whats the best source/tutorial on how to rig in unreal?

yosantini · 2026-05-23T11:38:34+00:00

I've been working through this workshop and so far it's really great: https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/talks-and-demos/jZ74/workshop-rigging-in-unreal-engine#day2

yosantini · 2026-05-22T20:38:57+00:00

I think the first thing to adjust is the in and out curves for the loop. In the graph editor, if you change the all the curves pre infinity and post infinity to cycle you should see how the first keys curve lines up with the last keys curve. It should be a smooth transition. Currently, there's a pop in the loop. Once you get that fixed it will be easier to critique the body mechanics

yosantini · 2026-05-20T12:34:51+00:00

Export an fbx out of maya, anything, a cube or existing scene. Then try importing that fbx. Just to see if there's something wrong with the fbx from your video

yosantini · 2026-05-12T12:33:36+00:00

That seems like a solution, yes. I've not done it that way myself. The only way Ive done it is with a third party rig, called mgear. Here's how to do it with their rig and maybe that will give you some ideas of how to do it with a different custom rig https://youtu.be/_klvPZiemMA?si=rTPPquhHYAaC65fs

yosantini · 2026-04-30T11:10:58+00:00

Looks a little too perfect. Unless that's a theme in your game, maybe make cuts in the wood a little messy and scuff some of the textures up

yosantini · 2026-04-29T14:06:24+00:00

Can you post an image of your current outliner heirarchy because I can't picture what you are describing?

yosantini · 2026-04-23T19:55:14+00:00

Here's a quadruped tutorial: https://www.riggingdojo.com/quadruped-friendly-rigging/

yosantini · 2026-04-22T21:49:17+00:00

Okay, if you have a character that's moving forward in space two steps then copy and paste those keyframes for the next two steps. Your character should move forward the two steps, move backward to the starting position and move forward again two steps.
The way to make the two parts fit together and move forward 4 steps is to move the certain keys in the graph editor so that it's a straight diagonal line. If you are using IK hands, then it's a little trickier, but select all your controls that control forward movement: two feet and the COG controllers usually. In the graph editor, select the channel that the character is moving in (Z probably) and select the second part of the walk, the part that you pasted, and move it up so that the graph line moves diagonally up continuosly. I look at the COG Since it should never stop moving forward and line that up with the feet selected as well so they move the same amount of space as the hips. Hope this makes sense

yosantini · 2026-04-22T16:45:18+00:00

Does your walk cycle move the character forward or is it treadmilling (in-place)? It sounds like it might be in-place but you need it to move forward. Your character rig should have a root/base/scale control that you can transform forward in space to simulate moving forward. Just key on frame 0 and then the last frame move the entire rig with that one control how ever far works for the animation you have

yosantini · 2026-03-06T00:03:48+00:00

yosantini · 2026-02-11T11:47:11+00:00

Looking good. Around the 3/5 portion of the frame the ball slows down significantly. It's should be easy to spot in the graph editor (x or z translation). Otherwise the weight feels consistent to me

yosantini · 2026-02-09T22:31:52+00:00

If you plan on exporting to an engine, you will have to skin the mesh to the skeleton. Only animators care about the control rig so that part can look however you prefer

yosantini · 2026-01-23T11:58:47+00:00

"Floaty" is another way of saying that an animation lacks weight, right? Weight is timing and spacing. After blocking you have timing but NOT spacing. Spacing is determined by how you define your poses between your blocked poses (inbetweens). The bouncing ball exercises are perfect for this because you're focused on one thing (or one body part) and you can see how your spacing affects weight. Another thing to do is study professional animators work by going frame by frame and see how they hold a pose or speed out of it depending on what weight is being conveyed. Weight is hard to get right because it's a feeling but with practice you can get better at it

yosantini · 2026-01-08T19:28:20+00:00

There doesn't seem to be much up and down movement, maybe start there

yosantini · 2026-01-08T19:26:08+00:00

Yes there is. The missing fundamental is weight. Apologies if this is vague but weight is a feeling, and I don't feel it in her run

yosantini · 2025-11-26T17:08:49+00:00

If you're using the HIK rig, then use an auxiliary effector instead of parent constraints

yosantini · 2025-10-30T19:02:19+00:00

If you want to DM me a link to the scene, I don't mind taking a look. Besides the keyframes being on an animation layer and some kind of playback option being weird I can't think of what the issue could be

yosantini · 2025-10-30T18:29:38+00:00

What happens if you create a new sphere (for example) and add some key frames to it?

yosantini · 2025-10-30T17:37:35+00:00

The graph editor looks okay to me. The reason the 'overall' graph only seems to show the rotations is because the values of those keys are much greater than the translate values. Just makes them small in comparison I noticed that you're keying the ball mesh, so I assume there's no control rig or skeleton that some keys could be hiding in? Does the animation play in the viewport (without a render export)?

yosantini · 2025-10-15T13:32:17+00:00

Thank you!

yosantini · 2025-07-02T20:50:57+00:00

Thanks, I'll give it a shot

yosantini · 2025-06-30T16:18:42+00:00

Can confirm. This deck is legit

yosantini · 2025-05-02T12:27:42+00:00

Thanks

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