Is there a way to import bones 'linked' to each other, like by a naming convention or grouping technique, so that Unity understands, that oh this is all part of the same chain of bones. Like in Maya when you parent bones they become part of the same chain, but not in XSI.Īnd I am finding if bones are not in the same chain, they are losing animation. I created a rig in Maya that was all IK with constraints and shapes and such and then, constrained a simple FK skeleton to it and eneveloped a character to that, and that worked after doing the plotting and baking of animation.īut I would really like to work in XSI,and skeleton Hierarchies work a touch different. If there is a better way let me know, because we tried everything else. This solution keeps the ease of animating with IK and set driven keys. Which Unity seems to prefer over IK jargon. So when you key frame it with the hierarchy selected it keeps the transform position of every joint thus converting the IK to FK.

What select -hi does is it selects your entire hierarchy of joints. You can delete deform history at this point as well. Click the select -hi button you created and then hit S key to create a keyframe.Īfter all that you can delete you IK handles, control objects and what ever else you have leaving you with only the mesh and the bones. This should highlight your entire skeleton.ĥ. At every key point you like select your root joint. you need the original incase of changes to you animations.Ĥ. Here is the work around after you finalize your animations.ģ. Rig your character the way you normally do. You can even design an Icon for it if you like.ġ. This will create a clickable icon on your shelf. In the MEL command line type: select -hi, select it and drag it to your custom shelf. I think we have found a work around that works perfectly.Ĭreate a simple script. In this case Unity saw no animation what so ever.Īny ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. I should note that I have tried this without the Nurb circle as a control object and the IK handle moves but the mesh is not responsive.Īlso I tried deleting the joints, IK handle and the control object, leaving only the baked animated mesh. I delete the Non Deform History on All objects and have tried only on the Mesh. (tried regular parent and a parent constraint). This is what I'm doing, I made a simple cylinder placed 4 bones, applied IK (tried SK and RP Solver) Parented a Nurb Circle as a control object to the end effector.

We are stuck on IK animation transferring to Unity. I do not have Unity installed because Im on a PC.

I'm a Maya guy and my partner is learning Unity.

Maya fbx export options for unity