Weightmap Problem

[bobakabob]

Hi,

When I open my scene file, the Weight Maps of my character are no longer assigned to bones ... so I have to reset them again.

I've not had this happen before... I've tried workarounds like locking the bones, but the Spreadsheet still shows blanks when I open the file. What am I doing wrong?? Any help much appreciated
:) Rob

[hrgiger]

Do you have the weightmaps assigned to the actual skelegons in modeler and saved with the object file?

[bobakabob]

Hmmm, thanks for the suggestion, Steve, but, nope, I'm using the bones of a mocap file that I brought into Layout...

I've edited the bones (moving and resizing etc) to fit the character, assigned them to weight maps and produced test animations that work fine...

Next time I open the scene the bones are no longer assigned to weightmaps, so the character turns into Mr Fantastic!

I can live with it for now, but it's an annoyance and taking 20 minutes or so to fix every time I start work. Mighty strange... Any other ideas?

Cheers,

Rob