How to import and use a custom 3D character in Unreal Engine 5

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Hello guys! It's Virtus Hub, and welcome to a new video. Do you have an awesome character and some animations but not sure how to get it into unreal? This video tutorial on UE5 will cover the whole process of importing animations, setting up blend spaces, and animation blueprints.
This is all beginner friendly, be sure to dive in and start working with your own custom characters today.
By the end of this video you will have a fully playable game character that is able to move around.
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00:00 Intro
01:25 Creating a project
02:33 Importing a character
06:09 Importing animations
07:25 Animation Blendspace
11:40 Animation Blueprint Setup
17:30 Setting new playable character
19:15 Outro

[@HediDev]

great tutorial as always , I remember when I started learning unreal from your videos back in 2019 , I was 14 years old back then ,I used to open my laptop at the break between classes and watch your videos , ahh these were my best days with Dora , time flies fast . GOD BLESS YOU

[@caydeisclutch2589]

By far the best tutorial I've seen covering UE. Well organized and instructed clearly. Thanks a bunch for this.

[@ninjafut1007]

I'm Brazilian and I saw your video, I want to tell you that it helped me a lot. I've been trying to do this for 3 days without stopping and just watching your video I managed to do it. Thank you very much!

[@JustAGuyProduction]

A UE5 series by DevSquad? Sounds awesome. Looking forward to more.

[@naturestuf9148]

Very well done tutorial on blend spaces and locomotion setup, straight to the point. Thank you!

[@johnbernard17]

Thanks for making this tutorial and next time I am going to use my notebooks to write down notes by writing down the instructions because this looks a bit complicated for me as a beginner. I just download and tried out UE5 yestarday for the first time. But I need to work on that. You are a life saver because you are the best teacher! 😁👍

[@billiejean9909]

Hi Pal, I really need to thank You so much!! as a beginner like me especially for UE5, you made things much easier for me. looking forward for more videos....Cheers man!!

[@KatipsPunan]

this is exactly what I am looking for. No more retargeting needed. This is treasure video here in KZbin. Thanks for making this tutorial @Virtus Learning Hub.

[@gabrielzajac]

I wanna simply say THANK YOU FOR THIS. Clean. Simple. Instructive. INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. Thank you so very much.

[@VirtusEdu]

I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

[@liamhowlett1572]

Honestly. This was perfect for me. I am 20000% coming back to learn more

[@imran809]

Awesome man. I think it is the beginning of the UE5 series. So cool. Learned UE4 from your series man. Love and good wishes for you❤️❤️

[@VirtusEdu]

Thanks for the visit!

[@imran809]

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[@IanVallely]

This tutorial got my characters working. Thank you.

[@cybyr_]

Clearest tutorial on youtube. Thanks!

[@thepolyglotprogrammer]

This was awesome! I would love to learn how to add the jump animations to that.

[@PYNKN01Z]

You Rock!! Finally getting 100% expected results, zero issues... except I had to redo again when didn't save but even worked again the second time, lol : D

[@Amgeezy]

This is what I was looking for subscribing immediately lol

[@joaojimenez2093]

Best Unreal Engine Tutorials I've seen. Thank you so much!

[@VirtusEdu]

You're very welcome!

[@wawa_enjoyer]

Awesome video as always, keep it up my man

[@Caariin88]

I love you, best tutorial ive ever seen of ue5!

[@samhobbs2746]

It sounds like foreigners with not great English are doing lots of unreal engine 5 tutorials.... thankfully I came across your channel

[@dermopser8705]

You saved me with this. Thank you so much!

[@andremoreira7237]

Awesome tutorial, thanks!

[@jdjwiechman]

This is really great, thank you!

[@wanashthegash]

Thank you sir! Well done, exactly what i wanted!

[@nebula480]

Was exactly what I was looking for

[@Romasdini]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks a lot!

[@joekraphel5113]

Very thankful for this!

[@ronioclarenzo6137]

Exellent tutorial! It really helped a lot! Thanks!

[@isa_nagiyev]

Amazing stuff. You have saved my day.

[@codingmaster24]

great tutorial for character thanks.

[@trenerjakub2605]

Hi, I have a question. is it possible to apply mechanics and animations from third person to fps game? Thank you very much.

[@MrShroombot]

Thanks. I’m modeling, texturing, and rigging my own character to learn. Then I want to do this.

[@zdtuttauniversity2715]

Hi Virtus, thank you so much for making this video! I have a question, why do you set the Skeleton Mesh, to "None" even though we checked both the boxes at the top of the Import menu? (to import Skeleton Mesh, and Mesh)

[@carlosrivadulla8903]

I thought this would be animating in engine as well... but it was pretty good anyway. Looking forward to see that animation in engine tutorial that we expected today :p

[@samushunter242]

Followed along but i used Gltf instead as i got better results (the materials actually exported from the blend file). so fyi, you don't necessarily need to use an FBX file. thanks for the video, helped me greatly

[@DreamKeeperRus]

thank you so much! my first model now walking)

[@Rocket_PC]

this works perfectly in ue4 for anyone wondering

[@saeedzamani1503]

thank you so much!

