Hi Andrew,
thank you very much for your support request.

Have you already checked the UMotion API: https://www.soxware.com/umotion-manual/UMotionAPI.html. The method TrySetFkLocalRotation(Transform transform, Quaternion localRotation, string undoMessage, bool createKey) might be exactly what you're looking for.

Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

When I try to set up the IK for Hips, my rig gets all messed up

You do not need to setup IK for the hips for what you are trying to do. Here is how to achieve what you are trying to do:

1. Create a UMotion project file of type humanoid or generic depending on what your character is configured as
2. Assign your character to the UMotion Pose editor by dragging and dropping it from the Unity's hierarchy window to the according field in the UMotion Pose Editor
3. Confirm the appearing dialogs
4. Select "Config Mode" in the Pose Editor
5. Click on "IK Setup Wizard"
6. Confirm the orientation of the character by clicking OK
7. If your character is humanoid, simply click "OK". All fields are correctly pre-filled. If you are using generic, you need to assign the correct bones for the missing fields under "human IK" (and then click OK).
8. Click on "Pose Mode"
9. Now select the IK handles of your feet and enable "IK Pinning" in the "Channels" view of the pose editor. Then also make sure to set "FK/IK Blend" to one (= IK). If you now select the hips and move them, feet stay at there position and knees are bent accordingly.

Please do not refer my to one of the outdated videos

All videos are up to date. You can find a great overview of all available video tutorials in the UMotion manual: https://www.soxware.com/umotion-manual/VideoTutorials.html

so when I try to do an adaptive layers, I cant check IK pinned for the feet

An additive layer means you use an existing animation in the base layer and add an offset on top of it (i.e. a mathematical addition). E.g. if a bone in the base layer has an angle of 10° and you create an offset of 5° in the additive layer, the end result is 15°.

It's mathematically not possible to "accumulate" IK Pinning.

Instead, simply enable IK Pinning in the base layer.

Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi Sam,
thank you very much for your support request.

Make sure you hide the UMotion Windows when you do not need UMotion. In that case, UMotion doesn't need to be reloaded with every assembly reload (e.g. when starting play mode). Also UMotion doesn't consume any resources when both UMotion windows are hidden.

The time UMotion takes for loading, depends on the PC you have and the size/number of key frames of the UMotion project you currently have loaded. 

Also make sure, that your on the latest UMotion version.

Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

UMotion checks if there are any new notifications to show (e.g. if there are new updates available etc.) and that web request failed in your case most probably due to a problem with the internet connection (maybe some firewall or proxy is blocking something). This error message is purely informative. This isn't a bug and shouldn't have any negative impact on functionality.

You can disable notifications under Edit --> Preferences --> Settings in case the error message is annoying to you (and you're not able to fix the problem of your internet setup):

Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

The hand needs to have at least 3 parent bones in the hierarchy (usually the lower arm bone and upper arm bone and then a shoulder bone or a spine bone). This seems not to be the case for your character, that's why you get this error message.

If you need further assistance, please post a screenshot of the hierarchy of your right hand (as shown in the hierarchy window in UMotion's config mode). Also please show me a screenshot of your character and of the IK setup wizard.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request and I'm glad to hear that you like working with UMotion so far.

but that seems inefficient to keep adjusting and reimporting to get the correct rotation at start.

You can preview the result of your applied offset in the inspector of your animation. There is a small preview window at the bottom:

If you do not see the preview window, you have to click on this bar (at the bottom of the inspector) to make it visible:

Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

Question: How can I include an animated gameobject in the exported clip of my character's voiceline animation?

If you have created key frames for your extra game object in UMotion, and then hit export, UMotion should include those extra keys into the exported animation. You can check this, by opening the exported *.anim file with Unity's built in Animation Window. On the left side of the Animation Window, you should see the transforms of your extra game object listed that you've created key frames for.

To further debug, why the animation isn't played correctly in your scene, first verify that you've assigned the correct animation to your character.
Then select your character while you have the Unity Animation window open. Are there any transforms displayed in yellow? That would mean that the animation clip can't find those transforms (this can happen if this transforms/game objects are at a different position at the time you animate via UMotion vs at the time you play your animation).

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

Due to the IK rig using an IK solver, it is more constrained in the number of ways it can be transformed/rotated. 
IK for example, does not allow rotating bones around their own axis. That's the difference seen in the screenshot you posted.

For the rotation around the bones own axis, the IK solver by default uses the rotation the bone has in the reference pose in config mode. If you want, you can switch the IK solver to use the rotation of the FK pose instead:

Find more information about that setting in the related page in the manual: https://www.soxware.com/umotion-manual/InverseKinematics.html

So to sum up, IK by it's nature is more constrained. FK on the other hand is completely free-form and allows any possible rotation. It's in the nature of FK and IK to not be 100% equal. There is usually no practical reason why they need to be 100% identical as they usually serve different purposes.

Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

Unity's humanoid animation system does not support moving/translation on humanoid bones. Furthermore moving a bone  would look as if that person broke its bone (because a movement on a bone means that you move the joint of the bone out of the parents bone, resulting in a really awkward looking deformation).

If you want to move the entire character, you need to select the hips bone.

Best regards,
Peter