Priority Delay on Stacking Skin Deformers
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hi,
it's still a limitation.Cheers,
Manuel -
Gotcha.
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@m_magalhaes Hello! I just want to add to this and say that this limitation is REALLY holding back C4D for rigging and thereby character animation. I would very much hope that the developers will allow the Skin Deformer's Priority to be set. It is my understanding that the Neutron node-based version of C4D will not have Priorities (THANK GOD!) but I don't know how long we will have to wait to be able to use it for character rigging.
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Hi, @m_magalhaes & the rest,
Joints & skins work a bit differently than setting priorities in the usual way..
Basically, only the first line changes @ the "declaration" of pd.Hope this helps, Jochem
for item in items: # .. a list with objects or tags.. # prioGeneric pd = item[c4d.EXPRESSION_PRIORITY] pd.SetPriorityValue(c4d.PRIORITYVALUE_MODE, 4) # 4 = Generators (as an example..) pd.SetPriorityValue(c4d.PRIORITYVALUE_PRIORITY, 412) item[c4d.EXPRESSION_PRIORITY] = pd for j in joints: # .. a list with joints.. # prioJoints pd = j[c4d.ID_CA_JOINT_OBJECT_PRIORITY] pd.SetPriorityValue(c4d.PRIORITYVALUE_MODE, 4) pd.SetPriorityValue(c4d.PRIORITYVALUE_PRIORITY, 413) j[c4d.ID_CA_JOINT_OBJECT_PRIORITY] = pd for s in skins: # .. a list with skins.. # prioSkins pd = s[c4d.ID_CA_SKIN_OBJECT_PRIORITY] pd.SetPriorityValue(c4d.PRIORITYVALUE_MODE, 4) pd.SetPriorityValue(c4d.PRIORITYVALUE_PRIORITY, 414) s[c4d.ID_CA_SKIN_OBJECT_PRIORITY] = pd
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Hmmm… some extra notes: Although it’s possible to change the priority of skin deformers - it’s of no use.
The documentation states that priorities only will be applied if the “Force” option under “Include” is turned on.
But that’s not for polygon objects.So in my case, I wanted to set skin deformers after dynamics had been applied, but that’s a no-go.
The only alternative I found was to add an extra pythonTag (Gen.412), which updated all meshes.
This means that on render time all works well, but in the viewport it will still lag 1 frame -
Hello @jochemdk,
thank you for reaching out to us. I am not sure if your postings are questions, please remember to open a new thread for questions of your own. @m_magalhaes is also currently on vacation, so he will not respond here any time soon.
Thank you for your understanding,
Ferdinand -
Hi @ferdinand, I was working on a similar topic, trying to change the prio of skin deformers to "after dynamics"... (didn't want to start a new thread, thx for replying anyway:)
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Hi,
for me you still have the issue of priority. Does it solve the problem?
Cheers,
Manuel -
Hi @m_magalhaes,
No there's still a problem, but for now it seams to be unsolvable.. It would be nice if C4D would allow for priority changes on the skin deformer - for polygon objects.
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Hi,
Just checking if this is now resolved in the current version of C4D (2023).