odf opened this issue on Oct 27, 2008 · 13933 posts
lesbentley posted Thu, 17 February 2011 at 1:32 AM
@Cage,
Quote - Wouldn't that snafu the whole point of having the extra actor? The hip2 provides extra posing capability for the thighs. By making it the child of BODY, the extra actor is moved to the other side of the torso chain, where the extra poseability isn't as helpful.
Perhaps you are correct. Can you explain why the way it is currently, is an advantage? I must admit I never did get the point. I was a bit embarrassed to ask before, and thought that the point would dawn on me eventually, it never did. I can see an advantage in having the extra actor, and the extra flexibility that it brings, I just don't see why having it where it is in the hierarchy is an advantage. I would have thought having the hip directly connected to the thighs would have been better. With the hip directly collected to the thighs, I still have the flexibility of the extra actor. I'm not trying to be funny, I really don't get the point.
@fivecat,
Good point, thanks for bringing it to our attention. The first major strike against the current WW test version, and another reason for making the hip2 a real hip in the WW version. We may have gained compatibility with WW, but have lost compatibility with the Walk Designer. As this is a Poser figure, to my mind compatibility with Poser is paramount.