Active Ragdoll Mesh Setup?

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Good day, all!

I’ve been working on learning Unreal Engine’s ragdoll system, and I’ve gotten to the point of understanding the general setup of how to get a ragdoll working, but I wanted to understand the topic deeper, particularly when it comes to how to design a mesh for ragdolls in Unreal Engine.

Is it only possible to use a fully rigged and skinned mesh, or is it possible to use hierarchies to link separate “pieces” of a mesh together, as if they were connected using hinges? Using a fully skinned mesh would not be a problem, but, stylistically I was wondering if that was possible.

Thank you!

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Hey there @Cleeeps! Are you trying to only have a portion of the Skeletal Mesh ragdolling? Or maybe partially physically animated? Depending on what the actual use case is, I may have a couple of resources!

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Physical based animation (fully skinned SKM):