animation

[fiery bough]

Hey guys, I'm exporting my animations done in blender to unreal but when they're in unreal they are scaled down 100 times for some reason how do I fix this?

[silk falcon]

could someone help me export my animations from blender to ue?

for some reason it only exports the messes

[analog pollen]

what do you mean by messes

[dusky void]

mixamo

[fiery bough]

Select the armature and check bake animation in the export settings

[fiery bough]

Check import animations in ue import settings

[silk falcon]

where are the import settings?

sorry, im new

[pine star]

so im using daz 3d and added these attachments, that have bones of their own they imported together but its glitchy as heck when i try to use morph targets

but normal moving isnt broken at all

https://gyazo.com/a38afde708a93878f11c179de3dcd709

send help will throw love ;-;

[dusky void]

I have an animation montage that I want to transition to a walk animation. Im trying to figure out how to mention the animation montage is playing in the rolling state in the animation graph since the montage is being played through the characterBP

I understand what to tell the transition rules for it, I just don't know what to put in the rolling state

[ruby swallow]

Is it possible to trim/modify sections of an animation within UE? Let's say you have a sword attack with a wind-up, is it possible to make that wind-up be 100% faster then return to normal speed?

I'm reading on animation montages but seems to be more about mixing animations and enabling parameterization f

[dusky void]

@tropic basin I was looking back at the original tutorial that I had followed and he dosent seem to have that issue at all... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422bzn6tCuA

4:16

[tropic basin]

@dusky void hmm.. I'm not sure. If thats what your following I'd just start making it over and see if you can find what you did different

[dusky void]

Sure

Il give it a try

[dusky void]

@tropic basin starting a new project fixed it

[frosty sonnet]

Anybody got a Dog Petting animation!? I cant find a single one!

[tropic basin]

@dusky void did you figure out why it wasn't working? Cuz that would be awful to have to do a couple months into a project

[dusky void]

no idea, i assume it had something to do with when i retsrgated the mixamo skeleton

this new file dosent have it

[dusky void]

mixamo prob has one

[tropic basin]

Ah.. yeah I've never played with mixamo purely cuz of all the bugs involved with the retargeting

[frosty sonnet]

first place i looked. no dice unfortunately

[agile heart]

Do we have any animators here who would know how to make an animation/pose for sitting on this? Just the default skeleton of SK/UE Mannequin would be good. I dont know the first thing about character animation :( rip. Would it be hard? I suppose linking the bones of the hands to the handles maybe?

@tropic basin agreed

[tropic basin]

@agile heart getting a sitting animation? No that would be pretty quick

You can just throw a copy of your mesh in blender, use the mr.manniquin plug in, position it and export the pose

[agile heart]

And I suppose using thirdperson character code to get on / off and trying to add in the code for switching back first person when getting off would be good too

Yeah i suppose i can try that though I know 3ds max better than blender

I guess i dont really need a full on animation sequence of getting on the thing but rather just "teleporting" onto it so to speak lol might be a lot easier

Or the code would basically call up the animation to play! Hows it work?

[tropic basin]

If you already spent the $.. the difference isn't worth it to me

Yeah you need to set up an animation state and switch to it when the player mounts

[agile heart]

When i "get on" it switches to the chase camera on the back of the snowmobile already so it would be easier than following the character i suppose but

I guess ill try to learn my first animation as this lol ill try this tool you speak of and ill download blender

[tropic basin]

Its all free and the plug in has really good documentation/tutorials on how it works

[pliant harbor]

Hello guys ,as you see i have this mars rover made by nasa which has animation and constraints in blender , how could i make it do the same in unreal , i have seen a lot of videos of rigging using bones , i have tried that on cars with 4 wheels and it worked .my question is should i make bones for all the weels and suspension here or is there an efficient and easy way to make this rover do the same in unreal .

[dense chasm]

Anyone have a good way of checking if a character is turning left or right in the animation blueprint. I can't find a clean solution.

[barren rune]

Does anyone know if there is a way to export a character animation from blender to ue4 with a gun animation without having to attach them back together later in the engine (with sockets)?

[vapid ibex]

depends what you call turning left or right

is it a mouse/axis oriented character, or is it some other setup? etc

if its an input axis oriented camera (like a standard FPS character) you can find the turning rate by having the animation BP use the current orientation subtracted by the old orientation

[dense chasm]

That's pretty much what im looking for. I want to use that to setup a turning animation. I've set up a blendshape for turning left and right. Would that method work with a blendshape? One issue I had was when you turn too far the animation flipped to going the other direction.

[vapid ibex]

@dense chasm I don't know tbh, but I can ref you to ALSv4 which has turn in place animations, and their solution is bound to be worthy of studying afaik

you should open up the project (free on the market place) and see how they implemented it

[wispy flicker]

hi! can someone please explain to me wht is morph-based vertex deformation?

[wispy flicker]

is there any guide to understanding ALS?

[dense chasm]

@vapid ibex looking at ALSv4 now. Looks very interesting.

Thanks

[vapid ibex]

the implementation is filled with comments explaining the general approach

[wispy flicker]

okay thanks will look into it

[vapid ibex]

the system is quite modular and asset-dependent, so its best to study it with an open content browser

[wispy flicker]

okay

[misty dagger]

Hello guys, I have problem with importing the animations which I get them from mixamo, when I import them I get error, I tried in othe project, I tried with different animations and again the same result, how I can fix it ? Cus I want to import swimming animations and implement them in my project.

[vapid ibex]

you should post the error you're getting

[misty dagger]

@vapid ibex

[tropic basin]

@misty dagger you wanna show the output log with the error details?

[misty dagger]

where?

[tropic basin]

Click windows>developer tools> view output log

[pulsar inlet]

If I sent someone a model could you animate it for me?
the model already has a skeleton.

[deep charm]

When importing this, I'm having a hard time getting the root bone mesh to be in this position...

this is what I get in unreal.. any ideas? I'm not even sure what I should be looking up

[misty dagger]

This is the error that I get when I try to import animation

[quick geode]

I can't wrap my head around this one. What determines which pose is goes first? Here I have a Base pose and an Overlay pose. For the 1st and 2nd blends, the Overlay goes in first, but for the 3rd one it's the Base pose.

[tropic basin]

@misty dagger https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/animation/38284-mesh-contains-root-bone-as-root-but-animation-doesn-t-contain-the-root-track

[misty dagger]

Aha

Thank you

Hmm

[vapid ibex]

Did you find out? I find myself asking the same thing at times

[quick geode]

Nope. I still don't know why it's like that

[tropic spire]

Hello. I have a question about importing animation from Maya to Unreal.

For the most part, my import went well, but despite exporting with Z-Up from Maya and importing with Import Rotation {0,0,90}, my animation's translation is being applied to the Y-axis in Unreal when it should be applied to the X-axis.

Any advice on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Cheers.

[tropic spire]

@sullen aurora You helped me before with importing blend shapes. Do you think you might be able to help me again?

[quiet spruce]

So i have made a couple of animations for my character, but recently i had to update the skeleton with some more bones and some other changes, now the past animations won't work with the new rig. What should i do? Cause i need the new rig for the animations i have to make.

[tropic basin]

You can re-target them to your new skeleton

[light aspen]

Can you animate inside UE for cutscenes or should i create the whole cutscene animation in blender ?

[tropic basin]

You can use the control rig and animate inside ue4 but it's easier in blender. Especially with the mr.manniquin plug in

I don't remember if the plug in has the facial bones rigged, but control rig does

[vivid wasp]

Hello, I started to work with blender and I'm trying to export a basic animation to UE4

the animation is missing for some reasons, and I have those warnings, any idea why ?

[light aspen]

even animations longer than just jump or run loops ? like a minute long animation ?

[tropic basin]

Not aware the time limit for animation sequences.. They have a number of live streams on virtual production and indie motion capture, so I'd imagine you can

[delicate junco]

Hey guys, is it possible to set "force root lock" at runtime for an animation/montage ?
I know how to enable/disable root motion at runtime using the anim instance but I'd need to change the root lock property

[tropic basin]

@delicate junco is this what you need https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BlueprintAPI/AnimationBlueprintLibrary/RootMotion/SetIsRootMotionLockForced/index.html

[delicate junco]

Thanks ! I saw that function but I think the animBlueprintLibrary can't be called at runtime right ?
I used some of its methods in editor utility widgets but couldn't find a way to call them during gameplay, it feels like there were made for the editor only. Are you aware of a way to use them at runtime ?

[delicate junco]

Ok apparently this is a public attribute in C++, going to see if I can do something with it

[tropic basin]

Oh if you know c++ then it's definitely easier to get references and set attributes that way

[delicate junco]

I actually managed to replicate what I wanted using the animInstance attributes only so I'll just have to override a few parts, won't have to dive deep into the anim logic 😄
Thanks for your time, appreciate it !

[hybrid obsidian]

Hey, not sure if this is the right channel to ask in, but I'd like to know,
I'm learning the sequencer tools, and using a camera rig rail to move my camera around. However, if I make keyframes for rotating the camera and other stuff, it's based on the current position on the rail, so if I make the rail longer or edit it at all, then it kind of breaks the timing and locations of all the keyframes I've made. How do I extend the rail without changing all that? Or is there maybe a better way to do all this?

[plucky ginkgo]

How can i rotate a socket half a degree? The editor lowest value is 2.812 and that is too much for my case

[plucky ginkgo]

Found it. Custom rotation grid did the job

[short cape]

So do yall prefer having a 'main' animBP that just has variables and getters and all of that good stuff? Do you use linked animBPs for the actual animation logic? I'm just curious as to what people prefer or think is efficient when it comes to animations

[wet glen]

Newb question here, is the root bone at the origin necessary? I’m rigging my character using mgear and the skeleton and animations appear fine. Am I making a huge mistake not having a root bone at the origin? I’ve always been curious to know

The thing is... I’m adding skeletal mesh armor to a character and I’m seeing one problem of not having the origin bone... the armor inherits the translation and rotation of the hips. If I did have a root bone I’m guessing they would animate exactly the same and that this is one of the reasons to have the root/origin bone. Is my thinking correct?

It’s slightly annoying but I’m thinking I can just add a root bone to the rig and export the skeletal mesh again then retarget the animations and everything should work fine

[oblique canopy]

Any clue if there's a way to import poses from Blender into UE4? I need to be able to import Key stages of my animation as single poses so that I can set up a proc animation system

[sullen aurora]

Hi, sure what is going on? Maybe just post your question here, and lets see if anyone can assist. I am not always on Discord. 🙂

[tropic basin]

@oblique canopy @wet glen unreal has about a dozen live streams on their YouTube about blender to unreal workflow

[vapid ibex]

If my character needs different running animations for different weapons, do I use a state machine in the anim BP to change those running animations? Or can I somehow store the running animation on the weapon?

[unique spear]

Hey guys I'm trying to learn how to use the control rig for gameplay animations and wanted to find the demo called "When robots attack" from this talk https://youtu.be/UyCziUcnqxM?t=6177 but I couldn't find it anywhere. Anyone have an idea where I could find this demo or a similar one so I can look into how I can use the control rig for gameplay?

[cosmic delta]

@vapid ibex just make a BP weapon base, wich base mesh it'll change between different weapons, with all the variables associated like blendspace. Then you just have to cast the father class to access all child custom blendspace and variables

[tropic basin]

Did your parent classes get divorced? Child lives with the father now..

[finite kelp]

what

[tropic spire]

Hi, thanks for your reply. My question had been just above where I atted you. I'll paste it here too:

I have a question about importing animation from Maya to Unreal.

For the most part, my import went well, but despite exporting with Z-Up from Maya and importing with Import Rotation {0,0,90}, my animation's translation is being applied to the Y-axis in Unreal when it should be applied to the X-axis.

Any advice on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Cheers.

[stark prairie]

working on an approach for interfacing a multi-touch monitor to pose the mannequin in Blender via Rigify. Next step, the Control Rig in UE https://vimeo.com/523435003

[vapid ibex]

That looks really fun, great job!

