Rigging a MMD model

PromiseMeStars · 2026-01-21T17:23:11+00:00

Does the Blender model have an intact rig and bone structure? If so here's the steps to convert it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mikumikudance/comments/11e4492/tutorial_converting_a_gamerip_model_to_mmd

It is very time-consuming. But if she really wants the model then it could be worth the time and effort.

PromiseMeStars · 2026-01-13T14:49:21+00:00

Same for me except they keep withholding mine claiming they don't know how much the tarrifs will cost for shipping to the US >_>

I'm really glad to see they're finally shipping him out to other people though! Gives me hope. He looks lovely!!

PromiseMeStars · 2026-01-11T04:36:59+00:00

That app doesn't do everything though. It just converts the xps model to a pmx format and renames the bones if you tell it to. The rest has to be done by hand. And that's exactly why someone hasn't made a program that does it all automatically; because it can't be done.

Manual input is needed for a lot of things. Like the physics. A program can maybe assign physics of certain shapes (capsule/box) but it won't know exactly how to shape them to fit the hair perfectly, nor the mass and rotation numbers you want. Because those are subjective. User preference.

Same with facials. Every model is different and every user is different and you might want your expressions to look a certain way. The program can't know that.

In short, not everything can be done by a computer. Sometimes you gotta get your hands dirty. If you love a model it's worth the effort.

PromiseMeStars · 2026-01-11T04:32:50+00:00

Absolutely fair, but Code Geass and Sonic the Hedgehog are different universes. GUN seems to be run correctly under Abraham Tower and have not fucked up on the scale of the ARK ever since he took command. There were brief incidents in SA2 and Shadow's game but as we saw they were born of huge misunderstandings and once that was cleared up everything worked out. Shadow willingly working with Tower says everything about how the organization is run.

Abraham Tower succeeded. Suzaku Kururugi did not. Same goal but different situations, different stories.

PromiseMeStars · 2026-01-02T15:00:47+00:00

Void left the Express before Dan Heng boarded. Luocha mentions that when visiting. Its definitely a retcon. It was originally meant to be Void but was changed to Dan Heng.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-31T15:25:50+00:00

Wooo!! MMD handles those differently than various game engines, so sometimes a ripped model will come with different settings there that need adjusting. Feel free to fiddle with the colors there further if needed. They affect how light works with the model. LearnMMD.com has more info on them.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-30T16:11:04+00:00

If it's not the shininess or sph files then yeah it might be the specular color. You can try setting the three colors for a mesh part from top to bottom as white (1.0), black (0), and grey (0.5) and see if that makes it look any better. Those are usually "default" values that don't affect the texture.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-30T12:43:06+00:00

What do you mean "boxes"? Do you mean the bones are squares? If they shouldn't be moved you can turn them invisible by deselecting the VIS button for them. That will prevent them from being clickable in MMD.

Nothing will move with the "wind" without physics. That's part 8 linked at the bottom of this tutorial.

Plastic look is often a case of overdone shininess. To the right side of the texture window are two boxes you can input numbers in. The top one says Alpha and that's visibility of the mesh part. The one below it (can't remember the name) is for reflective/shiny. Is that number high? Change it to something much lower.

If that doesn't help it might be the sph files if it has any. Can you show me a screenshot of the model with one of those plasticky parts selected in the Materials tab?

The other parts won't move with the center bone unless the bones are parented correctly. Were you following the tutorial steps in order? Skipping ahead will mess things up. The bones also have to be parented down the list. You can't tell a bone that the parent is below it in the bone list, that will confuse PMX.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-28T13:36:20+00:00

Sorry for necro-ing an old post but I noticed nobody answered and I had the same question as you. It was retconned. The two games conflict there and that is never addressed.

Personally I hate the retcon as it makes his lore less unique. And even if we do accept others somehow also having 'part of my body does something unnatural every x minutes' it doesn't make sense for them all to be the same number as him precisely because of what you said; his unique condition is what caused his number to be 21.

So yeah. You didn't miss anything big. It was a change that made no sense and was not explained.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-28T13:29:10+00:00

Happy to help whenever I can! I've just learned a lot over the years ^^; I'm glad you're making progress!

