As an indie developer it is not feasible for me to purchase Maya, just to use the ART tool provided by Epic Games for rigging characters.īlender provides a great free and open source alternative. I made this script primarily for my own project based on Unreal Engine 4.

The script also has some automation tools to pose the character and config the metarig for a quick turnover. You can quickly rig and export any character and create new animations for Unreal Engine from Blender. Uefy is a python script made for Blender 2.8x that enables rigify addon to export an Epic Skeleton compatible bone hierarchy. Now you are ready to retarget this Mixamo animation to character using the UE4 Mannequin.This version of the script has been replaced by the more advanced Uefy 2.0 (Pro Edition)!

set the Skeleton option to the skeleton asset of the matching Mixamo character ( IMPORTANT - this we'll associate the animation to the specified character skeleton) ĭone :) You'll find the Mixamo animation in the Content Browser.

use the Default settings, if in doubt press the Reset To Default button.

import in Unreal Engine 4 the downloaded FBX file (you can drag & drop the file in the Content Browser, or use the Add/Import > Import to option).

press the Download button and download the FBX file.

The preview will update showing the animation applied to the selected character. Select the animation you want to download. ( IMPORTANT - Mixamo fits the animations over the selected character, so it's important to select the correct character first)

in the Mixamo website, select the same exact Character you imported in your UE4 project.

Unreal engine mannequin fbx download