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Armature/Skeleton

Skeleton is necessary for all the rigged items (body armors/helmets/shoulder coverings/gloves/shoes/horse armors).

Usually model comes without the skeleton.

Import

Import this FBX to get the skeleton and male body at once.

(More models here)

Rename

Rename the human_skeleton_notused.00x to human_skeleton_notused and hide the body for now:

Assign

Move (select + drag&drop) all human_skeleton_notused to the Collection:

Assign your mesh to the skeleton:

  1. Select the mesh with LMB (Left Mouse Button)
  2. Select the skeleton with CTRL+LMB
  3. Move mouse to the working area ant press CTLR+P
  4. Select With Empty Groups

To be sure that mesh is assigned to the skeleton properly:

  1. Select your mesh
  2. Go to Modifier Properties
  3. Make sure Armature - Object is human_skeleton_notused

Problems

Missing/bad Armature

This in the Model Viewer:

Cause: missing armature or wrong armature assigned:

Add your own skeleton

Shawmuscle:

You can add your own by creating a non human model, import the vanilla skeleton,rename it, edit it to align with your new base mesh, rig it. Import with armature settings X axis, -Y axis. Import the model as morph anim, and the skeleton also checked (be sure to remove the "notused" tag from skele) double click your new skele in editor. Find and selext it, change from "other" to "human" Assign/copy bones information same as human_skeleton do for all bones. Go to file generate joints, then save. Now in xmls action sets and skins change the skeleton reference to your newly imported skeleton name. Also add monsters and reference accordingly.