Preview window problem
Hi, I really like Umotion Pro. I am using Unity 2019.3.13f1. it seems like I can not preview animation in the preview window when a umotion project is loaded. The preview window works fine if I close Umotion pro but this mean I have to close Umotion Pro every time I want to preview animation in unity. I am cleaning a huge mocap library and It would be so much easier if you could still preview animation without closing the project in between each animation preview. Thanks for your help!
Hi,
thank you very much for sending me all the requested repo project and also the video.
The good news is (at least for me :-) ), this problem is independent of UMotion. The bad news is, it's a Unity bug:
The problem happens if you use the animation preview window as a separate floating window and have the Inspector window in the background. When you then select an animation clip, it will only play the number of frames the previous selected animation clip had (where the inspector window has still been visible). If you then bring the inspector window to the front again the animation clip plays in full length. That's why you thought it's UMotion's fault as the Pose Editor window was the window that was hiding the Inspector in your case.
You may want to report this as a bug to Unity (maybe there is already a fix in newer versions of Unity). As a workaround you just ensure that the Inspector stays open (or open it whenever you change the previewed animation).
Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
sync timeline edit selected clip
hi peter
i have just recently found the excellent sync timeline feature this is just what i needed
i'm having a problem probably something i'm doing wrong
i load a umoution file in the clip editor
i then select the timeline highlight the clip i want to edit
then in umotion click sync edit selected clip all great it asks if i want to import the clip
when i then move the play head i have two of my characters ?
any idea what i;m doing wrong thanks for your time
Hi Robin,
thank you very much for sending me the new package.
You are right, the activation track was causing the issue. I've implemented a fix in UMotion V1.22p08 (currently pending for the asset store review, should be available in the next one or two days).
Thanks for reporting and I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Best regards,
Peter
The exported animation does not look like that display in clip editor
I am using Umotion to creat the humanoid hands animations, how ever the exported animation does not look like that in clip editor, please look below pictures compared.
1 In clip editor
2 Exported animation
Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.
This is an expected side effect of Unity's "humanoid" animation system. Animations stored in the humanoid format implement what's called "animation re-targeting". This is a clever algorithm that tries to fit an animation created for character A to look "quite the same" when played on character B (regular animations can only be played on the character they have been created for). Even if you play a humanoid animation on it's original character the re-targeting algorithm is still applied (--> the animation is still only going to look quite the same, but not 100%). Usually the differences are barely visible for players.
If you want that level of precision shown in your screenshots, I highly recommend to use "generic" instead. A "generic" animation is played 1:1 on the character it has been created for (but can not be played on other characters).
Here is a in-depth article about "humanoid": https://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/05/26/mecanim-humanoids/
Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
Mirror posture doesn't mirror middle bone such as head, neck, chest etc
When I select every bones and copy to the other side, it only mirror hand and leg, but it doesn't mirror my middle bones such as chest, spine, hip, head and neck bones. Please consider adding this feature as it can save a lot of work. Thank you.
Hi,
thank you very much for sharing your idea.
I think this is a good idea and I'm going to consider implementing this in an update.
Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
Different position on play mode
Hi!
I try to change sitting position ofthe character. When I try to change it in the play mode - characters position is different:
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.
Looks like the root motion settings aren't configured in the way you want them to be. Select the exported animation clip (in Unity's project window). The inspector window is then showing you all the root motion settings:
In your screenshot it looks like the "Root Transform Position (XZ)" is set to "Center of Mass". Set it to "Original" instead (this is going to take the XZ position from your animation clip). Depending on your situation, you might also consider using "Bake Into Pose". Please check out the Unity manual to learn more about each of this settings: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/RootMotion.html
Please let me know in case you have any follow up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
IK Twists bones while FK does not, but can not modify FK
Hi,
As the title states, when using IK it causes the shoulder bones to twist during the animation, while if I leave it on FK, then the bones are not twisting.
