Easy Clothing with AI for Any Character — Best Workflow — Transcript

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1. 0:00This entire character's outfit
2. 0:01was made with AI.
3. 0:03It is game ready
4. 0:04and moves with clothing
5. 0:06physics.
6. 0:07And I did not
7. 0:07use any specific software
8. 0:09like Marvelous Designer.
9. 0:11It is all possible
10. 0:12to new AI workflow
11. 0:13and amazing updates in
12. 0:15Unreal Engine 5 .8.
13. 0:17And of course, I'm
14. 0:18gonna show you the
15. 0:18whole workflow for clothing.
16. 0:20How to get right
17. 0:21reference image for generation.
18. 0:23How to quickly prepare
19. 0:24it and optimize.
20. 0:25Gonna show you new
21. 0:26cheat codes for rigging
22. 0:27is we now can
23. 0:28do that right in
24. 0:29Unreal Engine.
25. 0:30New chaos clothing is
26. 0:32something amazing and very
27. 0:33easy to start with.
28. 0:34And I not show
29. 0:35you just one approach
30. 0:36but three.
31. 0:37How to bring your
32. 0:38clothing with new character.
33. 0:39How to add starting
34. 0:40clothing to existing character.
35. 0:42And clothing with physics
36. 0:44to unexisting character.
37. 0:46I'm super excited.
38. 0:47Hit that like button
39. 0:48to support my channel.
40. 0:49And let's get started.
41. 0:50And of course we're
42. 0:51gonna need to start
43. 0:52with the reference.
44. 0:53And here's one live
45. 0:54hack that will save
46. 0:55you a lot of
47. 0:55time.
48. 0:56Will you basically need
49. 0:57an accurate screenshot
50. 0:58or render of your
51. 1:00character that you're gonna
52. 1:01make clothing for?
53. 1:03For sake of this
54. 1:04video, let's keep things
55. 1:05simple.
56. 1:06And I'm gonna take
57. 1:06Queenie mannequin from Unreal
58. 1:08Engine.
59. 1:09So here she is
60. 1:10and we're gonna use
61. 1:11her as an input
62. 1:12and wear the garments
63. 1:14on top of her.
64. 1:15Again, you can do
65. 1:16a full costume.
66. 1:17That will help a
67. 1:18lot with the proportion,
68. 1:19pose and many things
69. 1:20really.
70. 1:21Or you can do
71. 1:21just one part.
72. 1:23That doesn't matter.
73. 1:23I'm gonna show you
74. 1:24different approaches.
75. 1:25How we can solve
76. 1:26that.
77. 1:26To make it fun,
78. 1:27I decided to go
79. 1:28with this patchwork costume
80. 1:30character.
81. 1:30There will be plenty
82. 1:31of things to animate
83. 1:32with clothing physics later.
84. 1:34And that's exactly what
85. 1:35we're doing here today.
86. 1:36Now, since I decided
87. 1:37to go with the
88. 1:38costume,
89. 1:38we're gonna still need
90. 1:39to extract parts.
91. 1:41Generating all these parts
92. 1:42such as head, boots,
93. 1:45cloak, dress,
94. 1:46all at once, that's
95. 1:47not going to end
96. 1:48well.
97. 1:48So we're gonna quickly
98. 1:49extract parts with this
99. 1:50amazing
100. 1:51props extraction node.
101. 1:52For this video, same
102. 1:53as before, I'm gonna
103. 1:54use the DG Studio,
104. 1:56which just released and
105. 1:57got really appreciated by
106. 1:58a community and my
107. 1:59team.
108. 2:00And they give crazy
109. 2:01amount of free credits
110. 2:02to start with.
111. 2:03However, you can also
112. 2:04repeat everything for free
113. 2:06with just different set
114. 2:07of tools.
115. 2:08And for that, I
116. 2:09do have a separate
117. 2:09video where I explain
118. 2:10best free 3D AI
119. 2:12tools and you can
120. 2:13definitely get
121. 2:13same results maybe a
122. 2:15little bit longer.
123. 2:16And as you can
124. 2:16see, I extracted all
125. 2:17parts in just one
126. 2:18go.
