Thanks for responding. I have a feeling that this issue is very simple and is probably a result of me not having a fundamental understanding of rigging. They are parented. I actually don't have a "rig" per say. JUST BONES. I am going to animate the bones directly just for this simple test and then go back and do a proper…
Yes, this is the official exporter. It's either identical or very similar to the one that is used internally at Valve (as far as I know). Oh and by the way this morning I noted that the effector is actually parented to the bone in the valve rigs but in mine it was parented to the root. XSI sets it up this way by default. I…