Modular Control Rig Tutorial | Unreal Engine 5.4

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

Комментарии • 160

  • @princeroben4853
    @princeroben4853 9 месяцев назад +77

    man, Unreal Engine really is becoming a good game engine for indie game devs. this makes rigging super quick and easy to do, this is really helpful if you're working solo. hope they add more, like how that Cascadeur animation looks, well if they can replicate that, that will immensely help indie game devs

    • @HyperBassYT
      @HyperBassYT 9 месяцев назад +1

      I just wish they used something like c# for the scripting language

    • @princeroben4853
      @princeroben4853 9 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@HyperBassYT @HyperBassYT ain't nothing wrong about visual scripting. And I have 2 years experience with Java, the closest thing to C#. I didn't complain about blueprints, it gets things done fast, especially if you're solo, tons of tutorials also, best tutorials I found is by the GOAT himself Smart Poly. I'm just making a horror game right now with simple gameplay mechanics, blueprint is more than enough for that. When I make multiplayer games in future, I wouldn't be able to avoid C++, which is not that bad also

    • @RictorScale
      @RictorScale 9 месяцев назад +2

      C++ in unreal is no big deal, if you can code there's nothing hard about it compared to c# which I use at work

    • @boccobadz
      @boccobadz 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@HyperBassYTwhy? Tbh it's not the language used in the "real world" unless you're tied to Windows and/or Unity. Cpp is universal but you can get everything done with just blueprints.

    • @yikunobarnaby5759
      @yikunobarnaby5759 9 месяцев назад

      That or buy the company.

  • @Tryhardblackguy
    @Tryhardblackguy 9 месяцев назад +11

    This is insane. Crazy how far the engine is coming. I tried to learn so many times. 5.3 is the most fun I have had learning the engine, can’t wait for the full release. Thanks for the video so fast

  • @Fishy_TD
    @Fishy_TD 6 месяцев назад +3

    as a person who work alot in unity engine n blender, this is more than a god bless for indie developer, i was able to animate everything inside ue5 for my fps survival game, thanks alot, do ur best n any indie devs who see my comment, ill sub for sure ~

    • @H1D3_15
      @H1D3_15 4 месяца назад

      omg this save a lot of work for me, I literally was doing all my animations and rig in blender now i can just use ue5 ALL IN ONE😭

  • @TheDonutIsHere
    @TheDonutIsHere 9 месяцев назад +5

    Wow! Great tutorial! There are so many more possibilities with the engine now! Exited to see what's coming in the future.

  • @frellinghazmot4443
    @frellinghazmot4443 9 месяцев назад +8

    So does this need bones already added to a mesh or can we import static meshes? All I see are SK_meshes in my preview mesh

  • @Tenchinu
    @Tenchinu 9 месяцев назад +3

    this is amazing. The reveal was good, but seeing it in action is 100 times more insightful. Thank you very much for the explanation.
    if you accept requests, pls pls PLS do one for the new clothing system :)

  • @bruceburnett5372
    @bruceburnett5372 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing! Finally a system that makes sense to me. Nice.

  • @GroundbreakGames
    @GroundbreakGames 9 месяцев назад

    Appreciate you man. Really looking forward to this next engine version so it's nice to start brushing up before the change over. Highly appreciate the concise info!

  • @williamclarke2617
    @williamclarke2617 9 месяцев назад +2

    this is crazy, working with it now. the new skeleton editor was already way more intuitive than Blender. if the rigging is as straightforward as it feels, I could turn a model into a animatable character in less than half an hour.

  • @virtualfilmer
    @virtualfilmer 9 месяцев назад +3

    Wow!! You are going OFF with videos about 5.4 - thanks so much for doing them! The one thing I can’t figure out how to do is the new “kinematic collider” that they showed at gdc. It looks basically like we can finally get cloth simulation properly reacting to metahuman meshes! But yeah, I can’t see it anywhere. I built 5.4 from source to see if it was in that, but nope!

  • @deepelements
    @deepelements 9 месяцев назад +2

    I freaking Love Unreal

  • @coffeediction
    @coffeediction 9 месяцев назад

    woooot, this is insane!!! I need to get back to animation xD this definitely allows for at least quick animations for some game idea testing etc. probably even viable for production.