127. 2:19I'm also gonna need
128. 2:19body and I'm gonna
129. 2:20assemble new
130. 2:21character and show you
131. 2:22how to re -get
132. 2:23if you're creating a
133. 2:25new character.
134. 2:26But to show you
135. 2:27how to put clothing
136. 2:28on an existing character,
137. 2:29in our case, it
138. 2:30will be Queenie in
139. 2:31Unreal Engine.
140. 2:31We're gonna take dress
141. 2:32and split it into
142. 2:33two parts.
143. 2:34There will be a
144. 2:35top part, which is
145. 2:36static.
146. 2:37And there will be
147. 2:37a bottom part that
148. 2:39will be actually
149. 2:39with clothe physics.
150. 2:41And for bottom parts,
151. 2:42I'm gonna do two
152. 2:43variations
153. 2:44because there is a
154. 2:45two ways how we
155. 2:46can process that.
156. 2:47You're gonna see later.
157. 2:48When we are happy
158. 2:49with image references,
159. 2:50we can actually generate
160. 2:523D.
161. 2:52And here's the thing.
162. 2:53I'm really in love
163. 2:54with Triple P1
164. 2:56that can do smart
165. 2:57low poly.
166. 2:58The mesh is really
167. 2:59logical.
168. 3:00And again, depending on
169. 3:01the quality that you're
170. 3:02trying to achieve,
171. 3:03you can actually start
172. 3:04with low poly right
173. 3:05away
174. 3:05and add details on
175. 3:07top later with texturing,
176. 3:09etc.
177. 3:09More professional approach, my
178. 3:11involved high poly, low
179. 3:13poly,
180. 3:13then baking and all
181. 3:15that related stuff
182. 3:16that will give you
183. 3:16crazy good quality.
184. 3:18If you're a professional,
185. 3:19I just made a
186. 3:20video
187. 3:20how professional workflow is
188. 3:22changed with AI
189. 3:23and how you can
190. 3:24actually benefit from that.
191. 3:26The link will be
192. 3:26somewhere here.
193. 3:27Now I'm gonna download
194. 3:28all these 3D generated
195. 3:29models,
196. 3:30bring it to Blender.
197. 3:31And if you want
198. 3:32to explore this workflow
199. 3:33that I made for
200. 3:34this video,
201. 3:35the link will be
202. 3:36in the pinned comment.
203. 3:37I will of course
204. 3:37share it in the
205. 3:38description.
206. 3:39Okay, now in Blender,
207. 3:40first thing we're gonna
208. 3:41do is
209. 3:42that we're gonna import
210. 3:43the Queenie
211. 3:45that we can get
212. 3:46from Unreal Engine.
213. 3:47But that's very easy
214. 3:48to do.
215. 3:48Just go to Unreal
216. 3:49Engine, asset, expert, here
217. 3:51we go.
218. 3:52And now we can
219. 3:53remove the armature
220. 3:54and all that stuff.
221. 3:55We're not going to
222. 3:56transfer any weights here.
223. 3:57The only thing that
224. 3:58we really need is
225. 3:59a Soys and Shape
226. 4:00reference.
227. 4:01And I think you
228. 4:02already guessed what's the
229. 4:03next thing.
230. 4:04Yes, we're gonna align
231. 4:05all the garments
232. 4:06according to our Queenie
233. 4:08body.
234. 4:08Now, if you're only
235. 4:09doing clothing,
236. 4:10you only do that
237. 4:11for the clothing.
238. 4:12I also want to
239. 4:13show you this nice
240. 4:13character,
241. 4:14so I'm also gonna
242. 4:15align body and the
243. 4:16head.
244. 4:17However, for the character,
245. 4:18the pipeline will be
246. 4:19a little bit different.
247. 4:20That's why I'm gonna
248. 4:21show you all these
249. 4:22different roads
250. 4:22that you might need
251. 4:23in your work.
252. 4:25Speaking of Blender part,
253. 4:26it might sounds difficult
254. 4:28that you're gonna need
255. 4:28to adjust and work
256. 4:29with the mesh.
257. 4:30But in reality, it
258. 4:31is ridiculously simple.
259. 4:33I do have a
260. 4:34few videos in my
261. 4:35channel
262. 4:35explaining this process in
263. 4:37more details.
