How an avatar nodding can trigger an animation sequence (trigger animation without trigger actor)

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How can I trigger animation without using a trigger box /actor?
I want the metahuman nodding to cause a sequence of new animation.

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I also do not want it to have to be triggered by a key press

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Hey @E31022!

It’s a bit confusing what you are asking for here. We need a bit more specifics about your scenario/use case. A few questions to get things started:

  • What kind of animation are we talking about?
  • What causes the nodding?
  • What is the end goal you are trying to achieve?

Any additional specifics or information will go a long way in solving your problem!

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Thank you!

So the set up is a metahuman connected up to Live Link Face App, and so it is tracking a person speaking.
I want to make it so that whenever the person nods in real life, it actually triggers a facial animation sequence in the avatar- this facial animation sequence will be a performance of an eyebrow furrow and a head tilt.

So I basically want to be able to have the Live Link set up, but have specific movements that the user carries out to trigger a different animation sequence in the metahuman.