Summary

Title:Grounding guides from shape does not work
Category:Crash/Critical
Status:Confirmed
Posted By:Ivan1982 ( Ivan Stevanovic )
Date Created:20 September 2019

Problem

Description:

version 6.2

when i rotate mesh guides deform...

It's not issue with pivot points.

 

Steps to Reproduce:

Making sphere and line, align pivots, ground, attach roots, trying to rotate sphere simply deforms guides.

Everything works in version 5.

 

Did you try to adjust the blending curve in Ground Strands to be full?

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)

Yes i did, and still does not work. Last version that works is 6.1.6 i think (i can confirm tomorrow).

What is interesting, i can make it work to some extent by unlinking head morph geometry, then when i rotate head(final mesh separately) hair guides do not bend, however when i save and re-open file it still bends them (it all looks like every guide has look at constraints towards pivot)

Basic setup i am using is morph mesh (head with morph targets) linked to rig (cat rig or bones), skin wrapped mesh (final renderable mesh) used as base GEO for grounding strands. I always make sure pivots are exactly same (they are usually exported from zbrush so they are) and they are in this case (first i i checked. As i said everything worked up until now, and when i initially attach them everything worked up until i i reload scene, that is why i wasn't sure if I did something wrong in the process, so i tried de rooting and rooting 100 times.

Final confirmation was when i created sphere, and single line, grounded that line and confirm it does not work.

Tested in max 2018 and 2019, completely reproducible.

Version that works is 6.1.7.19437

I can't reproduce this locally. Do you mind sending a simple scene?

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)

Ok, since this is not reproducing on your side, i have made small video showing how it affects.

I would send small scene, but this is not scene related and you will see this in video i am uploading.

Here is the link to the video MEGA download

https://mega.nz/#!hU8n1ADI!8fzHsyUf8D-0745yERu2ex5TezTrwzig00A_g1s7hrM

embed in case it works on forum:

 

Small scene you can see at the end of the video: 

https://mega.nz/#!1All3QIA!siO3_V4uJz6Fs2SpErkQZyHaMQd2dJ0fb9BcLWvqjBo

 

Take care,

Ivan

Please uncheck "Strand Rotations" in Ox Ground Strands. This will prevent the this issue for now. 

Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)