Why won't it export my camera views

[hypnagogic 1]

Using Mine-imator 1.0.5 I am unable to export my project correctly.

I was using 1.0.3 until today.  I updated to 1.0.5 and the result is the same.  I have been having this problem consistently for about a week now.

When I export, I get a blank view.  Steve has been moved from origin.  And I have positioned a camera facing him.  The camera is in the timeline.  I have added additional cameras to the project.  I can verify that the timeline is able to switch view from one camera to the other, using "visible" toggle in camera settings.  I watch my project in the work camera-split screen.  It looks great!  When I send it to export, it just shows me the view from (I assume) origin.  No steve.  No switching cameras.  Nothing.

WHY?!??!?!?!?

I am happy to provide any settings, if you tell me which settings are most relevant to this discussion.

I am an elementary school teacher working with a very excited 4th grader on his animation project.  But his frustration is mounting.  Your help is GREATLY appreciated.

[david 8.4k]

Hi, can you send the project (folder with .mproj)?

[hypnagogic 1]

I'd be happy to.  Please tell me how I can best deliver it to you.

 

[david 8.4k]

1 hour ago, hypnagogic said:

I'd be happy to.  Please tell me how I can best deliver it to you.

 

Follow this guide and PM me a download link: 

 

[hypnagogic 1]

David - Thank you very much for your offers to help.

I have solved the problem, although I do not understand still, how or why the problem arose.  But I want to leave a brief description for anyone else who runs into this issue.  If others with more experience would like to hypothesize why the problem arose, I'd love to hear your thoughts, because I am stumped.

When I created a second character in the project, and exported, the second character was rendered normally.  So I knew the problem wasn't the camera.  It was the Character.

When I copied all of the keyframes from the first character to the second character, the second character disappeared.  Aha!  There is something in the keyframes.

So I began copying keyframes, one element at a time (e.g. first the right arm, then the left arm) and exported in between each copy.  When I copied over the main keyframes (Human), he vanished.  So I simply took the time to rebuild those 12 or 13 keyframes by hand and considered the issue done.  I have wrestled with this for a couple weeks and don't wish to invest any more time in it.

Believe me when I tell you I checked EVERY possible manner by which you could make a character disappear (alpha).  I could not get that first character back into the render.

Thanks everyone for your help.  I hope my description can help someone.