  • @k3rm173
    @k3rm173 9 месяцев назад +4

    Im recent and have enjoyed your blueprint tutorials.
    PLEASE make a tutorial of full HUD. Since HUDs are a default in almost all games i would like to hear from you as to how to use custom images, images for progress bars, maps, cooldowns, revups (hold to power up), sidescreen directional inicators, compass directional indicators, crosshairs, markers or bubbles or health bars on targets and/or allies.
    I know there has to be a way to have 3D images on a HUD. I want to create a health bar like this old gamecube game called "Gotcha force"

  • @petertremblay3725
    @petertremblay3725 9 месяцев назад +1

    Can this replace the pain of doing the rig in blender and the second pain of exporting which is so counter productive?

  • @carlosrivadulla8903
    @carlosrivadulla8903 9 месяцев назад +3

    wow, can u continue the 5.4 feature showcase by applying to this ctrl_rig the new motion-matching animations library?

  • @blahb
    @blahb 9 месяцев назад +1

    amazing video i cant wait to hop in and try it out

  • @florentsolut1521
    @florentsolut1521 8 месяцев назад +2

    You can easily fix the knees pole vectors being too far from your mesh by selecting the Leg modules and setting the PV Offset Factor to a lower value.
    Thanks for the tutorial !

    • @JamesTodd1996
      @JamesTodd1996 5 месяцев назад

      This doesn't work for me, doesn't move the PV at all, any ideas?

  • @velikanskaglava2087
    @velikanskaglava2087 9 месяцев назад

    I would like to see next: How to create assets within the game, the player, how to export it outside of the game, or whatever is as close to this process as possible

  • @jadrienrodriguez8278
    @jadrienrodriguez8278 9 месяцев назад +5

    I’m still new to ue5, is this control rig good for in game movement mechanics or is it Solely for animation in cutscenes and animated videos?

    • @creatorsteven
      @creatorsteven 9 месяцев назад +3

      I'm no expert, and my understanding might be incomplete, but here's what I know: In 3D character creation, you typically model the character, create textures, and define a skeleton (bones). These processes are distinct but essential for bringing a character to life. The control rig, particularly in Unreal Engine, is then applied for animating these characters directly within the engine. This in-engine approach offers advantages, especially for procedural animations and responses to in-game events, as it's optimized for both performance and integration with Unreal's tools.
      External control rigs can also be used, but integrating them into Unreal can be less straightforward, potentially requiring additional scripting or plugins. In contrast, Unreal's in-engine control rigs are designed for seamless interaction with the game environment, providing real-time feedback, which is invaluable during development.
      These animation features aren't just for cutscenes; they're also crucial for in-game movements. The control rig allows animations to be triggered by various in-game events.

    • @Glebv23
      @Glebv23 9 месяцев назад +4

      You can create a singular animation like a walk cycle and export it from that graph and use it in an animation montage or whatever you want.

    • @dfghgg6167
      @dfghgg6167 9 месяцев назад +3

      Both, you can use control rig in an Anim Blueprint for runtime changes. You can use it for IK hands and feet at run time for example.
      Another example, you can use it for an FPS game to use spring mechanics on any procedural animation to make your hands overshoot the position and ease into place (so it looks realistic rather than perfectly moving your hands where it needs to be.)

  • @LukiGames0
    @LukiGames0 9 месяцев назад +1

    This thing is insane, i always had a hard time with rigging for unreal and animating since i did not had access to Maya or other professional tools.

    • @postprocessed
      @postprocessed 8 месяцев назад

      unfortunately you still need to rig your character on skeleton with Maya/Blender. Assign skinning and weights. Unreal just helps you with creating control rig, which I believe should follow the certain naming convention or hierarchy of base UE5 Manny Skeletal Mesh

    • @Sasmety
      @Sasmety Месяц назад +1

      @@postprocessed not anymore. you can do those thing too in ue5

    • @postprocessed
      @postprocessed Месяц назад

      @@Sasmety yep! Skeletal mesh editor became even better!