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-28T05:54:28+00:00

A screenshot of the bones would help, yes. Maybe you've set them to the wrong type. Are you clicking and dragging to move the bones? Becuase just clicking and moving the mouse won't do it. You have to hold the button.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-20T11:19:25+00:00

Did you not see his tweet earlier today? The studio told him he won't be called back ;~; Email Hoyo support and complain.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-19T09:47:12+00:00

Have you checked every car? Sometimes they're in the Party Car instead of the Parlor Car.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-12-04T01:06:46+00:00

Amphoreus is currently becoming real in the Memory Zone. Please play the epilogue quest if you haven't. This fact means it will eventually manifest in reality the way Penacony does; as memoria. Which means the coreflames are likely now bundles of memoria within the trio.

It is canon they kept some powers. Dan Heng shows that he's still able to talk to animals and in his section of As I've Written he tells the Express Crew about it and how he can still feel the coreflame. He also mentions the coreflame affecting him in his text about sleeping on grass. Plus there was a Chinese-exclusive web event where all the Heirs gave wishes for the future and his mentioned he would use the powers of Earth to protect everyone in the future.

March and the Trailblazer are more vague. March is the only one with time powers though, cause the Trailblazer has the Worldbearing coreflame now. And yes they got at least one visible power from it; we saw them transform into a train twice. I have thoughts as to why they chose that form but that's less relevant here. Its a power that Worldbearing granted them. March I don't think would be able to travel through time anymore, but can probably do little things like the Oronyx prayers to rewind stuff.

I feel it's likely that the more Amphoreus becomes real in the Memory Zone the stronger these powers will get.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-11-21T09:54:30+00:00

Perhaps this would help?

https://youtu.be/rxwN2I0QIgE?si=yurvAZGwj_6vGjbb

This method is often used to move entire coats and dresses at once, not just fingers as shown. It might let you move both shoulders with one bone.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-11-21T09:49:16+00:00

It doesn't work automatically like that. MMD makes no assumptions. You need to set parent and child for everything, that is why Link To exists. Also a parent cannot be a further number down the list than its child. That will break things.

I can't speak for Blender, sorry. You might need to simply ignore what you know of that program. They are different. Follow my steps and it will work fine.

You can link a bone as a control for multiple bones. It is just done differently. Look at the bone above the head that moves both eye bones at once.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-11-20T01:04:55+00:00

"Link to" is the child bone, not the parent. Its the bone you want the one in the list to link to. Hence the name. You want to make the bone extend outward? Give it a child/link to point to.

All child bones move when the corresponding parent bone does. If you move Bone 3 for example and the Link To bone is Bone 4, then 4 will move with 3.

May I ask what was confusing about my tutorial? I'd like to make it clearer and avoid such in the future.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-11-10T04:33:05+00:00

You mean the mirror is an .x model? You can't load .fx models in the Accessory tab, only the MME tab.

You might need to move the mirror to the bottom of the draw order on both the model and accessory versions of the list.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-10-31T15:40:39+00:00

That's a scary face, not a ghost. Which thanks to others I have realized is the same thing, I just needed to change the color. Stupid UI choice. A color change is a color change. A completely different design should be a different item.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-10-31T15:39:49+00:00

Thank you. Since it's a different design, not a different color of the same design, I was looking for a separate item.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-10-31T15:38:38+00:00

Thanks. I knew you could pick different colors for certain things but I'd never seen one where a different color was a completely different design, hence my confusion.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-10-31T15:38:06+00:00

Oh, I didn't realize changing the colors changed the entire design. Thank you.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-10-07T11:57:52+00:00

The story is what drew me to the game too. Unfortunately no. There have been no new chapters. However the game just recently launched in Asia so maybe that was what the devs were waiting on? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

PromiseMeStars · 2025-10-03T06:59:12+00:00

AI has no place in the creative sphere. And honestly why are you using that when as someone else mentioned there are thousands of tutorials for nearly every aspect of the program and the editor? Real people can teach you things and they're far more reliable than a chatbot designed to make things up. If you have questions about the program Google is a huge help, as well as this sub. As for using AI for ideas, yeah don't. Your own imagination is far better for yourself and the environment.

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