CAN'T LINK MORPH HEAD INTO CHARACTER COMPOSER BODY (2024)

Hello, the create a new head works fine. Let's say I create a new morph head, this works fine. However when I try to attach the head to the body using the attach tool, it fails to attach to the body.
This is happening on all versions of CA4 all the way from 4.0.x to 4.2.x

A workaround is saving the morphed head as a custom file and reattaching it to a body without going into character composer but doing it in the stage mode.

This problem is not occuring on CA3 however. On CA3 I can attach the head to the body just fine in character composer mode.

Save the Head first.
Then, in Composer Mode, choose the 'Head bone'.
Then, double click the Head which you've saved.
The Head should attach to the body.

YouTube Tutorials Here

@vepop Thanks for the workaround, I will try out your method now and update as to if it worked.

Edit1: Thanks @vepop that workaround works as well. Hopefully the bug I'm having is just on my end. Workaround will work meanwhile.

Edit2: Very buggy and crashes and does not work as well as on CA3. Looks like I will have to use CA3 on this project until they fix what ever problem version 4 has with morphed heads.

Are you using Mac or Windows. I'm using Windows and create morph based heads all the time without any problems in CTA4.

When creating a new morph based head on an existing character, do make sure you have the Head bone selected as shown below in blue. Then you can choose FaceEditor > Create Head > Create Morph-Based Head from the Menu Bar and when the process is complete the new head should be correctly attached to the body.

Peter
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www.reallusion.com

It's not creating the head that is the issue, it's the attachment of the head. The head won't attach to the body properly. When doing motions, the head stays in place. The mouth, eyes - move but the head structure does not.

So let's say my character is doing a pick up item motion. If my character's body is picking up the item, the body will move but the head will stay in place.
The head moves laterally side to side but No up, down, rotating, tilt. So it looks like a detached head throughout.

Hi...

If you follow the advice I gave previously and select the head bone (it will turn blue) then the created head will be correctly attached to the existing body. I do this all the time and have never had a problem of the head becoming detached when applying motions. Once you have created the head onto an existing body you can save the head as Vepop suggested and then it can be used on any other character.

Peter
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www.reallusion.com

Hey Peter, I posted that post after trying your method. Unfortunately even with selecting the blue bone, the head is detached.

I am glad that the problem is only me for now, which means it may be something that's on my computer only that's affecting the head. Only vepop or the method I posted initially works for now, but even then the software crashes occasionally.

I can take a video recording of the issue with your method if you'd like so to better help visualise the issue.

Hi Crystal

If you can please post a short video showing the problem. Being able to see exactly what is happening makes it so much easier to diagnose the problem.

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

Hi Peter,I was having the same problem with the image based heads,the information you supplied helped but have you tried to add hair to an image based head and bring it back to the stage ,it crashes every time for me?
Thanks

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