Unreal Engine Character Editor Tutorial

Hello everyone. This is a quick Tutorial, how to create Character Editor.
I used the Version 4.27.2 of the Unreal Engine for this one.
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[@StormFrontGame]

8:00 if anyone finds the character doesnt rotate you need one new addition in ue5, simply make it so when left mouse pressed, it sets LMBPress variable to true, and false on released :)

[@AverageDev]

U always come up with intresting works..

[@MrPyCCkuu1]

Very useful video. Thank you very much!

[@hotsauce7124]

Hello, how do you set up correctional morph shapes for the shoulder and elbows in UE5?

[@nidel6936]

Hi Do you know how to do this but with only customizing the face oder the height of the character? If yes could you pls tell me or make a video about it ?

[@GameSinsBattles]

Great job! Can you make another totorial with car customization?

[@Seredias.]

Already did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKjWgmeqqsdsidUsi=tsKEDmFvlYvrxYdq

[@devzonic288]

great video bro, do you know how a weapon system could be made where after being used so many times, it would go from perfect state to worn state and so until it jams going through several states, and just repairing to be used again? I see this system in the game Day Z...

[@Seredias.]

I will try to integrate this into the Series.

[@developernoob3546]

top de mais!! salve Seredias 😀

[@CsGrinders]

great video love it! and how can i log to that character creation editor? Before a character editor I need a character selection page and in the necessary case of not having any created, I can go to create one as you are explaining. how can i doo this "character loby selection" ? in youtube theres no videos of this, noone explain how to make a character selection like diablo 3, lineage 2, wolrd of warcraft etc.

[@Seredias.]

I think this could help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WTen9ugKd9n6s

[@CsGrinders]

@@Seredias. yes andddd not hahahaha this is the post part of a previous enter a character selection if you dont have any char o want to create a new one you pass to the instans of your video.

[@ockertmaghielvanheerden5486]

Hi there i just want to find out if it is possible to create this system but for like ingame ? As an example a barbershop where when you enter the building you have the options to change different hairstyles.

[@Seredias.]

Of course you can use this System also to change the Character mid game.

[@jakejuan-ue4pg]

this will work on Unreal Engine 5.1 or need a different setting? by the way. I subscribed.

[@Seredias.]

Yes, because it still the same concept, especially with the modular Character.

[@StormFrontGame]

was useful up until 8:16, from there we didnt have the global variables like you did, still a incredibly helpful tutorial! thankyou for your time!

[@Seredias.]

Did you check the "Variable" Box for every Text Block 4:33? For the other Variable I explain step by step what I prepared.

[@StormFrontGame]

​@@Seredias.Those would allow me to change those texts, I was using this video for a skin selector which uses a menu rather than your arrow system (although I think that's cool)

[@JonCG]

What version of Unreal are your using Bro.?

[@Seredias.]

4.27.2 I always write the Version in the Description.

[@connorjade5460]

Dude u r a life saver for new unreal devs.....

[@nikosdulca9493]

did it worked to you ? i have a question , im pretty stuck at the end

[@nikosdulca9493]

what version of unreal did you use?

[@connorjade5460]

@@nikosdulca9493 on which part?

[@connorjade5460]

@@nikosdulca9493 I believe that u might have missed MyInstance blueprint to be added inside maps and mode section in project settings

[@nikosdulca9493]

@@connorjade5460 Fount it.. thanks tho .. i dint know where to call the instance blueprint then found the game instance in project settings ... and second in the video the version of unreal has set skeletal mesh and i used set skinned asset and update cause i use 5.2

[@TheDemetrio94]

How would you do this if I don't have a skeletal mesh? I mean, what if I just have a mesh (a Helmet, for example) and I want to add it as a "head accessory" ?

[@Seredias.]

This should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WTen9ugKd9n6s

[@TheLonghairedBomber]

can you change different abilities when changing different Items? so if you change the boots the character gets faster or slower. and can you also make different bodies with different heights for wich also are different kinds of clothes?

[@Seredias.]

Yes, that is also possible. I plan to combine this with my inventory series. So that would be clothing with attributes.

[@ColleqeKidJova]

Hey, Great tutorial!! I have one question, The male part is working great but how do you make it work for the female parts?

[@Seredias.]

