Wiggle Bones 2 Blender addon and how to use it

[@Nathan_RM]

I really hope this addon gets integrated into Blender at some point. Imagine how quickly us lazy animators could produce an animation because of it 😂 That said, I appreciate the tutorial and its length as well. It's super informative.

[@Ihor.Savaryn]

HINT: if you can't install just move file 'wiggle_2.py' to folder with addons 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.1\scripts\addons'

[@lomomei]

ЁХТЕЛЬ МОХТЕЛЬ ДА НУ РАБОТАЕТ! Мне не передать словами насколько я благодарен вам

[@hervegaerthner6524]

Thank you so much for this incredible oddon ! I am a Winggle bones fan from blender 2.8, this update is so incredible. Yestreday I started a little test in blender...and I enjoyed so much animating that this test is becoming a huge Dinosaure project with physics and collisions : THANK YOU AGAIN !

[@a_blue_chicken1093]

nice fighting moves bro, you sound like a true fighter! 17:00

[@realxrust]

Thank you very much for showing ins and outs of the addon! It’s not just “what does what”, you share your experience with it. That’s such a valuable information and something I love about your videos in general. Especially that bug! These can take days to figure out!

[@hstudio]

Thank you for the great tutorial video. I would like to share a little tip I discovered while studying the course. The higher the 'Quality' of 'global wiggle utilities', the greater the number of bones affected when using 'damped track'. For example, if the 'Quality' of 'global wiggle utilities' is 2, it does not move like 14:55. If I set the 'Quality' of 'global wiggle utilities' to 5, it moves exactly like the this lecture video.

[@nisbahmumtaz909]

came for the wiggle addon tutorial, left with some cool dope sheet editing tips

[@JoshuaTheYouTubeGuy2000]

I've been looking forward to using this. BTW, can you animate the character's hair with this method? Also, does this method works with .FBX models?

[@JoeyC-quel]

it works for hair and works with any model you can rig

[@JoshuaTheYouTubeGuy2000]

@@JoeyC-quel Oh I see.

[@BlenderDaily]

amazing explanation, thank you!

[@cowboi459]

Thanks a lot for sharing! Crazy addon and helpful tutorial!

[@TheWhineShow]

to Mr. Carlino and anyone else using this addon, I found a way to circumvent the issue where adding video/audio breaks things: (tested on 3.3, 4.2 only, though I suspect it works for any version) The gist is, things only seem to break if the video clip you add was 1) the first thing added to the Video Sequencer that session, and 2) the Video Sequencer was completely empty when you did so. To avoid this, just add literally any strip that isn't a 'Movie' first (such as 'Text'), name it "oh thank god i can actually use this addon for my videos without having to deal with shitty physics", and then add as many video files as you want afterwards. You can even delete the Text or whatever strip after adding your movie clip, but do note if you delete all clips in the Sequencer and then save/revert your file, you will have to do this process over again. To not have to do this for all new blendfiles you create, I recommend: 1) Open a new blendfile. 2) Add a Text strip to the Video Sequencer, and move it before frame 0 so it won't take up any space for clips you actually want to use. 3) Save this blendfile as your startup file ('File' -> 'Defaults' -> 'Save Startup File').

[@JoeyC-quel]

Thanks for finding a workaround!

[@seikijin2308]

The head and tail explanation was quite a struggle but it got me thinking the best way to explain it is Follow Through. Kind of like a whip, when you move the handle everything below the head should move, if you were to imagine just the middle part of a whip moving but not the handle or the end it.. doesnt look right. However if the handle moves, everything after does. The end moving without the handle moving also makes sense HOWEVER when you think how that would happen normally it is the kenetic energy traveling down from the handle/head to the end/tail and the only way for it to move otherwise is from a outside influance. Trying to find the words to explain my interpretation of the iteration was hard because it's just 1 of them physics things that "just" happens in life lol like booba jiggle physics, if the chest moves you expect the booba to move but if the nips move without the chest moving then someone probably needs a punch.

[@PCgmesforever]

That's awesome! I was putting learning wiggle bones kinda aside cause it felt like it's gonna be unnecessary and cumbersome to learn. Also nothing interesting came in my mind on how it could be used. But now I'm motivated to try it out cause it looks like a lot of fun :)

[@Ablumz]

incredible tutorial thank you

[@boomanimationUG]

Thank you. Much much aprreciated. All the best.

[@PipeGaming3]

Thank You broo, will checkout your other vids as well

[@kweezanart]

is there any way to restrict the axis that bones wiggle on?

[@davidcoton9235]

Is there a way to make it so that the bones themselves collide with each other? For example, i don't want these tassels to phase though the body of a character, nor do i want them to phase into each other. I had moved them to the same collection and added that as collision, but then the bones freak out and it looks messy. What is the work around this?

[@adriank8792]

I wish I could use it but I can't. When I try to instal it, i get a message that the installation was successful and then nothing. The addon isn't showing up on the list of addons

[@katzemaunzi2217]

Did you install it via the packed file ?

[@fergadelics]

Im still using b3.6 but I think I’m b4 safe now. Did the nla changes made confuse improve?

[@forestlong1]

Why aren't all the bone dynamics fixed in Blender 4 on the renderer? For example, I assigned the bones dynamics, in the viewport window all works fine, but if I render the animation , then all the beauty of your addon just disappears. What's the matter? In Blender 3.6 all worked fine and now works.

[@JoeyC-quel]

I don't know, I always bake it

[@johnny11901]

@@JoeyC-quel I had the same issue. After re-opening the file I baked it. Then it worked fine.

