Intro and Philosophy #

Aims for #

• Versatile
• Layered
• Reusability
• Empowerment
• Gameplay
• Cinematic

History #

UE1 (1997) #

• Vertex animation base
• Level Animation

UE2 (2002) #

• Skeleton animation
• Socket
• Anim Notify

UE3 (2006) #

• Cloth
• Matinee (first cinematic)

Schematic Schematic #

• Skeleton
• Skeletal Mesh
• Anim Blueprint
  • Event Graph
  • Anim Graph
• Animation Sequences
• Physics Asset
• Sequencer Tools
• Calculate Pose
• Scalability Features

Schematic Overview #

• FBX into…
  • Skeleton ; rigging
  • Skeletal Mesh : geometry
  • Animations

Skeleton #

hierarchy of bones and how they connect to each other
pillar of animation process

• Physics Assets
• Virtual Bones
• Sokcets
• Animation Retargeting Manager

Skeletal Mesh #

Advice #