# My Animation is weird After Retargeting , PLS Help

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-animation-is-weird-after-retargeting-pls-help/234629>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-animation-is-weird-after-retargeting-pls-help/234629 "2021-06-10T05:03:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NethakaS](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/nethakas/32/589231_2.png) [@NethakaS](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/NethakaS)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-animation-is-weird-after-retargeting-pls-help/234629/1 "2021-06-10T05:03:23Z")

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I retargeted my character and now his arms are like this in the animation

 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/2/82d51f2648c4c04f482e71863de22ad984c6d83e.jpeg)

WHAT DID I MISS  
😥 😥

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**Author:** ![scottunreal](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@scottunreal](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/scottunreal)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-animation-is-weird-after-retargeting-pls-help/234629/2 "2021-06-11T04:28:43Z")

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Retargeting is a multistep process. You have to make sure the pose between your two characters is the same (A pose, t pose, etc) and the hands, etc line up in the same way.  
You also need to set root bone to animation, 2nd to animation scale, and rest to skeleton. Check some of the youtube videos on retargeting.

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**Author:** ![NethakaS](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/nethakas/32/589231_2.png) [@NethakaS](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/NethakaS)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-animation-is-weird-after-retargeting-pls-help/234629/3 "2021-06-11T04:44:08Z")

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Thank You Very Much @scottunreal

I adjusted my mannequin’s arm and now it is better

 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/a/ca0203e56397ff2375c3dbcd0f80670a47843b22.jpeg)