Hi, -Timberwolf-

You mentioned nasty vertice jams.  Try doing your JCM's in small stages and add them on top of eachother.  For particularly difficult bends that kink the mesh it is easier and better in the end to make the JCM in pieces. IE say you want to bend the thigh 100 degrees, Do your first JCM at a point where the leg mesh just begins to kink, say 40 or 50 degrees. Then do the next piece at say 70 degrees, and so on till you reach your desired 100 degree bend.  Once you have all the pieces working together you can then combine them into a single JCM.

cheers.

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