u/GG_Tris

im a beigner) Started making my first Souls-like game in Unreal Engine 5 — here's my progress so far!

Been working on getting a custom AI-generated character into UE5 and it's been quite a journey! Here's what I did:

Generated my character using Meshy AI — an AI powered 3D model generator. Got a cool Wasteland Ranger character with full textures.
Rigged the character for free using Mixamo (Adobe's free auto-rigging tool) — uploaded my character FBX and it automatically created a full skeleton rig in minutes.
Downloaded animations from Mixamo's massive free library — got 16 animations including idle, running, combat moves, kicks and a death animation.
Imported everything into Unreal Engine 5 — set up the skeletal mesh, skeleton, physics asset and all animations.
Built an Animation Blueprint from scratch — created a state machine with Idle and Run states with proper transition rules based on character velocity.
Still working on fixing some animation issues like the character going underground while running!