UE4-Play animation in viewport without presssing Play??

melviso

Is there a way to play skeletal mesh animations in viewport without pressing play? Similar to the way you have tree or shrub animations playing in the viewport as you move things around and adjust them in the viewport. Thanks.
EDIT:  Also I am having this error.
Warning Importing skeletal mesh WingAB that dont have a mesh node with no scale is not supported when doing an import scene.

Obscura

Skeletal mesh animation won't play in the level viewport. You can "simulate" to make it playing, or you can watch it in the skeletal mesh editor.

melviso

Simulate did the trick. Thanks a lot, Obscura.

arpan

@Obscura hey,

I'm pretty new to Unreal Engine, could you tell me how can I simulate to make it play in the viewport?

thanks

Fabi_G

"Play Modes"

 https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/Basics/PIE/#:~:text=have%20been%20saved.-,Play%20Modes,-There%20are%20different