How to make Character follow path | Blender 3.1 tutorial

[@escherita]

Really helpful. Here's a summary: 1. start with in place walk cycle 2. NLA -> choose action and armature -> strip options (right side, in NLA) -> action clip -> repeat animation several times, speed up animation 3. Now back to timeline - view from above - add path (top menu) - rotate path (left side) - tab for edit mode - select vertice and keep pressing E to extrude path. 4. To see which way path goes. Tab for edit mode - select path - overlays (top) - click "normals". 5. To move character to start of path. object mode -> select path, select character, ctrl P, parent using "path constraint" 6. To change direction of path -> edit mode, select (entire!) path, right click "switch direction". 7. Now parent character to path again using "path constraint" (after direction change of path) 8. Change orientation of character. Object mode. Select character -> "constraints" on right properties menu. Forward axis - -Z, Up Axis: Y. check "follow path". Click "animate path". 9. If character does not move, set Up Axis to Z. 10. If character slides along path - obj mode - select path -> Data (object data properties) on right -> path animation -> set frames higher (250). Now should work.

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[@chrisbonnie5464]

thank you for this, for anyone having trouble setting their object to the exact point of geometry origin, hit alt + g in object mode and it will place your armature/object at the beginning of the curve

[@-manuterodactilo-7177]

OMG! YOU'RE AMAZING! HOURS SPENT TRYING FIX THAT AND YOUR COMMENT SAVE MY DAY

[@nuke2625]

that was helpful thanx

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[@Bob65001]

THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU There is so much I don't know about blender. I am so far out of my league on this. You are very informative. You just showed me what I need to do to solve a problem I have been dealing with for DAYS

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[@Treaplscans]

The movement looks pretty realistic considering the very simple method!

[@leethememerwolf]

This is a huge game changer! A big thank you Balu

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[@gamin-d3g]

bro i loove you so much man omfg ive been looking for help for almost 2hrs for a project because i couldnt find why my object was goind to the end of the curve thank you such god bless brother!!!!

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[@Funnytoon70]

very nice brother, I did not understand even after watching 10 videos, but I understood completely in your video.

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[@wendysburgers4326]

Simple and fast method thanks, life saver

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[@ilragazzointerdetto]

Very clear and well explained, thank you!

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[@RodieOsc]

Golden Tutorial Thank You !!

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[@olorunsolaemmanuel]

Thanks so much for this tutorial, i got it at the right time i need it.😍😍😍

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[@curtsoulonline]

Fantastic tutorial ☀️

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[@marcus.isa.g]

Thanks for sharing! I used this technique with my camera movements.

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[@joe_fabricator]

Great tutorial, thank you. Saved!

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[@SWVNGGVNG]

Thank you, going to try this as soon as I get home

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[@gtaman1212]

thanks man that's a much easier way !

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[@gtaman1212]

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[@protibadimon4169]

Thanks for your tutorial ❤

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[@gamevoyager4764]

Wow!

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[@germanzilla958]

Thank you so much... I was animating it wayy diffrently and way more difficult way! Thank you so much ❤

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[@williamngowani6619]

Awsome❤This is a great tutorial

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[@jonnerjuandasihombing2832]

Thank you, it's really helpful

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[@AntonioToledoCGDEMOS]

Great Blender Tutorial, This Can Be Done In Unity Using Waypoints, Thank You For Sharing.

[@ThePhantomGazz]

Thank you kind sir. A simple and concise tutorial.

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[@johntorrington2672]

Very cool!

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[@AI_vdo_wala]

thank you , best toturial

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[@qlffl]

FYI now the normal option is in the box next to the Viewport Overlay, its called 'Curve Edit Mode Overlays'

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[@qlffl]

@@Baluprime no~ thank you! I have used your tutorial several times! Really useful thank you!!

[@M.L.M.]

great video! Thanks for the help!

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Awesome👏👍

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[@abhishekbanerjee1474]

Thanks a lot. It was really helpful.

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[@sultanmm2012]

to the point . thank you .

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Hello sir Just perfect❤❤

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[@john-El]

Very helpful! Thank you, sir!

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[@superherosenpai]

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[@hkcreativerse]

Helped Me A lot,

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Love it. Great video friend

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[@clicktokahani]

this hwlped me a lot thank you soooooo much

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[@krissosful]

Wow, looks amazing:)

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[@redneckcaseyjones]

Perfect thanks for the help!

