From 28a90bb748e177ab6fb937e0d14763b1e4def4ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Konstantin=20K=C3=BChlem?= <kuehlem@vr.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:09:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Set anim tick behavior for all VH related meshes
automatically to avoid de-sync on NDisplay
---
.../CharacterPlugin/Private/VirtualHuman.cpp | 22 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Source/CharacterPlugin/Private/VirtualHuman.cpp b/Source/CharacterPlugin/Private/VirtualHuman.cpp
index f82ff653..23d52b2b 100644
--- a/Source/CharacterPlugin/Private/VirtualHuman.cpp
+++ b/Source/CharacterPlugin/Private/VirtualHuman.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include "VirtualHumanAIController.h"
#include "Engine/Engine.h"
#include "CharacterPluginLogging.h"
+#include "HairStrandsInterface.h"
AVirtualHuman::AVirtualHuman()
{
@@ -36,6 +37,19 @@ void AVirtualHuman::BeginPlay()
// constantly seed the random stream so we don't have cluster syncing problems
// but seed it with the name of the VH, so random behavior is different for every VH
IdleRandomStream = FRandomStream(TextKeyUtil::HashString(GetName()));
+
+ // Ensure all mesh components tick no matter if they are rendered
+ // THis fixes de-synced animations on different cluster nodes
+ if (FModuleManager::Get().IsModuleLoaded("DisplayCluster")
+ && IDisplayCluster::Get().GetOperationMode() == EDisplayClusterOperationMode::Cluster)
+ {
+ TArray<USkeletalMeshComponent*> Meshes;
+ GetComponents(Meshes, true);
+ for (USkeletalMeshComponent* M : Meshes)
+ {
+ M->VisibilityBasedAnimTickOption = EVisibilityBasedAnimTickOption::AlwaysTickPoseAndRefreshBones;
+ }
+ }
}
// Called every frame
@@ -243,7 +257,7 @@ void AVirtualHuman::SetUpBodyType()
UObject* face_skeleton_obj = AssetLoader2.LoadSynchronous(AssetRef2);
if (root_obj != nullptr && body != nullptr && body_skeleton_obj != nullptr && face != nullptr &&
- face_skeleton_obj != nullptr)
+ face_skeleton_obj != nullptr)
{
USceneComponent* root = Cast<USceneComponent>(root_obj);
USkeleton* body_skel = Cast<USkeleton>(body_skeleton_obj);
@@ -332,7 +346,9 @@ void AVirtualHuman::PlayRandomIdleAnimation()
IdleAnim, "CustomIdleSlot", BlendTime, BlendTime);
// start timer for next random pick (make it a bit shorter to allow for blending, but only by a defined minimal amount for the animations)
GetWorld()->GetTimerManager().SetTimer(NextIdleTimerHandle, this, &AVirtualHuman::PlayRandomIdleAnimation,
- DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength() - fmin(2.0 * BlendTime, (DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength()) * MinBlendTime), false);
+ DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength() - fmin(
+ 2.0 * BlendTime, (DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength()) * MinBlendTime),
+ false);
}
else
{
@@ -357,4 +373,4 @@ void AVirtualHuman::OnConstruction(const FTransform& Transform)
{
Super::OnConstruction(Transform);
SetUpBodyType();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
--
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