[RELEASED] Animation Retargeting for Any Character

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DESCRIPTION

Unity Humanoid system lets you share animations between different characters. However, it’s far from perfect:

  • it’s difficult to use with animals
  • it produces feet sliding
  • it doesn’t work with Generic characters

Retarget Pro solves all these problems completely. Whether your character is FPS arms, animal or something else - this plugin will help you to:

  • Save Time: it takes a few clicks to retarget your animations, thanks to the fully automated setup.
  • Get Best Quality: final result is way more accurate than the Unity Humanoid system.
  • Add More Content: you can use this system with ANY skeleton: weapons, animals, or even procedurally generated characters.

Workflow

The process is really simple:

  • Right-click on your characters and create a profile asset.
  • Adjust the settings, like IK weights.
  • Preview your animation, and hit Bake.

The process on average takes a minute or two. The asset also comes with prepared presets for:

Here is a video to see the workflow in action:

FAQ

“Will it find bones automatically?”
Yes. The system will automatically generate and map bone chains for your characters.

“Does it create Animation Clips?”
Yes, the system can bake a retargeted motion into an animation clip.

“Can I retarget Animator Controllers?”
Yes. Right-click on the controller and the system will retarget all animations, create a new override controller and assign the animations.

“Is the output file size big?”
No, the system uses a smart way of keyframing, so not every bone is keyframed.

“Does it work with Unity Humanoid?”
Only dynamic retargeting is fully supported, baking support is coming in the next updates.

“Can I use it for FPS animations?”
Yes. The plugin has a special solution for FPS games, ensuring the proper placement of arms when reloading a weapon.

“Does it work with scaled characters?”
Yes. The system will compare bone sizes, and adjust the motion accordingly.

P.S: if you have any questions feel free to leave them here or on our Discord :smile:.

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