UE4 - Animation Retargeting Made Easy Quick Tutorial

Quck tutorial on retargeting animations in UE4.
Uses the third person animations (third person template), Futuristic Soldier from the marketplace, and Animation Starter Pack (free on UE4 marketplace)

[@djdistinct4706]

Fast and concise. Most tutorials like to hear themselves talk for 30 mins. Your tutorial was spot on. Thanks!

[@roblesliemedia]

I'm kind of guilty of that. My tutorial on this similar topic was 16 minutes. This one is excellent.

[@tim_bayer]

This video was perfect, very clear, short and to the point. I loved how you showed a couple "mistakes" to show us what we would see if we forgot something. Ignore the people who say you went too fast, they apparently don't understand what "Quick Tutorial" means. Keep it up!

[@Smoses_senpai]

Somebody else made a 30 minutes tutorial about this and i much prefer something quick and clear like this

[@aiden6343]

this is a tutorial not a speedrun

[@madlad3017]

holy shit ur stupid

[@IntahX]

I always loved watching quick and short tutorials that are straight to THE POINT!. I can't stand 20min+ tutorials on something that can be explained in 3 min. This is why I never watch those tutorials and mostly watch shorter precise tutorials or just research them myself and learn better. Thanks for this man, really saved me from 20min of misery!

[@jeremyanderson4891]

Awesome! I love how you dealt with how things could go wrong, too. This was the first vid i found that solved the issue I was having with importing a T-pose-bound animation to an A-pose skeleton. Thanks!

[@DoraKage]

Thank you for this bro! It was a bit too fast, so i had to pause a lot. in the end - everything you taught was correct and straight to the point

[@Madiateur]

Super helpful! I love tutorials that are straight to the point, and fix the problem I came here to fix!

[@phantomwolfx5547]

Thank You Soo Much i been trying to figure this out for awhile, Your Tutorial was straight to the point, You Sir are Awesome!!

[@JoeyFoxtrot]

Awesome tutorial! As others have said, simple, quick, and to the point. Thank you!

[@VuTran12995]

Thank you very much. Fast paced and kept me focused.

[@BossToastMaker]

Thank you! Way better and straight to the point than those 15-30 min tutorials

[@PrinceofKW]

Thanks so much for helping me out. Subscribed instantly!

[@ChrisBFWilliams]

Short and sweet! Thank you!

[@novaria]

this was top notch! The Retargeting Manager UI is super confusing so this helped a bunch.

[@IrvinMG]

THANKS MAN, YOU ARE AWESOME, not even epic games v ideos were this easy, i mean i watched a lot of instructions and videos and i managed to fix this thanks to you. Thanks!

[@ricardobruh]

this tutorial helped me A LOT. thank you

[@allgaming5609]

This tutorial is amazing! Thanks so much man! 👌👌👌

[@JacobWort-Field]

Thank you this was what I was looking for.

[@GrzegorzStyczen]

Most helpful. Thank you!

[@KerryCronic]

Damn it's a shame you don't post anymore. You have literally my favorite tutorials. Lol I finished the traffic tutorials but there are still some steps further than what you did that I need to know lol but it's cool. I've been taking my time to learn C++ so I should be able to get the info I need some day lol

[@bruninhohenrri]

Thanks you change my life. Now i wont fail on my Unreal classes

I lost like 20+ hours before i find your video!!! you deserve a medal! Everybody is doing it like 30 minut video tutorial, changing manually bones and stuff, and it doesnt work anyway :D (for me atleast) Keep up the good workl!! Thanks bro!!

[@QFGEE]

Always wondered how to do that, thanks a bunch

[@CitroenGames]

you legend you have helpedme more than once everytime i watch your video it just works

[@JustAGuyProduction]

Thanks. This is much better than the 30 minute tutorial provided by Epic.

[@spookyanimator4695]

This was Awesome. Unreals own page only have a tutorial from 4.14.... This worked perfectly so ty!

[@alessandragarber20]

So helpful, saved me so much time!!

[@chratastrophic4445]

Spectacular!! Thankyou

[@abu.creative]

thanks a lot, that was useful

[@xmaarten]

You are the man! Thanks :))

[@jadmusic5064]

Fantastic Job!