  • @Onechanzetolive
    @Onechanzetolive 9 месяцев назад +1

    Miximo characters break this auto rigger unfortunately BUT since it’s so easy to retarget animations now I’m going to use the Manny to create the animations and then retarget it to a Miximo character 🤘🏾

  • @goochigooglar1791
    @goochigooglar1791 9 месяцев назад

    looking forward to using it when full release comes out.

  • @cindyzxec
    @cindyzxec 9 месяцев назад

    This be cool, I been using FK to animate my char since I was too lazy to build a control rig since I think I could find a free compatible control rig somewhere.
    But now with this it be so easy! I can do better animations!

  • @AdamWoolnough1981
    @AdamWoolnough1981 9 месяцев назад

    I do recommend his course, I've done it

  • @psychxx7146
    @psychxx7146 9 месяцев назад

    I don’t even know how we’d set up these modules normally, but that kind of system is exactly what I imagined it should feel like

  • @JWitty18
    @JWitty18 7 месяцев назад +1

    So you do have to have the bone layout exactly like the UE5 Manny puppets for modular control to work?

  • @jiiiiim_xyz
    @jiiiiim_xyz 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for the video! Do you still have to place the actual bones within another 3d software?

    • @Hellishcaos
      @Hellishcaos 8 месяцев назад +1

      I second this question

  • @stevecoxiscool
    @stevecoxiscool 9 месяцев назад +1

    Do you have any examples where you are programmatically manipulating the control rig and run time ?

  • @6footrandom556
    @6footrandom556 9 месяцев назад

    love to learn how make that pirate game u made an keep up great work bud

  • @Maaguaa
    @Maaguaa 9 месяцев назад

    This is a god send!

  • @amigoface
    @amigoface Месяц назад

    can you please make a tutorial on how to use rig variables with external blueprint for procedural runtime animations .
    or at least give some indications here on how to use them .
    thanks .

  • @ИльяПавлов-ч3м
    @ИльяПавлов-ч3м 9 месяцев назад

    Hello! There will be lessons on the new system motion matching?

  • @TUKMAK
    @TUKMAK 9 месяцев назад

    Hope you're feeling better man!

  • @dhruvsinha5225
    @dhruvsinha5225 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hello, can you make a Animation tutorial? Like the one you make tutorials on blueprint......

  • @tariqal-sadi9585
    @tariqal-sadi9585 9 месяцев назад

    When Is the multiplayer shooter course coming out??

  • @coolorphans
    @coolorphans 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks buddy

  • @tgykurtulus
    @tgykurtulus 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hello , I have got an interesting issue which is completly ruins my pipeline.
    When i add the spine module, there is no shoulder sockets are appeared. I can only see the neck module is available. does anyone have the same problem ?

  • @MatthiasKrumm
    @MatthiasKrumm 3 месяца назад

    Amazing, thanks!
    One question though: what is wrong when I only see the character's hands? I used a MetaHuman - do those not work with the Modular Rig? Thanks!

  • @sniperviper4214
    @sniperviper4214 8 месяцев назад

    Hi poly, good video as always. I really want to get into game development but have tried a few times and I dont think my Pc can handle this type of thing. May I ask what is your system specifications and if you are willing to give recommendations for a good starter rig to atleast complete a full game with packing and the works. Thanks!

  • @michaelb1099
    @michaelb1099 9 месяцев назад

    do you have a film making course?

  • @jackthewhite12
    @jackthewhite12 9 месяцев назад

    pretty cool seems from the demo its more limited the normal control rig controls as I havent found a way to create ik controls for hands controls for looking for the face also if you have a custom chareacter not from the unreal engine store alot of the bones are not picked up so I have to manule put in whats what and I have no idea what is happening

  • @heiabjornholt
    @heiabjornholt 9 месяцев назад

    Quadruped ridding demo would be nice to see :)

  • @JamesSith
    @JamesSith 14 дней назад

    Thanks for this. Any reason why the modular cntrl rig pelvis circle is not in the middle of the pelvis. its off to the side. thanks

  • @RohitM
    @RohitM 6 месяцев назад

    wow its great

  • @jaimoso23
    @jaimoso23 9 месяцев назад

    looks awesome not like others XD

  • @notthings6443
    @notthings6443 6 месяцев назад

    감사합니다.

