So, I’ve created a biped rig for the new Grey Guy Epic added since 4.8 and I’ve updated the first page with the download link for it.
Just want to mention that this rig has basically 2 extra features on the root bone. For one, the root can also go up on Z, so it is possible with this rig to animate a jump properly with root motion. The root will still stick to the floor going down. And the second one is rotation. I’ve added the ability to rotate on Z. I’ve kept it to Z only for the sake of not messing up people’s capsule. Having XY rotation on your capsule is not a good idea, unless you know what you’re doing and have specific reasons for doing so. I want this rig to be general public friendly, so I decided not to have rotation on XY. So anyway, now you can animate rotation on Z in your root motion with this rig.
By default the rotation is “OFF”. I’ve done that for safety I guess. If you’re new to root motion, so things don’t go all weird on you. So to enable it, select the red root motion controller, go to the Modify tab and you’ll see a check box with “Root Rotation” label. Use that to switch it on and off.
Anyway, if anyone end up using this rig, please post back here any problems. I did some simple tests with it, but it’s always clearer when you really use it if there’s something wrong somewhere. At this point I’m not actually using this rig for anything, so I won’t be tracking problems with it myself, so if you find anything, even something simple, please post here.