Dynamic clothing not staying with figure during animation

Doodle Designs

I've used dynamic clothing before using DS 3 versions, but ever since I started using DS 4.9 I can't get the clothing to stay with the figure when doing an animation.

After loading the dynamic clothing item, I make sure that it has been fitted to the figure (V4), set up the collsions (all of V4 except the head, hands, and fingers), then do a single frame drape to get the clothing to hang on the figure correctly without poke-through, then I choose the animated option and drape again. The figure moves, but the clothing stays where it began - the figure dances right out of the dress, leaving it behind.This is the flared dress.

https://youtu.be/8EtpNlMJK8w

I've tried using the Stephanie dynamic hair and the same thing happens.

If I only do the single frame drape and then render the animation, the dress stays with the figure, but of course the movement of the dress is not what it should be.

https://youtu.be/_qjZXpX1cqs

It HAS been a long time since I've used dynamic clothing, so maybe I'm doing it wrong? I've tried parenting and unparenting the dress to V4 but it makes no difference.

Any ideas?

Richard Haseltine

Is that a keyframed animation or an AniBlock?

Jimbow

Have you switched on any option for it being a fast moving figure, and have you tried increasing the samples per frame?

Doodle Designs

Richard Haseltine said:

Is that a keyframed animation or an AniBlock?

AniBlock.

Oh, wait - vague memory of needing to bake to keyframes. Giving it a try.....

That was it - works after baking to keyframes.

Thanks Richard, all I needed was the reminder that I was dealing with an AniBlock. 

 

Richard Haseltine

Yes, I thought that was the case but wasn't absolutely sure.