biped issues (.bip importing)

animatr

Hey all,
getting a goofy thing happening when I import bip files onto a new biped skeleton. the mesh's fingers are neglecting the weighting. the weighting is right, it's just like the bip animation file didnt have the same number of fingers or something, because the fingers on the mesh stretch down to the world origin.
Anyone know how to fix this?
I've tried loading in a fig file, and going in and out o figure mode...nothing is working.

Sinistar

I think I've seen this happen before on one of my animations, but it's been a while. Can you post a screenshot?

TorQue[MoD]

Don't worry Jim, you can post screens if you're trying to find help I'll pretend you're not under NDA :P

http://www.surrogateinteractive.com/juice-fingersscrewed.JPG

Yeah the funny thing is I had the same problem with the old version of Juice... not sure what causes this but I think its a glitch in max cause I've seen it before. Anyone remember how to fix the problem?

WDragon

I'm not at home to test things right now. But I would try exporting his fig, and importing the fig ontop of the original BIPED(the one the animation was created with), see if the animation looks right. If it does then you should be able to re-export the bip and bring it into your original file.

animatr

yeah, did that. although, there is something else someone has suggested that I hadnt tried yet. something about turning off a tick box that says always deform.

and thanks Torque, it's why I hadnt posted a screeny

animatr

still nothing on this...

animatr

OK, so the fingers are literally disappearing when I import a bip. wtf? If I go back to figure mode, they're there, but out of figure mode...gone..
seriously, I hate max

animatr

figured out a fix finally. cant really say what the issue was, just corrupt bips i guess. if anyone ever runs into this, pm me, and Ill give you the very long explanation on how to fix it...