Blender error message I can't decipher

[Nacy Nightfire]

daeTriangles.material = mesh.materials[k].name

AttribluteError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘name’

 

 

I rigged my mesh and all the vertex groups seem to be properly assigned.  I assigned a single material to the mesh and I made uvs.  I also "made real" the modifier.   When I select the mesh and the bones in obj mode and try to export I get the above message.   Anyone know what this means?

[Nacy Nightfire]

Ok, I couldn't program my way out of a paper bag, but I figured out what I was doing wrong.  I assigned a material in edit mode, but I needed to assign a material via F5/Material Button "make new".

Now I have to figure out why my uploaded rigged mesh looks like chewed up gum.

[Ashasekayi Ra]

Which version of Blender are you using? Blender 2.5 still mangles rigged objects. It is fine to use for static mesh though.

[Nacy Nightfire]

Still using 2.49.  I think its because I decimated the mesh  (/me boinks myself on the head) so it can't deform properly.  Although in Blender's pose mode it seems to deform splendidly.  In SL its all wierdness.

 

[Ashasekayi Ra]

Ah ok. Sometimes you will get stray vertices after performing a decimation. You may want to select all in edit mode, hit W then select remove doubles. After that, you can check for totally unattached vertices. Make sure you are in face select mode, select all the faces then move it. Go back to vertex select mode if you see a cloud of vertices left behind, you'll need to delete them.

[Nacy Nightfire]

:matte-motes-smile:Thanks so much Ashasekayi....It's been a while since I tried rigging.  This time I'm not going to forget to write all these great tips down. 

[Ashasekayi Ra]

welcome