Adding Root Motion to Animation, Hips not moving

Development Character & Animation
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I’ve been trying to add Root Motion to some Mixamo Animations in Motionbuilder, then plotting them on the SK_Skeleton following this guide:

http://gibsonmartelli.com/SpacePlace/2011/04/29/working-method-to-get-motion-onto-root-bone/

In Motionbuilder and during the import to UE4 everything works fine, as soon as i tick Enable Root Motion in UE the Hips Get stuck to the root and dont move anymore. What am i missing? Would appreciate a hint in the right direction, this is all new to me :slight_smile:

2

You need to enable Process Root Motion in the Show settings in the viewport. If it moves after that it should work in your anim BP too.

3

if i enable Process Root Motion in the Show settings the animation runs of the screen and appears from the other side again, i have the feeling something with the added root itself must be wrong. I’ve attached the plotted fbx anim, just dont know what to try anymore.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=88615531048287328513

4

If it runs off the screen and appears from the other side it’s probably working correctly, if the root motion isn’t working the animation would start over at the center every cycle.

5

I see, so far so good i guess. What could stop the root from moving on the Z-axis? With root motion enabled the Hips loose all up- and downward motion and the animation gets unusable.

6

I don’t think you’re allowed to to move the root off Z unless you’re flying or something. Normally you would still have the hip sway on the hip bone instead of on the root bone.

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Solved it adding the root motion in Maya instead following this guide:

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Thanks for your help!