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

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Here´s another error for Maya 2015sp6Ext1, win7x64:

Error: RuntimeError: file [Drive]:/UNREAL_database/Epic Games/4.8/Engine/Extras/Maya_AnimationRiggingTools/MayaTools/General/Scripts\ART_exportMotion.py line 791: Invalid file type specified: FBX export

It seems something in the Maya FBX import/export options has changed.

If I try to import Mocap (like from an *.fbx exported from Unreal, any of the animation pack samples) onto the 4.8 Mannequin, instead of getting the animation onto the character like in your learning video,
the Maya fbx import pops up and hitting import there just results in a new rig in the scene with the animation on that.

no (re-)mapping like in your import/export video happens.

Maybe I get it wrong but I had thought importing animation via “mocap” onto a character first pulled in via “add character for animation” would let me import animation sequences exported from unreal into Maya?

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Somehow, the whole import and export of animation via *.fbx (using your import and export buttons, generally, writing *.fbx via export or export selected works) seems broken?

Not sure if I completely follow, and I haven’t run that version of Maya with the extension yet, but I tried exporting an animation from 2016, and it went flawlessly, which tells me it’s not an issue of the command being deprecated.
Make sure you have the FBX plugin loaded. It likes to unload itself sometimes. Just unload and reload, and if it still doesn’t work, back up your prefs, then delete them and restart. It definitely seems like an issue with the FBX plugin though.

I tried importing from an FBX exported from the engine animation starter pack (4.8.1) and it worked flawlessly as well (except the animation had some bad twist settings!). One more thing, in 2016, and possibly 2015 ext 1, I had to change the default FBX exporter to use 2014/2015 FBX, as I found while testing something for someone else, that the engine doesn’t seem like it fully supports FBX 2016 yet and won’t properly bring in files.
Dropbox - FBX_Import_Issue_RESOLVED.mp4 - Simplify your life?

Here’s a vid of the recording from 2016 test I just did:
Dropbox - importExport2016.mp4 - Simplify your life?