[@speedymacky]

Awesome Tutorial.. Thank you vry much.

[@nickkaverin]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@timbiegel6545]

My B-Day today, and you made my day in time :D thumbs up!

[@VirtusEdu]

Thank you! I hope you had an awesome birthday 💪

[@timbiegel6545]

@@VirtusEdu Thanks ! it was bought myself new screens so pretty amazed :D

[@airkidproductions2848]

best video to this topic in da whole internet

[@VezyrDiax]

Thanks Mate!

[@technobridge7136]

i dont like when it's all about "do this then that", but more about what does the tool and why you plug A to B

[@VirtusEdu]

That's why I explain what I'm doing :)

[@Anubis2364]

Thanks a lot for this video! is there a follow up on the jumping and fighting yet?

[@RebootDaArcanist]

Awesome video, a big help, quick question. I did everything and it works but no matter how high I put up the speed, and how fast my character runs in preview, in game it's a standard crawl of a run for no reason. Any idea why that would be?

[@trenerjakub2605]

hello can i ask could you advise me how to modify third person animations for fps? thank you very much for your reply and have a nice day.

[@gr4j0m3r]

This is the correct, easy to follow tutorials. After I follow other videos but all failed due to incorrect or misleading instuctions. Thank you. But what about other actions like attacking? we need to add addtional fuctions to that AnimBP right?

[@MacGaiver]

Amazing content!

[@RickHenderson]

This was great thank you! Nice and quick! Please make sure your other videos are updated to the changes in 5.1. Please?

[@Comtrast]

Thank you!!

[@VirtusEdu]

You're welcome!

[@Preirin]

Yeag... my Third Person map doesn't look anything like that in 5. UE4, sure, but not 5...

[@BH-dsk]

At 14:27 when I drag my blend space in, connect it to output pose, click compile, I get two lines joining them, a while line and a purple line?

[@vetrivelan6958]

Hey I am unable to blend the speed . It still in the idle position when also running

[@oswuldleofricvivadirr3839]

i have a problem i used the survival tutorial video series for this with just the skeletal arms and come across an error. my guess is i need to change out the arms for a full skeleton in order for this to work.

[@yes9784]

Hello, what if we are using another animation set and therefore have a different weapon? Followed through the video and the weapon does not show up, even if it shows up in the blendshape and the blueprint

[@McNugggy]

did you ever post jumping animation tutorial

[@slamm2808]

After I imported the model and want to import some animations for it all from mixamo it somehow doesnt work I get always an error. I select the skeleton from the model but idk why it doesnt work... any ideas how to fixx that?

[@HardwoodClassick]

My character is clipping and when running forward and how do you setup turn left turn right walk left right etc?

[@ricadoom]

i followed all steps but in the end, my character animation replays itself and finishes too quickly for my camera. I was having problems with my character scale so i resized it to 0.1 Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

[@joshjen1129]

Hi! Can anyone help? My FBX importer is missing the “important animation” section when preparing settings

[@zsolt-davidkovacs1732]

Quick question: can I use those animations for other characters?

[@LulzSec777]

Where the 2nd part of this for the combat? i cant seem to find it

[@nighthawkgaming1962]

is there a way to do this in game and not in the editor. i have been searching for how to do that but have found nothing

[@offlinemoe]

Love you maaaaan ❤️❤️

[@colalightyear7859]

If you use ue4 still, you have to change the playerpawn in the gamemode class to thirdpersoncharacter

[@harryrithman1977]

I swapped the models but don't know how to save change and when I went back in unreal when I click on the model nothing happens

[@drakedavis1228]

What can i do if i have a 3d model but i dont have animations for

[@oswuldleofricvivadirr3839]

also i have another issue i cant seem to load in assets the way you do too. i got some assets from the store. when i try to load them in it tells me they is an error in upload i can only use them if i add them to the project before opening the file. which means im a dumb arse and dont know how to move said files from those asset folders into the ones i want them in so i know where they are. sorry im a complete noob to this and your videos are really helping but at the same time i feel very much scratch your head moments

[@chris09423]

how do I download the skeletal? I can only download the skin, gloss, and mask

[@cas076_]

i need your help, for some reason it makes my character really small..... i followed all the steps correctly though

[@BroncoGammon]

WhereTF is get velocity in unreal 5.0.2 the node isn't an option!

[@purplecookie687]

My imports from livelink are tiny would you know how to fix it?

[@hjockzi]

I have a problem, the character runs off and is then teleported back to starting posicion, maybe its because i downloaded the animation from Mixamo without trimming it? The character does not remaing in the center of the screen until he is teleported back..

