MetaHuman ThirdPerson - In UnrealEngine 5 [OUTDATED]

[@Croxfod106Remake]

Thank you so very much. I have searched the internet and watched so many youtube videos trying to find out how to fix this problem. upon giving up, this video came up in my recomendations and I could not of been more happy.

[@worldofalex8906]

This video helped me with my latest KZbin video! Thank you a lot! Just liked and subscribed

[@paulunreal8526]

thanks! best metahuman pipeline tutorial so far

[@panormitisroditis7207]

You sir are a legend!!!! Kudos and much love from Greece :)

[@FlfyCats17]

Wow, this is WAY more complicated than I expected. I wouldn't have ever guessed how the Metahumans are organized in separate parts like that. Glad I found this video before accidentally breaking stuff. 😹

[@Jobutsu]

I am working on a way to make this easier for people.

[@surajitsaikia4578]

your Tutorials are the best

[@jacobbi]

As of today, it works perfectly! Thanks!

[@rohitspeaksout]

Your gradual way of explanation is really easy to follow and understand. Thanks for the tutorial 👍

[@Jobutsu]

I actually struggle with speech, so I am happy to hear that you can follow my tutorials.

[@sanji6964]

I have been looking for this forever, You are my hero! All other youtubers do not explain as well as you do, you are very detailed and everything you do and say is 100% understandable all other tutorials rush too much and people like me who are just starters get lost. Thank you so much good sir, i will be subscribing for more content!

[@tgykurtulus]

sir, you have save my day! I dont really understand why Epic makes this too complex but you have rock it ! thank you. this is totally amazing!

[@tayhwang3653]

SUPER DUPER TUT!!! THANK YOU A LOT !!

[@mightea3956]

This saved me from a couple more hours of troubleshooting those damn feet. Thank youuu!

[@AlexSMontgomery]

Daz Animations to UE5 + retargeting would be sweet! :)

[@Jobutsu]

I am slowly moving away from Daz, but that is a tutorial that I am going to do. It is taking alot of time to get right.

[@BeautyBoy4577]

Very good tutorial, the documentation from epic was outdated so this helped me to implement metahumans in my ue5 project

[@joncolinleonard]

Bloody awesome! You have addressed all of the issues others struggle to manage. If there is an award for clarity in explanation, I nominate you.

[@Dinno854]

Thank u man! U saved my project :))

[@patrikbaboumian]

Thank you so much for this! I have been cluelessly fishing around for solutions to the feet glued to the ground problem and you just released me out of that purgatory of ignorance. Now I can finally move on with my project :D

[@Jobutsu]

You may want to check out the follow up video that fixes the foot IK.

[@yoor5564]

thank you so much!!!!!!! you are my savior

[@huybaonguyen9008]

Love your vid man

[@JamesCardonatweekaholic]

Worked great. Thanks!!

[@antonysoares670]

5:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been looking everywhere for this. For some reason, the skeleton assigned to the torso of my Metahuman is different from the rest of the body, so I had a hard time applying animations to the torso. This fixed it!

[@JeremySmithOfNewScotland]

Thank you so much, I'm working on a passion project for my kids to play as their own characters and this will save me from having to model rig my own characters.

[@Jobutsu]

That is great ! Don't take quality time away from them to do it though.

[@thevfxwizard7758]

Very clear and concise! Thank you.

[@BaseRealityVR]

This was super helpful. and very nice and clear explanation. THANKS 👍

[@frazho4eg]

Such a good, chill tutorial! Thank you! I was enjoying

[@samnwakefield2032]

This is what i was awaiting for...thank you jobutsu

[@checkerbene]

thank you so much for this. great tutorial that I couldn't find anywhere else.

[@joncolinleonard]

Just completed your tutorial and it is absolutely brilliant. Finally!

[@jfhu896]

Thank you so much. I got the leg IK problem for a long time.

[@Jobutsu]

Glad it helped!

[@airkidproductions2848]

thanks buddy, great video!

[@mooisesable]

THANK YOU!

[@Spongejeezy]

keep these coming man. you earned my sub

[@ImranAurangzeb]

Thank you!

[@cptraymond]

This is an amazing, straight forward, lovely tutorial thank you so much!

[@dariuszwaskiewicz7978]

thank you so much for this tutorial, the only thing left for me to do is to improve LODMapping

[@flurishart612]

Works for me, thx

[@JohnnyDemonicus]

Works like a charm. I just get a duplicate when pressing play.

[@JohnnyDemonicus]

LOL nevermind...I'm good!

[@aidorrocks]

thank you so much for this tutorial. it's exactly what i've been looking for. you've got another subscriber now too.