I would like to modify this animation slightly, but given the twisting when trying to use IK, it doesn't appear that I am able to since FK isn't letting me modify all of the transforms?
No Twist:
https://gfycat.com/hauntingthoughtfulalpinegoat
Twist:
Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.
You can control the twist (i.e. the pole rotation) using the pole handle (the wired sphere near the elbow). In the gif you can see that the pole handle orbits around the arm causing it to twist. If you keep the pole handle at the desired place, there should be no twisting happening.
Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
Error when opening projects
Hi there,
for a few days now I could not open Animation Projects. I always get this error.
This happens on different project files, not just one. The File - Restore Project from Backup is greyed out. "Ignore" doesn't work, I have to click it many times until I can work again and then everything is bugged. Restarting doesn't work either. So I thought I'd report this bug here :-)
What can I do?
Best,
Jens
[FEATURE REQUEST] Noise additive channel
I've been using UMotion for around a year now and I love it. It's intuitive, the additive and override layers are super useful for adding slight changes to existing animations and the widgets for moving groups of bones (spine, fingers, ...) is without a doubt top notch.
One thing that I find myself doing a lot is creating a "character pose" that looks good and then add an additive layer on top to slightly modify the different bones to add breathing, fingers twitching, etc... Basically a simple way to add idle poses and more organic cycles.
Would you consider adding some sort of Perlin noise modifier for additive layers? So we can add noise to each bone individually.
If you do, here's some thoughts about how to do it: One could select the range of frames at which to apply the noise to a bone/bones. Then, a window appears and you can preview the result, allowing you to modify the strength, speed and magnitude of the noise. Once you click apply, the noise is baked onto each frame of the range. What I am not sure about doing is making so that the end of the frame should match the beginning position, so it's easier to make loopable animations.
Also, inside the options, it would be cool to have access to the "seed" of the perlin noise and being able to apply an offset. That way, one could animate a breathing, while using the same seed, but slightly offsetting it to make the arms follow up the animation a bit behind.
Thanks and have a great week!
Hi Martina,
thank you very much for your detailed feature request. I really appreciate how much thought you've already put into this.
I've added this to my "ideas for the future" list where I collect all ideas so that I can consider them when creating new UMotion versions. At the moment though, my focus is mainly on smaller quality of life improvements and stability improvements of existing features/workflows.
Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
umotion and timeline ofset
hi peter hope you are ok
is there anything i can do about this
i have a object generic that i animate in umotion(better than sliced bread)
all works great save the clip
open time line add the clip to the object
but it starts from position 0
not were i started it in umotion yes i can move it in the timeline offset but if its rotated at a strange angle it can get impossible to match it up its probably something i'm doing wrong here's a short video to show you what i mean
cheer robin
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Hi Robin,
thank you very much for your support request.
In the following screenshots I marked the settings that relate to what position/rotation offset and how Unity timeline applies them to an animation clip/track. You might want to check out the timeline documentation (and the tool tips in the UI) to learn more about what they exactly do. Also try playing around with them to see what works best in your case.
I'm not 100% sure but the root motion settings of the clip itself might also be respected by Timeline:
If you do not manage to get it working, you can send me your scene (with all the related things I need to reproduce this on my PC) and I can check it out myself. You can send this to me via the email support form (or request a link to my Dropbox if file size is too big).
Best regards,
Peter
Error when loading UMotion Pro for the first time in Unity 2017
I get this error message when I start UMotion Pro for the first time in Unity:
TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'ΊΉΊΊΊΊΊΊΊΉΊΉΉΉΉΊΊΊΊΉΊΊΊΊΉΉΊΊΉΉΊΉΉΊΊΊΊΊΉΊΉΊΊΉΊΊΊ' from assembly 'UMotionEditor, Version=1.0.7484.14450, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
What error is this, will it still work?
I hope it will still work!
Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.
This error is just a false alert generated by Unity when it loads some of the dlls. Everything should work just fine, you can safely ignore this error.
Please let me know in case you have any follow-up questions.
Best regards,
Peter
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