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Naisart

11-03-2002, 08:42 PM

Hi, I was wondering:

1) I have this dino modell and i´ve rigged it but when I rotate the head bones, the teeth strecthes, why is that and how do I fix it? I tried making a weightmap for the head but when I use it the teeth don´t move at all (and it results in even more stretching).

2) I also have another model of a man and when I i.e. rotate the chest bone, the arm follows but not the hand, this is after I made a weightmap for only the arm (and all of its bones). Why must I also make a weightmap for the hand in order to get this to work?
If I don´t have any weightmaps it works pretty good but I want to know this.

Thanks in advance!

Joril

11-03-2002, 10:52 PM

Be sure to check "Use Weight Map Only" and "Weight Normalization"

Put the Falloff type to "Inverse Distance ^128"

(I'm no expert on it though, I usually check and uncheck and config till it all works.)

ub52

11-03-2002, 11:42 PM

Try these 2 web sites. I think the should answer most of your questions.

http://www.joejustice.org/lightwave/tutorials/charactersetup/index.html

http://www.evil-plan.com/CS.html

- ub52

Naisart

11-04-2002, 12:50 PM

Ok, will try that Joril and thanks for the links ub52, will check them out.

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