[@jeremybiais4537]

Many thanks for this video, it solves a lot of problems ! Very clear and useful

[@Jobutsu]

Glad to be helpful, thanks.

[@AlexanderSchubert]

Thanks a lot for your tutorial. It helped to solve my problems. As a workaround I used the UE4 mannequin, but these animations re targeted to a Metahuman look less realistic

[@wolfgangschwarz9415]

Danke!

[@joanafrc]

So helpful. Thank you so much!

[@asharacrauwels]

Thanks for this and the other vids, really really helpful!! One observation: after Rig fix for the feet IK is not working properly anymore, foot that should do IK goes to the floor even through collisions. Before the Rig fix no walking but ok IK :-)

[@Jobutsu]

I did not test that far, I will though.

[@gvecchio]

Same issue here!

[@Jobutsu]

Fix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6klZ5sf7WEbrs

[@brunocandia9671]

It's Great .. Thanks for taking your time and teaching us, amazing

[@ipadize]

16:49 yo i was like "did i fck something up?? pls let him have the same issue" xD

[@ThiagoLionheart]

Thank you, this tutorial is very important for us.

[@haiderzaid8178]

very helpful

[@duckkadil4457]

thankss

[@mathajar9563]

thanks alot!i really confuse when get that leg problem,haha thanks for the root motion section!

[@Jobutsu]

Not at this time but I will announce something soon.

[@mathajar9563]

@@Jobutsu yeah good i will wait hha. can you make it perpect again ?that character when it landed after jump the right leg moving out of the line from 19:07 the right leg i think its like move out of the line,sorry if not clear engglish my 3rd language haha im from indonesia btw ☕

[@erikas.j]

Cool video, thansk for making it!!!

[@GavinCoetzee]

Great tutorial thanks!

[@Abelitro]

Can you do how to do animations from marquet place to third person

[@Jobutsu]

sure, I will add it to the list of turorials. For now:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZiXYauMhc-am8U

[@Cody_AT4]

Great video, thank you!

[@jeanneodonnell9766]

Hi, I am very new to UE5, so far its amazing. I am watching this video, and when it comes to adding Ada's legs, feet, and torso, to 3rd person mesh, I do not get the same results. I would really like help. Not sure exactly to reach out to ask for this. I saw something abt buying you coffee ? Is this where I do to ask for your help? I will buy you several coffee's if that helps :-) . You are the first person I have reached out to and still trying to wrap myself around how this all works. Thanks

[@rysholt8286]

I had an issue where my characters hair was invisible when the camera was too far away, which meant it wasn't visible while playing the level. If anyone else gets this issue, you can fix it by going to the LODSync that got copypasted at 10:48, and search in the menu on the right: "Forced LOD", and change this value from -1 to 0. I assume this issue only happens with certain hairstyles on custom MetaHumans. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@s1ghted]

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[@SonofPerson]

Fantastic. Subbed. Liked. If I had money, I'd give it to you. You're awesome. Tell me who says otherwise, I'll fight em. May you live forever or die happy.

[@Jobutsu]

Money is not as import as being of value to someone. I do like money though and if I ever have enough, I will fill a pool with cash and I will swim in it.

[@allefandradeeloisantos3370]

Nice Work!

[@BorisMagazinnikov]

Thank you very much for tutorials. Im looking for easy retarget for cinematic purposes.. not for game.

[@Jobutsu]

I will do that soon !

[@BorisMagazinnikov]

@@Jobutsu Thanks!

[@terrablader]

thank you great. would it be easier to use a retargeted metahuman as you showed how to do in previews tutorial as 3rd person mesh and animation? I don't get how. why the skeleton is broken out as legs, body , etc in that blieprint

[@Jobutsu]

I do not understand the question. Metahumans are created by a combination of Meshes and Groom hair.

[@kRAZIUr]

Hey, any chance on a video to add weapons... say either a gun or a sword? Thank you for your time!

[@Jobutsu]

I did actually make 70% of that tutorial but ran into issues and never published. Hoping to get it done at some point.

[@fpsgrind3512]

Animation works great, but the face morphs don't seem to work

[@MatthewRumble]

Why do the feet go sideways sometimes when running though?

[@Jobutsu]

I have not spent enough time with Metahumans as a ThirdPerson to know.

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

16:49 me on my way to the grocery store

[@Jobutsu]

😂

[@hungdangthe9782]

Hello, that's a brilliant tutorial, thanks for this video, but I have a problem why my Fuzz, Eyelashes, Beard and Hair not right in place with the Face even though I set them child of the face ?

