Now my problem occurred when I started playing with the IKs in the legs. I decided to put in a helper IK system as I was taught to when I first learned how to rig, but then I went and decided to play around with the IK settings and all hell broke loose. Even the helper was practically destroyed and I was freaking out as to where I needed to even begin on fixing it. I first went and put all the settings I played with back to their original setting, but low and behold, that didn't work. So now I had to figure out how to fix this properly. I went in and broke the leg system appart, took down all connections, deleted joints that were not mirroring the other side, and even deleted a few IKs. It took me a few hours to fix, but I was able to get it working again in it's original state before I messed with the controls.
Because the giraffe's leg is so long and it's knee starts so high up, simply lifting the foot control causes the knee to extend instead of bend, so a flex control was necessary to counteract this little flaw. But it works and looks fine, just requires an additional control. At this point, all 4 legs have helper IKs and flex controls. I wanted to get around to the stretchy back and legs, but it's been a very busy week. ("Life finds a way" - Ian Malcom)
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