rig goes weird when applying to motion capture

[frederik_floor]

so I've downloaded a metahuman from quixel bridge and created character definitions from the skeleton that it comes with and created a default control rig. But when I add it to motion capture that is already in maya, nothing is correct to how it should be. Not sure what is going wrong, hope someone can help. 

[stephenkmann]

looks like you got a Y up vs Z up issue. 

 This is very common,, Unreal likes to work with Z up, while Maya defaults to Y up. 

You need to offset the mocap so that it's orientation works with Z up

hth

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[frederik_floor]

thanks for the info whats the easiest way to do that? I'm very new to maya

[stephenkmann]

so I think the best way to handle this. Is to load import a fresh metaHuman, 

 or when you open it. Make sure to turn them -90 on their placement joint.

to set the Y and Z up .. goto Windows -> Settings/Preferences --> Preferences    (or the small gear and running man icon in the lower Right of your maya ) 

in the preferences window. goto the "settings" ( on the left). and then you can change the World Coordinate System to Y ) 

hth

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