UnrealEngine

Download the plugins

UE5.2

1. Download FgControlRig and FgLiveLinkReceiver plugins from this LINK;
2. Paste the FACEGODD plugins file to the project path. Make sure that the plugins is placed in this hierarchy.
   • Plugins
     • FgControlRig
     • FgLiveLinkReciver

UE5.3-5.4

Open Unreal Engine Marketplace, search for Facegood, and download these two plugins. Then, install these plugins into Unreal Engine.

Plugin Source Code

• FgLiveLinkReceiver
• FgControlRig

Connect Steps

Graphic Tutorial

• Open your Unreal project and then load FgControlRig and FgLiveLinkReceiver from the plugin manager.
• Go to Window tab and access the control rig blueprint.

File:Ue5.3 step1.png

• Find the blueprint in the folder

File:Ue5.3 step2.png

• Set the Actor blueprint
  • Select a head mesh to the Skeletal Mesh Asset. Then click 'Complie'

File:Ue5.3 step3.png

• Use Unreal livelink to receive the signal

• Attach the signal to the Anim blueprint

  File:Ue5.3 step6.png

  File:Ue5.3 step7.png

• Edit the AnimGraph, Go to Fg Control Rig Node. Set the Preview Mesh to your character head asset. Also make sure that the control rig class is set to 'Face_ControlBoard_CtrlRig'. Then hit Compile (note: yellow error messages after compiling are normal).

File:Ue5.3 step8.png

File:Ue5.3 step9.png

• Finish the compile and Drag the Head Asset to the scene

File:Ue5.3 step10.png

How to connect Body and head(Metahuman)

Due to the different connection methods of various motion capture devices, we are only providing a general connection approach here. Specific details may vary in different projects.

Connect Body and Head by Postporcess blueprint

Since the new plugin utilizes a different blueprint, we need to first connect the body with the head, and then replace the blueprint of the head with the one from the plugin.

• Open your original head BP asset, and then find the face post porcess blueprint.

File:UE connect body step1.png

• Open the AnimGraph of your post process blueprint. And add those nodes.
  • Create a 'Copy Pose From Mesh' Node and check the 'Use Attached Parent' box
  • Add a 'Layered blend per bone' Node and do following changes
    • Config -> layer setup->branch filters
  • Add a Bone name to the Index : FACIAL_C_FacialRoot

File:UE connect body step2.png

File:UE connect body step3.png

• Compile the post process buleprint
• Go back to Metahuman actor and then change the face anim blueprint.

File:UE connect body step4.png

• Run the scene and check the result