[@schirleyamaral]

Thank you so much 💝

[@mix-up9003]

I have tried to install Wiggle Bone 2 and 1 in blender 4.02 and it doesn't seem to work. the closest thing I managed to do is to use the Beta 1.5, which words fine but it doesn't have the collision feature of it. Hoe did you managed to install it correctly?

[@JoeyC-quel]

I did it the same as any other addon and have never had problems with it

[@mix-up9003]

@@JoeyC-quel I actually found out what was the problem, I thought the hole zip file was the wiggle bone addon and kept on trying up up load the zip file and not just the py script part. It only when I compared the Wiggle beta 1.5 to Wiggle 1 and 2 that the first is a py file while the other are zip and it took me a few hours later to finally connect the dots that the py are in the zip. After a few tried, for all intended purposes wiggle 2 works perfectly just like in your video. Still, thanks for responding to me.

[@gustavo_fajardo]

@@mix-up9003 i had the same problem thanks to your reply i managed to install it, thanks

[@mix-up9003]

@@gustavo_fajardo No problem dude, it's not always obvious on how to install an addon , despite having used several ones, and others take it for granted everyone know how to install it and don't explain it. I have installed several addons that were zip and only accrued to me that I had to extract the phython scrip after comparing the it with the 1.5 verson.

[@thecgdawn6472]

haha thanks mate! it worked

[@Luke_animations]

so thats why it wasn't working right whenever i baked it, Thank you!

[@trojan13]

Hey, I installed addon, but in won't show up in Animation tab, there is only Pose Library. I also have "Wiggle Bone" checkbox in Object Data Properties, but it doesn't do anythind. Any idea what could be wrong?

[@JoeyC-quel]

make sure you're using wiggle bones 2 and not the first one

[@claudio_bel]

I have the same problem, it's wiggle bones 2 and blender is 4.0.2 any idea what might cause this?@@JoeyC-quel

[@trojan13]

@@JoeyC-quel at first - you was right, I was using old version but it didn't help, but thank for your response anyway) The problem was - you have to setup not the whole .zip file, just a python file inside It also could help to rename "wiggle2.py" to the "__init__.py"

[@trojan13]

@@claudio_bel try to setup not the whole .zip file, just a python file inside. If it didn't work - rename "wiggle2.py" to the "__init__.py

[@claudio_bel]

@@trojan13 thank you I'll have a try😁💗☮️

[@SRGSERIES47]

Thankyou for uploading this tutorial 🙏, really needed it.

[@HunterTheGlitchyBoy]

It doesn't work i installed it and it said install complete but i don't see the animation tab :(

[@isuperbros2534]

did you turn it on?

[@HunterTheGlitchyBoy]

@@isuperbros2534 nvm it works

[@workin3625]

@@HunterTheGlitchyBoy howww

[@BryanQ]

you are a hero 🦸

[@hoang2312]

I have some problems with it: If I set the bone as head or tail, it will reset the scale of the bone the moment I press spacebar

[@FlooferLand]

Unfortunately the addon seems to be dead, as the creator is rarely ever active on Github (last commit was half a year ago, and the second last commit was a whole year ago) Probably the best addon I have ever used though, really wish it got more love

[@FrostbitexP]

Yeah thats what I though when I was waiting for more than a year for collisions that was "almost done". Dont assume its dead just because of that.

[@monogonvoxel]

Is anyone having Issues with Collisions? On my end, when I enable collisions, it just SNAPS to the collider like a magnet. Tried on 4.1 and 4.2

[@artemmiracle3585]

Guys Blender 4's broken MMD import is still exist, but! You can just open 3.6 blend file in 4 version :)

[@afkar97]

I tried using blender version 4.0.2, it worked smoothly

[@katzemaunzi2217]

Did you get it showing up in the final render ?

[@tastypepper2505]

this add-on is great at first glance, but in the practical way, every wiggle bone need to be manually bake and it drop 10 fps at the complex scenes.

[@momosesotilinelpepeetesech]

12:37 When I activate collisions the model sticks to the object. Does anyone know how to fix it?

[@alan112223]

Same here

[@hydr4v1nk7]

it's an useless addon. hopefully we'll get a better one at some point.

[@devasatvika7777]

very nice

[@doge_sfm]

how do you render this?

[@sun_png]

how do i install this in blender 4.2 the steam version

[@Korean_Million_Youtuber]

Very helpful

[@katzemaunzi2217]

Hey how does this work if you move a model through a tube, my model arms just clip through the walls of the tube 😅

[@JoeyC-quel]

you would have to use the collision option and hope for the best

[@makachu4899]

Can you export wigglebone animations to unreal engine 5?

[@rafaelbatsan2574]

and wind?

[@filipemecenas]

Wooow thanks i will try it

[@avdamaybe]

awesome

[@kakarotleo.3D]

🤟💥

[@Dexctre2]

when i add wiggle bones to my bones they all just go down whad should i do

[@aratakyun1937]

idk if it thats how it works but try adding a plane below it so its collisions activates on it

[@RobertoECC]

I can't run it in Blender 4.0

[@JoeyC-quel]

I use 4.0 in this video, so yeah it works

[@kidboomgaming7581]

doesnt work in my cycles renders

[@JoeyC-quel]

bake it

[@LaHermosaGemelas]

12:10

[@V_rigs]

Plz give a (Advanced face rig) human edition.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Buster-jf8fz]

my bone won't wiggle.

[@Buster-jf8fz]

I put my wiggle bones 2 addon on but my top bones aren't moving!

[@notsardy]

Tutorial on raycast nodes for geonodes please 💓

[@thecatfig6187]

not see @ n panel BD4.01

[@hydr4v1nk7]

this addon is completely useless as of june 2024, literally not doing anything in 4.0

[@Themotivationalmatrix8297]

bledner goat of animation pls can i can get pinned pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls