ssalter opened this issue on May 16, 2003 ยท 11 posts
ssalter posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 7:45 AM
Hi, I used a standard female character from P4P, added hair and then a Mimic pose. During the animation, the head starts swinging a bit more than one would expect at one point and then the head twists around and down and rights itself finally. Very bizarre! Anyone seen this type of behavior using Mimic before? The only non-standard thing I can think of that is that I added Vairesh's Awinitahair to the model. thanks, Steve
ockham posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 11:06 AM
Sounds like the dread spline-demon at work. Use the keyframe graph to set the Head and Neck to Linear over the frames in question, and the problem should go away.
Bobasaur posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 1:48 PM
I've heard there's an Easter Egg that makes it do this if you input demonic languages.
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ssalter posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 1:52 PM
lol, no demonic languages...except pause oh no, I might have used the word "Microsoft" in the Mimic pose! gasp That would have done it I am sure. lol.
Bobasaur posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 5:59 PM
Shhhh. Don't use that word here. It messes up the server..... [grin]
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ssalter posted Sat, 17 May 2003 at 10:09 PM
lol... OK... it was the Awinita hair I believe. I made a new file, popped in the same standard p4 female character I had used before, left the default hair there (UGH!) and used the same Mimic pose file and it all worked fine.
Bobasaur posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 10:49 AM
That's weird. I've never had it (Mimic) do that regardless of what props I was using.
Before they made me they broke the mold!
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ssalter posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 11:30 AM
It was definitely wierd, entertaining, but wierd. :)
Bobasaur posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 12:04 PM
I guess it's theoretically possible that you had the wrong thing selected when you applied the Mimic generated pose. (?????) Either way, it might be worth rendering out - you never know when you'll have the opportunity to do an "Outtakes & Bloopers" reel.
Before they made me they broke the mold!
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ssalter posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 12:09 PM
Well now, that is a very good point. I hadn't thought of that. I am still very much a newbie with Poser and I could have had something selected that I shouldn't have. hmmm, so I am assuming I just need my main figure "body" selected, yes? I hadn't really thought of it before. I did render it out.lol. it's great although a big file. I should run it through Sorenson Squeeze and post a QT on my site for enjoyment.:)
Bobasaur posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 12:50 PM
Correct, make sure your main figure's body is selected. Don't forget, we have an animation gallery in the Free Stuff section here at renderosity.
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