  • @RwanLink
    @RwanLink 9 месяцев назад +2

    What if you have your own naming for characters bones? Can you tel unreal wich modules to use for wich bone? Or I must have a specific name for this to work?

    • @SmartPoly
      @SmartPoly  9 месяцев назад +2

      yeah you can manually map the bones

    • @tgshotoftcr2256
      @tgshotoftcr2256 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@SmartPoly I've tried doing that, and I would like some advice.
      The controls (the red and blue circles that surround the character) don't appear next to the bone I would like to control. Is there a way I can fix that, or a common mistake that I'm making? :(
      The controls appear far away from the character and start clipping into each-other, any advice would be appreciated.

    • @saigerakoski9912
      @saigerakoski9912 8 дней назад

      @@tgshotoftcr2256 idk why this is so common but i also forever have this issue

  • @benjsarchive
    @benjsarchive 7 месяцев назад

    is there also a way of adding IK controllers for the arms/hands?

  • @callmelex
    @callmelex 4 месяца назад

    What determines the position of the slot where the modular part is placed?

  • @warriorDRS
    @warriorDRS 9 месяцев назад

    Can you make a tutorial on motion matching

  • @yantingye1988
    @yantingye1988 5 месяцев назад

    The settings or positions of IK and FK for the legs and hands are different between mine and yours. I don't know how to set them

  • @alhusseinali
    @alhusseinali 9 месяцев назад

    That's huge!!

  • @cj5787
    @cj5787 9 месяцев назад

    amazing!

  • @itsdw2323
    @itsdw2323 8 месяцев назад

    Hopefully they add a face rig module. Even though we could use chains. But it’s a good update.

  • @samuluvi
    @samuluvi 8 месяцев назад

    Can we have a brand new tutorial on Motion Matching?

  • @spacekusa
    @spacekusa 8 месяцев назад

    How do you add premade animations to it? from mannequin etc.

  • @brettcameratraveler
    @brettcameratraveler 9 месяцев назад

    What is a common set of words we should use to filter our searches in the Epic Marketplace to ensure that the character we are about to buy is likely to already have cloth physics?

  • @noahbrewer2476
    @noahbrewer2476 9 месяцев назад

    Thank Christ now I can animate my OCs in the engine without modifying stuff from mixamo

  • @RAZORlukic
    @RAZORlukic 9 месяцев назад

    I'm guessing that your character still needs to have the bones setup with proper naming?
    Also is just making the skeleton with proper naming enough to make this work? Or do you need some more setup in something like blender?

    • @RAZORlukic
      @RAZORlukic 9 месяцев назад

      Also what about weight painting the mesh?

  • @wilismatrix9847
    @wilismatrix9847 Месяц назад

    it woul be great if could bake to the rig and use it as a skeleton mesh and not only for timeline animation :/

  • @samuelenslin1850
    @samuelenslin1850 8 месяцев назад

    Good introduction. But I find it very frustrating that only the basics are covered, the stuff you can basically figure out by using all the defaults.
    I have to use a custom skeleton that neither follows the default naming convention (which I couldn´t find anywhere or I might have considered changing it, even though it would have cost me numerous hours, as this skeleton is used in a shit ton of existing skeletal meshes), nor the default hierarchical setup (root bone isn´t at 0,0,0).
    So, if I drag and drop elements on my character, I neither get the automatic setup for the bones nore do I get the correct sockets displayed.
    Would be nice to cover at least a bit of custom stuff...

  • @billr.2210
    @billr.2210 5 месяцев назад

    What if you have to change the point weighting? Can you do point weighting in UE?

  • @DsDylan-fs8lo
    @DsDylan-fs8lo 8 месяцев назад

    I have a small question.
    Does this automatically generate the hierarchy of bones and weights?
    Or was it included in the 3D model?

  • @alphashow5046
    @alphashow5046 9 месяцев назад

    Do I have to prepare the character model in anyway for it to automatically assign bones? Or any fbx from blender without bones will work?

  • @AlmazovS
    @AlmazovS 9 месяцев назад

    Can you retarget Mixamo animation to that rig?

  • @madeeasy7148
    @madeeasy7148 8 месяцев назад

    What about for non human rigs? Like robots?

