How to Make an Active Ragdoll (like Gang Beasts) in Unreal Engine 5

Hello guys, in this quick and simple tutorial we are going to learn how to make an active ragdoll (physical animations), like Gang Beasts or Human Fall Flat, in Unreal Engine 5.
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[@O_Obsidious]

for some models you guys might need to go and either generate some physics for it or fix up its physics so everything links up and moves correctly. if you put in time making the ragdoll look good in the editor, this effect is drastically improved

[@GorkaGames]

yeah absolutely, great tip! You have to put on a lot of detail and work into the Physics asset

[@yoqqen]

just stumbled this channel and did a quick scroll through your list of videos. Gotta say i am incredibly excited to learn unreal engine and i will most definitely be using this channel as a main resource, so many good tutorials on so many topics!

[@amsinnite]

note: if the event beginplay is having issues and isnt working, go up to the original event beginplay where it connects to "cast toplayer controller", then add a sequence and connect event beginplay to sequence, then drag "then 0" to "cast toplayer controller" then drag "then 1" to the newly added code.

[@marcoagustinmezacanizalez864]

Thank you bro, I can´t make the move, but now it´s correctly works

[@DisCamCole]

pin this bad boi

[@fabioka4]

Wow, Thanks a lot! Answered a lot of my questions.

[@theJellerShow]

Thanks man!

[@oliviaharger470]

Thank you so much! this is amazing!

[@winnersheep]

hi. Is there a way to use active ragdoll only at the point of being hit? I want to use the active ragdoll only in the hit position.

[@kizemi_3d]

Thank you for the clear tutorial! It was really fun to play around with different node values and see how it changed the walking animation. I had a great time exploring Unreal Engine!

[@wtfshuk]

did you get this to work??

[@PapaBoneyinVR]

What sort of settings would you change/use to make a zombie enemy? So a bit more rigid, less floppy, but still be able to be pushed around by the player?

[@etv-game]

Thanks

[@TheAxebeard]

Hey, this worked pretty well, but I'm running into an issue. I'm adding a physics-simulated tail onto a monster through blueprints. I can get the tail to just attach to the proper socket at runtime and flop around just fine, but I can't get it to work if the tail has animation from the main body's skeleton. I get "Invalid bodies: make sure collision is enable or root bone has body" and I'm not exactly sure what they mean by this. I have collision enabled on everything (I think) and the root of the tail and the root of the tail socket AND the root of the main rig both have bodies.

[@mxaxcbpg6500]

cheers brudda

[@wolfiedgr8t]

Brilliant 🤩

[@GorkaGames]

Thanks! 😀

[@User-ie8vl]

hello Im trying to make it so the character can fall over but balances itself so the movement is actually based on the ragdoll how can I do this?

[@mikkelherbst5185]

Great tutorial! Do you know if it´s possible to grab a character in an UE5 VR layout? I like the cubes in the example map but ofc being able to grab any part of the body and have that ragdoll effect (kinda like gunman contracts or bonelab npc´s)

[@jamesonvparker]

Thank you! I swear I was just looking for a specific tutorial about this game recently. I was hoping to learn about the grabbing mechanic though. The tutorials covering the physics seem to leave that out. Would you please consider an add on to this about grabbing and holding on to things in a physical simulation? Thank you!

[@GorkaGames]

Thank you! Yeah I can definitely do a grabbing physical components tutorial, that would be lots of fun, I will note the idea down!

[@jamesonvparker]

@@GorkaGames awesome! Thank you so much!

[@jamesonvparker]

Hi Gorka, did you ever do the grabbing mechanic?

[@sadhanaregan]

yeah we definitely need to know that too... please make a tutorial on that

[@wrichards123]

can you show how to effect the health after the explosion? EDIT: Ok figured it out. after the Spawn emmitter at location I added a apply damage node with the cast to BP_thirdpersoncharacter as the damaged actor..... good stuff ;)

[@joseftsubas2240]

Liked and Subscribed!
When you have the time make a video on grabbing physical objects while active ragdolling, would be so much fun!!! 😁👍👍

[@GorkaGames]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!! Yes good idea! I will note it down for a future video 😄

[@joseftsubas2240]

@@GorkaGames I will keep watching your videos, keep it up!! :)

[@GorkaGames]

@@joseftsubas2240 Thank you, you are the best!!

