@RobieTheCat
Hey Robie, is there a status update on the bone to meshpart welds? Anticipating it for these next-gen avatars that blend the old faces/clothing assets with a revolutionized avatar look utilizing skinned meshes.
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Is there a way to make skinned mesh ragdoll?
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Is it still not possible for Implemented IK? wouldnât mind animating in roblox but without the option to add my IK, I canât, Seems the only workaround rn is just animating in blender?
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Iâve ran into an issue with the skinned meshes not rendering or their animations not playing on the client when thereâs around 50+ of them in the world. This seems like a bug since the memory stays almost the same regardless of whether there are 50 meshes or 500.
Video: Meshes donât render in viewports. When the menu is closed, the meshes in the bottom icons donât render back in
Video: Spawning a bunch of meshes at once stops the animations of meshes that were already in the world and new meshes donât become visible until after a while
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Do you have a repro file you can share privately? Or repro instructions if this happens in a live experience? Thanks.
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More flickering happening, but this one is interestingâŚ
My character model, when viewed through studio, is jittery. I assumed this was because I had some collision issues. However, when published and played, it is clear that the jitters are due to returning to the T pose for a split second, for what feels like every single frame. The T pose is never visible on studio.
I caught it on camera. Idle animation is running. I donât know how to capture video while playing with a published game. It looks awful, and is absolutely the cause of the jitters.
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anyone know how Iâd predetermine the location of the humanoidrootpart? Whenever I import a mesh as r15 into roblox, the humanoid root part is always at the feet, no matter what, which brings issues because we canât move it as it also moves the rig. I use blender.
The HRP is at 0,0,0 I believe. So move your model down, so that the HRP is created at the torso.
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Ill test that out and let you know.
Worked like a charm. To be honest, it does make sense now that youâve mentioned it, and itâd make sense to why it was constantly spawning at the feet lol. Thanks man!
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I now have very specific information on my version of the flicker bugâŚ
The flicker only begins when this function from my torch code successfully runs, and only when run from roblox.com:
meshweld.C0 = C1:Inverse() * partCFrame2
Where âmeshweldâ is the weld between my unskinned HRP and my unskinned mesh holding my flame particles. The rest is just math and variables. The line only works when a disabled Motor6D is present.
flameSwitch(Character.Parent, Character, "LeftHand")
meshweld.C1 = CFrame.new()
mesh.Motor6D.Enabled = false
RunService.Stepped:Connect(function(time, step)
if Character and Character.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
local partCFrame2 = torchLoc.TransformedWorldCFrame * handToPartCenter
local C1 = meshweld.Part0.CFrame:ToWorldSpace(meshweld.C1)
meshweld.C0 = C1:Inverse() * partCFrame2
end
end)
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This jittering can happen if there are changes to the Model that causes the geometry to rebuild.
Itâs a known issue - that will hopefully have a fix soon.
Anytime there are changes to C0/C1 of Motor or Weld, it will cause the Model to rebuild - which although it should not flicker, is still a slow process that should be avoided.
Consider using a Motor6D, and change motor.Transform in client script, as this will animate the character without causing this costly rebuild.
Otherwise youâd need to play an animation to get the desired pose.
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No adding, no removing, and no transparency of a part in the section of the code causing the flicker, just the manipulation of that weld which does not affect a skinned mesh part. I can trigger the flicker at will with commenting out this line of code.
Edited to add: in the meantime, I will just disable this function. Iâm so far out from publishing anything and I know how to fix it. Itâs all good!
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I know itâs actively being worked on, behind FFlagSimConstraintsWorkWithBones.
@ContextLost Can you comment?
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A fix is coming that will remove the flicker - itâs still going to be a costly process to change C0 in script.
However, there is also a fix in the works to remove the need to rebuild skinned mesh on C0/C1 changes.
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In this case, the code is to have the flame particle follow the end of a torch on server side, so that it is visible on all clients. On studio, there is no flicker.
I am looking forward to the fix. I will have a tool heavy game!
There is also a change coming that will let you attach directly to Bone Instances - which is what I think is happening here.
This is the â bone to meshpart weldsâ that @AlexAstral is asking about above.
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Aye, willbobdie has been very generous helping us play with our toys while we patiently wait. 
Hi all, I have been trying for days unsuccessfully to get accessories to skin alongside my weighted/skinned rig from blender. The rig itself works fine, I have skinned limbs and the armature works perfectly and so do animations. But when I add an accessory mesh, no matter how I pair or weight it or anything it moves with the bone that itâs paired to as an accessory but wonât utilize the skinning/weighting.
I attached pics of my blender setup and how it is imported in studio. The mesh is named RightShoulder and it has bones RightUpperArm and RightLowerArm both with skinning data/ vertex groups and it ignores it completely.
Am I naming something wrong?
I copy my existing armature, delete the bones I donât need (so I am left with rightupperarm and rightlowerarm) pair the mini armature to the RightShoulder mesh using option âarmature deformâ (not automatic weights since I want to keep what weights Iâve got already from the armature I copied) and then export the mesh with the armature as fbx, import to studio, attach as accessory and yet no weighting.
I CANNOT figure this out. ANYTHING helps please!
In the attached video you can see that the pink RightShoulder mesh does not deform at all with the movement of the arm and is just stagnant while the arm clips through it.
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I think I can help here. I needed to test it anyway.
- Import your skinned tool/armor through character import. To be certain it will work, I import mine with the rig. (technically speaking, I imported it with my working human model.
- Copy meshes and paste into the model you want to have the mesh. Position correctly.
- Add Motor6D, because this is lost when pasting. P1 is the new part, and for me, P0 is the HRP.
This worked first try:
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