#deformers

so, one of the things about Second Life and rigged mesh parts is that there are deformers that help with more extreme shapes look good and move correctly, like for stranger head shapes (furry heads, anime heads) or avatars with extreme proportions and shapes (animal avatars, tiny avatars, etc)

but when you switch to, say, a more conventional avatar, the results are hilarious. the way the anatomy breaks is just, funny as hell.

Deformers is a frantic physics-based blobby arena brawler from Ready at Dawn (The Order: 1886, Daxter, God of War: Chains of Olympus) in which squashy little aliens, animal and blobs battle for supremacy.

As indicated by the name, you can add deformation effects to your objects using a deformer. A deformer is a tool that allows you to transform or animate an object. There are different kinds of deformers. In this tutorial, we are going to have a look at nonlinear deformers (bend, flare, twist…).

First, you need an object to deform. To have a better look at the changes on the object, I am going to take a simple shape.

You will find all the deformers in the deform menu on the top of your screen.

Select your object and then chose one of the linear deformers. You will find all the settings of the deformation in the attribute editor on the right. If the attribute editor didn’t show up, open it by cliking on it (on the right of your screen, below the modelling toolkit).

For each deformer, you will see an axis appear. It controls the deforming effect of your object. You can rotate it depending on the effect you want to give to your object. I’ll let you play with the settings. Here is 3 deformed objects. On the left side, the object is bent. In the middle, it is flared. Finally, on the right side, the object is twisted.