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Attention fellow Blender artists! Wiggle+ addon! foxtomas.com/products/wiggl…

I recorded a quick demo on how to use my addon Wiggle+ The workflow is very simple: -Select a pose bone. -Enable Wiggle Bone. -Press play. -Adjust the feel only when you need more control. -Bake the motion into regular animation keyframes.

@Petcson Right now I’m recording quick demo to show basics of the addon

@_foxtomas_ I am your target audience for this product but without video examples and images of the interface in action I can't consider buying it. Only seeing a final result does nothing for me. The user needs to sell me over the other similar products.

Wiggle+ 1.2.0 - Changelog 🔥Performance - Big performance boost. The solver now runs on native compiled code on Windows. Expect roughly a 2.5x to 2.9x speed-up. - Collisions also use resources more efficiently now, which adds to the boost. Notes - I did not have a way to properly test macOS/Linux, so I added a fallback to the Python version in case the addon cannot load the .dll (the compiled code that speeds things up). foxtomas.com/products/wiggl…

@Petcson That’s a completely fair point, thank you

I know most of us animate in 24 or 30 frame rate, but imagine having that massive performance overhead foxtomas.com/products/wiggl…

Currently testing a C++ port for the solver. It went from "almost real-time" to pure real-time on my rig. I know most animators stick to 24 or 30 FPS, but imagine having that massive performance overhead. It breaks a lot of logic under the hood though, so porting it is kind of tough. I need to run a few more of tests and implement a Python fallback so addon doesn't crash if the C++ binary fails to load

@Flolfiest Could you give me a quick example just so I can understand it better?

@_foxtomas_ Would is be possible to include a way to shift the center point on bones for the collision detection. Like an offset, not sure if I’m wording it right.

Wiggle+ 1.1.2 - Changelog 🌿A quiet reliability update "Energy Loss" is now consistent even on very heavy rigs, plus internal cleanup.

Glad to have you trying it. The first difference from Jiggle Physics is the solver. XPBD gives stability and more precise physics. If you look at the official page for Jiggle Physics, it lists quite a few limitations. For example, it says it doesn't support bounce or friction, and it even suggests making a planet-sized empty sphere just to collide with a flat floor. In Wiggle+, it will work even if it is a flat plane with negative scale, and next to it there's a cube with a hole in the mesh. Bouncing and friction are fully supported. Also, Jiggle Physics requires keyframes just to remember the initial pose of the bones and for the addon to work. My addon understands initial poses without keyframes. Plus a bunch of other small fixes for things I didn't like myself. In short, the goal of my addon is to work WITH the animator, never against them.

@_foxtomas_ Still getting my bearings, I've been using Jiggle Physics by naelstrof for 8 months. I'm eager to see what advantages this has (From what I read quiet a lot) would love to see a save/presets option in the future to help with the workflow or play around with examples.

Huge thanks to everyone supporting the addon! If you’ve already bought it, how are you liking it so far? What features you like, and what would you love to see next? Every feedback matters💜

@jifferey As long as the clothing has a rig with bones, it should work

@_foxtomas_ Think this could work on clothes too?

Attention fellow Blender artists! Wiggle+ addon! foxtomas.com/products/wiggl…

@jifferey Here’s a video of ears reacting to momentum as I move them back and forth. If this is the kind of secondary motion you're looking for :3

@_foxtomas_ like a simple coat catching small momentum, or any movement at all. Goo hasn't worked fucking 1 time.

Sounds like the issue is with the fur setup rather than the shader itself. Maybe the geometry node order is a bit off? Usually, when I run into this, it's either because the UV map is incorrect or the modifier stack order is messed up. For example, I’ve had cases where overlapping islands in the UV map completely glitched out the entire setup, which is actually a known issue in Blender itself. Hope it helps 💜

@_foxtomas_ im honestly still trying to figure out how to apply it to my character, or rather, to figure out why it places is on random sots and floating around my character xD as far as i know i followed the instructions correctly

Also, I noticed that a lot of people are buying my stylized fur shader along with the new addon. Thank you so much!

@DangeN00dle That’s exactly why I love getting feedback, even if it’s critical. On my side of things, the addon feels completely perfect, but I need real user experiences to actually know what the community wants and where to head next :3

@_foxtomas_ Yeah no worries, I'm willing to explore some other workflow which is why I'm eyeing your addon.

@DangeN00dle No plans to release on Superhive for now. It’s super convenient for buyers and I actually use it myself, but there are some cons on the creator side. Especially since I live in Kazakhstan, dealing with the payouts, taxes, and financial setup gets pretty complicated

@_foxtomas_ Any plan on making it available on Superhive Market? I tend to keep all my purchases there because it's easier to keep track of everything.

@DangeN00dle From what I understand, that addon relies on constraints. As long as it’s a bone controller or a constraint, my addon should work completely fine. However, I can't 100% guarantee perfect compatibility with Anim Toolbox specifically, since I haven't personally used it myself

@_foxtomas_ By controller I meant new control bones added on top of the original rig. It's part of an addon called Anim Toolbox. youtu.be/IHmFfjQO4oc?si…

If by controllers you mean constraints, I actually improved support for most of them in the recent 1.1.0 update, so the addon completely respects their behavior and values. For example, if you use a "Limit Rotation" constraint to fully lock the X axis, the addon won't fight it, it respects your setup and won't rotate along X at all. If you meant something else by controllers though, definitely let me know

@_foxtomas_ Yeah I might give it a shot later. My workflow isn't as flexible as I would like (baking controllers onto the bones)

@jifferey What exactly didn't work for you with Goo Physics, and what kind of effect are you looking to achieve?

@_foxtomas_ Goo physics hasn't worked 1 fucking time since I bought it. Think this'll do?

No plans for a direct port right now. My focus is entirely on Blender because it's my native habitat, it's what I work in every day, and I know exactly what I can and can't do there. But if you're talking about getting the physics into a game engine, you can easily bake the simulation into clean keyframes and then export it

@_foxtomas_ Is there anything in there that would work in game engines? (Is there a possibility of porting it?)