264. 4:38Long story short, there's
265. 4:39a bunch of tools
266. 4:39that you're gonna need
267. 4:40to get anything done
268. 4:42with AI -generated mesh.
269. 4:44You already have the
270. 4:45mesh.
271. 4:45You just need to
272. 4:46align shape there and
273. 4:47there,
274. 4:48make sure it fits
275. 4:49your character and so
276. 4:50on.
277. 4:50I like to do
278. 4:51that in sculpting mode,
279. 4:52there are a few
280. 4:52brushes, such as elastic
281. 4:54grab,
282. 4:54and you can easily
283. 4:55adjust the shape.
284. 4:56With low polymeshes, you
285. 4:57can also do that
286. 4:58in edit mode,
287. 5:00simply selecting some vertexes,
288. 5:01scale them, move them
289. 5:02around,
290. 5:03rotate sometimes,
291. 5:04and that's it.
292. 5:05That is holding magic.
293. 5:06Trust me, I do
294. 5:07have free videos how
295. 5:08to start with Blender
296. 5:10and I give you
297. 5:10exact knowledge
298. 5:11that you're gonna need
299. 5:12working with AI -generated
300. 5:14meshes.
301. 5:14However, if you're solo
302. 5:16game developer
303. 5:17or really want to
304. 5:18start with 3D,
305. 5:19but not sure what's
306. 5:20happening with all this
307. 5:21AI thing,
308. 5:22I have great news
309. 5:23since I just launched
310. 5:24my first 3D AI
311. 5:25course
312. 5:26where I cover all
313. 5:27the basics for the
314. 5:28beginners
315. 5:28and most importantly,
316. 5:30I teach you how
317. 5:31to use best AI
318. 5:32tools
319. 5:32to get results fast.
320. 5:34So you can create
321. 5:35your first game -ready
322. 5:36character
323. 5:36in just one week.
324. 5:38We already have plenty
325. 5:39of happy students.
326. 5:40You can ask about
327. 5:41it in the discord,
328. 5:42all links in the
329. 5:43description.
330. 5:43Okay, I almost done
331. 5:45with my character.
332. 5:46Now I'm gonna need
333. 5:47additional skirt
334. 5:48just to show you
335. 5:49one more approach.
336. 5:50It was generated the
337. 5:51same way and fit
338. 5:52my new character.
339. 5:54And now we're ready
340. 5:55to start with that
341. 5:56rigging,
342. 5:57loading part.
343. 5:58Let's begin with the
344. 5:59approach
345. 5:59where we have a
346. 6:00new character.
347. 6:02Now at this stage
348. 6:02there's one important recommendation.
349. 6:04So for that sake,
350. 6:05I'm gonna separate skirts
351. 6:06because I'm gonna show
352. 6:07different approaches
353. 6:08and I'm gonna rig
354. 6:10the character all together.
355. 6:11So I'm gonna export
356. 6:12three files.
357. 6:14The character with the
358. 6:14buddy no skirt
359. 6:15and two skirts separately.
360. 6:18Now if you do
361. 6:18have a new character,
362. 6:19such as myself,
363. 6:21I recommend to do
364. 6:21it in a correct.
365. 6:22You simply import that
366. 6:23FBX that we export
367. 6:25it
368. 6:25to a correct and
369. 6:26the process here is
370. 6:27quite simple.
371. 6:28It will suggest to
372. 6:29place the markers for
373. 6:30the body
374. 6:30and for the fingers
375. 6:32if you do have.
376. 6:33For the fingers,
377. 6:34it's also gonna ask
378. 6:35like how many fingers
379. 6:36you have.
380. 6:36And this process can
381. 6:37take just five minutes
382. 6:39if you know what
383. 6:40to do.
384. 6:40If you're gonna feel
385. 6:41stuck on this stage,
386. 6:42don't worry, I do
387. 6:43have dedicated video explaining
388. 6:45this aqrig step in
389. 6:47more details
390. 6:47and helping you to
391. 6:49address some issues
392. 6:50afterwards in blender.
393. 6:52Now one of the
394. 6:53biggest reason I like
395. 6:54aqrig
396. 6:55because we can export
397. 6:56it directly
398. 6:57to the Unreal Engine
399. 6:58skeleton.
