@iSyriux Can you elborate on, “goes back to its initial state”?
Does it flicker for one frame - or loose any changes to the Bone entirely?
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I think he means when he changes something like a decal, the rotation, position etc. get put into it’s starting (original) state.
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It flickers for one frame and goes back to what it’s supposed to look like.
When my blink script makes the open eye decal invisible and makes the closed eye decal visible, that’s when it flickers (It could happen on any texture change though)
Fast Blinks:
Slow Blinks (1 second):
(Here is my script, for reference)
while wait(math.random(10,50)/10) do local e = math.random(1,2) if e==1 then script.Parent.Op.Transparency = 1 script.Parent.Bl.Transparency = 0 wait(1) script.Parent.Op.Transparency = 0 script.Parent.Bl.Transparency = 1 else script.Parent.Op.Transparency = 1 script.Parent.Bl.Transparency = 0 wait(1) script.Parent.Op.Transparency = 0 script.Parent.Bl.Transparency = 1 wait(1) script.Parent.Op.Transparency = 1 script.Parent.Bl.Transparency = 0 wait(1) script.Parent.Op.Transparency = 0 script.Parent.Bl.Transparency = 1 end end
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(Ps.) Your monitor refresh rate has to be fast enough to see the flickering, or else it will appear as if there was nothing wrong.
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@iSyriux Thanks for the information. It will update the known issues.
A couple of other developers have seen a similar issue.
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I apologize if this has been brought up already;
Are skinned mesh animations going to be supported for display through a ViewportFrame → WorldModel → Skinned Rig? Currently, when you play an AnimationTrack under that hierarchy, the ViewportFrame only renders when you change mesh properties such as Anchored. Thus, you don’t see the animation at all.
Example:
non-skinned mesh rig animation played in viewport frame
You can see it’s updating every frame without me doing anything
skinned mesh rig animation played in viewport frame
You can see it’s not updating the frame unless I force it by selecting Anchored on a rig piece.
Both of these rigs are being played in the exact same scenario and method, the only difference is one is a skinned mesh and the other is not.
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Is there/will there be a way to attach meshes to skinned MeshParts like overlaying clothing and/or other attachments to be affected by the very same mesh deformation?
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Spent all day trying to figure it all out but think they look cool with mixamo animations.
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@Fm_Trick Skinned mesh animation in ViewportFrames should work as per regular animations. This is a bug and will be fixed.
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@Avallachi, You can attach skinned MeshParts to other skinned meshes using the supported connection types, eg. Weld, or Motor6Ds etc. - and they will be affected by the same Bones/Parts.
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I’m not sure if you quite understood the question, I might’ve formulated it poorly, or I might not have understood the reply, but I meant that for example a jacket would bend as well with the skinned mesh it’s connected to as a separate mesh. Is/would that possible? Would I need to have bones for both the jacket and the, let’s say, torso/shoulder?
@Avallachi Provided both the Torso and the jacket mesh are authored to skin to the same joints/Bones and the MeshParts are connected then they will move/skin together.
There would only be one controlling set of Bones/Parts. You could have all Bones or any combination of MeshParts with same named joint or Bones.
For example, say you had an R15 rig with all skinned MeshParts - something we have been calling an S15. If you made a jacket in Blender, and skinned/weighted the vertices to a set of Blender bones with those R15 joints, once it’s connected to the R15 rig it will deform as the rig plays animations.
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Ah, alright! Thanks for the clarification. 
Also… happy birthday! 
Edit: In what way can one “author” the jacket to be affected by the torso’s bones and how would one properly connect them? Me and my partner have been playing around with it for a bit but haven’t gotten any luck. I’m sure we’ll figure out how, but it’d help with pointers. Thanks.
Apologies for writing about this issue again, however this is quite a big issue which prevents the use of tools. I do not know if I am missing the way to do it but how is it even possible to put a tool/handle on a character and succeed with it moving coordinately with the mesh/character evenly?
I have tried welding, motor6ds etc. Everything ends up looking tacky and just not pretty to look at. The best way to probably do it is bones however they do not replicate with the animations.
It ends up looking like this;
https://gyazo.com/8bca21f2382b449980ecfa8fb082b703
Will there be future support for connecting tool handles with mesh bones or any other ways?
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I am curious if there is a way that we can go to properly export rigs made in studio?
So I’ve been playing with it for a while. I use Blender. My character model falls apart every time. I opened the example model that I downloaded from the original post. I cannot seem to figure out why it’s doing this. I made the bone hierarchy and used the armature modifier for each part. I assigned vertex groups to each piece and assigned vertices to the touching sections. I can’t figure out how to stop it from falling apart. Anyone have any advice?
that is not an isue, if you want an object be attatch to the model you need to make it attach to the bone instead welding or making object follow the mesh.
but you might need to do dat in every frame if i’m not whrong…
if anyone have another way of making it i woud also like to know.
Yes, that is what I was thinking. However, when in game and the character is is playing an animation the bones are in the same position as the mesh was without the animation which results in it looking deformed and in the wrong place if you do attach the tool to the specific bone.
In what way can one “author” the jacket to be affected by the torso’s bones and how would one properly connect them?
@Avallachi, You would “skin” or “weight” the vertices to the torso joints in a 3D modeling software such as Blender, Maya or Max. Then once the MeshPart is in Studio you would create a Weld or Motor6D to join the jacket to the torso.
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@LightKnights, By rigs do you mean skeleton hierarchies and mesh, or workspace instances?
Are you wanting to do the vertex weighting in Studio?
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