With the GenderNr you switch between Male and Female 9:20

[@ColleqeKidJova]

@@Seredias. sorry I mean’t to go into more details. When you set up the “on clicked” for the buttons, you only set it up for the Male parts. Since we can’t use the same even twice, how do we connect the female body parts.

[@Seredias.]

@@ColleqeKidJova For the Gender Click Event you just need this here: 13:49 Thats why its special and that's why there is a split of the main function at 9:20

[@MrPangahas]

how bout if you wanna change body parts like make the legs longer or arms bigger with morph targets

[@Seredias.]

I have not much experience with morph targets, but it should also been working.

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

2.50 What instance is this? The tutorial in the description didnt talk about instancing anything. Nor did the tutorial before that?

[@Seredias.]

Just an Game Instance. Right Click -> Blueprints and search for Game Instance. And yes, it is Part of the Inventory Tutorial Series (Part 3), but this is not nessesary for this Tutorial.

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@Seredias. thank you for the quick reply.

[@astralstormgamestudios1259]

Nice 👍 does it work in multiplayer?

[@Seredias.]

Not tested yet, but would be interesting. If you figure it out first just let me know.

[@astralstormgamestudios1259]

@@Seredias. What happens if you play as client, players 2 ? Try it out. It's fast thing to do

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

11:15 ue5 doesnt have reinit pose on the skeletal mesh component, is there a work around for this? the closest fix i found required rig hierarchy and refused to work no matter how i tweaked it...

[@Seredias.]

In UE5 they renamed the function to "Set Skinned Asset and Update".

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@Seredias. thank you. I'll try that tomorrow.

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@Seredias. didn't help. Also for some reason whenever I try and change one asset it changes all the other ones too...but it only happens o the first time I click. And works fine ( other than the messed up animation) on subsequent changes....

[@Seredias.]

@@sudanemamimikiki1527 Mh than something is missing. I tested it currently in 5.1 and it worked as expected. Is the Skeleton Mesh Compatible?

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@Seredias. yeah. It compiles perfectly. I did it exactly like the tutorial had. I double checked everything through. The only thing I think it might be is the text boxes for the issue of everything changing when you first click it. But that shouldn't affect the reinit....

[@GameDevUE]

At 6:06 you create a 'set view target with blend' from the camera. I dont have that? How can i get it, the camera im using is the cine camera actor😅

[@Seredias.]

Basically you already answered the question by yourself. You need a Camera Actor instead of an Cine Camera Actor.

[@GameDevUE]

@@Seredias. so I realised that, I brought in a camera actor but the set view target still does not pop up.

[@Seredias.]

@@GameDevUE Did you place the Camera into the Level? It is a Level Reference inside the Level Blueprint. Also it could be that the "Set View Target" will not pop up from the Camera itself. Than you just need to search it separatly.

[@julianescholz3929]

did you find a solution? I placed the wrong cam myself, after changing still no set view target. Couldnt find any substitution bc of UE5 either..

[@GameDevUE]

@@julianescholz3929 I canned that project and used CodeLikeMe project he also shows you how to make the character persistent in every level

[@Riseuhh]

is there an easy way to switch between metahumans? i dont want to change all the body parts or anything, just the whole metahuman itself

[@Seredias.]

As far as I know, Metahumans are very similar to the concept I showed and have also multiply body Parts. But if you want to replace the whole Metahuman you could switch around the Actor itself.

[@Riseuhh]

@@Seredias. thank you for the response! So what would I use instead of “set skeletal mesh”?

[@Seredias.]

I would create an Array of all Metahumans and than switch around the Actors. The easiest way would be to Spawn a new AI and destroy the old one, cause you cant "Set" the Actor anymore.

[@Riseuhh]

@@Seredias. is there a way I could send you screenshots for more help?

[@Seredias.]

@@Riseuhh Sure, on the Discord Server. You can find the link in every Video Description. Maybe the Community can also help.

[@aviel200]

can you please tell me what is the "my instance" blueprint?!

[@Seredias.]

Its just a Game Instance that I called my "MyInstance". Inside a Game Instance you can save Variables over the hole Game. Just right click in the Content Browser -> Blueprint Class. Search for Game Instance.

[@aviel200]

@@Seredias. still didnt get it... sorry

[@Seredias.]

@@aviel200 No Probleme. The Game Instance came usually from this Tutorial. I explain it right at the Begin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i32pkH2mf6-ErrM

[@connorjade5460]

Hi. How can you make this work with interfaces and soft references instead of casting and hard references???