400. 6:59And by the way,
401. 6:59I sometimes use Unreal
402. 7:00Engine 4 skeleton
403. 7:02because that is actually
404. 7:03easier to retarget it.
405. 7:04Now let's move to
406. 7:05Unreal Engine.
407. 7:06I'm gonna use of
408. 7:07course version 5 .8
409. 7:09and there's an amazing
410. 7:10sample project
411. 7:11called Game Animation Sample
412. 7:14which I'm gonna use
413. 7:14to show you how
414. 7:15this character runs.
415. 7:17And if you ever
416. 7:18wondered,
417. 7:18I also use this
418. 7:19project in some of
419. 7:20my previous videos.
420. 7:21It's quite useful.
421. 7:22Now here, there are
422. 7:23a bunch of characters
423. 7:24available
424. 7:24such as Quini that
425. 7:26I use for cloting
426. 7:27reference.
427. 7:27And of course we're
428. 7:28gonna need to make
429. 7:29sure
430. 7:29some chaos cloting plugins
431. 7:31are enabled.
432. 7:32So you can go
433. 7:33to plugins and search
434. 7:35for chaos cloting
435. 7:36and make sure all
436. 7:37these plugins that I
437. 7:38show
438. 7:38are enabled.
439. 7:40We do not need
440. 7:40the deprecated or asset
441. 7:42USD plugin.
442. 7:44That's not really needed.
443. 7:45But all the rest
444. 7:46with this YTShort,
445. 7:48we're gonna need them.
446. 7:49Make sure to check
447. 7:49them and restore the
448. 7:51Unreal Engine.
449. 7:52So let's start with
450. 7:53importing our character
451. 7:54that we just rigged
452. 7:55in aqrig.
453. 7:56I'm gonna create new
454. 7:57folder
455. 7:58and simply drag and
456. 7:59drop that FBX here.
457. 8:01If you did everything
458. 8:02right, pack the textures,
459. 8:03you're gonna get everything
460. 8:05here very easily.
461. 8:06When everything is loaded,
462. 8:07you can drag and
463. 8:08drop it in the
464. 8:09scene.
465. 8:09But of course it
466. 8:10will not be animated.
467. 8:12So how do we
468. 8:12actually play it
469. 8:13and do that physics
470. 8:14style?
471. 8:15So the trick is
472. 8:15to retarget the animation.
473. 8:17For that, we're gonna
474. 8:18need to find
475. 8:19ABP sandbox character,
476. 8:21right click and find
477. 8:22retarget animations.
478. 8:23Here, we're gonna select
479. 8:24our character
480. 8:25and simply say expert
481. 8:26retarget assets.
482. 8:28For that, we're gonna
483. 8:28need a folder
484. 8:29because there will be
485. 8:31all animations
486. 8:32exported.
487. 8:34Next, we're gonna need
488. 8:34to go into that
489. 8:35folder
490. 8:36where we expert all
491. 8:37that content
492. 8:37and find file called
493. 8:39RTG out of generated.
494. 8:41And we're gonna rename
495. 8:41it into RTG buggy.
496. 8:44That is the code
497. 8:44name for my character.
498. 8:45Now, here's few more
499. 8:46things we're gonna need
500. 8:47to do.
501. 8:47We're gonna need to
502. 8:48go to blueprints,
503. 8:49retargeted characters,
504. 8:50find ABP generic retarget
505. 8:53animation blueprints.
506. 8:54Here, we're gonna need
507. 8:55to extend this window
508. 8:56and find iCare retargeter
509. 8:58map
510. 8:58and in this small
511. 8:59menu, add new elements.
512. 9:01Now, here, we're gonna
513. 9:03call it RTG buggy
514. 9:04and actually select our
515. 9:06RTG buggy.
516. 9:07And we're gonna need
517. 9:08to press compile
518. 9:08and we can close
519. 9:09this window.
520. 9:10With that part done,
521. 9:12we're gonna copy any
522. 9:13character that is close
523. 9:14to our
524. 9:14and I'm gonna call
525. 9:16it character buggy.
