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linking problem
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28 Dec 2006so i'm trying to link my characters thigh bones to the hip bone, so they all stay together (kinda using the hip as the "anchor" for the character). when I link the left leg, all's fine. when i link the right leg, it gets all skewed out of whack, and when i hit undo, it doesn't go back to how it was.
anyone know what's going on and how to get it to link ok? does it have something to do with the fact that I made the left leg bones first, then just mirror/copied them over to the right side? -
28 Dec 2006im no type of max guru, but it sounds like it could be a double transform or something going on. Have you tried parenting the hips to a null object and then parent the other stuff below that to the null as well? not sure if that will do what you want, but hey, I figured it might work...
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28 Dec 2006Hey hype...Zach's probably right. Try using a null for the hips, and then link the hip bone, and the thigh bones to that null.
Question: Did you apply an IK system to the legs? If so, often times if you create an IK system and then mirror it (which I'm assuming is what you may have done to the legs) that can create strange problems. As a rule (for myself, since I haven't found a better workaround), I always mirror all of my bones and then apply the IK. -
28 Dec 2006actually, i did try that, zach and T. I'm trying to make a decent rig for once, so i'm using alot of the techniques in this book.
http://www.amazon.com/3ds-max-Animation ... 07-4608846
i made two dummy objects, aligned them to the thigh bones, linked the thigh bones to them, and only the right one went screwy. very strange. I haven't been copying the IK. maybe i'll just delete all them bones and try again from scratch.
i even tried copying them, then opening the bones panel and clicking on realign and reset or whatever those buttons are at the bottom that are supposed to reset the bone. still happened.
i'll try again from scratch. -
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