Additional bones/joints possible ?

[Reinard Eberhardt]

So far importing rigged meshes has been a breeze to say the least. 
However , for the sake of creating ever more complex avatars, will it be
possible to use additional bones, provided that they are orientated correctly?

This will prove extremely useful for finer mesh control, facial expressions ..
the possibilities are endless...

Example mesh below

 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7682864/SecondLife/av_test_cen2.png 



 

[Madeliefste Oh]

Yes, it is possible. I saw a pic and a video of someone who experimented with this

 

[Reinard Eberhardt]

Thanks ^^ Okay so I'll give it a try later tonight. Basically parenting bones or sets directly to mXxx bones on the existing rig taking care to ensure that the joint orientation scheme remains the same. Animation/pose data can then be exported to SecondLife...

Lets rig and animate a face!

[Obsidian Stormwind]

This is excellent to know. Now we can perhaps come up with a community defined set of bones for tail additions, wings, taur skeletons, etc.

[Sabanco]

Reinhardt, did it work so far?

[Twiddle]

Please someone tell me this actually works and explain how to make animations with these new bones.  This has me more excited than anything if you can actually do this.

[Raphael Maesar]

I am just curiouse because I am interested in making a four arm'd critter so yeah! want to know how this went and what not.