Dota 2 worldspace issue

Moonlight604

I was trying to test a headpiece item in dota 2 through the publishing page, the requirements didn't state It needed to be bound to the skeleton, but when I imported my files over, the headpiece was floating off to the side nowhere close to where it was supposed to be. I have it sitting in the correct spot in my maya scene where I was originally working on it. I have tried various searches but haven't found anything on the issue.

PoPcorn

All items need to be bound to some part of the skeleton. For your helm bind it to the head bone, and any other bones you may need for possible deformation.

Moonlight604

I bound the headpiece to the top of the skeleton, but now it's importing in the middle of his chest. Should I be working with the whole character file when binding the mesh, or just the skeleton and the headpiece?

Moonlight604

Problem solved. The issue had to do with the using the 2012 .fbx format. I've switched to using 2009 .fbx and it fixed the issue.