FACS Face Controller Append Error

[Domiek]

Hi, I’m having an issue where appending a character with FACS face controller into a new file causes the converted widgets to fail.

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I noticed this after appending my character to a different scene, so then I tested it by importing a Vic 8.1, running the standard Diffeo process and then appending her to a new scene, same result.

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The rig seems to work fine, just the custom shapes seem to pop out of the hidden collection or wherever they were stored in the original file.

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My current workaround is to append the entire char collection into a new file, manually drag the custom shapes into the hidden folder and save. Appending this to a new file seems to resolve the issue.

[Thomas Larsson]

This is a problem with Rigify, right? In the original file, there are three hidden collections, but only one is a child of the main collection. All hidden collections become visible after appending to a new file, but the child collection can easily be switched off. The hidden collections on the top level seem to be lost, though.

[Domiek]

That’s correct Thomas, it’s a problem with Rigify. These two collections are automatically made during the character import process. Everything works fine as intended. Upon appending to a new file, these two collections become visible and the GZM widgets appear outside of the collections. Manually dragging them back into the hidden collection seems to solve this without issue.

[Thomas Larsson]

The hidden collections are now children of the main character collection, so they should remain hidden after file linking.

[Domiek]

Thanks Thommas