[vapid ibex]

Yeah I have a weapon class and whatnot, what I'm confused about is how to set and use the animation assets inside my anim BP

[vestal talon]

Does anyone know what Animation Layer Interfaces are for/how they are supposed to be used?

[bronze osprey]

i was actually lookin at a few of those interfaces and there is like no info on some of em 😛

[cosmic delta]

@vapid ibex I don't get it. What I mean it's to create variables in the class of type sequence or montage and just cast that class and use that variables

[tropic basin]

@vestal talon https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/AnimHowTo/LinkedAnimBP/index.html

[vestal talon]

[bronze osprey]

its somesort of virtual anim graph

[wintry nimbus]

Hi, how can i animate a head with a texture face?

[sullen aurora]

I would recommend following the guide set forth here.
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/WorkingWithContent/Importing/FBX/Animations/index.html

We have imported probably hundreds of animations over the years from Maya to UE4, ranging from vehicles and characters, vehicles I remember was the most tricky, but we have never specified any import rotations. so I don't think I can help you there.

We follow the guides set out by Epic regarding Bone orientation *( if they mention it for vehicles for example ), and we pay close attention to the FBX export pipeline in general, that is the best thing to use, if you specify import rotation, that is news to me, it may be affecting your animation, or it may be something you specified in baking, or export even

maybe try with different settings as a test, but definitely read the guide from Epic, that is primarily what we use and our tools are also written around that, with a bit of different stuff to handle Mixamo *but that does not impact the export/import process, only when importing Mixamo animations into Maya and retargeting to our different skeletons.

[tropic spire]

Thank-you. I'm surprised as so many tutorials I've seen recommend rotating on Z on import when going from Maya to UE4. I'll give the guide a closer look and see if I missed something.

[white galleon]

hi everyone, i currently have some first person camera animations for when i reload my weapons. I have it currently implemented so that the camera will attach to the cube while the reload happens so it follows the anim, and the cube is invisible. It ends up making issues with my lean function, is there a way I can do this in sequencer or something so that I can avoid changing the parent of the weapon?

[delicate junco]

@wintry nimbus Does this help ? https://soldirix.wordpress.com/2019/08/07/ue4-animating-2d-eyes-on-a-3d-character/

Also https://twitter.com/BillieBustUp/status/1202393931499155457

[odd fable]

hey I'm having a problem exporting animations from ue4, anyone run into this? I retargeted an animation to my skeleton in ue4, looks fine, but when I export it and import it into 3ds max some of the bones are transformed wrong, like so

it seems like it moved the leg bones into the same position as the mannequin's, but most of the other bones are okay? feet are messed up too. it also works fine for animations originally authored with the skeleton, so the problem is specifically exporting retargeted ones

[lean surge]

I am trying to retarget animations to my character. I believe I have set up the rig correctly in the Retarget manager however I am getting a weird deformation on my character forearms and hands. Any ideas?

[odd fable]

looks like an issue with the bone rotation maybe

[lean surge]

So I likely have the rotation pointed a different way from upper arm or something?

I will go have a look, thank you!!

[odd fable]

np

[versed frigate]

Have anyone used this for FPS animation? just the glove https://www.rokoko.com/products/smartgloves

[austere arch]

Does anyone know why enabling root motion for an animation removes the movement of the root bone?
Sorry if this has been answered before

[austere arch]

I found resolved the issue I had, when working with root motion with upward movement then you have to set the MovementComponent movement mode to flying

[delicate junco]

Yeah, I use an anim notify state for that when I have root motion with movement on the z axis.

[whole coyote]

Hi folks! I'm exploring the possibilities of using control rig for linear animation. And I've stumbled on this problem:
I'd like to use animation blueprints to make procedural walk for the character (based on walk cycles baked as animation sequences) and then, on top of it, use control rig for the rest of animation.
Also I want to pass some variables to control rig (speed, for example) to make some procedural motion inside it.
But it seems like I have only two options: I can either make use of ABP with walk cycles or I can pass the variables via control rig component in my actor bp. When I'm trying to pass variable to control rig via ABP it doesn't seem to work, looks like instance of control rig in sequencer is overriding the one in ABP. And if I use control rig component in actor bp (using AddMappedSkeletalMesh) then I can't use ABP with walk cycles 😦
Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I'm new to unreal. Would greatly appreciate any help!

[frigid knot]

How can I import an animation without any bones?

I have animated vertices in blender but I can't import the animation to ue4 with alembic

[hushed granite]

prob need at least a root bone

[mossy wasp]

Hey there.

Gun firing animations...

What's the accepted way to trigger these?

[shut kraken]

I think if you make a pose library, you can export the pose library as an animation, and then just extract poses from each frame

Or just make one frame animations

[grand bridge]

hey guys is there a way to slow down my animation in seconds like I want punch to last 3.6 seconds

[pulsar inlet]

I was wondering if someone could help me make an animation

[vocal ocean]

Is it true with Anim Sharing Plugin we can not use collisions of Skeletal Mesh?

[short narwhal]

I'm having a bit of a dumb problem

i've been progressively learning ue4's animation system during the last day and i almost got the hang of what i need to do

problem is, i can't clean up my object of animations

there's one little animation that keeps playing when i do a certain thing and i don't know for the life of me what's causing it to play

idk what's calling for it to be played or where

i've checked everything i could imagine

is there a way to debug this?

[formal quartz]

i'm learning animation myself, but it has to be in one of the blueprints

what else can call it

[formal quartz]

i'm sorry i don't know much about anim, but try searching again for that certain anim and where it is being used/called

[short narwhal]

oh sorry for not updating

i found out what the problem was

the blueprint itself was clean

but the instance of it in the world had edits that overwrote the code

so it's all fixed now :)

[formal quartz]

i see

[formal quartz]

glad to hear that

and i'll keep that in mind in case i face the same problem

[short narwhal]

thanks! :D

[misty dagger]

Hi, its my first time trying Animation Montages, and Im wondering how can I do this?

If I press U, it plays the animation montage I want, but it only applies to the main body (skeletal mesh), how can I apply it also to my hair and shirt?

[cosmic delta]

@misty dagger in the construction script you have to assign the skeleton meshes of your complements to the main bone. The function it's something like that.

[misty dagger]

This one? The Set Master Pose component? I used that and now the animation montage works, but sadly Master Pose doesnt allow physics on child actors

[cosmic delta]

@misty dagger sorry, I use that to attach the hair and others to the main skeletal mesh

[misty dagger]

I found out this works fine, if anyone is wondering how to do it

[cosmic delta]

@misty dagger that solution isn't very good, there's some montages that you'll need to control the interruptions, and that way I don't know if maybe one of your montages can be running while others don't. It can be very weird to have the hair animated by his side...

[misty dagger]

I know, its a very basic solution 😅

But I want the hair to be selected for example with mouse hovering over + physics for a ponytail, so master pose component doesnt work for me

There should be an option for adding more than 1 skeletal mesh to each play montage

Like Set Animation node for example

[misty dagger]

Hello. Searching for tutorials about procedural walk animation like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh10I5B4dp4

[deft steeple]

hello guys ! do you know if it's possible to add impulse or push the character during an attack animation while in root motion ?

[tropic basin]

@deft steeple you can simulate physics through BP. Pretty sure its fine with root motion

[upper nimbus]

Hi all, is it possible to bake rigid body physics simulations in the Sequencer? I want to animate an object using a mix of typical keyframed animation and physics based animation. For example: a toy car driving towards the stairs (keyframed), falling off it (baked simulation) and then driving away (keyframed). Is something like this possible? Thank you!

[tropic basin]

Well you could bake the simulation as an animation using the record feature in the physics editor im pretty sure

Or simulate it at runtime using the physics skeleton

[devout dagger]

I got myself in a bit of a pickle. Initially I thought I finalized my character skeleton layout, so to speak. I created NPC character, AnimBP, etc. I got to a point where I realized I missed a few key points with the skeleton. I had to go back, adjust skeleton in a 3D app, re-export my character with updated skeleton and anims.
In order not to mess up original character in UE4, I duplicated it (along with AnimBP) and started adjusting things to accommodate updated design. When I got to duplicated AnimBP, I couldn't find a way to swap skeletons. So now I have to re-do AnimBP from scratch for this "new" character, which is going to be a chore.

Is there a way to avoid re-creating AnimBP from scratch and somehow simply swap old skeleton in AnimBP with the new one ?

[karmic mauve]

something like this might be what your looking for?

[devout dagger]

would I be able to delete original mesh and skeleton after retargeting ?

[tropic basin]

As long as it isn't being referenced anywhere

[cunning steppe]

Does anybody know how to export a Blender Armature Custom Property with a driver with an Animation as an Animation Curve in UE4?
Solutions rn:

• Create a morph target and apply the driver on it, then export the anim with the mesh ( Problems: Large file size for each anim, min, max driver val = -10 - 10 )
  thats it, that's the only solution i have found

[lean surge]

My AnimGraph is not showing its current state when I press play to test my animations. Its not highlighing anything in orange so I can see where in the StateMachine it currently is, so I can work out why etc

Any ideas what I have done wrong?

[prisma quiver]

can anyone tell me how to swap out animations for the state mechine for the idel and running with animation that I have modified

[lean surge]

You change the State Animation @prisma quiver Double Click the State within AnimGraph, there you will see the animation that plays depending on the linked Transition Rule

@prisma quiver Double Click this

[prisma quiver]

I figured out I had to create a blendspace and drag and drop my animations for the idle and run

into it and then change it in the setting for idle/run to the blendspace

[upper nimbus]

Okay, I'll check that out. Thank you!

[devout dagger]

so, retargeting AnimBP and BlendSpaces doesn't work in 4.25.4 😦

nm, had to uncheck "Only compatible skeletons"

[mystic elm]

My running animation is rotated every so slightly despite the fact that its supposed to be facing forward. How do I fix this?

[cosmic delta]

@lean surge I guess you control your animation states with variables so if you change that variables in the preview window inside the animBP you can test your animation graph.

[restive turtle]

can anyone recommend a good tutorial for adding a cloak to a character?

[cosmic delta]

@mystic elm modify the animation itself. Open the animation, select the root bone, rotate until you're satisfied, press the add key button, move to the end of the animation, press apply and save. It's very easy to do that kind of tweaks in the animations.

[uneven siren]

Im struggling making my camera follow a flying character in sequencer

there must be an easier way

is there

[mystic elm]

You’re an absolute life saver thank you so much!!

[obsidian current]

Hello everyone. I have a question about animation. I have this bike here and want to make a turn around animation. I did managed to make the animation, but i'm not really sure if I'm doing it right. When I rotate the bike, should I be rotating the root bone or leaving the root at 0,0,0 and move other bones instead? The first animation I didn't moved the root and the second one I did. I didn't finished working on the second one though. Anyway, what do I do?

I'm having a feeling that I should be moving the root instead, but i'm really not sure which one is the right thing to do.
In a UE4 mannequin, it should be the same dillema as moving the root or the pelvis. Both of them seems to rotate everything, but which of them should be used?

[vivid steppe]

Hello everyone,
is it possible to blend an idle animation of holding a pistol and and a jog animation? to get a pistol holding jog?

[uneven siren]

yeah theres a way, same way how melee games can hold a swrord and run

theres a tutorial on yt i forgot its name

[vivid steppe]

I see, I thought those were custom animations

I'll research it, thanks 👍

[uneven siren]

np

[obsidian current]

Anyone? 😦

[uneven siren]

I personally like using the root better, but its just a preference

[wheat pier]

has anyone here looked at the MetaHuman control rig? I'm trying to control the rig ingame, but I can't find a way to change the rig settings during gameplay

there is this node 'Set Control Float

but i cant find a way to connect it to the metahuman control rig

how do i connect this to the metahuman control rig:

[lean surge]

@cosmic delta Thanks, I will use that in the meantime however I am fairly sure that in the past I was able to view the live wires in real time to work out what state I was in and then check the logic to see why it was there and not where I wanted etc

[cosmic delta]

@lean surge it's possible also, when I need that I press play in the editor with the option open in a new window. Then I just move and resize the window to be able to see the animBP

[lean surge]

@cosmic delta Mines isnt working for some reason :/

I have had it in the past where on the right would show orange wires to the active animation/state

[cosmic delta]

@lean surge isn't possible that the animation it's in another graph? Sure it's that the right animbp?

[lean surge]

@cosmic delta Its definitely the same graph as I can disconnect the Idle/Run Anim and it goes to T pose and connect it back up and returns to normal...just never shows active wires :/

[tall knoll]

is it possible to get current alpha of a 'blend by bool' in C++ ?

[misty dagger]

So I use this play animation node in BP and it plays the animation, but how can I reset my character back to normal and not get stuck on that animation state? Montages are out of question.

[fringe quiver]

Hey. I have a question regarding animations and sync groups/sync markers. Do they work properly for animation nodes (e.g. Animation Sequence Player, Blendspace Player) that expose their animation asset property via pin? If I set a sync group for such nodes I don't see the name of the group on the node, while notes with unexposed animation assets show it properly.

[prime holly]

Anyone have experience with the experimental Alembic animation streaming plugin in UE 4.26

[untold night]

I'm in need of help with a control rig - the Basic IK node causes weird distortions on my character's legs. I assume it's because the primary/secondary axes are not setup properly, as my foot bone is not world-aligned, but I'm unable to figure out a solution

https://i.imgur.com/sjwhNpL.png

[green edge]

Hey so I have run into an odd problem. I'm using some Ironbelly assets I bought off the marketplace. Anyway the problem is when I equip certain weapons my character no longer moves anymore. I checked my code and the movement function is being called as expected, but like I said the character doesn't move. Anyone have an idea? I can post whatever code is needed

[spark otter]

Is anyone here good at using the Control Rig plugin?

[pseudo elk]

Is there any way to export and modify default 3rd person mannequin animations? I need to export them to blender

[tropic basin]

Export them as an fbx.. should be an option in the animation editor for that

[twin storm]

Is there somewhere I can go to download dances/emotes from Fortnite to put on my 3d model?

[pseudo elk]

@tropic basin okay, and I can just open it in blender, and it will be properly rigged and editable?

[tropic basin]

I use the mr.manniquin plug in for blender. It's free and comes with the ue4 rigged Mannequin, so you don't have to export the skeleton every time too

[pseudo elk]

I have it and it worked for me when making an animation from scratch, but I don't understand how to edit exported ones

[tropic basin]

Same way you mess with new ones. Once you have it in blender you just apply it and mess with it the same way

[pseudo elk]

After I load the rig and import an animation that's what I have

is it supposed to be like that? 🧐

[tropic basin]

No. It looks like you have 2 skeletons in the sceen

[pseudo elk]

That's what happens when I import an exported animation using the plugin

[tropic basin]

Once you import the animation track you want to set it on the mr.manniquin skeleton, so thats previewing the target animation and you can play with it from there like normal..
I've never used the plug in to export. I just export to a separate folder and import manually in blender.

Can't say that's ever happened to me

[pseudo elk]

How do I set it to that skeleton?

[delicate junco]

Try using the official plugins for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FjlgyuGhNo

You can grab these on Epic's github repository, make sure to log in with a github account linked to your epic account.

[half basin]

Does anyone have a strong opinion on the CAT rig over the normal bone system in 3Ds Max? I have used both but would like to hear a more "industrial" or professional opinion, I like to stay in one DCC and don't like the idea of using May for "just" rigging and animation if need be, or is Blender just going to take over there? Almost every jobs I see now notes Blender as a "good to have"

[magic fern]

https://streamable.com/x5dk1g Hello, I have made this model and set up this blendspace to blend between animations however, when in between the 2 nodes in the blendspace of the animations, it stutters.

[somber urchin]

dose anyone know how to do world space IK?
I'm trying to make a quadruped

[tawdry cloak]

Is there any problem with changing the SkeletalMesh of a SkeletalMeshComponent at runtime? For example if the player wants to change clothes during the game.

And if I change it in a multiplayer game, I would need a Multicast RPC so that all of the other clients see the change? Since the SkeletalMesh isn't marked as replicated in the component?

[somber urchin]

the solution I see people do for that is make the cloths its own skeleton and have the skeleton get the same values as the one its going on to, so you would have 2, on for normal character, and one for each set of cloths

[tawdry cloak]

Does that solution use the MasterPoseComponent to animate the clothing?

I thought that the clothing had to use the same skeleton as the character, and then it could be hooked up to the main mesh using MasterPoseComponent.

[halcyon sorrel]

Hi, new to animating, does anyone know why my animation cuts out abruptly every second time it is run? Here is a video example of what i'm talking about:

https://streamable.com/wwzn8b

[deep charm]

You guys ever see something like this? The mesh was mirrored in blender to mirror the animations/skeleton etc... But when trying to add a socket the transform goes haywire. forward is back and right is left

LogFbx: Warning: IMPORT TRANSFORM ERROR : Bone (Cylinder_006:9)
Source Global Transform (34.327702,-111.503029,205.469299|-90.000000,31.860880,147.542099|-7.826604,-9.462542,-9.462542),
Converted Global Transform (34.327698,-111.502991,205.469254|-90.000000,28.589901,-29.186920|-7.826602,9.462542,9.462541)

Looks like this is probably the culprit in blender...

[peak lark]

I'm trying to mask components based on the Vertex Normal, how could I achieve that in materials? Here's what I have right now:

Basically, I'm currently masking R G, filtering out B (Z axis), so flat horizontal surfaces work, but not vertical surfaces. I would like to use the VertexNormal to determine the current surface and mask the corresponding axis, is there a way to do with materials?

[knotty current]

how to prevent leg cross when moving diagonally

[misty dagger]

Hello all, does anybody have a successful way of importing "Make-human" characters and rigging them up in place of the default third person mannequin? I have been trying to find this online for the last few days and none of the tutorials have worked on my end.

4.26*

[amber flicker]

Hey, I have a run cycle that I like.
Do I make multiple animations running with each gun and check which one to play or is there an easier wat to do it?

[crystal abyss]

PlzHelp!

My character coming back to its location after the combo .How do I fix this?

[tropic basin]

Root motion @crystal abyss

[crystal abyss]

@tropic basin thanks bro

[coral kite]

Hello, is there a way for me to reset the position to 0 when this value changes?

Because right now if it changes mid-action, it carries on the next animation at position X

I'd like it to start the new anim at 0

Nevermind figured it out

[short narwhal]

my animation montage wont play

1 sec testing something then i'll explain the error in detail

yeah it wont work i have no idea why

the animation montage wont work neither will the animation itself

look at this

anim montage works in editor and has its own slot

animation itself works too

it is being properly blended in the animation blueprint (the commanderhatch anims work for example)

if i set this simple code

it plays the commander hatch animation just fine

if i do the exact same thing with the gunner hatch anim

it says "no fuck you" and doesn't play anything

same deal if i set it to play using the "play animation" vanilal node with the skeletal mesh
commander hatch works alright

gunner hatch is like "no fuck you"

i don't freaking underestand and it's getting to my nerves a lot

[short narwhal]

OK I got the base animation to play on the skeleton

it was a dumb mistake there

but it still wont play as the montage

[river briar]

I'm finding with packaged games playing a montage from a specific section like this doesnt work. Does anyone know why that might be?

[river briar]

Nvm, apparently you cant convert enum to text in packaged builds

[brazen wharf]

no, you would make one running animation and a reference pose for holding the gun, then you would blend both together

[hushed granite]

Is there any discernible benefit from having a 7MP over 12MP camera for live link ARKit face tracking? Does a $1000 phone work any better than X release?

Night mode, whatever other features? I just need to replace my phone anyway and want to use capturing features.

I'm tempted by X, I'd consider spending more if I knew any of these features help mocap.

Like I'm thinking that a 12MP camera and whatever other features should come in useful for ARKit, as well? It's not clear though.

Like lidar mapping, I'd have thought there'd be some synergy/improvements in fidelity

[hushed granite]

@plain sedge I'd just change state from the fall transition

you jump, you fall, isCrouching? -> crouchland

that's not really abp stuff

sounds more like general FSM thing

input buffer

[plain sedge]

Sorry, thought I was in a diff channel lol

[hushed granite]

can you setup constraints with level sequence? I'd love to have an intuitive way of animating in the engine but have my hands IK linked to weapon, then bake.

it's a pita, for animating you want hands parented to gun.In game parent to hand.

I should really get this working to make my life easier with CR, I think. It'd take some work. Interested in other people's current workflow, for this sort of stuff.

I'm doing things like keyframe joints when I should be moving a target.

anyway, could go on in greater detail

[short narwhal]

Heyo! I really really need help for a time sensitive issue

i have this blend anim setup done and all the animations play

however instead of playing together, the "hatchgunner" and "hatchcommander" animations seem to be mutually exclusive

and i don't know why

[misty dagger]

Hi comrades :)
In this very short video, we mentioned an helpful resources for animation and rigging.

You can watch the video at: https://youtu.be/2QQlnyXQ-v4

[amber flicker]

Hey, I have a run cycle that I like.
Do I make multiple animations running with each gun and check which one to play or is there an easier way to do it?

[misty dagger]

Is there anyway to render what you see in the active level viewport?

For example; before I was able to play the game using the render preview screen and let it render at the same time.

[fallow crane]

Hello everyone, dear developers. I want to use purchased animations from the matketplace on the Epic skeleton, in another engine, in particular in Godot. Will I be a license violation? Since, on the one hand, I use third-party content (not Epic Games) and on the other hand, the skeleton itself was created by Epic Games.

[tropic basin]

@fallow crane I think you'd just still owe epic 5% on sales after $1mil, since you got it from the engine and that is the licensing agreement to use the engine and connected content

If it's for a commercial project then I'd email epic to verify that

[cosmic delta]

@fallow crane no problem, in the help section of the marketplace says you can. You can't use just if it's epic created content.

[fair flume]

hey all, I made a livelink plugin for motion capture, i have directions between joints in world-space that i want to apply properly (ie. only make the direction between the joints match, not stretching anything)

on the ue4 side i saw the parent joints have a rotation, and the child joints then have an offset that take their parent's rotation into account

so to do what I want i'd need to set the parent bone rotation to the one i have from motion capture in world space, and also apply the inverse of rotation of the offset vector of the child

is there an easier way to do what I want? (have a world-space direction between joints; I tried setting position directly but of course that bends everything in weird ways and setting only the parent bone rotation seemed to work better)

[raven sorrel]

I'm trying to import a blender FBX and whilst the skeletal mesh imports OK, the animations appear to scale the mesh tiny (and when viewed in the editor I'm far away from the mesh - it's a tiny dot as its animated).. Any ideas?

[main tiger]

Is anyone familiar with setup a root animation like a roll or a dodge in a C++ player class and anim instance?

I'm pretty sure I have everything set up correctly and I was even able to get it to work with blueprint ,but I'm kinda stumped on the c++ way for doing. The animation plays ,but its in place for come reason

[tawny dagger]

I just imported an FBX with animations together. How can I create seperate animations? I tried recording the animations in Unreal seperately, but that doesn't give me what I want.

[quiet spruce]

This is so tough figuring out, cause i have made a gun idle animation and an aim down sight animation, but the gun is linked to a socket, so when i move the socket in for example the idle animation, it also moves in the aim down sight animation. Any tips?
The hands and legs are the only bones moving in the animation, but the gun still moves due to it being linked to the socket, so when i try to make the socket fit the animation, it moves in all of them, which is not what i am trying to do

[half basin]

Would this be the best place to ask about rigging? I've got a cable on an asset I want to include in the SK, the cable ideally should only have 2 or 3 bones but will need both the middle and end to be movable as the cable will hit a part of the mesh so I need to be able to move the middle part to accommodate that.

However I am not having much fun with IK or HD rigs, perhaps I need to use look at constraints?

In fact I think that might be it!

Great, 2 hours fucking about and now I am on bed I think I got it.

[vernal lion]

Hey folks, I have a 5 legged spider-like creature and I'm trying to figure out how to set up his leg sync markers

Normally for a humanoid I'd set the markers for when the foot touches down or something

but that isn't working with this 5 legged creature

anybody have any ideas what I should do?

[tropic basin]

@vernal lion power ik plugin from the marketplace handles multi-ped ik

[vernal lion]

@tropic basin Okay cool, I'll check it out

[cosmic delta]

I think it's a bug but maybe it's just my computer. If somebody it's brave enough (and use control source), please test this; open two skeletons. Copy a couple of sockets from skeleton 1 to skeleton 2 (selecting them and Ctrl C + Ctrl V). Paste again (so it generates duplicates). Ctrl Z. The second pasted sockets dissapear, as expected. Everything seems fine. Save and close. Congratulations, your skeleton it's corrupted. Everytime you open the engine it crashes. Everytime you try to do something ith that skeleton it crashes. I asked in the main channel with no answers, where can I submit this?

[glacial arch]

is it possible to bake out your morph variables for morph targets?

like if i set my characters body fat to 1 instead of 0, how do i save it?

[gaunt ledge]

Is there a way to describe a curve with a formula? I am trying to make an elastic easing and drawing it with the graph is driving me crazy 😦

[bronze osprey]

copy a curve node and paste it in a text file and i think the formula is in there with the tangents and stuff

[tawdry cloak]

How difficult would it be to take a static mesh, and convert it to a skeletal mesh that uses the default Epic skeleton using Blender? The skeletal mesh will be a child of another mesh via the MasterPoseComponent.

Would I need an artist to do that if it's only being used as a child with the MasterPoseComponent?

[pine trail]

Hey guys,
I'm looking thru the ALS v4 content, and I'm really struggling to find where that sprint impulse is being set. (Can't find it in a blendspace).

When you use this in a FPS perspective, the players head dips down to his knees (feels like) during the initial transition into the sprint.
I believe is because of the "ALS_N_Sprint_F_Impulse" being triggered at the beginning then it transitions into the sprint.

TLDR...
Basically Where can I "disable" this implementation of the sprint impulse, and simple go from idle/walk/run -> sprint.

thx

[remote summit]

If i have a monster that is spawning, and part of the animation is movement, when the animation is done I want them to be at the animation point, how would I do that?

i thought enabling root animation would do that, but it doesnt seem to

[remote summit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLqZ2EXMJM

this is a video of what I am having a problem with

[tranquil hollow]

https://youtu.be/pEtrTLzmUdc

[uneven wigeon]

for IK is there a way to add joint target for CCDIK ? My legs don't bend the right way lol

[proven garnet]

hm, i've set up a blend space, connected it in the animation blueprint and then used the animation blueprint on the skeletal mesh in my actor. but "Event Blueprint Update Animation" is never triggered

any idea?

i got it...

[balmy quest]

im tryin to create some modular zombies, but for some dark reason its start adding mesh bones or something. is this normal behavior for importing skeletel meshes?

i mean i have a shit ton to import, i dont want like a whole list with all the skeletel meshes in there, anyone?

[lean surge]

What is the workflow for modular characters? I am looking at an example project and they have split their Skeletal Mesh into, Head, Body, Hands, Legs, Feet. If you open each of these up they have an entire skeleton, so the Head shows the whole skeleton if you show Bone Hierarchy. I don't know how to do that, when I import I only get the bones relevant to that body part and the rest do not appear in Skeleton tree

[balmy quest]

i have the mesh subdivided in different elements, and i export selected, the "skeleton and mesh i want to export" untagged everything that has to do with mesh and or bones. this is the result.

i mean there is not rlly a problem.. it works fine

there is also a option to hide these mesh bones. so i doubt its harmfull

[misty dagger]

Hey guys what would be the best tuts to learn how to rig up a character

[tropic basin]

@lean surge @misty dagger look up jim kroovy tutorials. He created mr.manniquin plugin for blender to ue4 and covers how everything works including custom modular characters

[lean surge]

@tropic basin I will do, thanks!

[lunar sandal]

Does anyone know how to retarget multiple animations at once
I keep doing it individually

[fiery eagle]

How to get Parameters window for the axes Speed and Direction in the Blendspace editor like here teacher has in the course on UE4.13:

I don't have it on 4.26:

Found it in Asset Details tab

[light panther]

Hi guys! Please help!
I have a problem with my character animation. The problem is that the starting position of animation, every time it is called is not the same.
For example, when I call reload function for the first time, the character will play its hand animation nicely from frame 0. But in the subsequent calls, it seems like the animation doesn't play from frame 0 but frame 5, 10, 10 and so on (every time its called).

Why is this happening?

[tawdry cloak]

Which FBX export should be used when exporting a skeletal mesh from Unreal? 2013?

I want to edit the mesh in blender and bring it back into Unreal.

On the documentation page for FBX Static Mesh Pipeline it says: The UE4 FBX import pipeline uses FBX 2018. Using a different version during export may result in incompatibilities. <-- So I guess we should always choose 2018

[tawdry cloak]

I export a skeletal mesh from Unreal, and then delete some vertices/faces in Blender Edit Mode, export from Blender as FBX. Then when I import into Unreal I get an error "Failed to merge bones". It says a lot of bones are missing from the bind pose. Does anyone know what happened?

[delicate junco]

Maybe you forgot to untick not to add leaf bones when exporting ? Or only exported deforming bones ?

[tawdry cloak]

For the failed to merge bones. Apparently Blender adds in another parent which you have to remove. But you lose the scale by removing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTJ0tm6GscQ

[fiery eagle]

Is there a way to make Blend Space 1D show Base Pose node on the left? Teacher in a course on UE4.13 creates this blueprint:

Then in the animation graph he does this:

I don't have the Base Pose node on the left so I had to do this:

It works but I wonder why did it lose the node on the left in newer versions and if there's a way to make it appear? I'm on 4.26

[delicate junco]

I edited the fbx exporter to prevent it from adding the root bone. Still don't get why Blender adds one by default

I believe that if you name your armature "Armature" Unreal ignores it though

@fiery eagle I think you need to create an "AimOffset" Blueprint

But you created a blendspace instead it looks like

[plain spade]

Stuck .. lost transform after hitting enable root motion .. any help

[delicate junco]

That's normal. Make sure you have the correct settings in your anim blueprint (root motion for everything or root motion for montages only) set and when you'll play the anim ingame the movement will be correct

[deep token]

Is there any ue4 mannequin rig with hand/finger IK for blender, specifically for weapon animations like reloading and shooting? I don't find anything online, except for the Mr. Mannequin tools, but it has no finger IK either. Is there an easy way to add it there?

[magic fern]

Hello, I made a blendspace for my idle, walk, and run animations however the blend between walk and run is not correct. https://streamable.com/jo6ut8

[vapid ibex]

Can anyone help me? I'm working on a reload animation, and I'm just at that stage when the magazine is to be ejected out https://gfycat.com/DirtyRareBeardeddragon

But I'm kind of at a loss here, because I now need to animate the gun as well (and not just the mannequin)

The gun is a separate object in blender

Is there a convenient way of animating two objects like this, and exporting both objects' animations? Hopefully without having to constantly step outside/into pose mode?

[deep token]

You have to combine the weapon armature with the character armature

[deep token]

It should work then

[vapid ibex]

Oh? Can I just drag the weapon armature into the character's? Or do I have to reimport it somehow?

[deep token]

The easiest way would be to just re-rig it because it doesnt seem too advanced. To do that properly, just add the mesh without armature, place the weapon where you want to have it, click on a bone from the characters armature, go into edit mode (not pose!) and add new bones for the vertexgroups of the weapon. You have vertexgroups, right?

I could send you a link to a helpful tutorial on how to do that.

[vapid ibex]

I have vertex groups, yeah

How will that export though?

Will it export a separate animation for the weapon that visually synchronizes with the character?

[deep token]

or if you really wanna do it the fast way, try to select the weapon armature first, then the mannequins one and press CTRL+J

[deep token]

I think you can export them separately but I'm not 100% sure

[vapid ibex]

Ideally, I'd be able to export a Rifle.Reload animation and a Character.Reload animation, and have them visually sync together

Hmmm

[deep token]

You should try to do it with a very simple animation, and if that works, you can go on. To do that, just select "Limit to selected".

[deep token]

Try that and tell me if that helped. Otherwise I'll look for another option

May I ask if your Mannequin rig has Finger IK?

[vapid ibex]

Awesome, I'll try and test it

And yes it does

[deep token]

Where do you have it from? I would really need one :0

[vapid ibex]

Oh yeah, it's Mr. Mannequins Tools, a quick google should give you the DL link

[deep token]

But how did you set up the finger IK?

[vapid ibex]

It's a whole blender addon that automagically gives you an entire rig ready to go

Including-

OH

Silly me, I just realized what you meant by finger IK

it doesn't have finger IK, no :(

My overworked brain read it as 'finger rigs'

[deep token]

How did you animate that grip so good then? 😮

[vapid ibex]

At least not that I know of

[vapid ibex]

With lots of time 😅

[deep token]

I'm kinda struggeling doing that, but Mr. Mannequin Tools has in the side panel an option to set up IK. If you select in Pose Mode the tip of a digit and press on "Add IK Chain" it adds IK...it doesnt look great but it may help you. I'm too stupid for that

[vapid ibex]

Interesting, I'll try that, finger posing is extremely tedious at the moment

although I do find that at times I also care about the forward kinematics even more than where the tip of the finger lands

[deep token]

what do you mean

[vapid ibex]

For situations like gripping stuff, placement of all the finger bones should probably be 'manual' (at least in my case)

I can imagine finger IK being useful for some niche scenarios like playing the flute maybe

oh never mind, finger IK SHOULD be useful for gripping stuff 🤔

[deep token]

Definitely! Especially when gripping the slide or the magazine...so u don't have to rotate every bone manually

[deep token]

I found the solution to all my problems!!! So to set-up finger IK select the root bone of the finger, copy the bone name, select the tip of the same finger, press on ADD IK CHAIN, paste the root finger's name into the ROOT field, set the correct axis (may vary) and delete the COPY POSITION modifier. Thats solves every problem! Please try it out and tell me if it works for you too!

[vapid ibex]

Oh my? I'ma check that out

is all of this in edit mode?

[deep token]

pose mode

[vapid ibex]

Do I select the rig's control bone, or the actual finger bone?

[deep token]

You just need to copy the name of the fingers root bone. (the round orange circle at the start of the finger)

[vapid ibex]

Umm

It just kind of, teleports the entire finger somewhere

I may be messing it up

[deep token]

At the end you delete the "Copy rotation" from the green circle at the end of the finger/in the middle of the hand

[deep token]

here

[vapid ibex]

Um I did that, and seemingly to not much avail

When I move the tip of the pinky, no IK is happening :D:

[deep token]

Mind sending a screenshot?

[vapid ibex]

Of the hand? Or the bone constraints?

https://gfycat.com/WellwornHarmfulHochstettersfrog

[deep token]

Here a short Video

[vapid ibex]

Let me redo exactly those steps

[deep token]

Aight, lemme know if it works

[vapid ibex]

Oh, for some reason the IK gizmo isn't showing up for me

This red thing you selected

Here are the exact steps I'm doing: https://gfycat.com/HealthyPlaintiveGypsymoth

[maiden vault]

I exported a skeleton from UE, made some things, imported it in again.. Rotated 90 degrees,, Wut?

[vapid ibex]

OH @deep token it worked, the gizmo was just way higher than the finger :P Awesome

[deep token]

Does it really work as it should? I still encounter some errors @vapid ibex

[vapid ibex]

Me too, it doesn't work as expected

I think some bone constraints could maybe fix it

[deep token]

Blender? Try press CTRL-A and All @maiden vault

[vapid ibex]

But it's a lot of work, and each finger now adds 2 more IK bones which makes it quite clumsy (I'm already having a hard time navigating all the control bones)

[maiden vault]

They are apparently all in Y forward..

Trying to match up the basic FP blueprint camera..

[deep token]

@vapid ibex Maybe do it with the old workflow until I find a better way to do it

@maiden vault What do you mean?

[vapid ibex]

If you do, please do let me know

[maiden vault]

I read somewhere that the skeletal meshes were indeed not X forward, so that solves that

[deep token]

Alright, I'll tag you! Good luck on that animation

[maiden vault]

Now im trying to make a camera that looks kinda like the one in the first person blueprint in my DCC..

Maybe i should just stick to modelling.. 🙂

[narrow prairie]

IS this the right place to ask about the control rig? I'm having some trouble with a control im adding. The control seems to be moving the bone, but the bone doesnt seem to move the others

[viral shore]

And my char doin' this... I'm trying figure, whole day, why .. and still don't know 😄

[sharp linden]

I have encountered an akward import issue for FBX.
I have a morph animation to import and I think there's a problem with "Do not import curves with 0 values". If it is checked then the imported animation looks different from what i have in Blender:/ Maya/ Max The values for curves are different. And I think the option works in a way that if for some curves on some frames they have value 0 then the whole curve is averaged for some reason.
But... if I uncheck this option then ALL of the curves will be imported as zero.
It doesn't make sense. Maybe there's a specific workflow I'm not aware of for importing morphs? 😪

[tawdry cloak]

I have a character mesh (including head) and another mesh with just the head. It's the same head in both. I'm trying to "cut off" the head of the character mesh so that the head mesh by itself will fit exactly in the empty space. I've tried selecting both heads in Blender and using the "Knife Project" option, but it doesn't seem to work. Any idea how I can cut off the character mesh head so that the "solo head" will fit exactly in the space created? The 2 heads are right on top of each other in Blender.

[rich spear]

Hey animators, VFX guy here trying to work in an animation montage. I have two montages I'm adding FX to, that interact. (player A attack, be getting attacked) Is there a way to just play these montages on loop together somewhere? I need to work through a series of these, so being able to easily swap would be convenient.

[tepid inlet]

When building a AnimInstance, any reason I should not use an ENUM to track the current "State" of my animation? This would be in place of Bools.

I just feel like it would be cleaner to manage one variable, that way I would have a harder time running into state crossover issues

this would be the current use case

That way I do not need to track multiple bools when handling a Jump/Fall/Land sequence, and at the same time I can manage my actions, since you couldn't Attack, SwitchStance, Roll, or Jump at the same time.

[burnt vapor]

Anyone have a clue on how to fix this bug when importing an animation from Blender? The animation just doesn't render at all in UE4.

[misty dagger]

@burnt vapor What are you using to import?

[burnt vapor]

Blender

[misty dagger]

any pipeline plugins

[burnt vapor]

Nope

[somber urchin]

are there any tutorials for world space Ik?
I don't really know how this would be done, and searching for it doesn't really get me anything related
@somber urchin if you got anything that can help

[strong needle]

dk if anyones using control rig but I ran into a stange issue, left is wht it looks like when I drop it into game right is inside control rig not sure whts causing it think it may be smth to do with the pole vector, but ive messed arnd w/ the settings n have no clues whts causing it so if anyone has a guess help would be very much appreciated

[fickle citrus]

Hi everyone! Any advice for how to handle big animation blueprints? Nodes/tools/best practice? Our Animation Blueprint is starting to get really big and for any new income animation, we waste a lot of time connecting everything and it's getting hard to read. Any good source that describes how to have the animation blueprint ordered/structured correctly? Thanks!

[vapid ibex]

@fickle citrus Take a look at ALS4's setup

[fickle citrus]

@vapid ibex Going to check that out. Thanks!

[vapid ibex]

Does anyone know how to do the whole "take the baked animation data back into the original files for cleaner exporting" as hinted in this timestamp? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclA9iwZB_s&t=325s

[fiery bough]

Anyone notice that animation montages aren't working right in UE?

[tropic basin]

Hey everyone, I'm working on a physics simulated Locomotion. My issue is how to make them fall down properly. Since I'm not simulating the pelvis it holds the player up. Obvious solution is to transition to a rag doll or a falling animation.
I'm just not sure how to determine that my character is off balance and should fall now?

[ancient marlin]

Does anyone know if it is possible to call an Event in an AnimationBP of an AnimNotifyState class I made. I know Events from custom Notifies can be called in the AnimationBP but I can't get a custom class one to work.

[delicate junco]

@ancient marlin You should be able to grab the anim instance from the skeleton component in the anim notify state

Then you can call the event from there

Something like this

AnimBP

[ancient marlin]

Thanks for that I will try it out as soon as I can 👍

[shut kraken]

@tepid inlet why not just use the default state machine?

[karmic wadi]

Hey, before I post, is this the place to ask questions about animation issues?

[amber flicker]

Hi friends,
I have a boolean that goes off when I pick up a weapon.
How do I hook it up so that my upper body changes to the running with a gun animation and blends with the lower body animation?

[karmic wadi]

@amber flicker this might help

https://youtu.be/fktCz7TtUh8

[amber flicker]

Oh yeah, I followed that tutorial.

[karmic wadi]

@amber flicker I've already contacted the guy who made that. And I'm paying for his services. I'm waiting for a response

[amber flicker]

Oh wow

Well I found that there's a node called Blend poses by bool

[karmic wadi]

@amber flicker by bool or by bone?

[amber flicker]

Bool

[winged portal]

Hi everybody! is there any way to know the length of a section (any or current) on a montage?

[flint lantern]

how do you use non root motion animations, since if it moves in the animation the character glides backward awkwardly when the animation finishes

[tropic basin]

You have to either make it an in place animation or make sure if the character moves that it returns to it's original position b4 the animation ends..
Otherwise you need the root to move with the character

[merry lynx]

Anyone used to blender to unreal?

I want to create characters for market place , any rigging tools to match unreal skeleton you suggest?

As Mixamo is illegal for market place asset use

[subtle thicket]

if you're looking for a mannequin sketon I've been using Mr Mannequin's tools for prototyping
https://gumroad.com/l/MrMannequinsTools

he's also got tutorials on retargeting & all that
https://www.youtube.com/c/JimKroovy/videos

[merry lynx]

Oh , thank you so much

How much should i pay

For“Name a fair price” 😇

Oh it’s 15$ here

https://www.blendermarket.com/products/mr-mannequins-tools

Great will be testing it tomorrow

[ripe coral]

My friend messaged me asking how he could start his journey as a game animator. He wants to do 3D and eventually cinematics. Where would he begin? I was trying to find a course on udemy, he said he is considering going to community college.

[merry lynx]

I don’t think Mr Mannequins is what i am looking for , i checked his channel it looks like its a tool to create animations not to rig your character , not sure but any other alternative suggestions for Blender rigging To unreal skeleton ?

[shut kraken]

@ripe coral if he hasn't already, he should pick up blender

[tropic basin]

@merry lynx you unparent the mr.manniquin skeleton from the Mannequin mesh and reparent it to your mesh.. then your character is rigged for ue4

@ripe coral tell your friend to check out jim kroovy or cbailyfilm on gumroad if they wanna learn how to animate characters

[merry lynx]

Is that what you do? , how about weight painting do u use any helping tool?

[cinder holly]

Does anyone here know how change the play rate of a anim montage via the character bp?

[tropic basin]

Nah I just paint in blender.
Watch the jim kroovy tutorials and he covers how to do all that stuff @merry lynx

[crystal abyss]

does anybody know where is that state notify

it is inbuilt i guess

[delicate junco]

Probably a custom one made by the guy

You can do it quite easily yourself though if it does what I think it's doing : grab the anim bp in the notify and set root motion move to "ignore root motion"at the beginning and "everything" or "montage only" at the end

[cinder siren]

Hi. I an abstraction logic question. I want to make a melee combat based game where over all, you would have the same type of abilities with most weapons. Light attack, block, heavy attack... but each weapon would have it's own animations for that.

Would the best way to abstract that be make a base character BP that has all the ability logic. Then subclass that to a BP for each weapon type which would have it's own animation BP? That seems to make most sense, just making sure I'm not missing something and there might be a better way.

[delicate junco]

Maybe an anim montage per weapon where you'd put each variation (light, block etc) anims, with all of the montages having the same section names (light, block etc).
Then you'd just make the anim montage a variable to be set, you'll be able to get the corresponding anims directly using the "start section" variable

Since the section names will all be the same for the weapons it'll work regardless of the weapon

[light panther]

I have this reload animation, I took it from AnimStarterPack

This is how I've set it up

Everything else is set to default

I have a very strange problem. Whenever the reload animation is called, it plays more than it should, it loops

and then, it cuts the loop, then when it's called the next time, it starts from that very same position it ended from previous call

so everytime the animation is called, it starts from a different position and it's really bugging me off. The reload animation is supposed to start from 0 frame, not random positions.

Can someone please help me with this? It's been almost a week and I'm stil unable to fix it 😦

[tawdry cloak]

I would think the reload should be an anim montage that you play when the player reloads. Look at ShooterGame to see an example, like in AShooterWeapon::StartReload(). You can try clicking the animation "Play_Rifle_Reload_Inplace2" and uncheck "Loop Animtion" in the settings on the right side. But I would look into playing an anim montage instead and follow the ShooterGame example since it's a good project to learn from. @light panther

[pseudo elk]

When I use ue to rigify to convert rig with imported animation, I lose one frame at the end.
Standart 3rd person walk animation is 26 frames and when I convert the rig, all keyframes at 26th frame are lost
Any ideas?

[primal oriole]

Hey guys, what command would I use to keep an actor in one place for the duration of an animation on spawn so Event Begin play> [godbloodyknows] > Play animation. xD

[primal oriole]

Have you checked in your characters BP, in play animation nodes there is a there is a true and false tickbox for looping the animation.

[short narwhal]

Hi! i need help with something!
I'm making a mod using an SDK, the vanilla game's soldiers all use the same skeleton and have hundreds of animations
I imported my own character with its own skeleton (I can't rerig my char to the original skeleton due to proportions differences) and I want it to work as a soldier and to use the animations of the vanilla soldiers... but retargeting every single vanilla animation when i'm not supposed to edit the vanilla files (edited vanilla files won't be exported with the mod) seems impossible and I haven't managed it!

Would there be a way to get my character to use the vanilla soldier's animations, or its skeleton without editing the vanilla files?

[primal oriole]

Ah I see, have you tried recording the animation? Then just trimming it to make it perfect for how you need it?

[short narwhal]

huh? you mean for my question?
Like i said before, the vanilla soldier has MANY animations, that's why i just get completely lost trying to retarget them individually... probably that'd apply to trimming too? unless i'm not underestanding

i just checked

it has 8 THOUSAND animations

i want my new character i just imported (using its own skeleton) to be able to use those same 8 thousand animations

if there's a way to do that? i got told animation retargeting but i don't know how exactly that'd work, i've been trying it and getting crashes, lots of confusion and not much progress

[short narwhal]

problem is

if i retarget the skeleton itself

does it change the vanilla animation files?

will it cause it to not work when the SDK's vanilla files aren't exported?

[light panther]

Thanks for the advice. I'm not using Animation montage and I think you're right, maybe using those would fix the problem. 😁

[light panther]

Yes, but without loop animation, the animation only plays the first time but not on the subsequent calls.

[light panther]

@tawdry cloak But here's another problem, I can't use animation montage inside Animation graph.

[warm island]

Trying to animate a gun using bones.... does anyone have any pointers on how to proceed? I have these flaps detached and grouped and I want to rig them to the joint. is that how you'd do it?

[golden arrow]

@warm island yo should create two more bone for each flat if you want to rig it together. Also you can do blendshapes or put A right pivot and animate it with bps

[warm island]

@golden arrow I was afraid i'd have to split it for each flap... guess there's no helping.
for the blendshape, since it is linear interpolation it cannot perform the rotations i need it to do. I tried 😉
the pivot may be an idea but I'd rather stray away from BPs just yet.

Thanks for the feedback!

[restive turtle]

bone keyframes in an animation montage, is it possible?

at the moment my anim montages will just ignore keyframes I've added to bones in the individual animations

[cosmic delta]

@indigo cove the outfit it's a skeletal mesh? You have set the master pose? Here you have more info about it: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/WorkingwithModularCharacters/index.html

[indigo cove]

I'm looking now, thank you for your help 🙏

ı dont use master pose

[cosmic delta]

@indigo cove just try to assign the outfit to your main mesh in the construction script with the master pose

I used that with variables coming from enumerator to be able to change the skin from the viewport just changing the variables

[pseudo elk]

I am trying to run two different animation montages for two slots. One montage is sword sheathe animation and the second one is attack animation. First one is for upperbody group and slot from spine bone and second one is for default slot and group from root bone. When I try running them, either upper body is paralysed during attack animation, or sheathe montage doesn't play at all, depending on which slot is higher

in this case at the screenshot full body attack animation plays well and sheathe animation doesn't play

Can anyone help?

[cosmic delta]

@pseudo elk that's weird, can your character attack and sheath at time? O doubt it, just add another blend and the result join it the first blend

[golden arrow]

Hi Folks! We are a motion capture stage open to collab if anyone need some custom animations to test our remote services! If anyone is interested just let me know!!!

[pseudo elk]

nothing changed

like that there is full attack animation and no sheathe animation(montage plays correctly, but no animation is shown)
if I change their order, sheathe animation works, but when I launch attack animation, upper body is paralysed

Looks like when I use animation montage for my default slot, it launches it on every bone before the spine bone which I defined for upperbody

but I don't know what to do here

maybe blend by bool so I can have only upperbody animations when I don't have weapon in hand and only full body when I do 🧐

seems like a retarded solution

[cosmic delta]

@pseudo elk the order of the layered animations it's very important, in your screenshot I can't see nothing and your saved poses names are extremely cryptic.

[pseudo elk]

There is one saved pose which goes from basic 3rd person controller locomotion

What do you want me to show?

[cosmic delta]

What's after that, if it's something that can affect the output

[vapid ibex]

What's the best practice for getting my weapon's skeletal mesh animation to sync up with my character's skeletal mesh animation? I assume I have to use an AnimBP for each, but is there a way to have them nicely sync up?

For example, I have a Weapon.Reload animation and a Character.Reload animation, both are visually compatible, how can I visually sync them?

[formal quartz]

I'm making a running animation using Mr.Mannequin tool in blender and it's working quite well, except when i imported the animation into blender. For some reason, it A-Poses at frame 3 in unreal.

Blender :

Unreal:

[vapid ibex]

Did you use auto key?

[formal quartz]

what's that?

[vapid ibex]

auto keying with Mr Mannequins Tools will do that, it's a bug

In blender, when you press that 'record' button, it's called auto keying

[formal quartz]

oh, i am using it then

[vapid ibex]

That automatically keys your animation when you change something

[formal quartz]

so should i turn it off?

[vapid ibex]

Yes, key your keys manually until Jim fixes it (next update coming soon)

or just export normally through blender (which I highly recommend tbh)

[formal quartz]

alright..thanks, i'll try both ways and get back to you 😁

worked like magic

[formal quartz]

Thanks 🙏

[valid sky]

Hi guys, I need your help. How can I import to Unreal skin cluster animation from Maya? Second question, why when I importing alembic to Unreal it takes ages... 3/4 hours? Any idea?

[pseudo elk]

right now it goes directly to the output

[crystal abyss]

Can anybody tell me how to add different sword swing sound when I am hitting the AI and when I am not Hitting the AI?

Player

AI

[drifting cloud]

Hey so I'm doing this weird thing and I was wondering if someone could check my logic. I want to make a texture with static, like TV white noise but it needs to be random. So I'm planning on using either MATLAB or Python to generate a bunch of white noise images, and then to take these images and then to flipbook them together.

It's going to be 90 Hz refresh rate

[tropic basin]

@drifting cloud any reason you don't just pack 3 noise textures into rgb channels and use one as a mask for a lerp between the other two.
Then just panne the two active textures and you should get the fuzzy TV look

[drifting cloud]

That would produce a repeating pattern right?

The noise has to be random (gaussian distribution), ideally it would be different every frame.

It's for a neuro research project, people get real nit-picky when it comes to methodology.

[pseudo tree]

my animation is broken when imported into unreal

the entire rig broke when imported into unreal

[tropic basin]

The noise is procedurally generated. Using three of them and two moving different directions at varying speeds. The chance of a repeated is unfathomably small

[pseudo tree]

it only appears as 1 bone, and when i try to play the animation my model just disappears

[drifting cloud]

If I used perlin noise to generate new noise everytime wouldn't that cause my system to lag, and that would in turn cause uncertainty as far as registering when players responded? One of the things we are looking at is reponse time and we are getting that in ms

I've only been working with UE4 for about 3 1/2 months now so I'm still getting used to everything, so I could totally be wrong.

[tropic basin]

Nah you just take 3 grayscale textures and pack them into one texture sample using the rgb channels.
Then using one as a mask. You panne the other two textures past each other in different directions at different speeds..
Your not generating anything.
And it's extremely cheap so no lag

[golden arrow]

Too many frames I got compared to what I exported

comparison I don't know what happened or how to fix it

Looking it up gave me some unrelated answers

[golden arrow]

Wasn't always an issue

Before it was normal idk what I did I reimported from an old save it still gave huge spaces in between each key

[floral anvil]

what would you guys recommend I do if I want to start learning 3d animation?

of game characters

[sharp cedar]

I need some help with a very basic thing:
I want to create a simple robot arm (literally 3 bones and 3 cubes).
I create an armature, bones and cubes that I parent to the bones.
However, after I import it to UE, each box appears as its own bone.

any idea why?

[gloomy fable]

Yo so this is prolly a longshot but ive been working on a ps1 demake of the artorias fight from dark souls, and while Ive got asset creation and the actual development part down (im an indie dev), ive been pulling my hair out trying to animate, and what I do have is kinda jank and doesnt feel good. Is anybody here an animator and interested in helping? No pressure obviously, as this is just a personal passion project (tho if it goes well I do plan on making my next game as one to be commercially released)

[vapid ibex]

Will my anim notifies get called if I'm using the sequence evaluator?

[icy haven]

can someone help me i have made several poses for my game character but i dont know how to save them and they just end up being deleted can someone help me

[warm island]

Quick question for maya: I made separate bones for each flap for my gun however when checking the weights and hierarchy, the flap bones were not rigged but the flap meshes were assigned a skin cluster. Is there a way to manually add those joints into the skin cluster?

[dry sonnet]

Importing FBX assets previously used in a Unity project. @ me if you know why it becomes extremely small when previewing animations 🤔

[restive turtle]

i think your imported animations must be using a different scale ratio

its in the asset import options in the animation window, you can also adjust scale when originally importing animations @dry sonnet

[misty dagger]

Hey guys small question, I am working on a vehicle and I have a good rig for the suspension.. But now the question is, how can I make the wheel socket move up and down with the programming side of the suspension without animations?

Is there a way to just move a bone or socket up and down? Where should I do this? In a Anim BP, code or just BP? Thanks in advance! 🙂

[shut kraken]

@misty dagger You using the vehicle system or just roll your own?

[misty dagger]

I'm rolling my own custom vehicle 😉

[shut kraken]

You can just set bone orientations and positions

[misty dagger]

with a poseable mesh?

is that good to use?

[shut kraken]

It depends on how your rig is set up. You can either set an IK target or just manually set bone transforms.

[misty dagger]

Oke, thanks 🙂 @shut kraken

[merry lynx]

Can i move transform/bone inside bp not anime bp

[lean surge]

Whn I import my FBX from Maya, it loses the IK_Hand_R....everything else seems to import fine. It is present in Maya, any ideas?

EDIT

This was resolved by using Maya's Game exporter, I have no idea what setting in the standard exporter was messing that up.

[misty dagger]

Hey guys, small question again.. I managed to move the suspension bones like I wanted using a poseable mesh.. But for some reason, the poseable mesh is not simulating physics anymore?? Can a poseable mesh not have physics?

[tropic basin]

It can but it needs a physic skeleton and profile assigned

[shrewd chasm]

Yo I saw that there are some IK bones in the mannequin skeleton, is it a good practice to use IK_hand_gun to define the location of the weapon ? Or should I create a new bone? (I don't like to use sockets because they may not match depending on the weapon)

[fresh pumice]

Hi everyone, found an old answerhub post where it says that by setting a Subsequence track property (in sequences) to Timescale -1.0 and StartOffset to the duration of my animation, i should by able to play my sequence in reverse but in UE 25 is not working at all. Any idea?

[royal heron]

uhm... is it normal that when I imported another mesh the first one was not "overwritten" or swapped
and now I just have 2 meshes in the same SK?

[karmic mauve]

yeah ik_hand_gun is fine. May have some positional fighting if you switch hands but can add virtual bones and space switch to solve

[shrewd chasm]

Thanks 🙂

[mortal lantern]

Hey everyone, hope all is well! I am kinda new to UE4 and im trying to move my character with the root controller but this keeps happening. I think it has something to do with the fact that the sword and shield don't have any bones attached to them, but i wanted to know if there was a way to fix this? if more info is needed please let me know. I am also willing to jump in an voice chat channel to figure it out. Thanks

[dry sonnet]

I'm not sure what you mean by asset import options in the animation window. I've adjusted "Import Uniform Scale" but it didn't seem to do anything. Do I need to reimport it?

[fringe lantern]

In control rig how could I do a sphere trace down in local space. So for a vehicle I want to trace down from the wheels based on the angle of the chassis instead of straight down in world space.

[restive turtle]

@dry sonnet yeah I think you should try to re-import with correct scale settings

[golden arrow]

In the off chance that anyone knows how to solve this, imported animations mesh's are too small in the view port but the skeletal mesh by itself is large and clear. Is there any way I could scale them uniformally?

[fringe lantern]

I had this problem recently with a blender export. Turns out the armature had a crazy scale by mistake. No way to fix it, had to reanimate.

[golden arrow]

It's not a huge problem it's only preference I didn't know it was that difficult. It still rescales when assigned to the skeletal mesh I just hate zooming in every time

[proven furnace]

hello, someone knowns why when I press right button on an animation, this happened:

[vestal talon]

Ok I'm kinda stuck right now, I'm trying to make an animation modifier that allows me to automatically apply a gradual yaw rotation offset to a bone in an animation in worldspace/relative to root bone space. The bone is the first one in the hierarchy after the root bone but I can't figure out how to transform the worldspace rotation offset into whatever space the animation transform curve needs and can't find anything about that specifically on google either. I tried numerous transforms back and forth now and don't know what else to try. Anyone who did something like this before or has some ideas?

(ping when answering since i might miss it otherwise)

[steep mountain]

https://i.gyazo.com/e406cb2653e2800d1571040ac6032e96.mp4

Hey Everyone!

I have very little Unreal Engine experience and I need some help.

I am trying to export an animation from Maya to be used inside Unreal but the Character rig I am using in maya has a separate Accessory that doesn't get through the export.

There is 1 mesh where it is the full body of spiderman and then there is a separate mesh with blend shapes that are the eyes.

Eyes were just constrained to the head controller and UE didn't recognize that at all so I made a joint skinned the eyes to the joint and placed the joint inside the Head joints hierarchy. Now unreal sees the eyes as a mesh but it still wont follow the head. What can I do inside maya or UE to make sure that the mesh of the eyes stays connected to the head?

Thanks!

[tropic basin]

@steep mountain not sure if it's "right" but you could just use sockets to attach the eyes inside ue4

[steep mountain]

Thanks for the reply! I am not familiar with what that is. Is there an easy way to match exactly what I have in maya in unreal? For the placement of the eyes.

[tropic basin]

A socket is basically a point attached to a bone that holds its local postion in relation to the skeleton.. most commonly used for weapons and stuff

[steep mountain]

So does every character imported into UE needs to be a single mesh? Can I not have accessories like a hat for example as seperate mesh without making it a socket?

[tropic basin]

Not as a separate mesh i don't think so

Fairly sure you need to attach accessories to a socket in the animation editor and character BP

Check out the dev squad channel on youtube. He covers how to add and set up sockets

[steep mountain]

thanks

[magic fern]

Hello, I tried setting up a responsive foot animation for my player following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK9rQzbSzio&ab_channel=CodeLikeMe . However, nothing changes.

[warm island]

In maya, when exporting a skeletal mesh and importing it into unreal, the mesh part of it gets treated as a skeleton.
Does anyone have a tip on how to avoid that?

