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Lyra Tagged Actors - How to change Skin
Workflow from Sketchfab to AccuRig to Unreal and how to reskin in game
How to change a skin using Tagged Actors
- Reskin our Lyra character from Manny to Quinn
- Use a Paragon character as new skin
- Use a free asset from the marketplace - a detailed pirate from the great collection of Maksim Bugrimov
- Use a MetaHuman as skin
Outcome
An easy way to reskin your Lyra character within literally seconds
Video - english - see link below for german
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Thoughts
This is quite straightforward:
- The only class you need is a BP based on the TaggedActor BP
- There are two examples available from Lyra: B_Quinn and B_Manny. We reuse copys of these for our new characters - depending of we use male or female designs
- The ABP retargeting process is easy now, using the ABP_UE4_Mannequin_Retarget via rightclick/”Retarget Animation Assets”/”Duplicate and Retarget Animation Assets”
Steps (referring to infographic letters)
- J-K: Open the “Duplicate and Retarget Animation Assets” window, select your OK Retargeter and your new skeletal mesh as target to create an new ABP
- I: copy either B_Manny or B_Quinn as your new TaggedActor BP and set it to your new ABP and the imported Skeletal Maseh
- E: Update your CharParts BP
Workflow from Sketchfab to AccuRig to Unreal and how to reskin in game
- Export FBX from a humanoid SketchFab skin
- Always check the license of the work you use and attribute accordingly
- Use Realusion AccuRig to rig your humanoids character
- Import into Unreal and create a ABP and Tagged Actor
- Create a BP Actor to grant a reskin ability
- Create a reskin ability that changes Character Parts in game