hmm...

 

  okay, i took the bisonen bodysuit MAT files for M2 and applied them to M3.  THAT caused all the torso/arm/leg body parts to flip out and get weird random preview colours on them.  then i was able to apply the M3 material to those, but not with the MAT file. 

 

   i dont think it's the MAT file that is having the problem.  i'm thinking i might have done something to my M3 that made him not have or not able to have those bodysuit groups.  which is why i asked what the underlying mechanism to it is.  i know i can use the grouping tool to create new material zones, but i can't remember how a pose/mat file does it.

 

ya know?  :/

 

hborre:  you using the Beautiful Bishonen body glove MAT poses, or other bodysuit MAT files? i don't think i have any other mats that access that function.