[@flyingroads3498]

Hello. How to make it look like a shot reaction? With a nice lerp?

[@pierremagneron5687]

Awesome video !! Is there a way to implement it with the gameplay ability system. I mean creating an ability to trigger the physics animations change ?

[@GorkaGames]

Thanks! yeah absolutely, you mean like holding a weapon, attacking etc?

[@pierremagneron5687]

@@GorkaGames Yup exactly ! I tried to implement it but the editor crash when i am pressing the ability input. I think it is because of the call of "SetSkeletalMeshComponent" inside the ability.

[@pierremagneron5687]

I am on the last version UE5.1, maybe a bug on the animations erase.

[@Alburdev]

How do i make this apply for other bone like the legs?

[@TheSpiderAndersongay]

hey man could u share your pc specs pls just wanna know if i can make one on mine

[@nathanrobidoux2049]

My characters mesh just falls on the ground but the capsule is still moving and is able to interact with the world. Did anyone encounter a similar issue?

[@simonendt]

Have the same

[@JoshTVM]

How would you get this working on multiplayer? Replicating it from the server makes it not work at all and replicating from the owning client makes it only show up for the player themself

[@GorgeousPuree]

looking for that answer too

[@ThePhanntom]

Hey! Nice tutorial! I have just a quick question: is there any explanation or reason why did you put those specific numbers at 5:27 ?

[@AdamMohamed-ji7pk]

Try another no. And see how it will work to understand

[@TheSynan]

My Event Graph looks completely different and I can't follow along with the tutorial. Some of the elements you add are already in use. What am I doing wrong?

[@HWGamingDev]

Does Not Work On The ALSv4 Project sadly i need somethin like this

[@DaddyShark-]

I think something might've changed, this doesn't seem to work

[@awoidf]

I guess this only works for a skeleton that is one whole piece. Tried to get it to work with a separated mesh, no luck 😞

[@GorkaGames]

yeah.. separated meshes are way harder, but you can still do it by joining them as rigids etc.

[@T0gla]

Bro How du u even have 2 Event BeguinPlay
in 1 bluprint

[@wrichards123]

lol when I add the rag doll to my character just kinda explodes outa my scene, then I still have a working controler, just no mesh chracter lol....

[@GorkaGames]

really? 🤣🤣did you set the capsule collider in the ThirdPersonBlueprint to a collision preset on "Ignore Pawn"? And also set the mesh collision preset into "PhysicalPawn"?

[@wrichards123]

@@GorkaGames yea it gets blown to hellz lol... cant figure it out

[@GorkaGames]

@@wrichards123 are you using a custom character or the mannequin?

[@wrichards123]

@@GorkaGames custom a synty

[@chofthch]

I dont think we can add ragdoll same problem here

[@bakugandemlik]

How to make this style grabbing

[@imjusttanner1908]

im using UE5.1 and its not letting add a second eventbeginplay node is there a work around for this preset character?

[@GorkaGames]

yeah you can`t add another begin play. What you have to do is continue from your previous nodes

[@imjusttanner1908]

@@GorkaGames yea obviously I’m new, fortunately another work around I eventually found was making my movement string start with an “on possession” node.

[@fenrirsulfr42]

@@imjusttanner1908 I know Im late, But I suggest using a Sequence node

[@avani4615]

hello, can you do a tutorial how to make attachment system like in human fall flat?

[@GorkaGames]

yeah I have that in mind! I will let you know when its out

[@avani4615]

@@GorkaGames thank you!

[@1000Vidas]

Hola Gorka, la interfaz ni se ve! ni siquiera esforzandome cerrando los ojos puedo verla.

[@Quentin94]

Is there a way to get this to only work for a specific body part? I've tried but only using the pelvis bone gets the active ragdoll to work. How do I get like just an arm to have the active ragdoll?