[@Definitely_Not_Angel]

Same thing is happening to me

[@coleokeefe6963]

3:20 "im going to take my locomotion pack" ... wut, no explanation of how to get this or where it came from

[@Macemedia]

This is the issue I had, and the resource link doesn't look to link to anything relevant to the tutorial ?

[@sirchronot0xin707]

@@Macemedia any luck on where you get the packs from?

[@Macemedia]

@@sirchronot0xin707 Nope, I found Matt Aspland does some really good videos so followed his version of this allot easier :)

[@NotOsli]

Can you convert from UE3 to UE5 with this method?

[@samhobbs2746]

Let's say you wanted to use a neptunia game character or a character from a game that you liked , how would you import them into unreal engine 5 ? same way that you showed in this video

[@coffeediction]

doesnt work on a custom character, only this because skeleton is provided. But if you import your own, there is an import error. My rigged character was IK Retargeted. EDIT: Nevermind, the IK retargeter allows to export the animations to bound to new character , IK retargeter is just used to convert inconsistent skeleton to a new one, but animations need to update this too this way. Nice one and thx!

[@KratonWolf]

I was kinda hoping this would include a way to import on runtime. So far all I can import on runtime is textures and audio files.

[@danishchief1078]

Hey how about the jump how to add?

[@Joan-os4lk]

Is resource address correct? Why can't i find the "download" button? :

[@ScrubbyGames]

My character just loops the whole locomotion blend over and over again. Like I start to run, then once he blends from idle to walk to run, he starts over, instead of continuing to run. Also now the camera cant keep up, feels like its lagging behind. Any help would be appreciated

[@findgod...]

same

[@berkatakanbirfreeporcay7691]

THANKS FOR PUTİNG SCORPİON İN VİDEO PHOTO

[@arturcorreia6615]

But my character keeps walking forward while yours just walks in place... There's a way to change that?

[@bennet7817]

The Good stuff.

[@alkeysmagul6774]

how can change a scale of the character

[@jhonysteak5512]

Anyone have sources to import a character with Ueasset files?

[@abcdgamingandcreations2104]

Can we do the same in ue4 pls reply

[@dhanvanthkarthik1777]

i love how he used sorpion for this and link for meele combat video

[@animbeast1128]

Plz make a video on how to show ads and how to upload your game in google play store

[@adam4designss]

IN USE How do I give my players the ability to upload a 3D model to my game by clicking to insert any model Any ideas in my game?

[@Oniruins]

You came in clutch even a year later

[@Oniruins]

Even on UE5 too. Damn

[@VirtusEdu]

I’m not sure exactly what you mean, mind rephrasing?

[@Oniruins]

@@VirtusEdu I meant you. Helped me out with this video so much.

[@user-lv1zv5yf8o]

спасибо

[@spadi9180]

when i'm playing as character it's playing just 0 speed animation when i walk no walk or run animations

[@spadi9180]

never mind i fixed it. i just forgot to connect speed.

[@cansn9334]

I can't find the ThirdPersonBP:((

[@umarcga7823]

I wanna build a game whivh can import 3d model.... can anybody help

[@AgentSmith13]

Followed along until the velocity wouldn’t connect to cast to 3rd person character 😢

[@mikeo2413]

don't have same node selection as you wish i could get it done

[@fayvampire]

In a later video in this series a commentor said this will not work in multiplayer. I don't understand why? Why would something created work in single player mode only? Can't you just make a single player game and turn it into a multiplayer later? I'm very new I really don't get it.

[@2009142]

Local multiplayer; not really an issue. Online multiplayer; that is correct. You cannot make a single player game and play it as multiplayer by default. Can you try? Yea of course! There are something things that work and others that will not work. This is because when you program (c++ or blueprints) certain parts are done on the client and certain parts should only be done on the server. In short clients talk to a server to transmit information and the server sends information to all clients. In short, it’s a communication issue and who has privilege to receive updates. By default unreal has certain things like movement replicate, but something like health is not automatically updated on all clients UNLESS the server informs all the clients. The best practice is if you ever think you MAY convert a single player game to multiplayer at any stage. You should always start with designing it as a multiplayer game. You can play a game designed for online as single player, but the opposite isn’t always true

[@kgold2749]

Is that a way so you can have a smooth animations like GTA V in the unreal engine if you know what I’m saying?

[@VirtusEdu]

There sure is, it's all about having good animations with proper structured animation blueprints. That'll be things like breaking your jump into 3 parts instead of just one single animation, so you can have smooth landings/take offs and looping for example :)

[@kgold2749]

@@VirtusEdu no I’m mean like car hits you and you go flying.

[@kgold2749]

Found it that’s what I mean kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoHQYXasopWtmqs

[@VirtusEdu]

@@kgold2749 Ahh you mean ragdoll phyiscs, there sure is! I haven't got a dedicated video on it but I'll look into producing on in the near future!

[@kgold2749]

@@VirtusEdu yes physic my Brain just couldn’t get it right.