Hey guys! This may be a pretty simple question, but I've been unable to solve my problem. I'm trying to grow some hair on my poser figure, The new generation V3, and I'm having a bit of trouble. I've mapped out where I want all of my hair groups, and selected all of the polygons which I want to grow. So I have several hair groups and most of them have worked just like I want them to, but I have a couple groups, specifically, the ones behind the left ear and the front bangs, that won't grow guide hairs. They are the same as all of the other groups as far as I can tell, but when I press "grow guide hairs" nothing happens. Anyone share this problem or have a solution? I'm pretty new to the hair room, so I may just be making a silly mistake. Thanks so much!

A screenshot of the problem areas would help. Also are you using P5 or P6 ?

No success in reproducing the problem.
Are you able to grow hair on that area when it's the only hair group (i.e. the first one in a new scene) ?

Are you able to create other hair groups after this one and grow hair on them ?

This is like the third or fourth hair group I've produced. I have had successful growth in different groups both before and after this group. I don't think I've done anything different.

I've just tried a few experiments and the only thing that seems to cause this problem is the length of the hair group name.

Anything over 15 characters causes the Group Editor to get confused, so try calling this group "rightBangsFront" and see if that cures it.

I've gone through and looked again, and the only difference I can see between any of my hair groups is the length or pull back or pull down, etc.

erm... mine's not doing that. I have 12 groups under the current group menue and 13 groups in the group editor... I don't knwo where that extra 13th group came from, but it's the opposite of what yours is doing.

And it also happens in P6 :(

I guess nobody's noticed it before as I suspect that most people just take the default name when they create hair groups.

ohhh... I think I understand... do I need to rename my groups?

wait.... maybe I don't understand,... what can I do to fix the problem? do I need to recreate the groups that aren't working?

You will need to delete and then recreate the ones that have names that are too long, the rest should be OK.

As your don't appear to be using a skull cap, I don't think you'll be able to fix things using a text editor, you'll have to do it in the Hair Room.

(Using a skull cap means that you can save just the hair setup to the Props library, see geep's tutorials)

that worked, thanks so much!