I bought this on flash sale and it is even worse than had been alluded to here. I am currently considering contacting EPIC for a refund as the description on the marketplace is totally inaccurate.
“All animations are on the UE4 template skeleton with IK bones. Locomotions are included as travelling root motion and in-place loops.” *******s.
Because nearly all animations in this pack are locomotion, I expected 136 unique animations, with a root-motion and in-place version of the majority.
Nope. There are 136 animation files in total.
Not only do NONE of the animations have proper root animation, instead moving the pelvis bone all about, they don’t animate the feet and hand IK roots either. They are totally useless to UE’s root-motion system. They are not viable for characters, nor NPCs, or even cutscenes as the model will snap back to where it started after each individual animation. Even if that were not the case, they would be useless due to the lack of proper translation on the IK roots, so your entire IK systems will be utterly nonviable with these.
Removing all of these useless animations leaves you with 40 in-place ones, making this an inferior and overpriced version of the Movement Animset Pro pack.
They might look nice in screenshots, but don’t be fooled. The best evidence I have points to the conclusion that Motus Digital products are rushed port-jobs done by someone without the necessary Unreal Engine experience. They are useless to game development, and are bloating the marketplace with low-quality garbage.
I am shocked this managed to get through EPIC’s testing process. I am also disheartened at the rate new packs from this author are being added, as the author has shown no sign of being willing to fix or provide proper support for this content, instead offering excuses.