How do r6 converters work, anyway?

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#1

there’s been one thing on my mind lately.

r6 converters. literally r6, but for r15 avatars.

i’m noticing the upper arm’s offset pivot on the Y axis, so rotating it gives us a higher arm placement.
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using IK in the animation editor already makes the editor freak out due to the unusual pivoting.

the lower arm has its pivot in the middle of the entire arm.
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the hand also has pivoting on its top:
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rotating it does nothing.
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now, my question is HOW ON EARTH are they actually doing this? i have no experience with body meshes and stuff like this, so an explanation would be appreciated.

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#2

I’d have to assume this is so you can wear R15-only items on an “r6 avatar” and prevent games from forcing r15, maybe?

They could also be useful on the off-chance that roblox removes r6 entirely (looking likely with the leaked documents and a sudden even all about r6 and classic roblox).

The reason they wont work with animators is that they likely don’t properly have those specific joints on the skeleton.