[@VuTran12995]

Thank you very much.

[@AbdulkaderElRawas]

simple, direct, a little bit fast but well explained :)

[@alperkiy4371]

Thank you!

[@pawpotsRS]

thanks! :) this saved me.

[@paulcoobal610]

@Starreaper Studios I'm going to sound really dumb and shit but with this video that you made I'm able to continue with my goal after getting stuck and repetitively trying to get past my hurdle for around 2 years becoss of your video so thank you. Now I just need to fix the twest bones

[@survivingadapter20]

thanks for the helpful video

[@drygdetstva1202]

Thank's, bro.

[@jvjaviervargas2252]

Ty!

[@Jerhevon]

I barely knew that I had to tweak the built-in Mannequin rig to use a human rig, would have thought that was set by default. Then atop of that, had no idea one could retarget a skeleton in its entirety. Though I feel I have concerns on doing that with a character design that's still in flux.

[@ECHSBACHS]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You !!!!

[@fujiahermawan8]

to the point thx

[@jordant3512]

Thanks!

[@Video-by6lp]

VERY GOOD !)

[@ArmedBatman]

How do i get a master animation blue print with all my animations for my character for instance , when i assign the first animation bp my character walks fine but then i cant climb anything. when i assign my climbing animation bp after retargeting and i climb fine but walk like a tpose? HELP PLEASE?!

[@MrMicromartin]

Very good but far too fast for oldies like myself.

[@samuelguiguitare]

Hey man, do you plan on doing more gta blueprints video? They where very helpful. this video was also very helpful, thanks!

[@artdrawing6682]

cool

[@LoulouNoLegend]

These are the Zero Caliber VR Character. Dam

[@JOEFRAUST]

I'm having major deformation issues when I go to retarget my character he is gigantic compared to the mannequin example on the left does anybody know how to fix this I have a Genesis 8 character I transferred from Daz studio to unreal everything went well the only problem is when I retarget the animations using mannequin animation BP after I retarget my 3D character on the right Genesis 8 skeleton is gigantic and I can't seem to fix this does anybody know how to fix it?

[@cheongkarwai3396]

hmmm i have done the tpose with my character and starter pack but when i click the skeletal the image doesnt appear why?

[@Faris._.]

very good tutorial , but my character cramped up in the viewport and in the AnimBP . how do i fix that ?

[@absentcassie]

how to get t pose character to a pose

[@BlackFlashVA]

Followed this video EXACTLY, yet when I retarget the animation, I get a distorted mess??

[@BlackFlashVA]

2 years later and I'm back here for another project XD I figured it out- for those having the same issue, its caused by importing the animation as an FBX from Blender, it throws the scaling and bone rotations off. If you export FBX from blender, be sure to set the transform as '-X Forward' and 'Z Up'. When importing into Unreal: > Import the file and open up the animation file in the Asset editor (double click on the animation file). > Under Asset Details, scroll down and find 'Import Uniform Scale' under the Transform tab. > Set Import Uniform Scale to 100.0 and click 'Reimport Animation' at the top. > Fixed =D it should now retarget without giving you a distorted mess, or a suuuuper tiny mannequin

[@blackswan6386]

my character i downloaded has no skeleton mesh what i have to do in this situation ?

[@Democracyphobia]

wish i watched your tutorials earlier . i bought so many assets on unity and i really dont wanna switch to unreal because of that , and by seeing how fast things can be done in unreal just pisses me off . an advice for all beginners out there who are willing to make 3d games . unreal is the way to go as it is way more straight forward and its blue print can be learned easilly if you re not willing to spend so much time on hard code .unity is good for 2d mobile games .

[@GamesforCykits]

Did you join the guys making Elysium? A vr sandbox game that's like gta but more?

[@agustintorres6246]

You can use those retarget animations in other programs like 3ds max ?

[@OoJxCorrey]

Have you tryed using mhc Head on those custom chars?

[@stealthgamesaremyjam145]

After retargeting the soldier skeleton to UE4_Mannequin skeleton, the UE4_Mannequin skeleton can't use the animations anymore Is there a way to have both Skeletons able to use the animations, or is the only way to do that is retargeting the animations and end up with all the duplicated animations?