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[@younasart5838]

Hi, I want to start my follow path animation from frame 500, not 0. What shall I do?

[@mystery_guy]

this is a big problem that very few tutorials address

[@zyadyounes8666]

ty dude

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[@Imran400e]

How to Stop a character on a specific place n do some activities n then again start walking on that path...any advice please..

[@nuke2625]

great video

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[@faujisimp7090]

Thank you brother

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[@RAMKURDIYA]

Informative thnx 👍

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[@lifesymbiont5769]

Thank you for the video

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[@imofox6380]

Is it possible to bake this into one animation to export for other 3d softwares like unreal engine?

[@rezaldyputra937]

hay balu, why doesn't the object stop at the end of the path? how to make the object stop at the end of the path?

[@Baluprime]

Hi...set end frame value in path properties...

[@maxomatic_]

is there a way to have the character pause or slow down or speed up along different parts of the path?

[@FernandoTrujilloSanz]

Is it posible to bake the final result into one action so you do not need the path anymore?

[@diki-art]

thank you

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[@Ankolopakona]

Thanks

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[@jonnerjuandasihombing2832]

Does this method work for blender 2.8 ? I use old blender version

[@Baluprime]

Yes...it will...

[@cgblenderespanol7181]

And after thta how can I bake to keyframes the motion following the path.? Please I can not fine a video explaining that.

[@sivatechintelugu97]

Good

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[@nickfai9301]

Hi, when I parenting the character to the path, the character is not at the beginning of the path or the end of the path. May I know why?

[@Kartell-hp3gi]

wow endless path and how can i stop the walk animation?

[@writersblock8493]

TY Balu

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[@pamecv4628]

Hi! Thank you so much for your video.I'm not fluent in English, but I'll try to explain my issue. I have a problem, and I don't know if anyone can help me, or if you can. I would be truly grateful because I don't know what else to do. I'm practicing and I added the animation to one of my characters. Everything seems fine, but the animation loops and doesn't progress along the path. I did everything as you showed us, but nothing works. What do you think I might be doing wrong? Or what would be the solution? Thank you for your help T-T.

[@Baluprime]

Hi...follow the tutorial below to make the character walk continuously and later make the character follow the path...kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnWTampsZ7mElZIsi=BsaBkEwZ829mUqrB

[@pamecv4628]

@@Baluprime HIIII!! THANK YOUU!!

[@spartan1993]

is possible link a sound with an actions?🤔

[@animacioneilustracion7883]

THANKS!!!!

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[@iteacheredumetaverse5417]

Can you please add how to export the file as a GLB. When I try there is no animation.

[@maximilianoloredo730]

how do i make it start the path at a different keyframe

[@EllaSenemar]

THANK YOU

[@Abmotsad]

On my Blender RGBA animation, the same glitch keeps happening. When the object - no matter what it is - enters the camera view, IT HESTATES FOR ONE SECOND BEFORE CONTINUING ACROSS THE SCREEN. It does it with a simple cube or a complex object (Japanese Zero) or anything else. Everything else is fine but that one little tick as it enters view. What is happening?

[@b.sujathasuja2720]

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[@nenikamou]

How do you fix the walk so it is proportionally fast to the character movement on the path? Otherwise it just looks like the character is being dragged around rather than walking on a path! Thank you!!

[@eliot17.1]

thnks man

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[@anthonyinabo2382]

thx

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[@wildfighter]

bro please make snake movement tutorial

[@Baluprime]

Checkout below link for tutorial bro... Thank you for watching and supporting me... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZKzkJeNl6uoesk

[@RuthRange]

I have done everything right but my character is only walking up to the last keyframe on the timeline which is at 24 and if I get the end to 250 my character starts to slide at the corners on the path...how can I fix this?..someone help me

[@jessycafonsecaaraujo385]

Amazing tutorial!! Thank you very much!!! It helped a lot!! I'm having a problem: after the path ends, my character keeps moving to infinity and beyond instead of stopping at the end of the pathline.. Has anyone had this problem and knows how to fix it? Thank u!!

