Metahuman as ThirdPerson - UnrealEngine 5.1

How to use your Metahuman as a ThirdPerson character in UnrealEngine 5.1 and 5.2
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[@Jobutsu]

In #UnrealEngine 5.2, a crash occurs, while loading IKRig assets in stand alone mode. "Unable to load * Objects and Packages can only be loaded from the game thread" A few of my current retargeting tutorials on KZbin no longer work because of this. I will provide an update as soon as 5.2 is stable.

Hello everyone. It seems I just have found the solution to the problem on the EPIC Dev Community. Under one of the forum questions, it is advised to add the following two lines to the content of DefaultEngine.ini file: [SystemSettings] a.ParallelAnimEvaluation=0 I tested it on UE 5.2.1 and so far it seems it solved my issue! Also, based on a short description I found, setting this variable to 0 makes animation evaluation to run purely on the game thread. I hope it works for you guys as well!

[@Jobutsu]

I will give that a try, if I get the chance. But so far, I had no crashes in 5.2.1 ?

@@Jobutsu all right; for me, it crashed on 5.2.1, I try to test it thoroughly. To me, when I set this variable to 1, it always crashes with the given error message after 55-60 seconds of starting the project in standalone mode. I tested it 3 times after another, every time I got the crash after 55-60 secs. Then I set the value to 0, tested it 3 times by running it for 2-2 minutes at least, and I got no crashes.

[@theBYR4M]

How do you mean about posing our characters? Can you give us an example? Great video

[@Jobutsu]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the last version of this tutorial. Your help in the comments, showing subscribers the way to do this was invaluable and appreciated 😎

[@liquidleg]

Hey. In my Metahuman, the leg section is somewhat showing out of the pant sleeve. Any idea how to fix that? Thanks in advance!

[@john_codes]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to use Metahumans in my game using 5.1.

[@Jobutsu]

Glad to be of service

[@Serafinelly]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was a lot of monkey see, monkey do for me since I have no experience with blueprints in unreal. But everything worked really well and I am grateful that you covered the errors and warnings as well. Would you consider making a tutorial about how to assign custom clothes to a metahuman, so that it works as a playable character? I struggle a lot with this and you are the first person I found with a very high-quality and easy-to-follow tutorial on this metahuman-as-playable-character topic. Again, thanks a lot for this great tutorial, and have a good one!

[@Tommyboi7566]

So do i do all my blueprint stuff in my BP_metahuman one instead of my BP_third person character?

[@Jobutsu]

yes

[@lorinflemming623]

Help, When I hit the ik retargeter that I directed it too (tutorial 5:40) instead of coming up wit the posing adjustemnt window i get a empty window with a red highlight around. what did I do wrong? everything went perfect until then.

[@Jobutsu]

I do not understand the question.

[@timryan4510]

Following along using 5.3 preview and the warnings are gone and one of the retarget options wasn't there. End result is the Metahuman isn't animating when moving.

[@uribelu]

it works for me in 5.2.1 although I was not expecting it....

[@geppetto5353]

Brilliant! Bought retargeting plugin, but it was a lot of faff. Learning the moves from this video was like learning a piece of music. Do it a few times and it is easy. Eventually it will take about fifteen minutes to retarget us J's system. Will get refund on plugin. Thanks for this excellent video!

[@shingAMarie]

I don’t understand why you copied and pasted everything from the third person blueprint to the MetaHuman blueprint when you changed the blueprint for the character's parent class to the third person at the beginning(1:25)

[@TriSutrisnowapu]

Hello, so where can I find the good idea of creating the pose of my character tutorial?

[@Madmonkeman]

I really wish I saw this video a couple months ago when I was going crazy over broken animation.

[@theBYR4M]

I'd love to see a video on how you created the snow falling and on ground as well as the footprints

[@Jobutsu]

I will add it to my list

[@kingwrightdev]

@@Jobutsu Yes please!

[@thejayzone1]

@@Jobutsu Yes please! 🙂

[@aonodensetsu]

the arms are still broken for me, it worked once but is broken this time edit: restarted unreal, redid the retarget and it works now

[@TheFatsi]

fsr the animations wont play on my metahuman, does anyone know how to fix?

[@TheFatsi]

nvm i fixed it, thanks for the awesome tutorial btw!

