How to Pro optimize your model and keep your rig [A picture guide]

[Pervyman Trigger]

A thing that's plagues us hackers. TO rig your model all nice and shiny, just to find it it has to many polys.
Pro optimizer has always been a good way to lower that but it destroys a rig making all your hard work go to waste. I found out (By complete accident at that) how to stop it from destroying your rig, while lowering the polycount

I'll be using a rig I'm working on, UMvC3 Zero on a custom bone tree

Obviously to high to play in brawl without lag But alas! I have a solution.
First go to you model in max, obviously, and pose it. Any pose will do, just make sure a good amount of bones are moved (At least two for each separate object your optimizing). For Zero I did this

Now TURN OFF AUTOKEY! (I've forgotten to, not a good idea) and do as your normally would hit the pro optimizer option

Notice I turned on the poly and vert count over there in the corner, now you'll know this is true
Anyway Pro optimize that sucker

TA-DA! But were not done yet. Move the Pro Optimizer under the skin modifier

Yes I know it reverts back to normal. Simply click the modifier, and hit calculate again. Then go back to the skin modifier

BAM! Now export that sucker and enjoy

Compare for yourself

Oh and if you forget to turn off autokey like I did (Or if you try and remove the pro optimizer) >_> You end up with this

And remember! All models have limits .-.

[Chaos_Knight]

Could Pro optimzing the model too many times lead to a bad thing?

[Pervyman Trigger]

All models have limits .-.

[Chaos_Knight]

Oh I see what you mean, just like you said with Lightning.

[BlueBrain]

lol, i gotta love the errors

[nanobuds]

Ohh. I've needed this. Thanks!!!

[Nasca Corp]

Great! No more re-do Skin

[Eternal Yoshi]

Question: What do I do when the Pro optimizer screws with the model's normals?

[Pervyman Trigger]

Question: What do I do when the Pro optimizer screws with the model's normals?

I think there's a keep normals option but just redo the normals and shove them under the skin modifier like you did with the prooptimizer

[PAVGN]

Couldn't you prevent yourself from losing the rigging by using the Pro Optimizer before rigging the model?

[Pervyman Trigger]

Couldn't you prevent yourself from losing the rigging by using the Pro Optimizer before rigging the model?

Well obviously. Does that even need to be said Though a higher poly model is much easier to rig, and it seems to optimize itself around said rig if you do it after. Ya know, conveniently and [censored]

[PAVGN]

Well obviously. Does that even need to be said Though a higher poly model is much easier to rig, and it seems to optimize itself around said rig if you do it after. Ya know, conveniently and [censored]

I just thought that, since there exists a tutorial on how to not lose the rigging when using the Pro Optimizer, that nobody had thought of doing that before.

[Pervyman Trigger]

Meh, sometimes you think you did it enough just to find your still getting lag ya know? It happens. And if your like me you forget to do it before from time to time

[Pervyman Trigger]

Found out new info. The more bones ya bend when prooptimizing the rig, the more the optimization minds the rig, so try and bend every bone ya need when doing it

[BlueBrain]

Found out new info. The more bones ya bend when prooptimizing the rig, the more the optimization minds the rig, so try and bend every bone ya need when doing it

thats real usefull info!