[@Seredias.]

An Interface would only make sense, if you have Multiple Objects with the same Concept. And the Body Parts are not relative, a Soft Reference wouldn't make sense.

[@connorjade5460]

@@Seredias. Naah my game crashes everytime I go into the character customizer window and play from there. If I start the game without any customization, the game just works fine (other parts of my game don't use casting). I just couldn't figure out how to get references to the skeletal mesh component from my player bp....

[@Seredias.]

@@connorjade5460 But then something is missing, cause this has nothing to do with the Cast or the Reference. In fact a Soft Reference would be worse in the Case.

[@connorjade5460]

@@Seredias. Oh okay. So can I only use interfaces? I just need a way to get skeletal mesh component references inside the instance bp without casting.

[@nightnosse5748]

How can i set the value of variable Character ?

[@Seredias.]

The Character Variable is an Blueprint Structure 3:05. To set this, you Cast to your Game Instance, from the "As Instance" -> "Set Character" -> Right Click on that -> "Split Struct Pin". 11:20

[@nightnosse5748]

Already done ! Thank you so much@@Seredias.

[@trypresident774]

try to followd this tutorial but its not enough detail on how u called things how u set the widget up then u go in to the level blueprint that then turns in to the character editor blue print then i cant call the create camera reference u dont show how u did that so confused

[@Seredias.]

I show everything inside this Tutorial, but its not a beginner Tutorial indeed. So get familiar with the Engine first.

[@trypresident774]

@@Seredias. a lil familiar with unreal Ben workin an learning 3 years now but still Iam learning don’t know everything yet but in this tutorial it was kind of hard to understand something’s but maybe it’s a different way since I m following in 5.4 maybe who knows I’ll just keep lookin around KZbin to see other tutorials

[@SnowBunny_Elle]

3:01 you jump to an IInstance that was not explained nor was it in previous video. So from here I'm stuck.

[@Seredias.]

Oh that's is very simple. Just right click -> Blueprint Class and search for Game Instance. Specifically this Instance was created in this Tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i32pkH2mf6-ErrM

[@SnowBunny_Elle]

@@Seredias. Thanx

[@Struppi]

Funktioniert nicht mit Unreal Engine 5.3... Blueprint skeletal Mesh wird nicht gefunden . Nur static mesh wird gefunden

[@Seredias.]

Das hat mit der Version nichts zu tun. Das sind die Standard Komponenten der Unreal Engine.

[@connorjade5460]

Verwenden Sie Unreal Engine 5.1 für diese Art von Tutorials mit alten Versionen und konvertieren Sie das Projekt dann in Unreal Engine 5.3

[@bobanch4634]

Sir pls make tutorial gta style wanted level system

[@Seredias.]

It's not easy like that, you need to build a hole Society, a hole living World. Than the possibility for Crimes and the resulting Reaction. This would take month or even years, to build it like GTA.

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

11:25 what variable exactly?

[@Seredias.]

The Variable "Character" 3:00

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@Seredias. aight. I'll try that tomorrow. I got the whole thing working today but its quite the bug filled mess atm...Will need to read do the whole thing from scratch props if this won't fix it...

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@Seredias. so for some reason If I click to change body parts inside the editor, the editor just changes a bunch of the parts and then it kinda starts fucking up afterwards. Also the changes don't commit once I click play and it goes to my hub level...

[@connorjade5460]

@@sudanemamimikiki1527 Hi have you fixed the issue where the changes don't commit to the original BP_Character?

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

@@connorjade5460 nope. Never did manage to find a fix in time for the deadline. I'm going to have to create a new character creator in a few months time anyway so I haventh also bothered trying to run through the code anymore either.

[@Hardwired_Productions]

im glad you are helping people with tuts but skipping around and not showing full process beats the purpose...

[@Seredias.]

What are you talking about, I skip repeating steps like creating the Variable, which all have the same Structure or Widget Elements as well. That's why I explained how I build it. In this Way the Tutorial gets straight to the point, without talking around for another 20 Minutes. Constructive kritek is okay, but that is just unnecessary.

[@jrag1000]

Thanks for your help! You don't have to do this, and now I at least can open the door to unreal and walk into the room. I've been looking at unreal for a big game idea that I do in 2d for years and unreal is such a pro tool its daunting. 👍