14 articles tagged rigging. Tutorials and workflow notes for 3D artists shipping game-ready assets to Unity, Unreal Engine 5, Godot 4, and Blender.
Root motion in Godot 4.5 rotates on the wrong axis, Z instead of Y, right after importing an animated GLB. The cause is an unretargeted skeleton, not an engine bug. Here's the exact Bone Map and Root Motion Track set
Master Godot 4 AnimationTree with StateMachine nodes, BlendSpace2D for directional movement, transition conditions, and clean GLB animation import from Blender.
Walk through a complete case study validating a free rigged humanoid GLB from BitSoul — topology audit, LOD chain setup, and engine import steps for Unity, UE5, and Godot 4.
Build production-ready humanoid rigs in Blender from armature setup to clean engine export — Unity, Unreal Engine 5, and Godot 4 covered.
IK and FK serve different purposes in game character rigs. Learn when to use each, how to set them up in Blender, and how to export cleanly to Unity, UE5, and Godot 4.
Animation retargeting lets you reuse one humanoid clip on every character: Unity Avatars, UE5's IK Retargeter, and Godot 4 bone maps explained.
Stop foot sliding for good: author a clean root bone in Blender, then extract root motion correctly in Unity, Unreal Engine 5, and Godot 4 — with code.
Master weight painting in Blender: fix automatic weights, paint joints that deform cleanly, and enforce 4-bone influence limits for Unity, UE5, and Godot 4.
Export rigged characters from Blender as GLB, wire them to Godot 4's AnimationPlayer, and control every clip with code — a complete step-by-step workflow.
Stop ugly elbow crumple and knee collapse. Build driver-based corrective shape keys in Blender and export them to Unity and Unreal Engine 5 as blend shapes.
Master Blender bone constraints to build professional game rigs. IK chains, pole targets, Copy Rotation, and Stretch To — with clean engine export.
Rig a game-ready vehicle in Blender — spinning wheels, opening doors, and a steering column — then export it cleanly to Unity with all animations intact.
Master inverse kinematics for game characters—set up IK chains in Blender, export them correctly, and drive runtime IK in Unity and Unreal Engine 5.
Learn how to retarget skeletal animations between different character rigs in Blender, Unity, and Unreal Engine 5 without breaking your pipeline.