Legacy LD5

Geez, how hard is it for software to work properly for simple shit like that these days? I guess there's too much Physics™ involved.

well, see. theoretically using maya's physics engine can produce deformations in the form of 'cloth simulations' however, for them to look right keyframed blendshapes are the way. Since as you know, a living being is not made of just one material, so in order to simulate that, you'd need a whole host of details added which is much more work than worthwhile.

Maya has a softbodies-engine and use of 'springs' paired up with rig-bones are supposed to provide for better volumetrics given squishing (our favorite) or flexing or etc. I'm pretty sure those tools are the ones which are meant to be used for organic poses, moves, and anis, whereas 'cloth' is more aptly used for doing... well cloth. Are those secretly not kept in-house or whatever or am I missing something?