And I did get the Assimilate and Carcass from jkhub, though I might re-download it just to see...
Definitely made sure "make it's own skeleton" was checked. I have followed the tutorial to a T but now I'm starting to think it is the xsi exporter plugin. I'll have to look into why it's not working.
Yep... just figured out my plugin was actually a 2.0...
So now when I build it says "bolt_driver has no weights", but that I can figure out I think Yep... exceeds 1000 verts LOL! Oh well.
You guys answered my question and for that you have my undying gratitude!!! Thanks a million!
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