526. 9:17Now, we're gonna go
527. 9:18inside that blueprints
528. 9:19and pretty much what
529. 9:20I need to do
530. 9:21is to just replace
531. 9:22the skeletal mesh
532. 9:23and everything is mostly
533. 9:25the same
534. 9:26except that we're also
535. 9:27gonna want to find
536. 9:28a tag
537. 9:29and tag should be
538. 9:30RTG buggy.
539. 9:31It's only needed for
540. 9:32some internal logic
541. 9:33of this project.
542. 9:34Since some of you
543. 9:35guys ask
544. 9:36I want to explain
545. 9:37this part as well.
546. 9:38And at this stage,
547. 9:39we already have the
548. 9:39character
549. 9:40and animation is done,
550. 9:41but to able to
551. 9:42use this project,
552. 9:42we're gonna go to
553. 9:43widgets
554. 9:44point game animation widget
555. 9:46and here, we're gonna
556. 9:47need to make this
557. 9:47button
558. 9:48to work with our
559. 9:49character.
560. 9:49So, I'm gonna replace
561. 9:50it with RTG buggy
562. 9:52and compile the menu.
563. 9:53Now, we can go
564. 9:54into the game,
565. 9:55go on this button
566. 9:56and select our character.
567. 9:58And we can already
568. 9:59have our character running
569. 10:00rounds
570. 10:00but of course,
571. 10:01this cape is not
572. 10:02configured
573. 10:02because we did not
574. 10:03anything to clothing.
575. 10:05So, let's do the
576. 10:05clothing.
577. 10:06I'm gonna start with
578. 10:07green skirt
579. 10:08that fits my character.
580. 10:09So, we're gonna create
581. 10:10a folder
582. 10:10and I'm gonna import
583. 10:12that FBX
584. 10:13that we experience right
585. 10:14away from Blender
586. 10:15without any weights or
587. 10:17rigging.
588. 10:17First step here is
589. 10:18to create a clothe
590. 10:19asset.
591. 10:20Right click
592. 10:21and we're gonna find
593. 10:22it like this,
594. 10:23clothe assets.
595. 10:24Okay, I'm gonna give
596. 10:25it a proper name
597. 10:25and I recommend to
598. 10:26start with the preset
599. 10:27such as static mesh
600. 10:29clothe.
601. 10:29And do not skip
602. 10:30that part,
603. 10:31start with the presets.
604. 10:32Now, we can go
605. 10:33inside this
606. 10:34and here in our
607. 10:35religion 58
608. 10:36we're gonna see new
609. 10:37chaos clothing interface
610. 10:39and there's quite a
611. 10:40lot of things
612. 10:40that I want to
613. 10:41tell you.
614. 10:41First of all, there
615. 10:42is two viewports,
616. 10:43first one, construction, viewport
617. 10:45and simulation viewport
618. 10:46and we do have
619. 10:47nodes on the bottom
620. 10:49but do not be
621. 10:50afraid.
622. 10:51There are actually extremely
623. 10:52useful
624. 10:53and much better in
625. 10:54my opinion
626. 10:54that old tap system.
627. 10:56So, if you watch
628. 10:57my channel,
629. 10:57I already made a
630. 10:58video
631. 10:58how to do bones
632. 10:59physics
633. 11:00and clothe physics
634. 11:01within all the version
635. 11:02of our religion
636. 11:03but right now it's
637. 11:04much easier
638. 11:05and in first place
639. 11:06because it can be
640. 11:07reused
641. 11:07with other assets in
642. 11:09very clear way.
643. 11:10Okay, so let's click
644. 11:11on the static mesh
645. 11:12node
646. 11:12and select our skirt
647. 11:14one.
648. 11:15That will be static
649. 11:15mesh for simulation
650. 11:16and also for render
651. 11:18mesh,
652. 11:18we're gonna also use
653. 11:19the same one
654. 11:20because we do have
655. 11:21it optimized.
656. 11:22Now it's kind of
657. 11:23hard to guess what's
658. 11:24happening
659. 11:24so I recommend to
660. 11:25go to preview scene
661. 11:26and in skeletal mesh,
662. 11:28find skm queen sample
663. 11:30which we actually used
664. 11:32to build upon
665. 11:33or we can bring
666. 11:34any other character here.
