Dynamic Curves and Attatching them

[nurbspolygon]

Lets say I am making a Matrix sentinal...I have the model finished except the tentacles. I want to use dyanmic curves to animate them kinda like hair....I can create the tentacles seperate using dynamic curves and Ik. I can then use interactive playback to see that my curves and joints move just like they should, but when I try to parent them to the body they stop animating. I can make tentacles seperate, but I cannot get them to attatch to the body so that it will animate properly.

[thezuck]

parent the follicle node to your body
if you move the body to line up with the tentacles before you parent it will probably work better

good luck

[masternull]

create your IK spline on your joints, select curve that is created, make curve dynamic, select follicle node and change point lock to base, open connection editor, connect world space of output curve(the dynamic one, not follice) to the In Curve of the IK node... BAM. just make sure you have one joint before your IK chain so you can move it around.