Gator762 opened this issue on Oct 14, 2014 · 6 posts
Gator762 posted Tue, 14 October 2014 at 6:45 AM
Has anyone used this Togruta head tails prop? I got it from Radiant CG, and supposed to be compatible with V4.2.
http://www.radiantcg.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=208
It doesn't seem to properly parent. I parent it (Head Tails - Body) to V4's head, as per the instructions. When I move all of Victoria (Body) with X Y Z translations, it moves with her. When I bend any of V4's body parts, it doesn't.
There's probably a way to fix that, but I don't know how and my google-fu has failed me here.
fictionalbookshelf posted Tue, 14 October 2014 at 7:55 AM
That's a new 'problem' I've never heard of. Have you tried contacting the creator?
EnglishBob posted Tue, 14 October 2014 at 11:55 AM
I've not tried it, but as far as I can see it's a parented figure - meaning you wouldn't expect it to conform. However I would expect it to move with her head, but you'd have to pose the tails yourself.
Just checking: you did use the 'set figure parent' command, and not the prop parent one?
Gator762 posted Tue, 14 October 2014 at 3:39 PM
Quote - I've not tried it, but as far as I can see it's a parented figure - meaning you wouldn't expect it to conform. However I would expect it to move with her head, but you'd have to pose the tails yourself.
Just checking: you did use the 'set figure parent' command, and not the prop parent one?
I gotta go back and check again. But I didn't contact them, it's a freebie and states "File is provided AS IS with no technical support or warranty." Sounds like they don't want to get harrassed for something they aren't making any money from, and I can't blame them for that.
EnglishBob posted Tue, 14 October 2014 at 6:30 PM
I downloaded the item, and it worked for me. This is what I did:
Load V4.
Load the !HeadTails figure. (I don't think it matters what order you load the figures.)
Select TogrutaHead from the headpiece's list of body parts.
From the Figure menu, choose Set Figure Parent...
Choose V4's head from the hierarchy list.
You should now be able to pose V4 and have the headpiece follow her poses like a hair prop would. The tails will have to be posed yourself.
Hope that helps!
Gator762 posted Wed, 15 October 2014 at 4:16 PM
Great! Yes, that did help. The problem was I selected !HeadTails-Body. Do that, and it doesn't work right.
Now to figure out why Queue Manager broke all the sudden. Last time I re-installed PPro SR4 and it worked. This time, it didn't. Even with new preference files. :(