How to Create Hair in Unreal Engine 5 - Groom Tutorial

[@Gaientv]

This is incredibly simple I dont understand why this tutorial didnt blow up !! thank you !

[@GorkaGames]

Haha Thank you!! I really appreciate it!!

[@keltar2007]

Yes. It's an awesome tut.

[@activemotionpictures]

@@GorkaGames it's really good. Thank you for sharing.

[@BloodHoundPL]

Great tutorial, iconic hairstyle :D If Unreal wants to import your Alembic (.abc) file as static/skeletal mesh, make sure to select proper extension (Alembic hair strands instead of all files).

[@settazadi]

You just saved my life

[@kameleonlight]

I import to Unrel 5.3 from Blender 4.1 and it just can do an static mesh... All export settings are good - what can i do?

[@nathanielcollins3351]

saw this thing in every gorka tutorial thought i might as well cop that

[@Kislyy404]

Very concise and helpful video, thank you

[@MudPieStudio]

Love this tutorial! Step by step and that helps a lot. Thank you! :)

[@sheikhsadab]

That's some boy band hair physics right there xD Jokes apart, super simple and effective tutorial, Cool work!

[@BlaCkOuT1290]

The first who include how to apply material!

[@GorkaGames]

😄😄

[@wielandsmith]

Thanks, this is exactly what I've been looking for!

[@3dblam]

Couldn't get this working for blender 3.5 > UE 5.1 - the alembic importer in UE just thinks its a normal mesh alembic, so the groom importer doesn't show up

[@gregorybennings8718]

Same. Did you find a fix?

[@cienciaycompo8263]

You need to activate groom plugins, alembic groom importer. Under Edit -> Plugins

[@almaBenDavid-wu8jm]

i screamed when it worked lol thank youuuu

[@vox_seven]

finally I tried this tutorial, followed step by step and it worked yeaaah😍👍👍👍

[@mickmeenan]

This is a great tutorial, thanks helped me out !!

[@XxDarkShadowLord6144]

10:30 for some dumbass reason I'm after doing everything this tutorial says and yet the import abc file would just be giving me "Failed to import . Failed to create asset. Please see Output Log for details."

[@erykstanko]

Try different version of the Blender. I also had this error when using Blender 4.1. In Blender 3.6.5 it was ok.

[@RayGatsu85]

gorka, this seems to only work for a manniquin or metahuman, because after doing everything just like you, I also tried it in several ways and when it came to creating the groombinding it gave me an error, with roots very far from the skeleton and as if the skeleton has no UVs therefore my skeleton does have UVs and I did the hair exactly the same as in your video, could you tell me how to solve this error?

[@Baleur]

This is insane dude

[@GorkaGames]

thanks man!

[@andcaru]

Great tutorial, Thank you for sharing !!

[@alexandremageau-petrin3821]

Awesome tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@ahs1295]

Really Great Tutorial!

[@GorkaGames]

thank you!!!

[@ninomancuso7021]

I notice when I add the binding asset in the blueprint, the hair disappears. Any idea what could be happening?

[@GorkaGames]

What could happen is 1) The position of the hair model changed, so set it to 0, 0, 0 2) The binding asset was not properly created, so try to create a new one

[@ninomancuso7021]

@@GorkaGames Thanks, still cant figure out the issue, I've done it precisely the way you did, my hair mesh widget is there, but the hair goes completely invisible or disappears??

[@MaikM7]

I have the same problem. Have you solved it?

[@MaikM7]

@@GorkaGames Thanks for the lesson! Could you tell me how this method is different from just attaching the hair to the head?

[@ninomancuso7021]

@@MaikM7 I have it attaching now, dont recall what i changed, but it wont track during animation or with streaming of mocap data in. It just stands in its original pose

[@Haniverse_00]

Thanks a lot!!! it's informative and very easy to follow with each step!))

[@Churcaps]

If it doesn't work in *UE5.1* -> *Plugins* -> *Activate Groom* + *Alembic Groom Importer*

[@joshuawilliams3207]

Thank you

[@avnikadubey8979]

Thank You Bro

[@present_artist1033]

lol there's always a plugin for everything! Thank you so much i was puzzled why it'd fail to import.

[@Quicksymphony]

Very nice. Though what about groom cards?

[@SebastianBarra-px6ds]

"Unknown file format: not a valid Alembic" activate all the corresponding plugins and settings, the same as at the beginning of the video... I don't know why it doesn't work :(

[@axlyy]

im having the same issue. did u solve it?

[@erykstanko]

Try different version of the Blender. I also had this error when using Blender 4.1. In Blender 3.6.5 it was ok.

[@erykstanko]

Try different version of the Blender. I also had this error when using Blender 4.1. In Blender 3.6.5 it was ok.