[@jessycafonsecaaraujo385]

I've just figured the solution: following step 10, in path animation, there was a checked box named "follow". I unchecked this one and checked another called "clamp" and it worked.

[@3dandme777]

Thank you so much. I just tried doing this yesterday but failed and now I know what to do to make it work. Again thank you so much.

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[@Packmeacone]

can I do this in 2.8?

[@Baluprime]

I think it will work...

[@jamandro]

thank you for this tutorial , i have a problem in exporting i mean in blender all seams ok with the annimation but when i exported to fbx i didn't get the npc following the path and i get the error message multiple skeleton found when i tried to upload in the game any help please

[@comptech5240]

My path is having origin issues after parenting. Pls help

[@mayank2564]

I want to export this moving animation in fbx so that it runs in unity!! why is it not working when i export the file.

[@Kahveci86]

i have a question, i hope you see it. i have a plane but plane has no armature, can i do the follow path with the plane object?

[@Baluprime]

Yes...

[@Kahveci86]

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[@boberzragadik]

thanksssss... can you do a tutorial using plaskai and then retargeting it on blender and then cleaning the animation

[@Baluprime]

Hi... Recently only I came to know about Plask.Ai and still trying it out...

[@boberzragadik]

@@Baluprime oh okok.. i will be waiting for your tutorial i really learn alot from your vids 🙏

[@mohanarts1179]

post more begining tutorial

[@Baluprime]

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[@GiorgiGachechiladze02]

I want to make it stop at some point, it continues to go after the path finishes, how do I stop it?

[@Baluprime]

Hi...Reduce the timeline frames...

[@GiorgiGachechiladze02]

@@Baluprime it has that option called something like clip, to stop where the path ends. But now I have different problem, the key frames from timeline are gone and when I try to add different one after the walk path ends, it would cancel all the walk done before and start completely new key frame. Guess this is only for 1 walk animation alone and nothing added

[@MG619Day]

How can you export as a glb file but keeping the path follow movement?

[@fibredeneige]

Same question here. Even when baking keyframes, it goes super bad

[@dreamzhou7949]

Hi,I am looking for solution.If you solve it,please let me know

[@iteacheredumetaverse5417]

Same here, just sits still on export.

[@Ormeyuw]

Where can we find a model ? Thanks

[@Baluprime]

Hi...you can download model along with Animation from mixamo...

[@Ormeyuw]

@@Baluprime Thanks :)

[@jessecohen1]

Question: My character doesn't stop moving at the end of the path, how do I make that happen?

[@Baluprime]

Hi...adjust the frames count in Animation path...

[@jessecohen1]

@@Baluprime I figured it out, it was actually clicking the “clamp” checkbox that worked! Thanks

[@J.l198]

@@jessecohen1 where?

[@BencENagy-qh8lv]

This following function is so awesome, and this video is dope. But I have an additional question: I want to stop my object on the line for a couple seconds and then continue the route to the end. Can you or anyone help me with this?

[@roshankhandale4786]

Brother please make a pacman real life video in blender or in Adobe please. & its a nice video.

[@Baluprime]

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@@Baluprime thanks bro , im waiting

[@RS-tw9bu]

@@Baluprime Can I use Blender along with After Effects and Premier Pro in my Laptop Specs : i5 11gen, 8 gb RAM, with GTX 1650

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[@RS-tw9bu]

@@Baluprime Thanks!

[@АлимАдиль]

YOU MADE MY KEYFRAMES DISAPPEAR I CAN'T SEE THEM NO MORE

[@nenikamou]

When I select the armature and then the path and click CTRL - P to parent - path constraint, my character disappears!! Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you!

[@Baluprime]

Clear any parent if it exists by using Alt + p and select "clear parent" and parent again...

[@nenikamou]

@@Baluprime So I figured out that when I create my path in edit mode, if it is not in top view, it gets created in all 3 axes and then when I Scale it to 0 on the Z so it flattens out, you lose your object when you try to parent it to the path for some reason.

[@MEMOGRILLO]

doesent work in blender 4.2

[@deucessingh3996]

ARROWS NOT APPEARING

[@shayanroohbakhsh9321]

bullshit. doesn't work in new versions

[@MilotoR7292]

thanks you, its best guide

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[@Brycicle3d]

didnt work

[@mmmammma2490]

Very good Please see my test

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