thanks for the answers man!
i have two more questions:
thanks man! Waiting for a finished product here!
The masks are only applied to the body material so you would have to make sure the outer layer sits on top of the inner.
Creating masks is simple if you have a 3d program where you can paint on the body, or you can export the UVs and do it in photoshop/paint
Just a piece of advice before you submit to the marketplace, about the naming conventions to be consistent and the folder structure aswel. I recommend take a look on some of the Epic’s free assets to get familiar with this in case you dont know yet. Any source file to be include in a separate folder (photoshop files and FBXes).
If you created the male and female from your own mind all is ok, but if you used reference photos, it is important to have authorization from these people in written form granting you to use their image (contract with signature and copy of any document with their signature would do and they shall not be underage) as models and that you can transfer this right to the people who will purchase your asset. Even if marketplace would accept without those, I know by experience in my country that I can’t (I live in Brazil).
This will reduce several iterations with the MP team and grant you at least one week less trouble, if not more.
I don’t think that is really needed the reference photo, watch southpark, they literally recreate famous actor and anyone here know the intro signature about it, in the world is somethine really impossible that a model doesn’t seems like a real person anyway. First or later you will maybe meet someone that seem’s that game character.
All depends on what you would do with the characters! If you use them in a way that hurt the person’s image, they can and will sue you, since their image are used for a living, it is not like you and me. There is the golden rule for the comedians (which fits southpark) to be able to tell jokes about people (using their name, which is almost the same) and it is all ok, if no harm is done.
Looking great!
One issue I’m having is that the female and male meshes don’t share a skeleton and can’t share animations as a result. Any chance in getting this changed?
Running into a bit of a problem here. The female and male meshes don’t share a skeleton so we can’t re-use animations between the two. Is this something that can be fixed in a future update?
Isn’t it the case to set the epic skeleton during import? try it out!
Not sure I’m understanding. I can’t re-import without the FBX files, no? I’ve re-targeted all our animations to the male skeleton, seems unnecessary to do that for the female one as well when they share the same hierarchy.
Since they have different proportions they need different skeletons. No way of having same skeleton for both characters.
That would do. I was not aware the original FBX was not inside the package yet.
Which leads to a question: Is the skeleton compatible with epic skeleton or not?
OK, opened the page search Viki Odintkova with wife just standing behind me… >.<
What do you mean by compatible?
Take a look at the Animation map in Content Examples. UE4 supports run-time retargeting with meshes that have differing proportions to cut down on repeated animations.
Edit: Just to test I re-assigned the female skeletal mesh to the male skeleton and the only issue I can see is a major pinch on the wrists.
No FBX but I can confirm that it works with animations that support the Epic skeleton.
Means share the same bone hierarchy. Overall everything to dismiss any doubt can be found here: Skeletons in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.3 Documentation
The Skeleton Asset (which is not the Skeleton Mesh) is an asset created during mesh import. It is the Skeleton Asset which is related to the animation tracks.
Yes, they have the same hierarchy and pose so they’re compatible if that’s what you’re referring to.
This is the type of test which sometimes the Marketplace team does not do, and when someone purchase the asset and such things happens, causes a lot of trouble and it is given a very short time for you to fix, which in the end might produce a refund on your product. So be careful, test everything, don’t rush the submission, make it perfect.
I will purchase the asset later and will do some tests too, but that will be in one week or two only, Im too busy with 3 products in development.
For some reason the female characters wrist twists were rotated 180 degrees in Maya. I’ll fix that by the next update which will probably be tomorrow or the day after.
Fantastic news @mlindborg. I’ll watch this thread for the update!
Hmm actually I just tried retargeting Kubold rifle animset and I can’t seem to replicate your problem on my end. What animations are you using?