Replace Imported Moho Object

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kakubei
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Replace Imported Moho Object

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Is there a way to replace an imported moho object (character) with another (very similar rigged) character?

I haven't found a way to do this.

I've got an imported Moho character object in a scene with animation and want to swap it with another one. The Update Reference command only lets you update the same character, which makes sense.

But I'm wondering if there is a way to swap characters.

If not, what other options have I got to be able to use the existing animation?

Thanks.
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Re: Replace Imported Moho Object

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It doesn't work like that.

You can:
replace imported bitmaps and videos (will be done automatically if present in the known path with the known name, for multiple files at once)
import Moho objects with their animation

Referencing may work as long as rigging and number of points and shapes are not changed (in the referenced file you could change colours etc).

Keeping some existing animation and just have it get performed by a different character doesn't work with Moho objects. However; I successfully did some cutout animation with attached bitmaps, after animating I duplicated the bone layer and attached a different set of bitmaps to it.
AS 9.5 MacPro Quadcore 3GHz 16GB OS 10.6.8 Quicktime 7.6.6
AS 11 MacPro 12core 3GHz 32GB OS 10.11 Quicktime 10.7.3
Moho 13.5 iMac Quadcore 2,9GHz 16GB OS 10.15
Moho 14.1 Mac Mini M2 Pro OS 13.7.6
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