Bones not working?

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Windmill
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Bones not working?

Post by Windmill »

I do what the manual says and I set the bones up, but everytime I do, the bones move together. For some reason, I can't set up say two arms without it effecting each of the arms. Like, if I have a body and I try to move an arm, everything will move, not just the arm. I suppose this is supposed to happen but it mutates everything. The head gets pulled out of place etc. REALLY frustrating. Any tips? Thanks :)
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heyvern
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Post by heyvern »

In the help files there is a section on bones.

There are two types of bone usage, flexible binding and region binding.

If you read the section on bones it will explain the difference for both. There are sample files that show how they work.

What you are experiencing is the nature of flexible binding with bones.

With flexible binding every bone effects every part of the mesh.

-Vern
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