dForce on non-dForce clothing trick!

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Not sure if this is common knowledge or part of the most basic tutorial on dForce or not but I thought I'd share just in case.

If you are trying to apply dForce to non dForce clothing and it keeps exploding, I've had a lot of success just throwing the character through the roof! By that I mean, take them out of the environment and anything that might hinder the simulation, be it a prop like a rug or a Point light or anything. I just lift them out of the environment into thin air and then simulate. It works almost everytime. Other times, I think it's because the pose is just too extreme for non-dForce to handle. Once you sim, you can bring them back down and render away.

Hopefully that helps someone who is fighting this battle.

:)

small addendum..this doesn't work on laying poses. Standing is good or at the most squatting. But in my experiance, squatting is a bit extreme for non dForce clothing.