Steps to add MetaHuman to your project: -

1. In Unreal Engine go to Window > Quixel Bridge.

2. In Quixel Bridge go to MetaHumans > MetaHuman Presets.

3. Choose any character and import.

4. If any popup / warning appears click ‘Enable Missing’ and restart your project.

1. Open your AI character blueprint.

2. Select the Floating Pawn Movement component from the components list.

3. Set the Max Speed field under the details panel to your required speed.

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Prerequisites

Installing Visual Studio for Windows

• Download Visual Studio from here.

• Ensure having the required C++ toolchains mentioned here. If you already have Visual Studio installed, you may open the installer and select 'Modify' to add the above mentioned toolchains.

Installing XCode for Mac

• Download XCode from the app store

• For UE 5.3 and UE 5.0, follow this guide to enable microphone permissions.

Installing the plugin

There are two methods to install the plugin depending on your requirements

1. Directly from the Marketplace Link: Recommended for easy installation and tracking updates to the plugin. (UE 5.1 - 5.3)

2. Building from Github Source: For source UE builds and for unsupported UE versions on the marketplace, but not guranteed as the marketplace approach. (UE 4.26 - 5.0)

Set up your project

1. From the top toolbar, go to Edit > Plugins.

2. Find the Convai plugin.

3. Click the checkbox to enable the plugin.
4. Restart Unreal Engine.

Set up the API key

1. Find your API key.

2. Go to Edit > Project Settings.

3. Choose Convai under the Plugins section on the left bar.
4. Paste the API key into the API Key field.

1. Go to your player blueprint.

4. Set it to a number of your choice. Note: Set it to 0 for infinite distance.

1. Ensure you have the latest Convai 3.1.0 plugin or later.

2. Enable Unreal Engine's Pixel Streaming and the Pixel Streaming Player Plugins from the Plugins window.
3. In the player blueprint which has the Convai Player component, add the PixelStreamingAudio component to the list of components.
4. Click on PixelStreamingAudio component, and in the details panel find Base Submix and choose AudioInput sound submix.
5. On Begin Play in the event graph, add the following blueprint function to initialize Pixel Streaming with the Player Component.

Steps to change parent class of a First person player (FPP): -

1. Create a new project as a first person project or import into your already existing project. Steps to import : - Content Browser > Add > Add feature or content pack to the project > First Person > Add to Project.

Steps to make your game a default First Person game: -

Steps: - Edit > Project Settings > Maps and modes > Default Mode > Default GameMode > BP_FirstPersonGameMode.

2. Then go to All > Content > FirstPerson > Blueprints > BP_FirstPersonCharacter.

3. Click Class Settings then in the Details section Under ‘Class Options’ change the parent class to ‘ConvaiBasePlayer’.

4. Hit save and compile and you will be good to go.

Steps to change parent class for MetaHuman

1. Open content browser then Content > MetaHumans > MetaHuman blueprint.

2. Go to Class Settings and then under Details panel > Class Options > Parent Class and set it to ConvaiBaseCharacter.

3. To add animation to the body go to the 'body' component and under the details > Animation > Anim Class change it to ‘Convai_MetaHuman_BodyAnim’.

4. Similarly for the face go to the face component and under the details > Animation > Anim Class change it to ‘Convai_MetaHuman_FaceAnim’.

5. Compile and you will be good to go.

Steps to add LipSync component to MetaHuman: -

1. Open your MetaHuman blueprint.

2. Navigate to the Components section and select the Add button.

3. Search for Convai Face Sync and select.

4. Finally, LipSync is added to your MetaHuman. Compile and save it and give it a try.

Steps to add LipSync to MetaHuman

2. Head to your project folder and find the ‘Plugins’ folder. If not, create a new folder named ‘Plugins’.

3. Unzip the downloaded file and copy the folder named ‘ConvaiOVRLipSync’ into the ‘Plugins’ folder and restart the Unreal Engine.

4. Open the MetaHuman Blueprint and add a component named ‘ConvaiOVRLipSync’.

5. Make sure that the ‘Face’ component is using the ‘Convai_MetaHuman_FaceAnim’ animation class.