Animation Pack - Idles

Breathe personality and realism into your game world with the Idles Pack from our Mocap Studio Series. Stop your characters from looking like static mannequins and give them a huge variety of subtle, lifelike behaviors.

This collection is packed with unique idle motions, from simple weight shifts and fidgets to detailed, storytelling animations like smoking a cigarette, shivering in the cold, or desperately waiting for the bathroom. These are the details that make your world feel truly inhabited and alive.

Like all MoCap Central packs, these animations share matching poses for seamless transitions between our other packs. And be sure to join our active Discord Community, where we listen to the needs of indie devs and give away free animations!

Key Features:

• Over 150 Characterful Idles: A massive library of animations to add unique personality and realism to your characters.
• Versatile Performances: Features expressive male performances, designed with neutral posing to be easily adaptable for female characters.
• AAA-Quality Mocap: Captured in a professional studio to catch the subtle, lifelike details that make an idle animation feel authentic.
• Interactive Demo Maps: Includes demo maps to view animations individually or see them flow together in natural sequences.
• Modular & Compatible: Designed to work seamlessly with all other MoCap Central animation packs.
  

Animations Included:

Review the Complete Animation List Here

Subtle & Natural Idles

• Shifting weight from side to side
• Subtle fidgets like scratching and rubbing neck
• Casual arms crossed poses

Environmental & Situational

• Leaning against a wall (multiple variations)
• Reacting to cold (shivering) and heat (wiping brow)
• Brushing dirt or dust off arms, legs, and chest

Storytelling & Personality

• Complete smoking sequence (lighting, inhaling, flicking ash, putting out)
• Listening to music and bopping to the beat
• Waiting impatiently, checking a watch, and looking around

Physical States

• Heavy breathing (from exertion or fear)
• Tiredness (yawning, staggering, slumping over)
• Stretching (side bends, back, hamstrings, shoulders)
• Needing the toilet (stomach cramps, desperate stance)

Social & Interactive

• Greeting animations (waving near and far, nodding, pointing)

File Formats Included:

• Unreal 5.0 project - supporting engine versions 5.0-5.6
• Animated specifically for the UE5 SK_Mannequin
• Pack contains the Animation assets and the SK_MCPaul rig which is compatible with the UE5 Mannequin. There are no UE Blueprints.
• Animations can be retargeted to MetaHuman characters, see tutorial here
• Skeleton IK joints are animated
• Unity 2022.3 Package
  • Unity Humanoid character included for easy animation retargeting
  • Includes demo scene and animation controllers
• FBX source files included
  • FBX RAW skeletal animation files for import into other 3d animation software
    

Disclaimer:

• The UE5 Mannequin character seen in the promotional images and videos is not included. The free UE5 Mannequin Pack can be downloaded from the Unreal Marketplace here.