I'm having some trouble with a weapon I made in xsi. For some reason it gets held incorrectly regardless of how I change the placement of hp_active. Screenshot to illustrate: (Credit where it is due - that is ggctuk's first order stormtrooper.)

It seemed to me like hp_active was pitched too far down even at 0 degrees and too high, resulting in the weird grip and barrel tilt, but when I moved it and re-exported nothing changed, even after a clean and re-munge. Any help would be appreciated.

Generally you wouldn't move the hp_active but would reposition the mesh instead. Cut it from the hierarchy and rotate/translate however you need to and freeze the transforms afterward, then reinsert back into the hierarchy. I can't really give any further advice without knowing how you set everything up though, but you could just import a similar stock weapon and align yours to it.

If it helps, it's set up like this: I haven't tried moving the mesh independently of the hp yet. I noticed that stock weapons use a triangle sort of shape instead of a null as an hp, so I guess I could do that and see what happens.

Here ya go:
http://www.gametoast.com/viewtopic.php? ... 27#p221527

Ahh, I saw that earlier but didn't realize hp_active was also the dummyroot. It's working perfectly now, thanks for the help.