[@karunaket]

Best short and sweet tutorial everrrrrrr....Thanks a bunch

[@yiyanluo2878]

Great video!

[@GajoDosNFT]

Best "FULL" retarget metahuman video

I tried this in Unreal 5.2, and the arm fix here helped a little, but somehow the arm still isn't as relaxed (when idle) as when using Epic Games's own Runtime Animation Retargeting instructions, found in their MH documentation (this essentially involves copying MH meshes over to a new BP and creating a new retargeter, instead of reparenting and adjusting like here). Is there a fix for this? I'm trying to compare this method with Epic's method to see which would work better for my game. (Your method does have the advantage of keeping the livelink and LOD stuff, which Epic's instructions ignore.)

[@Jobutsu]

Maybe this ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmPPnKZ-o6-pZ5Y

[@gowthamkarthick9763]

@Jobutsu Anim montages don't work anymore, if i give input the montage doesn't play?

[@Jobutsu]

I have not spent much time in UE5 lately, I will soon go back and look at these issues.

[@-Timmy0604]

Everything works great for me except the animations.. When I use Live Retarget it switches to the animation but is frozen and doesn't play the walk animation when moved.

[@skinny_lamprey2859]

I had this problem and it turned out to be I hadn't set Visibility Based Anim Tick Option to Always Tick Pose and Refresh Bones. Find it at 4m27s in the video.

[@musigool]

thank you for every great helpful tutorials, ??? Are you advice to update to 5.2 or we have to wait until that crash to solve??? thank you again.

[@Jobutsu]

⚠️Not for production: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXq6fZiYm9CUrMU

[@eulersosa6840]

Using 5.1.1 and your tutorial. About half the time it works. The problem is the Tps character only walks left and right for some meta characters. Do you know what is causing this? Seems to be random. Thanks.

[@Jobutsu]

I have never seen this.

[@manofflorida]

My metahuman is loaded in and positioned right where the mannequin is, but has default checkerboard texture and stuck in T-pose. Any help is appreciated

[@Jobutsu]

I do not know, it not a problem that I have encountered before.

[@DanyMaorMico]

Can you make a similar tutorial with advanced locomotion system v4 and Metahuman?

[@Jobutsu]

I do not use ALS

[@brunofragamoraes2363]

The GetSkeletalMeshAsset() isn't a editor-only call? Will it work on shipping?

[@Jobutsu]

Is there a better approach ?

[@UE5CREAT]

thank you very much annaa (brother) woooo i learnt now

[@jbach]

Thanks for sharing. What if you wanted to use Mixamo animations on Metahumans. Would this require 2 different retargeting steps, or could it be done in 1 step?

[@Jobutsu]

This may be what you are looking for:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/ambKeWmLr9WleaM

[@compilererror2836]

I tried doing this in 5.2, followed instructions to a tee, did this in 5.1 and it worked great, 5 compiler errors in 5.2. i would’ve expected it to not work normally, but it says 5.2 in the title? anyone else running into this?

[@Jobutsu]

I will try and package again and replicate your error. What is the error ?

[@cardesignerchris]

Thanks again, switched from 5.03 to 5.1 and that fixed the issue.✌

[@GES1985]

Nicely done. Can we use metahuman as our games' version of character creation for a multiplayer game? Or is this only good for single player and cinematics?

[@Jobutsu]

I am not a game dev, so it is difficult for me to answer.

[@BACO1029]

Is there technique to not have a body inside mesh, cause this way its just a gimmick, you cant reference or code any complex stuff for the metahuman

[@Jobutsu]

Yes, build a blueprint from scratch and retarget all the animations, montages and animation blueprints..

[@KiwiHawk-downunder-nz]

Thanks a heap, can this be done to have a metahuman use Echo Windwalker AnimBP also?

[@Jobutsu]

I think yes but have never tried it.

[@SpaceWorks_Studio]

Thanks!

[@قصصوحكايات-خ4ل]

thank you for you videos plz can you make tuto about attaching hair to th head of metahumen to fix fleckering

[@Jobutsu]

Noted

[@taash32]

this is great, how about controlling LOD of that character so it doesnt impact performance? is that hard to be done?

[@Jobutsu]

It is not something I think about, this is just a starting point for exploration.

[@sabkarim]

Awesome...Thank you!

