Cape rigging

[pip.jr]

So I want to make a rigged cape (I don't want to use bullet physics for more overall control) I'm trying to find the optimal way to rig an object like this. Right now I just have a straight line of bones, like so:

This works, but it give very little control to the edges of the cape, so I'm looking for a way I could rig a cape more like this:

(sorry for the quick sketches but hopefully you get the rough idea)
Would anyone know of a way to rig it in such a way without causing the mesh to split?

[adi]

@pip.jr

Hi.
Unfortunately if you rigged the cape with the bones you have shown in diagram 2 it would rip the mesh.

Capes and skirts can be set up using either dynamics or ghost bones.

If you want to use rigging I don't think you would need as many ghost bones to control the edges of the cape as you have shown in your diagram, I wouldn't use more than 2 or at the very most 4.

This would be a possible rigging setup for the cape with 4 ghost bones.
Yellow - Normal bones.
Blue - Ghost Bones showing their rigging connections.


[Glitterati3D]

You can rig it weight mapped without ghost bones. I would rig it this way, and then morphs for the fly aways.

[pip.jr]

@adi So, you seem to have the ghost bones having two parents, how do I do this in the set up room?

[parkdalegardener]

Teyon did cape rigging for Rokket some years back in both a written tute on Rendo and a vid on Youtube. Here is a link to the video.

Rendo's search function doesn't work well for me so give it a shot yourself to find the written one.

[uncle808us]

@parkdalegardener:Thanks for the link [Youtube] very useful information