[@Jobutsu]

Make sure the binding assets for your Groom hair are selected.

[@hungdangthe9782]

@@Jobutsu that’s awesome, thank you

[@ipadize]

good tutorial but i have one problem. The old standard character used to always place the feet on objects, now it doesnt do that anymore. I believe it has to do with the last change where the feet were glued to the ground because i think there are missing bones possibly?

[@Jobutsu]

kzbin.infovideos

[@ipadize]

@@Jobutsu thanks i will have a look :)

[@carson2537]

Mennequins and Metahumans cannot LiveLinkFace face capture after body skeleton redirection

[@Jobutsu]

Why do you need LiveLink face inside a ThirdPerson BP ?

[@carson2537]

@@Jobutsu I need his blueprints and everything, so I'll need to capture his face using Livelink Face

[@Jobutsu]

1. In ThirdpersonBP Assign Anim Class "Face_AnimBP" To "Face" 2. From Metahuman BP:- LLink Face Subj, LLink Face Head and ARKit_Setup copy to ThirdPersonBP.

[@carson2537]

@@Jobutsu I've tried, but I can't move my face. I don't know what's missing.

[@EmreCizmeci]

i try to use in another project which alredy have construction script and event begin play, i cant use them double time ,is there any nodes which i can use construction script and even begin play double times ?

[@Jobutsu]

I do not know the answer.

[@LucasHussey]

Hey, thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been frustrated for a week trying to swap Manny with a Metahuman, and this helped me finally get it working! Unfortunately, after completing the steps in this video, the physics/cloth simulation have stopped working on the hoodie. My metahuman has the hoodie with strings. Any ideas?

[@Jobutsu]

This way of doing it will break your physics. A better way is to use the new "Compatible Skeletons" functionality, rather than swapping/assigning the skeletons.

[@LucasHussey]

@@Jobutsu Ah I'll look into the compatible skeletons method again then, thanks alot!

[@LucasHussey]

I figured out how to fix the physics after doing it your way: remove the "Set Master Pose (Torso)" in the construction script, but only for metahumans with the hoodie.

[@Jobutsu]

Thanks for that

[@Nully___]

@@LucasHussey Thank you this really helped me

[@kgdllc]

In the construction script, could you have copy/paste the entire script for master pose?

[@Jobutsu]

This tutiorial is outdated try this:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGempaanfLNobbc

[@kgdllc]

@@Jobutsu Awesome! Thanks friend.

[@TRIGGAx]

When i go to "Add" my pc crashes / restarts lol.. Any Tips? I got a rtx 3080, ryzen 5090 . Thanks!

[@Jobutsu]

I have not experience that, so I can not help.

[@TRIGGAx]

@@Jobutsu Thank you for the reply!

[@Jobutsu]

I wish I could have helped. If I ever experience the problem, I will come back here.

[@XanderMoss]

Fantastic tutorial. I managed to retarget a Metahuman to the alsV4 system through IK Rigs/Retargeter. I have the same problem with the foot motion, the body moves and legs stay still. Unfortunately the Als AnimBP doesnt have a Control Rig to dig into. The problem resides in the Two Bone IK nodes inside the FootIK layer. Is there a certain configuration to make them move in this situation without breaking the IK?

[@Jobutsu]

I never had success with ALS in recent months. Search around, I think others may have solved the problems.

[@wsolinfagh2143]

Thanks for the great video , but my cloths of my custom metahuman are okay in the blueprint view and even when I set the Animation to Animation assets and pick the Running one just as you told and it was okay , but as soon as I hit the play , my charcter underwear and skin are glitching from the clothes and showing themselves and also hair do glitch too idk if it's the engine problem or my custom made metahuman or me (I also did an IK retargeting with a custom ABP but it's the same as this method)

[@Jobutsu]

Check your physics assets are setup correctly. Using the method in this tutorial may break them.

[@locogoose1788]

When I change the IK from pelvis to animation root the legs move and go up the big ramp but the character wont raise the leg at the end of the small ramp. Once the Capsule Component is off the ramp the character legs goes through the platform's static mesh. lol you didn't have your MH character run over the small ramp so I don't know if you had the same issue.

[@Jobutsu]

This tutorial is now outdated, please try this method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGempaanfLNobbc

[@locogoose1788]

@@Jobutsu thanks for the link and the awesome video 😎

[@hheboi2567]

why we need assign skeleton mesh?what about ik retargeter?what's the different?and what do you mean destroying the SK mannequin?

[@Jobutsu]

"what do you mean destroying the SK mannequin?" If you alter the Skeleton of the Mannequin, it may no longer function correctly.

