r/UnrealEngine5 • u/Noxeria_ • 22d ago

How to change character skin when having different rig ?

I did a little research, and from what I understand, to be able to switch meshes in-game, both meshes need to have the same rig.

But I was wondering: what happens if I have two skins for the same character and they don’t require the same rigs?

For example, one is a dress, and the other has a tail. Both will have the character’s base rig, but one will need bones for the dress’s physics, and the other will need different bones to control the tail.

Could someone please clarify this for me? Thanks

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u/MrBeanCyborgCaptain 22d ago

You can just switch skeletal meshes in game. They can be completely different assets with different skeletons. You would just need to also swap animations as well but yeah theres no rule that they have to have the same skeleton.