Usage

The add-on is supposed to extend rigify with a simple goal: Mirrow the animations of the generated rig back to the metarig for easier export to game-engines.

Generate a Rigify Rig

At first generate a Rigify rig. To do so, press Shift-A in object mode. Then select for example Armature > Human (Meta-Rig) (it should work with any Rigify rig). Once that is done, make sure to generate the rig.

To do so select the armature, then navigate to Object Data Properties > Rigify Buttons > Generate Rig.

Link the Meta-Rig to the Generated Rig

Once the rig has been generated, select it, then navigate to Object Data Properties > Rigify Gamerig Extension. Then select the metarig of the generated rig in the dropdown menu.

Link Meta-Rig

Once linked, the generated rig can be used as control rig while the meta-rig will function as deform rig.

Frame Start

Set the frame start for baking actions.

Frame End

Set the frame end for baking actions.

Input Field

Set a name for the action.

Bake Meta-Rig

Bake current visual animation of the control rig to the meta-rig as action and directly stash it as nla-strip.

Unlink Meta-Rig

Unlinks the metarig from the control rig.