Course Overview
In this course you will learn how to combine keyframed animations with procedural animation techniques in Unreal Engine.
We will be covering a variety of approaches for creating hybrid animation systems.
We start off by creating a simple system to make a character look towards a target, and then we will layer this with an animation blend, which is driven directly from within Control Rig, to add additional style and realism.
You will then be shown my approach for dynamically modifying animations during gameplay, with a technique that works for object pickups, attacks, and any environment interactions.
Next, we will create a system where your character will crouch based on the environment procedurally, whilst driving an additive animation overlay.
I'll then be showing how animation playback speeds can be changed dynamically, with an example of scaling a run cycle to work for various speeds whilst preserving the underlying animation.
Then we'll make a system which transitions between any animation states or poses, automatically and live during gameplay.
And finally, you will be shown how to combine keyframed animations with a completely procedural locomotion system, which is included as a download in the project files.
You will taken through every step of the process, from learning the basics of Control Rig for procedural techniques, creating keyframed animations in the editor, dynamic modifications to animations, and technical animation setups in the animation blueprint.
Everything shown is my own unique approach which you won't find anywhere else, with a variety of applications to discover in every future game that you work on.
This course is suitable for any level of experience, although some familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 is preferred. The course uses Unreal Engine 5.7 but should be applicable for both older (eg. 5.4+) and future engine versions. Optional project file download is built in 5.7.
I look forward to seeing how you will explore and apply these skills in your own projects, and I hope to see you on the course.
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Course curriculum
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Introduction and course overview (Resources here)
340 Xem trước -
Initial setup of animation blueprint and Control Rig
622 Xem trước -
Make the head rotate towards a target point
406 Xem trước -
Use a look-at target from in-game
812 -
Creating a Left->Right look animation
917 -
Apply the Left->Right look animation additively
461 -
Control the underlying animation blend from within Control Rig
747 -
Limit the head rotation to realistic angles
1101
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Making the base example poses
791 -
A simplified implementation of blending from one pose to the next
784 -
Setting up the Animation Blueprint ready for a more complex system
832 -
Adding a custom blend graph for custom transitions between states
533 -
Transitioning between any two poses in Control Rig
855 -
Smart foot transitions
534 -
Pelvis weight shifting from one foot to the other
908 -
Setting up to work with multiple poses in a more complex state machine
717 -
Polishing and tweaking the transitions
804 -
Finalising
421
Requirment
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Beginner-to-advanced friendly, but general familiarity with Unreal Engine would be ideal
Outcomes
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Combine procedural animation with keyframed animation
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Learn the basics of Control Rig for procedural animation techniques
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Drive animation blends from Control Rig
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Modify animations for dynamic environment interaction
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Scale animation playback rates dynamically
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Create custom procedural runtime transitions of any poses
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Create basic keyframed animations in the editor
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Understand the basics of technical animation in the Animation Blueprint
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