667. 11:36Next up, there's a
668. 11:36node called transfer skin
669. 11:38weights
670. 11:39and it's really amazing.
671. 11:40We're gonna select queeny
672. 11:41as well here
673. 11:42and that's gonna be
674. 11:44used
675. 11:44to transfer skin weights
676. 11:46on that part that
677. 11:47will not have any
678. 11:48physics
679. 11:48then the next node
680. 11:50called weight map
681. 11:51and this one is
682. 11:52about painting weights
683. 11:53basically with brush
684. 11:55or some other convenient
685. 11:56tools
686. 11:57you're gonna specify what
687. 11:58area should be affected
688. 12:00by physics and how
689. 12:01strong.
690. 12:02Here's one of the
691. 12:02approach that I figure
692. 12:04out
693. 12:04is the fastest.
694. 12:05I gonna go to
695. 12:06mesh into the vertex
696. 12:07mode
697. 12:07and just select half
698. 12:08and assign weights with
699. 12:10ads.
700. 12:11So basically I just
701. 12:12said that all that
702. 12:13part
703. 12:13is affected by cloth
704. 12:15physics.
705. 12:16Then I gonna go
706. 12:17to brush and choose
707. 12:18relax modes
708. 12:19to sort of relax
709. 12:21the weights.
710. 12:22The idea is extremely
711. 12:23simple.
712. 12:24I just won't grab
713. 12:25the intel influence.
714. 12:26Also, there is a
715. 12:27mirroring for the brush
716. 12:28and overall there is
717. 12:29so much more improvements
718. 12:30compared to the previous
719. 12:31version.
720. 12:32I like it much
721. 12:33more.
722. 12:34When we have it
723. 12:34on you can just
724. 12:35click the accept
725. 12:36and the simulation already
726. 12:38runs
727. 12:38but you can see
728. 12:39it actually goes through
729. 12:40the queeny
730. 12:41that's why we're gonna
731. 12:42go find node
732. 12:43set physics asset and
733. 12:44set the queeny again.
734. 12:46Physics asset is sort
735. 12:47of a collider
736. 12:48that mesh gonna interact.
737. 12:49It can be more
738. 12:50optimized mesh or any
739. 12:52other meshes.
740. 12:53Also, I recommend to
741. 12:54go to simulation solver
742. 12:55configs
743. 12:56and maybe reduce some
744. 12:58amount of iterations or
745. 12:59add more
746. 13:00and one more extremely
747. 13:01useful thing
748. 13:02is that here now
749. 13:03in preview scene
750. 13:04we can actually set
751. 13:05the animation
752. 13:06and play the animation
753. 13:07while we're setting up
754. 13:08the physics
755. 13:09and trust me that
756. 13:09is very convenient.
757. 13:10I'm not sure if
758. 13:11it was possible before
759. 13:12but right now it's
760. 13:14just easier.
761. 13:15And at this stage
762. 13:15is basically about tackling
763. 13:17some parameters.
764. 13:17You can definitely figure
765. 13:19it out
766. 13:19with chaggy pt or
767. 13:20cloth.
768. 13:21It will suggest you
769. 13:22what node
770. 13:22and what parameters to
771. 13:24tackle to achieve
772. 13:25whatever you need depending
773. 13:26on the material
774. 13:27of the clothing etc.
775. 13:28I also in my
776. 13:29previous physics video
777. 13:30I showed that there's
778. 13:31an amazing demo
779. 13:32from Unreal Engine where
780. 13:34they show
781. 13:34how different simulation settings
782. 13:36look like
783. 13:37and you basically can
784. 13:38go in that demo
785. 13:39and see what parameters
786. 13:41how they look like
787. 13:42in the game etc.
788. 13:43It's quite useful especially
789. 13:44if you work with
790. 13:45this a lot.
791. 13:45Now when we are
792. 13:46done here's the cool
793. 13:47thing
794. 13:47we can save that
795. 13:49assets
796. 13:49and it will save
797. 13:50all the nodes
798. 13:51that we can reuse
799. 13:52with another assets.
800. 13:53Now let's try on
801. 13:54our skirt on Queenie.
