Changelog

Recent changes to the UE SDK.

Unreal SDK 1.0.0 - February 22, 2023

Added

• Open source the SDK.

• Load the avatar from the cache if the avatar request fails.

• BlendShape support for the RenderLoader.

• Female avatar FBX file into the RPM_Avatar_Reference.zip.

• MemoryCache for preloading and saving the avatars in the runtime memory.

Updated

• SDK setup should be done through the open-source GitHub repository.

Breaking Changes

• FAvatarDownloadCompleted delegate now uses USkeletalMesh instead of UglTFRuntimeAsset.

• ReadyPlayerMeComponent::LoadRender function was removed. Use ReadyPlayerMeRenderLoader::Load function instead.

• FDownloadImageCompleted delegate now uses UTexture2D instead of UTexture.

Unreal SDK 0.19.0 - November 28, 2022

Added

• Access to the skeletal mesh config for material customization.

• Runtime animation retargeting support.

• Editor widget for exporting skeletal mesh without materials.

• Support for Draco mesh compression.

Fixed

• Updated glTFRuntime plugin to the version 20220823 to support UE5.1.

• Added missing ARKit morph targets to the avatar config.

• Changed the render request functionality to use avatar-api.

• Removed the Viseme and ARKit morph targets from DA_StandardMorphTargets.

Unreal SDK 0.18.1 - October 07, 2022

Fixed

• Updated glTFRuntime plugin to the version 20220823 to support virtual bones for the avatars.

Unreal SDK 0.18.0 - September 28, 2022

Added

• Avatar API configuration parameter support.

• Success callback for ReadyPlayerMeComponent.

• Avatar Loading cancellation.

Updated

• Documentation updated.

Fixed

• Avatar caching support for Avatar API.

Unreal SDK 0.17.1 - September 2, 2022

Fixed

• Downloading avatars by shortcodes hasn’t been working in all cases. That’s fixed now.

• SDK Analytics is now working with Unreal Engine 4.26+ and Unreal Engine 5.

Unreal SDK 0.17.0 - August 23, 2022

Added

• You can now generate and render 2D images of avatars directly from the Unreal SDK.

• Avatars are now cached at runtime (experimental).

• We embedded fully optional product analytics.

Updated

• Developer Documentation is matching the latest released version of Unreal SDK.

• Big refactoring of internal classes.

• Avatar requests both, avatar metadata and .glb in parallel to reduce wait time.

Unreal SDK 0.16.0 - May 5, 2022

Fixed

• UE5 android (Quest) build issues caused by glTFRuntime.

Changed

• Updated to latest version of glTFRuntime .

Unreal SDK 0.15.1 HOTFIX - April 12, 2022

Fixed

• Reverted Ready Player Me avatar axis to be Y-forward to fix retargeting issues

Unreal SDK 0.15.0 - April 11, 2022

Changed

• Updated glTFRuntime for the latest changes and UE5 support.

• Avatars now spawn with X-axis forward to match Unreal standard.

• Reference avatar assets were also updated to reflect forward axis change.

Unreal SDK 0.14.0 - March 21, 2022

Added

• Halfbody avatar reference mesh, textures and skeleton.

• Ready Player Me actor for loading Halfbody in RPM_Demo map.

Changed

• Added support for setting skeleton when loading Halfbody avatars.

• Split character folder into Halfbody and Fullbody with all the appropriate assets.

Unreal SDK 0.13.0 - March 18, 2022

Changed

• Plugin folder restructure.

• Updated reference avatar and added textures.

• Separate BP_RPM_Component blueprint removed, now BP_RPM_Actor has a ReadyPlayerMeComponent.

• Removed functionality for runtime setting of animation blueprints, now it must be set in the editor before running application.

• Removed unnecessary parameters from avatar loading helper functions.

Added

• New ReadyPlayerMeActor base class that adds required components on construction.

Fixed

• The issue where animation wasn't being played in builds.

Unreal SDK 0.12.1 - February 17, 2022

Added

• Added bone mapping for humanoid skeleton.

Changed

• Updated gltfRuntime fork with updates for duplicate morph target names.

• Enabled import morph targets on RPM Mixamo SkeletalMesh.

Unreal SDK 0.12.0 - February 4, 2022

Fixed

• Updated skeleton retargeting for eye position issues.

• Fixed conversion issues when building for Linux.

• Fixed syntax errors preventing UE5 compatibility.

Changed

• Updated glTFRuntime fork to get the latest changes.

• Plugin config and code updates to allow for plugin packaging for BP Only projects.

Unreal SDK 0.11.0 - January 11, 2022

Added

• Ready Player Me Actor component

Changed

• refactored ReadyPlayerMeFunctionLibrary

Unreal SDK 0.10.2 - October 22, 2021

Fixed

• Updated glTFRuntime version to fix build errors

Unreal SDK 0.10.0 - October 14, 2021

Added

• Basic shortcode URL Validation

Changed

• updated full-body reference skeleton mesh and blueprint

Removed

• support for old avatars with V1 skeleton

Fixed

• errors from invalid shortcode URL's for full-body avatars

Unreal SDK 0.8.1 - August 19, 2021

Fixed

• fixed issue with regex on application build

Removed

• removed Ready Player Me Web View due to issues with RPM Hub update

Unreal SDK 0.8.0 - August 8, 2021

Added

• support for Ready Player Me avatar shortcodes

• minor bug fixes

Unreal Engine SDK 0.7.0 - June 14, 2021

Fixed

• Crash when loading half-body avatars

Updated

• Refactor of example blueprint

• Check for missing metadata fields

Unreal Engine SDK 0.6.0

Added

• Temporary workaround in glTFSkeletalMeshImporter for morph targets naming clash

• Include headers to ReadyPlayerMeFunctionLibrary.cpp to fix android build errors

Unreal Engine SDK 0.5.0 - May 4, 2021

Added

• Support for the new V2 avatars with updated rigs and new outfits

• Backwards compatibility with the V1 rig

• Support and for retrieving generated AvatarMetaData (.json)

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