[@naytbreeze]

Can you do update on this ? The new hair system in blender 3.5 doesn’t seem to have emitter. How would you export to ue5.1 I can’t seem to get it to work using alembic it won’t load.

[@AliBounds]

Finally some shade for my character awesome

[@GorkaGames]

thanks!!

[@AliBounds]

@@GorkaGames your welcome

[@stevens3d]

Thanks a lot !! How can i add a wind force on my hair ?

[@devilsplague6666]

this is cool nice one

[@GorkaGames]

thanks!

[@diluciousOK]

Thanks for the tut!

[@mrSidko]

Nice! Very nice! It`s works for me!

[@yarosyari3516]

I saw fur and the others prefabs in maya xgen or arnold ai shaders... but I've lost the place, maybe you can point where I can find those prefabs to make my fur ect.?

[@adler3d]

Tutorial Perfeito!!! Obrigado!!

[@diamondglitter205]

The x-ray button next to wireframe to select through the mesh. Shortcut: Alt + Z.

[@FancyFun3433]

ran into this error and can't find a solution.... "atleast one group contains more control points per curve than allowed limit max 255 control points beyond that limit will be Trimmed " now the hair I spent a while working on doesn't work because software says so...

[@fluidexpressions6856]

thank you so much! 9:30 for export settings

[@TestDummyGamesOFAC]

My multi object mesh clumps together at center when importing.

[@腊椒]

Groom hair doesn't seem to be able to preview on mobile devices. Help me out

[@luaykashef]

Hello, when I try to Import the hair to unreal engine Im getting an error message "Not a valid Alembic"

[@GorkaGames]

Make sure that you correctly applied the exact export settings as I did. First of all exporting as alembic (not FBX, which can be a comun mistake 🤣), and then setting the size correctly, the selected and visible objects only etc. Let me know if you have any other problems

[@mucahitklc9267]

Ben farklı bir yere çıktı alınca sorun çözüldü

[@Starxnx]

The file path must be in English

[@UNDERKING_UDK]

@@Starxnx Your writing saved my life, thank you :) Error solved

[@wolfiedgr8t]

Thanks for tutorial, very interesting 🧐

[@GorkaGames]

thank you!! 😄

[@FPChris]

I assume you make 1 binding per character that uses it?

[@Crimson2209-p5y]

when i hit simulate nothing happens any idea on how to fix it

[@GorkaGames]

do you mean the hair physics?

[@randomtask99]

I managed to get this working by putting hair on the top of a icosphere and the exported Alembic file was 600kB. But when I tried adding hair to my own 40k triangle mesh the exported Alembic file was only 600 bytes. The small file imported in Unreal but nothing showed up. If I import it back into Blender nothing shows. Is there a bug in Blender where this export doesn't work for large meshes?

[@plagiats]

When brushing I believe you can activate mirror to do both sides at once

[@GorkaGames]

Yeah you are right, I didn't do it because I was just showcasing it and making it fast, but great tip!

[@plagiats]

@@GorkaGames I wonder if very thick stylized hairs (ex: Ryder from Paw Patrol) could work with this system. I'm thinking under 50 strands and super thick width... I'll try

[@GorkaGames]

@@plagiats Yeah try it! It probably will look very cool with physics enabled at the end

[@juanterpolilli8007]

hey! your video is great thank you for your step by step :) however was i import into ue5 it seems to not show my hair ;( do you happen to know why?

[@devilsplague6666]

Any chance you can drop the fun build you playing with on hear.

[@GorkaGames]

do you mean the build system that I posted on twitter? Rn I am just playing with it, but I will be making a tutorial about it!

[@devilsplague6666]

@@GorkaGames yeah bud that's the one

[@juzzang49]

Thank you!

[@Vince-br3we]

heyy there, really great tut, tanks therefore. I was hoping you guys and maybe you @GorkaGames too, could help me. When applyling physics too my Hair, my model beneath it and the structure of my Hair collapses. Did someone know why? Thanks guys

[@eriklarsson7933]

Thank you very much!

[@TheIcemanModdeler]

Has anyone tried the Hair modeling toolset plugin for UE5? I see no documentation or videos on it.

[@techlangonline6131]

how come I dont have the plug in tab under edit?

[@DailyPaily]

Very cool, con lana y peluche debe ser la leche. Que programa recomiendas para hacer un keko from the scratch, Blender + Cascadeur ?

[@GorkaGames]

Gracias! Si con un peluche se tendría que ver todo guapo. Te refieres para hacer animaciones etc? Pues no he tocado Cascadeur, pero por lo que he oido tiene muy buena pinta. Yo solo he hecho animaciones en Blendrer y en 3Ds Max, los dos son my buenos. Asique te recomendaría usar Blender, y te recomendaría tambien Cascadeur con solo lo que he escuchado jaja, así que si quieres pruébalo, pero yo la verdad que no hago tantas animaciones etc, entonces no se que decirte.

