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#1

Mesh Morpher
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/mesh-morpher

Mesh Morpher allows you to create morph targets easily from within UE4 Editor.

Mesh Morpher allows you to improve your workflow removing the need to re-import the assets every time you make a change. You can modify existing morph targets, create new morph targets or remove them without re-importing everything.

This plugin is under continuous development and improvement.

Please get in touch with me on my discord server or on e-mail with suggestions, bugs or any other questions.

Getting Started (create and copy morph):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qrKRJeZWBAI

Features:

  • Create Morph Targets
  • Delete Morph Targets
  • LOD Support (Morph Targets are reflected on all mesh LODs)
  • In-Editor Mesh deformation
  • Easy to use UI
  • Works with any Skeletal Mesh
  • Copy Morph Targets to another mesh
  • Merge Morph Targets
  • Rename Morph Target
  • Duplicate Morph Target
  • Export Morph Targets to Static Meshes
  • Bake Morph targets into Skeletal Mesh
  • Runtime baking
  • Standalone Morph Targets
  • Symmetry Editing
  • Bulk Copy
  • Change Pose
  • Reference Skeletal Mesh
  • Create Morph Target from Selected Pose
  • Blueprint Tools

Tool Types:

  • Move
  • Smooth
  • Sculpt
  • Sculpt Max
  • Inflate
  • Pinch
  • Flatten
  • Plane
  • Restore
  • Transform
#2

Dev Update:

I finished implementing Copy function from one mesh to another.

Results:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5BrVzCSGZyk

I’m gonna do some more testing and gonna issue an update to MP.

#3

Update 1.0.5 is Live!

  • Fixed a bug that kept the brush tool disabled after saving the skeletal mesh from within Mesh Morpher.
  • Implemented Copy Morph Target functionality
#4

Update 1.0.6 is Live!

  • Various back-end code validations and improvements that should improve overall stability
  • Preview Scene now uses a **StaticMeshComponent **instead of an Actor
  • About dialog now displays correct plugin version automatically
  • Add Morph target dialog now displays a text label for the Morph Name input.
  • Implemented Merge Morph Targets functionality
  • Keyboard shortcuts now are prefixed with Ctrl + Alt instead of just Ctrl
  • **Copy and Merging **now unregister newly created target morph if no valid morph vertices are generated
#5

Update 1.0.8 is Live!

  • New Menu Category: **Tools **which contains Copy and Merge functions (these functions got separated from the Edit category)
  • Fixed a bug when closing Tool Tab and reopening would cause a crash
  • Implemented Rename Morph Target functionality
  • Implemented Duplicate Morph Target functionality

Known Bug: Closing Mesh Morpher window will crash editor. This will be fixed in 1.0.9 (Update already submitted)

#6

Update 1.0.9 is Live!

  • Fixed a bug when closing Mesh Morpher window would crash editor
#7

Any chance of a morphs baking feature in the future? It would be super cool to save on morph target calculations after a create-a-character is finalized in-game.

That said I adore this plugin, it is exactly the kind of thing I was going to start working on and then I saw it already existed. Instant purchase :slight_smile:

#8

Hey, thank you for you feedback and kind words. Yes, I have some baking feature in mind and also exporting morph targets to static meshes.

I’ve been working a little bit on cleaning code and increasing stability as well in the last 2-3 updates. After update 1.1.0 (which is already submitted and it’s based exclusively on improving the existing functionality) I’ll move forward to implement new features.

#9

Update 1.1.0 is Live!

  • Improved Tab Management.
  • Improved Preview Tab.
  • Implemented the ability to open multiple Mesh Morpher windows simultaneously
  • Fixed various UI bugs that should increase the stability.
#10

That’s great to hear, looking forward to it! In the meantime just enjoying not having to use my flaky Maya script for clothing :slight_smile:

#11

Update 1.1.1 is Live!

  • Implemented the ability to open a new Mesh Morpher tab from File Menu
  • Implemented the ability to export Morph Targets to Static Meshes

Update 1.1.2 is Live!

  • Implemented the ability Bake Morph Targets into Skeletal Mesh (with option to auto-remove them after bake is completed)
#12

Update 1.1.3 is Live!