[@TF2Coverop]

pretty simple.

[@ChykchaVRN]

Ты обглегчил мою жизнь 👍

[@dziugas2586]

Are u going to continue traffic tutorial?

[@zotya8654]

Hey! Where i can find your Soldier asset?

[@ringovoid]

It work good but when i tried the animation my characters arm and legs got very very weird. My character is suppose to look like a human but looks now like something from a horrormovie monster! xD HELP! Im so close to acually making progress.

[@zjay7249]

I am using an Unreal Modkit, in there i couldn't find the UE4_Manneqin for the rig. I couldn't seem to add the Animation Starter Kit because it says its incompatible with the Modkit. So what should i use to retarget?

[@starreaperstudios5201]

You can go to Add New - > Add New Content/Feature pack and add third person content pack. This will add the mannequin and some starter anims.

[@CasperLind1]

tried the second method. my gpu litterly crashed

[@alirezarezai7162]

❤️🙏

[@diffraction163]

and i created a monster ._. oh wait. i like... :D

[@mattd5914]

Hey thanks for the tuto but if my caracfrom mixamo doesnt have a root bone how can i do ? thx :)

[@omegablast2002]

Import to blender and rename "ammature" to "root" in the scene

[@mattd5914]

@@omegablast2002 I'll try this thx buddy, i also find a solution to pass by maya to add a "root" bone ;)

[@omegablast2002]

@@mattd5914 should be the same fix...mixamo calls the root "armature"

[@mr.woofles6094]

i had a lot of trouble... until i saw this

[@zyrus9360]

Where is that Manager? I dont have it

[@mr.woofles6094]

@@zyrus9360 ok so in the skeleton up at the top bar there is a button you press to get the manager stuff

[@mr.woofles6094]

@@zyrus9360 its is called re target manager

[@zyrus9360]

@@mr.woofles6094 Thank you very very much!!!

[@mr.woofles6094]

@@zyrus9360 refr to me as apex x becuase gold signed me out of my account and im too lazy to go back

[@TaLila360]

@StarReaperStudios I need your help. I followed this tutorial and it kind of works but I got an issue: wrists are moved aside from the forearms like here: drive.google.com/file/d/1XiGlJAF3BBWE6Arrxuq4ccogp8EEkmfO/view?usp=sharing I retargeted custom anims from mannequin to paragon character. How can I fix it?

[@Mellstroystreamslive]

Hey dude! Would you be interested in a Open World Emergency Roleplay Project?

[@jordant3512]

Do you happen to be an artist?

[@Mellstroystreamslive]

@@jordant3512 no just a level designer and programmer

[@pixelazedd]

doesn't work

[@fredrikniemeyer]

yeah well I think this tutorial needs some explaining on why you do what you do! I give up. it is not working for me, I'll find another guide.

[@SystemUnderSiege]

ok there's plenty out there

[@RobertGameDev]

Great video! Just sounds like youve got something in your mouth. Are you chewing on a pen cap or some sort of straw? Jaw breaker? really distracting.

[@ferlaur113]

Man you go too fast, it’s not clear, plus you make mistakes, so take it easy, it’s not a race, be nice, simple and give us time to follow your gestures. And please don’t argue to use a lower speed

[@baynaraoa921]

The fact that he made mistakes is more usefull for us, cause it showed how to fix them instead of searching in google "Why won't my mesh show up when retargeting?"

[@gertsuik6092]

Idk about ur youtube, but mine has a pause button. Anyway don't want to be a dick but yea, you can always pause and look what he did. Because there are a lot of people who are quicker and would get annoyed by slow videos and would have to click +5s all the time to have it for their pace, and with that might actually lose an important piece of information.

[@starreaperstudios5201]

Sorry. There's always a balance between "too fast" and "too slow, get to the point omg". I find I'm usually on the latter end when watching tutorials so I tried to be quick. As for the mistakes, those were actually deliberate because they are very common issues and I wanted to show people what to do when they encounter them.

[@philipbristow8243]

useless video slow down it is not a race drink less coffee.

[@starreaperstudios5201]

It's literally in the title "Quick Tutorial"

[@CasperLind1]

doesn't work