Serious Max Linking Glitch- Help!!

T-1000 · 21-09-2004, 08:43 PM

All hell broke loose! What the heck is going on in this image. Whenever I link a joint to a limb in my robot's body, his joint will flip out when I rotate it. I've tried almost anything- has anyone seen this before?

I've tried restarting max, deleting and recreating the link, and moving pivots. Nothing seems to be helping right now, and I can't figure out why my objects get skewed when I rotate them. What the heck is going on here?!

T-1000 · 21-09-2004, 08:49 PM

Here's another horrible example of my confused misery. All I did was rotate the pivot point, and it ruined my mesh again.

T-1000 · 21-09-2004, 09:03 PM

Well the good news is the problem no longer exists on isolated objects, but when linked, stuff is still on the fritz.

**Edit** More specifically, it doesn't affect the foot and ankle when they are linked together. But when the ankle is then linked up to the shin, then everything goes hay-wire

T-1000 · 21-09-2004, 09:19 PM

Gah, that didn't work!

ARTillery · 22-09-2004, 08:22 PM

well..I don't know if this can help..but have you tried throwing a reset xform modifier and then collapsing the stack..It seems to me that you've done some non uniform scale to your objects..
also try to disable scale inheriting between parents and childs..I hope it helps...

21-09-2004, 08:43 PM	#1
T-1000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA- California Posts: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Serious Max Linking Glitch- Help!! All hell broke loose! What the heck is going on in this image. Whenever I link a joint to a limb in my robot's body, his joint will flip out when I rotate it. I've tried almost anything- has anyone seen this before? I've tried restarting max, deleting and recreating the link, and moving pivots. Nothing seems to be helping right now, and I can't figure out why my objects get skewed when I rotate them. What the heck is going on here?! __________________ <The Nine Ages of Humanity> Not old enough to know better Old enough to know better Not old enough to know Old enough to know Not old enough Old enough Not old Old Not

21-09-2004, 08:49 PM	#2
T-1000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA- California Posts: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here's another horrible example of my confused misery. All I did was rotate the pivot point, and it ruined my mesh again. __________________ <The Nine Ages of Humanity> Not old enough to know better Old enough to know better Not old enough to know Old enough to know Not old enough Old enough Not old Old Not

21-09-2004, 09:03 PM	#3
T-1000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA- California Posts: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well the good news is the problem no longer exists on isolated objects, but when linked, stuff is still on the fritz. Edit More specifically, it doesn't affect the foot and ankle when they are linked together. But when the ankle is then linked up to the shin, then everything goes hay-wire __________________ <The Nine Ages of Humanity> Not old enough to know better Old enough to know better Not old enough to know Old enough to know Not old enough Old enough Not old Old Not Last edited by T-1000; 21-09-2004 at 09:15 PM..

21-09-2004, 09:19 PM	#4
T-1000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA- California Posts: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Gah, that didn't work! __________________ <The Nine Ages of Humanity> Not old enough to know better Old enough to know better Not old enough to know Old enough to know Not old enough Old enough Not old Old Not Last edited by T-1000; 21-09-2004 at 09:27 PM..

22-09-2004, 08:22 PM	#5
ARTillery Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cairo Posts: 182 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well..I don't know if this can help..but have you tried throwing a reset xform modifier and then collapsing the stack..It seems to me that you've done some non uniform scale to your objects.. also try to disable scale inheriting between parents and childs..I hope it helps... __________________ -"beware..the alien, the mutant, the heretic”

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