XGen Interactive Splines keep appearing on the inside of the model

[Anonymous]

I'm new to using xGen. I've tried adding hair to a character, but the interactive splines are appearing on the inside of the model, not the outside. I've created a sphere in the same document, and it works perfectly. 

I have cleaned up the mesh, cleared its history, checked its face normals, installed then uninstalled xGen, etc and nothing is working. I have checked various internet forums, and no one has a solution for this. 

I have split the character in have to better show off the problem. Can anyone help me?

  

 

 

[mspeer]

Hi!

What happens if you reverse the normals?

[Anonymous]

When I reverse the normals, the splines appear on the outside of the body, as it should.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Then I recommend to work with the normals reversed (if possible).

For further troubleshooting a scene-file would be required.

[Anonymous]

But when the normals are reversed, the material attributes don't show. Ive tried reversing the normals of the scalp, but it is very obvious and unappealing.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Based on the used material and settings this may not work for you, but you could use a hidden mesh for the hair and a duplicate for rendering.

[Anonymous]

I'll definitely try doing that. Or simply redo the scalp, and keep the topology more simple.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Using different meshes for hair and rendering should work.

Again:

"For further troubleshooting a scene-file would be required."

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Ive deleted the original scalp and replaced it with a new sphere. Then merged that sphere with the original character model. It's holding up well.