Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Only problem I have with MD(2) at the moment is it's developed an annoying habit of bunching the cloth up madly like it's full of springs. That didn't used to happen so I've got no idea what's going on. It makes it a lot more difficult to work with :(

try reinstalling MD and it should be ok then. I have that issue from time to time with odd quirks. But  reinstall always puts it right.

I tried that and going back to an earlier version so far as I remember and it didn't work unfortunately. :(

I just fired up MD to test and I've remembered what the problem is. It's the arms on loading the morph target. They turn into tiny little flat sticks and pull right into the body so there's no chance of the fabric being able to follow it properly and then they shoot back out again through the clothes and mess the draping up completely. I think that's why the cloth all bunches up. I'm sure it didn't always do this, but I don't remember it being something that happened after an update. That's why I haven't done anything with MD for a while, I'd forgotten it was so bad! I don't know if a setting that's changed or something. I did ask on the MD forums but didn't get a reply so I guess it's not a problem anyone else has. Hmmm.

 

That's an issue of MD's calculations between the original and the morph target:  it runs a straight-line interpolation between the two points.  So, if an arm is down and to the left at the start, and is supposed to end up over the head on the right, MD will try to run the arm straight through the body to get there.  The work-around is to have a series of intermediate poses.  Gradual changes work best.

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