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1. Reusing animations/rig between various character models

   

   Topic by drysider · Jul 2015 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hey all! I have a project at the moment in which I'm going to be reusing animations between a number of characters. I've never done this before, just wanted some advice on how to go through with it. I usually use CAT rig. My plan is to make a base rig, create a series of animations, and then skin each character model to…

2. Re: Reusing animations/rig between various character models

   

   Reply by Obscura · Jul 2015 · Home› Technical Talk

   Exactly. We heavily used this on various human characters in an Unreal Engine project. Anyways, you can "copy" animations from one skeleton to an another easily, with using constraints.This is how we copied biped animations to our skeleton. At the end, it just has to be baked. There is a clear description about how it…

3. Re: Reusing animations/rig between various character models

   

   Reply by monster · Jul 2015 · Home› Technical Talk

   Is this for a game? If so it's easy. 1. Export all the anims with the base model. 2. Export all the models skinned to the skeleton in the base pose. One file per model. It'll work in both Unreal and Unity.