[@GorkaGames]

Yeah, so you will have to edit its "Physicsl asset", and set all the other body parts to have a very strong constraint, except for the arm

[@Quentin94]

@@GorkaGames Thanks man I figured it out, you rock!

[@GorkaGames]

@@Quentin94 Great! I'm glad I could help!

[@Thebluntmane]

How can I apply this to an AI?

[@JFrogy]

Hey I am trying to get this to work online. I got it working on client/server side. But the the only thing that is synced when looking at the other player is the pelvis. Got any ideas?

[@JFrogy]

hmm I guess I have a work around. Seems like Smooth Sync plugin doesn't seem to work with it? Kinda a shame because I know I need it

[@thebloodkeeper9647]

May I ask how you got it working online? I've been attempting to get physical animation working on client/server and it's clearly not applying the settings, it just flops and it's bugging me so much XD

[@JFrogy]

@thebloodkeeper9647 I got it working with smooth sync. Just a setting switching it from 0.1 to 0.01 fixed it. Forgot what it was called tho. If you can't get it working without smooth sync you might not of set it up correctly

[@Phoenix4_Trade]

we need make video cinematic with characters moving

[@GorkaGames]

yeah 🤣🤣 that would be so fun

[@Phoenix4_Trade]

@@GorkaGames 😂😂😂yes

[@GorkaGames]

@@Phoenix4_Trade 🤣🤣

[@AliBounds]

How could I do that ?

[@GorkaGames]

@@AliBounds I have a video about how to make a simple cinematic here: ruclips.net/video/60iYC0fkjhE/видео.html and you would just need to play an animation on the sequence nad in the begin play of that mesh activate the simulation like in the video 😀😀

[@maximoomed]

How do you get two event begin plays?

[@Sidm270]

u cant. but add a sequence after the one event play then u can use it multiple times

[@theofficialamt6626]

I say Continue the tutorial! :) You got a sub.

[@dogamer238]

Its not woking for me idk why

[@buffalosoldier-br1mi]

CADA VEZ QUE INTENTO AÑADIR EVENT BEGIN PLAY ME MANDA A UNA QUE YA ESTA CREADA NO ME DEJA CREAR MAS ALGUNA SOLUCION

[@buffalosoldier-br1mi]

ME MANDA AL ADD INPUT GAMING

[@keldelink971]

Use Branch node

[@jake.heairld]

How do you stop the arms from stretching?

[@GorkaGames]

There are many ways to make it look better and to make the arms not stretch so much. First of all play with the physical component settings to make some bones not so fluffy. And the you can edit the "physical asset" of the character. There are capsules on each bone, so if you select the arm`s one, there are some properies at the right. There is an option to "lock" the constraints, so that will make ir less stretchy.

[@chofthch]

@@GorkaGames whenever i make a physics asset so it looks better the legs start looking weird (i dont have the arms stretching problem i only make one so it looks better)

[@chofthch]

they kind of lock in one point and slump around

[@chofthch]

i kinda fixed it but they feel very light the jumping looks like he double jump kicks

[@chofthch]

and it still kinda exists

[@DJL3G3ND]

this is the fake method, you can see how the player controller is still very much the default movement and not physics based. all this does is apply physics to everything except for the pelvis, which is animated regularly. also stretching out the female mannequins proportions while simulating, Ive had this happen before

[@HasimFN]

nope, doesnt work

[@Ocean10230]

Thats no active ragdoll. it's just make your character become an alcoholic. Active ragdoll makes player balance and able to playban animation correctly not like that

[@quesht_s]

Dont work

[@Skrueeuen]

you cant have 2 begin plays in one blueprint?

[@Spink4l]

add sequence after your first EventBeginPlay and and then you will have multiple outputs

[@keldelink971]

That's not active ragdoll

[@GreenAve]

And what is it instead then? I don’t know, I’m new to this whole thing

[@keldelink971]

@@GreenAve This is a body that fully simulates physics but forces are applied to keep it upright and perform movements

[@Martyrir]

​@@keldelink971muscle simulation ?

[@A120AMIR12]

It works

[@legoguy_anim]

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