  • @coulterjb22
    @coulterjb22 9 месяцев назад

    I have a noob question filled with ignorance. I've started learning UE 5.x over the last two weeks. Why would rigging for human characters be needed if they can be added to your project after they've been added into the MetaHuman system (isn't the rigging added in automatically once in the Metahuman system?)?

  • @silentasagrenade3801
    @silentasagrenade3801 8 месяцев назад

    I've gotten to the end but my knees wont bend when moving the hip controller up and down like you do, do you know where I might have messed up?

  • @dollggwp7948
    @dollggwp7948 9 месяцев назад

    I just bought your survival course, I wanted to know if I might have any problems starting on version 5.3.2?

    • @Michael_FN_Larsen
      @Michael_FN_Larsen 9 месяцев назад

      It might be a good idea to wait, until the remaster part made for 5.4 will be availible. It is a really good course and you learn a lot. But there is a lot of work you might have to do again. If you wait you can make it all i the newest engine

    • @dollggwp7948
      @dollggwp7948 9 месяцев назад

      @@Michael_FN_Larsen

  • @wywarren
    @wywarren 9 месяцев назад

    I'm still trying to find where to these are currently built in C++ with the custom modular forward and backward solve logic. There are a ton of bugs with this still on main branch and I thought this would have been an experimental thing for 5.4. Hopefully they get all the kinks sorted out for launch. I've seen glitches with scroll zooming, auto resolving chirailty, amongsts others.

  • @fredbyoutubing
    @fredbyoutubing 9 месяцев назад

    Is there an FK to IK switch for the limbs ?

  • @gaetanl888
    @gaetanl888 9 месяцев назад

    Nice video!
    I'm trying to find the new animation system they keep talking about?
    Motion switch or whatever the name was with 500+ animations and a sample project?
    Can anyone tell me where it is?

    • @SmartPoly
      @SmartPoly  9 месяцев назад

      not out yet. when they release 5.4 the sample template will be released

  • @beyondcinema
    @beyondcinema 9 месяцев назад

    does this only work for Sk Mannequin? I tried with a mixamo character and it wouldn't find the correct sockets.

  • @marcus_ohreallyus
    @marcus_ohreallyus 8 месяцев назад

    Will this rig accept mocap easily?

  • @arturledur
    @arturledur Месяц назад +2

    any wizards to help? i'm having a terrible issue, when i open the rig editor my model is very tiny comparing to the yellow arrow. impossible to edit this way because the navigation and orientation sucks when the model is too small. already tried to change the scale of the model in the skeleton mesh and save it but this does not affects the model on the rig editor. please anyone know how to solve this?

  • @jorgiewtf
    @jorgiewtf 8 месяцев назад

    Does this mean I can just make a character in Maya and then fully rig it in Unreal without importing it pre-rigged?

  • @bboyjmc
    @bboyjmc 8 месяцев назад

    I just wonder how you add clothes to your rigged character without importing them already attached?

  • @denberz711
    @denberz711 6 месяцев назад

    I made my own human model in zbrush when when I try to import it as skeletal mesh it just won't work with the bones. I got no clue how to set the bones up for zbrush humans but I guess ill have to search the internet for solutions

  • @Phoenix_VR
    @Phoenix_VR 9 месяцев назад

    Tutorial request please, New rigging tools in 5.4

  • @unrealdevop
    @unrealdevop 9 месяцев назад +2

    WARNING! There is a bug that is effecting the Backwards Solver on the Modular Control Rig. When you bake an animation with it to make modifications it's misplacing limbs.

    • @TronikXR
      @TronikXR 7 месяцев назад

      Really? Is this happening with all your characters that you use with it?

  • @richardduska1558
    @richardduska1558 7 месяцев назад

    Sorry but I need to ask what are the requierments for this auto rig to recognize what the sockets are and what control rig is needed for which bone?
    Lets say that I made a character in Blender and imported it into U5. How can I make it sure that this new system will recognize the rig?
    EDIT: Ok so naming got it.
    But what about the starting socket? Will that be generated when you bring in the model?

  • @michaelb1099
    @michaelb1099 8 месяцев назад

    Maybe you can help i did all you laid out and the character moves and such but when in the animation sequence i set first key then advance and make a move and set next key but when i play back the character does not move but i see the rig controls move did i miss something?

