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Uefy v2.6.0 released adds support for Blender 4.0

Uefy 2.0 Epic MegaGrants Recipient

The new release of Uefy 2.6 (Pro Edition) addon for Blender makes it trivial to rig all the mannequins provided in Unreal Engine 5.

  • UE4 Mannequin
  • Manny 89 bones
  • Quinn 89 bones
  • Manny 161 bones (Experimental)
  • Quinn 161 bones (Experimental)

Uefy 2.6.0 bring compatibility with Blender 4.0 and above

Prebuilt metarigs for rigify are provided for all of these mannequin. Just need to move the mesh from the original import to the final rig.

Also rig custom characters made in Blender/Zbrush etc and from character generators such as Daz3d, Reallusion Character Creator and many others.

Uefy Script (Lite Edition)Free old version, limited to UE4 mannequin
Uefy 2.6 (Pro Edition) UE5 compatible, Advanced Functions, Rig Anything!

See product page for details: Uefy v2.6.0 (Pro Edition)

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Blueprint for Cycling Multiple Idle Animations

What makes games really pop and come to life are the small things. One of the most important of these is variation in character idle animations. Perhaps the most iconic of which are idle and repeat click animations on peasants and grunts in the Warcraft series of video games.

Achieving the same result in Unreal Engine 4 is pretty straight forward.

First we setup some preliminary variables in the AnimBlueprint for the 3d character model that shall have multiple Idle Animations.

Then we take the first sequence pin to setup Speed and IsInAir variables. The speed variable will drive the locomotion 1D blend animations while the IsInAir variable controls animations for falling and jumping.

And lastly we take the second sequence pin to set the switch boolean “Show Wait Anim” whenever a certain amount of time has lapsed. The blueprint starts counting time if speed is zero and hence the character is not moving.

If the character moves the timer is reset, the alternative idle animation is played and the timer is reset again to replay after another time interval.

This is a very simple system that can easily be expanded for more complex animations including variations in time and order of animations. So for example a character that is standing still might look around or shuffle in place every little while for a much more realistic and convincing appearance.