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29th Jul 2021 at 10:37 AM
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Animation Issues with Repairable Car Mod
I'm working on a mod to make cars more interesting so that they can get dirty, require fuel, break down and get upgrades. I'm using the Store Fixer Upper car as the base since it already has all the animations I need and is a more interesting car than the ones provided in the game. So far the coding is going well (famous last words) though I've only so far added the ability to make speed upgrades and some small trait factors to the car. Where I am really stuck with the meshing part and am now convinced it's an animation issue rather than a joint/bone assignment problem.
I've updated the RSLT and Rig files in both the parent and child files (the Fixer Upper is two cars -- rundown and fixed -- with the animations contained in the rundown version and tied to the latter) and still run into the problem where the car "slots" back into the original mesh when a Sim interacts with it other than when driving. The doors and hood open fine (there's no deformation) but they just revert back to the location of the original mesh. (photos attached) The car I'm using is a slightly edited version of the Big Lemon in the game so it's wider and shorter than the Fixer Upper.
I'm not an object creator and new to animations but am happy to learn (Covid has me taking on new hobbies, lol) if someone could point me in the right direction of where the problem lies.
P.S. I recognize the easiest solution would be to just use a clone of the Fixer Upper car already provided but I personally find it really ugly and impractical and don't want it in my game.