Animation And Disappearing Mesh/skeleton

[ryuuseii]

I'm having a really bizarre problem, and I've never run into it before. While animating my characters, in some instances, after reopening the file, for 3-5 frames, my character's mesh and skeleton disappear, and only the FBIK handles and effectors remain. This probably isn't a huge issue and I could correct it post-production, but I'd really love to know why it is happening and if there is a way to retrieve the lost information.

[gmask]

is it fine if you quit maya and then relaunch maya and try opening the file?

What are your system specs?

[ryuuseii]

No, the problem arises specifically after I close out of Maya. Closing the program and restarting it does not solve the problem.

I'm unsure what specs you're talking about as well, so I'm not sure how to answer your question.

[gmask]

Specs: which version of maya, operating system, memory

[ryuuseii]

QUOTE(gmask @ 11/14/08, 10:51 PM) [snapback]295220[/snapback]
Specs: which version of maya, operating system, memory

On this particular computer I am using maya 8.5 (complete), windows XP and memory-wise I have 4 gigs of ram.

[weshowe]

I noticed a peculiar issue with skin clusters. When I use Edit -> Delete All byType -> History it deletes the skin cluster. Thi is with maya 2009 64-bit on Vista.

[gmask]

that is correct behavior if I understand you.. if you were deleting non-deformer history it'd be weird