Plugin to clone posed characters in an animation editor

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#1

Hey guys, I made a very simple tool that clones a character in place and removes rig attachments to prevent the joint transforms from being rebuilt whilst parenting. I got tired of using the command bar so I just made it into a plugin.

In other words, you can click a button to clone a posed character in place exactly how they are. It just removes attachments so accessories, clothing, and everything will be preserved too

Here it is!

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#2

Oh my god.

This seems just perfect for poses and rendering.

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#3

Instead of making it clone, you should just make a posing plugin by copying the animation editor’s functionality.

#4

aint nobody got time for that

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#5

fair point

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#6

Anyone who got this, make sure to update it or your accessories will be rekt

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#7

This plugin will make a fine addition to my collection

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#8

Deleting rig attachments is not usually enough to preserve posing, because the Transform CFrame of the Motor6D is not serialized (non-archivable). Do you “bake” the Transform into one of the other Motor6D CFrames or anchor the parts before parenting the clone to the Workspace?

See also: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-an-animation-frame-as-a-singular-pose/202169

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#9

Not sure what you mean, I’ve never had any problem simply deleting rig attachments to preserve posing.
That’s quite literally all this plugin does and it works :man_shrugging:

#10

This is cool, I personally like to use Moon Animation Suite’s Weld Edit for posing, but I’ll give this a try :+1:

#11

Didn’t realize this hasn’t been working for awhile.

Fixed it. You can now clone your posed character and it’ll also let you re-adjust the pose in the animation editor again. It simply sets the c0 to carry over the transform, so re-adjusting pose after cloning may be a bit more tedious unless I make a version that lets you revert to the previous c0 it had before you cloned it. (could do that in the future if people want)

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#12

Hey @tyridge77 I dont know if you want to bother keeping up with your plugin anymore but I think it ended up breaking again ;c

It was my holy grail for posing lmao

#13

Haven’t had a lot of time lately, but found this :slight_smile:

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#14

Thanks a bunch man! Darn poses are rough to make manually >.<

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