[@stevenreyniers6890]

i have a problem i did this tutorial and changed the camera to first person and now my metahuman seems to run much faster. how can i solve this problem

[@Jobutsu]

I do not understand the problem ?

[@DmitryNazarovMmitekk]

Thank you for this update tutorial about Meta Human! Very useful for me!

[@lordofthevets7677]

awesome! i love following a tutorial and then it actually works! =D I am wondering, does doing it this way affect the game later with hit boxes etc or does it work fine?

[@Jobutsu]

I am not a game dev, so I can not answer with any authority.

[@dsad_4114]

How to fix the character's twitching as in the beginning of the video?

[@Jobutsu]

The twitching is because the camera is clipping through the floor, I think.

[@PLYATC]

Thanks for tutorial! it's awesome! but i have some problem, everything ok but fingers are not in similare position by few santimiters, how to fix this issue?

[@Jobutsu]

I always have problems with fingers. I do not think there is an easy answer to the question.

[@mikebert]

Maaaster!!! thank you!!

[@Marept999]

Thank you for this tutorial. It was very helpful as I need to have a metahuman as my player character in my game. The old method for this that worked on 5.0 is broken on 5.1. Also just a tip for the future, I saw that you manually open a menu to straighten the connections between your nodes, but you can just select the nodes and tap Q.

[@HelloGeek]

Danke!

[@williamtolliver749]

Does this retarget and utilize IK foot placement as well?

[@Jobutsu]

Yes but it is not accurate.

[@cybria]

Thank you so much!

[@gsealy1772]

Thank you for this tutorial, how would you add facial anims to the third person Metahuman? (i.e, blinking and reacting).

[@Jobutsu]

Although this is a sequencer based tutorial, it does contain the base of what you are wanting to achieve. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2itaWeKfM5-rtU

[@gsealy1772]

Thanks again, it works! You good Sir are a legend.

[@manuelbonetti3563]

Thank you so much!

[@alexanderohman1707]

Awesome, thank you! Coffe incomming!

[@Jobutsu]

Thank you !

[@henizzzoverzealous]

man, good trick

[@nerdherbs]

can you do tutorial on metahuman to ALS character retargeting

[@Jobutsu]

I don't really use ALS.

[@ElysianFlame]

easiest way to go :D

[@mr.meltdown25]

Your a Saint. Thank you. ❤

[@justintodd3844]

An enjoyable video. Clear and concise instructions that were easy to follow and easy to understand. Thanks a lot! - hope to learn more!! :)

[@giammarcolucchetti219]

hello how is it possible to change facial expressions?

[@Jobutsu]

I am working on this.

[@signsbuilder]

Thank You!!!!

[@jako-qo7so]

this is awesome! just subbed, I do got a question, how would i get the variables from the new meta BP, to the ABP Manny AnimBP, I want to add my own animations from mixamo.

[@Jobutsu]

I have not done it, so only guessing. get the Anim Instance and cast to the AnimBP

[@jako-qo7so]

@@Jobutsu thanks will try that !!

[@imanmessado9959]

Thank you!!

[@aarowandusk2163]

@Jobutsu head is disconnected from the body ... i followed every step but head ended up being disconnected

[@Jobutsu]

in 5.1 ?

[@aarowandusk2163]

@@Jobutsu yes

[@60tiantian]

thanks bro

[@wolfwirestudios]

I have but 1 doubt. I'm using the UE5 Skeleton as my player but it's a custom made BP, not the standard ThirdPersonChar. So shall I use that as my parent class in Metahuman? Or shall I copy metahuman contents (body head etc,.) on to my player blueprint?

[@Jobutsu]

I would do it the long way, copy across all the Metahuman skeletal meshes and required nodes.

[@wolfwirestudios]

@@Jobutsu I figured that was one way to do it. Thanks

[@FourLoopMedia]

After following this tutorial, the hair was missing. What can I do about that?

[@Jobutsu]

I tested and could not replicate missing hair.

[@FourLoopMedia]

It was because I selected a metahuman with beta grooming, I chose a different hairstyle and it worked fine.

[@michaelb1099]

Can I use this same method if am doing a short film and not a game?

[@Jobutsu]

You can but this is targeted more at those making playable characters. I am only interested in film making usually but share the things that I learn along the way, in this instance a playable character.

