Dunno if you know you moved some verts around or what when you changed stuff, but so long as the vertex order doesn't change, saving your weights out to a file (under the advanced section of the skin modifier) can help save some time if things get broken, you can just load them back up.
The Mirror mode used to not work for me, but then one day it just randomly started working. I think there's some stuff or something you have to play with.
Sorry if you knew all that already, I only have experience with 3ds Max, so I can't really say if there are easier programs for skinning.
The Mirror mode used to not work for me, but then one day it just randomly started working. I think there's some stuff or something you have to play with.
Sorry if you knew all that already, I only have experience with 3ds Max, so I can't really say if there are easier programs for skinning.