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Thanks indirectly (or directly! xD) to I learned this!
I could just never understand what thing to click before to make it happen ._.;;

There is probably more to it, like if you don't want to rig the whole part this way, there might be a way to select certain vertices. Maybe I'll find it out :")

All things are only easy once you already know them, after all.

hzeo Kaito model edit by

Hope it is helpful!

P.S. - You can rig a part 100% to a bone (like the head bone) before selecting a different bone to gradient rig (like a hair bone), and then when you gradient it, the areas that are almost not rigged (0%) on the hair bone will still be almost fully rigged (100%) to the head bone still.

[edit 6/4/17 some additional information]: P.P.S. - BDEF on the Weight tool stands for Bone Deform. It can be followed by the number 1, 2, 3, or 4. This is because any vertex in PMXE may be weighted to as many as 4 bones, and the combination must be 100% weight between the bones. If the weight of a vertex is 100% to one single bone, it will be BDEF1. If it is weighted to 2 bones, it will be BDEF2. And so on. QDEF stands for Dual quaternion deform. Here is a link to a site about dual quaternions in math/solid objects in 3D: www.euclideanspace.com/maths/a…

So, when working with vertices that are weighted to a bone, BDEF is the right choice. And it is the default selected, so you don't have to touch it at all.

(This page is also really, really useful in regards to PMXE and what various things mean and stand for in its tools: gist.github.com/felixjones/f8a… )

I always kind of wondered what BDEF and QDEF stood for and meant in the context of the editor, so maybe other people wondered too ^^
Hope it is helpful!

Description
Thanks indirectly (or directly! xD) to I learned this!
I could just never understand what thing to click before to make it happen ._.;;

There is probably more to it, like if you don't want to rig the whole part this way, there might be a way to select certain vertices. Maybe I'll find it out :")

All things are only easy once you already know them, after all.

hzeo Kaito model edit by

Hope it is helpful!

P.S. - You can rig a part 100% to a bone (like the head bone) before selecting a different bone to gradient rig (like a hair bone), and then when you gradient it, the areas that are almost not rigged (0%) on the hair bone will still be almost fully rigged (100%) to the head bone still.

[edit 6/4/17 some additional information]: P.P.S. - BDEF on the Weight tool stands for Bone Deform. It can be followed by the number 1, 2, 3, or 4. This is because any vertex in PMXE may be weighted to as many as 4 bones, and the combination must be 100% weight between the bones. If the weight of a vertex is 100% to one single bone, it will be BDEF1. If it is weighted to 2 bones, it will be BDEF2. And so on. QDEF stands for Dual quaternion deform. Here is a link to a site about dual quaternions in math/solid objects in 3D: www.euclideanspace.com/maths/a…

So, when working with vertices that are weighted to a bone, BDEF is the right choice. And it is the default selected, so you don't have to touch it at all.

(This page is also really, really useful in regards to PMXE and what various things mean and stand for in its tools: gist.github.com/felixjones/f8a… )

I always kind of wondered what BDEF and QDEF stood for and meant in the context of the editor, so maybe other people wondered too ^^
Hope it is helpful!