Evening everyone! We all know that game development, the majority of which is (what at times feels like endless) problem solving. Tonight, I am having difficulty getting my character to not look like a monster, knuckle dragger, and knock off creepypasta.
My arms are squiggly!!! Help! How do I fix this?
Question Criteria:
- I have swapped the Third Person Skeletal Mesh with the Knight.
- When the mesh was swapped he became deformed, shortened, almost dwarfish (ironic because I’m making a fantasy RPG) and compacted.
- I changed the animation blueprint to “None” and complied, he now is back to regular form.
- Problem, his arms are all floaty, squiggly, and won’t cooperate with Retargeting.
- “How did you retarget?” I went to the folder the Knight was in > Skeleton Window > Asset Details > Added Compatible Skeletons (I only have two others and it’s the default mannequins)
- Arms are Squiggly!
If anyone has any idea on how to fix this, or how to find a work around, please let me know!
Thank you!
Your weight painting is messed up, I believe. You can either redo your character retargeting/rigging or attempt to fix the bone weight paints. Youtube has tutorials for both. The second requires the following plugin (Skeletal Mesh Editing Tool).
I recommend deactivating the plugin after completing your work and when not actively using it.
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Hey there @ImagineBlue! Transferring from the other thread to here:
You mentioned you don’t use Blender or other programs, do you use any software for modifying the rig that you could use to make changes? There is a Skeletal Mesh Editing plugin in Unreal you can use but it’s not as robust as a dedicated program like Blender.
My first thoughts go to:
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Try this:
- Open the skeleton
- Under the Skeleton Tree tab > Options > CHECK Show Retargeting Options
- Beside all the bones, you’ll now see retargeting options, click the retargeting option for the root bone and set it to "Skeleton " and then right click the next bone in hierarchy (usually pelvis) and then “Recursively Set Translation Retargeting Animation Scaled”
See if the issue is fixed, if not then try it the other way around:
- Root to “Animation scaled”
- Everything else to “Recursively Set Translation Retargeting Skeleton”
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Apologies for the late reply.
Could you link those videos and tell me more about exactly what Bone Weight Painting is? What does the plug in do?
Ahoy! My bad for being late to the question; I don’t use any third party software, I’m not that savvy, I just know Unreal. I will try this and see what happen.
Hey there! Thanks for the reply, I am going to try this and give an update on what happens.
Update: So, I can run around but extremely stiff like, and you can see the character moves and does the animation, the arms are still all over the place like loose spaghetti, but what’s funny is he runs like he’s gotta go tot he bathroom real bad 
! So, we’re getting close …
