Some of the features in the EPIC components are too specific to the mannequin and metahuman joint orientation
New features will add flexibility for custom skeletons and use in other game engines

• hand blade optional setting
• when using 0 division the first arm joint should rotate with the arm and not use rollspline solver

As described in the title.
Happens especially when rotating the whole character in world space.
I did a test using the MetaHuman template and it occurred as well.

https://github.com/mgear-dev/shifter_epic_components/blob/23743e15e3feb5fad435da950de4c1a2758db881/scripts/mgear/shifter_epic_components/EPIC_leg_01/__init__.py#L656-L657
These lines seem to be the cause of the problem
But turns out those changes are made to address another issue from here

@miquelcampos maybe take a look when you have time ;)

mgear-dev/mgear_core#87 (review)
mgear-dev/mgear_core#86

I order to keep our project conversion a refactoring this will help he process to keep thing clean

Idea from the forum http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/mgear-metahuman-unbuild/2509/2

Reported in the forum http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/epic-leg-01-twist-flip-problem/2384/14

option to connect in chain or connect to parent joint

Reported on the forum http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/question-about-epic-guides/2151/7

Just thought I would point out that Maya 2021 on MacOS will only support python 3. It won't have the option to start up in python 2 like it will on Windows, and I think, Linux.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-programming/python-3/td-p/8762428

For what its worth.

@JaschaW thanks for the idea!

Connect to existing joints, instead of creating new joints

NOTE: need to freeze joints rotations before connect

• expose as an option in the guide parameters

• improve performance and clean up
• Y up axis for Epic metahuman template
• Generic games biped template
• Metahuman Guide auto fit to metahuman skeleton

Take a look at the possibility of having the FK limbs to be scale in all axes (X, Y, Z) - current functionality only allows for X.

Review all tools

Collect necessary data after the rig is build to facilitate the pipeline with other DCCs

the wrist flip limit in one of the axis can be an issue with bird wings.
reference in the forum: http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/wrist-flipping-after-90-degree/2534/4
Review implementation

Remove:

• Synoptic
• facial legacy

Add into the build the sphinx doc

Hello everyone.

The idea is that when you enable "Auto Opacity" button on the anim_picker, the ui becomes transparent but also allows you to interact with anything underneath/behind the UI.

This would allow you to interact with Maya, its viewports as if the UI were not there.
When you hold Shift and hover over the UI, it will then become interactive/visible.

Here is an example of it in action.

And in case the UI becomes 'stuck' in transparency, when you disable the feature from the mgear > anim picker menu, it will flush the anim picker gui back to normal.
Like so.

Testing will need to be done to ensure that the idea, feature, and current implementation are stable and open enough to work in a variety of studio environments.

add a string reference to guide locator for a quick match after rig proportion change

Merge changes from PR
mgear-dev/mgear_core#86

When opening ui elements on a Linux install, the QT imports fail.

OS: CentOs7
mGear : v4.0.0
Maya: 2022
Python: 3

[...]/mGear/v4.0.0/scripts/mgear/__init__.py
# Error: No module named 'Qt'
# Traceback (most recent call last):
#   File "<maya console>", line 2, in <module>
#   File "/usr/autodesk/maya2022/lib/python3.7/site-packages/shiboken2/files.dir/shibokensupport/__feature__.py", line 142, in _import
#     return original_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
#   File "[...]/mGear/v4.0.0/scripts/mgear/shifter/guide_manager_gui.py", line 1, in <module>
#     from mgear.shifter import guide_manager_component, guide_template_explorer
#   File "/usr/autodesk/maya2022/lib/python3.7/site-packages/shiboken2/files.dir/shibokensupport/__feature__.py", line 142, in _import
#     return original_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
#   File "[...]/mGear/v4.0.0/scripts/mgear/shifter/guide_template_explorer.py", line 10, in <module>
#     from mgear.vendor.qjsonmodel import QJsonModel
#   File "/usr/autodesk/maya2022/lib/python3.7/site-packages/shiboken2/files.dir/shibokensupport/__feature__.py", line 142, in _import
#     return original_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
#   File "[...]/mGear/v4.0.0/scripts/mgear/vendor/qjsonmodel.py", line 42, in <module>
#     from Qt import QtWidgets, QtCore, __binding__
#   File "/usr/autodesk/maya2022/lib/python3.7/site-packages/shiboken2/files.dir/shibokensupport/__feature__.py", line 142, in _import
#     return original_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
# ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Qt' # 

Hi guys,
Yesterday, I got this "bug" from moving the picker from one screen to another which has a smaller resolution ( moving from LG : 3440 x 1440 to Cintiq : 1920 x 1080 ) and here's what I got :

Thanks

One cannot move picker items in Edit mode.
Maya 2022
Python 2
PySide2/Qt 5.15.2

requested in the forum
http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/guide-naming-rules-question/2314

improve visibility

A simple chain that is using the full locator rotation.
(It is done, just need to add to the repo)

visual feedback for legs and arms upvector direction

reported in the forum
http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/mgear-4-0-synoptic-tab-loading-error-maya-2022/2367

the line 597 is unnecessary

GROOT: guide root change to groot
Should have back-compatibility and old guides should update automatically when import

Handle the Pole Vector position as suggested by @chris-lesage

Several issues have been reported for this component in the past months:
http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/leg-3jnt-01-cant-be-reversed/2423

add the option to establish different "side" labels for Joints and ctls

reported in the forum
http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/unable-to-export-skin-pack-python-error/2204

Reported in the forum http://forum.mgear-framework.com/t/rotation-not-mirrored-between-left-and-right-on-template/2545/2