I am working on a skirt that is only one hip group. I have been trying to remove buttock bones from a skirt and transfer all the bending motions in the skirt that were previously associated with buttock movements to the thighs. This is something that is commonly done in skirts in the market place. I can't do it. I have been removing the buttock bones in the setup room, then trying to make it work. I have been looking for the clue as to why I can't in the cr2s and playing with joint parameters. I have no clue how this works. Please help! marty

These may help.
Using Ghost Body Parts to Control a Dress

Ghost Parts, Body Handles, and all that stuff, a Tutorial

a simple shortcut is to just rename the bones: if your skirt's cr2 already has ghost thighs, remove them first then replace all occurrences of rButtock with rThigh, and lButtock with lThigh

"How do I remove the buttock bones from a skirt and transfer actions to thighs?" Hard liquor. {I apologize. I can only handle so much temptation. I'll go away now.}

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Thank you everyone for the help, I am going to be working on this shortly. marty

Start with a skeleton in the set-up room that doesn't use buttocks bones. Example, the V2 basic dress bypasses the buttocks and goes straight to the thighs. Since I understand this is fairly commom, start with a dress that both looks-like and the one you're working with and with the construction you desire.

thank you smoker, I prefer to start with a cr2 that I have all the bones represented and I have complete control over. I still havn't got back to this, thank you for the help. If there are tutorials posted, I should have no trouble. marty