primorge posted at 7:27 AM Sat, 3 September 2022 - #4443841

JCMs for those type of rotation combinations in the thigh are tricky because something that might look right at one degree combination won't look quite right at a different combination. The only solution I've found for this are either multi axis JCMs which can only be done by value operations, or additional JCMs that kick in over top at degrees far into the rotation at a specific point. That is, starting not from zero but already into the rotation. It's a balancing act. Probably waaay too OCD for regular use cases.

Quite true! I actually "invented" delayed-onset JCMs for Antonia back in the day (invented in quotes because it's unlikely I was the first person to ever do that in Poser). But they're much easier to implement now via keyed dependencies. This kind of work is generally much more pleasant now with the tools I have at my disposal than it used to be. Less energy spent on coercing the software and more on the actual problem is generally a win in my book. Still tricky, though!

There's a good chance I will shelve this stuff for now and go back to my original plan of only fixing the artifacts introduced by transferring the morphs to the new mesh. But I couldn't resist having a play.

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.