Sims 4/3 Mocap Tutorial (2023 Edition)

❗ NEW: Added a tutorial for facial mocap as well ❗

Here's an updated version of my Sims 4 mocap tutorial! This also includes how to use mocap with Sims 3 as well. This works with both Blender 2.7+ and Blender 2.8-3.0+.

Mocap sources that I know work with Sims 4:

• Mixamo
• Deepmotion
• ActorCore
• Rokoko

And I'm sure many other sources work as well.

What's Included:

• 4 videos going over the process of converting mocap to Sims 4 and 3
• Blender project files that can be used to easily convert the animations
• Mocap bone mapping presets that can be used with Auto-Rig Pro
• Notes with useful links and tips
• (NEW) Tutorials on how to use the plugin Faceit with Sims 4 models. It's currently useable for Blender only, which means for rendered animations and/or pictures. I will be adding a tutorial later on how to use this for ingame animations as well.

Pre-reqs for this tutorial:

The most important thing you need for this is the plugin Auto-Rig Pro, you must purchase the full $40 version to get access to the remapping tools.

OR

You can use the Rokoko retargeting plugin which is free. This tutorial is using Auto-Rig Pro but Rokoko’s plugin is very similar and follows most of the same steps.

For the facial animation tutorial(s), I'm using a plugin, Faceit. I don't cover alternatives for this plugin in the tutorials, but there are other facial rig plugins for Blender. I'm not too sure how similar they are to Faceit, unfortunately.

If you have any questions, please contact me through email: wts2contact@gmail.com or my other social media