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Renaming for game engine

So I added a custom name to the rig and I wanted to use the rig inside unreal engine and it seems like the namings are missing a "_". Should I add a robot_fps_ at the end so that when I export this the names get well spaced? Is something that we would find logical to do in the tool so that we have easier retarget inside unreal?

Did a test where I add at the end the "_" and seems like it renames well now. As a user I would expect that the tool would handle the _ but may not make sense in some other cases? idk but just to let you know my opinion for game engine export.

Thank you for your time!

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Iuri Monteiro

Aug 24, 2023

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Just for clear context I added it in here

dustin

Aug 24, 2023

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It's up to you if you want to add that underscore at the end. I didn't want to force an underscore in case the user didn't want it.

Really though, I would recommend against using the Custom Prefix. The only reason to use this is if you need to build two rigs in the same scene, which is really rare. Especially when putting a skeleton into engine, it is advisable to keep the joint names generic so multiple skeletal meshes can inherit from the same skeleton.

Same with referencing rigs in animation. If every rig has a unique set of names for the controls, then reference swapping does not work as easily. If you have multiple rigs to animate in one scene, the namespace added to the referenced rigs takes care of name conflicts. And reference swapping is a breeze.