[@hheboi2567]

@@Jobutsu oh yeah thats what i mean,what the different between the retargiting ik i saw your older video it seems more compleex

[@Jobutsu]

The method in this video, is a cheat for quick retargeting.

[@DanielVNZ]

hmm everything worked except the head, it wouldnt sync with the rest of the body

[@DanielVNZ]

Retried it with Ada and worked! guess it doesnt work with all metahumans

[@pachikoantonio5921]

Can u do it with manequin ue4.Ue5 still way more powerful for my PC .I can import ue4 manequin to UE5 to rig it.

[@Jobutsu]

Yes, but UE5 system is the future.

[@impshyco]

When I select all the face elements and Copy/Paste in the Third Person Template Mesh, Unreal Engine crashes, but it didn't crash for the legs, feet and torso.

[@impshyco]

Assertion failed: (Index >= 0) & (Index < ArrayNum) [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Containers\Array.h] [Line: 691] Array index out of bounds: -1 from an array of size 342 UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_HairStrandsCore UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Core UnrealEditor_Core UnrealEditor_Core UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Engine UnrealEditor_Kismet UnrealEditor_UnrealEd UnrealEditor_UnrealEd UnrealEditor UnrealEditor UnrealEditor UnrealEditor UnrealEditor UnrealEditor kernel32 ntdll

[@Jobutsu]

It is difficult for me to understand the problem, without seeing it. Maybe add groom hair manually ?

[@mootzartdev]

Hey buddy. I have gone through this multiple times with various Metahumans and various fresh projects. And im still having issues with everything other then the body mesh floating above and of axis to the the rest of the controller. Wondering if you have a email or something I can go over this with you so I can see if there is something stupid im doing. All the best, Jake.

[@Jobutsu]

The simplest way would be to post a video of the problem.

[@mootzartdev]

managed to work it out... i was being a idiot. The stuff was set to 90 degrees for some reason.. so that did the job. :)

[@Jobutsu]

You are not the first to mention the 90 offset. There are some strange bugs in 5.0.2

[@mootzartdev]

@@Jobutsu Yeah it was fairly strange. And took me a long while to notice. Always the simplest of things that I overlook.

[@stratosladopoulos123]

Unfortunately it does not work for me. When I paste into mesh the face it crushes..

[@stratosladopoulos123]

I'll probably try again with a new project cause the project had some other peculliar bugs in it..

[@stratosladopoulos123]

i actually did again in a new project but it keep crushes when i parent the face into mesh

[@Jobutsu]

Try this new method, it is easy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGempaanfLNobbc

[@aventadornone3055]

Hello. The video is really simple, but my new metahuman character is not going right. In the video, the head was at floor level. I have the same problem, as well as the torso, shorts and shoes are higher than the character himself. In addition, they are rotated 90 degrees to the side. After the correction, the head was also rotated 90 degrees and attached to the torso. Do you have any ideas what could be wrong?

[@Jobutsu]

it is difficult for me to understand without an example.

[@WIZROLL]

@@Jobutsu same problem for me, when a put torso leg and feet in mesh folder they don't move to the skeleton pose. Just stay on top with 90 degree rotation and don't follow the skeleton.

[@ipadize]

did you know you can download free animations and characters from Mixamo for UE5?

[@Parmigiano1]

The "fix the foot motion" unfortunately breaks the IK completely.

[@Jobutsu]

Open up the stock retargeters and try retargeting. Look at the IKBones in the resulting animation. IKRetargeting of IKBones is broken in UE5

[@Parmigiano1]

@@Jobutsu Yeah I found out your fix is basically just a more complicated way of disabling IK (which was causing the sticky feet issue). I found out you can retarget the Manequinn animations onto MH mesh and that way everything works out of the box, but I am not sure how much does that hurt performance. I probably don't understand IK well enough to fix this properly myself, though :)

[@Jobutsu]

Since I made this, UE5 ships with everything you need retarget correctly. I had planned to create a new version of this that, shows how simple it is now. I never did it though because, I am not a game dev.

[@Parmigiano1]

@@Jobutsu I see, is it something along the lines described here? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpPEpqCCf8uchck

[@Jobutsu]

KZbin blocked the link but yes.

[@Instant_Nerf]

Man 20 minutes to retarget a skeleton. There has to be an easier way. You can mesh to metahuman in 3 minutes. Which it sounds like it should take longer to do but it doesn’t.

[@Jobutsu]

This is old content. With the engine and templates available, there are now easier ways to get this done.

[@SuperlativeCG]

Excellent tutorial Very helpful.