under Then run, pick Clown nose, then click Save.

Check it works¶

1. Open the Honk reward trigger and click Test. The nose appears on your model, and the message goes to chat. Test runs never spend or refund points.
2. Too big, too small, a bit off? Change Size in the macro, or click Click spot next to the anchor and click again. Test again.
3. The run's detail names the image, the anchor and how long, ending in on nose for 1m0s.

Variables used¶

Make it yours¶

• Let the viewer choose where. Create the reward with Viewer must type a message turned on, then set Anchor to {input}. Viewers type head or left cheek. A name that isn't one of your anchors fails the step, so the viewer gets their points back.
• Add a honk. Add a Play a sound step (under Tools) with a horn sound file.
• Wobble. Add a Physics gust step after the prop for a bit of bounce.

Troubleshooting¶

Every setting of the step: Put on a prop. More fixes in Troubleshooting.