# EnableRootMotion change direction of my animation

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/enablerootmotion-change-direction-of-my-animation/1795636>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** motion, root, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [April 9, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/enablerootmotion-change-direction-of-my-animation/1795636 "2024-04-09T14:22:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![lovingofbiscuit](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/lovingofbiscuit/32/921799_2.png) [@lovingofbiscuit](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/lovingofbiscuit)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/enablerootmotion-change-direction-of-my-animation/1795636/1 "2024-04-09T14:22:33Z")

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Hello, i wanna made movement with MootMotion but i have troubles with function “EnableRootMotion”. When i enable this thing my animation changed direction. How it Fix?

 ![2024-04-09_17-15-47](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/d/3/b/d3bbdf6cb43547a4c2e17a729247da95526f68ac.jpeg)  
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I change “Root Motion Root Lock” from “Ref pose” to “Anim first Frame” and with this change my character have right direction but moving to direction that have with “Ref pose”

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**Author:** ![lovingofbiscuit](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/lovingofbiscuit/32/921799_2.png) [@lovingofbiscuit](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/lovingofbiscuit)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/enablerootmotion-change-direction-of-my-animation/1795636/2 "2024-04-10T14:05:03Z")

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Problems was with Mixamo animation and i fixed it by blender’s converter animation plugin

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/enablerootmotion-change-direction-of-my-animation/1795636/3 "2024-05-10T14:05:27Z")

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