[@N8master]

2:28 "GetSkeletalMeshAsset" sadly does not appear when searching, could be an unreal 5.2 thing, heck theres not even a "Mesh" option under the "Variables" section for me there

[@Jobutsu]

It is there in Unreal Engine 5: Start with a blank third person project and see if it is there. Components > Skeletal Mesh > Get Skeletal Mesh Asset (Mesh) You can uncheck "Context sensitive" to see if it shows up too.

[@N8master]

@@Jobutsu found another work around for the problem anyways so it’s cool, problem was likely that I added the third person assets like the bp character to a project that originally was not a third person project. Was using unreal for more animation purposes than gameplay purposes

[@gylsonlopez5925]

thank u!!!

[@Ninjagato465]

My Metahuma had livelink setup initially. It had face animation and head rotation. I followed your guide, and the face animation is still working. But i lost my head rotation, any fix ideas?

[@Jobutsu]

I will run experiments over the weekend and try and get back to you.

[@Jobutsu]

Some tips here:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXzZf5pqqLGhpLM

[@Amonlith]

Hi thank you for the tutorial! I have a problem with the fingers they are all twisted, any ideas how I might fix that? And are there anyways to increase the size of the MH to fit better the other skeleton? Thanks in advance if anyone answers.

[@Jobutsu]

I will be covering these topics in future videos. I have been having problems with 5.2 that have slowed me down.

[@Amonlith]

@@Jobutsu Thank you for replying, will be waiting for them for sure :) I've managed to fix the finger twist by excluding the meta finger joints from the retargeting as my target skeleton did not have those. For the scale I've just scaled the "Body" part of the MH mesh and other parts as they're under it in the hierarchy scaled with it properly. I'm on 5.2 too btw. With this method I have problems like for example: my original mesh had a weapon socket on hand and a FABRIK settings for the left hand so it will hold the weapons right. The live link doesn't follow this exactly. Some of my mechanics doesn't work right now, I've a cover system it works fine with original BP but when converted to MH it breaks. Those I guess my personal problems that I will have to find a way to fix.. I'm a student working on a graduation project, not sure if I should keep on trying or ditch the idea of using MH in my project as I don't have much time :/ Can't the MH Skeletal mesh be retargeted and used as any other mesh? even if that means loosing the majority of the option that comes with it like facial rig and live link? Just want to use the MH as a base mesh I could alter for my project Thank you again :)

[@indi353]

Still works for UE 5.2! Great tutorial !

[@watermellon8617]

Hello, so much thank you for this turtorial. but you need to update bc some warnings and event graphs are changed. But thank you again

[@Jobutsu]

Which engine ? 5.2 ?

[@watermellon8617]

@@Jobutsu Unreal engine 5.0.3

[@sebapl3660]

Thx :)

[@tmog-gaming]

Amazing, TY

[@zimingpeng8418]

Thanks for the tutorial, very useful! But I have a problem, don't know if you know the reason. In UE5.2, after successfully replacing the character according to the tutorial, I added nodes such as weapons and PoseAI Live Link to the character. So, the replaced metahuman suddenly became A Pose, and could not synchronize with Mannequin. Since the weapon was still there, the weapon could be seen moving with the animation, but the metahuman lost all animations and became A Pose:(

[@Jobutsu]

It is difficult to say from a distance. I have encountered many problems in 5.2, it is taking me a while to work through them.

[@zimingpeng8418]

@@Jobutsu Thanks for Replay! So do you think that because of UE5.2 itself? If i use UE5.1 would be better?

[@zimingpeng8418]

@@Jobutsu I just guessed a reason. All metahumans are set as subclasses of Mannequin. So, all additional node settings should be edited above the parent mannequin, maybe it would be better?

[@HelloGeek]

These are THE BEST tutorials on earth.

[@timryan4510]

Same instructions work well in 5.2.1 though the skeletal mesh warnings no longer occur and the blueprint nodes do not require changing.

[@sonny5974]

How do I fix the hair? Also I set the Mesh to not Visible but it still shows in my game.. :S

[@Jobutsu]

hair is probably physics related ? I am running experiments today to check mesh visibility.

[@catalista1978]

You must search in the BP of your metahuman. The component window has a component called LODSync, if you click it , in the details panel you can see a LOD section. In the min LOD section you must put the 0 value and this fix the problem.

