I stepped away from metahumans for the time being, so all I have are my old notes, which I'm happy to share with you. Please note that I haven't tested any of this lately, so I'm not sure how complete or accurate they are now. NOTES: 1.) iClone metahuman dummy animation to Unreal Engine via live link: -In iClone under the Content tab, with the “Actor” icon selected, under the Custom tab, Avatar Custom, Avatar, Metahuman Dummies, double-click to load the dummy that matches the body type of your Metahuman. -In Unreal Engine, Double-click your Metahuman character and in the Components tab, click Add Component and then click Live Link Skeletal Animation. Scroll down and click on Live Link. In the Details tab, under Event, click the + button next to On Live Link Updated. Click Compile. -In the Components tab click on Body. In the Details tab under Animation, Animation Mode, click the dropdown and choose Use Animation Blueprint. Then click the dropdown next to Anim Class and in the search box begin to type the text that you see just below it in the dropdown next to Mesh, Skeletal Mesh (example: “f_tal_nrw_body”). The search box will isolate what you need to choose. Now click the magnifying glass icon next to Anim Class, which will locate it in the Content tab, where you will double-click on it to open its blueprint. Under My Blueprint, Animation Graphs, double-click Animgraph to open its tab. Zoom in to see the Input Pose node. Click on its connector pin (a human figure), drag a short distance and release to see the search box. Type “live link” and choose Live Link Pose. The Live Link Pose node should be connected between the Input Pose node and the Control Rig node. Hover over “Live Link Subject Name” on the Live Link Pose node, right-click, and choose “Promote to Variable” to add that node. Click on Compile and Save. Close the blueprint. -Under Content, navigate to your “BP_(yourmetahuman’s name)” icon and double-click to open its blueprint. Under Components, click on Body (under Root) and drag it onto the graph to create a Body node. Click on the Body node’s connector pin, drag a short distance and release to see the search box. Type in “Anim” and choose “Get Anim Instance.” Click on the Get Anim Instance node’s connector pin, drag a short distance and release to see the search box. Type in “Cast to” and choose the one that corresponds to your skeletal mesh (example: “Cast to f_tal_nrw_body”). Click on the “Cast to (yourskeletalmesh)_animbp” node’s connector pin, drag a short distance and release to see the search box. Type “live” and choose Set Live Link Subject Name. Click the “Exec” connector pin (hover over the pins to see their names) on the “Cast to (yourskeletalmesh)_animbp” and drag it to the new Set node’s Exec connector pin. -In the My Blueprint tab, under Components, right-click on LLink Face Subj and choose Duplicate. In the new component, change the word “Face” to “Body” and then delete “_0” at the end. Click and drag it onto the graph and choose Get LLink Body Subj. Connect its pin to the Set node at the Live Link Subj Name connector. Click on the Set node’s Exec connector pin, drag a short distance and release to see the search box. Type “live” and choose “Live Link Setup.” Connect the remaining pin on the Set node to the Subject connector pin on the Live Link Setup node. Click on the connector pin on the Body node and drag to the Target connector pin on the Live Link Setup node. Right-click on the graph background and type “sequence” in the search box. Choose a sequence node to be placed between the On Live Link Updated node and the Arkit Setup node. Connect the exec pin of the Live Link node to the Sequence node, the Then 1 exec pin to the Arkit Setup exec pin, and the Then 2 exec pin to the “Cast to m_(yourskeletalmesh)_animbp” exec pin. -Click on Compile and Save. Close the blueprint. -In the Live Link tab, click the green +Source button, hover over “iClone Live Link,” and choose “ok” -In iClone, with the Dummy body selected, go to the Unreal Live Link tab within iClone, highlight Link (not “Transfer”), and click the Activate Link button In Unreal, in the Details panel under Default, click the “LLink Body Subj” and choose the dummy

@@melissaconwaywrites That is awesome, thank you so much! Will see if I can move forward with this guideline; much appreciated!!

I'm not using UE5 yet, and because of the difficulties I've encountered animating metahumans, I haven't experimented much since posting this video. There are a few people who've addressed the distortion that can happen, however. Maybe this video might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LY8xQ4EPbrA.html. EDIT: I found some notes I took last year that also might help: ERROR FIX: If you click play and the metahuman head separates from the body, find the lock icon in the top right of Sequencer and click it to make the animation editable, then double-click on the recorded track to open it. Click on your character’s body animation track to highlight it, then right-click on it, choose Properties, Animation, and click the magnifying glass next to the lower body mesh. In the Content tab, double-click the highlighted lower body thumbnail to open it. Under Asset Details, Animation, Retarget Source, down-click and choose the match to your metahuman body type

if you check the llink head box it allows the head to move in UE4

There is, i found it in the forums, i'm sorry i dont have the link anymore

thee kit is in the Forum

That's true, and it can be discouraging, but at least we have the means to put our product out there these days.

If nothing else, self publishing is entertaining. Your video has been an inspirattion to me. Here is my homemade trailer. www.drakeip.com/publishing/RedBoots/Trailer.html

I'm flabbergasted and honored! OurRoleModels.com is a great idea for a website and I wish you all the success in the world. (And I honestly didn't think anyone really read "The Devil Went Online to Amazon"...good to know you liked it! ;-) )