[minor lichen]

Hi all. Are there any generous souls out there who would be willing to walk me through some of the the logic of the Control Rig Sample? I am trying to do some very minor adaptations to account for a character who is in heels, and it is not going smoothly so far. I'm sure if I had someone I could ask a few questions of I'd pick up a lot very quickly but I'm not finding the sample itself to be self explanatory.

[restive star]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/822171605551022101/830650691063250944/attack.mp4

Can anyone help me why my second animation, goes forward, but doesnt stay there?

I am using anim montages

[cosmic delta]

@restive star you have to activate the check root motion in the animation and if you're launching from an AnimBP the settings must allow root motion. Before continue read this; https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/RootMotion/index.html

[formal quartz]

I'm using again the Mr.Mannequin tools on blender, I'm getting used to the workflow, I just can't get a hang of the bones/rig rotation and position. I'm trying to do a somewhat cartoon spin animation, but the mannequin is so humanoid that I can't make these non realistic animations. How do you guys deal with this problem in general in animation? Do i have to rotate certain parts to get the right pose?

[formal quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/omg-friends-happy-gif-12678316

Ok, if anyone is having the same problem, I got it

for controlling the elbows alone, use the red sphere thingy

i rewatched the live training video where they make a dab pose. I can't believe i didn't notice it

[plain spade]

root motion animation work in the air .. any fix?

[cosmic delta]

@plain spade try change the movement type of the character to flying and in the blend out back to walking. If that doesn't works check the same animation with the UE mannequin

If works with the mannequin it's your model's fault

[half willow]

hello, i'm trying to play a montage, but after 1 second or something like this, it just stops, do somebody knows how i can resolve this ?

[cosmic delta]

@half willow you're playing the montage and after that you're executing another animation. Just be sure the node to continue it's in completed

[half willow]

that's all

that's the single montage i have

[cosmic delta]

@half willow use the play montage that has a clock in the icon (asynchronous), the one that has as output blend out, interrupted and loop

[half willow]

it is not interrupted

it say that it is completed but the animation is not played 100%

just like 20-40%

[cosmic delta]

Then you tried with other play montage node?

[half willow]

yes

[half willow]

i got it working after i changed some options, thx anyway for trying to help me

[restive star]

can anyone tell me how to add two button combo for animation montage! I am new to blueprints and I dont know how to setup two button combo for an anim montage

[restive star]

and please also tell me how to switch blendspace! I want to change animations when weapon is not in hand and when its in hand!

[tepid inlet]

Get PowerIK

Its a free plugin on the marketplace and will handle all IK for you

very easy to set up and use

[magic fern]

Awesome. I will give it a try soon and see how it goes. Thanks!

[vapid ibex]

In this text found on the UE4 animation optimization documentation (https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/Optimization/index.html), do they seriously mean that we shouldn't do anything in the Event Graph for the sake of optimization?

[delicate junco]

Yeah basically you'd do everything in C++ and then make a derivd BP out of it in which you'd only make your anim graph

[shell imp]

Hello do you know if Presto will be available for public?

I'm wondering why there are no professional software specialized in animation out there?

https://presto-animation-software-free-download-848.peatix.com/ wtf 😂 😂

[shell imp]

also premo from dreamworks

[vapid ibex]

Dang, thanks for the reply. UE4 is really misleading like that, with how it gives you the event graph and even provides you with some even nodes to work off from, without hinting anywhere in-engine that it's bad practice if you want optimization smh

[misty dagger]

hey guys 🙂 can you use a implementable event from c++ in animation blueprints?

[plain drift]

Is it possible to use an animation asset variable on a character blueprint as an animation node inside an animation blueprint?

[charred steeple]

Guys, what are the rules of rigging character for UE4?

Especially for correct IKs

I have this at the moment, and problem is that when im using inverse-kinematics, legs start to bend in 60 places, but should only in 2...

so x should be forward?

Oh, ofc, i forgot i can disassemble ready assets

okay, got it i think

yep, developers use only Maya afaik

I guess it's part of FBX format, it converts axis sometimes

but im not sure how it works

hmmm, then it's strange

[tall knoll]

how do I get the result of main animation in my post process animation ?

[charred steeple]

That's just what i am doing 😄

[static falcon]

I've asked this before but with no success... the skill and complexity gap between the paragon asset character's blueprints and the ALS is so huge, is there anything in between that I can learn from?

Doesn't have to be free, any paid ones?

I just find it so complex to me that I can't even begin to dissect it

it's like taking apart a toy vs an iphone to me

I guess so, but I don't even understand how all these function libaries, macros, etc

Any you recommend?

I've done that much

okay thank you I'll look into that one

I made this mando ABP

but it was all done very simply using techniques from 3rd person char

Thanks, I've been tinkering for a while I just struggle with basic stuff like macro libraries and BPIs

[signal prism]

hello guys.i have one problem.please help me. when i import animation from blender to ue4 animation starts with A pose.how can i fix that /

?

[static falcon]

anyone tried this?

[undone vector]

https://gyazo.com/f4ca93a07277d887b4c67343dd454dd0

Anyone know why this is happening?

i looked in the asset settings and there is nothing with looping anims

the animation freezes for a second after every cycle

this is just in the blendspace btw, i havent done any ACTUAL anim blending yet

its just the jog animation

[minor lichen]

Can anyone help me understand how to create an animation that blends between two pose assets using curves? The docs basically say that you can and demonstrate an example of it in action, but doesn't say how to actually set it up: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/AnimPose/index.html

[tired acorn]

Hello, when I import my character FBX from blender in UE4 animations aren't wrorking, I get some blank animations. Any ideas? Thanks.

Like there is no mesh

[delicate junco]

probably a scale problem, try to reimport with 100 for the "uniform scale" param

[tired acorn]

100 not 1?

I did that but still the same problem

[cyan canopy]

Anyone know a free jumping stages pack?

[delicate junco]

That was a guess, there's a ton of scale issues that can happen with Blender/UE4 if you don't set the scale correctly in the former. Did you export using the official Blender to UE4 exporter ?

[tired acorn]

Uhm I used FBX is there an official Blender to UE4 exporter?

[tired acorn]

Also when I check the mesh it's fine

Oh u were right it's a scale problem

Oh u were right it's a scale problem

The character is so small in the animator

[delicate junco]

What I used to do was using a Blender scene units set to metrics with a 0.01 scale then importing with a 100 scale factor in Unreal

[delicate junco]

yeah you can get it on the Epic Games' repository (you need to log in with a git account linked to your epic account to see it)

[tired acorn]

Oh thanks I'll try both the scale thing and the official exporter.

[delicate junco]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apa9EXI2KZA&list=PLZlv_N0_O1gZfQaN9qXynWllL7bzX8H3t

Their plugin basically uses fbx as an intermediary format but it's pretty convenient once you get used to it. You can send everything directly from Blender with a few clicks.

[tired acorn]

lol I scaled it in blender to 0.01 and 100 in ue4 and it works

[tired acorn]

Oh cool I might use it thanks.

[signal prism]

please help me. when i import animation from blender to ue4 animation starts with A pose.how can i fix that

[opaque stirrup]

You guys know Mr mannequins tools 1.4 is out?

https://gumroad.com/l/MrMannequinsTools

Free stuff

Been super excited for this update, I liked 1.3 but had some issues, this version seems like a big upgrade

[whole lake]

This is a neat plugin for people who know how to rig 😄

I still need to learn blender modelling because I don't have the monetary resources to hire a modeler 🙂

Then after that, I need to learn 2d drawing for the textures 🙂

Then animation

Total: 5 years before I start my game 🙂

By then I'll be 52 years old

[opaque stirrup]

Yes I feel that

[minor lichen]

@whole lake It's not my favorite software in the world, but you may want to check out Character Creator 3 from Reallusion

assuming you're wanting to work with humanoid characters

[tranquil lark]

I created an anim_notify state, how am I supposed to get a reference to an event raised by that state? I read that anim_notify is supposed to be accessible from the animBP, but I can't find it. Is there some kind of setup that I'm supposed to do? A checkbox somewhere? I tried the Receive Notifies from Linked Instances and still didn't see any events for it.

[misty dagger]

I'm trying to set up animation mirroring (to avoid sliding in my blends). For example, if my character stops their "running" animation with their right foot having just planted on the ground — it will use the "idle" animation that has its right foot forward. And vice versa, if the player's left foot has just landed, it will use a mirrored "idle" animation where the left foot is forward.

I was planning on using "notify" to toggle data storing which foot is forward, and using that to select between two identical but mirrored animation assets. I'm curious if anyone has any ideas for an alternative approach that doesn't require doubling the number of required animations.

[vapid ibex]

Is this how I'm supposed to be accessing my data in the anim graph?

By showing inherited variables with this button...

...and then just straight up using the proxy struct?

[vapid ibex]

Or is it like so, without any breaking happening? I assume it might be equivalent?

[vapid ibex]

A bit late, but did you ever figure out if this question has a sensible answer? Because this is really confusing for me to - I HAVE to access the anim instance don't I?

[jolly osprey]

no clue it's been a while

[vapid ibex]

I figured 😅

[misty dagger]

Lol, looks a little outdated https://docs.unrealengine.com/udk/Three/AnimationMirroring.html

[hushed stratus]

Hey all.
does anyone know why it's not working?

it's printing ###################### OR nothing if i don't use append node

and i am not getting player ref either

i am using this animation on AI Enemy

so i need reference of Player (if you think i need to use TryGetPlayerPawn node).

technically it shoud work right?

Player pawn is VR_Motioncontrollerpawn from vr template

GetPlayerPawn is working for other blueprits and even for other animation blueprint that are on the same level for different enemy character.

but for this enemy character it's not working

I had double-checked that, this enemy character is using this animation class and on the output log logging statement showing this class's name so I am sure that this class is being the class that is assigned to the enemy class.

Does anyone know what might going wrong, or what should I do to fix it?

ok new update i am not getting valid player pawn

now the questing is why?

I should be getting a valid player pawn with GetPlayerPawn right?

[cosmic delta]

@hushed stratus your enemy isn't a player pawn, so it'll return always none. Try with get pawn owner.

[misty dagger]

Uhm can you really not create a blueprint animation library like you can with blueprint function libraries? I'd like to share animations across multiple widgets but idk how

Maybe I can just use a container and a named slot

[paper imp]

Hello, I have an issue with the animation of the main character

My main thing is that the animations does not blend properly

[whole lake]

The installation is crashing all over the place 😄

[peak dome]

Is it possible to make my player immediately move on to another animation once the previous animation is finished?

Can I tell when the animation is finished?

[tropic basin]

@peak dome transition using a notify

[woven mesa]

I am trying to get my character from Blender to UE. I have armature (rig), mesh and several animations, few with root motion. I was able to create two situations. I am transferring everything using export / import one FBX file.

1. I have one more bone before root and my root animation is not working.
2. I used "hack" I found somewhere, that naming armature "armature" will solve that bone but in this situation UE doesn't recognize armature in file. Thanks for any help.

[restive star]

can anyone tell me how to setup two key presses to play one anim montage?

[ruby trench]

Hello, I want to make a complex scifi door opening animation, but I don't know the recommended way to do this.

• I want to reuse the blueprint, so using an asset sequence doesn't seem appropriate.
• By using some Timeline in blueprints with static meshes, I know I can do achieve it but it is not easy to author.
• So I am trying to use skeletal mesh animations from Houdini, but I don't find much resources for this (except character rigging and animation).
• One thought I had also, was to animate inside Houdini and then exporting curves, and importing those as timelines in Unreal. But it is like implementing an animation player in blueprint...

So, how would you make a complex scifi door animation for Unreal?

[shut kraken]

How complex you talking?

