Animation and Rigging Tools: FAQ, Known Issues and Feature Roadmap

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Will it be possible to give an animator a character built in ART that will allow them to use the interface as well?

Example:
I have a project that’ll require 4 additional animators besides me and I’ll need them to use the character I created with ART.
I’m the one with the U4 subscription but I don’t know how to grant them access to the interface that comes with the character.
They need to be able to use all the bells and whistles of the interface.

I’ve tried putting the ART folder and Rigged character on a separate windows machine, changed the reference director and the character opens in Maya, no problem.
But the interface is not available. Is there a solution? Am I missing something?

You’ll need to have them do the installation part (including copying the userSetup file to overwrite their own), where they’ll point maya to the MayaTools folder location.
https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Content/Tools/MayaRiggingTool/index.html

Then they should be able to go to the Epic Games menu, and add character for animation, which will add the character and open the UI. You can also access the UI from the Epic Games menu as well. I guess the most important thing is, they need to have that menu for the UI to show up.
Hopefully that was the issue. Let me know if it wasn’t!