VaM 1.x Select body part without control nodes

Abobba · Sunday at 4:50 PM

Is it possible to select body parts that are not visible in the selection window, like glutes or head itself, and not its control nodes?

CV42 · Monday at 11:48 AM

Abobba said:
Is it possible to select body parts that are not visible in the selection window, like glutes or head itself, and not its control nodes?

Sometimes.

E.g. when you select a parent atom for a hand, it allows to select the head/glutes/etc. directly. Useful to make stuff follow body parts.

LubaFoto · Monday at 6:02 PM

Not sure if I do understand your question...

Abobba · 2025-08-20T15:13:20-0400

Is there a way or pl

LubaFoto said:
Not sure if I do understand your question...View attachment 517484

I mean these things. I wonder if there is a plugin that allows you to form a parent link from these green circles to other body parts. For example, I want glute to follow hand , to do this I need to form a parent link from the glute to the hand, but I don't know how because the glutes can't be selected.

LubaFoto · 2025-08-20T18:13:39-0400

Ok I see. You can't. these are not control node. You can't control joints, like links between controller nodes. Glute is just a morph shape joint, that use Hip and thigh to move.
You asking to move a person without his bones. If that make sense.

SlimerJSpud · 2025-08-20T22:34:23-0400

What you would do is select the hand control node (lHandControl), then choose the non-control node to link it to. I don't use parent links much. I prefer Physics links. There's no script to do this, it's just part of posing a character. When you save a pose preset, that relationship is saved. Be aware that having parent/physics links active as soon as animation starts can cause bad things to happen.

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