Hi,

thank you very much for your support request.

You need to either manually create key frames for your changes (select the bones you want to key, then click on "Key Selected" --> "Key Modified" e.g.) or you should set "Auto Key" to "Generate" to automatically create keys whenever you adjust your characters pose.

The quick start tutorial covers both methods:

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

Best regards,
Peter

Hi Sean,

thank you very much for your support request.

This restriction was implemented because there are some edge cases where a one key frame animation doesn't work as intended. I recommend that you select the master key frame (click on the top-most key to select all keys on that frame) then use CTRL+C, move the frame cursor one frame forward and then press CTRL+V. Thus creating a two frame long animation with no motion.

If I'm not mistaken, this shouldn't increase the build file size of the *.anim as curves with only two key frames are optimized into a "constant" curve by Unity. You can see the build file size in the Inspector of your *.anim. Please note that the size the *.anim has on your disk (shown in Explorer/Finder) is NOT the size it consumes in your built game.

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

Best regards,
Peter

Hi RadiumLHY,

thank you very much for your support request. I've translated your question to English (please post in English in the future).

The IK features are only available within UMotion. Once you export your animation the affect of the IK constraints is baked into the animation. You can export your animation as *.anim (only compatible with Unity) or *.FBX (compatible with most 3D modeling applications). When exporting to *.FBX, I recommend exporting the animation into the *.FBX file of your character (set "Write Mode" to "Update Existing" in the export settings).

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

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

Moving the local position of human bones is not supported (and is probably not what you are looking for, as real life humans are not moving the local position of there bones as that would mean that the bone moves out of the joint). I think what you are looking for is Inverse Kinematics. The quick start tutorial shows you how to quickly setup and use IK:

For more information, please check out the full-length IK tutorial:

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

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,
thank you very much for your support request.

A UMotion project is per character. So if you want to animate a new character, please create a new UMotion project for it.

"Furthermore, is it possible to delete or hide the properties I'm not using in the dopesheet view?"

Yes, you can do this via Config Mode. When you select a bone/transform, you can set it's Visibility to "Lock". That is going to hide it in the Scene View and in the Clip Editor. You can also hide only certain properties of a bone (position/rotation/scale) via the "Properities" drop-down field:

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

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,

thank you very much for your support request.

Sure, by using a Custom Property Constraint in "Component Property" mode you can animate any property (e.g. the Renderer.enable or the GameObject.active). You can assign the Custom Property Constraint to any bone/transform you like (it doesn't necessarily have to be the one you want to control with the constraint).

For further information, please check the manual at "Pose Editor/Constraint System/Custom Property Constraint".

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

Best regards,
Peter

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

The FK to IK conversion is "lossy" by it's nature (because IK has less degrees of freedom than FK). By comparing the before/after pose from your video it looks like the algorithm is only off by a few degrees (at least that's how it looks on the video to me, let me know if I've overseen something). Assuming that you convert your animation to IK because you want to modify it anyways, this small imperfection are usually acceptable.

If you need to further improve the animation, add a duplicated version of your character to Unity Timeline with the original animation attached. Then use the "Sync" button to synchronize UMotion with Unity Timeline. That way you can preview both animations at the same time (overlaying each other, toggle visibility of the Timeline assigned character) so you can manually do some adjustments where needed.

Please let me know in case you have any further questions.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi Maciej,

thank you very much for sharing your feature request. I really appreciate that.

I've took a note on my "ideas for the future" list so that I can consider this feature when planning future updates.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,

thank you very much for your support request.

"1) How can I select all keys of a frame? I know that shift + A selects all keys but I only want to select all keys in a vertical line."

To select all keys of one frame, click on the master key:

It's also possible to click and drag (to move all keys of that frame).

"2) What would be the best approach to create a new animation between two humanoid characters that are asynchron? LIke Character 1 stabbing character 2 with a dagger from behind."

By using the "Sync" button you can synchronize animation playback of UMotion with either Unity's Animation Window or Unity Timeline. That way you can edit one animation with UMotion and the other one is previewed (in sync) by one of Unity's applications. Please check out the manual chapter "Unity Timeline Integration" for further details.

It's not yet possible to edit two animations at the same time (only if you make both characters "generic" and a child of one animator component, thus turning two characters into one animated object).

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

Best regards,
Peter