802. 13:56So let's go find
803. 13:57this Queenie BP.
804. 13:58It's already exist in
805. 13:59this project
806. 14:00and I'm just going
807. 14:00to go
808. 14:01to add this clothing
809. 14:02assets to the blueprints.
810. 14:04I'm going to parent
811. 14:05it to skeletal mesh
812. 14:06this is where it
813. 14:07belongs
814. 14:07and here we go
815. 14:09it works.
816. 14:10Don't be distracted with
817. 14:11the fact
818. 14:11that clothes goes a
819. 14:13little bit inside
820. 14:13the Queenie that's because
821. 14:15I made it for
822. 14:16my character
823. 14:16and there will be
824. 14:17a belt.
825. 14:18And now let's bring
826. 14:19it to our original
827. 14:20character.
828. 14:21To do that we're
829. 14:22going to take a
830. 14:22few simple steps.
831. 14:24We're going to duplicate
832. 14:24our clothing assets
833. 14:26go inside and in
834. 14:28transfer skin weights
835. 14:29we're going to need
836. 14:29to select our buggy
837. 14:31character
838. 14:31so the weights are
839. 14:32transferred to our character
840. 14:34now
841. 14:34while we can keep
842. 14:35all other nodes untouched.
843. 14:37That's the beauty of
844. 14:38this new approach
845. 14:39but what if you
846. 14:40do have a clothing
847. 14:41assets
848. 14:41but you don't really
849. 14:42need clothing physics.
850. 14:43Also possible, here's the
851. 14:45example with the topware.
852. 14:46Of course first I
853. 14:47aligned it with the
854. 14:48Queenie mannequin
855. 14:49and expert it as
856. 14:50FBX.
857. 14:51I'm going to bring
858. 14:51it to Unreal Engine
859. 14:52create a separate folder
860. 14:53and create a Claude
861. 14:55assets as well.
862. 14:56In the Claude assets
863. 14:57we're going to select
864. 14:57static mesh,
865. 14:59render mesh, Queen mannequin
866. 15:00for scene preview
867. 15:01and most importantly in
868. 15:03transfer skin weights
869. 15:04we're going to select
870. 15:05the Queenie
871. 15:05or the character that
872. 15:07you have.
873. 15:08And this node will
874. 15:08do all the job.
875. 15:09You don't really need
876. 15:10to go to accurate
877. 15:11for this purpose anymore.
878. 15:13And basically the only
879. 15:14node that we need
880. 15:15to take care
881. 15:16is transfer skin weights.
882. 15:18In this node we
883. 15:18set the target character
884. 15:19and you can play
885. 15:21with the settings
886. 15:21and I want to
887. 15:22point to transfer methods
888. 15:24which has two of
889. 15:25them and sometimes the
890. 15:26closest point
891. 15:27on the surface works
892. 15:28better than in paint
893. 15:30weights
894. 15:30so try both of
895. 15:31them depending on the
896. 15:32complexity of your garments.
897. 15:34And you can see
898. 15:34that my clothing is
899. 15:36a little bit inside
900. 15:37the Queenie
901. 15:38and that's easy to
902. 15:39fix we're going to
903. 15:40need to create
904. 15:40node called transform position
905. 15:42that we're going to
906. 15:43put in the ends
907. 15:44of this chain
908. 15:45and here we can
909. 15:46move the position a
910. 15:47little bit.
911. 15:48Everything though I saved
912. 15:49the assets
913. 15:49and put it on
914. 15:51the Queenie.
915. 15:52So here's how it
916. 15:52looks like.
917. 15:53Absolutely fantastic.
918. 15:55Look it's now possible
919. 15:56to do all of
920. 15:57it
921. 15:57inside the Unreal Engine
922. 15:59without even going to
923. 16:00accurate.
924. 16:01You only really need
925. 16:02to do that
926. 16:02if you have a
927. 16:03complete character.
928. 16:04Guys if you still
929. 16:05didn't press the like
930. 16:06button
931. 16:06it's definitely about its
932. 16:07time.
933. 16:08And now let me
934. 16:08also show you how
935. 16:09you can do that
936. 16:10the old way
937. 16:10and let's preview that
938. 16:12all together.