  • @wilismatrix9847
    @wilismatrix9847 Месяц назад

    I used an asset rigged with UE4 and when I drop the spine it doesn't show any sockets for the shoulders !?

  • @magicmissile7533
    @magicmissile7533 8 месяцев назад +1

    This feature looks really promising, but i'm getting this issue with it where the sockets are slightly out of place, anyone know a fix?

  • @XanderDKYT
    @XanderDKYT 9 месяцев назад

    im thinking about buying your course but i dont know how it worked like what happens after i buy it how do i get the information and is the 60 dollars a discount or compared to other couses

  • @fIecsy
    @fIecsy 6 месяцев назад

    Can you tell me why my controls (the yellow lines as well as all the other controls) are giant compared to my character? The character is proper size compared to the place, but the controls are very very large

  • @jamit63
    @jamit63 9 месяцев назад

    can you do one with mixamo skelaton

  • @greenw01f8
    @greenw01f8 6 месяцев назад

    What do i do when the mesh I used spawns in the size of a pube, how to do i scale it to properly fit the modular rig?

  • @MstrLAM
    @MstrLAM 9 месяцев назад

    This saves a bunch of time but, from what I can tell, it does mean you can't use the Rig Graph like with normal Control Rigs, which cuts down the use cases somewhat.

  • @herogonentertainment
    @herogonentertainment 9 месяцев назад

    I gotta ask, Smart Poly: can this work for skeletons that are NOT from the Unreal Engine 5 Mannequin? Because I prefer using my own skeleton armatures.

  • @vaibhavjaiswal799
    @vaibhavjaiswal799 8 месяцев назад

    Hey SmartPoly, I know its little big to ask but see I am a unity developer for past few years and cause I have very special intreast in more realistic big game I am thinking to switch to unreal because it already have lot of tools built inside it to support those type of games.
    but I am having a little hard time only because everytime I do something I always tends to compare things with unity or think of things to do like I use to do in unity.
    So my request is can you make some beginner tutorial on Unreal specially for unity developers
    It would be great help for me and other people as well

  • @hotsauce7124
    @hotsauce7124 9 месяцев назад

    Hello, if we want to hand keyframe our animation in sequencer, how can we use the IK/FK switch for the arms? When I use the IK/FK switch, I can see the arm popping or rotating during the IK/FK blend. In Maya, there is a 'Match to Pose' button that aligned the FK skeleton to the IK skeleton and removes the popping during the IK/FK blend. Does UE5 has a similar "Match to Pose" button?

  • @searbhreathach9762
    @searbhreathach9762 8 месяцев назад

    I'm guessing I have to rig up my character first in blender

  • @ElectroOverlord
    @ElectroOverlord 9 месяцев назад

    Signed up for your survival UE5 course, having issues with the Discord invite and already have question but no one is answering the Gmail account I am supposed to be using for resolution.

  • @importon
    @importon 9 месяцев назад

    why would it make you drag the moduals on the the sockets if it already knows which modual the socket needs? why wouldn't it just automatically do it??

  • @acsomiT
    @acsomiT 9 месяцев назад

    Hi Smart Poly, thank you for your video. This UE5.4 Modular Control Rig its a big question for now. I tested it on a Moriges character and the Neck module its not introduce any controls for the head. You cant move the head! I head no problem applying a ControRig on a Moriges Character on UE4.7 with all the body parts moving. Any idea how to solve this? Thank you.

  • @DaDarkDragon
    @DaDarkDragon 9 месяцев назад +1

    anyone know if there is a way to convert a modular one to a normal one for further specific edits?

  • @francescoGucciardi
    @francescoGucciardi 4 месяца назад

    HI, just a question about this new feature, in all related videos which i saw about the modular control of UE 5.4 I can't understan if the imported FBX model have a pre-rigged binded skeleton with painted weight, or if the tool create them automatically.
    Can you please explain if the imported model need to have a pre-rigged skeleton binded or if is just an empty static mesh?
    Thank you very much

  • @Jaegerger44
    @Jaegerger44 2 месяца назад

    the file must be SK ? how about Static mesh ?

  • @President_PunchLines
    @President_PunchLines 9 месяцев назад

    awesomee