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It looks great!

I hate to say it, but when posing it with M4 poses the feet are detaching from the legs.

It happened after I used a zero pose and then they stay detached from that point on no matter what pose I tried (they move around with the pose but are not actually attached to the leg).

I am using 4.5.

Oops. I just tried zeroing the pose with a pose from another pose set and the feet stayed OK. So it looks like some pose sets may give problems.

Hands detaching with some poses too.

There is a script that fixes this. Although they said in 4.5 it is an automated fix, I find the script still works better. Its called fix hands and feet.

http://www.sharecg.com/v/60772/related/11/Poser/Genesis-Hand-and-Foot-Fix-Pose

I don’t have it, but it might be worth checking whether the poses causing issues are dialling in Translations as well as Rotations at the affected joints, if they are then they may need to be zeroed to make the pose work.

That fix is working in most cases I have tried so far.

But I have come across one case where it moved the feet almost to where they should be, but not quite.

Is this a problem within the Cyborg M4 and that can be fixed in it? I have not had this problem with M4 so far in 4.5.

Just did a test. That script works perfectly on cyberM4. I bought it this afternoon. Had the same issues with the feet and hands being detached. one click on the script and problem solved.

luxgabu - 03 September 2012 07:02 AM

That fix is working in most cases I have tried so far.

But I have come across one case where it moved the feet almost to where they should be, but not quite.

Is this a problem within the Cyborg M4 and that can be fixed in it? I have not had this problem with M4 so far in 4.5.

What pose set? So far the poses I tried are all working.

It looks to be this one that is giving the problems:

http://www.daz3d.com/shop/editorial-style-homme-m4

but I am getting problems with other sets as well.

It might be made worse by the fact that I was applying pose after pose to the same figure.

With a ‘clean’ figure the pose fix is working so far.

Are you using the Zero Firgure or Zero pose?  There is a difference.  Zero figure should not be used.

I have been using the zero pose from that pose set I quoted.

luxgabu - 03 September 2012 07:18 AM

I have been using the zero pose from that pose set I quoted.

Try selecting a figure and go to the Parameter Tab, in the menu in the upper right choose “Zero > pose” to see if that makes a difference

Yes, that method works OK.

In DS, if you go to “Edit > Preferences” you can make that option a button on one of your tool bars for easy access.

Err, where do I do that in preferences? I can’t find anything that seems to indicate toolbar modification.

I think having a button for the fix would be a good idea too.

luxgabu - 03 September 2012 07:44 AM

Err, where do I do that in preferences? I can’t find anything that seems to indicate toolbar modification.

I think having a button for the fix would be a good idea too.

Sorry, Im tired.  I meant Customize.

luxgabu - 03 September 2012 07:02 AM

Is this a problem within the Cyborg M4 and that can be fixed in it? I have not had this problem with M4 so far in 4.5.

I think it’s more an issue of applying translations to a model other than the one they were designed for. Rotations seem to be pretty flexible, but translations can break any figure. I have broken Gen-4 figures using translations, usually there’s a point up to which they may help with a more extreme pose, and then things go very wrong very quickly.

Because the blurb said that it could take M4 poses I was trying all different ones just to see what it looked like. In a real use situation I won’t be doing anything like that.