UE4 Animation Retargeting Toolkit

[@tylerobrien3975]

Great tool, and already helping me out a huge amount! I'm not an animator of any kind, so this is saving me a huge amount of work!

[@Fxiques]

You should do a demo with 7 days of trial or limit of retarges like 10 retarget to see if it is what we are looking for, because it is a bit scary that it does not work. It's not that your product is bad, it's just a matter of resources :)

[@SaeidGholizade]

I understand, thank you for giving me feedback, the problem is since we are posting the source code for code plugins there is no way to limit its functions, there are plenty of questions on the product page that you can take a look, also you can ask yours, eventhough you can always ask epic for a refund if it does not do what it says.

[@brianchristopher5976]

GREAT PRODUCT! SAVED ME HOURS! Rating you on the marketplace today! PS ingore the negative comment below, i still paid (cheap btw) and tried it on 4.26 and 4,25, it works perfectly fine.

[@tetyanalytvynova9657]

Amazing plugin)))Thank you for this development))))) also thank's for quick respond on question in UE marketplace:)

[@yngmab]

Question. Does this plugin allow for exact IK bone retargeting on characters that have different proportions than the Mannequin? For example, using the regular UE retarget system, when retargeting an animation to a synty character, the IK bones never match because the Synty Characters are shorter but with longer arms

[@SaeidGholizade]

Hmm, I haven't the IK

[@dpredie]

Hi Saeid, what if in the target skeleton there is multiple extra bones ( e.g. metahuman skeleton has all these "hip twist, calf twist"), how to retarget from a simpler skeleton animation?

[@SaeidGholizade]

you just need to select the corresponding bones, the extra ones can be ignored

[@kiven7Wu]

Hi! Can this tool retarget manequin animation resources to 3dmax (Yup) rig bones?

[@SaeidGholizade]

you can rotate the entire skeleton from the root bone as the modify pose

[@GoraGames]

Good stuff :)

[@SaeidGholizade]

😅

[@HyperGalaxyEntertainment]

looks great! does it work with non-human character or animals like T-Rex or lion

[@SaeidGholizade]

YES

[@HyperGalaxyEntertainment]

@@SaeidGholizade Thanks! hope you can make a video showing how to retarget for non human characters~

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@HyperGalaxyEntertainment actually it is the same, because the tool will create the rig config and bone mapping from your skeleton, it is not humanoid, and it became your skeleton structure , you just need to assign the corresponding bone between two skeleton

[@HyperGalaxyEntertainment]

@@SaeidGholizade thanks for your information

[@markcheng1819]

OMG you wonderful bastard!! :) swear words aside, this looks VERY helpful!! thank you!!

[@SaeidGholizade]

Mark is that you!?

[@markcheng]

Yessir!

[@markcheng1819]

@@SaeidGholizade Do we know each other??

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@markcheng1819 🤔

[@II-er7gj]

I cannot see that with this asset can do mesh retarget to UE4 skeleton! Can do it??? Show Me please!

[@SaeidGholizade]

this is an animation retarget tool, not mesh!

[@marc1137]

i wonder if unreal have some way to transform bone to target .... kind of in maya would constraint parent one joint to other joint and get exact location ..... transform bone in unreal i choose 1 bone and can move it to offset , but what if want move many bones and to move them faster giving a second skeleton with same names just go find the exact location of other joint with same name , i thought would work this kind of retarget system but cannot find.....

[@SaeidGholizade]

you can do this using animblueprint, but if you want to have it as an anim asset, you can retarget one bone to multiple ones so you gonna get same position for all those bones

[@marc1137]

@@SaeidGholizade thx but using your own video example , im not sure if the thing is retarget , imagine you want move the joints of one skeleton to other , but not for animation , just as new starting pose , move the joints of the human skeleton to a new robot structure skeleton and all sharing same joints names so would be easy joint name go to same joint name location of other skeleton, in maya i know do that with some simple script ,loop with parent constraints , but in unreal in a blueprint im confused even about how could do a script to do it , and im not sure if could do this with this tool you show in this video

[@marc1137]

actually maybe would be easier do new fbx with the skeleton animated from one shape to other acting as a constraining trick and import that in the blue print as blend pose or something?

[@jacksonblack3478]

Putting this on marketplace?

[@SaeidGholizade]

yes, I am wrapping it up, it will be there soon

[@Fxiques]

Broder a question. Can you retarget a first person animation that only has the brains on and copy them to a full body skeleton?

[@SaeidGholizade]

you can retarget any part you want

[@MrWilson1311]

Before I put a review up on Epic could you help with an error? UE5 version 5.01. I can create a rig fine but it states i have to close it and reopen. After reopening it the engine crashes. Assertion failed: IsValid() [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Templates\SharedPointer.h] [Line: 1074]

[@SaeidGholizade]

I have replied to your email, lets solve it there

[@MrWilson1311]

@@SaeidGholizade Actually just got it working myself. Thanks for the quick response. Please add me on discord either way so incase i come into any more issues? Thanks dude i'll test this out and let you know!

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@MrWilson1311 awesome, what was the issue?

[@duskwoodstudios94llc2]

I am just checking in to see if you have been able to publish this tool yet?

[@SaeidGholizade]

Oh sorry, just forgot to mention it here, yes it is available in market place www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/9d259b25751544f39866975002636836

[@Kyle-ho4lj]

are u releasing this any time soon

[@SaeidGholizade]

yes I will, right now in testing, will publish once it's ready.

