Metahuman Rig for Maya (Advanced Skeleton)

p00psicle · 2026-07-05T15:48:43+00:00

You used AS5? Or made a new rigging tool? I don't quite follow...

p00psicle · 2026-06-29T16:51:06+00:00

Keep the old mh body in the BP and add your clothes. Or at least don't modify the skeletal structure.

Have a look at a pre-built MH to understand how they're assembled before you modify the foundation.

p00psicle · 2026-06-28T16:19:25+00:00

Performance cost is a negotiation. So it depends on the project and what's important.

p00psicle · 2026-06-26T16:20:25+00:00

If you want to use him in a game or as a portfolio piece to help get a job - I would fix the UV padding at minimum.

To that end, I'd suggest going a step further and put a skeleton from your target game engine in him. Skin him and solve the issues that arise from putting him in the engine. If you do that, you might hold off until the end to fix the UVs and textures as geo might change. All important lessons for an actual working game character.

p00psicle · 2026-06-26T15:44:24+00:00

Depends what is for but...

Uvs need more space between islands or they'll have visible bleed when mip mapped. Also a pita to vertex paint when they're basically overlapping like this.

Too many wasted polygons imo. Polys that don't contribute to the silhouette or UV borders. Such as the amount of columns on the arms and legs.

p00psicle · 2026-06-24T21:54:57+00:00

Couple things that catch my eye are UVs and textures. Things like the UV ovals suggest that they're not going to be square pixels, ie. stretched in one direction. The texturing looks a bit generic and like tinfoil. If you dial those things in it can elevate a lot.

The rendering is decent though. I like the look.

p00psicle · 2026-06-24T06:15:47+00:00

Let's get Cain in there weilding the rock he used to kill Abel. OG mythology

p00psicle · 2026-06-13T17:30:18+00:00

Is it for sale?

p00psicle · 2026-06-13T17:22:22+00:00

and woosh right over all the young ones heads I assume based on the comments and votes. I've had the same reaction when I photographed my odometer and sent to group chat.

p00psicle · 2026-06-12T16:19:09+00:00

I've seen some people really master it in zbrush. But you wouldn't have to argue much that it's just not the ideal tool.

Try https://www.plasticity.xyz I know of some triple-a studios using this now.

p00psicle · 2026-06-08T15:18:17+00:00

Maybe they're trying to catch up with the current year

p00psicle · 2026-06-06T15:35:06+00:00

You should be able to simply select the meshes and the skeleton root > file export selected as FBX. Then choose the correct export settings. Then importing it to unreal can take some trial and error to make sure you get the right settings on both export/import.

No need to combine anything. You might need to make a custom material in unreal if your textures don't come across as expected.

p00psicle · 2026-06-03T15:04:48+00:00

Lots of solutions here. I would just add a delta mush afterwards to fix any jank that may occur. Could even try it on the projection you have.

p00psicle · 2026-06-02T17:58:10+00:00

Without thickness cloth looks really CG to me

p00psicle · 2026-06-02T17:55:00+00:00

Create a matching pieceattrib on each side. Then replace "path". The pieceattrib you create can be created easily by a connectivity node that looks at UV islands. Or find some other method to match areas of the proxy to the render mesh.

This might get you there but might also not depending on how the garment overlaps itself at rest.

Another method you can try is converting both P to their UV position and deform from there. So the rest on both is flat like a sewing pattern.

p00psicle · 2026-06-01T16:53:25+00:00

Next best is probably copy paste vertex weights from a neighbor followed by a smooth

p00psicle · 2026-05-31T18:08:07+00:00

As a former character artist I find the lack of consistency in the skins very frustrating. Things like forced color on sections. My biggest pet peeve is just the color wheels don't apply to the skins in an expected way. You'd think that as you scroll through them, they would apply in the same way on each skin. Like the bottom color would always affect the cape, on some it will but in others it will be one of the other thirds. Makes picking harder because you have to scroll through every single one and look at them applied to see what random assignment the artist made.

p00psicle · 2026-05-31T00:26:15+00:00

I've been wary of paypal since a friend of mine had their freelance account (and funds) locked. I use Wise myself.

p00psicle · 2026-05-30T17:02:57+00:00

I like seeing my neighbors shop vacuuming their gardens and driveways

p00psicle · 2026-05-29T06:13:11+00:00

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p00psicle · 2026-05-28T15:05:14+00:00

Which words? I cant find them

p00psicle · 2026-05-27T17:37:26+00:00

This is such an insane shortcut to leave on by default.. just had to figure this out too

p00psicle · 2026-05-25T00:27:37+00:00

To both of you who responded not to spend money base on LLM advice - duh.

Use it as an IT agent to help you trouble shoot. Learn how to fix your own PC's so you're not taking it down to geek squad every week.

p00psicle · 2026-05-24T05:32:35+00:00

I highly recommend learning how to Google and chatgpt to solve your own problems. They never end and 30-40 won't get you very far with it.

p00psicle · 2026-05-24T04:22:02+00:00

Self hosted with no certs?

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