[@joesherman5209]

What if you created a custom hair asset with Reality capture of your character how do you get Unreal to accept this as groom asset

[@MikBurlak]

So it is working in Editor but when I package the game, the hair starts to behave strangely. It seems the physics no longer work, and the binding asset does not keep the hair attached to the head. Did someone has similar problem?

[@arvinmayorgaable]

can I ask, what gpu did you use?

[@GorkaGames]

I use a GTX 1080

[@Disgruntled_Old_Man]

I need a better explanation on why I wouldn't want to use a socket for the hair. I'm planning on building a character creation menu to allow potential players of UE 5 creations to customize their character. When building selectable hair assets I was planning on making them attach to a socket in order for the hair to be displayed in game in a realistic manner. Why exactly is using a socket for hair a bad idea?

[@garrytalaroc]

can I customize the hair physics such that I want only some parts of the hair to move, not all?

[@ERGame]

You can but you have to create multiple groom hairs, like one for short hairs where you don't want physics and another one for longer hairs where you apply the physics, and just put two grooms object on you character on UE

[@crusaderpr7683]

how can you change the color of the hair?

[@Vasya_Bosyakov]

First of all thank you for your videos, its best tutorials on KZbin indeed! I follow step by step and finally it working on Blender 3.6 and UE 5.3.2. But I meet problem - simulation physic do not work correctly while hairs long enough and get lower than models shoulder, hairs pushed up. Everything correct with disabled simulation. Have anybody the same? Is it UE bag or I do somethig wrong?

[@Vasya_Bosyakov]

Solved it, its bad physic asset for custom mesh. This default mannies works perfect

[@reyncz]

It does not work for me. Instead of Groom import options, I have Alembic Cache options when I import the file in. I installed the plugins and enabled the skin cache. I am however using a custom character, not the mannaquin from UE5. However I feel like that should not be a problem. Would you have an idea for a solution? edit: I think I found the problem, I did not use the hair particle system, as I made a model hair. I think that is why it did not import as groom. I guess you have the use the blender hair

[@lomushv]

You need to enable the groom alembic import plugin.

[@reyncz]

I know, I mentioned that I have enabled the plugins, the problem was that I did not use the hair in blender, but instead the mesh. Thank you for your reply anyway though@@lomushv

[@sebixxs7967]

I cant import the hair. It says Unknown format alembic

[@Ryuuoujin]

Same here. Any idea how fix it?

[@aaronmunoz3423]

Aye bro do yk how to make it wet like when it rains so it could appear like wet can u make a tutorial

[@ThatGuyOnBlue]

I can't open the hair, when i open it, it is a dark screen whith no hair

[@B31L]

cool

[@GorkaGames]

thanks 😀

[@fireandsteel3100]

thank you

[@GorkaGames]

my pleasure!!

[@louvlina]

I LOVE YOU

[@jonos138]

Doesnt seem to work in UE5, I get an error failed to import.

[@rosendovalentin8533]

same, did you fix it?

[@jonos138]

​@rosendovalentin8533 I've followed another tut for more realistic hair now, but you have to make sure the plugins are enabled as mentioned above. Specifically groom and alembic importer.

[@pakalentv1693]

when i tried to import hair it said failed

[@arvinmayorgaable]

yeah I like hair

[@GorkaGames]

me too 🤣

[@AbhinavChemikala]

Please make AI tutorials

[@GorkaGames]

actually soon I will be making an advanced ai tutorial, using behavior trees 😀

[@mwadewda7974]

You should add hair ties and what not.

[@GorkaGames]

yeah, for this tutorial I was just explaining the basics of making hair. But you can customize it as you want in Blender.

[@user-PayWorld]

You can create up to hair, but even if you export, only hair will not be exported. Importing in UE only imports the skeletal mesh.

[@warfighter4129]

An issue I have is the hair does not have collision with my character and goes thru the body. I`ve had this issue for a few months now and cant figure out why that is, if anyone has a solution it would be greatly appreciated!

[@alex-qn5xp]

Your character is either missing a physics asset or your physics asset is set up incorrectly.

[@jhonysteak5512]

I did not succeed on my side, the assignment of the vertex group did not work as in the tutorial with the same parameters but I still continued but the import in alembic did not work with Ue5 ( failed to import )

[@avnikadubey8979]

Enable Groom Alembic importer plug in

[@kameleonlight]

@@avnikadubey8979 I have it but import just as static mesh...

[@azzeddindouakha3403]

in 5.4 when i import it its imported as alambic not groom how do i fix this