![]() ![]() If you’re interested in learning more about the Unreal side of Animation Curves, and how they can be used to empower your character animation, VFX, and gameplay, my primer article Utilizing Animation Curves in Unreal Engine will be out very soon. I hope I’ve helped you figure out the process, and if you have any questions or suggestions for other techniques or things I’ve missed please drop me a message. That’s all there is to bringing in custom attributes from Maya. How to create Blender shape key animations and import them in. If you’re looking to bring in a custom attribute that only has a value of zero, you’ll need to uncheck this one. When i exported a character into unreal engine, there is alot of morph targets which i. Do not import curves with only 0 valuesīy default Unreal will not import ‘empty’ curves (those that are just a flat line with a value of zero) just to avoid the accidental import of a mess of unwanted curves with no data attached. If this box is checked then all of your imported attributes will be automatically set as Material Curves, and will automatically pass their values on to the materials you have applied to your mesh. If using this setting, remember to think twice before re-importing, especially if you’ve made any modifications within Unreal’s Animation Curve Editor. This means if you re-import the asset, it will wipe all existing curves and replace them with those stored in the fbx file. ![]() If set to true, this setting will delete all Animation Curve data on import. The FBX import panel also includes some optional settings that will affect how your custom attributes are interpreted: Delete Existing Custom Attribute Curves The Import Custom Attribute box will also need to be checked, for obvious reasons. Creating a custom attribute in MayaĬreating a custom attribute in Maya is just a matter of selecting the object to which you want to attach the attribute and selecting ‘Add Attribute’ from the Modify menu.Įven though your custom attributes are attached to your asset’s skeleton, you will still need to check the Animation box, or Unreal will ignore them. Although the pipeline from Maya to Unreal Engine can get a little complicated, for our purposes there are only a few steps involved to bring your custom attributes across.Īs far as I know this procedure will work in any version of Maya that can export to the fbx format, including both the educational versions and Maya LT. This Animation Curve is stored in the imported mesh’s skeleton asset.Īs you likely already know, the FBX format is incredibly versatile and it is one of the cornerstones of 3D content production for Unreal Engine. This process is not complicated, and will convert any valid custom attribute that is attached to a skeletal mesh’s joints into a corresponding float curve. They have a wide range of practical applications, from being the driving force behind your real-time VFX set pieces, to directly modifying game logic at runtime.Ĭreative use of Custom Attributes will completely change the way your game responds to your animation.Ĭustom attributes created in Maya can be imported into Unreal Engine as Animation Curves using the fbx format. I hope you find this useful.Custom Attributes are a powerful and hassle-free way of importing animation data from a range of digital content creation packages into Unreal Engine. If you add a prop (say a cube or a sphere), the process will not work.Īnd that’s it. This only works when you add accessories to your character using the Create Accessory command. When you import the animation into Unreal Engine, the weapon will also be animated. ![]() Then, in iClone you can animate the weapon, or any accessory the character has, and then export the animation as you normally do. However, this time the accessory will be added to the bone hierarchy as an animatable bone (on a side note, when you export directly from CC3, the accessory is still added as an extra bone, but for some reason it will not animate unless you manually animate it inside UE4). The character will still go through the UE4 auto-setup and you will still get the full quality character. Then, export your iClone avatar (animated or not, doesn’t matter) into UE4. What you have to do is export your CC3 character into iClone as an avatar (including the weapon). Solving this issue is pretty simple, though. However, when I imported my iClone animations (the animations included the sword pivoting as she swings her weapon to attack), I noticed the sword didn’t move at all. I usually export my CC3 characters directly into the engine (even the characters that have an accessory, in this case, a weapon), so, just like before, I exported my Doll into Unreal Engine. However, this time the game will be played on bigger screens so we need those details. For the original game for PS Vita, I didn’t animate the weapons because the screen was so small the weapon detail was lost. As I work on Killer Dolls Battle Arena, I need to animate the weapons for attacks and gallery poses. ![]()
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