Creating a Horse to Ride

[Autoglyph]

I have UCC 3 and the Synty Polygon Horse (a low poly horse model) that I would like to get Atlas to ride, like Blitz. I put the horse in the character creator, but then get an error telling me that the horse is not humanoid. It will not load on the scripts, only empty script components. I've also tried using Blitz as a template, but to no avail.
How do I get a horse up and running with UCC 3?

 

[Justin]

You can follow this page:

Generic Character - Opsive

The Ultimate Character Controller supports both humanoids and generic characters. Generic characters do not support bone retargeting so it does require more setup compared to . . .

opsive.com

 

[Autoglyph]

Thank you. I've started a new 2022LTS project and installed the UCC 3 as well as imported the horse. However, it does not look like it does in the example. There is no way to change the model from humanoid to generic. The model only still will not load properly. Any ideas?

 

[Justin]

Make sure you are referencing the model file rather than a prefab.

 

[Autoglyph]

I am referencing the model. There is still no option to make the rig generic.

 

[Justin]

Based on that icon it looks like a prefab. The model icon looks like:

 

[Autoglyph]

I apologize, I should have specified that I tried the model too. Is this what you mean?

 

[Justin]

Yes, hmm, I don't see the model field. If you try Blitz does it work?

 

[Autoglyph]

Oddly, Blitz doesn't work either. I'll start a new project and try on a clean install. This one is pretty new, but I'll start from scratch just to be sure. Do you know if there is something else that could be causing the issue?
Thanks for all your help!

 

[Autoglyph]

I still don't get an option for generic rig with Blitz on a clean install. I'm using the 2022LTS release and the UCC 3.0.15.

 

[Silver100]

I have just been trying to set up blitz character. Are you dragging into the hierachy first (list on left) or straight from the asset folder? dragging directly from the hierachy and then into the character field on character manager should be fine but would get the lack of generic field if dragging the blitz character directly from the asset folder

 

[Autoglyph]

Interesting. I'm dragging the Blitz model (not the prefab) into the hierarchy and then into the character creator. No generic option for me. I'm using URP. Do you think this is effecting it? I'll try with a standard project.

 

[Silver100]

I'm not sure on URP though I haven't yet used that, could be worth trying in a new none URP project.

 

[Autoglyph]

I tried it with a Standard Render Project. It still doesn't offer me the option of generic rig.

 

[Justin]

Ah, looks like there was a change in 2022.3. Replace CharacterManager.IsValidHumanoid(Animator animator) with the following and it will work:

private bool IsValidHumanoid(Animator animator)
{
if (animator == null || !animator.isHuman) {
return false;
}

// A human will have a head.
return animator.GetBoneTransform(HumanBodyBones.Head) != null;
}