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How do i get my live link character to folow terrain in Unreal

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How do i get my live link character to folow terrain in Unreal

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Hi there. There is probably a simple solution but I dont' know it.  I'm using live link to unreal.  in Unreal my terrain is uneven, so when I play the animation in iclone, my character walking into the ground in unreal. What's the solution to that? https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/59e6a58b-5a94-4799-bde2-9c43.pnghttps://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/81e8ca6a-b4ae-4774-8f1d-e4fd.pnghttps://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/5cfa9f3a-3bce-4093-a864-5206.png
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Hi ,

it is unfortunately not that easy as you think (till UE4.26).
You can use a spawn BP like the game mode mannequin , but this is using only one capsule for ground collision.
What you need is feet IK , I always used the Dragon IK for it :  https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/dragon-ik-animal-inverse-kinematics  but it costs.... and you have to understand BP's a little bit.
Now with UE4.26 there is a new IK Rig involved and its free..... I am testing it right now and it looks very promising.
But for Live Link with UE4.26 you have to wait till its updated by Reallusion.

Or you can export your ground mesh to IClone and use IC's Foot IK.
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I think for best results you should export your UE4 terrain and load it into iClone. Then animate on it.
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Did some tests here , but far away from perfect.... I only used a one bone IK solver , next test will be 2 bone IK solver for the feet and toes....




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Next I am testing it with Live Link....


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Very Cool! Thanks for posting those tests!
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Hi Rampa,
hello everyone,

I would like to ask an advice.
I bought the Total Plants 2 pack of live trees, shrubs etc.. I'm trying to transfer some live trees from Iclone to Unreal via Live Link. 
However, it doesn't seem to appear in the props within the Iclone Live Link plugin to  Direct Transfer  the live tree to Unreal.
Does anyone know how to do link an Iclone Live Tree to Unreal 4  through Unreal Live Link plugin?

Thank you very much in advance.
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Bassline303 (12/9/2020)
Next I am testing it with Live Link....



We are waiting for the Tutorial Smile
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Hi Rampa,
hello everyone,

I would like to ask an advice.
I bought the Total Plants 2 pack of live trees, shrubs etc.. I'm trying to transfer some live trees from Iclone to Unreal via Live Link. 
However, it doesn't seem to appear in the props within the Iclone Live Link plugin to  Direct Transfer  the live tree to Unreal.
Does anyone know how to do link an Iclone Live Tree to Unreal 4  through Unreal Live Link plugin?

Thank you very much in advance.

The iTrees cannot be transferred. You will need to use UE4 trees in UE4. The iTrees are not standard props.
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greetings,
are you using the autosetup plugin to export to ue4 4.26?
does anyone know if it works or when we can expect compatibility?

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