UE5.4: NEW One-Click Retargeting for Mixamo & Root Motion Fix

[@blanne9628]

at 3:33, i dont see the "Direct Download" button anymore on that web page

[@abbignale6309]

wow impressed to find someone that explain it so that even my grandmother would understand it. This is how Tutorial should be made, becuase it prevents fails. Foolow this way and you will be really succesfull. As the Navy Seal soldiers say: slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

[@Rforge]

Thank you so much for your feedback!

[@FinalMotion]

holy crow... this is such a underrated channel... your videos are so well prepared and so nicely paced... you are the first channel that makes learning UE5 actually approachable... Thank you! Edit: Can you do a video showing the new control rig features? like how to create one, how to transfer animations to it, how to unbake the animations, and then how to tweak them? I know these are all things you can do in UE5, but theyre all things ive struggled with, especially retargeting and building the control rig... so considering both of those things have been massively overhauled... Id love to see how to do it... Thank you again, amazing tutorials, please keep them coming!!!

[@Rforge]

Hey Poly thank you for the kind words! Ive gone into the new modular control rig in the video we just uploaded check that out Will be doing some more control rig stuff next since its being requested quite a bit, along with the new skeleton editing system -Shaun

[@No1001-w8m]

He does go faster then most tutorials which is welcome, but he also skips over some important information as a result.

[@jintor9061]

I really like that you even took the time to explain how to use the password on the zip file in case anyone using it didn't know! Going through this now with the 5.4 release. /edit totally works. i ran into a reproducible crash trying to retarget the same animation to two skeletons, but you can just retarget the result of a retarget, so i just daisy chained the animations. works great! Thanks for this great and to the point tutorial!

[@Rforge]

Thank you for the positive feedback!

[@Tarnished_Edits]

this is perfect but when i import the mesh with the animation at 4:55 the mesh has no textures because my character on mixamo has no textures. any idea how to fix that? ( i dont wanna retarget the animation to the default ue5 mannequin)

[@nay2d2]

every time i try to do this the arms with mixamo they are bent like they were snapped, is it because the mixamo characters are missing bones? I followed every step the same but its still showing with the bones oddly bent

[@antimetaprecidence5600]

When I drag and drop the fbx in there Is no option for “import animations” I’m using the latest version of 5.4 and I successfully converted the animations with the tool.

[@weshootfilms]

It seems like the retargeting only works in a third person map when I try to retarget inside of a marketplace map it will not do it

[@Rforge]

I can have a look at this for you, which map are you using -Shaun

[@weshootfilms]

@@Rforge any map I purchase from the marketplace it seems to change. I’ve used it in multiple maps and the only time it retargets is if you open a third person or empty map. But anytime I open it in a map already ready to go when you press on retarget it does some weird retarget duplicate thing try it out.

[@No1001-w8m]

1:38 How are you getting "Import All" button to be blue when you have selected no skeletal mesh as target? I cannot import it like that. As long as "Skeleton" is not selected, I cannot import.

[@Rforge]

Is this for animation sequences or the base character ? -Shaun

[@DBROstalos]

I don't get it as well, I can import character itself but none of the animations from mixamo

[@dts1207]

@@Rforge When you drag over the animations, I don't have the same option of 'Import Animations'. There is just one option under 'Animation', and it is Animation length?? I am using 5.4.3.

[@roystonwilson6846]

Wow bro you are awesome . Really couldn't find anyone who does so short and easy to understand tuts. Please help make videos on topics like metahuman with custom expressions, costumes for Asian Indian regions.

[@JayHPatel]

Nice work Shaun! Great channel

[@Rforge]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@johndoe35717]

import skeletal mesh isnt an option when i drag in an animation at 4:48 so i dont have a mesh at all

[@Rforge]

Is this for mixamo ? -Shaun.

[@SafiSafi-l1e8d]

ERROR occured on rig: Unknown error while generating motion X

[@bryanwiitala8854]

This is great, but couldn't you avoid the weight painting by importing into blender first, using their plugin and exporting back to unreal?

[@iamstarman7]

I have a strange 90 degree angle in the right hip of the target character when retargeting, so the animation looks odd. Do you know any way to fix? It's Mixamo animation to DAZ Gen9 character in UE5.4 to be specific. I have latest version of DazToUnreal plugin installed.

[@Winterizes]

does this mixamo root bone program also work for any skeletal mesh that is missing a root bone?

[@Rforge]

no :( you will have to use blender or maya if its not mixamo since the code of this tool is designed for mixamo

[@outtoplay]

Terrific demonstration. Thanks for the time and effort.

[@Rforge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SimpleBeings]

I don't have the 'import animations' checkbox when im importing the .fbx files, anyone know why? thanks

[@badashphilosophy9533]

i am brand new to unreal engine, dont know anything much yet. what might you want to use retargetting for? i can see maybe you want npcs in the world doing certain animations its a quick way to maybe set up the same animations on multiple characters but can given peoples excitement about it i imagine it must be for much more than that kind of thing

[@Rforge]

Hi so ill break this down in a few steps. All your characters have skeletons / bones that when manipulated move the mesh of that character (like our skin) so each part of the mesh is affected by certain bones. So if you have say a metahuman, a character from the marketplace and one your friend made for you. Each of these could have their own skeleton (naming / amount of bones etc) Problem is, animation is tied to the skeleton, so Retargeting is a way of transferring animation from one skeleton to another allowing a second character to access / perform the animation. Without it, when you import the animation on a particular skeleton, another skeleton or character would not have access or be able to perform that animation. Hope this helps -Shaun

[@brocscogmyre5592]

This is a good tutorial. I'm fairly new to UE, I've just got the hang of building environments but animation is something else, for example my metahumans slide when they walk, a few people say its related to ROOT MOTION I'd appreciate it if you could shed some light on this

[@yonghengshouhu]

Can various action resources in the UE mall be directly redirected to various characters in the mall using 5.4?

[@PikBo100]

why feets are floating in air? are not attached to ground ((

[@eulersosa6840]

Can't get the mixamo converter to run? Using UE5.4

[@Rforge]

Are you following the video what is it saying ? -Shaun

[@gursehajkamboj2542]

Thanks you, its a great tutorial, and you me lot of time.

[@TheInvestihater]

Very helpful tutorial, thanks. I wonder why Unreal didn't give Metahumans the same skeleton as the mannequin, it would've simplified the process.

[@Greg-oj5mi]

This is amazing, thanks!

[@Rforge]

Glad you like it!

[@kfxrich]

Best video on this topic on this entire platform!!!

[@Rforge]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@UmbraAtrox_]

They put some garbage launcher in front of the converter, I'm going to scream!

[@DimitryArsenev]

HAHAHAHA! 1 click.... 100500 hours maybe more real. If characters supports fully like a Many-Mixiamo you usually have a problems with legs slide. If characters not supports fully like as Daz character - Mixiamo - you never Retarget it perfectly and 100500 bugs.

[@DimitryArsenev]

Mixiamo its real hell to make it retarget. I make it retarget in UE 5.4 and migrate my animation to 5.5. and woops - my first bone a not more rotated - all my character is rotated - looks fully broken.