Parenting objects issue

[shinigami87]

It seems like something is wrong every time i try and parent objects together. For example i am have made a gate which i want to parent so it is one object but every time i try and pick the parent or child it jumps into space and loses its scaling etc. The same is happening when i am trying to rig a character, i want to parent the eyes to head bone but yet again it jumps into space when i try.

Would could i be doing wrong???

[grahamef]

My first guess is that they have animated transform values. Remove any animation.

[shinigami87]

Brilliant! it worked like a charm! You have save me from more hours of frustration, thanks a lot mate.

[Rork]

Also, be sure not to animate with 'child compensation' turned on. This will result in very unwanted behavior down the line.

[shinigami87]

Thats great, thanks for your help!