Soft Skin + Rigid Bones?

[phantom]

Hi,

I struggled to realize a similar function like this:
http://obi.virtualmethodstudio.com/forum...p?tid=1087

Basically I would like a human avatar to partially deform its skin but still remains rigid in the bone so that I could use my haptics devices to do some collision-based manipulation on the human avatar (without "visually breaking" its bones). For example, while the avatar is sleeping, I could lift it up to sitting mode by pushing its head and shoulder. Is it possible to do that?

FYI, I am now using an avatar downloaded from Mixamo.

Many thanks,
phantom

[josemendez]

Hi phantom,

Vertices must either be animated, or controlled by the simulation. You can't get a mix between both. See:
http://obi.virtualmethodstudio.com/tutor...tbody.html

Note that currently, you cannot mix animation and simulation in a single vertex, unlike you can in ObiCloth. Vertices in a softbody character are either driven by animation, or driven by simulation, not both.