TERA Online - "Dummy_Root" does not Animate?

Hello there,

Firstly I must say thank you Gildor for the amazing software you've created! Keep doing what needs to be done, and I'll keep doing my best to learn too.

Now, I've been experimenting with putting TERA Online's models together in 3ds Max, using the ActorX Importer with endearing success, and while I'm able to do what I want to with the models (such as combining the hair, head, body, arms and legs models together) there seems to be some kind of overhead animation offset which causes the animations to appear off.

If I load up one of the animations from the PSA, the biped rig does what it should be doing, however from what I can tell it seems that one of the bones which controls the root does not animate. Imagine someone flailing their arms and legs while sitting in a chair (which is supposed to be a simple standing animation). That's what the animations look like. Of course deducting from what I see, it seems that the bone called "Dummy_root" needs to be attached to something.

In my notes I've noticed that some of the bones in the head (face) and hair models are supposed to align with parts of the biped rig, their names starting with "Dummy_" and they can easily be aligned to the rest of the character's body. Simple orientation and position constraints are enough to handle this. It just requires a good eye.

However, in doing so, I can't help but think that the body is also parented to some other object. If the head and hair have "dummy_" roots, and those bones align to corresponding bones within the body, then does that mean that the body's root bone ("Dummy_root") also needs to align to some other object in order to animate properly? And if so, what?

Would anyone happen to have a more extensive idea of what I'm talking about? Are there other objects I should load through ActorX? Not just the hair, head and body, but something that the body itself would attach to?

I am grateful to anyone who replies. Thanks! ^^

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