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No Generate Root Motion Curves Option

Discussion in 'Animation' started by Karim_EYT, Jul 26, 2018.

  1. Karim_EYT

    Karim_EYT

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    Hey, when I exported my character with animations from Mixamo and put it into Unity the animation doesn't give me the option to generate root motion curves. Does someone can help me with this?
     

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    Karim_EYT, Jul 26, 2018
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  2. Goatogrammetry

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    Um. I think you should make a generic avatar and set it to root motion, then apply the other animations to that avatar. Once its applied, you might see the animation tab suddenly have more options about root motion. Not sure if thats your issue but it frustrated me at first.
     
    Goatogrammetry, Jul 26, 2018
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  3. beatdesign

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    Did you find a solution for that?
    Maybe the "Generate Root Motion button is no more presenti in Unity 2018?
     
    beatdesign, Feb 12, 2019
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  4. simonbz

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    Hi beatdesign,

    The option was indeed removed in Unity 2018.3 as it's no longer needed. Root motion curves will be generated from the root transform position if no root curves or motion curves were specified when importing your fbx animation clips.

    For Unity 2018.2 and earlier versions, the option will only appear if your clip contains root transform curves.
     
    simonbz, Feb 13, 2019
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  5. Gibton

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    What about 2D animations? Now we can't use Root Motion with them?
     
    Gibton, Jun 19, 2019
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  6. simonbz

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    No, the same goes for 2D animation. Root motion curves are generated using the root transform curves, you just don't need the option anymore. Instead, you can toggle root motion in the Animator directly.
     
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    simonbz, Jun 20, 2019
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  7. Gibton

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    Great! Thank you.
     
    Gibton, Jun 20, 2019
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  8. SVAFnemesis_

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    This does not apply when my desired root motion does not come from root transform tho?

    For example in my clip the root transform as no animation key as the keys are in one hierachy below root, and because this clip does not come from an FBX, now I'm left with no way to generate root motion curve.
     
    SVAFnemesis_, Dec 19, 2021
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  9. beatdesign

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    You could export the animation clip as FBX and use in import settings Animation/Motion/RootMotionNode and specify here the node below root that contains the rootmotion
     

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    beatdesign, Jan 7, 2022
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  10. SVAFnemesis_

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    exporting and importing an animation clip back and forth will cause double baking, which is pretty much unacceptable for workflow reason. I managed to tackle this by using AnimationUtility scripts. However I do hope Unity realize that they have unecessarily made things much more complicated by removing this button that they thought they don't need.
     
    SVAFnemesis_, Jan 26, 2022
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  11. ShaunUnity

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    What if you make a custom animation inside Unity that is not imported?
     
    ShaunUnity, Feb 2, 2022
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