Issues with Mixamo characters

[Magic Works]

I am currently testing golaem for Maya. The included assets work fine but I'm trying to work with custom assets rigged and animated in Mixamo. Now everything seems fine when I load the Mixamo skeleton but I run into mind bugging issues when I load the fbx animation from Mixamo. Golaem oddly informs me that it was unable to convert the joints. I can't seem to fix this issue. I even tried to rename all the joints before computing. That didnt help. I went ahead and saved the motion file. When I tried to apply the behavior to the entity type character, the joints would not move properly, the crowd characters stood on tip toes and remained in the default T pose. Please help. What am I not doing right. Golaem newbie

[Nicolas Chaverou]

Hi there,

Can you send files and screenshots of your problem so we can see / check what's going on?

Also which version of Golaem are you using?

Best,
N.

> Le 1 avr. 2016 à 09:59, Magic Works <magicwor...@gmail.com> a écrit :
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> I am currently testing golaem for Maya. The included assets work fine but I'm trying to work with custom assets rigged and animated in Mixamo. Now everything seems fine when I load the Mixamo skeleton but I run into mind bugging issues when I load the fbx animation from Mixamo. Golaem oddly informs me that it was unable to convert the joints. I can't seem to fix this issue. I even tried to rename all the joints before computing. That didnt help. I went ahead and saved the motion file. When I tried to apply the behavior to the entity type character, the joints would not move properly, the crowd characters stood on tip toes and remained in the default T pose. Please help. What am I not doing right. Golaem newbie
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[Magic Works]

Thanks Nicolas for your quick reply. I'm currently using version 5.0.3, see the files and screenshots attached:

[Nicolas Chaverou]

Hi there,

Opened your file and it looks like you sticked with what the AutoCompute Process computed.

Even if the Auto Compute Skeleton Mapping usually does a good job, in your case, you'd have to modify a couple of stuff.

Here's the list of the different things I did :

- Change the Detection Mode. Here's a capture of your Character Rig aligned with the Golaem Character File you made:

As you can see the two are not aligned correctly

I changed it from joint Orient to Current Values:

- I also changed the way the fingers, legs and the head is mapped

Here's an example :

In your Character File you defined that the Leg goes from the Hips to the Toes

In a biped Character, Leg goes from Hips to Ankle and then the Foot goes from the Angle to the Toes

Before - After

I invite you to take a look at our tutorials about Character Conversion for more details:
http://golaem.com/content/doc/golaem-crowd-documentation/converting-characters

I used the updated version of the Character File to export the motion and that worked properyly

I attached both files to that email as well as a playblast :)

Hope that helps,

Best,

N.

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[Magic Works]

Thanks Nicolas. I tried what you suggested and still did not get the needed results. I managed to remap my skeleton like you instructed and got the character maker to match. But I still run into issues when I apply the motion during crowd simulation. Please further help is needed. Here are my new files and the screenshot of my animation.

[Nicolas Chaverou]

Hi,

Please use the Character File I sent to convert your motion, that should be working

Best,

N.

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[Nicolas Chaverou]

Hey,

Btw, you're using a Locomotion behavior in your screenshot.

Better use the Motion Behavior to see how a motion looks like:

More here: http://golaem.com/content/doc/golaem-crowd-documentation/motion

Best,

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[Magic Works]

PS In order to follow your examples I upgraded to version 5.0.4. I even used your attached files and got the same result as mine.

[Magic Works]

Thanks Nicolas! I applied the motion behavior and it was fixed. I appreciate.

[Magic Works]

Another question. I've fixed the initial error by using the Motion Behavior. However my characters seem to be walking on air, their feet not touching the terrain when I apply the motion. What could be the cause of that? Thanks. Screenshot below.

[Thomas François]

Hi,

Please read this FaQ page to know how to correct the adaptation of your character. Maybe you simply forgot to create a Golaem terrain in your scene.

Also make sure your motion has footprints, please look at the end of this page to know how to compute them.

Best regards,

Thomas

 

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[Magic Works]

Thanks Thomas, I fixed the footprints and everything worked out nice. I appreciate the help.