meshrigger giving different output

[gtcard]

i used meshrigger to copy some smp rigs to add physics to some skirt meshes i have. it worked well so far. just today however, i noticed my output results are not the same as the ones i got before. doing a rig of the same target mesh, with the same template mesh which had a VirtualGround NiTriShape, the output mesh did not have the VirtualGround nitrishape. this was not the case before--the first time i did this, meshrigger copied everything perfectly, including VirtualGround. i'm not really sure what virtualground does, but i did some tests and i noticed the skirt without the virtualground copied did not have collisions with the body. i'm actually more concerned about the fact that meshrigger is giving me different results for an identical process, using the same settings. 

 

here's my cfg:

 

 

 

version=b_90

name=MeshRigger_Options

Distance=20.0

Game=Auto

Targets=1

Tool=MESHRIGGER

bone=True

copy_havok=True

delete_partitions=True

delete_rigging=True

delete_weights=True

destination=Mesh Rigger/output/

flatten_skin=False

gender=Both

name=MeshRigger_Options

override=True

replace_weights=True

select_bones=False

select_meshes=False

skeleton_links=1

skin=All Materials

subfolder=0

target={F:/Mesh Rigger 64bit/Tools RC_89_k_Light/Mesh Rigger/target/SkirtTartan.nif}

template={F:/Mesh Rigger 64bit/Tools RC_89_k_Light/Mesh Rigger/template/smp skirt template.nif}

template_s=

update_version=0

uv_search=True

v_index=True

version=b_90

 

anyone know what's going on? i'm wondering if the weight copying has been affected now

[Guest]

I never used meshrigger but virtualground isn't needed anymore since spring 2016 update

[gtcard]

i do notice a lot of the more recent smp meshes don't use virtualground anymore. the few that i had from when i first started using smp a month ago does have virtualground, and i'm really not sure why that virtualground copied over previously with meshrigger, and it doesn't anymore. i'm using the exact same meshes for template and target, with identical settings, and the output meshes i get now do not have virtualground copied. for example, i previously rigged the amiella skirt with a smp skirt mesh and was able to copy the entire skeleton rig to the amiella skirt mesh, complete with virtualground. this modded amiella skirt works perfectly with leg collisions. however doing the same rig now, i get the skeleton rig copied over, but without the virtualground part. this new modded amiella skirt does flow perfectly, but does not have leg collisions anymore. that makes me wonder if it's botching the weight painting too. i'm getting a lot of output meshes of other skirts with vertices stretching to infinity recently, and i think that has something to do with why meshrigger suddenly started producing different results with the same settings.

 

i'm just wondering if there's some other outside factor that can be influencing this, because my meshrigger settings are unchanged as far as i'm aware.