Weapon Rig For Unreal Engine (Bone Structure)

Frigus

I'm so bad at rigging something I cant build a good structure for bones please help me for fixing that problem How can I fix that? I want that part follow weapon bone but I dont want rotate to upward how can I achive that?

Kanni3d

dont have the plate be part of the same bone as the rest of the gun, it should be its own bone/parent, only the bolt should rotate?

Frigus

https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2772693#Comment_2772693

Yes, I've created new bone for plate. But when I move weapon bone, plate doesn't following weapon is that not a problem in unreal engine?

Frigus

I found my answer in unreal engine documentation thanks. :D I should keep learn unreal engine.

Neox

maybe you post the solution for future generations to learn from it? ;)

following the current trend in 10 years someone will have the same issue, having a solution is always better than asking for a fix that someone might have found ages ago

Frigus

https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2772788#Comment_2772788

Yes you are right. Actually I was thinking wrong about how Unreal Engine skeletal meshes works. I've read that topic https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/skeletal-mesh-animation-system-in-unreal-engine/ .

Short answer is

I've created a new bone between Tripod bone and Weapon bone. Weapon bone linked to plate bone and plate bone linked to tripod bone.

Root>Tripod>Plate>Weapon

In Unreal engine I've build a control system horizontal rotations only rotates plate bone and also affects weapon body too. But vertical rotations only affects weapon bone so that plate bone never moves up and down.