  • Implemented Falloff option for Sculpt Tool
  • Implemented Depth option for Sculpt Tool
  • Implemented Brush Indicator - Color and Thickness options for Sculpt Tool
  • Implemented new brush Type: Sculpt (viewpoint)
  • Implemented new brush type: Plane (viewpoint)
  • Improved overall experience with the Sculpt Tool
  • Better Save function which uses the engines implementation
  • Various back-end code fixes

UE 4.25: I’ve adapted most of the code to be compatible with UE 4.25. Unfortunately, I feel like 4.25 version is kind of unstable right now with huge undocumented changes and I can’t submit the update for it as there’s an impact in Mesh Morpher functionality. I’m going to continue to investigate, see what others find out before moving forward.

#13

Known bug: Save button gets enabled only after add/remove/rename morph targets or changing morph target selection. This will be fixed with **version 1.1.5 **allowing the button to get enabled also whenever a Morph Target is modified. (fixed)

#14

Update 1.1.4 is Live!

  • Compatibility with UE 4.25
  • Improved Baking functionality
  • Fixed some tooltips in Sculpt Tool
  • Improved UI functionality
  • Implemented a Context Menu for Morph targets list which allows you to right-click and do basic actions like: add/remove/rename etc (with version 1.1.3)

Update 1.1.5 is Live!

  • Save Button gets enabled also when a Morph Target is modified not only when changes to the Skeletal Mesh occur.
  • Fixed a bug with selecting and deselecting Morph targets in the Morph target List that was forcing the user to double-click when changing Morph Target selection.
#15

Update 1.1.6 is Live!

  • Fixed a possible bug with Bake function that may lead to BulkData corruption in certain cases.
#16

Is the morph baking feature a runtime thing? As in C++/blueprint accessible within the game itself

#17

Hi, no, editor only for the moment. There are some plans to provide Bake function at Runtime as well.

#18

To be able to keep track of bugs easier and to follow up more consistently I’ve started a Backlog project for Mesh Morpher.
All reported bugs will receive an ID, once the bugs are fixed, the ID will be posted as resolved.

Known Bugs:

  • **[MM-1] **Empty material Slots in Skeletal Meshes Crash editor when Mesh Morpher has Existing Material option selected.
    Workaround: Set a material to all slots.
  • **[MM-2] **Deleting a Morph Target and then renaming an existing Morph Target to the previous deleted name will cause a crash.

Both bugs will be fixed with version 1.1.7

#19

Update 1.1.7 is Live!

  • [MM-1] Is fixed.
  • [MM-2] Is fixed.
#20

Mesh Morpher 1.2.1 is Live! (06/12/2020)

  • [MM-13] Updated some button labels to be more accurate (editor)
  • [MM-4] Fixed a bug where saving the skeletal mesh with a modified Morph Target will fail to reload the Preview Mesh with the changes (editor)
  • [MM-3] Fixed a bug where baking a Morph Target without removing it, when finished will not rebuild Render Data for Skeletal Mesh (editor)
  • [MM-5] Ability to Export a Morph Target to a Standalone Morph Target asset. (editor)
  • [MM-6] Improved Copy Morph Target functionality (editor)
  • [MM-9] New Node DoBakeMorphTargets which allows to multi-thread bake multiple Morph Targets in Skeletal Mesh (runtime)
  • [MM-8] New Node DoBakeStandaloneMorphTargets which allows to multi-thread bake multiple Standalone Morph Targets in Skeletal Mesh (runtime)
  • [MM-10] New Node DoBakeMorphTarget which allows to multi-thread bake a Morph Target in Skeletal Mesh (runtime)
  • [MM-7] New Node DoBakeStandaloneMorphTarget which allows to multi-thread bake a Standalone Morph Target in Skeletal Mesh (runtime)
  • [MM-11] New Node FindMorphTarget which allows you to search for a Morph Target with the given name in Skeletal Mesh (runtime)
  • [MM-12] New Node RemoveMorphTarget which allows you to unregister a Morph Target with the given name (if found) in the Skeletal Mesh (runtime)