Dragons & Robots - Adding Life to Giant Creatures | GDC 2024

Using some of our latest and greatest engine features, we will demo how to fully rig and animate giant creatures without leaving the editor.

[@Tsukasaelk10]

You just sped up workflow by so much for current and future projects. Amazing.

[@HighlightRiel]

Unreal is godsent. The animation workflow is so much fun and easier. Thank you unreal!!!!

[@someone_who_looks_like_me]

The modular rig is a great idea, however I think you should team up with Lincoln Margison and make a procedural animation generator based on it. sort of, in my opinion it would be a logical progression of the idea.

[@alalmalal]

🔥🔥🔥

[@TheBobbyStyles]

There way ahead of you here lol

[@LimitedPerfection]

This. I can see the combination of the modular rigging and procedural modules being incredibly powerful.

[@endoflevelboss]

Also what would be cool would be if they integrated the experimental n-space field-munging beneath the precomputed hierarchy just to get sweet root n compute time 👏

[@Epic6Mepic]

Thanks for the demo!

[@l_t_m_f]

Really good tool and great showcase for it.

[@perfectionist724]

This is one of the many reasons I like ue. You guys give so many detailed presentations. Thank you epic! .. grateful ue developer

[@F4Phantom5657]

You made a jaded developer go "WOW". 😅 Awesome job, Epic Games.

[@alirezashahali7889]

after some time spent in unity, I can not wait to get back at unreal especially seeing this

[@GeekL30N]

Thank you

[@SuperLordee]

This is amazing!

[@perfectionist724]

Very cool!

[@chriscosby6612]

Geez. Amazing

[@syno3608]

Amazing

[@DaDarkDragon]

really hope the new gizmo with respect snapping settings in a future update

[@FrostedMike]

For the question at the start: I am here for both dragons and robots :) Couldn't have a better video on what I need for my project.

[@Copa20777]

Humanity has reached its peak, aliens should start showing up by now😂😂😂

[@kiaranr]

🤣

AI

[@FameAvenue]

Following along with a skeletal mesh and on the first step, the root was placed outside of the skeletal mesh...

[@SAURAVVISHNUGITTE]

Fast and to the point

[@RationalBike]

lets go!!

[@_dumb_duck]

amazing.....

[@DessertMonkey]

22:18 Adjusting keyframe values like this or with autokey currently eats up RAM for me for some bizarre reason. Had the engine crash a few times because of this, anyone else encounter this?

[@144digital]

It's nice

[@juanmilanese]

with all this tech behind epic could make an auto rigger like the one mixamo has right? something that auto skins and rigs to the default manequin for example?

[@DaDarkDragon]

Is there a way to convert/bake a modular to a normal control rig? I'd like to do some rig/model specific edits without having to rely on making a whole bunch of modules that clutter up the window.

[@Drakuba]

very cool, kinda wish he had atlast 2 hours of "in air" so we could make more deeper dives on everything :P

[@gh0stpyram1d]

cool

[@_Clivey]

11:28 I sometimes get that shadow texture ghost effect left on the ground as well sometimes. Anyone know how to stop it doing that? I don't get it anywhere else, just when the character moves. Tried messing with the Lit options, increase video memory, vulcan etc. Cant seem to get rid of it and its very random. Its probably a little tick option somewhere that ive missed

[@artofjhill]

wild

[@arttest0156]

soon unreal will also be a 3d modeling, Photo Editing, and Digital Audio Workstation as well.

[@warzonemoments4184]

Will you guys be releasing the 'Marsh' character so we can also practice? Would be extremely helpful

[@ryanisanart]

can we get a flood by polygroup? tough to rig mechs that were kitbashed together when the flood options get cutoff by uvseams/hardnormals

[@kiaranr]

Dev here. I'm literally working on that right now. So, yes :)

[@ryanisanart]

@@kiaranr hearts, love, all of those things ❤❤❤❤

[@uerenderman]

Super

[@indieguy7297]

WTF has Unity been doing the past 4 years?

[@nvmskullworks4794]

being wrung out for a buck.

[@AKThem06]

shutting down ziva

[@quackcharge]

added yet another render pipeline

[@abdullahtm.2135]

Flipping balls

[@the_shizon3322]

Destroying creative tools

[@user-cn9jy9hw6z]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@carlosrivadulla8903]

explain me the diff btw the Houdini APEX ctrl rig components and UE modular ctrl rig as if I were 5yo

[@zijun490]

Where Can I download Chinese "Long" Model

[@regiluthfi]

hi anyone, im new to UE do you rig the model in UE or other software and import them in UE?

[@casproduksiyoncasoyun4497]

Both yes

[@sne4ky1337]

you can do both. if ur modelling in blender might as well rig in there but now u can also add more bones in unreal without having to go back to blender

[@regiluthfi]

@@sne4ky1337 noted thanks dude

[@ANUBIS_game_dev]

Can we use it with 2d ?

[@Kheossun]

it really feels like there is someone on the side telling you to go faster

[@kvickart]

its a gdc presentation so they have a tight schedule to keep to

[@chasescooper]

This is actually true 😁

[@FameAvenue]

This would make more sense if I could do this with a static mesh and not just a skeletal mesh

[@kiaranr]

You can right click a static mesh and "Convert to Skeletal Mesh". It'll put a root bone at the origin, and weight the whole mesh to it. Just a place to start with.

[@ismaillinkin7896]

Can u make drift tuto.? 😢😅

[@ShiroiAkumaSama]

Sadly on my test model it doesn't work as intended (Daz Studio model exported directly as FBX), as controls get huge, but it is experimental yet and I am looking forward to it! Might as well be able to fix it with this video.

[@metafuel]

Just check the scale of your imported model. Test its size against the ue5 mannequin. It could be your scale that's off.

[@i.sebastian.c6563]

Autodesk is under ALERT! :)))

[@AKThem06]

give me my pelvis controller

[@mpsterprod]

LMAO

[@eert_wolliw]