CGTalk - Max Linking Bug?

MadHatter

10-11-2002, 09:10 PM

ok, i have a character head and im linking the eyeballs to the head, and when i link them, the eyeballs get squashed like i put a non-uniform scale in the x-direction.
anybody come across this before?
do i need to collapse my stacks or something?
I'll post an image shortly.

Thanks.

dvornik

10-11-2002, 09:14 PM

I'd say you probably scaled your head on the top (as opposed to sub-object) level. Before linking try selecting your head and going to the Hierarchy tab of the command panel, Pivot button and click Scale button in Adjust Transform to reset scale.

MadHatter

10-11-2002, 09:24 PM

You Rock!
thank you...that one had me stumped...i guess at some point i did scale it from the top of the stack.

here's my character if you want to see him...He's for a school project.

dvornik

10-11-2002, 09:31 PM

Not bad. Most obvious problem is with his hair in the middle. Earlobes may need to be more rounded and the bridge of the nose less uniform. But he has this dorky character to him, good potential.

MadHatter

10-11-2002, 10:14 PM

thanks...yeah i just fixed the ears. the hair is a texturing issue...don't need to worry about that yet.
i'll work on the nose some too.
maybe i'll post this in the WIP instead of cluttering the Max board.
thanks for the quick feedback.

mridgers

10-12-2002, 01:21 PM

Have you tried the "Reset Xform" utility? It converts the transforms on the object into an XForm modifier, which stops any previous transforms on an object being inherited when a child is linked to it?

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