I’m new to ue5 and I’m trying to recreate the third person template from scratch as training but I’m stuck at animation because of the picture below. “Should Do IKTrace” is weird can’t seem to do the same, it’s not a variable since I don’t see it there. What do you think I should do?
Hey @Ser-Ace!
You should first have a Control Rig asset. If you don’t have already, you can create one by right clicking on an empty space in your Content Browser, then on the menu that pops up, under the Create Advanced Asset section, hover over the Animation option, then on the sub-menu navigate to the bottom, hover over the Control Rig option there, and select the Control Rig asset.
Double click on your Control Rig asset and inside, navigate to the My Blueprint window on the bottom left, right next to the Rig Hierarchy window, and hit the plus (+) icon next to the Variables section to create a new variable. You can change the variable’s type by navigating to the Details window on the right side while having it selected, and then selecting your desired type from the dropdown menu next to the Variable Type property.
Now make sure to make our variable public by toggling the eye icon (which should be closed by default) next to our variable like this:
Once that’s done, go back to your Animation Blueprint, and inside the Anim Graph, create a new Control Rig node by right clicking on an empty space on the graph and searching for it. While having the Control Rig node selected, navigate to the Details window on the right side, scroll down until you reach the Control Rig section, and select our Control Rig asset from the dropdown menu next to the Control Rig Class property like this:
Now that we have a Control Rig assigned to the node, scroll up to the Input section and tick the Use Pin checkbox next to our variable like this:
Oh and btw:
If you’re going to recreate the whole Foot IK Control Rig, it’s gonna take a while, especially if you aim to have a solid grasp of the concept. I’d recommend checking out this tutorial:
Hope these help! 
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Thank you for the detailed answer, it’s more complex than I thought I just want things simple at the moment but I’ll check the video when I’m done binge watching the blueprint fundamental playlist.
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