TAMTAM🔜GDC

this is scary. security should be more vigilant for her sake

UE's skeletal mesh re-importer is fubar, why the absolute hell does nothing work in here

chaos cloth not really working for my needs so i tried the old cloth physics way: painting influence on the skeletal mesh. also did not give me the desired result
gonna try deformers in anim mode UE5 to see if i can get it to do what i want. last ditch effort would to give it a new rig
im so tired😭

someone tried to hack into my ubisoft account last night from vietnam and my only question was:

i have a ubisoft account?

anyway im sure it was nothing lol...

i hope you recover quickly!

turns out chaos cloth only works in play mode/simulate, and won't allow me to simulate physics in the normal viewport like the earrings :CCCC
at least it works? i hate that i have to press play for it to work though

chaos cloth working the way i expect it to (not at all)
like wtf

forgot to mention, i am going to GDC this year (won a ticket!) so that'd be cool to see some people out there

lollll

How cute! She looks great!

texture changes to face woooo~~
csp gif export make everything so crunchy though

Oh thank you!!

ALSO i messed up her xgen file by using the wrong freaking head mesh! i thought i messed up, but i saved it!
if you have an alembic file in UE5 ready to bind, put your target mesh in the slot, then use the model you used as the source file (force import as a skeletal mesh) and it should work!

whjoioaaaa myh goodddddd she's heeeeeerrreeee
also this just shows me i need to work on her textures more lol

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lashes are done! getting closer!! i cannot wait to get it into engine

got some feedback and changed up the direction of the curls since they did all go one way lol. blonde for visibility
eyebrows weren't too bad, and eyelashes are next!

xgen isnt so bad when it does what you want it to lol

is this anything
(babby's first xgen groom)
i hope it looks good in UE5, i haven't tested it yet

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Learning more and more about xgen everyday and its still managing to piss me off
Hopefully got something to share about it soon though lol

how cute!! happy bday to him!

Thats so sad, man...
Rest in Peace.

i must be bad at hair grooms cuz its kicking my ass rn

ive never made a straight up hair groom in xgen before, and its not too bad right now.
may change my mind when i get to the strand behavior part, im still on the "make anything show up on the model" part lol

took a break yesterday but back at it again today
your girl has heels, i did it! (and it wasn't too hard!)

now to tackle: hair in xgen 😭

😭 good luck! And I hope you recover quickly!

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AHA!!! found a video and a link to a logic fix to adjust the MH heel for 👠✨HIGH HEELS✨👠

tested on a brand new MH and a duped Anim BP, i can apply it easily to my own MH!

here is the video i found:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a58-...
the logic fix: change the "Try Get Pawn Owner" to "Get Owning Actor"

the facial controls are so fun, she's thinking of the most devious shit lmaoo

attaching accessories today and.....
I GOT PHYSICS WORKING ON HER EARRINGS, YALL!!

i had to watch like 3 videos cuz i really don't know shit about fuck about UE5 physics, but i thought it would really elevate my renders if they moved with her head and omggg its so cool!!!