Morph Problems

#1

Hi all. I am having problems with some endomorphs . They work when I first apply them to my character. then when I close out messiah 2.4 and reopen it, some work and some do not. Is this a bug with messiah studio 2.4? I tried using a character I rigged in 2.1 and the morphs work with 2.1 and 2.4.

Thanks

Mario

#2

Are you using superblender?

#3

Yes Dmack I am using super blender. Funny thing is when I open this same model in Lightwave only, all the morphs work with morphmixer. Also when connecting LW and Messiah they all work in LW but again not all work in Messiah. Strange huh?

Thanks
Mario

#4

Are the morphs controlling an object on a layer other than 1?
That’s a general no-no with Superblender.
Other than that, I can only suggest checking the slider connection in the Superblender setup panel.

#5

Hi merj3d, simply … DON´T USE SUPERBLENDER

I´m using lightwave too, to modeling mi characters and my experiences whith superblender never will be good. If you want to usig endomorphs in messiah, the better option is to export each morph in a separate file to use the morphBlender effect, it works fine.

#6

timnhe beat me to it! I’d stay well away from superblender. Some have good experiences with it, I personally had a really rough time with it and had to alter a rig to use with morphblender. It was only when I started having troubles that I realsised it was NOT supported by PMG at all! It’s third party and the author is not updating/supporting it any more (no criticism). It has always sllightly irritated me that it’s in the main sw manual, doesn’t make it VERY clear that it is unsupported.

Use morph blender ( a shame as endomorphs have such advantages) it will save you grief in the long run.

#7

Thanks for the tips guys. I will start saving each morph tonight when I get home I will keep you posted .

Mario

#8

Hope I haven’t got you too late - there is a plugin for LW that will save out all the morphs separately from an endomorph object - could save you a ton of time (I know by bitter experience!)

#9

Hey Guys too late for the plug in, I saved out each one, then killed the poly’s to speed things up and now all is good !! I remember the plugin worked for LW 6.5 I didnt know it was updated. Ill have to find it if this ever happens again.

Thanks again , you cool and helpful bunch of ppl :slight_smile:

Mario

#10

I dont figure the reason, only work 8 values for each slider, then have to create another one for the next endomorph

#11

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