Problem with skinned mesh

Unity Engine
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I’m just getting started with Unity and am having trouble getting a skinned model to load. I think it has something to do with rigid vs. smooth skinning.

Here’s what the model looks like in Maya:

When I bring it in to Unity, a couple things happen:

  1. Some of the meshes are not imported. I believe this has to do with rigid vs. smooth skinning. It’s definitely not a problem with the normals, as the mesh names don’t even appear in Unity:

  1. The meshes that do come in don’t deform as expected.

I’m not an expert in Maya, but I need to be able to tell the artist what’s wrong with the way this character is rigged and find out what the easiest way to fix it would be.

If anyone would be willing to take a look at the Maya (2012) file and provide some feedback I would really appreciate it. You can get the file here: Maya File

If there’s any other information you need, please let me know.

Thank you for your help!

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bind your mesh with smooth binding and limit your influences to 1 rather than using rigid biding. you should also seriously consider if using that many separate meshes is right for you (rather than combining them into 1 mesh before skinning).

good luck!

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Thanks. We’re doing texture/material swaps on the pants, shoes, jerseys, gloves, and head. Thus the separate meshes.

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If you attach the MA file I can give it a try on Monday