939. 16:13So we're going to
940. 16:13go to our original
941. 16:14character
942. 16:15find the skeleton mesh
943. 16:16and go inside.
944. 16:18Here in editing tools
945. 16:19we're going to need
946. 16:20to select dots parts
947. 16:22that we want to
948. 16:23turn into the clothing
949. 16:24assets
950. 16:25but before I was
951. 16:26calling clothing data.
952. 16:28Right click on the
953. 16:28asset
954. 16:29creates clothing data, create
955. 16:31new.
956. 16:32Now we can select
957. 16:32it in this list
958. 16:33and do set some
959. 16:35settings, add some weights
960. 16:36pretty much the same
961. 16:38thing.
962. 16:39But instead of nodes
963. 16:40representation in new version
964. 16:41you can access it
965. 16:43in this tab version.
966. 16:45For me since I'm
967. 16:46a blender and confiwi
968. 16:47user
969. 16:48I definitely appreciate no
970. 16:49representation
971. 16:50and again it's way
972. 16:51easier to repeat the
973. 16:52process.
974. 16:53Right? You can just
975. 16:53copy the clothing assets
976. 16:55replace the asset itself
977. 16:56all the settings for
978. 16:58the materials
979. 16:58for the characters
980. 16:59all the presets are
981. 17:01saved.
982. 17:02I can imagine you
983. 17:02can create
984. 17:03clothing asset with material
985. 17:04preset
986. 17:05for everything that you
987. 17:06need in your game
988. 17:07and just reuse it
989. 17:08like that.
990. 17:08Let me know what
991. 17:09you think about this
992. 17:10approach.
993. 17:10If you intend to
994. 17:11use all the version
995. 17:12of Unreal Engine
996. 17:13do not worry.
997. 17:14You can watch my
998. 17:15previous video
999. 17:16where I covered this
1000. 17:17workflow
1001. 17:17in more details how
1002. 17:19to set all that
1003. 17:19settings
1004. 17:20but again configuring clothing.
1005. 17:22It's about tackling a
1006. 17:23bunch of parameters.
1007. 17:24I recommend to do
1008. 17:25that with chat GPT
1009. 17:26or take a look
1010. 17:27on Unreal Engine clothing
1011. 17:29demo
1012. 17:30where they show some
1013. 17:31examples
1014. 17:32what settings they used
1015. 17:33etc.
1016. 17:33And you can see
1017. 17:34well using all the
1018. 17:35approach
1019. 17:35I had to save
1020. 17:36it and go test
1021. 17:37it inside the game
1022. 17:38I cannot really nicely
1023. 17:39run the animation
1024. 17:40right here to see
1025. 17:42how this physics actually
1026. 17:43work.
1027. 17:43And finally let's enjoy
1028. 17:45the results.
1029. 17:53We do have a
1030. 17:54lot of clothing physics
1031. 17:55here
1032. 17:55we have bunny ears
1033. 17:56we do have coats
1034. 17:58skirts
1035. 17:58all of that
1036. 17:59and look how nicely
1037. 18:01it works.
1038. 18:02Look try to do
1039. 18:03it once
1040. 18:03and you'll be amazed
1041. 18:04how easy it is
1042. 18:05right now.
1043. 18:06I remember myself five
1044. 18:08years ago
1045. 18:08and this bones physics,
1046. 18:10clothing physics
1047. 18:10was something that always
1048. 18:12frightening me
1049. 18:12like there's a lot
1050. 18:13of settings you need
1051. 18:14to know
1052. 18:15right now you create
1053. 18:16an asset
1054. 18:16bring it to Unreal
1055. 18:17Engine
1056. 18:17do some simple weight
1057. 18:19painting
1058. 18:19right there with very
1059. 18:21convenient tools
1060. 18:22ask chat GPT about
1061. 18:23best settings
1062. 18:24and notes that you're
1063. 18:25gonna need to use
1064. 18:26to achieve some effects
1065. 18:27and voila I made
1066. 18:29it
1067. 18:29and it works as
1068. 18:30I wanted.
1069. 18:30That was step don't
1070. 18:31forget to like and
1071. 18:32subscribe
1072. 18:33and I see you
1073. 18:33in the next video.