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Character Setup

Default Characters​

Characters marked with the AWDefaultCharacter label sync across the project. Render-pipeline-specific variants are supported via the labels AWDefaultCharacter_URP and AWDefaultCharacter_HDRP.

Requirements​

  • Prefab
  • Animator component
  • Humanoid Avatar assigned (for humanoid previews & pose editing)

Managing Characters​

  • Open Tools → Animation Workbench → Characters (Ctrl+Shift+C)
  • The window lists all humanoid/generic characters found in the project
  • Mark/unmark default characters from there (or add/remove the label manually in the prefab inspector)
  • Character Diagnostics (Tools menu) helps track down avatar/rig issues
  • Bone match analysis shows how well a character matches a clip's rig

Switching the Preview Character​

  • Settings → Preview Character, or the character picker in the browser toolbar
  • Per-clip preview character overrides are supported (right-click a clip in the browser)

Character ↔ Controller Mapping​

Animation Workbench tracks which Animator Controllers use each clip and which characters use those controllers. The browser context menu shows Used In Project entries so you can jump from a clip to its controllers and characters.