[@EricGames117]

Although I like my tuts with some more depth as to why I'm clicking what I'm clicking, this was an excellent tutorial and the fact that it was straight to the point, with no messing or joking around and exactly what I was looking for, I couldn't be happier. Thank you so much.

[@Jobutsu]

I have found that when I create KZbin content with more depth, less people watch.

[@EricGames117]

@Jobutsu That's fair. Whatever works for you man. I also realize not everyone has the time to explain every single thing. Great tutorial anyways.

[@vilebelial6105]

THANK YOU! i tried so many videos and none worked. this short simple video got me past a day hair pulling fest.

[@netherworld8196]

When adding new stuff do I add it to my meta human or my third person? (Or both?

[@Jobutsu]

Metahuman Blueprint.

[@netherworld8196]

@@Jobutsu thank you😂😂. Been trying to learn unreal engine to help my nethew learn how to do it and your tutorials are a huge help.😭😭😂

[@fanolinux]

Thank you!

[@Yggdrasil777]

Very nice and concise. Thanks Jobutsu, very good tutorial.

[@Preirin]

THANK YOU!!! You just earned a subscriber at 4:45!!! So many others never mentioned the issues with the arms. I was going insane.... ::praise::

[@GrafDe]

Thank you so much, easy to understand, everything works to 100%!

[@gamerman7664]

when i move my head is not attechd with the body how i can fix it and if i use blender this will work with my cloth ?

[@Jobutsu]

5.1.1 or 5.2 ?

[@gamerman7664]

@@Jobutsu 5.1

[@kl0bass941]

I got more errors than you and i cant fix them by myself. The erros are in ARKit Face Setup.

[@CsGrinders]

i cant found IK_mannequin maby because i have a fps and not a tps?

[@Jobutsu]

in content browser "Add" button -> Add feature or content pack -> Third Person > Add to project

[@CsGrinders]

@@Jobutsu ty, great content !

[@sidmovich]

forr those missing ui and some animations, you need to add the blueprints to the character, btw dont forget to add all the aninations created bedore with bp 3rd person, like crouch, run. Vault to the new character event graph, otherwise the animations wont work. Is there any easy way to do this ?

[@PopFlipCatchStickRol]

Dude you're a saint for making this tutorial! Thank you! I've struggled so much and nobody else videos has worked.

[@serdargokhanonder28]

I couldn't quite fit it into the special 'idle' animation I made. Can you help with this?

[@GrimsinxGaming]

Great tutorial there is 1 thing when you try to change the camera angle or to different value the metahuman wont allow you to move forwards if anyone knows how to fix this....

[@DistFX]

Been waiting for this video!!

[@HBasch]

amazing thanks but i'm having an issue when i try to move the camera closer to the character.. any idea ? thanks

[@Jobutsu]

It may just be a case of changing camera settings.

[@johnlekaj]

@@Jobutsu I've trued everything but the third person settings don't translate fcorrectly to the metahuman one.. Maybe it's because i'm on 5.3 ? I tried the 5.3 method but didn't work.. thanks for your answer :)

[@Jobutsu]

I do not know the answer.

[@maerciobesen8748]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I followed every tutorial and it really works. From Brazil

[@muratyildirim7836]

Hello sir! This was the most understandable and easiest tutorial I've ever watched. Thanks a lot! Something I'm wondering is, can I use metahuman in ALS after following this method?

[@Jobutsu]

As far as i understand it, ALS is a more difficult process.

[@Tommyboi7566]

Is there a way I can get 2 of the same meta humans in my game I want 1 for playing and 1 to be in my menu screen bc when I make a crouching system and look up I see hair so I make the head invisible but when I make the head invisible the menu version changes too so there is no head is there a way to add a duplicate version without replacing the metahuman?

[@Jobutsu]

I do not know.

[@Tommyboi7566]

@@Jobutsu dang

[@Tommyboi7566]

@@Jobutsu thanks for replying tho

[@OustauGaming]

Thank you very much. This is the best and simple way to use a metahuman character in a project. 👍

[@DonMerrow]

Nice work best Metahuman import yet

[@Gamercat01]

Very helpful tutorial! I would've never guessed how to do all that myself. Thank you!

[@skippyzk]

Scaling up the metahuman to like 1.07 has helped me