Now free for indie developers after some ‘great user feedback’īy the time of its release last July, iClone Unreal Live Link had already generated a lot of buzz in the Reallusion community, but its eventual price tag raised eyebrows among users.Īt $1,490, the plugin came in at more than the price of iClone and 3DXchange Pipeline combined, and also more than some other DCC apps with similar live link functionality, such as LightWave.Īfter what it describes on Twitter as “lots of great user feedback”, Reallusion has now made iClone Unreal Live Link free to artists earning under $100,000/year. It is also possible to send existing UE4 characters to iClone via 3DXchange Pipeline, iClone’s import/export add-on, which is required for iClone Unreal Live Link to work. The plugin exports iClone characters, lights, cameras and animation to Unreal Engine without the need to generate an intermediate FBX file manually.Ī separate plugin, Character Creator & iClone Auto Setup, automates the process of mapping iClone shaders and skeletons to Unreal Engine characters, providing three shader quality presets.Ĭhanges made to a scene in iClone are then transferred to Unreal Engine in real time. Send iClone characters, lights and cameras to UE4 for rendering in a single clickįirst announced at GDC 2019 as part of a wider set of game tools, iClone Unreal Live Link connects iClone scenes to Unreal Engine for rendering. The plugin, previously priced at $1,490, is now free to artists with a revenue of less than $100,000/year. Reallusion has made iClone Unreal Live Link, its new plugin linking its iClone 3D animation software to Unreal Engine for rendering, free to indie users.
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