I needed to set up an Event Dispatcher in an Actor BP to call a function in my Level Bp so here are the steps you take to do this. There were posts around about DO NOT DO THIS, but I have a very simple file and all the level is doing is setting up … Read more
I struggled over this for a while and then found the answer. Say you have a Blueprint and within your BP you have a widget. If you want to call a function that’s in your widget from your blueprint, then it’s slightly more complicated than just dragging the widget component into your function from the … Read more
To start using Live Link with your Metahuman there are just a few things you need to do. Add Plugins to Unreal Add the following plugins to your Unreal file. ARKit and ARKit Face Support Live Link You’ll need to restart Unreal so go ahead and do that. While it’s starting up you’ll need to … Read more
I tried watching so many tutorials on how to successfully retarget animations from Mixamo to my Metahuman and none of them helped. Eventually I realised that it was a two step process. Step 1 – retarget Mixamo to the UE4 Mannequin. Step 2 – retarget from the UE4 Mannequin to my Metahuman. Now to start, … Read more
MAKING MYSELF IN METAHUMAN CREATOR I’ve been lucky enough to have early access to the Unreal Metahuman Creator and I’ve made myself! Of course she needs a lot more wrinkles which I couldn’t find any exact options for. None the less, not a bad start. HOW TO GET MY METAHUMAN INTO UNREAL To … Read more
Again I am following the Microsoft tutorial, just adding in extra screen grabs to help solidify the process in my mind. For the original tutorial, look here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/unreal/tutorials/unreal-uxt-ch3 Add The Session Asset To use a session, you need an ARSessionConfig data asset to work with. To create one of these go to your Content … Read more
Again I am taking instructions straight from a section in Microsoft’s Chess Tutorial. But I am just adding in a few extra pictures because I am a visual learner and this really helps me solidify what I’m doing in my head. So some people might find this quite slow and hand holdy, so sorry, maybe … Read more
Adding plugins to your project is pretty straight forward as long as you know what folders you need to copy and where to. Go to your root project folder and create a Plugins folder if there isn’t one already Unzip the zip you downloaded for the UXTools Navigate to the Plugins folder in the unzipped … Read more
YOU have everything downloaded, now what? Launch the Unreal Engine 4.26 from the Epic Games Launcher. In the Select or Create New Project Window, select Games in the New Project Category section and then hit Next Next select a Blank Template and then hit Next And in the Project Settings … Read more
I am following the microsoft Chess app tutorial as I do this – adding in screen grabs for extra information for proper nubies, so for the original instructions go to microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/unreal/tutorials/unreal-uxt-ch1 Before starting have the following PROGRAMS installed. Unreal Engine 4.26 or later Microsoft HoloLens 2 device configured for development or Emulator Visual Studio 2019 … Read more