[ruby trench]

@shut kraken a quick reference of what I am looking for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_3soMdP98&ab_channel=SocialMedia
The idea is to have multiple elements moving ("bolt" going inside, part moving around the lock, tube connecting/disconnecting) and those needs to be sequenced together

But the more general question is about how would you author complex animation for non organic objects? It can be mecha, moving turrets on tripods, automated arms in a factory

It feels like that when animations becomes complex you have to go through the skeletal animation system

[bronze osprey]

you can animate mechanical with timelines

sometimes material even

i would prefer bones over multiple components in a BP but both can be done, performance wil be diffrent, not better or worse

[shut kraken]

I would drive an animation with an alpha variable, also use it for materials etc

basically the Time variable

if it must pause, unpause, otherwise be more interactive than just playing an anim

otherwise I'd just make a montage with float tracks to drive the mat

[ruby trench]

So you would create a skeletal mesh and animate it, and in unreal you have a blueprint that drives the animation and sync the other effects (like mat)

[bronze osprey]

@ruby trench https://youtu.be/EBu0ktvYxmo?t=2015

timestamped

it will be waaaay more easy to make minor adjustments

and sync stuff up

1 timeline drives multiple bones and stuff like that

you can keep adding stuff and make super complex anims for mech stuff

[ruby trench]

Thanks for the link! Indeed, this sounds way easier

[bronze osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-the-way-dancing-grooving-star-wars-stormtrooper-gif-17945460

like the finger and trigger get moved with the same var

thats the stuff you want

if you keyframe a door like that, its gunna be hell, if you want to make adjustments to the skel animation later its gunna be even more hell

[raw bay]

Hello, so I'm trying to create a simple animation where a ball floats up/down infinitely in the air (which also slowly spins, but I got that part). Of course, connecting two 'AddActorLocalOffset' nodes creates and infinite loop that unreal does not like. Any tips on how to modify this to what I'm looking to do?

[misty dagger]

@raw bay I believe it's an infinite loop because the output pin of the second AddActorLocalOffset node goes into the first. Why have you done that?

Does anyone know how to delete "sync markers"? They don't show up in the "manage notifies" window.

[raw bay]

that was my initial attempt at looping.

[misty dagger]

@raw bay I see. Well this logic is coming from Tick which itself is the "game loop"

So whatever you setup will happen over and over, no need to feed the execution pin back around.

[timber perch]

Is it possible to vertex snap a BSP vertex to a static mesh vertex? I have tried but failed, still I hope that there is a way?

[nimble silo]

How can I change the way two animations are blended together during a transition? I have a bone that spins around backwards where it should just rotate slightly forward

[static falcon]

The animations just go from one to the other so if its doing something like that then the rotation values on your animation might be jacked

Or have you set the animation to be additive or something?

[bronze osprey]

sounds like quaternions

gimbal lock

[random sparrow]

Making some anims in blender with the UE4 to rigify, when they come back into UE4 the feet have some extra rotation, can't figure out why... the rest looks good

[random sparrow]

okay mayyybe because the Anim I exported was Additive or something... Works fine when I modify eg Walk anim

[cinder holly]

does anyone here know of any ways to control the speed of a blendspace inside a chracter_BP?

[cosmic delta]

@misty dagger the root motion animation move the character itself, if it's real root motion at the end of the animation the character should be where supposed. If the animation it's root motion but the check of the root isn't checked the character can move while the animation plays and when finished it'll return where he started the animation. The easy way to check that it's that in the animation itself in the editor the character should stay in the middle. The animation in game moves the character right.

[tropic basin]

Hey has anyone used cascaduer?

[static falcon]

Messing around with this month's free asset

[bleak star]

How does one reconcile montages <-> anim graphs/ state machines?
I'm confused because it seems like state machines transform your character to different animations based on state such as speed/falling, but they seem self contained only allowing their anim graph to change their variables
Meanwhile there's montages which you play directly from your character blue print

Just having trouble identifying how certain things should be done. Like i see for attacks you might play a montage, but that's seperate from your state machine?

[static falcon]

Montages have lots of usage it seems, Wes Bunn described them as like a DJ remixing animation clips

good for fight combos and things

For example (his example) loading a shotgun, you might need to play the bullet loading animation X number of times, then close the chamber

[bleak star]

Okay so you could loop a reload animation dynamically

[static falcon]

Yep. And you can use them to play into animation slots, to have them play on select parts of the body.

[bleak star]

But what about the whole state machine approach like i see the default 3rd person character has BP that makes things jump, and then there's a state check for jump in the state machine.

But like if i say "attack" and play a montage

is that seperate from the state machine?

and if so, i'm struggling to see the purpose of state machines besides super periphreal stuff

[static falcon]

Yeah I think the montages are good for one-off things like attacks

[bleak star]

like i think i saw someone say you might write a state machine to decide how to animate a single hand

[static falcon]

There's just more than one way to do things, and they have different advantages

[bleak star]

based on your movement or w.e.

[oblique cape]

what are you talking about?

blending animations or?

[bleak star]

I'm just trying to understand a bit more about how to "properly" do things like attacks. Like i found a tutorial about combo attacks and he just used a BP to call montages to play

and then ignore the state machine, but did make a blend

so i got a bit confused about the point of the state machine

[oblique cape]

i tried to make animation blend twice earlier today

but didnt work

im quite new to coding so i dont know everything

[static falcon]

iGotThis, take a look at the Shinbi Character demo BP, it uses both state machine and combos, and it's the best guess I have really. Statemachine is used for locomotion mostly, and Montages are used for attacks/combos

[bleak star]

Hm yeah locomotion is a better term

That makes what i'm observing more apt

[static falcon]

I used montages for my roll animation too because it uses root motion and locked player input for the duration

Honestly I don't know the exact why because I'm still learning too, but like you say it's just how I've seen it done by everyone else and I'm following suit.

definitely easier to play a montage because you don't have to talk between the animation blueprint and the blueprint so much

[bleak star]

Hm yeah actually that Shinibi one is helping a bunch

like i didn't know there was another entry point into the event graph for when animations are trigered

[static falcon]

I wish they would make a more elaborate one for download... they said they would in a livestream and never did

things like turn in place animations I'd like to see how they are done properly

[slate trench]

I'd honestly just download some projects and see how they do it. There are ways to automate it without needing animations tho. I believe the plugin moveit is doing that? There's a lot of different approaches depending on what you want.

[grave gust]

Hey guys, hope you are doing great!
Who somebody can tell me how i can spawn a particle system to every bone of my fracture object?

This method does not work correctly: Screenshot

[tropic basin]

Why are you taking a random socket name rather then looping through all the socket names

And why on tick?

[bleak star]

Yeah probably to fire an event on some condition and then do it or fire off another check at a later time right?

[static falcon]

cat simulator 0.1

[static falcon]

Can anyone help me to understand how to hang on the edges of a ledge and pull up? Would love to add that here 🙂

[bleak star]

I did something like this in college in Unity but i'm pretty sure similar concept exists here. Sorry if i mix up terminology but i think i'm getting the hang of this (only been learning unreal for like 1 or 2 weeks passively)

1. Detect incoming ledges using a ray trace/cast?? can't remember the name
2. If you hit some object within X units check to see if they match a grabble object (use tags i think?)
3. If they are in that location it seems like you have two options. Play the montage for a ledge pull either use root motion and translate the model (probably the way to go) or not use root motion and hopefully the animation matches the height of the ledge

@static falcon

Actually now that i thought about it, yeah i rememberd a bit more

instead of just ray tracing. Create a collision sphere without any actual collision around you (can use it for item pickups too) and upon collison, ray trace going downwards at certain thresholds. Switch between super low ledge/low ledge/medium ledge/high ledge/super high ledge

I'm sure someone with real experience can give a better solution

yeah by the switch i meant you need to decie what sort of "ledge" climb you'll need

a little hop, or w.e.

[vapid ibex]

Anyone got an idea why calling Montage_Stop with 0 blend time only visually disables the montage about 2 frames later?

Oh, dang

Does it make sense that if I add global time dilation those 2 frames become a whole second?

Hmm, oddly it does become a whole second

maybe its something else after the rendering delay

Awesome, thanks for the help 😍

I think that that whole second thing might actually be on my part

Btw, I did notice that when I evaluate the animation normally through the AnimGraph, no such delay exists

Is it only for montage-related threads?

Yeah actually drop the word threads lol, is the delay problem only applicable to montages, do you think?

Aye, I think I'll look into it a bit more, because the delay in my testing is only for montage animations, I can see other things updating correctly (which is how I noticed the problem, through the differences)

[nova mantle]

does any 1 know what a small dot next to a bone hierarchy cell means?

[static falcon]

why aren't these blocking my character?

And what does the lock mean on the physics body at the top? can I unlock it?

Oh I see that means kinematic...

I got it to work, sorry, had it set to "use complex as simple" and needed "use simple as complex" 😕

[bronze basin]

hey

can anyone help with animation

and rigging,

[oblique cape]

i made a stamina system but its not regening

does anyone know why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUAvmje9Pyg&ab_channel=MattAspland

thats the tutorial i used

oh

lmao

i had 0 in max stamina

[inland orbit]

Hey folks! I'm trying to get a PostProcessing AnimationBlueprint to run. I've linked it in the SkeletalMesh asset and I used a 'LinkedAnimGraph' node to get the output of the normal AnimBP, but something weird happens. Basically to me it looks like the animations in the state machine are not updated, or rather, they are only updated whe a state transition happens. So basically I have an idle and a run animation. I see the character frozen until it transitions between the two. During the transition it plays the blended animation for a short moment. After the transition is done, I get a frozen pose from the new state. Can anyone make anything of that? Anyone here get PPABPs to work?

[spark otter]

In the control rig editor my rig looks like this...

But in the viewport...It looks like this...

how do I fix it?

[faint oar]

I've seen in some videos that you can take a pose and can of blend it with your locomotion to create, say, the effect of being carrying a weapon without needing to make a full state machine for a weapon. I have no idea how is this called, can anyone point me in the right direction?

[last depot]

Anyone know if the Maya rigging toolkit is still supported?

4.26 doesnt seem to come with it.

[slow flare]

why does my animation blueprint not have valid access to it's pawn owner?

(During runtime)

[distant valley]

Is it not possible to attach a preview mesh to virtual bone?

[real orchid]

Hey guys, is it possible to easily animate 2 meshes at 1 time with montages? I am using a hulled mesh to provide an outline on my characters and I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to play montages on both skeletal meshes at the same time without having to call Play Montage twice (once for each mesh)

[azure roost]

Any idea why I can´t import my camera from 3ds max to Unreal via FBX?
When I try to import it, the import button is just greyed out...

[whole blaze]

you can't import cameras and lights

[inland orbit]

so to answer my own question: Apparently you need to disable the "Use Multithreaded Animation Update" flag in the class settings for PostProcessingAnimBP to work.

[minor lichen]

I'm really intrigued by this talk on procedural pose animation and am curious how we might accomplish something similar within UE4. I'm also not the most experienced animation programmer. Anybody have any ideas about what this might look like in UE? The results seem really amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjTU0yKS00

It seems like something that Control Rig would be great for, but I really don't have the depth of expertise to know how such a system could be engineered

[polar magnet]

how could i shake the character while still playing the default animations?

like walking and stuff but the character is shaking

[static falcon]

I think there's a spring node or something

[pastel roost]

is it just me or do anim notifys at frame 0 sometimes not trigger?

[cosmic delta]

@pastel roost I noticed that time ago, not always but I don't know for sure the pattern.

[pastel roost]

yeah and only on a specific animation not all of them

[warm island]

Is there a way to add 2 virtual bones per bone? ALS did it somehow...

[tropic basin]

@minor lichen I'm working on something like that with a physics sim on top for body collisions and things. Shoot me a dm if you wanna talk about it

[chrome mountain]

is it possible to do animation re targeting at runtime ?

[tropic basin]

To what end?

[chrome mountain]

meta human

i want my boi kwame to copy the mannequins animation

especially since quame has no ik bones

so i think it would be a lot better if he just copied the mannequins bones

but this is what happens when I try that

the one on the left is using this node to copy animation

[icy haven]

i am importing an animation and model i made that has a rigify rig on it and the stretch physics are getting all wonky in the import so basicaly the stretching part of my animation is getting smacked up in ue4 the imput or blender

[uneven wigeon]

is there a way to slow down a part of animation without doing it in other software? For example i want to make an animation slower half way through it or after frame 20.