Head turn with eye blinks

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Head turn with eye blinks

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I'm trying to animate a head with smart bones (X & Y rotations) and have eyes in switch layers (open, squint, closed, wide, etc.) However, when I animate the head rotation bones the eye switch layers refuse to switch. It's driving me nuts. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

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Re: Head turn with eye blinks

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If you have a switch keyframe in the smart bone action, you will not be able to switch it manually.
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synthsin75 wrote:If you have a switch keyframe in the smart bone action, you will not be able to switch it manually.
That helps but is there another way can you connect the eyes with a head turn if it's not inside a smart bone action?

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You don't need a switch keyframe to keyframe the vectors inside it.
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synthsin75 wrote:You don't need a switch keyframe to keyframe the vectors inside it.
OK, I'll try that.

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