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Well, I was going to try to render that for a longer stretch but I get an instant freeze if I try. Are you on 32 or 64-bit John?

Welcome to A:M Purple person! Some mac person will have to chime in on the simbiont related error But I believe the dictionary file you need is really "dictionary.dic". I'm not sure why it's looking for a .i file but if you can change that to "anything" or .dic perhaps you can see the file.

Here's an alternate idea that overlaps the motion for a bit more suggestion of spitting something out... Bulb.mov PoseSlider_BulbTest06.prj

That's cool. Did you paint the nebula?

I like it. It's actually a 3rd-party product but it works well. I did a very brief video demo of it for the curious here: http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=40548

It's like one of those clown ballons you punch and it comes back up. I notice that some of the sprites die on contact but others linger for a moment. I wonder why that is.

Ah-ha... The model bone is also absurdly long. Fix its length property in the properties for the model.

Sometimes a bone gets set to an absurd length. I'm not sure why. Select the bone (or Null) in the model (not in the Action) and change its "length" property to something more normal. If you have the show-properties triangle enabled you can see this property in the PWS, otherwise you can see it in the Properties Window.

Any finds on this one yet?

And when you run the installer, make sure its install path really is to the (x86) folder.

download it http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=40637

Just a general note... you dont' have to "roll back" to use 32-bit A:M. You run the 32-bit installer, it installs to the "Program Files (x86)" folder that other 32-bit apps are in, you copy your license file over and then you have two A:Ms to use as needed. It's free!

TSM2 works with 32-bit A:M only. You can have both 32 and 64 bit versions installed using the same license. The tail rig of TSM2 isnt' necessarily useful for all tails. It presumes a tail that needs many bones.

That turned out real well! Welcome back to A:M

OK, I see it. The ultimate problem is that ghastly "balance" feature built into the AM2001 rig. Worst idea ever. It's a fake sort of averaging of the hips to the feet positions and not at all a good approximation of real "balance". Send your complaints to Rafael Anzovin who invented that. If I delete the second key on "Balance Right Foot" the drifting of the hips will stop. You may have moved it inadvertently. However, I recommend you go back to frame 0, set the User Properties "Balance" and "Balance Rigid" to 0% and then delete all the "Balance" channels in the action. Then repose anything as necessary. Posing the character's hips and feet will be far more predictable with those two "Balance" sliders set to 0. Do that at the outset for any animation you embark on with the AM2001 rig.

It's very difficult to diagnose this sort of stuff by text message. If you can post something, that will be so much more transparent.

I'm sure there's an answer but I'd have to see it. If you want to post it or send it to me at theguy @ brilliantisland.com I'll take a look.

perhaps part of it is you are trying to show her vocal vibrato with lip motion. Some people do indeed seem to open and close their mouth a bit for their vibrato but they tend to be big opera singer vibratos. I dont' know. Is there a reference clip you have of her singing that?

Guess... you are doing it in the wrong window but I'd have to see you do it.

You can change the enforcement, but I'm guessing that's not what you are talking about.

something has to be on somewhere

It's possible you have that relationship turned ON in another relationship that is ON by default.

I think they are doing too much motion... they seem over-active. "Why" should start out with an "oo" pose and stretch out from that I think the lips are closing too often or too soon sometimes. Unless you make a very distinct M, B or P sound the full closures rarely happen in singing and she doesn't say many M, B or Ps in her lines. A good exercise is to put your finger on your chin while you say the lines and feel the movement. It's really very slight.

I figured with the old television theme it should be "I Love Lucy"

Fun looking-crocodile. Or alligator. I get them confused!