[@YuuJer]

I seem to see issues with targeting animation from mixamo to a skeleton that has twist bones, do you have a solution?

[@SaeidGholizade]

you'll need to rotate the target and save modify pose

[@YuuJer]

@@SaeidGholizade that's the first thing i tried

[@bludbafMcgraf]

Do you have a list of some of the shortcomings of this plugin? Is it flexible enough for almost all cases or have you run into issues? Im looking to buy but im not sure if its what i need.

[@SaeidGholizade]

you can take a look at the product description!

[@holdthetruthhostage]

@@SaeidGholizade my question is where is the UE5 version video

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@holdthetruthhostage it is the same is 4.x version!

[@eFXtivoStudio]

I need this plugin to be on discount soon 😁

[@eFXtivoStudio]

too late I already bought it aaaaaaaa

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@eFXtivoStudio Mmmmmmm, hope you like it!

[@scottin-texas27]

No discord, no email. BETA!? It doesnt say that anywhere until AFTER you buy it and it crashes a generic 4.26 project. Sure it LOOKS good but when will it work?

[@SaeidGholizade]

there is my email in the developer section and in the plugin itself, you can contact me to solve your issue, I will be happy if you could help me to reproduce the error to solve it. thank you

[@terrablader]

ill buy it

[@SaeidGholizade]

thank you, still in the marketplace approval queue.

[@AleRender]

Friend, the plugin has not helped me (at least with the retarget that I need to make of a Daz character) also that it crashes constantly in eu 4.26. Is there a way to get a refund? I can't find that option ..

[@SaeidGholizade]

Hi sorry for any inconvenience, I am here to help, you can contact me with the support email, we can have an online session to walk you through it, however, you can send an email to epic support for a refund.

[@AleRender]

@@SaeidGholizade ok thanks for the answer. I'll get in touch with you by email to see if we can make it work

[@AleRender]

@@SaeidGholizade I'm sorry it didn't work for me.. but thank you very much for your attention

[@BangBang-fd7de]

thumb down because you see that ik gun ik hand r and your ik hand left are not in the right place 1:02

[@SaeidGholizade]

It’s because I wasn’t retargeting those bones!!

[@bludbafMcgraf]

@@SaeidGholizade Haters gon hate lol. Do you have a list of some of the shortcomings of this plugin? Is it flexible enough for almost all cases or have you run into issues? Im looking to buy but im not sure if its what i need.

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@bludbafMcgraf it is flexible, but for more information please take a look at product description

[@lonewolfchf4072]

okay

[@mucahitklc9267]

O kadar uğraştım hiçbir işe yaramadı!!!!!!

[@theartisan7603]

One should avoid this bad boy - sent back to epic for a refund. Any attempt to retarget using this in 4.26 crashes the engine every time and no where on your advertising/marketplace store front does it state this is a BETA plugin. If that were know I would never have spent the money in the first place.

[@SaeidGholizade]

I would be happier if you could send me the error logs or something that I could help you to solve the problem

[@theartisan7603]

@@SaeidGholizade Not my job to make you happy. I have no error logs anymore and I have now removed the plugin, pending a refund. You need to update your market page to inform people that this is a BETA product. I tried 23 times, Epic to Epic, A to T, T to A, Mixamo to Epic etc as soon as you hit the Ghost Pose button UE4.26.2 crashes to desktop. 23 attempts, 23 crashes.

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@theartisan7603 I could connect to your pc to solve your issue, it would be some sort of misunderstanding or lack of clarity in UX, like you have to select source or target, or you need to reset your previous rig config. btw if you are still want to use the animation retargeting toolkit you send an email to support email to continue this conversation there.

[@theartisan7603]

@@SaeidGholizade There is no chance in hell I am granting you access to my PC - even to suggest such a thing is madness. The product does not function as advertised and you knowingly sold BETA software without informing the person that purchased it until after the sale. All I want is a refund which I am positive Epic will provide as under United Kingdom distance selling laws you MUST inform customers of the status of a piece of software - the fact this is in beta is not mentioned and therefore has been sold under false pretences. That coupled with the fact it simply does not function is by the by for now. I would not have purchased this even if it did work as a Beta product.

[@theartisan7603]

@@SaeidGholizade I have sent a "support" email several days ago (you failed to respond) as such I came here to complain instead. Contact via email is required to start the Epic refund process.

[@USAIsrUKEUVngrdBLRckOccupiedUA]

How about fingers?

[@SaeidGholizade]

you can do as much as you want

[@USAIsrUKEUVngrdBLRckOccupiedUA]

@@SaeidGholizade I mean, after UE4 retargating a fingers have another shape, not original shape. Do I need align each finger in this plugin?

[@USAIsrUKEUVngrdBLRckOccupiedUA]

@@SaeidGholizade I have problem with this mutant www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/heavy-bio-mutant and this animations www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/25-animations-for-creatures I can share the packs with you, if you agree. Could you check if your plugin can do correct retargeting, please? The problem is in fingers and hands.

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@USAIsrUKEUVngrdBLRckOccupiedUA if you need the fingers animation, you need to retarget them, and if they are not in right orientation, you need to make the modify pose

[@SaeidGholizade]

@@USAIsrUKEUVngrdBLRckOccupiedUA they are paid content that you can not just share with others, but my plugin can retarget any kind of skeleton to any other kinds