Activate Constraint with Skinned Offsets (Menu option)

🌊 Any Platform

This functionality is for advanced users.

A new menu option is added in the inspector of the Parent constraint component (and VRC Parent Constraint component if

💬 VRChat

Avatars SDK is installed).

Pressing this menu option will behave similarly to the Activate button on the Parent constraint, but calculates different offsets: These offsets will make the Parent constraint behave more like weight painting/mesh skinning.

This is the same algorithm that is used by the Skinned Mesh Constraint Builder component. If you are already using this component, you do not need to use this.

Compatibility notes

• It has been tested to work on Unity 2020, Unity 2022, and Unity 6, and should work on newer versions.
• It is confirmed to work in
  VNyan
  ,
  💬 VRChat
  , and
  🔺 Basis
  projects. Other applications may be compatible.

Comparison between the default Activate button and Activate with Skinned Offsets.

Download

The tool is free for download using ALCOM.

ALCOM

• Use this link to install our listing to ALCOM.
• Add Haï ~ Skinned Mesh Constraint to your project using ALCOM.

How to use

A new menu option is added in the inspector of the Parent constraint.

• Create or Edit a Parent Constraint or VRC Parent Constraint component that you have not activated yet.
  • Add additional sources and source transforms, and assign the weights to each source.
• Click the three vertical dots ⋮ on the Parent Constraint component and select Haï Activate with Skinned Offsets.
• Your constraint is now activated. Do not press the Activate button!

warning

Do not press the Activate button on that constraint!

This manually calculates constraint offsets in order to avoid an issue that occurs with the Activate button (Learn more).

Learn more

• About the "Activate" button on Parent Constraint.

Versions

• 1.1.0: Added.

Classification: This functionality is application-agnostic.