hey Lion`I, thanks for the reply. I figured out the problem.

I had the splineIK's curve grouped with the root node causing double transformations. I put it in a folder called "dont_touch" for...

I'm a complete maya/rigging noob. I went through the process of rigging a game character following digital tutors' great maya series "rigging game characters in maya 2011". I'm not sure if I missed...