How to unfit an item but keep it where it moves with the parented item?

Schaaka

 

I am pretty sure I worded it atrociously but this is getting frustrating and there is literally nothing on google about it.

Basically, I have a cowboy that wears 3 hats, a hat on top of a hat on top of a hat. Seems like it should be very simple, no?

What happens is that the hat fits to the first hat to the predisposed position that the hat is suppose to be in (on the cowboys head), but i dont want it there. I want it on top hat #1. The hat it literally unmovable at this point.

Ok, so I 'unfit' the hat so I can move it as i desire and get it in to position. Everything looks great until i move the cowboys head and the hats #2 and #3 do not move with it (even while they are parented, no idea what parenting is suppose to do if they do not follow along).

I feel like i am missing something incredibly obvious, any help is most welcome!

 

skinklizzard

you need to parent hat 2 and 3 to the head bone of either hat 1 or the cowboy rather than to the figure itself I believe.

might be an idea to convert the other hats to props too

Schaaka

Thanks man! Right clicking and changing the parent was the key, something i learned today.