linked shape weights and clip weights lost in ref. models

[Kris Rivel <krisrivel(at)gmail.com>]

It's been quite awhile since I put any faith in referenced models, 
especially for relatively complex character setups so I figured I'd give 
Delta a go in v6.  I'm already having problems with shape and animation 
clips that are linked to other objects within the referenced model.  I 
basically have some controls for my character that are driving clip 
weights and these are getting blown away when I reopen my scene.  The 
seem to be intact in the mixer but when I try to move my controllers, 
nothing happens.  I've made sure to check off the "modify animation 
mixer" property for the ref. models.  Is there something I'm missing?  
Are there known limitations to Delta/ref. models working in this 
manner?  When I reopen my scene I'm getting alot of errors like this:

// WARNING : 3000 - Animation Mixer Connection problem: Not able to 
resolve object: Set.Chest2
// WARNING : 3000 - Animation Mixer Connection problem: Not able to 
resolve cluster key prop: Set.Face.polymsh.cls.Shape.ResultClusterKey

The interesting thing to note is that the error points to the model 
named "Set" but none of the objects after "Set" are within that model so 
I'm not sure why the error is pointing to something that doesn't 
actually exist.  The objects "Chest2" and "Face.polymsh.cls.Shape" are 
within other models that are also referenced.

I also tested this with just the character in a clean scene and 
everything seems to work fine until you turn on the "modify animation 
mixer" property for the ref. model.  Everything looks linked still but 
nothing actually works.

Surely there must be something wrong here.  I thought the point of this 
was maybe bring in your character rig and animate to your heart's 
content and be able to reload or update your ref. models during 
animation but keep animation intact.

Kris Rivel
3D Artist
kris(at)krisrivel.com
www.krisrivel.com

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