odf opened this issue on Oct 27, 2008 · 13933 posts
odf posted Tue, 27 October 2009 at 11:01 PM
Quote - odf,
OK, some faulty logic in my last post :cursing:. If you just set the material to transparent, you won't be able to see any of the handles :sad:. There are two solutions. Set transparent, and also set the handles to use Cartoon Display Style. This should make them visible in preview, but invisible when rendered. With this method we are relying on the small size of the alternate obj to keep it invisible. A better way is probably to use a different material in the alternate obj.
You can make them visible in previews but invisible in renders. There's actually a pose for that in my last preview. I think that feature was added in P5.
I'm not quite sure what's causing the 'drop to floor' problem, but it was my impression that it had something to do with the geometry switching. Since Antonia-114-lo has no handle geometries and no geometry switching to add the handles, this should be easy to test. I'll do that when I get home, and then we'll know if my handle prop idea has any chance of being a useful workaround.
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.